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Fantasy and Science Fiction February 2018
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| Iron Gold: A Red Rising Novel by Pierce BrownStarring: slave-turned-statesman Darrow, a lowly Red whose uprising against Mars' Gold elite led to the establishment of the Solar Republic -- and an endless war.
Series alert: This spinoff of the Red Rising trilogy takes place ten years after the events of Morning Star. However, newcomers should start at the beginning with Red Rising.
Read it for: a dystopian outer space setting, a unique color-coded caste system, and an action-packed plot rife with warfare and political intrigue. |
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Zero Gby William ShatnerCD. The actor who portrayed the original Captain Kirk on Star Trek presents a new science fiction adventure about intrepid, 80-year-old FBI deputy director Samuel Lord and his quest to stop the Chinese from using a weapon that, unknown to them, could destroy Earth.
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It's Complicated (Romantic Relationships)
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| The Heart Goes Last: A Novel by Margaret AtwoodeAudiobook. What it's about: In exchange for a secure middle-class existence, downwardly mobile couple Charmaine and Stan become subjects in an unusual social experiment that will put their relationship to the test.
Why you might like it: No one does chilling yet slyly satirical literary dystopia like Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood.
For fans of: sardonic, keenly observed novels of formerly middle-class individuals adjusting to the harsh realities of late capitalism, such as Karl Taro Greenfeld's The Subprimes or Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles |
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| Captain Vorpatril's Alliance: A Vorkosigan Saga Novel by Lois McMaster BujoldCD. Starring: Captain Ivan Vorpatril, who (unlike his adventurous cousin, Miles Vorkosigan) is content with his quiet, uncomplicated existence... Then he receives orders to protect Tej Arqua, a young woman targeted by a criminal syndicate.
Series alert: Starring a popular supporting character from the long-running Vorkosigan saga, this 18th series entry, which takes place several years before the events of Cryoburn, easily stands on its own. |
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| Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline CareyWhat it is: a lush, steamy tale of the forbidden love between Sidonie, dauphine of Terre d'Ange, and Imriel de la Courcel, son of the realm's most notorious traitor.
Is it for you? Depicting a society whose motto is "love as thou wilt," this novel does not shy away from explicit depictions of erotic relationships.
Series alert: Jacqueline Carey's popular Kushiel's Legacy series is comprised of three linked trilogies: Kushiel's Justice is book 2 of a trilogy that focuses on Imriel's journey to adulthood. |
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