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Fantasy and Science Fiction Ebooks February 2021
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| Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuireIntroducing: Regan Lewis, a horse-loving intersex girl who travels through a magical portal to the Hooflands, where, to her delight, she is adopted by a herd of centaurs.
The problem: In this realm, humans are rare and exotic creatures who only show up in times of trouble to save the day. However, Regan doesn't believe in destiny.
Can you start here? Although Across the Green Grass Fields is the 6th book in the award-winning Wayward Children series, it stands on its own.
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| Remote Control by Nnedi OkoraforMeet: fourteen-year-old "Sankofa," also known as the "Adopted Daughter of Death," who has been traveling on foot across near-future Ghana ever since she acquired lethal powers from a strange artifact.
Why you might like it: Told mostly in flashbacks, this character-driven novella slowly reveals its central mystery in folkloric style.
Want a taste? "I am Sankofa, I belong wherever I want to belong, she thought to herself, walking with her chin up and back straight."
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The dark archive
by Genevieve Cogman
What it's about: Narrowly escaping an assassination attempt while training her new assistant, Irene the time-traveling Librarian investigates her own history to confront an ancient foe and uncover secrets that threaten the Library’s future.
Why you might like it: Without sacrificing the adventure that is a hallmark of the series, Cogman pulls Irene through a multilevel maze of doubts and paranoia that will have readers jumping at shadows, too. This series is still going strong.
[also available as a physical book]
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We could be heroes
by Mike Chen
What it's about: Two superpowered individuals who have lost all memory of their real identities use their respective powers to commit or fight crime before teaming up together to stop the mad scientist behind a devastating medical conspiracy.
Why you might like it: A delightful novel of the steps and missteps of power, friendship, and trust, wrapping hard topics in heartfelt and humorous prose.
[also available as a physical book]
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The collapsing empire
by John Scalzi
What it's about: The Flow allows faster-than-light travel and leads to the Interdependency, a multitude of planets held together by mutual need. But when the Flow shifts, the empire will be shattered.
Why you might like it: A strong opener for a fast-paced space opera series, setting up key players along the primary travel corridor of an empire overflowing with complex interactions among nobles, politicians, business interests, and an unstable physical environment.
[also available as a physical book]
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Parable of the sower
by Octavia E Butler
What it's about: Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their enclave, Lauren's father, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.
Why you might like it: A familiar story told with unusual warmth, sensitivity, honesty and grace by a master of science fiction.
[also available as a physical book]
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Written in red: a novel of the Others
by Anne Bishop
What it's about: In a world dominated by nonhumans, including vampires and shape-shifters, blood prophet Meg Corbyn escapes enslavement by Others and teams up with a shape-shifter who employs her as a Human Liaison.
Why you might like it: A well-plotted fantasy that is filled with sensuality and detail and populated with characters who compel the reader's attention. This urban fantasy should appeal to fans of Tanith Lee, Tanya Huff, and Storm Constantine.
[also available as a physical book]
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A hero born
by Yong Jin
What it's about: An epic Chinese classic is set in the years between the Song Empire and the rise of Genghis Khan and traces the story of a murdered patriot’s son who fulfills his destiny in a divided China.
Why you might like it: Set in ancient China, in a world where kung fu is magic, kingdoms vie for power and the battle to become the ultimate kung fu master unfolds, an unlikely hero is born... in the first book in the epic Legends of the Condor Heroes series.
[also available as a physical book]
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The hundred thousand kingdoms
by N. K. Jemisin
What it's about: After Yeine Darr is summoned to the majestic city of Sky and named an heiress to the king of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, she is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had, drawing ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.
Why you might like it: Multifaceted characters struggle with their individual burdens and desires, creating a complex, edge-of-your-seat story with plenty of funny, scary, and bittersweet twists.
[also available as a physical book]
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