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Fantasy and Science Fiction September 2020
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Trouble the Saints
by Alaya Dawn Johnson
What it is: a noirish triptych set in an alternate pre-WWII New York City, following three complex characters and their intertwined fates.
Starring: Phyllis, a mob boss' assassin; Devajyoti ("Dev"), her former lover; and Tamara, a dancer and fortune teller. All three have a supernatural ability known as "the hands," which only people of color possess.
Reviewers say: "a sad, lovely, and blood-soaked song of a book" (Kirkus Reviews).
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The mother code
by Carole Stivers
Racing to protect human survival in the wake of a bio-warfare attack gone wrong, a team of scientists creates a generation of genetically engineered children who struggle to survive when their robot protectors are slated for demolition. A first novel.
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Cry of metal & bone
by L. Penelope
As desperate Lagrimari flee their barren land for a chance at a better life in Elsira, a shadowy group with ties to the Elsiran government launches an attack on their own soil. With threats of more violence, an unlikely crew is assembled to investigate. Among them are Lizvette Nirall, a disgraced socialite seeking redemption for past mistakes, and Tai Summerhawk, a foreign smuggler determined to keep a promise he made to a dead man. It's a race against time in this world of deadly magic, secret agendas, and court intrigue to discover those responsible before the next assault. An in another land a new enemy awakens--one that will strike terror into the hearts of gods and men.
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The end of October
by Lawrence Wright
Investigating dozens of mysterious deaths in an Indonesian internment camp, a World Health Organization doctor finds himself on a race to uncover the origins of a mysterious killer virus and find a cure before it decimates world populations.
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The old guard : Opening Fire Book one, Opening fire
by Greg Rucka
Cursed with immortality, Andromache of Scythia and her comrades have participated in almost every conflict through history, but the twenty-first century has brought along new challenges that threaten to expose them to society
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| All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane AndersThen: magic user Patricia Delfine and science geek Laurence Armstead become friends, their bond a shield against school bullies.
Now: They reunite as adults in San Francisco, where Laurence is an engineer and Patricia is a witch. Both are trying to save a world on the brink of destruction, but will their efforts do more harm than good?
Why you might like it: Set in a pre-Apocalyptic world that pits technology and magic against each other, this fantastical coming-of-age story is also a moving meditation on friendship and belonging. |
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Lexicon
by Max Barry
Recruited into an exclusive government school where students are taught the science of coercion to support a secretive organization of "poet" world manipulators, orphaned street hustler Emily Ruff becomes the school's most talented prodigy before catastrophically falling in love, while a seemingly innocent young man is rendered a pawn in a dangerous power struggle. By the author of Jennifer Government.
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Middlegame
by Seanan McGuire
What it's about: Created by alchemists, twins Roger (linguistically talented) and Dodger (mathematically gifted) can communicate via quantum entanglement yet can't escape their fate.
Is it for you? This dark and stylistically complex novel by the author of the Wayward Children series opens with the line, "There is so much blood," giving readers some idea of how much violence to expect.
For fans of: the complex characters and exploration of moral gray areas in V.E. Schwab's Villains series.
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