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Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2017
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The witchwood crown
by Tad Williams
Fantasy. A debut entry in a trilogy sequel to the best-selling Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series is set 30 years later at a critical turning point in the realm, where lost and corrupted allies are enabling the return of the once-vanquished elvish Norns.
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The space between the stars
by Anne Corlett
Science Fiction. Facing a life alone on the frontier worlds after a devastating pandemic wipes out a once-overpopulated Earth, a heartbroken woman receives a garbled message about potential survivors and unites with other ragtag colonists on a journey fraught with conflicts between an old and new civilization. A first novel.
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Menagerie
by Rachel Vincent
Fantasy. When she is captured, stripped of her possessions, and put on exhibition in Metzger's Menagerie, Delilah is introduced to the beauty behind the grotesque reality of the world-famous carnival as she struggles for her freedom
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| The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole GallandScience Fiction/Contemporary Fantasy. Magic is real and, until 1851, was practiced openly. Then it disappeared. To find out why, the shadowy government entity known as the Department of Diachronic Operations (D.O.D.O.), recruits Harvard-trained linguist Melisande Stokes to translate ancient documents in search of clues. This collaboration between SF writer Neal Stephenson and historical fiction writer Nicole Galland may appeal to fans of Jody Taylor's Chronicles of St. Mary's series. |
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Assassin's price
by L. E. Modesitt
Fantasy. A latest entry in the story arc that began with Madness in Solidar follows the efforts of Lorien's eldest son, Charyn, to outmaneuver his father's silence and become a better-informed rex, an effort that is complicated by a murderous Jarolian privateer uprising.
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Inferno squad
by Christie Golden
Science Fiction. A prequel to the upcoming Battlefront II video game connects the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to the formation of the game’s elite team: Inferno Squad. By the New York Times best-selling author of Star Wars: Dark Disciple. Video-game tie-in.
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The Regional Office is under attack!
by Manuel Gonzales
When a prophecy suggests that an insider might bring about the downfall of a powerful underground organization, devoted recruit Sarah and young assassin Rose find their respective lives clashing in a dispute that threatens everything they know. By the award-winning author of The Miniature Wife.
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Archmage
by R. A. Salvatore
Preparing for an attack by the powerful Archmage Gromph and his dark elves, Drizzt and his companions find themselves confronting demonic forces from the deepest reaches of the Abyss. By the best-selling author of Night of the Hunter.
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William Shakespeare's the Jedi doth return : Star Wars Part the Sixth
by Ian Doescher
A riotous conclusion to the best-selling trilogy that began with William Shakespeare's Star Wars returns fans to the star-crossed galaxy far, far away, where a brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor and their jesting droids match wits, struggle for power and soliloquize in iambic pentameter.
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| Clash of Eagles by Alan SmaleAlternate History. In 1218 CE, Roman Praetor Gaius Marcellinus leads the 33rd legion in an invasion of North America. Crossing the Atlantic (in Norse longships) poses no challenge, but taking the great city of Cahokia proves difficult, as his infantry is no match for his opponents' sophisticated light aircraft. This action-packed alternative history novel is the 1st book of the Hesperian trilogy, followed by Eagle in Exile and Eagle and Empire. |
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| Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha LeeMilitary SF. To restore her tarnished reputation, Captain Kel Cheris embarks on a mission to retake the Fortress of Scattered Needles. Step one: graft her consciousness to that of a brilliant and long-dead general with an unsavory reputation. Set in a vast interstellar empire based on higher mathematics and featuring an intriguing post-human cast, this 1st book in the Machineries of Empire series may appeal to fans of Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy. |
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