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Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2024
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Big time
by Ben H Winters
The New York Times best-selling author of The Quiet Boy returns with a speculative, corporate espionage thriller that takes the adage "Time is money," and makes it literally, frighteningly so.
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Three kinds of lucky
by Kim Harrison
Working at the mages' university due to her rare ability to handle dross—the damaging, magical waste generated by spellwork—Petra Grady, after an unthinkable accident, seeks out an outcast exiled for the crime of using dross to cast spells, who convinces her to embrace her own hidden talents.
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The day tripper
by James Goodhand
After an altercation with a former childhood bully leaves him bruised, bloody and almost drowning in the Thames, 20-something Alex Dean wakes up each day in a different year and must piece together what happens in his life after that fateful night to save himself and the people he loves most.
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Projections
by S. E. Porter
After murdering the young woman he couldn't have, a sorcerer sends projections of himself out into the world to seek out and seduce women who will return the love she denied—or suffer a fate worse than death.
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| The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose UtomiWhen Aleke and the Cult of Tutu attack The City of Truth, 17-year-old Junior Peacekeeper Osi uses a sacred artifact known as the God's Eyes to fight back. The Truth of the Aleke is the 2nd book in the Forever Desert series, which takes place 500 years after the events of The Lies of the Ajungo. |
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| Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu BabalolaThis short story collection by British Nigerian writer Bolu Babalola (Honey and Spice) offers retellings of myths and folktales from various cultural traditions. You might also like: Aoko Matsuda's Where the Wild Ladies Are; Hanan al-Shaykh's One Thousand and One Nights; or Gemmarose Nethercott's Fifty Beasts to Break your Heart. |
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| The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra KhawTwo refugees, a mermaid and a plague doctor, seek safety in the forest but instead encounter greater danger in this dark and often disturbing homage to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." This volume includes the related short story, "And In Our Daughters, We Find a Voice." You might also like: Aimee Ogden's Sun-Daughters, Sea Daughters; T. Kingfisher's Sworn Soldiers series; Jade Song's Chlorine. |
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| The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-GarciaAn unexpected visitor upends the sheltered life of Carlota Moreau, whose father, mad scientist Doctor Moreau, keeps her isolated on their estate in 1870s Yucatán, Mexico, along with the human-animal hybrid creatures he has created. Try this next: Daryl Gregory's The Album of Dr. Moreau. |
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| Arch-Conspirator by Veronica RothIn the post-apocalyptic settlement of Thebes, the human race survives by extracting ichor, or genetic material, from the dead and storing it in the Archive for future use. When Thebes' authoritarian ruler Kreon bans Antigone's deceased brothers' ichor from the Archive, the young woman rebels. Unfolding from multiple viewpoints, this SF retelling of Sophocles' Antigone offers "a heroine to root for, a despot to revile, and a thought-provoking ending" (Library Journal). |
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