"So let the order of chapters before you represent my chief wish for this book, modeled after a growing sunflower or paper nautilus: that it be useful." ~ from Sharona Muir's
Invisible Beasts
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The House of War and Witness
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Linda Carey
In the year 1740, with the whole of Europe balanced on the brink of war, a company of Austrian soldiers is sent to the village of Narutsin to defend the border with Prussia. But what should be a routine posting is quickly revealed to be anything but. The previous garrison is gone, the great house of Pokoj, where they're to be billeted, a dilapidated ruin, and the people of Narutsin sullen and belligerent. Convinced the villagers are keeping secrets and possibly consorting with the enemy the commanding officer orders his junior lieutenant, Klaes, to investigate. While Klaes sifts through the villagers' truths, half-truths and lies, Drozde, the quartermaster's woman, is making uncomfortable discoveries of her own about herself, her man, and the house where they've all been thrown together. Because far from being the empty shell it appears to be, Pokoj is actually teeming with people. It's just that they're all dead. And the dead know things about Drozde, about the history of Pokoj, and about the terrible event that is rushing towards them all, seemingly unstoppable.
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Severed souls
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Terry Goodkind
Seeker of Truth Richard Rahl and his wife, Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnel, face an enemy from the far reaches of the D'Haran Empire as Bishop Hannis Arc and the ancient Emperor Sulachan lead a vast horde of Shun-Tuk and other depraved "half-people" into the Empire's heart, raising an army of the dead in order to threaten the world of the living.
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The Magician's Land: A Novel
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Lev Grossman
Cast out of the enchanted world of Fillory, where he once reigned as High King, magician Quentin Coldwater returns to the only other place he's ever felt truly at home: his alma mater, Brakebills College. But, as Quentin quickly discovers, you can't go home again. So what's a magician-in-exile to do? Find out in this "deeply satisfying" (Kirkus Reviews) conclusion to Lev Grossman's bestselling Magician trilogy, which begins with The Magicians and The Magician King.
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The Book of Life
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Deborah Harkness
Having traveled to Elizabethan England and back, historian Diana Bishop, a witch, and her paramour, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont, continue their pursuit of the alchemical manuscript known as Ashmole 782, called "the Book of Life" for the information it contains. However, they're not the only ones who want this elusive tome: its secrets would prove advantageous to any number of supernatural factions, most of which are at war with one another. This conclusion to the All Souls Trilogy will enchant series fans, as well as readers who enjoy a rich blend of magic, mystery, time travel, and forbidden romance. However, newcomers should start at the beginning of the saga with A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night.
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The crimson campaign
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Brian McClellan
After his attempted invasion of Kez fails, Tamas must retreat to defend his country from the angry god, Kresimir, while Inspector Adamat tries to rescue his wife from the evil Lord Vetas in this sequel to Promise of Blood.
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The shadow throne
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Django Wexler
About to become Queen Regnant in the wake of her father's death, Raesinia Orboan must beware of the ambitious men who will wish to control her, and the throne, in the second book of the series following The Thousand Names.
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Red Country
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Joe Abercrombie
When Shy South returns from a trip to town with her stepfather, Lamb, she finds the family farm burned to the ground and her younger siblings missing. Suspecting that this is the work of child-abducting slave traders from the North, Shy and Lamb embark on a perilous journey to rescue the children. Although it's set in the same world as author Joe Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy, this novel (itself a loose sequel to the stand-alone book The Heroes) requires no previous knowledge of the series. However, newcomers who enjoy gritty, violent military-focused fantasy will no doubt want to immerse themselves in all the books' vividly rendered setting.
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The Steel Remains
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Richard K. Morgan
Once a war hero, retired swordsman Ringil is now a living tourist attraction, drumming up business in a backcountry inn by telling stories of his glory days. When his mother begs him to locate a cousin who's been sold into slavery, Ringil is surprised by the request -- his family long ago disowned him for being a lover of men. However, he shoulders his trusty broadsword, Ravensfriend, sets off in search of his kinswoman... and finds much more than he bargained for. Fans of Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy may enjoy the complex (and cynical) characters, dark humor, and explicit sex and violence of The Steel Remains, which is the 1st book in the Land Fit for Heroes series, followed by The Cold Commands and the forthcoming The Dark Defiles.
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The Company
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K.J. Parker
At the end of a long war, General Teuche Kunessin returns home to Faralia, where he hopes to reunite with his surviving comrades from "A" Company to pursue their shared dream of a quiet life in a faraway place. Kunessin has acquired the island of Sphoe, and the would-be colonists hastily acquire wives and a retinue of servants. All goes according to plan until gold is discovered, sowing discord and testing loyalties. Light on the magic, but full of action and adventure, The Company is a gritty, psychologically intense novel by the author of the Engineer and Scavenger trilogies.
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Blood song : a Raven's Shadow novel
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Anthony Ryan
"The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm." Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order. The Brothers of the Sixth Order are devoted to battle, and Vaelin will be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate, and dangerous life of a Warrior of the Faith. He has no family now save the Order. Vaelin's father was Battle Lord to King Janus, ruler of the unified realm. Vaelin's rage at being deprived of his birthright and dropped at the doorstep of the Sixth Order like a foundling knows no bounds. He cherishes the memory of his mother, and what he will come to learn of her at the Order will confound him. His father, too, has motives that Vaelin will come to understand. But one truth overpowers all the rest: Vaelin Al Sorna is destined for a future he has yet to comprehend. A future that will alter not only the realm, but the world.
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The Way of Shadows
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Brent Weeks
Durzo Blint is a "wetboy," a skilled assassin whose magic only enhances his ability to kill; Azoth is a "guild rat," picking pockets and stealing from merchants' stalls to survive on the streets. Azoth longs to be Blint's apprentice, determined to avenge the crimes of his cruel master and save the lives of his childhood friends. However, the path he's chosen to follow is a difficult one that will require Azoth to transform himself into someone even he doesn't recognize. Fast-paced and action-packed, The Way of Shadows kicks off the gritty and violent Night Angel trilogy, which continues with Shadows' Edge and Beyond the Shadows.
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