November 2019 list by Bonnie Bradford
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Council of Fire
by Eric Flint and Walter H. Hunt
The passage of Halley's Comet in 1759 is catastrophic, striking the Earth and sundering the New World from the Old. The English and the French in North America, who had been on the brink of war when the Sundering came, now have to contemplate what was once unthinkable: forging a military alliance against the dark powers in the terrifying magical world created by the Sundering. Arcane America series.
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Disaster's Children
by Emma Sloley
Raised in a community of wealthy survivalists on an self-sustaining ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world, which the ranchers call “the Disaster,” is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. Now, feeling trapped in a paradise that’s become a prison, Marlo has a choice: stay in the only home she’s ever known—or break away, taking its secrets of survival with her.
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Fate of the Fallen
by Kel Kade
When Mathias discovers it’s his destiny to save the world, he dives in head first, pulling his best friend Aaslo along for the ride. However, saving the world isn’t as easy, or exciting, as it sounds. Now folks have started to believe their best chance is to surrender to the forces of evil, which isn’t how the prophecy goes. At all. Not all stories have happy endings...
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Fire Sail
by Piers Anthony
Lydell, a shy, naive man of twenty-one, and world-weary grandmother Grania could not be more different. But when their paths cross on the way to beseech the Good Magician to add some excitement to their extraordinarily dull lives, the one thing they have in common is about to get them more than they bargained for. Xanth series.
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Flamebringer
by Elle Katharine White
As their enemies begin amassing, desperate Arleans look to their greatest defenders. But Aliza and Alastair Daired, along with their dragon Akarra, are far from home. Plunged into the dangerous world of royal intrigue and ancient grudges, Aliza and Alastair soon realize it will take more than steel and dragonfire to save their kingdom. Heartstone series.
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The Impossible Contract
by K. A. Doore
An assassin’s reputation can mean life or death. This holds especially true for Thana Basbowen, daughter of the legendary Serpent, who rules over Ghadid’s secret clan of assassins. When a top-tier contract drops in her lap she seizes the opportunity. But Thana may be in over her head. Chronicles of Ghadid series.
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Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers
by multiple authors
Continuing the definitive space opera anthology series. Today's most popular writers produce new stories in their most famous universes, alongside essential and seminal short fiction from past masters.
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The Killing Light
by Myke Cole
Heloise and her allies are marching on the Imperial Capital. But when the first of the devils start pouring through a rent in the veil between worlds, Heloise must strike a bargain with an unlikely ally, or doom her people to death and her world to ruin. Sacred Throne series.
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Knight of the Silver Circle
by Duncan M. Hamilton
Dragons have returned after a thousand years, but greater dangers lurk in the shadows. With dragons to slay, and an enemy whose grip on the kingdom grows ever tighter, Gill and his comrades must fight to remain true to themselves, while standing at the precipice of a kingdom in peril. Dragonslayer series.
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The Last Dance
by Martin L. Shoemaker
In space, mutiny means death—that’s why Inspector General Park Yerim is taking her investigation so seriously. The alleged mutineer is Captain Nicolau Aames, whose command of a massive Earth-Mars vessel has come under fire. Now all eyes are on the inspector: one way or another, her findings will have astronomical implications for the future of space travel. Near-Earth Mysteries series.
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Made Things
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Welcome to Fountains Parish--a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mold. Coppelia is a street thief, a trickster, a low-level con artist. But she has something other thieves don't... puppet-like companions.
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The Monstrous Citadel
by Mirah Bolender
Amicae, City of Sweepers, survived the Falling Infestation which nearly destroyed it thanks to the efforts of Laura and Okane. While the ancient monsters have been beaten back for the moment, new and more monstrous dangers face them in the form of belligerent bureaucracy, dangerous gangs, and grasping Sweepers bent on personal glory. Chronicles of Amicae series.
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Novice Dragoneer
by E. E. Knight
Fourteen-year-old Ileth has dreamed of serving with the dragons ever since a childhood meeting with a silver dragon and its female dragoneer. For years she waits, and as soon as she is old enough to join, Ileth runs away to become a novice dragoneer at the ancient human-dragon fortress of the Serpentine. Dragoneer Academy series.
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Queen of the Conquered
by Kacen Callender
Sigourney Rose is the only surviving daughter of a noble lineage on the islands of Hans Lollik. When she was a child, her family was murdered by the islands' colonizers, who have massacred and enslaved generations of her people--and now, Sigourney is ready to exact revenge. Islands of Blood and Storm series.
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Realm of Ash
by Tasha Suri
Some believe the Ambhan Empire is cursed. But Arwa doesn't simply believe it--she knows it's true. To save the Empire, Arwa and the disgraced Crown Prince must walk the bloody path of their shared past, through the realm of ash and into the desert, where the cause of the Empire's suffering--and its only chance of salvation--lie in wait. Books of Ambha series.
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Resistance Reborn
by Rebecca Roanhorse
Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey and Finn struggle to rebuild the Resistance after their defeat at the hands of the First Order. Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker series.
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Stone Clock
by Andrew Bannister
The Spin is nearing the end of its life. Its inhabitants are divided between those who live unknowingly in the relative paradise of Virtual Realities - vrealities - and those who scrape a living in what remains of the real world.The massive servers needed to maintain the vrealities are draining the resources of the Spin. And an escalating, desperate and seemingly futile war has begun between those who tend the servers and those who believe they should be shut down. Spin Trilogy.
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Unnatural Magic
by C. M. Waggoner
Onna is determined to become a great wizard. She can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the boys in her village school. But despite her abilities, she's denied a place at the nation's arcane academy. And so she sets out for Hexos, hoping to find a university where they don't think there's anything untoward about providing a woman with a magical education.
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Upon the Flight of the Queen
by Howard Andrew Jones
While the savage Naor clans prepare to march on the heart of the Five Realms, Rylin infiltrates the highest of the enemy ranks to learn their secrets and free hundreds of doomed prisoners. While the queen is delving further and deeper into the magic of the mysterious hearth-stones, in a frantic attempt to save the realms. Ring-Sworn Trilogy.
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The Watchers' War
by John Montgomery
Something is preying upon the monks of Rion. When the mighty Rion guards find themselves powerless to stop the dark wizard Broeden, their leaders hatch a desperate plan to embrace dark magic with catastrophic results. Sword of the Watch series.
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