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Marlon James

Versatile writer Marlon James pens paranormal-tinged historical fiction, often set in Jamaica, as well as Afrocentric epic fantasy filled with a plethora of cultural references, ideas, and adventures. His dialect-rich historical fiction revolves around folklore and slavery...

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George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin writes fantasy and science fiction novels, most notably his Song of Ice and Fire series. Evolving, dark, and compelling medieval-tinged worlds are a backdrop for characters driven by relentless love, honor, greed, power, devotion, and revenge. Martin brings...

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Jenn Lyons

Jenn Lyons lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, three cats and a nearly infinite number of opinions on anything from Sumerian mythology to the correct way to make a martini. Lyons traces her geek roots back to playing first edition Dungeons & Dragons in grade school...

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The Wolf

Leo Carew - Orbit
Format: Book

Violence and death come to the land under the Northern Sky when two fierce races break their age-old fragile peace and start an all-out war in this thrilling and savagely visceral epic fantasy. Ready or not, Roper has been thrust into a position of leadership that he's woefully ill prepared...

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The Queens of Innis Lear

Tessa Gratton - Macmillan
Format: Book

The erratic decisions of a prophecy-obsessed king have drained Innis Lear of its wild magic, leaving behind a trail of barren crops and despondent subjects. Enemy nations circle the once-bountiful isle, sensing its growing vulnerability, hungry to control the ideal port for all trade...

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James - Riverhead Books
Format: Book

Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter.  Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who "disappeared" three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy....

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The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Book

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction -- but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan...

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The Black Prism

Brent Weeks - Orbit
Format: Book

Guile is the Prism. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live. When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power,...

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The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan - Tor
Format: Book

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.When The Two Rivers is attacked...

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The Legend of Broken

Caleb Carr - Random House
Format: Book

Some years ago, a remarkable manuscript long rumored to exist was discovered: The Legend of Broken. It tells of a prosperous fortress city where order reigns at the point of a sword—even as scheming factions secretly vie for control of the surrounding kingdom. Meanwhile, outside...

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Winter of Ice and Iron

Rachel Neumeier - Saga Press
Format: Book

With the Mad King of Emmer in the north and the vicious King of Pohorir in the east, Kehara Raehema knows her country is in a vulnerable position. She never expected to give up everything she loves to save her people, but when the Mad King's fury leaves her land in danger, she has no choice...

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Leviathan Wakes

James S.A. Corey - Orbit
Format: Book

Two hundred years after migrating into space, mankind is in turmoil. When a reluctant ship's captain and washed-up detective find themselves involved in the case of a missing girl, what they discover brings our solar system to the brink of civil war, and exposes the greatest conspiracy...

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Half a King

Joe Abercrombie - Del Rey
Format: Book

Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains, and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea. And he must do it all with only one good hand.   The deceived will become the deceiver.  Born a weakling in the eyes of his father,...

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The Queen of the Tearling

Erika Johansen - Harper
Format: Book

On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous...

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