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Breath of earth : a novel

Beth Cato · Harper Voyager
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

After the earth's power under her city is suddenly left unprotected, a young geomancer must rely on her unique magic to survive in this fresh fantasy standalone from the author of the acclaimed The Clockwork Dagger.In an alternate 1906, the United States and Japan have forged a powerful...
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The Dark Blood

A J Smith · Head of Zeus
Pages: 486
Format: Print book

In the court of every city in the lands of Ro, a sorceress sits. And in the minds of that city's people, each sorceress weaves a song. She and her sisters sing of the liberation of the land, the taming of the highland tribes, and the birth of a precious new race: the children of a dead...
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Wild Hunger

CHLOE NEILL · Berkley
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

In the first thrilling installment of Chloe Neill's spinoff to the New York Times bestselling Chicagoland Vampires series, a new vampire will find out just how deep blood ties run.As the only vampire child ever born, some believed Elisa Sullivan had all the luck. But the magic that...
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A Plague of Giants

Kevin Hearne · Del Rey
Pages: 768
Format: Mass Market Paperback

From the author of The Iron Druid Chronicles, a thrilling novel that kicks off a fantasy series with an entirely new mythology - complete with shape-shifting bards, fire-wielding giants, and children who can speak to astonishing beasts MOTHER AND WARRIOR Tallynd is a soldier who has already...
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Mississippi Roll: A Wild Cards novel

GEORGE R R MARTIN · Tor Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for current fans and new readers alike, Mississippi Roll is an all-new, adventurous jaunt along one of America's greatest rivers, featuring many beloved characters from the Wild Cards universeEdited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin, Mississippi Roll features...
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Ferryman institute

Colin Gigl · Gallery Books
Pages: 426
Format: Print book

In this stunning, fantastical debut novel from a bold new voice in the bestselling traditions of Christopher Moore and Jasper Fforde, a ferryman for the dead finds his existence unraveling after making either the best decision or the biggest mistake of his immortal life.Ferryman Charlie...
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The Power

NAOMI ALDERMAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 386
Format: Hardcover

One of the New York Times's Ten Best Books of 2017A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2017One of the Washington Post's Ten Best Books of 2017An NPR Best Book of 2017One of Entertainment Weekly's Ten Best Books of 2017A Bustle Best Book of 2017A Paste Magazine Best Novel of 2017A San Francisco...
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The Hike: A Novel

Drew Magary · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

"Drew Magary's new novel, The Hike, follows Ben, a dad trying to get home after wandering into a parallel universe on a business trip. . . . Buy it for all your friends - everyone loves a good dad odyssey." - GQ "A page-turner. . . . Inventive, funny. . . . Quietly profound...
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Ghost Talkers

Mary Robinette Kowal · Tor
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Ghost Talkers: a new novel from beloved fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I.Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer....
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The Stars Are Legion

Kameron Hurley · Saga Press
Pages: 380
Format: Hardcover

Somewhere on the outer rim of the universe, a mass of decaying world-ships known as the Legion is traveling in the seams between the stars.Here in the darkness, a war for control of the Legion has been waged for generations, with no clear resolution. As worlds continue to die, a desperate...
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The Raft: A Novel

Fred Strydom · Talos Press
Pages: 424
Format: Print book

" The day every person on earth lost his and her memory was not a day at all. In people's minds there was no actual event. . . and thus it could be followed by no period of shock or mourning. There could be no catharsis. Everyone was simply reset to zero. " On Day Zero, the collapse...
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Caught in Time: A Novel

JULIE MCELWAIN · Pegasus Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Still stranded in 1815, FBI agent Kendra Donovan finds herself on the trail of a vicious murderer with a shocking secret. October 1815: There is only one place Kendra Donovan wants to travel -- back to her own time period in the twenty-first century. But since that's not happening, she agrees...
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Sip

Brian Allen Carr · Soho Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A lyrical, apocalyptic debut novel about addiction, friendship, and the struggle for survivalIt started with a single child and quickly spread: you could get high by drinking your own shadow. At night, lights were destroyed so that addicts could sip shadow in the pure light of the moon.Gangs...
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The Black Guard

A J Smith · Head of Zeus
Pages: 608
Format: Print book

The city of Ro Canarn burns. With their father's blood fresh upon the headsman's sword, Lord Bromvy and Lady Bronwyn, the last scions of the house of Canarn, face fugitive exile or death. In the court of Ro Tiris, men fear to speak their minds. The Army of the Red marches upon the North....
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Feversong: A Fever Novel

Karen Marie Moning · Delacorte Press
Pages: 541
Format: Print book

MacKayla Lane and Jericho Barrons return in the epic conclusion to the pulse-pounding Fever series, where a world thrown into chaos grows more treacherous at every turn.As Mac, Barrons, Ryodan, and Jada struggle to restore control, enemies become allies, right and wrong cease to exist,...
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