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"'The best thing for being sad,' replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, 'is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails.'" ~ T.H. White (1906-1964), British writer, The Sword in the Stone
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New and Recently Released!
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The future falls
by Tanya Huff
When Auntie Catherine warns the family of an approaching asteroid, the Gales scramble to keep humans from going the way of the dinosaurs. Fortunately for the world, they're wielding a guitar and a dragon.
The Gale family can change the world with the charms they cast, which has caused some supernaturally complicated family shenanigans in the past. So when NASA and Doomsday Dan confirm Auntie Catherine's dire prediction, Charlotte "Charlie" Gale turns to the family for help.
But Allie is unavailable because the universe seems determined to have her produce the seventh son of a seventh son of a seventh son of a Gale. And the Aunties can't help because they're tied to the earth - although they are happy to provide their delicious, trademark pies. And in the end, all Charlie has is a guitar...
...and Jack. The Dragon Prince, and a Sorcerer.
But Charlie might like Jack just a little too much, and Jack might like Charlie a little too much in return. Actually, between Allie's hormones, the Aunties trying to force her and Jack into ritual, the Courts having way too much fun at the end of days, and Jack's sudden desire to sacrifice himself for the good of the many, Charlie's fairly certain that the asteroid is the least of her problems.
The Gales are going to need more than pie to save the world from an incoming asteroid. But together there isn't anything they can't deal with - except possibly each other.
Enchantment Emporium #3
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Heritage of Cyador
by L. E. Modesitt
Scarcely a year after the events of "Cyador's Heirs," Lerial uses his mastery of Order and Chaos, the competing natural forces that shape his world and define the magic that exists within it, to utterly destroy an Afritan military force crossing into Cigoerne.
Five years later, Lerial, now an overcaptain and a field commander of Cigoerne's Mirror Lancers, must lead three companies of troops into Afrit on a mission of mutual interest: neighboring Heldya is threatening to invade Afrit, and if that nation falls, Cigoerne is certain to be next.
The mission is both delicate and dangerous; Lerial's value in the effort to repelling Heldya is undeniable, but his troubled history against Afrit may reopen old wounds that will never truly heal.
Saga of Recluce #17
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The turning season
by Sharon Shinn
For Karadel, being a shape-shifter has always been a reality she couldn't escape. Even though she's built a safe life as a rural veterinarian, with a close-knit network of shifter and human friends who would do anything for her--and for each other--she can't help but wish for a chance at being normal.
When she's not dealing with her shifts or caring for her animal patients, she attempts to develop a drug that will help shifters control their changes--a drug that might even allow them to remain human forever.
But her comfortable life is threatened by two events: She meets an ordinary man who touches her heart, and her best friend is forced to shift publicly with deadly consequences.
Now Karadel must decide whom to trust: her old friends or her new love.
Shifting Circle #3
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Prophecies, libels & dreams : stories
by Ysabeau S. Wilce
These inter-connected stories are set in an opulent quasi-historical world of magick and high manners called the Republic of Califa. The Republic is a strangely familiar place--a baroque approximation of Gold Rush era-California with an overlay of Aztec ceremony--yet the characters who populate it are true originals: rockstar magicians, murderous gloves, bouncing boy terrors, blue tinted butlers, sentient squids, and a three-year-old Little Tiny Doom and her vengeful pink plush pig. By turn whimsical and horrific (sometime in the same paragraph), Wilce's stories have been characterized as "screwball comedies for goths" but they could also be described as "historical fantasies" or "fanciful histories" for there are nuggets of historical fact hidden in them there lies.
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Focus on: Arthurian Fantasy
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| The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur by Bernard CornwellArthurian Fantasy. Set in 6th-century Britain, The Winter King presents King Arthur as a powerful, but fallible, warlord battling the invading Anglo-Saxons in order to protect his people. Meanwhile, his adviser Merlin, a druid, strives to stem the tide of Christian missionaries determined to convert the Celts. Eschewing supernatural themes in favor of military maneuvers and political intrigue, this 1st book in the Warlord Chronicles, followed by Enemy of God and Excalibur, should please fans of gritty, violent historical fantasies based on Celtic legend. |
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| Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit by Mercedes LackeyArthurian Fantasy. Gwenhwyfar, daughter of King Lleudd, has two choices: wise woman or warrior. Gwen chooses the latter path, becoming her father's war chief and gaining the name "the White Spirit" for her martial prowess -- until the powerful Ladies of the Well summon her for a different purpose: to wed High King Arthur. Although Gwenhwyfar possesses the second sight that would make her an asset to Arthur, her resentment at the loss of her freedom will have far-reaching consequences. Interested in other novels that place this traditionally underwritten character in a starring role? Try Rosalind Miles' Guenevere trilogy or Alice Borchardt's Tales of Guinevere. |
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| Merlin: Book Two of the Pendragon Cycle by Stephen R. LawheadArthurian Fantasy. Merlin tells the story of his life in this 2nd book in Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle. The son of the druid Taliesin and Princess Charis of Atlantis, Merlin -- or "Myrddin" -- trains as a bard on Ynys Avallach, the Isle of Avalon, but also learns the way of the warrior from his late father's people, the Cymry. For a time, he exists with a foot in each world, but tragedy strikes and sends him into exile, where he learns that his destiny is to prepare the way for a great king who will one day establish the Kingdom of Summer. This 2nd stand-alone book in the Pendragon Cycle combines Celtic mythology, Arthurian lore, and the legend of Atlantis in a richly detailed, action-packed narrative. |
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| Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle: The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novels by Rosalind MilesArthurian Fantasy. Tristan, a member of King Arthur's round table, is also the nephew of the King Mark of Cornwall -- whose betrothed, Irish Princess Isolde, becomes the young knight's lover when she nurses him back to health after he sustains a near-fatal wound. But since Isolde's marriage to King Mark is a political union, her love for Tristan threatens the political stability of Britain. Author Rosalind Miles' tale of star-crossed Celtic lovers Tristan and Isolde should please readers who enjoy Arthurian legends. If you enjoy this book, check out the other volumes of the trilogy: The Maid of the White Hands and The Lady of the Sea. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Prince George's County Memorial Library System 6532 Adelphi Rd. Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 301-699-3500http://www.pgcmls.info/ |
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