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New Science Fiction & Fantasy: August 2016
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Arabella of Mars by David D. LevineA century after Captain Kidd's first expedition to Mars, Arabella Ashby is set to leave her Martian plantation home for London to learn to be a lady, until her home is threatened and she joins the crew of a Mars Trading Company ship disguised as a boy.
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A Blade of Black Steel by Alex MarshallAs an inhuman army gathers on its shores, poised to invade the Immaculate Isles, the members of the Cobalt Company face an ugly choice: abandon their dreams of glory and vengeance to combat a menace from another realm, or pursue their ambitions and hope the Star is still there when the smoke clears.
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Dark Carousel by Christine FeehanRecognizing his long-awaited lifemate in carousel-horse restorer Charlotte Vintage, Tariq Asenguard learns that she is using herself as bait to capture those responsible for the deaths of her loved ones and that she is under a centuries-old curse involving enemies of the human and Carpathian races.
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Dark Matter by Blake CrouchKidnapped and drugged at gunpoint for inexplicable reasons, physics professor Jason Dessen awakens in a lab and is informed that his entire life has been an illusion and that he is being hunted by a deadly adversary.
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The Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanAn undercover librarian who works for an occult organization that collects books from different realities must determine what happened to a particularly dangerous book that has been stolen and becomes mired in a mystery infused with peril and conflicting clues.
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Star Wars Aftermath: life debt by Chuck WendigSet between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, a next entry in the best-selling trilogy continues the story of a galactic civil war under the leadership of Wedge Antilles, Admiral Ackbar and other beloved characters after the destruction of the second Death Star.
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The Swarm: volume one of the Second Formic War by Orson Scott CardA prequel to Ender's Game profiles the past of Ender's world and is set in the aftermath of the Scouring of China as part of the Formic's efforts to eradicate all life on Earth.
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: thirty-third annual collection by Gardner DozoisAward-winning authors and masters of the field—including Ann Leckie, James S. A. Corey, Nancy Kress, Ian McDonald, Carrie Vaughn, Paolo Bacigalupi and others—explore ideas of a new world, and an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction are provided.
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