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New Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Oath of the Brotherhood by Carla LaureanoConor Mac Nir is a gifted harpist who is hopeless with a sword, but as an ancient evil engulfs the isle of Seare, a reclusive warrior brotherhood thinks he may be the answer to an ancient prophecy if he can be trained to fight.
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The Frozen Crownby Greta KellyFleeing to her allies in the south when her realm is overrun by the forces of a mad emperor, a young heiress is embroiled in labyrinthine political games that threaten to expose her secret magical nature.
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Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica L. SchanoesA debut collection of short, fantasy stories about marginalized women who fight to reach the center of society tells a tale of tea with Baba Yaga and a medieval German woman seeking to avenge her father’s murder.
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Fairhaven Rising by L. E. ModesittWhen the community of Fairhaven’s success under the Council becomes an impediment to the ambitions of its rulers, an untried young mage finds herself at the heart of a conspiracy to destroy her home
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The Conductors by Nicole GloverHaving used her wits and magic to help dozens of slaves escape, a former Underground Railroad conductor settles down among the Black elite of Philadelphia with her husband, where they investigate cases that white authorities refuse.
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The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R. GreenA thief and con man who specializes in stealing the kind of things that can’t normally be stolen, Gideon Sable, along with The Damned, the Ghost, the Wild Card and his ex-girlfriend, plans a heist to steal the only thing that matters to the worst man in the world.
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All the Murmuring Bones by Angela SlatterWhen she finds evidence that her parents might still be alive, Miren O’Malley, the daughter of a witch, embarks on a perilous journey to Blackwater where she finds a stranger in charge of her parents’ old estate who forces her to question everything she thought she knew.
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Down Comes the Night by Allison SaftA talented but disgraced Queen’s Guard healer becomes snowed in at the estate of a reclusive lord before discovering that her patient, a servant with a mysterious illness, is a sworn enemy of the kingdom.
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroWaiting to be chosen by a customer, an Artificial Friend programmed with high perception observes the activities of shoppers while exploring fundamental questions about what it means to love.
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Machinehood by S. B. DivyaIn 2095, when her client is killed in front of her, Weiga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, discovers that a new and mysterious terrorist group called The Machinehood is responsible and that they are just getting started.
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Axiom's Endby Lindsay EllisThe alternate-history tale of a woman who becomes an interpreter for an unknown being when her estranged whistleblower father launches a media frenzy about a first-contact cover-up.
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Faye, Faraway by Helen FisherEvery night, before Fay puts her daughters to bed, she thinks of her own mother, Jeanie, who died when Faye was only seven years old. Her life is turned upside down when she finds herself in 1977, the year before her mother died. Suddenly she is reunited with her long-lost mother, and even meets her own younger self, a little girl she can barely remember. As the two women become friends, they share many secrets. Faye knows that eventually she will have to choose between those she loves in the past and those she loves in the here and now, and that knowledge presents her with an impossible choice.
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The Memory Theater by Karin TidbeckIn a world just parallel to ours exists a mystical realm known only as the Gardens. It is a place where feasts never end, games of croquette have devastating consequences, and teenagers are punished for growing up. For a select group of Masters, it's a decadent paradise where time stands still. For those who serve them, however, it's a slow torture where their lives can be ended in a blink. In a bid to escape before their youth betrays them, Dora and Thistle--best friends and confidants--set out on a remarkable journey through time and space. Traveling between their world and ours, they hunt the one person who can grant them freedom. Along the way they encounter a mysterious traveler who trades in favors and never forgets debts, a crossroads at the center of the universe, our own world on the brink of war, and a traveling troupe of actors with the ability to unlock the fabric of reality.
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The Dark Veil by James SwallowWithin the United Federation of Planets, a terrorist strike on the shipyards of Mars has led to the shutdown of all relief efforts for millions of Romulans facing certain doom from an impending supernova. When the USS Titan is drawn into a catastrophic incident on the Romulan-Federation border, Captain William Riker, his family, and his crew find themselves caught between the shocking secrets of an enigmatic alien species and the deadly agenda of a ruthless Tal Shiar operative. Forced into a wary alliance with a Romulan starship commander, Riker and the Titan crew must uncover the truth to stop a devastating attack-- but one wrong move could plunge the entire sector into open conflict!
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by Madeleine Henry
Inspired by her connect to her first love, Sophie, a physics prodigy, is determined to prove that true loves belong together in all realties, in this unusual love story about lasting connection, time and intuition.
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The Last Exit by Michael KaufmanIn a climate-ravaged Washington, DC of the near future where longevity treatments are available only to the very wealthy, a resourceful detective and her SIM implant partner investigate a black-market drug that is causing people to age and die overnight.
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