July 2017 list by Holly Whistler
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Assassin's Price
by L. E. Modesitt
A latest entry in the story arc that began with Madness in Solidar follows the efforts of Lorien's eldest son, Charyn, to outmaneuver his father's silence and become a better-informed rex, an effort that is complicated by a murderous Jarolian privateer uprising.
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At the Table of Wolves
by Kay Kenyon
A woman with a talent for drawing out truths that people most wish to hide, Kim Tavistock, a test subject at an ultra-secret site called Monkton Hall, is recruited for a mission to expose the head of the facility, who is believed to be a German spy, and she must infiltrate the upper-crust circles of some of England’s worst fascist sympathizers to expose a traitor.
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Revelations
by J. Gregory Keyes
An exclusive story, told only in this novel, bridges the time between Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the new movie, which is scheduled to be released on July 14, 2017.
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The Day after Gettysburg
by Robert Conroy
In a novel of alternative history, General Robert E. Lee, instead of retreating across the Potomac, turns the tables on Union General George Meade with a vicious counterattack, while a crazed actor closes in on President Abraham Lincoln, a young woman sets out to teach emancipated slaves to read and write and a host of other characters fight for freedom in different ways.
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Moonbreaker
by Simon R. Green
Ride shotgun with a "James Bond-of-the-supernatural"* as the Secret Histories Novels take you careering through an alternate London where around every corner a new kind of danger awaits.... My name is Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond, the very secret agent.And I am a dead man walking. I've been poisoned by Dr. DOA. There is no cure, no treatment, no chance of a last-minute miracle. So all that is left to me and my love, Molly Metcalf, is to track down my killer and stop him before he can murder anyone else. So whether that means fighting a secret army on another world; or searching for a forgotten weapon in the Museum of Unattached Oddities; or facing off against Grendel Rex, the Unforgiven God, in the hidden heart of the Moon, for the terrible secret thatis Moonbreaker...I will do whatever it takes, while I still can. Because the game isn't over till I say it's over--and I still have one last card to play
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Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom : A Novel of Retropolis
by Bradley W. Schenck
Inspired by a retro, 1930s version of the future, a wacky science fiction adventure follows a freelance adventurer, Dash Kent, who tries to find out how and why the switchboard operators of Retropolis were replaced by a mysterious system they don’t understand.
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Wonder Woman : The Official Movie Novelization
by Nancy Holder
An official novelization of the much anticipated movie follows unconquerable warrior Diana, princess of the Amazons, as she, after an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a war raging in the outside world, leaves her home to stop the threat and fulfill her destiny.
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The Fifth Doll
by Charlie N. Holmberg
Matrona lives in an isolated village, where her life is centered on pleasing her parents. She’s diligent in her chores and has agreed to marry a man of their choosing. But a visit to Slava, the local tradesman, threatens to upend her entire life. Entering his empty house, Matrona discovers a strange collection of painted nesting dolls—one for every villager. Fascinated, she can’t resist the urge to open the doll with her father’s face. But when her father begins acting strangely, she realizes Slava’s dolls are much more than they seem.
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