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Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2024
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Recent Releases-available in our consortium and digitally |
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The sunlit man
by Brandon Sanderson
Landing on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels, Nomad, in a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones, must gain enough power to leap offworld before he pays the ultimate price.
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The city of stardust
by Georgia Summers
When her family's tormentor issues her an ultimatum: she has 10 years to locate her mother or suffer the consequences, Violet Everly, to finally free them from the curse, travels to the edges of the world to find the key to the city of stardust, where the Everly story began.
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| A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. JensenMarked by the gods, Freya accepts her destiny as a shield maiden after she's sold to Jarl Snorri, who plans to use her power to increase his own and appoints his brooding son Bjorn to be her bodyguard. Inspired by Norse mythology, this steamy series opener boasts action-packed battles and angsty forbidden love. You might also like: Lilith Saintcrow's Black Land's Bane series; Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow; Elizabeth Bear's Edda of Burdens trilogy. |
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A feast for starving stone
by Beth Cato
Princess Solenn and Ada Garland, rogue Chef to the Gods, work together to stop their land from descending into war against a common enemy in the second novel of the series following A Thousand Recipes for Revenge.
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House of flame and shadow
by Sarah J. Maas
Stranded in a strange new world, Bryce Quinlan must rely on all her wits to get back to her family and friends in Midgard, in the third novel of the series following House of Sky and Breath.
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| The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-GarciaAn unexpected visitor upends the sheltered life of Carlota Moreau, whose father, mad scientist Doctor Moreau, keeps her isolated on their estate in 1870s Yucatán, Mexico, along with the human-animal hybrid creatures he has created. Try this next: Daryl Gregory's The Album of Dr. Moreau. |
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| Arch-Conspirator by Veronica RothIn the post-apocalyptic settlement of Thebes, the human race survives by extracting ichor, or genetic material, from the dead and storing it in the Archive for future use. When Thebes' authoritarian ruler Kreon bans Antigone's deceased brothers' ichor from the Archive, the young woman rebels. Unfolding from multiple viewpoints, this SF retelling of Sophocles' Antigone offers "a heroine to root for, a despot to revile, and a thought-provoking ending" (Library Journal). |
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