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Fantasy and Science Fiction September 2024 |
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| Nicked by M.T. AndersonThe year is 1087, and Brother Nicephorus only wishes to aid those afflicted by the pox in the city of Bari, as he believes his vision from St. Nicholas commands him to do. However, the Powers That Be have other plans, and he must escort the crafty and charismatic treasure hunter Tyun back to Bari with St. Nicholas’ bones in tow. For fans of: LGBTQIA+ historical fantasy with sweeping action and “the slowest of slow burns” (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de BodardCinematic wuxia martial arts drama meets romantic space opera as Việt Nhi, apprentice of the Rooster clan, must represent her Navigator clan on a mission to recover an escaped deadly space creature called a Tangler. However, when one of the leaders of the mission is poisoned, Nhi and the other apprentices will have to take control; this includes Hạc Cúc of the Snake clan, who despite her reserved nature finds herself drawn to Nhi. For fans of: complex queer space operas like Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth and Emily Skrutskie's Bonds of Brass. |
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| The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli ClarkThe rules of the Dead Cat Tail Assassins, a group of elite undead killers, are clean and unbreakable: The contract must be just, you may only kill your contracted target, and once you accept a job you must see it through. Eveen the Eviscerator receives more than she bargained for when a contract at the Festival of the Clockwork King threatens to bring back the memories of her past. For fans of: Max Gladstone’s Three Parts Dead; Mark Lawrence’s Holy Sister; and Melissa Blair’s Halfling Saga. |
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| Key Lime Sky by Al HessAn alien invasion has suddenly struck the small Wyoming town of Muddy Gap...or has it? Denver Bryant, nonbinary and autistic traveling pie enthusiast, seems to be the only one who remembers or cares about the new phenomena plaguing the town. It will be up to Denver, xir blog, and a handsome bartender to get to the bottom of everything. For fans of: character-driven science fiction like Isabel Waidner's Corey Fah Does Social Mobility and Hank Green's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. |
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| Blackheart Man by Nalo HopkinsonIn this “rich stew of folklore and history” (Publisher’s Weekly), confident Veycosi is training to become a musical historian for the island of Chynchin. However, once children on the island start disappearing and a strange army led by the sinister Blackheart Man approaches, Veycosi must put his own problems and goals aside to save his home. For fans of: historical fantasy about fighting oppression such as Mariely Lares' Sun of Blood and Ruin and Nazneen Ahmed Pathak's City of Stolen Magic. |
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| Toward Eternity by Anton HurIn a near future, humanity is nearing a new age of technological immortality: advanced nanites, introduced into the body via nanotherapy, have virtually eradicated all cancers. Yonghun, a researcher and recipient of this treatment, suddenly disappears and reappears within a moment. What has happened to Yonghun, and what does this mean for the future of human development? You may also like: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro; Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan; and Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson. |
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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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| She Who Knows by Nnedi OkoraforIn this newest science fantasy by award winner Nnedi Okorafor, teenage Najeeba must contend with her burgeoning powers known as The Call – something traditionally only men experience -- on a trip with her family to mine salt at the Dead Lake. Infused with West African culture and filled with Okorafor’s immersive worldbuilding, this novella will appeal to both existing fans of her work and fans of African-influenced genre fiction such as Moses Ose Utomi's The Lies of the Ajungo and C.T. Rwizi's Scarlet Odyssey. |
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| The Spice Gate by Prashanth Srivatsa“Sweeping, smart, and heartfelt” (Library Journal), this debut introduces Amir, a young man born into slavery and marked from birth as a Spice Carrier, capable of ferrying goods between gates that connect the eight kingdoms. While Amir dreams of freeing his family from the subjugation of the rich, a conspiracy begins to unfold in the spaces between the gates. For fans of Asian-influenced fantasy with rich detail and evocative world-building, such as Sue Lynn Tan's Daughter of the Moon Goddess and S.A. Chakraborty's City of Brass. |
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