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Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2024
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The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
by Malka Older
In this cozy 2nd outing for Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti, following The Mimicking of Known Successes, the duo once again returns to their alma mater, Jupiter's Valdegeld University, where 17 students and faculty have mysteriously disappeared. For fans of: Mary Robinette Kowal's The Spare Man or Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night.
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Projections
by S. E. Porter
After murdering the young woman he couldn't have, a sorcerer sends projections of himself out into the world to seek out and seduce women who will return the love she denied—or suffer a fate worse than death.
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Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettIn this sequel to Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, the titular scholar and her colleague-turned-suitor Wendell Bambleby travel to the Austrian Alps to find a door into the Otherlands. Read-alike: Marie Brennan's Memoirs of Lady Trent series.
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To Challenge Heaven by David WeberThe Earth, now a starfaring civilization, is desperate for allies in a universe teeming with hostile aliens and predators, and a group of determined individuals make a discovery that could bring down the Hegemony that dominates the galaxy once and for all.
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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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Twice Lived by Joma WestThere are two Earths. Perfectly ordinary and existing in parallel. There are no doorways between them, no way to cross from one world to another. Unless you're a shifter. Canna and Lily are the same person but they refuse to admit it. Their split psyche has forced them to shift randomly between worlds - between lives and between families - for far longer than they should. But one mind can't bear this much life. It'll break under the weight of it all. Soon they'll experience their final shift and settle at last in one world, but how can they prepare both families for the eventuality of them disappearing forever?
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The Bezzle
by Cory Doctorow
This 2nd Martin Hench caper, after Red Team Blues, jumps back in time to 2006 as the cynical forensic accountant recounts how his investigation of a low-level pyramid scheme led to his running afoul of wealthy investors willing to go to extreme lengths to protect their profit margins. For fans of: Dan Davies' Lying for Money; Kimberly Unger's The Extractionist.
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Redsight
by Meredith Mooring
A blind priestess with the ability to manipulate space-time, Korinna, a weapon of the Imperium, must choose sides, seize her power and fulfill her destiny when she is drawn to notorious space pirate Aster Haran who sheds new—and dangerous—light on her world.
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Sun of Blood and Ruin
by Mariely Lares
Tecuani (aka Leonora), the daughter of a Nahua woman and a Spanish nobleman, becomes shapeshifting vigilante "Pantera" and uses her forbidden magic to battle colonizers in this action-packed reimagining of Zorro set in an alternate 16th-century Mexico. For fans of: Gabriela Romero Lacruz's The Sun and the Void; Ehigbor Okosun's Forged by Blood; or the television series Queen of Swords.
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The Lady in Glass and Other Stories by Anne BishopThis enchanting volume collects the shorter works of the New York Times best-selling fantasy author, from her earliest writing to the Realms of the Blood, from darker fairytale retellings to the Landscapes of Ephemera and from standalone stories of space exploration to the World of the Others.
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| Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu BabalolaThis short story collection by British Nigerian writer Bolu Babalola (Honey and Spice) offers retellings of myths and folktales from various cultural traditions. You might also like: Aoko Matsuda's Where the Wild Ladies Are; Hanan al-Shaykh's One Thousand and One Nights; or Gemmarose Nethercott's Fifty Beasts to Break your Heart. |
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| The Kingdom of Sweets: A Novel of The Nutcracker by Erika JohansenOn the eve of their 17th birthday, twins Clara and Natasha receive gifts from their godfather that open a portal into the mysterious Kingdom of Sweets in this "beautifully twisted" (Library Journal) retelling of the Nutcracker by the author of the Queen of the Tearling series. Read-alikes: Gregory Maguire's Hiddensee; Kell Woods' After the Forest; Ava Reid's Juniper and Thorn. |
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| The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra KhawTwo refugees, a mermaid and a plague doctor, seek safety in the forest but instead encounter greater danger in this dark and often disturbing homage to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." This volume includes the related short story, "And In Our Daughters, We Find a Voice." You might also like: Aimee Ogden's Sun-Daughters, Sea Daughters; T. Kingfisher's Sworn Soldiers series; Jade Song's Chlorine. |
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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. Also available as a sound recording. |
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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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