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Fantasy and Science Fiction September 2024 |
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| A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. KingfisherIn this dark reimagining of “The Goose Girl” by the Brothers Grimm, Cordelia struggles with the controlling tendencies of her sorceress mother when she moves them into the manor of the rich elderly Squire and his kindly sister Hester. Their kindness forces Cordelia to choose between her mother by birth and a newfound family. For fans of: writers who love dark fantasy with a tinge of romance, such as Naomi Novik and Ava Reid. |
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The mercy of gods
by James S. A. Corey
When the Carryx decimate the human population, taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society to serve on their homeworld, Dafyd Alkhor, swept along with them, is forced to compete against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure.
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The story collector
by Evie Woods
In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything, in a novel by the best-selling author of The Lost Bookshop. Original.
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Sleep no more
by Seanan McGuire
Bound by the Summer Queen's magic and thrust into a world turned upside down, changeling handmaid October Daye, with no way of knowing whom she can trust, where she can turn and even who she really is, must destroy Tatiana's distorted paradise in order to survive.
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Incase you missed them, some of the best Sci-fi of 2023! |
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In the lives of puppets
by TJ Klune
When an unwitting act of betrayal leads to the capture of his android Gio, who once hunted humans, Victor Lawson and his assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to the City of Electric Dreams to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming. 400,000 first printing.
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Starter Villain
by John Scalzi
Down-on-his-luck ex-journalist Charlie Fitzer's life takes an unexpected turn when his reclusive billionaire uncle dies and leaves him in charge of his very unusual business empire. Fans of author John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society will enjoy this novel's snarky humor and zany plot.
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The Future
by Naomi Alderman
A diverse group of activists battle a trio of tech billionaires for the future of Earth in this fast-paced and intricately plotted near-future SF novel by the author of The Power. Read-alikes: Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood; Alex DiFrancesco's All City; Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140.
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The marriage act : a novel
by John Marrs
In Britain, in the near future, the Sanctity of Marriage Act is implemented, punishing those who choose to remain single, and four couples discover how impossible relationships can be when the government uses every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honor and obey.
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The ferryman : a novel
by Justin Cronin
A ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process?—?and, when necessary, enforcing it?—?Proctor Bennet, of the Department of Social Contracts, receives a disturbing and cryptic message from his father, while The Support Staff, who keep Prospera running, organize a revolution that causes Proctor to question everything he once believed.
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