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New Science Fiction & Fantasy: September 2016
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Behind the Throne by K. B. WagersHail Bristol has made a name for herself in the galaxy for everything except what she was born to do: rule the Indranan Empire. When she is dragged back to her home planet to take her rightful place as the only remaining heir, she finds that trading her ship for a palace is her most dangerous move yet.
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Dragonmark by Sherrilyn KenyonCenturies after being made human against his will and being enslaved and exiled, the dragon Illarion is offered a chance to regain what he has lost if he agrees to forsake his beloved dragon brothers and betray his world. By the best-selling author of the Chronicles of Nick.
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High Stakes: a Wild Cards novel edited by George R. R MartinA follow-up to Lowball finds officer Francis, vigilante joker "The Infamous Black Tongue" and ace thief Tesseract forced by a cold-blooded Baba Yaga into an illegal fight ring as part of her effort to placate a vicious monster from another dimension.
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The Masked City by Genevieve CogmanA follow-up to The Invisible Library finds librarian-spy Irene traveling to a strange alternate-world Venice to prevent a catastrophic war that has been triggered by the abduction of her royal dragon apprentice, Kai.
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Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick BlackCenturies after the Earth is thrown into a desperate war against a conquering alien race, deadly shifts in the enemy's tactics give way to the rise of an unlikely band of heroes.
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The Obelisk Gate by N. K JemisinEssun--once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger--has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power--and her choices will break the world.
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Spellbreaker by Blake CharltonWhile hunting neodemons, Leandra, Warden of Ixos, uncovers a prophecy spell that tells her she will have to murder someone she loves or die herself, in this follow-up to Spellbound.
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