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Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2019
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| This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneWhat happens: Two time traveling operatives from competing futures fall in love, expressing their longing through letters composed in lava flows, glasses of water, tree rings, and more.
Why you might like it: Fritz Leiber's The Big Time meets Ian McDonald's Time Was in this lyrical epistolary love story.
About the authors: Lebanese-Canadian author Amal El-Mohtar is the author of The Honey Month; Campbell Award nominee Max Gladstone is best known for his popular Craft novels. |
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Dark Age
by Pierce Brown
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the thrilling sequel to Iron Gold. Outlawed by the Republic he founded, Darrow wages a destructive war on Mars; while heir-in-exile Lysander struggles to overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families.
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Jade War
by Fonda Lee
In a sequel to Jade City, the Kaul siblings forge new and dangerous alliances to fight political rivals and mercenary kingpins for control over the capital city and its supply of magical jade.
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The Soul of Power
by Callie Bates
What it is: the conclusion to the epic fantasy trilogy that began with The Waking Land and The Memory of Fire.
Starring: Sophy Dunbarron, queen of the recently (and tenuously) reunited realms of Eren and Caeris.
What happens: An unlikely ruler harbors a dangerous secret as she struggles to lead her people amid war and political intrigue.
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The Redemption of Time
by Baoshu
Set in the universe of the New York Times bestselling Three-Body Problem trilogy, The Redemption of Time continues Cixin Liu’s multi-award-winning science fiction saga. This original story by Baoshu—published with Liu’s support—envisions the aftermath of the conflict between humanity and the extraterrestrial Trisolarans.
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Thrawn : Treason
by Timothy Zahn
When his defense program is halted in favor of a new Death Star project, Thrawn works to hold his position in the Imperial hierarchy only to receive a dire warning from Eli Vanto about his homeworld.
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Upon a Burning Throne
by Ashok Banker
First of a new epic fantasy series inspired by an ancient Sanskrit epic and Indian mythology, Upon a Burning Throne evokes the expansive world-building and complex twists of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, N.K. Jemisin's Inheritance trilogy, and Ken Liu's The Dandelion Dynasty series.
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| The Rage of Dragons by Evan WinterStarring: Tau Tafari, a reluctant warrior-in-training who fights his way to the top of a socially stratified society to exact revenge on his enemies.
Why you might like it: This debut, 1st in a series, boasts a sympathetic protagonist and a vividly depicted, African-inspired setting.
For fans of: the inventive system of magic in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn novels, the gritty battles of Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy, and the world-building of Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy. |
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