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Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2024 |
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When the Moon Hatched
by Sarah A. Parker
A fast-paced fantasy romance features an immersive, vibrant world with mysterious creatures, a unique magic system and a love that blazes through the ages.
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The god and the gumiho
by Sophie Kim
In this contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster god-turned-detective to track down a wrathful demon before it can destroy the mortal world.
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Daughter of the merciful deep
by L. Penelope
Mute since armed riders expelled every Black family in town, Jane Edwards seeks assistance from a strange man with uncanny abilities to help fight the construction of a dam that will wash away her new home.
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Apprentice to the Villain
by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Happy working as the assistant to the villain, Evie Sage notices something strange happening with the kingdom's magic and must protect their lair in Rennedawn, in the second novel of the series. Start with Assistant to the Villain.
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| The Bright Sword by Lev GrossmanArriving in Camelot just after the death of King Arthur, young Collum joins the ragtag remnants of the Knights of the Round Table to defend Britian's throne from a magical threat. In his first adult fantasy since the Magicians series, author Lev Grossman plumbs the depths of Arthurian legend to create an inventive new epic. |
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Edge of collapse
by Kyla Stone
No electricity. No cars or phones. The country is plunged into instant chaos. But for Hannah Sheridan, it's the best day of her life. For the last five years, she's been the captive of a sadistic psychopath--until the EMP releases the lock of her prison. Battered but not broken, she emerges from her underground cell into a hostile winter wilderness with nothing but the clothes on her back and her determination to survive.
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Arkangel
by James Rollins
Sigma Force is summoned to help search for a missing trove of ancient books after a Vatican archivist is murdered near the Kremlin, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Tides of Fire.
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| The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah BrooksWhen the Trans-Siberian Express takes a new set of passengers across the Wastelands, home to miraculous and terrifying creatures, the rules of the magical landscape change and the travelers must trust each other as the wildness outside threatens to consume them all. |
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Books You May Have Missed
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The Bezzle
by Cory Doctorow
This 2nd Martin Hench caper, after Red Team Blues, jumps back in time to 2006 as the cynical forensic accountant recounts how his investigation of a low-level pyramid scheme led to his running afoul of wealthy investors willing to go to extreme lengths to protect their profit margins.
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A brief history of living forever
by Jaroslav Kalfar
In a 2030 America led by an isolationist authoritarian government, a star biotech scientist trying to discover the key to immortality becomes a whistleblower when she uncovers alarming activity in the wastelands of what was once Florida.
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The Book of Rain
by Thomas Wharton
A groundbreaking, deeply affecting work of environmental literary suspense for fans of Cloud Atlas, The Overstory, and Station Eleven. The northern Alberta mining town of River Meadows is one of three hotspots in the world producing ghost ore, a new source of energy. The ore is worth twenty-eight times its weight in gold, but it's also linked with slippages of time and space.
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| Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock by Maud WoolfIn a futuristic Bubble City, washed-up star Lulabelle Rock spawns a 13th clone whose sole mission is to eliminate her predecessors. But love complicates matters as the clone assassin faces a moral dilemma. This is a thrilling sci-fi tale where the line between clones and people blurs, and love proves more complex than expected. |
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