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Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2019
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Seven blades in black
by Sam Sykes
Sal, a once talented mage, thrives in a wasteland scarred by generations of magical warfare. Here, caught between two powerful empires, is where rogue magicians go to disappear, disgraced soldiers go to make their fortunes, fanatic machinists impose their perverted order, and zealous witch hunters cleanse the impure wherever they can find them.
But Sal was betrayed by those she trusted most and is now in captivity, stripped of her magic and awaiting her execution on order of the Emperor himself. All she has left is her vengeance, her will and her weapons"
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The gutter prayer
by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
Series: The Black Iron Legacy #1.
In the ancient city of Guerdon, three thieves - an orphan, a ghoul and a cursed man - are accused of a crime they didn't commit. Their quest for revenge exposes a perilous conspiracy, the seeds of which were sown long before they were born. A centuries-old magical war is on the verge of reigniting and in the tunnels deep below the city, a malevolent power stirs. Only by standing together can the three friends prevent a conflict that would bring total devastation to their city - and the world beyond.
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Brass sun : the wheel of worlds
by Ian Edginton - Graphic Novel
PRAISE BE TO THE COG!
A gigantic mechanical solar system is dying.
The brass sun that gives life to the dozens of worlds has started to slow, freezing the outer worlds and killing off the inhabitants. On one such world, known as Hind Leg, a young girl named Wren is given part of the secret of the lost key that has the power to restart the sun. Charged with travelling across the various worlds to pick up other parts of the key which was broken up after The Great War, this unlikely heroine alone possesses the power to save the galaxy from extinction!
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If, then : a novel
by Kate Hope Day
In the quiet mountain haven of Clearing, Oregon, at the base of a dormant volcano, four neighbours find their lives upended when they begin to see themselves in a parallel reality. Ginny, a devoted surgeon, has a vision of her beautiful colleague in her bed; Ginny's husband Mark, a wildlife scientist, sees a vision that suggests a devastating natural disaster is close; Samara, a young estate agent grieving her late mother, witnesses an apparition of her mother healthy and vibrant; Cass, a brilliant scholar struggling with the demands of a small baby, glimpses herself pregnant all over again, just as she is returning to work. When the dormant volcano begins to rumble, it becomes clear the visions were not what they first seemed, and that the lives of this close-knit community are in grave danger
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Nightchaser
by Amanda Bouchet
Captain Tess Bailey and her crew of Robin Hood-like thieves are desperate and on the run. Pursued by a vicious military general who wants them dead or alive, Tess has to decide if she can trust Shade Ganavan, a tall, dark and arrogant stranger with ambiguous motivations. Shade Ganavan: arrogance, charm...and that special something that makes you want to kick him..What Tess and Shade don't know about each other might get them killed...
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The ruin of kings
by Jenn Lyons
When destiny calls, there's no fighting back.
ihrin grew up in the slums of Quur, a thief and a minstrel's son raised on tales of long-lost princes and magnificent quests.
When he is claimed against his will as the missing son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds himself at the mercy of his new family's ruthless power plays and political ambitions. Practically a prisoner, Kihrin discovers that being a long-lost prince is nothing like what the storybooks promised. The storybooks have lied about a lot of other things, too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, and how the hero always wins. Then again, maybe he isn't the hero after all. For Kihrin is not destined to save the world. He's destined to destroy it..
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The management style of the Supreme Beings
by Tom Holt
When the Supreme Being and his son decide that being supreme isn't for them any more, it's inevitable that things get a bit of a shake-up. It soon becomes apparent that our new owners, the Venturi brothers, have a very different perspective on all sorts of things. Take Good and Evil, for example. For them, it's an outdated concept that never worked particularly well in the first place. Unfortunately, the sudden disappearance of right and wrong, while welcomed by some, raises certain concerns amongst those still attached to the previous team's management style. In particular, there's one of the old gods who didn't move out with the others. A reclusive chap, he lives somewhere up north, and only a handful even believe in him. But he's watching. And he really does need to know if you've been naughty or nice..
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| The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee MartinezIntroducing: 28-year-old Constance Verity, who has spent most of her life saving the world.
The goal: To achieve the normal existence she craves, Constance must track down the fairy godmother who blessed (or is that cursed?) her with an adventurous life.
Want a taste? "Trouble wasn't content to follow Constance Verity. Trouble was more proactive when it came to Connie." |
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Kill the farm boy
by Delilah S Dawson
"Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, a hero, the Chosen One, was born...and so begins every fairy tale ever told. This is not that fairy tale. There is a Chosen One, but he is unlike any One who has ever been Chosened. And there is a faraway kingdom,but you have never been to a magical world quite like the land of Pell. There, a plucky farm boy will find more than he's bargained for on his quest to awaken the sleeping princess in her cursed tower. First there's the Dark Lord who wishes for the boy'suntimely death...and also very fine cheese. Then there's a bard without a song in her heart but with a very adorable and fuzzy tail, an assassin who fears not the night but is terrified of chickens, and a mighty fighter more frightened of her sword than of her chain-mail bikini. This journey will lead to sinister umlauts, a trash-talking goat, the Dread Necromancer Steve, and a strange and wondrous journey to the most peculiar "happily ever after" that ever once-upon-a-timed"
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