July 2018 list by Bonnie Bradford
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Annex
by Rich Larson
At first it is a nightmare. When the invaders arrive, the world as they know it is destroyed. Their friends are kidnapped. Their families are changed. Then it is a dream. With no adults left to run things, Violet and the others who have escaped capture are free. They can do whatever they want to do. They can be whoever they want to be. But the invaders won't leave them alone for long...
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Arabella the Traitor of Mars
by David D. Levine
Hail the conquering heroes! At last Arabella and Captain Singh, have earned the attention of great men, ones who have new and evil uses in mind for the captain and his young wife. Now, Arabella must decide between staying loyal to the man she loves, or fighting alongside the Martians, resisting the Galaxy’s last remaining superpower. The Adventures of Arabella Ashby.
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Ball Lightning
by Cixin Liu
When Chen’s parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. While Chen’s quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely life, it also pits him against soldiers and scientists with motives of their own.
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Before She Sleeps
by Bina Shah
In beautiful Green City, the capital of South West Asia, gender selection, war, and disease have brought the ratio of men to women to alarmingly low levels. The government uses terror and technology to control its people, and women must take multiple husbands to have children as quickly as possible. Yet there are women who resist, women who live in an underground collective and refuse to be part of the system.
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Foundryside
by Robert Jackson Bennett
Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. Her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is nothing her unique abilities can’t handle. But unbeknownst to her, Sancia’s been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. Now someone wants Sancia dead, and the artifact for themselves. And in the city of Tevanne, there’s nobody with the power to stop them. Founders trilogy.
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Free Chocolate
by Amber Royer
In the far future, chocolate is Earth’s only unique commodity. One that everyone else in the galaxy is willing to kill to get their hands, paws, and tentacles on.
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The Maw
by Taylor Zajonc
Summoned under the guise of a mysterious life-changing opportunity, Milo Luttrell suddenly finds himself in the midst of an expedition into the largest underground system in Africa helmed by a brash billionaire-turned-exploration guru and his elite team of cavers. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to finally solve the century-old disappearance of the explorer Riley DeWar, a man who both made—and nearly ruined—Milo's fledgling career.
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Noumenon Infinity
by Marina J. Lostetter
Generations ago, Convoy Seven and I.C.C. left Earth on a mission that would take them far beyond the solar system. Eons later, the convoy has returned to the star LQ Pyx to begin work on the Web, the alien mega-structure that covers the star. Is it a Dyson Sphere, designed to power a civilization as everyone believes—or something far more sinister? Sequel to Noumenon.
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Relic
by Alan Dean Foster
Once Homo sapiens reigned supreme, spreading from star system to star system in an empire that encountered no alien life and thus knew no enemy...save itself. Then, armed with the advanced scientific knowledge to create a smart virus, they manage to wipe out humanity to the last man. That man is Ruslan, the sole known surviving human being in the universe.
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Severance
by Ling Ma
Candace Chen, a millennial self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine, living a blinkered life. So she barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Families flee. Companies halt operations. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT guy, Bob. They’re traveling to "the Facility", where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society over again.
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Space Unicorn Blues
by T. J. Berry
Having magical powers makes you less than human, a resource to be exploited. Half-unicorn Gary Cobalt is sick of slavery and captivity. When he's finally free, all he wants is to run away in his ancestors' ship. When Captain Jenny Perata steals the ship, they're stuck with other angry travelers in space. What could possibly go right?
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The Stars Now Unclaimed
by Drew Williams
Think big guns, smugglers, epic space battles, and a telekinetic girl with all the gifts. Also a galaxy full of dangerous conflicts, remnants of ancient technology, and other hidden dangers. And that's just the beginning... The Univsere After series.
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A Study in Honor
by Claire O'Dell
Washington, D.C., the near future. Dr. Janet Watson and covert agent Sara Holmes will use espionage, advanced technology, and the power of deduction to unmask a murderer targeting Civil War veterans.
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