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Perhaps the stars
by Ada Palmer
"In the future, the leaders of Hive nations-nations without fixed location-clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could only last so long. The comforts of effortless global travel and worldwide abundance may have tempered humanity's darkest inclinations, but conflict remains deeply rooted in the human psyche. All it needed was a catalyst, in form of special little boy to ignite half a millennium of repressed chaos"
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In the Garden of Beasts : Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson
The best-selling author of Devil in the White City documents the efforts of first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany William E. Dodd to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapo chief Rudolf Diels. Reprint. A #1 best-seller.
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Hell bent
by Leigh Bardugo
Assembling a team of dubious allies, Galaxy“Alex” Stern is determined to find a gateway to the underworld and rescue Darlington from purgatory, in the second novel of the series following Ninth House. 500,000 first printing.
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Sleepless : a novel
by Charlie Huston
Working undercover to stop the black-market trade of a sleep-aid drug that has become aggressively sought by a world stricken by pandemic insomnia, Los Angeles cop Parker Haas finds his work compromised by pharmaceutical company corruption and the afflictions of his wife and infant daughter. By the best-selling author of The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death.
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Wool
by Hugh Howey
"The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is the story of a community living in an underground silo completely unaware of the fate of the outside world. When the silo's sheriff asks to leave the silo, a series of events unravels the very fabric of their fragile lives. In a world where all commodities are precious and running out, truth and hope may be the most rare...and the most needed"
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Neom
by Lavie Tidhar
In Neom, a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful, an urban sprawl along the Red Sea, and a port of call between Earth and stars, one robot can change this city's destiny with a single rose, searching for a lost love. Original.
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A brightness long ago
by Guy Gavriel Kay
"International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition. A Brightness Long Ago offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel"
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The last light of the sun
by Guy Gavriel Kay
The fates of three powerful civilizations--the Erlings of Vinmark, the Anglcyn kindom, and the Cyngael--clash in an evocative fantasy based on the legends of the ancient Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and Norse cultures. Reprint.
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The woman in white
by Wilkie Collins
The mysterious appearance of a woman dressed in white leads to the discovery of a complicated plot involving a stolen inheritance and an escape from a mental institution
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Ancillary justice
by Ann Leckie
Now isolated in a single frail human body, Breq, an artificial intelligence that used to control of a massive starship and its crew of soldiers, tries to adjust to her new humanity while seeking vengeance and answers to her questions
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Nona the ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
"Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? "You will love Nona, and Nona loves you." -Alix E. Harrow "Unlike anything I've ever read." -V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth "Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original." -The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever. And each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face.."
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Greywaren
by Maggie Stiefvater
"Niall and Mór have escaped their homeland for a new start, and lost themselves in what they found. Declan has grown up as the responsible son, the responsible brother--only to find there is no way for him to keep his family safe. Ronan has always livedon the edge between dreams and waking...but now that edge is gone, and he is falling. Matthew has been the happy child, the brightest beam. But rebellion beckons, because it all feels like an illusion now"
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A head full of ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when 14-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of what at first seems to be acute schizophrenia, a condition which only gets worse, leading them to believe it's actually demonic possession, as they become the center of a reality TV show. 75,000 first printing.
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
Dune, Frank Herbert's epic science-fiction masterpiece set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar society, tells the story of Paul Atreides as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism, and politics, Dune is a powerful, fantastical tale that takes an unprecedented look into our universe.
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The song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
This epic retelling of the legend of Achilles follows Patroclus and Achilles, the golden son of King Peleus, as they, skilled in the arts of war and medicine, lay siege to Troy after Helen of Sparta is kidnapped--a cause that tests their friendship and forces them to make the ultimate sacrifice. 50,000 first printing.
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14
by Peter Clines
The odd things about Nate Turner's new apartment don't bother him until he meets his neighbors and realizes there are little mysteries in every room of the old brownstone
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The constant rabbit
by Jasper Fforde
"A new stand-alone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Early Riser and the Thursday Next series England, 2022. There are 1.2 million human-size rabbits living in the UK. They can walk, talk, drive cars, and they like to read Voltaire, theresult of an Inexplicable Anthropomorphizing Event fifty-five years before. A family of rabbits is about to move into Much Hemlock, a cozy little village in Middle England where life revolves around summer fetes, jam making, gossipy corner stores, and the oh-so-important Best Kept Village awards. No sooner have the rabbits arrived than the villagers decide they must depart, citing their propensity to burrow and breed, and their shameless levels of veganism. But Mrs Constance Rabbit is made of sterner stuff, and her and her family decide they are to stay. Unusually, their neighbors--longtime resident Peter Knox and his daughter, Pippa--decide to stand with them . . . and soon discover that you can be a friend to rabbits or humans, but not both. With a blossoming romance, acute cultural differences, enforced rehoming to a MegaWarren in Wales, and the full power of the ruling United Kingdom Anti-Rabbit Party against them, Peter and Pippa are about to question everything they had ever thought about their friends, their nation, and their species. An inimitable blend of satire, fantasy, and thriller, The Constant Rabbit is the latest dazzlingly original foray into Jasper Fforde's ever-astonishing creative genius"
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Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
by John Le Carré
"The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author John le Carré's Karla trilogy The man he knew as "Control" is dead, and the young Turks who forced him out now run the Circus. But George Smiley isn't quite ready for retirement--especially when apretty, would-be defector surfaces with a shocking accusation: a Soviet mole has penetrated the highest level of British Intelligence. Relying only on his wits and a small, loyal cadre, Smiley recognizes the hand of Karla--his Moscow Centre nemesis--and sets a trap to catch the traitor. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a heart-stopping tale of international intrigue"
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A psalm for the wild-built
by Becky Chambers
Centuries after disappearing into the wilderness en masse, the sentient robots of Panga return to visit with a tea monk and answer their burning question, What do people need? in the first novel of a new series. 100,000 first printing.
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Record of a spaceborn few
by Becky Chambers
A young apprentice, an alien academic, a caretaker for the dead, an archivist, and others wrestle with profound questions after their evacuation ship, carrying the last humans on Earth, finally reaches its destination
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A closed and common orbit
by Becky Chambers
A spaceship's artificial intelligence, Lovelace, wakes up in a new body with no memory of her prior existence and must learn to negotiate the universe with the help of excitable engineer Pepper
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The long way to a small, angry planet : Library Edition
by Becky Chambers
Joining the crew of the aging Wayfarer, loner Rosemary Harper must unexpectedly risk her life when they are offered the job of a lifetime, teaching her lessons about love and trust, and that having a family is not the worst thing in the universe
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Howl's moving castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl
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Into the drowning deep
by Mira Grant
Victoria Stewart and her crew sail to the Mariana Trench, in the hopes of discovering the fate of the Atargatis—which, along with its crew, including Victoria's sister, was lost at sea during the crew's attempt to film a mockumentary on ancient sea creatures of legend. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers
by Mary Roach
A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility
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The Iliad : A New Translation
by Homer
"Composed around 730 B.C., Homer's Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept leader of the Greeks, through to its tragic conclusion, The Iliad explores the abiding, blighting facts of war. Carved close to the original Greek, acclaimed classicist Caroline Alexander's new translation is swift and lean, with the driving cadence of its source--a translation epic in scale and yet devastating in its precision and power."
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Network effect
by Martha Wells
When Murderbot's human associates are captured and need its help, it must choose between inertia and drastic action, in this first, full-length standalone novel about a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction
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Gaudy night : a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery with Harriet Vane
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Harriet Vane's Oxford reunion is shadowed by a rash of pranks and mischief that include beautifully worded death threats, burnt effigies, and poison-pen letters, and Harriet finds herself and Lord Peter Wimsey challenged by an elusive set of clues
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The will to battle
by Ada Palmer
"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location. The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world's stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction could ever dominate. So that the balance held. The Hives' façade of solidity is the only hope they have for maintaining a semblance of order, for preventing the public from succumbing to the savagery and bloodlust of wars past. But as the great secret becomes more and more widely known, that façade is slipping away. Just days earlier, the world was a pinnacle of human civilization. Now everyone--Hives and hiveless, Utopians and sensayers, emperors and the downtrodden, warriors and saints--scrambles to prepare for the seemingly inevitable war"
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Seven surrenders
by Ada Palmer
In a future of near-instantaneous global travel and abundance where leaders conduct mathematically planned, secret murders to maintain a peaceful balance, a convict sentenced to wander the world in service to all teams up with a guilt-stricken counselor when both become privy to the existence of a supernatural child.
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Too like the lightning
by Ada Palmer
In the 25th century, to pay for his crimes, Mycroft Canner is required to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets; Carlyle Foster is a spiritual counselor in a world that as outlawed religion; and a young boy named Bridger with the ability to make his wishes come may hold the key to destabilizing the chaotic form of utopia they all live in.
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Earthlings : a novel
by Sayaka Murata
"As a child, Natsuki doesn't fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth.Each summer, Natsuki counts down the days until her family drives into the mountains of Nagano to visit her grandparents in their wooden house in the forest. One summer, her cousin Yuu confides to Natsuki that he is an extraterrestrial, and Natsuki starts to wonder if she might be an alien too. Later, as a married woman, Natsuki feels forced to fit in to a society she deems a "baby factory" but wonders if there is more to the world than the mundane reality everyone else seems to accept. The answers are out there, and Natsuki has the power to find them. Dreamlike, sometimes shocking, and always strange and wonderful, Earthlings asks what it means to be happy in a stifling world, and cements Sayaka Murata's status as a master chronicler of the outsider experience and our own uncanny universe"
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Cold comfort [electronic resource]
by Quentin Bates
Promoted to Reykjavík's Serious Crime Unit, Sergeant Gunnhildur endeavors to recapture a vengeful escaped convict while investigating the murder of a fitness guru in her city-center apartment, cases that reveal unsettling links. By the author of Frozen Assets.
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The guest list : a novel
by Lucy Foley
An expertly planned celebrity wedding between a rising television star and an ambitious magazine publisher is thrown into turmoil by petty jealousies, a college drinking game, the bride's ruined dress and an untimely murder.
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Kushiel's dart
by Jacqueline Carey
Sold into indentured servitude at the exotic Night Court as a child, Phèdre nó Delaunay faces a difficult choice between honor and duty as she deals with a world of conspiracy and betrayal
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Elatsoe
by Darcie Little Badger
"Imagine an America very similar to our own. This America been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples. Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry"
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The city we became
by N. K. Jemisin
"Five New Yorkers must come together in order to save their city from destruction in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six. When a young man crosses the bridge into New York City, something changes. He doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can feel the pulse of the city, can see its history, can access its magic. And he's not the only one. All across the boroughs, strange things are happening. Something is threatening to destroy the city and her six newborn avatars unless they can come together and stop it once and for all"
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City of blades : a novel
by Robert Jackson Bennett
After turning her back on a position most people could only dream of, General Turyin Mulaghesh, one of the most powerful people in all the Saypur empire, is sent to a backwater posting to investigate a discovery only she's qualified to make sense of, one that could change the world—or destroy it. By the author of City of Stairs.
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Night of the mannequins
by Stephen Graham Jones
"We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead. One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. One last prank just to scare a friend. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. Until it starts killing. Luckily, Sawyer has a plan. He'll be a hero. He'll save everyone to the best of his ability. He'll kill as many people as he needs to so he can save the day. That's the thing about heroes - sometimes you have to become a monster first"
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The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents
by Terry Pratchett
A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king
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The death of the necromancer
by Martha Wells
Bent on avenging the execution of his godfather by a duplicitous count, master criminal Nicholas is diverted by a series of eerie events that forces him to confront an ancient evil. By the author of The Element of Fire.
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The Element of Fire
by Martha Wells
Scientific magic and fairy magic collide headlong in the threatened kingdom of Ile-Rien, where the Captain of the Queen's Guard fights a perilous battle standing between opposing forces seeking to topping the kingdom's young king. Reprint.
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Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel follows the experiences of a courageous socialite in 1950s Mexico who is drawn into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion. By the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow.
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Bread and roses : mills, migrants, and the struggle for the American dream
by Bruce Watson
An account of the 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, draws on newspaper accounts, magazine reportage, and oral histories to identify the strike's key figures and events, from the walkout of 23,000 workers to the evacuations of their children to Manhattan. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
Forced to become trained killers in a disease-free world where people can only die if eliminated by professional assassins, teens Citra and Rowan reluctantly train under a master reaper who informs them that the one who successfully kills the other will become his apprentice. By the best-selling author of the Unwind dystology.
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Mister Impossible
by Maggie Stiefvater
A sequel to Call Down the Hawk finds Ronan, Hennessy and Bride racing to increase dreamer powers in the face of Moderators who believe that the advancement will bring about disaster. By the award-winning author of the Raven Cycle series. Simultaneous eBook.
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Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
Living in a labyrinthine house of endless corridors, flooded staircases and thousands of statues, Piranesi assists the dreamlike dwelling’s only other resident throughout a mysterious research project before evidence emerges of an astonishing alternate world. 300,000 first printing.
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Jane Austen at home
by Lucy Worsley
A profile of the life and times of Jane Austen by the best-selling author of Courtiers tours the classic author's childhood home, schools, holiday accommodations and grand and small family estates to reveal lesser-known aspects of Austen's character and inspirations.
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Something is killing the children. Volume one
by James Tynion
"When the children of Archer's Peak, a sleepy town in the heart of America, begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories, impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only one who sees what they can see"
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The Raven tower
by Ann Leckie
"Following her record-breaking run in science fiction, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, brings her immense talent to an epic fantasy novel about the hidden forces that guide our fates. Having helped win a war at great cost in human lives and to its own power, the god known as the Raven of Iraden was forced to continue to fulfill its commitment to its followers and slowly regain its strength through the steady flow of prayers and sacrifices which are the source of all the gods' powers."
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Middlegame
by Seanan McGuire
"Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math. Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He's not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan: to raise the twins to the highest power, to ascend with them and claim their authority as his own. Godhood is attainable. Pray it isn't attained." -- Goodreads.com
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Little fires everywhere : a novel
by Celeste Ng
Fighting an ugly custody battle with an artistic tenant who has little regard for the strict rules of their progressive Cleveland suburb, a straitlaced family woman who is seeking to adopt a baby becomes obsessed with exposing the tenant's past, only to trigger devastating consequences for both of their families.
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This is how you lose the time war
by Amal El-Mohtar
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters and soon fall in love, even though the discovery of their bond could mean death for each of them
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Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries
by Martha Wells
Murderbot heads home to help Dr. Mensah prepare evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonies and their inhabitants in its continuing quest for profits in the latest addition to the series following Rogue Protocol.
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Rogue protocol
by Martha Wells
Murderbot would prefer to just be left alone, but when authorities begin to question where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is, it must take matters into its own hands
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Artificial condition
by Martha Wells
A sentient robot with only vague memories of the massacre it committed that gave it the name “Murderbot” teams up with a Research Transport Vessel to find out what happened, in the second novel of the series following All Systems Red.
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The tiger : a true story of vengeance and survival by John VaillantPrimorye is the most remote part of Russia, 1600 miles further east than Siberia and 5000 miles from Moscow, wedged between China and the Sea of Japan. It's also home to the entire remaining population of Amur (or Siberian) Tiger, fewer than 500 animals. After a man is killed, a law enforcement branch that combines the roles of game wardens and conservationists investigates. Vaillant provides background on both the native people of the region, the complicated history humans have with big cats, and the difficulties of competing economic and environmental forces in post-Soviet Russia. - Jeff Hartman
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Red, white & royal blue
by Casey McQuiston
After an international incident affects U.S. and British relations, the president's son Alex and Prince Henry must pretend to be best friends, but as they spend time together, the two begin a secret romance that could derail a presidential campaign
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Archival quality
by Ivy Noelle Weir
After losing her job at the library, Cel Walden takes an archivist job at the Logan Museum where she begins dreaming of a young woman she's never met and soon finds herself confronting her mental health, her relationships, and her grasp on reality
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Solutions and other problems
by Allie Brosh
The creator of the award-winning Hyperbole and a Half presents a new collection of comedic, autobiographical and deceptively illustrated essays on topics ranging from childhood and very bad pets to grief, loneliness and powerlessness in modern life. 400,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Beneath the sugar sky
by Seanan McGuire
Arriving with a splash in the pond behind Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, Rini is informed that her mother, Sumi, died years before Rini was conceived, a baffling revelation that Rini is forced to come to terms with in order to save the world
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Down among the sticks and bones
by Seanan McGuire
"Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children ... Jacqueline was her mother's perfect daughter--polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it's because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline. Jillian was her father's perfect daughter--adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you've got. They were five when they learned that grown-ups can't be trusted. They were twelve when they walked down the impossible staircase and discovered that the pretense of love can never be enough to prepare you a life filled with magic in a land filled with mad scientists and death and choices."
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Every heart a doorway
by Seanan McGuire
Sent away to a home for children who have tumbled into fantastical other worlds and are looking for ways to return, Nancy triggers dark changes among her fellow schoolmates and resolves to expose the truth when a child dies under suspicious magical circumstances. By the best-selling author of the InCryptid series.
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Gulp : adventures on the alimentary canal
by Mary Roach
The humor scientist behind Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife takes a tour of the human digestive system, explaining why the stomach doesn't digest itself and whether constipation can kill you. Reprint. 70,000 first printing.
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The Southern book club's guide to slaying vampires
by Grady Hendrix
"A supernatural thriller set in South Carolina in the '90s about a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious stranger who turns out to be a real monster"
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Trail of lightning
by Rebecca Roanhorse
When a small town needs her help in finding a missing girl, Maggie Hoskie, a Dinetah monster hunter and supernaturally gifted killer, reluctantly enlists the help of an unconventional medicine man to uncover the terrifying truth behind the disappearance—and her own past.
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Girls against God : a novel
by Jenny Hval
"Welcome to 1990s Norway. White picket fences run in neat rows and Christian conservatism runs deep. But as the Artist considers her work, things start stirring themselves up. In a corner of Oslo a coven of witches begin cooking up some curses. A time-travelling Edvard Munch arrives in town to join a death metal band, closely pursued by the teenaged subject of his painting Puberty, who has murder on her mind. Meanwhile, out deep in the forest, a group of school girls get very lost and things get very strange. And awful things happen in aspic. Jenny Hval's latest novel is a radical fusion of queer feminist theory and experimental horror, and a unique treatise on magic, writing and art"
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By chance or providence : stories
by Becky Cloonan
By Chance or Providence collects Becky Cloonan's award-winning trilogy: Wolves, The Mire and Demeter, with lush colors by Lee Loughridge and a sketchbook/illustration section. These stories cast a spell of hypnotic melancholy, weaving their way through medieval landscapes of ancient curses and terrible truths that will haunt you long after you've set them down
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Frankenstein in Baghdad : a novel
by Amad Sa'dw
Hadi, an eccentric scavenger in U.S.-occupied Baghdad, collects human body parts and cobbles them together into a single corpse, but discovers his creation is missing just as a series of strange murders begins to plague the city.
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Six of crows
by Leigh Bardugo
Six dangerous outcasts must learn to work together after they are offered an impossible heist that can save the world from destruction
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Magic for liars
by Sarah Gailey
In a first novel by an Hugo Award-winning writer, a private investigator and talented liar embarks on a search for a killer at a California private academy for mages where her estranged, magically gifted twin hides in plain sight.
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Harrow the ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
A sequel to the best-selling Gideon the Ninth continues the story of Harrowhark Nonagesimus, whose failing health and uncooperative magic are complicated by the schemes of a would-be assassin in the twisted halls of the Emperor. 100,000 first printing.
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My sister, the serial killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Realizing that her beautiful, beloved younger sister has murdered yet another boyfriend, an embittered Nigerian woman works to direct suspicion away from the family, until a handsome doctor she fancies asks for her sister's number
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Ninth house
by Leigh Bardugo
"Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she's thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world's most prestigious universities on a full ride. What's the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale's secret societies. Their eight windowless "tombs" are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street's biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Ninth House is the long-awaited adult debut by the beloved author of Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows. Leigh Bardugo will take her place alongside Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness as one of the finest practitioners of literary fantasy writing today"
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How to hide an empire : a history of the greater United States
by Daniel Immerwahr
The award-winning author of Thinking Small traces the lesser-known stories of the U.S. territories outside the mainland, including the Guano Islands, the Philippines and Puerto Rico, to offer insights into how America has transitioned from colonialism to technological innovation
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A luminous republic
by Andr©♭s Barba
"A new novel from a Spanish literary star about the arrival of feral children to a tropical city in Argentina, and the quest to stop them from pulling the place into chaos"
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I shall wear midnight
by Terry Pratchett
Fifteen-year-old Tiffany Aching, the witch of the Chalk, seeks her place amid a troublesome populace and tries to control the ill-behaved, six-inch-high Wee Free Men who follow her as she faces an ancient evil that agitates against witches
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Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
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Simon Winchester
Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism
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These women : a novel
by Ivy Pochoda
Connected by the deadly obsessions of a single man, five very different women endure lives of danger and anguish, including a mother whose daughter's murder remains unsolved. By the award-winning author of Wonder Valley. 100,000 first printing
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Call down the hawk
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Maggie Stiefvater
In a world where dreamers have the ability to pull the wonders and catastrophes of their dreams into reality, a thief becomes inextricably tied to the dream objects she pursues while a hunter races to prevent destructive dreaming. By the award-winning author of the Raven Cycle series. Simultaneous.
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Opal
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Maggie Stiefvater
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Dreadful young ladies and other stories
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Kelly Regan Barnhill
A first collection of short stories by the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon includes the World Fantasy Award-winning novella, The Unlicensed Magician, in which an invisible girl once left for dead pursues a secret, magical life.
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The dispossessed : a novel
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the anarchist moon Anarres, risks his life by traveling to the mother planet of Urras in the hope of offering wisdom to its inhabitants and to reunite the two long-alienated worlds
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A memory called empire
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Arkady Martine
Taking over for an ambassador who died a suspicious death, Mahit Dzmare investigates the potential murder while navigating the alien culture of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire, which is hiding a technological secret that could impact the universe. A first novel.
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The ballad of songbirds and snakes
by Suzanne Collins
A prequel set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games begins on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games. By the award-winning author of the Underland Chronicles. Simultaneous.
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Magpie murders
by Anthony Horowitz
Ignoring the troubling behavior of an eccentric crime writer with whom she has worked for years, editor Susan Ryeland is dismayed when a subplot hidden in the author's latest manuscript reveals a real-world murder. By the best-selling author of Moriarty. 150,000 first printing.
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Gods of jade and shadow
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A dark fairy tale inspired by folklore is set against the Jazz age in Mexico’s underworld, where a young dreamer is sent by the Mayan God of Death on a life-changing journey. By the award-winning author of Signal to Noise.
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With the Fire on High
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Navigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X.
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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
by Kate Racculia
Jeff's Review:
This book is just what I needed right now. Clever, fun, mysterious. I want to be friends with these characters and explore Boston with them.
A dying billionaire sends one woman and a cast of dreamers and rivals on a citywide treasure hunt. By the author of Bellweather Rhapsody.
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Scythe
by Neal Shusterman
Forced to become trained killers in a disease-free world where people can only die if eliminated by professional assassins, teens Citra and Rowan reluctantly train under a master reaper who informs them that the one who successfully kills the other will become his apprentice. By the best-selling author of the Unwind dystology.
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Children of blood and bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her brother Tzain, and princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy
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Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Raised in a hostile undead world where she would escape servitude and a zombie afterlife, Gideon becomes a bodyguard to her childhood rival who hopes to achieve power by serving their emperor. Gideon tells jokes and stabs things to secure her freedom in a solar system of swordplay and cutthroat politics. A first novel.
Danny's Review: If you don't like sarcasm, stay away from this book. Fortunately, I do like sarcasm, and Gideon was snarky in all the right ways. Necromancers who turn out to be lovable weirdos? Check. Weird pseudo-science magic and a mysterious off-screen undead emperor? Check. A few questionable motives and mysterious disappearances and monstrous murders? Check, check, and check. Unfortunately, the space elements are almost incidental. Not to be missed if anything above sounds interesting, but don't expect much in the way of sci-fi. This leans much more heavily fantasy.
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The Raven King
by Maggie Stiefvater
Not believing in true love, Blue never thought the warning that she will cause her true love's death would be a problem, but as her life is entangled in the world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore
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Tiamat's wrath
by James S. A Corey
While Elvi Okoye weighs the consequences of uncovering the truth about weapons tied to an ancient genocide, Teresa Duarte navigates secrets and dangerous intrigues to fulfill her father's godlike ambition
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Blue Lily, Lily Blue
by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue and the Raven boys continue their search for the tomb of Glendower, the ancient Welsh king, as well as for Blue's mother, who has disappeared underground in search of her former lover
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The dream thieves
by Maggie Stiefvater
While Ronan struggles with intensifying and pervasive dreams triggered by the resurrected ley lines around Cabeswater, Ganey's search for clues to a local puzzle is threatened by dangerous adversaries. By the best-selling author of The Scorpio Races. 150,000 first printing.
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Persepolis rising
by James S. A Corey
Presents a latest entry in the best-selling series that includes Leviathan Wakes and Caliban's War and has inspired a major television series. TV tie-in. 100,000 first printing.
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Babylon's ashes
by James S. A Corey
Summoned by the remnants of old political powers for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are challenged by alliance vulnerabilities, an alien mystery and a band of desperate vigilantes. 150,000 first printing. TV tie-in.
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The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix
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Vita Nostra
by Marina Diachenko
A young girl falls under the spell of a strange, sinister man who asks her to perform odd tasks before convincing her to enroll in a strange and magical school called The Institute of Special Technologies
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Monstress : Awakening Volume one, Awakening
by Marjorie M Liu
A survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and the Arcanics, teenager Maika Halfwolf is both the hunter and hunted as she seeks answers about her mysterious past
Danny's Review: Monstress is so interesting. This is so much more than anthropomorphized animals versus humans. There are some complex interactions here, both in terms of characterization and plot, but they're all handled quite deftly. Add in the touch of Lovecraftian-inspired horror and this is definitely worth a read.
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The ghost bride
by Yangsze Choo
When she agrees to become a ghost bride for the wealthy Lim family's son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances, Li Lan must dive into a shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife to find the truth and, once there, must decide if she wants to return to the world of the living. 75,000 first printing.
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The collapsing empire
by John Scalzi
When humanity discovers the existence of an extra-dimensional field capable of transporting travelers to different worlds instantly, a significantly depopulated Earth is threatened by a disturbing finding that the field is unstable
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The immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin
After getting readings from a psychic reputed to be able to tell customers when they will die, four siblings from New York's Lower East Side hide what they learn from each other before living five decades of experiences shaped by their determination to control fate. Reprint. A New York Times best-seller. AB. NYT. PW
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IQ
by Joe Ide
A resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods who solves cases the LAPD ignores investigates threats against a rap mogul, a case that becomes more dangerous as he encounters a vengeful ex-wife and a lunatic hit man. Reprint. Winner of the Anthony, Macavity and Shamus Awards. AB. K. LJ.
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The city in the middle of the night
by Charlie Jane Anders
A reluctant revolutionary survives exile by forging an unusual, world-changing bond with a family of ice creatures that live outside the human confines of their dying planet. By the Nebula Award-winning author of All the Birds in the Sky
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Wanderers : a novel
by Chuck Wendig
When her little sister is afflicted by a bizarre sleepwalking disorder that begins to affect people all across the country, Shana is embroiled in an apocalyptic epidemic involving a decadent rock star, a religious radio host and a disgraced scientist.
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Raven stratagem
by Yoon Ha Lee
The eagerly awaited sequel to Ninefox Gambit. Captain Kel Cheris is possessed by a long-dead traitor general. Together they must face the rivalries of the hexarchate and a potentially devastating invasion. Original.
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The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden Bishop must solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle in order to escape the curse in a world filled with enemies where nothing and no one are quite what they seem
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All the names they used for God : stories
by Anjali Sachdeva
A debut collection of nine stories includes four original pieces and follows a diverse sequence of protagonists who struggle with fate, from a steel mill worker who is transformed by the brutal power of the furnaces he works with, to a fisherman who succumbs to an obsession while sailing through overfished waters.
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Spoonbenders : Library Edition
by Daryl Gregory
A generations-spanning family of psychics, blessed and burdened by their abilities, is challenged to use their powers collectively to save themselves from the CIA, the local mafia, and a skeptic bent on discrediting them
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The Medici giraffe : and other tales of exotic animals and power
by Marina Belozerskaya
A history of the influential role of exotic animals cites their application as diplomatic gifts and royal treasures, sharing such tales as those about the organized Medici hunts that were aided by cheetahs, Josephine Bonaparte's black swan breeding practices, and William Randolph Hearst's private California preserve.
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Homegoing by Yaa GyasiTwo half sisters, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana and experience profoundly different lives and legacies throughout subsequent generations Jeff's Review: With each chapter alternately following a member of a new generation of the family in Africa or America, Gyasi perfectly distills the spirit of each character and their place in history. Crushing oppression is balanced with patient love, horrific injustice with self sacrifice. Homegoing infuses Black American history and African colonialism with people who you need to know so that you can understand the world we live in today. |
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Insurrecto
by Gina Apostol
"Using interlocking voices and a kaleidoscopic structure, the novel is startlingly innovative, meditative, and playful. Insurrecto masterfully questions and twists narrative in the manner of Italo Calvino's Ifon a Winter's Night a Traveler, Julio Cortazar's Hopscotch, and Nabokov's Pale Fire. Apostol pushes up against the limits of fiction in order to recover the atrocity in Balangiga, and in so doing, she shows us the dark heart of an untold and forgotten war that would shape the next century of Philippine and American history"
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A brief history of seven killings
by Marlon James
A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers and ghosts against a backdrop of period social and political turmoil. By the award-winning author of The Book of Night Women. 25,000 first printing.
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The nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Reunited when the elder's husband is sent to fight in World War II, French sisters Vianne and Isabelle find their bond as well as their respective beliefs tested by a world that changes in horrific ways. Discussion guide available online. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Firefly Lane. Simultaneous.
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Ninefox gambit by Yoon Ha LeeGiven the opportunity to redeem herself for past crimes, Captain Kel Cheris is tasked with retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress under the control of heretics, a mission that requires her to partner with an untrustworthy ally Jeff's Review: One of many great new voices in SF, Lee brings questions about identity, gender, faith, and responsibility all together in a thrilling adventure. Keeping in mind Arthur C. Clarke's law, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," the book asks for a steep but rewarding learning curve. You'll quickly adjust to the idea of military forces using precisely calculated mathematics to engineer personnel formations that produce "exotic effects." More importantly you'll be drawn into a universe of competing factions and an empire hiding dark secrets behind sympathetic and relatable soldiers. |
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The mystery of three quarters : the new Hercule Poirot mystery
by Sophie Hannah
Accused by strangers of trying to set them up for murder, Hercule Poirot teams up with Scotland Yard policeman Edward Catchpool to investigate the drowning death of an elderly man. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Monogram Murders. 100,000 first printing
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Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin AhmedThree superheroes in the Crescent Moon Kingdoms bound together by a series of magical murders must work together in a race against time to prevent a sorcerer's plot from destroying the world. Jeff's Review: Ignore the terrible description above. Ahmed creates a classic sword and sorcery tale set in a fictionalized version of 9th century Baghdad. Adapting the familiar world of knights and wizards of western fantasy to an Islamic setting, a demon-fighting cleric, a holy dervish swordsman, a Bedouin shape-shifter, and some alchemists must set aside their diverse backgrounds to save their world. Enjoyable, fast-paced, and eye opening, you can see the sensibilities that have made Ahmed a critically-acclaimed voice in fantasy and comics. |
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Freshwater by Akwaeke EmeziTraces the experiences of a deeply troubled young woman who alarms her devout Nigerian family as she succumbs to multiple personality disorder and begins to display increasingly dark and dangerous traits in accordance with her fractured personalities. A first novel. Jeff's Review: Deeply spiritual as well as psychological and based on the author's own experiences, Freshwater is eye-opening. The conflicts within Ada are as much external as internal as she struggles with the lost love between her parents, a British-educated Nigerian doctor and Malaysian nurse, and her own voyage to America for college. There is a constant conflict within Ada's mind between her Catholic upbringing and her belief that she is an obanje, a changeling inhabited by spirits and demi-gods, the most powerful of whom, Asughara, comes forward and assumes control of her as she faces sexual violence and conflicting expectations about her path in life. |
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Use of weapons : A Culture Novel
by Iain Banks
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks, and military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought
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The monogram murders by Sophie HannahA mystery featuring Agatha Christie's legendary hero follows Hercule Poirot as he tries to solve a diabolically clever puzzle in 1920s London that will put his keen skills of detection to the test Jeff's Review: I love Poirot. I miss Hastings, but the new narrative voice, provided by a depressed and cynical Scotland Yard detective provides a great contrast to the Belgian detective's genius. |
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Traitor's blade
by Sebastien De Castell
Reduced to demeaning work when the Greatcoats are disbanded after the king's death, swordsman Falcio Val Mond and his fellow magistrates are framed for murder by a scheming adversary who would destroy everything they once worked to create. A first novel.
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Closed casket by Sophie HannahLady Athelinda Playford announces her decision to cut her children out of her will and leave her fortune to an invalid with just weeks to live, a declaration Hercule Poirot senses was made to provoke a murder. Jeff's Review: An intriguing new setting, though a less effective mystery than Hannah's first effort. The psychology of the victim is the most interesting part of the novel as it delves into class jealousies and frictions in early 20th century England. |
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All the names they used for God : stories
by Anjali Sachdeva
A debut collection of nine stories includes four original pieces and follows a diverse sequence of protagonists who struggle with fate, from a steel mill worker who is transformed by the brutal power of the furnaces he works with, to a fisherman who succumbs to an obsession while sailing through overfished waters.
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Binti by Nnedi OkoraforWhen Binti is offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy, she must rely on the gifts of her people and the wisdom found within the school Jeff's Review: The first of a trilogy of novellas with an amazingly original point of view and hopeful outlook about the power of cross-cultural understanding. |
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Monstrous regiment by Terry PratchettRunning the family inn despite dwindling resources while her brother is away at war, Polly cuts off her hair to join the army and notices that her fellow recruits seem to be hiding secrets of their own. Jeff's Review: Hilarious as usual and stands well on its own without relying much knowledge of other Discworld novels. Great parody of the "classic' British army novels while still offering a strong message about making a difference in the world around you. |
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City of ghosts by Victoria SchwabSurviving a near-fatal accident that gives her the ability to enter the spirit world, the daughter of television ghost-hunters visits Scotland with her ghost best friend and meets another girl who shares her abilities before realizing the dangers that come with her powers. Jeff's Review: Really hoping that this is the start of a series. It's amazing as a standalone, but I just can't let these characters go! |
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Nemesis games by James S. A CoreyAs an intergalactic land rush gets into full swing--causing new alliances, grand acts of violence, and a new human order--James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante must struggle to survive and get back to the only home they have left Jeff's Review: The fifth book in the series expands the viewpoint characters significantly, spending as much time with Naomi, Amos, and Alex as it does with Captain Holden. This lets the authors tell even more stories and gives us better insight into the characters even as the world falls into chaos around them. With important things to say about race, oppression, and abusive relationships, The Expanse continues to go beyond the basics of space opera to deal with hard 21st century themes and difficult questions that don't have easy answers. And lots of stuff gets blown up in the process. |
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Old man's war
by John Scalzi
Enlisting in the army on his seventy-fifth birthday, John Perry joins an interstellar war between Earth and alien enemies who would stake claims on the few existing inhabitable planets, unaware that the conflict involves much more than he understands
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Into the wild
by Jon Krakauer
A portrait of Chris McCandless chronicles his decision to withdraw from society and adopt the persona of Alexander Supertramp, offering insight into his beliefs about the wilderness and his tragic death in the Alaskan wilderness. Reprint. Tour.
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Dhalgren by Samuel R. DelanyJourneying to the central United States city of Bellona, where all have fled save madmen and criminals, a poet and adventurer known only as the Kid wonders at the strange portents that appear in the city's cloud-covered sky. Jeff's Review: Filled with dark and mysterious language, Dhalgren simultaneously frustrates and intrigues. Delaney explores the racial and sexual landscape of the 1970s against a post-apocalyptic backdrop that draws readers in and spins them around. Suffused by allegory and unforgettable characters, the novel deserves a place in the canon of late 20th century American literature. |
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All our wrong todays : a novel by Elan MastaiThere's no such thing as the life you're "supposed" to have... You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren's 2016, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, andmoon bases, where avocados never go bad and punk rock never existed. because it wasn't necessary. Except Tom just can't seem to find his place in this dazzling, idealistic world, and that's before his life gets turned upside down.
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My favorite thing is monsters. Book one
by Emil Ferris
Filled with B-horror movie and pulp monster iconography, the diary of ten-year-old Karen Reyes records her investigation into the murder of her upstairs neighbor Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor
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The gone world
by Tom Sweterlitsch
Time-travel secret agent Shannon Moss visits future time periods for clues about a Navy SEAL astronaut's murdered family and the disappearance of his teenage daughter, a case that is complicated by the SEAL's and Shannon's own impact on the timeline. By the author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
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The hunger : a novel
by Alma Katsu
A supernatural reimagining of the Donner Party story follows a group of wagon-train pioneers who navigate sanity-testing misfortunes, including the mysterious death of a little boy and a series of disappearances that cause a beautiful member of the group to be accused of witchcraft. By the author of The Taker.
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To die but once by Jacqueline WinspearInvestigating the disappearance of an apprentice craftsman who had been working on a secret government contract, Maisie Dobbs discovers suspicious links to the London underworld and another boy close to her heart. By the best-selling author of In This Grave Hour.
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Vampires in the lemon grove : stories
by Karen Russell
A new collection of stories by the Pulitzer Prize finalist author of Swamplandia! features such protagonists as a pair of centuries-old vampires whose relationship is tested by a sudden fear of flying, a dejected teen who communicates with the universe through objects from a seagull nest and a massage therapist who heals a tattooed veteran by manipulating the images on his body.
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The city of brass
by S. A. Chakraborty
A young con artist of unsurpassed talent inadvertently summons a mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, revealing the existence of true magic before the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom falls into her hands. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
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The Barrow Will Send What It May by Margaret KilljoyA fun but harrowing supernatural thriller, Killjoy's Danielle Cain novella follows a roving band of outlaw supernaturalists, on the run from past crimes and on the look out for demonic mysteries. With a cool modern sensibility and diverse cast, this is a great series to jump into.
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Dread Nation by Justina IrelandJeff's Review: It sounds like your simple YA genre mashup: what if the Civil War ended with a zombie apocalypse? But the more you read the more complex the story gets as you follow Jane McKeene on her adventures. In the 1880s, Reconstruction hinges on training freed slaves to fight and protect white citizens from the persistent hordes of the undead. Rather than provide them protection against racism and misogyny, Jane and her fellow Attendants are forced by this system further into danger by corrupt political forces. As she navigates her relationships with her friends and her past, she has to fight for the survival of everyone around her against the shortsightedness of the white supremacists in power.
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A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George
The quiet life of the Yorkshire countryside is shattered by a brutal murder and the shocking revelations unearthed by Scotland Yard investigators Sergeant Barbara Havers and Inspector Thomas Lynley.
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Wintersmith by Terry PratchettWhen witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright Jeff's Review: Pratchett's usual humor shines in this fourth Tiffany Aching book, but every novel in the series brings an emotional heft that WILL make you tear up a little. Imagine Harry Potter, put Tiffany lives on a sheep farm with her family, and has only her own inner strength, a deep-seated sense of responsibility, and a passel of idiotic miniature Scotsmen to help her save the world. |
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The chalk man : a novel
by C. J. Tudor
Three decades after his circle of friends is traumatized by the discovery of a murder victim while passing secret messages through a chalk-figure code of their invention, Eddie finds himself targeted by an unknown adversary who is using their former communication methods to torment and kill his friends. A first novel.
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One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey ComeauJeff's Review: Comeau and coauthor Emily Horne wrote "A Softer World" for twelve years and the humor and bleak cynicism come through in his first solo book. It's a book about love, and growing up, and that feeling when your parents turn into monsters and there's nothing you can do. It's gruesome and funny and worth a read.
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Bluebird, bluebird : a novel
by Attica Locke
Forced by duty to return to his racially divided East Texas hometown, an African-American Texas Ranger risks his job and reputation to investigate a highly charged double-murder case involving a black Chicago lawyer and a local white woman
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Sorcerer to the crown by Zen ChoInvestigating why magic is dying in England, Zacharias Wythe, Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers, encounters a woman with unusual gifts and his alliance with her changes the nature of sorcery for the entire world Jeff's Review: Prunella's father brought her back from India and abandoned her at a boarding school for "gentle-witches" where, due to her skin color, she has no future to look forward to except that of a maid or tutor. While she's surrounded by other girls' Jane Austen-inspired hopes for making a match, Prunella's growing magical abilities lead her to seek out the secrets of her past and a means to escape. Her encounter with Zacharias, whose own life is dominated by the prejudices of other magicians towards a freed slave, leads to a wild, but extremely mannerly, adventure of fairies, assassination attempts, and romance! Zen Cho's first book is a remarkable achievement and I'm definitely looking forward to more from her. |
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The shadow throne by Django WexlerAbout to become Queen 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.
Danny's Review: The Thousand Names was well done. The Shadow Throne is a departure from the military action of the first book and instead follows a more political-intrigue plotline. Those expecting something similar to the first book may be disappointed, but I found it to be equally as gripping in a very different way. If this doesn't sound like your thing, but you enjoyed The Thousand Names, I still recommend giving it a shot (or at least busting through it) since the further books in the series are more similar to the first entry. Jeff's Review: The second book in The Shadow Campaigns brings us firmly into pseudo-French Revolution territory and the introduction of a new setting and new characters adds depth to Wexler's universe. The colonial setting of The Thousand Names made our heroes' path to success seem straightforward, right up until the end. The Shadow Throne builds on that complexity and introduces shades of uncertainty about where their loyalties lie as it sets up the next stage of the adventure. |
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Raising steam by Terry PratchettA latest entry in the best-selling Discworld series traces the remarkable changes occurring in Ankh-Morpork-Discworld with the arrival of a first steam engine, which culminates in a new and challenging job for Moist von Lipwig. Jeff's Review: Full of Pratchett's usual humor and incisive commentary, Raising Steam follows Going Postal and Making Money in combining the tropes of high fantasy with satire for the things we take for granted in modern society. |
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The thousand names
by Django Wexler
Winter Ihernglass poses as a man to enlist in the Vordanai Colonials and must form an allegiance with a new colonel, appointed by the king to restore order, after she is promoted to a command post.
Danny's Review: See that pre-generated summary of the book above my review? It's terrible. Disregard it completely. It makes the book sound like Mulan. While Winter is a woman posing as a man in the military, it is not THAT story. Not even close. And that summary makes no mention of Marcus at all, who is the second major viewpoint character (half the book is from his perspective) and who is actually forging a tentative allegiance with the new and mysterious Colonel Janus. Winter and the Colonel talk to each other twice in the whole book, maybe three times if I forgot a scene. Terrible summary. Good book though. There is a decent amount of flintlock military fiction here, with tactics, morale, and supply lines being strong factors. The setting is vaguely middle-eastern, with supernatural elements well foreshadowed and playing a stronger role towards the end. Best of all, the quality is steady throughout. It was easy to pick up, hardly ever felt like a chore to read, and ended nicely in a good place that left me looking for the sequel. I would say that if anything I've said sounds interesting it's worth a try at least, and that you'll know if it's for you once you've read through the prologue and first two chapters.
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The changeling : a novel
by Victor D. LaValle
Resolving to commit to marriage and parenthood unlike the father who abandoned him, Apollo Kagwa, who suffers from bizarre dreams, is shocked when his wife commits an act of astounding violence before disappearing, compelling Apollo's odyssey through a world he barely understands. By the award-winning author of Slapboxing With Jesus.
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Imperium : a novel of ancient Rome by Robert HarrisA tale inspired by the writings of Tiro, Cicero's confidential secretary, traces the life of the ancient Roman orator from his beginnings as a young lawyer through his competitions with Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus in the political arena Jeff's Review: Imperium is a fascinating novel to read in 2018 as the United States goes through its own constitutional crisis. Harris has done an excellent job researching this novel of historical fiction and making important events accessible to a modern audience. The death of the Roman Republic is a foregone conclusion even as Julius Caesar lurks in the wings, but still Cicero stands at the middle of the action, orchestrating events around him and trying to balance principles and ambition. The corruption and flagrant disregard for the common good that characterized Rome in the first century BC serve as a lesson and an ominous warning for today. |
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Hunter's run by George R. R. MartinAwakening in the uncharted mountains of the planet of Sô Paulo with no memory of his identity, exploited prospector Ramon Espejo experiences gradual and traumatic flashbacks of violent scenes from his past that cause him to realize he is being hunted by mysterious alien overseers. Jeff's Review: With a book written by three different authors over the course of thirty years, I went into this with pretty low expectations. But Dozois is an award-winning editor, Martin is the author of the Game of Thrones series, and Abraham is the co-author of the exciting Expanse books, so there was a lot of potential upside. It turns out that this fits into the classic subset of SF novels that tell an exciting and entertaining story but are really about something else entirely. In this case it is Ramon Espejo's journey of self-discovery. Introduced as an entirely unlikable character, you wonder if this man might be killed off early, or be one of Martin's characteristic "shades of grey" villains. However, as we learn more and more about Ramon - the disrespect he endures as part of a minority community, his working class background, and his drive to achieve a better life - the reader begins to sympathize with him and to hope he succeeds in a sense far greater than the simple "hunted by aliens" premise suggested by the description. |
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Artemis by Andy WeirAugmenting her limited income by smuggling contraband to survive on the moon's wealthy city of Artemis, Jazz agrees to commit what seems to be a perfect, lucrative crime only to find herself embroiled in a conspiracy for control of the city. By the best-selling author of The Martian.
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Strange weather : four short novels by Joe HillA collection of four novellas by the award-winning author of "The Fireman" includes the tales, "Snapshot," "Aloft," "Rain" and "Loaded."
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Cibola burn
by James S. A Corey
James Holden and his crew are called in to bring peace to a human colony on another world, but it soon becomes apparent that the great galactic civilization that once existed there was killed by something that could come back
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In this grave hour by Jacqueline WinspearMaisie Dobbs is plunged into a treacherous personal battle when she stumbles on the deaths of refugees who may not be who they seem against a backdrop of the outbreak of World War II in England. By the best-selling author of Journey to Munich. Read by Orlagh Cassidy.
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Who fears death
by Nnedi Okorafor
"Born into post-apocalyptic Africa by a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is to end the genocide of her people. "
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Killers of the Flower Moon : The Osage Murders and The Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
The best-selling author of The Lost City of Z presents a true account of the early 20th-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
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The darkest part of the forest
by Holly Black
When a boy with horns on his head wakes up in the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, Hazel is swept up in new love, shifts her loyalties, feels the sting of betrayal, and makes a sacrifice to the faerie king
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The brutal telling
by Louise Penny
When the owner of a bistro in the village of Three Pines becomes the main suspect in the murder of a stranger, Chief Inspector Gamache must sift through a number of clues and cross the continent in order to solve the case
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We were eight years in power : an American tragedy
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A portrait of the historic Barack Obama era features essays originally published in "The Atlantic," including "Fear of a Black President" and "The Case for Reparations," as well as new essays revisiting each year of the Obama administration
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River of stars
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Four-hundred years after the events of "Under Heaven," the region ruled by the Tang Dynasty in China is still populated with prideful emperors, soldiers, robbers, and people fighting to find their place in the world
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Abaddon's Gate
by James S. A. Corey
A latest entry in the acclaimed series that includes Leviathan Wakes follows the discovery of a massive alien gate in Uranus's orbit that is examined by Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante, who are placed in mortal danger by a complex human plot. Original. 35,000 first printing.
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