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New Science Fiction & Fantasy: November 2016
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Closer to the Chest by Mercedes LackeyWhen a ruthless blackmailer begins targeting several families visiting the Court over the Midwinter Holidays to the extent that a young man commits suicide and a daughter is kidnapped, Mags and Amily risk everything to track down the culprit and bring him to justice.
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Crimson Death by Laurell K. HamiltonWhen Damian is abducted, Anita races to Ireland to confront the vampire who created him and faces formidable enemies at the side of Edward, the man known as Death.
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Crosstalk by Connie WillisWhen a technological breakthrough enables romantic partners to achieve empathy via a simple outpatient procedure, Briddley Flannigan delightedly undergoes the treatment in the hopes of becoming closer to her fiancé, only to find herself hearing the thoughts of one of the tech nerds in her office.
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Death's End by Cixin LiuA conclusion to the near-future adventure trilogy that began with The Three-Body Problem finds the reawakening of 21st-century aerospace engineer Cheng Xin, who possesses knowledge of a long-forgotten program, threatening the peaceful co-existence of humans and Trisolarans.
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Everfair by Nisi ShawlA Neo-Victorian alternate-history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo if the native populations had learned about steam technology a bit earlier.
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The Family Plot by Cherie PriestWhen a potentially lucrative historic property is offered to her father's salvaging company, Dahlia is alarmed when graves are found on the property and the estate's owner goes missing just as a series of bizarre events reveal that the crew is being targeted by hostile forces.
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Magic Binds by Ilona AndrewsKate and former Beast Lord Curran Lennart's efforts to make their relationship official are challenged by her father's dark ambition, a Witch Oracle's daunting prophecy and Kate's own tendency to break the rules.
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Not So Much Said the Cat by Michael SwanwickA follow-up to The Dog Said Bow-Wow takes readers on a whirlwind journey across time and space, where convergences in magic and science shape the realities of murderous robots, a protective horse, a semi-repentant troll and Mesozoic time travelers.
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The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth DurstDaleina, a young student, joins forces with a disgraced warrior, Ven, to embark on an epic and treacherous quest to save their realm from the spirits that want to rid it of all human life.
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Treachery's Tools by L. E. ModesittSettling down into his role as the Maitre of the Collegium and starting a family years after the events of Madness in Solidar, Alastar finds himself balancing precarious political tensions brought on by economic struggles and bad harvests before uncovering a dangerous conspiracy tied to the murders of his students.
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