May 2020 list by Bonnie Bradford
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Bone Silence
by Alastair Reynolds
The Ness sisters ran away from home to become the most fearsome pirates in the twenty thousand worlds of the Congregation. But now they're being hunted for crimes they didn't commit by a fleet whose crimes are worse than their own. Revenger Trilogy.
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The Book of Koli
by M. R. Carey
Everything that lives hates us... Beyond the walls of his small village lies a place of choker trees and deadly seeds that will kill you where you stand. And if they don't get you, one of the shunned men will. Koli knows the first rule of survival is that you don't venture too far beyond the walls. Rampart Trilogy.
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The Cerulean Queen
by Sarah Kozloff
Inheriting a council of traitors and the complications of war upon regaining her throne, Cerulia uses her Gift mastery to imbue humility, leadership, compassion, and ruthlessness throughout her kingdom. Nine Realms series.
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Doing Time
by Jodi Taylor
A long time ago in the future, the secret of time travel became known to all. Everyone seized the opportunity--and the world nearly ended. There will always be idiots who want to change history. And so, the Time Police were formed. An all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the timeline straight. At all costs. Time Police series.
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Eden
by Tim Lebbon
In large areas of the planet, nature is fighting back… The Virgin Zones were established to help combat the effects of global warming. Extreme sports enthusiasts target these dangerous zones for illicit races. When one such team enters Eden, they find nature has returned to a primeval state. And it is no longer humanity’s friend.
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The Glass Magician
by Caroline Stevermer
New York 1905―The Vanderbilts. The Astors. The Morgans. They are the cream of society―and they own the nation on the cusp of a new century. Thalia Cutler doesn’t have any of those family connections. What she does have is a dazzling new ability to shapeshift, and therefore the potential to take her place among the rich and powerful.
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Hangman's Gate
by R. S. Ford
After uniting the bandit clans, the Iron Tuskis taking control of the empire. The mountain fortress of Dunrun and its rag-tag defenders are all that stand in his way. Alone, they must hold back the inhuman powers of the Iron Tusk, or see life as they know it come to an end. The old gods have returned... War of Archons series.
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The Human Son
by Adrian J. Walker
The Earth was dying, and only the Erta could save it. They succeeded by removing the cause: humans. Now the Erta decided to raise one child: a sole human to decide if we should again inherit the Earth.
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Legacy of Ash
by Matthew Ward
Ruling families--once protectors of justice and democracy--now plot against one another with sharp words and sharper knives. Blinded by ambition, they remain heedless of the threat posed by the invading armies of the Hadari Empire. Yet as Tressia falls, heroes rise. Legacy Trilogy.
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Master Class
by Christina Dalcher
Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and attend a top tier school. Score too low, and it's off to a federal boarding school with limited prospects afterwards. The purpose? An improved society where teachers focus on the more promising students and parents are happy. At least, that was the plan...
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Now, Then, and Everywhen
by Rysa Walker
When two time-traveling CHRONOS historians cross paths during one of the most tumultuous decades of the 20th century, history goes haywire and they must go up against strange forces to prevent the past from being erased forever. Chronos Origins series.
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Queen
by Timothy Zahn
Nicole Hammond is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with a strange alien ship called the Fyrantha. However, Nicole and all other sentient creatures are caught up in a war for control between two competing factions. Now, the street-kid turned rebel leader has a plan that would restore freedom to all who have been shanghaied by the strange ship. Chronicle of the Sibyl's War series.
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Race the Sands
by Sarah Beth Durst
A pair of strong and determined women risk their lives battling injustice, corruption, and deadly enemies in their quest to become monster-racing champions.
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Shorefall
by Robert Jackson Bennett
A sequel to Foundryside finds Sancia and her allies fighting the city’s robber barons before a legendary hierophant reappears and launches a campaign to destroy Tevanne. Founders Trilogy
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A Time of Courage
by John Gwynne
Heroes shall rise and fall, the earth shall be stained red, and the fate of the Banished Lands will be decided once and for all. Of Blood and Bone series.
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The Unsettling Stars
by Alan Dean Foster
While helping a large colony ship of alien refugees who are under siege by an unknown enemy, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise get more than they bargained for when the answers to why they were attacked are revealed.
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