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Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2018
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| Relic by Alan Dean FosterStarring: Ruslan, the last surviving human after a bioweapon wipes out his entire civilization.
The situation: The alien Myssari want to clone Ruslan and revive the human species. In exchange for his cooperation, they promise to help him locate his ancestral planet: Earth.
About the author: Alan Dean Foster is best known for his long-running series set in the Humanx Commonwealth, which begins with Midworld. |
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| Wild Hunger: An Heirs of Chicagoland Novel by Chloe NeillOnly available as downloadable eBook!
Introducing: Elisa Sullivan, the first and only vampire to be born instead of made.
What happens: Following a period of self-imposed exile in Paris, Elisa must return to Chicago to broker peace talks among the different vampire factions.
Series alert: Wild Hunger kicks off the Heirs of Chicagoland series, a spin-off of the Chicagoland Vampires novels. |
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| The Girl in the Road by Monica ByrneWhat happens: After university dropout Meena survives an assassination attempt in future Mumbai, she heads for her native Addis Ababa by way of the Trail, or Trans-Arabian Linear Generator, a high-tech bridge spanning the Arabian Sea. Ethiopia is also the destination of 10-year-old Mariama, an enslaved child in present-day Mauritania who sneaks aboard an oil truck crossing the Sahara.
Why you might like it: Despite differences in time and circumstance, the women's paths are destined to cross in ways neither one could predict. |
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| Uprooted by Naomi NovikAlso, available as downloadable eBook.
Backstory: Once every ten years, a powerful wizard known as the Dragon chooses one young woman from Agnieszka's valley and spirits her away to his enchanted tower. Why? Nobody knows.
What happens: Unexpectedly chosen over more likely candidates, Agnieszka discovers untapped talents, challenges the Dragon's rules (and patience), and battles the malevolent influence of the nearby enchanted Wood in order to save her village.
Why you might like it: Based on Polish folklore, this stand-alone novel by Temeraire series author Naomi Novik is a fantastical coming-of-age tale combining magic, warfare, politics, and romance. |
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Red clocks : a novel
by Leni Zumas
What it's about: Five women—including a high school teacher, a biographer, a frustrated mom, a pregnant adopted teen and a forest-dwelling homeopath—struggle with changes in a near-future America where abortion and assisted fertility have been outlawed and where the homeopath is targeted by a modern-day witch hunt. By the author of The Listeners.
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Only Human
by Sylvain Neuvel
What it’s about: Ten years after alien robot invaders kidnapped scientist Rose Franklin, she has returned to Earth to find a startlingly different landscape than the one she left behind. Now, Rose must uncover a way to hold the planet together before it's too late.
Series alert: Only Human is the 3rd entry in the Themis Files science fiction trilogy after Sleeping Giants and Waking Gods.
Reviewers say: “an addictive blend of science fiction, apocalyptic thriller, and chillingly timely cautionary tale” (Kirkus Reviews).
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The Guns Above
by Robyn Bennis
What it's about: Military Fantasy. Having distinguished herself in combat, Josette Dupre of Garnia's Royal Aerial Signal Corps takes command of an experimental prototype ship and embarks on a dangerous mission, accompanied by a skeptical crew and an ensign sent to spy on her. Like a Steampunk Honor Harrington, the heroine of this 1st book in the Signal Airship series perseveres and succeeds despite long odds and powerful enemies.
Why you might like this: This action-packed military fantasy debut may also appeal to fans of Jim Butcher's The Aeronaut's Windlass or Naomi Novik's Temeraire series.
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American war
by Omar El Akkad
What it's about: Science Fiction. A first novel by an award-winning journalist depicts a second American Civil War and devastating plague in the late 21st century that forces a family into a camp for displaced people, where a young woman is befriended by a mysterious functionary who would transform her into a living weapon.
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The space between the stars
by Anne Corlett
SF. 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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Raid
by K. S. Merbeth
What it's about: A bounty hunter in a world gone mad, Clementine must travel across the wasteworld with the most revered and reviled raider king in the eastern wastes in tow while dodging bloodthirsty raiders who either want to free him or claim him as their own—until a new threat emerges. By the author of Bite.
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Bury the living
by Jodi McIsaac
What it's about: Fantasy Fiction. At the request of a man who haunts her dreams, Nora O'Reilly travels to Kildare and receives an ancient relic that transports her eighty years into the past to Ireland's civil war, which gives her the chance to help alter her country's tragic history.
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