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New Fiction - November 2020
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Agatha Arch Is Afraid of Everything
by Kristin Bair
After discovering her husband has been cheating on her with a local dog walker, Agatha Arch decides to defy her numerous and crippling anxieties and do whatever she must to find the courage to build a better life.
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The Archer
by Paulo Coelho
A young man seeks wisdom from a retired hunter who explains how the principles of bowhunting can help readers find the courage to take risks and embrace life’s unexpected turns.
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All That Glitters
by Danielle Steel
When her life of privilege is upended by a terrorist attack that ends her parents’ lives, a college senior struggles to rebuild on her own terms, learning uplifting and heartbreaking life lessons throughout a series of relationships and opportunities.
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The Arrest
by Jonathan Lethem
Working as an organic farmer in a post-apocalypse world devoid of technology, a former Los Angeles screenwriter unexpectedly reconnects with his once-famous partner, who has retrofitted a nuclear-powered digger to launch an unknown agenda.
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At Night All Blood Is Black
by David Diop
Haunted for refusing to kill an injured comrade who begged to be spared an agonizing death, a World War I Chocolat soldier from Senegal begins killing enemy soldiers as penance, earning a sinister reputation along the way.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
A U.S. release of a best-selling debut is set at a century-old Tokyo coffee shop rumored to offer patrons the chance to travel back in time, where four customers reevaluate their formative life choices.
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Dark Tides
by Philippa Gregory
A sequel to Tidelands finds 17th-century London warehouse owner Alinor reuniting with a man from her past while reaching out to her brother in war-torn New England for proof of her son’s survival.
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The Diplomat's Wife
by Pam Jenoff
Surviving a Nazi concentration camp before her child’s father dies in a plane crash, Marta marries a kind diplomat only to have her fleeting happiness sabotaged by the activities of a communist mole in British intelligence.
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Eartheater
by Dolores Reyes
A woman from an underprivileged region of contemporary Argentina teams up with a withdrawn police officer when she develops uncontrollable pica that triggers visions of murdered and missing people, including her own mother.
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Everything Changes
by Catherine Bybee
The conclusion to the trilogy finds a guarded civil engineer navigating job discrimination while resisting the advances of a handsome developer who defends her in the face of career-threatening accusations that she is taking bribes.
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From These Broken Streets
by Roland Merullo
A curator at Italy’s National Archives, a secretary working for the Italian Fascist government and an underworld black marketer join forces to repel their Nazi occupiers in 1943 Naples in a novel inspired by a true, historic uprising.
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The Haunting of Brynn Wilder
by Wendy Webb
Bonding with residents at a Lake Superior boarding house in the aftermath of a devastating loss, Brynn is unnerved by a frail local’s insights before becoming irresistibly drawn to a man with a dangerous reputation.
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Hidden in Plain Sight
by Jeffrey Archer
A sequel to Nothing Ventured finds a newly-promoted Detective Sergeant William Warwick reassigned to a vice squad, where his efforts to apprehend a notorious South London drug dealer pits him against enemies old and new.
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In the Lion's Den
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
A sequel to Master of His Fate finds James Lionel Falconer's unlikely rise to the head of a prestigious London shipping company challenged by a devastating fire, a paramour's life-changing secret and his evolving feelings for runaway Alexis Malvern.
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Irena's War
by James D. Shipman
Forced to run 1939 Warsaw’s soup kitchens to help the Gestapo maintain an illusion of order, a social worker learns small ways to defy her employers while helping smuggle essential supplies to criminalized Jewish families.
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The Last Days of Ellis Island
by Galle Josse
New York, November 3, 1954: Told in a series of poignant diary entries, the last immigration officer of Ellis Island looks back over 45 years as gatekeeper to America. Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature.
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Little Threats
by Emily Schultz
Released after serving 15 years for a murder she cannot remember, a woman from a privileged family is interviewed by a crime-show host who believes there is more to the story.
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Midnight Train to Prague
by Carol Windley
During the Germany occupation of Russia, fortune teller Natalia Faber arrives in Prague to search for her fiancé and, accused of spying, is sent to a concentration camp where her only solace is a friendship with the daughter of a woman she met decades earlier on a stalled train.
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A Million Aunties
by Alecia McKenzie
American-born artist Chris is forced to reconsider his own concept of “family” during a visit to his mother’s Caribbean homeland. Told from different points of view, this is a hopeful journey across continents about unlikely love, friendship, and community.
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The Museum of Forgotten Memories
by Anstey Harris
In this delightfully British gem, a widow and her special needs son are forced to confront an uncertain future when they move into their family's abandoned Victorian museum. Their roommates? A grouchy caretaker and stuffed lions, tigers, and bears...oh my!
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Nights When Nothing Happened
by Simon Han
Earning just enough in America that they hope to reclaim the son they left behind in China, Patty and Liang Cheng find their fragile stability complicated by their daughter’s sleepwalking activities, which expose complicated family secrets.
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The Orchard
by David Hopen
Reinventing himself upon moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, a student at an Orthodox Jewish academy is welcomed into a circle of popular students whose faith is unconventionally tested by their charismatic rabbi.
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The Sun Collective
by Charles Baxter
The National Book Award finalist presents this timely and unsettling novel in which a mother searches for her son, a once promising actor, who has fallen victim to a local community group and its enigmatic leader.
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Things We Didn't Say
by Amy Lynn Green
In this epistolary novel from the WWII home front, Johanna Berglund is forced to return to her small Midwestern town to become a translator at a German POW camp. There, amid old secrets, she finds that the POWs have hidden depths. A memorable exploration of prejudice and friendship across ethnic and gender lines.
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To Be A Man: Stories
by Nicole Krauss
The National Book Award finalist explores contemporary gender realities in a latest collection of short fiction that traces the experiences of diverse characters at respective stages of life.
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Too Much Lip
by Melissa Lucashenko
Sneaking back to Bundjalung country to attend her father’s deathbed, an outspoken, queer First Nations Australian woman confronts the ghosts of her ancestors to prevent her family’s spiritual home from being turned into a prison.
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To Steal a Heart
by Jen Turano
Gabriella Goodhue had put her past as a thief behind her, until a woman in her boardinghouse is unjustly accused and she is caught gathering evidence by Nicholas Quinn, a fellow street urchin against whom she holds a grudge. Nicholas insists they join forces--but their feelings are tested when danger follows their every step.
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V2: A Novel of World War II
by Robert Harris
A World War II German rocket engineer under orders to launch V2 rockets at London from Occupied Holland and an actress-turned-English Intelligence officer who would neutralize the bombings land on opposite sides in a desperate hunt for a saboteur.
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War Lord
by Bernard Cornwell
A latest entry in the best-selling series behind Netflix’s The Last Kingdom continues the history-based epic story of the character Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his adventures in the turbulent early years of England.
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White Ivy
by Susie Yang
Years after she is sent away from Boston to China for shoplifting, a conflicted Chinese-American woman reconnects with her golden-boy childhood crush before a ghost from the past threatens her ambitions.
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Absence of Mercy
by S. M. Goodwin
Forced by his father’s political connections to relocate to pre-Civil War New York, a former Crimean War hero teams up with a misfit detective to investigate a philanthropist’s murder and wrongful charges targeting an innocent woman.
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After All I've Done
by Mina Hardy
Experiencing recurring nightmares of an accident she cannot remember, Diana bonds with newcomer Cole before her unraveling memories force her to make an unthinkable choice in this thriller.
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The Cutting Place
by Jane Casey
Investigating a journalist’s murder at an elite gentlemen’s club, Maeve Kerrigan scrambles to uncover the dangerous secrets of its wealthy patrons without exposing her own in the latest in the series.
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Daylight
by David Baldacci
When her search for her sister clashes with one of John Puller’s high-stakes investigations, FBI agent Atlee Pine confronts traumatizing forces in the world of organized crime.
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Deadly Cross
by James Patterson
Investigating the assassination of the vice president’s wife, Detective Alex Cross and FBI Special Agent Ned Mahoney travel to Alabama to uncover clues from the victim’s early life.
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Death, Diamonds, and Deception
by Rosemary Simpson
When her sharp-eyed aunt declares a spectacular Marie Antoinette heirloom necklace a counterfeit, Prudence and her partner, Geoffrey, trace the necklace’s stolen diamonds to a jeweler’s murder and a banking family’s dangerous secrets.
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Double Agent
by Tom Bradby
MI6 agent Kate Henderson investigates information from a Russian defector, including financial trails and a horrifying video, that may offer proof that the British Prime Minister is a live agent working for Moscow in the sequel to Secret Service.
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Egg Shooters
by Laura Childs
Interrupting an emergency room shooter at the local hospital, Cackleberry Club Café owner Suzanne teams up with Petra and Toni to find the escaped killer before he tracks them down.
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Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven
by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum’s struggle to choose between Joe Morelli and Ranger is upended by a search for her grandmother’s inheritance that is further complicated by two fortune-hunting enemies from the past.
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A Galway Epiphany
by Ken Bruen
After a hit and run that leaves him in a coma for several weeks, ex-cop turned private eye Jack Taylor wakes up only to pulled out of his quiet new life on a farm by three mysteries that soon prove dangerously linked
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Head Wounds
by Michael McGarrity
A series conclusion finds Clayton Istee, son of Kevin Kerney, investigating a double homicide at a Las Cruces hotel that he connects to a casino theft and a DEA cover-up.
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Hot to Trot
by M. C. Beaton
Jealously investigating an ex’s intended, Agatha Raisin crashes the wedding only to become implicated in the bride’s murder, a situation that immerses Agatha in the cutthroat equestrian world.
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How to Raise an Elephant
by Alexander McCall Smith
Precious Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency must come together to raise a small elephant, in this two-ton case that employs Precious’s maternal instincts.
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The Kingdom
by Jo Nesbo
In this stand-alone mystery, a mechanic from a rural mountain village finds the limits of his family loyalties tested when his entrepreneur brother announces plans to revitalize the community through a hotel project that becomes increasingly overshadowed by greed and dangerous secrets.
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A Lady Compromised
by Darcie Wilde
Helping organize a friend’s wedding, Rosalind reconnects with a man from her past before becoming embroiled in a case involving a brother’s mysterious suicide and a chief suspect fiancé.
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The Lady Upstairs
by Halley Sutton
Supporting herself by targeting and then blackmailing powerful unscrupulous men from Hollywood, Jo orchestrates a final con against a rising political star when she is wrongly targeted with suspicion for murder.
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The Law of Innocence
by Michael Connelly
Defense attorney Mickey Haller utilizes his legal team’s resources from behind bars to organize his own defense when he is framed for murder by an unknown adversary.
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The Man in the Microwave Oven
by Susan R. Cox
Fleeing from a murder and family tragedy in her native England, Theo Bogart changed her name and built an undercover life in a close-knit San Francisco neighborhood. Then her best friend, Nat Moore, finds a human finger in the microwave oven at his coffee shop and turns to Theo for help.
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Marauder
by Clive Cussler
Aboard the Oregon, one of the most advanced spy ships ever built, Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives go up against nemeses as they prepare for yet another dangerous mission.
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Moonflower Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
Helping run her boyfriend’s small Greek island hotel, a homesick London editor is irresistibly drawn to the story of a murder on the Suffolk coast and the wrongful incarceration of an innocent immigrant.
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Murder by Milk Bottle
by Lynne Truss
Constable Twitten and his Brighton colleagues navigate regional uproar and media drama in the summer of 1957 to identify a common link among three murder victims who have been killed with an unusual weapon.
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Murder in Old Bombay
by Nev March
Investigating the double murder of two women in 1892 Bombay, Captain Jim Agnihotri is confronted by suspicion on both sides of a divided land before his investigation triggers unexpected consequences.
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Murder In Season
by Jessica Fletcher
Supervising community holiday activities in Cabot Cove, Jessica Fletcher discovers two sets of bones, one recent and one ancient, before a tabloid reporter’s theories lead to a third death and revelations about a long-unsolved community mystery.
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On Deadly Tides
by Elizabeth J. Duncan
While on a painting holiday off the coast of North Wales, amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan stumbles upon a body on a secluded beach – and a new mystery – while falling in love with a wildlife photographer and learning some surprising truths about herself.
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One of Our Own
by Jane Haddam
A former FBI agent and police consultant investigates after a body falls out of the back of a van speeding through his Philadelphia neighborhood in the series conclusion to the long-running series.
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Piece of My Heart
by Mary Higgins Clark
A high-suspense follow-up to the best-selling You Don’t Own Me finds the nuptials of television producer Laurie Moran and investigative host Alex Buckley nightmarishly upended by the sudden disappearance of Alex’s 7-year-old nephew.
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Shadow of the Dragon
by Marc Cameron
When a high-level mole infiltrates American Intelligence, President Jack Ryan dispatches John Clark and the Campus team to track down a missing scientist who holds critical aerospace and naval technology.
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Shadow Sands
by Robert Bryndza
A sequel to Nine Elms finds criminology academic Kate Marshall discovering the body of a missing teen while scuba diving in the Shadow Sands reservoir before connecting the victim to an urban legend and string of mysterious deaths.
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The Silver Shooter
by Erin Lindsey
The third mystery featuring Rose Gallagher, a Pinkerton agent specializing in the paranormal, as she tracks a monster and searches for treasure in the wilds of the Dakota Territory in 1887.
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Someone to Watch Over Me
by Ace Atkins
When his apprentice Mattie’s childhood friend from the South Boston housing projects is murdered, Spenser traces the victim’s demise to an international sex-trafficking ring that has been operating with impunity under the protection of a well-connected billionaire.
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They're Gone
by E. A. Barres
A northern Virginia freelance editor and a Baltimore bartender search for answers and scramble to protect their surviving loved ones on a night when the seemingly unrelated deaths of their husbands expose devastating secrets.
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The Turning Tide
by Catriona McPherson
1930s Scotland. Investigating a mentally unstable ferrywoman whose rants have suggested that she actually murdered a local drowning victim, aristocratic sleuth Dandy Gilver and his colleague Alec Osborne become caught between community members who take opposing stances on the woman’s guilt.
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Without a Brew
by Ellie Alexander
Crafting regional beers for the winter season’s annual IceFest, Nitro brewer and amateur sleuth Sloan Krause rents rooms to unexpected visitors, including a sanctuary-seeking guest who goes missing after a physical altercation.
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You Will Never Know
by S. A. Prentiss
A woman’s carefully rebuilt life is upended by a local murder that casts suspicion on her daughter and stepson amid revelations of her husband’s failing business and a private investigator’s inquiries into the death of her first husband.
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A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
by Manda Collins
Distancing herself from London notoriety when her latest sensational article leads to a high-profile arrest, Lady Katherine clashes with a handsome detective inspector after witnessing a murder upon her arrival in the country.
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The Truth About Dukes
by Grace Burrowes
Hiding a dark past, Robert Rothmere, to keep his riches, must foil the schemes of his enemies by convincing Lady Constance Wentworth, a woman with whom he crossed paths years ago, to marry him.
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Written in the Stars
by Alexandria Bellefleur
A lighthearted holiday romance inspired by Pride and Prejudice depicts the experiences of a free-spirited social media astrologer who agrees to a fake relationship with a no-nonsense actuary to appease their respective families.
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Wyoming True
by Diana Palmer
A gruff rancher who earned his wealth honestly resists his growing attraction to a twice-divorced, independently wealthy beauty who has moved to their small Wyoming town to avoid men.
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The Bright and Breaking Sea
by Chloe Neill
Rescued as a foundling and raised in a home for girls with magical abilities, a rare woman captain in the Isles’ Crown Command fleet reluctantly partners with a mysterious war veteran for a dangerous rescue mission in pirate territory in this adventure-filled fantasy.
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The Children of Red Peak
by Craig DiLouie
With this chilling story of cult abuse, the Stoker-nominated author proves his mastery of the slow slide from psychological drama into supernatural horror.
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The Chimera Code
by Wayne Santos
Santos’s debut cyber-thriller offers a vision of a 22nd-century Earth where the only force more powerful than technology is magic. Fun, fresh cyberpunk.
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The Factory Witches of Lowell
by C. S. Malerich
The mill girls of Lowell, Massachusetts go on strike for fair work, affordable room and board and a brighter future with the assistance of Hannah, a boardinghouse resident who has a gift for witchcraft.
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The Fires of Vengeance
by Evan Winter
To reclaim her throne, Queen Tsiora joins forces with Tau, a young warrior, to assemble her forces and launch an all-out assault on her own capital city and reunite her people.
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Ink
by Jonathan Maberry
A standalone supernatural thriller about something cruel and evil that is feeding on memories, erasing them from the hearts and minds of lonely, damaged people. When all you have are memories, there is no greater horror than forgetting.
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Nophek Gloss
by Essa Hansen
Caiden's planet is destroyed. His family gone. His only hope for survival is a crew of misfit aliens and a mysterious ship that seems to have a soul and a universe of its own.
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Ready Player Two
by Ernest Cline
A 1980s cultural assessment of the fantastical future of online behavior continues the story that began in Ready Player One.
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Rhythm of War
by Brandon Sanderson
Technological discoveries and an edict-violating arms race enmesh Dalinar Kholin and his knights in a conflict that reveals secrets about the original source of Radiant strength.
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Spellbreaker
by Charlie N. Holmberg
Born with illegal spell-breaking powers in a world where corrupt wizards advance the causes of the wealthy, Elise supports underground resistance efforts before striking an unlikely bargain with a elite magical student.
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