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Fantasy and Science Fiction May 2022 |
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| Atomic Anna by Rachel BarenbaumWhat it is: a time-hopping multigenerational family saga by the author of A Bend in the Stars.
Starring: Russian nuclear scientist Anna Berkova; her rebellious artist daughter, Molly, creator of the Atomic Anna comics; and Molly's daughter, Raisa, a math prodigy who must follow the clues in her mother's work to prevent a tragedy.
Read it for: complex mother-daughter relationships, an intricate tri-fold narrative, and well-researched Cold War history. |
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| Fevered Star by Rebecca RoanhorseThe setting: the continent of Meridian, reeling in the aftermath of celestial events that shattered the Holy City of Tova.
The characters: Serapio, the blind avatar of the reborn Crow God; Xiala, the sea captain who loves him; Naranpa the Sun Priest, who must relearn everything she once knew; and Okoa, who, once again, has a crucial role to play in the events that unfold.
Series alert: Picking up where Black Sun left off, Fevered Star is the 2nd book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, which draws inspiration from the many pre-contact Indigenous cultures of the Americas. |
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The Candy House
by Jennifer Egan
Told through lives of multiple characters, this electrifying, deeply moving novel, spanning 10 years, follows “Own Your Unconscious,” a new technology that allows access to every memory you’ve ever had, and to share every memory in exchange for success to the memories of others.
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End of the World House
by Adrienne Celt
Two best friends on vacation in Paris accept a private tour of the Louvre from a strange man and the pair find themselves trapped alone in the museum during the apocalypse on a day that keeps repeating itself.
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Kaikeyi
by Vaishnavi Patel
The only princess of the kingdom of Kekaya discovers she possesses magic when she revisits the ancient texts she used to read with her banished mother and transforms herself into a warrior to make a better world for other women.
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In a Garden Burning Gold
by Rory Power
Twins Rhea and Lexos have spent an eternity working with their father to keep control over the seasons, tides, stars and people but might face each other on the battlefield as an independence movement grows, putting the siblings at odds.
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The Hunger of the Gods
by John Gwynne
When Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, is freed from her prison, creating a new age of blood and conquest, the Bloodsworn and Battle-Grim must acquire a book of forbidden magic that will bring about a battle that will shake the foundations of the earth.
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The Discord of Gods
by Jenn Lyons
Grappling with the aftereffects of a corrupted magic ritual that twisted both him and the dragons, Kihrin plays at being “pawn’ in the battle between Relos Var and the demon Xaltorath while trying to untether himself from an unstable star.
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Memory's Legion
by James S. A. Corey
Collects, for the first time, the short fiction of the New York Times best-selling Expanse series, including a brand-new novella. 50,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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