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Alice Hoffman · Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts, who happen to dwell in the darkest, eeriest house in town. As they become more aware of their aunts' mysterious...
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Season of Storms

Andrzej Sapkowski · Orbit
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games.Geralt of Riveria. A witcher whose mission is to protect ordinary people from the monsters created with magic. A mutant who has the task of killing unnatural beings. He uses a magical sign, potions and the pride...
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Thin Air

RICHARD K MORGAN · Del Rey
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

An atmospheric tale of corruption and abduction set on Mars, from the author of the award-winning science fiction novel Altered Carbon, now an exciting new series from Netflix. From the moment Richard K. Morgan's dazzling debut, Altered Carbon, burst onto the scene, it was clear that...
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Avalanche: The Secret World Chronicles

Mercedes Lackey · Baen
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times best-seller and science fiction and fantasy mistress of adventure Mercedes Lackey, Book #5 in the pulse-pounding SECRET WORLD saga of modern-day humans with superpowers.Ultima Thule has been destroyed - but somehow the Thulians mounted an even bigger force to destroy...
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The Point

John Dixon · Del Rey
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

What if you had a power you had to hide from everyone - until now? In this bold sci-fi action thriller, a secret training program at West Point is turning misfits into a new generation of heroes.Welcome to The Point, future leaders of the Posthuman Age. New cadets, society is not ready...
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Relic

ALAN DEAN FOSTER · Del Rey
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The last known human searches the galaxy for companionship in a brilliant standalone novel from the legendary author of the Pip & Flinx series. Once Homo sapiens reigned supreme, spreading from star system to star system in an empire that encountered no alien life and thus knew no enemy...
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Skyward

BRANDON SANDERSON · Delacorte Press
Pages: 400
Format: eBook

From Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the internationally bestselling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanity's...
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Attack of the 50 Foot Wallflower

Christian McKay Heidicker · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Cure for the Common Universe comes a monster-movie-like novel that bravely challenges perceived notions of beauty, identity, and modern voyeurism.Phoebe Lane is a lightning rod for monsters. She and her mom are forced to flee flesh-eating plants, blobs from outer space,...
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Villain

MICHAEL GRANT · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed author Michael Grant's globally bestselling Gone series continues with Villain, where old foes return and new ones rise, with action-packed scenes, gory battles, and plot twists that will leave readers scrambling for more. It's been four years since the events of GONE. The Perdido...
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The Skaar Invasion

Terry Brooks · Thorndike Press Large Print
Pages: 689
Format: Large Print

Following The Black Elfstone, The Skaar Invasion is the second book of the epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series from one of the acknowledged masters of the fantasy genre. The Four Lands are under siege. Wielding a magical ability virtually impossible to combat, mysterious...
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The 48

Donna Hosie · Holiday House
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Henry VIII's Tudor court meets time-traveling teen assassins in a riveting YA novel.Twins Charlie and Alex Taylor are the newest time travelers recruited to the Forty-Eight, a clandestine military group in charge of manipulating history. The brothers arrive in 1536 feeling confident, but the Tudor...
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Kingdom of The Blazing Phoenix

Julie C. Dao · Philomel Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

This fairy tale retelling lives in a mystical world inspired by the Far East, where the Dragon Lord and the Serpent God battle for control of the earthly realm; it is here that the flawed heroine of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns finally meets her match. An epic fantasy finale to that breathtaking...
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The Light Between Worlds

LAURA E WEYMOUTH · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

What happens when you return to the real world after being in a fantastical one like Narnia? This YA debut by Laura E. Weymouth is perfect for fans of Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood and Lev Grossman's The Magicians.Six years ago, sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell were swept away to a strange...
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Salvation

PETER F HAMILTON · Del Rey
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

Humanity's complex relationship with technology spirals out of control in this first book of an all-new series from "the owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction" (Ken Follett) . In 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge...
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State Tectonics

Malka Older · Tor.com
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

State Tectonics concludes the trilogy that began with Infomocracy:* The book The Huffington Post called "one of the greatest literary debuts in recent history"* Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, The Verge, Flavorwire, Kirkus Reviews, and Book Riot*...
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The Dream Gatherer

KRISTEN BRITAIN · DAW
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the New York Times bestselling Green Rider series, this short volume introduces readers to new sides of Sacoridia in two new short stories and a novella.In The Dream Gatherer, Kristen Britain presents a novella and two short stories set in the universe...
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The Last Mortal Bond: Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, Book III

Brian Staveley · Tor Books
Pages: 665
Format: Paperback

The trilogy that began with The Emperor's Blades and continued in The Providence of Fire reaches its epic conclusion, as war engulfs the Annurian Empire in Brian Staveley's The Last Mortal Bond The ancient csestriim are back to finish their purge of humanity; armies march against...
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Delirium: The Special Edition

Lauren Oliver · HarperCollins; Special edition
Format: Hardcover

Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling novel Delirium - the first in a dystopian trilogy - presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet.In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Jules Verne · Public Domain Books
Pages: 146
Format: eBook

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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Godsgrave: Book 2 of the Nevernight Chronicle

JAY KRISTOFF · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 419
Format: Hardcover

Signed First EditionThe second thrilling installment of the award-winning Nevernight Chronicle, from New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff.In a land where three suns almost never set, a ruthless assassin continues her quest for vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.Mia...
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