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Sci-Fi / Fantasy/ Horror / Graphic NovelJuly - August 2022
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The Big Dark Sky by Dean R. KoontzDrawn to a Montana homestead and to a strange childhood companion she’d long forgotten, Joanna Chase and others converge on this remote ranch where a madman lurks with a vision to save the future through murder, forcing them all to come together to save themselves—and humanity.
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Fairy Tale by Stephen KingLegendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for that world or ours.
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau : a novel by Silvia Moreno-GarciaWhen the arrival of Eduardo Lizalde sets in motion a dangerous chain of events, Carlota Moreau finds her carefully constructed world falling down around her as passion is ignited in the sweltering heat of the jungle where a motley group of monstrosities await.
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Upgrade : a novel by Blake CrouchWhen his DNA is rewritten with a genetic-engineering breakthrough beyond anything the world has seen, Logan Ramsey finds his transformation threatening everything around him as he is forced to take sides in a fight to save humankind.
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Just Like Home by Sarah GaileyCalled back home by her mother, Vera must not only face the love she had for her serial-killer father, but also confront the secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the notorious Crowder house, finding out just how deep the rot goes.
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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky ChambersReturning from Panga, Sibling Dex, a Tea Monk, and Mosscap, a robot, focus on finding answers and making new friends on the small moon they call home, in the second novel of the series following A Psalm for the Wild-Built.
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The Pallbearers Club : a novel by Paul TremblayA volunteer pallbearer for poorly attended funerals, Art Barbara, a 17-year-old loner in the 1980s, meets a cool girl who has an obsessive knowledge of strange, terrifying things that he tries to make sense of years later while writing a book that she begins making cuts to.
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What Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherWhen his receives world that his childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, Alex Easton races to the House of Usher where he, after encountering a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, recruits a British mycologist and a baffled American doctor to unravel the truth.
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The Book Eaters by Sunyi DeanPart of The Family, a secret line of people for whom books are food, Devon, raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories, discovers that real life doesn't always come with happy endings when her son is born with an insatiable hunger for human minds.
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Thrust by Lidia YuknavitchA motherless girl from the 21st century who is a carrier, a person who can harness the power of meaningful objects to carry her through time, Laisve, rescuing vulnerable figures from the margins of history, seeks to forge a connection to save their shared dream of freedom.
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Glacier's Edge by R. A. SalvatoreJarlaxie, the lone survivor of the raid on the slaad fortress, must escape the ice caverns and get help for his friends by pulling together a team with unimaginable power in the follow-up to Starlight Enclave.
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The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyneIn this reimagining of Rapunzel, as told from the witchs perspective, Haelewise, after her mother dies, finds the legendary towerthe Gothelwhere she encounters Rika, who carries a dark secret the Church strives to keep hiddenone of ancient spells and murderous nobles.
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Old Country / : Your First Home Can Be a Nightmare by Matt QueryWhen a malevolent spirit that lives in the valley, growing stronger each season, former marine Harry and his wife Sasha find everything they thought they knew about the world challenged by evil.
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Mary : an awakening of terror by Nat CassidyMary, a middle-aged woman plagued by hot flashes and voices in her head, moves back home, hoping to reconnect with her past and inner self, but instead begins experiencing strange phenomena related to an infamous serial killerone who wants the killings to begin again.
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Hooked by A. C WiseCaptain Hook, the immortal pirate of Neverland, escapes through a door in the sky to live in London 22 years later where he runs into a grown-up Wendy Darling who understands the dark shadows cast on both their lives.
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Flying the Coop by Lucinda RoyStruggling with her shocking metamorphosis while her friends battle their own demons, Ji-Ji embarks on a journey to liberate herself and defy the status quo in the second novel of the series following The Freedom Race.
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Master of Furies by Raymond E. FeistWhen his wife is murdered by ruthless raiders, Declan Smith, hellbent on revenge, joins forces with a man on the same mission, while Hava, whose gift for piracy has earned the name of The Sea Demon, closes in on those who unleased the murderous hordes.
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The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon JimenezWhen an ancient god escapes her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors, she, along with a guard broken by a guilt-stricken past and an outcast fighting for his future, embarks on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom and end the Moon Throne forever.
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A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz MeadowsBeing forced into an arranged, diplomatic marriage to a girl from Tithena, Velasin vin Aaro reveals his preference for men and finds himself engaged to his intendeds brother instead, despite such relationships being forbidden.
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Juniper & Thorn by Ava ReidMarlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father...Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world.
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The Final Strife by Saara El-ArifiSylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the Empire from the red-blooded ruling classes' tyranny. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes.
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The Monsters We Defy by L. PenelopeIn 1925 Washington, D.C., Clara Johnson, in debt to the spirit world, must steal a magical ring from the wealthiest woman in the District, and to pull off this daring heist, assembles an unlikely team to do the impossible to save their community and their lives.
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The Art of Prophecy : a novel by Wesley ChuWhen the prophecy anoints the wrong hero, Jian decides to save the kingdom from a cruel immortal god-king anyway with the help of a ragtag group of allies, including a grandmaster of magical marital arts, a straight-laced warrior and a chaotic assassin.
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Dirty Lying Faeries by Sabrina BlackburryAfter running into Devin Grayson at an art gala, Thea Kanelo discovers that he is a powerful fairy and must also come to terms with the fact that she is also fae, despite not believing in them.
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