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ADRIAN J WALKER · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

The #1 International Bestseller!
A Science Fiction & Fantasy Book to Keep on Your Radar by io9 and Gizmodo

A powerful post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of The Martian. When the sky begins to fall, one man finds himself separated from his family, his best hope is to run -- or risk...

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Spaceman of Bohemia

Jaroslav Kalfar · Little
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery

Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Procházka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first astronaut. When a dangerous solo mission to Venus offers...
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The Ruin of Kings

Jenn Lyons · Tor Books
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

Jenn Lyons begins The Godslayer Cycle with The Ruin of Kings, an epic fantasy novel about a man who discovers his fate is tied to the future of an empire.

Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed...

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The Wolves of Winter: A Novel

TYRELL JOHNSON · Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A captivating tale of humanity pushed beyond its breaking point, of family and bonds of love forged when everything is lost, and of a heroic young woman who crosses a frozen landscape to find her destiny. This debut novel is written in a post-apocalyptic tradition that spans The Hunger...
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The Book of Hidden Things

FRANCESCO DIMITRI · Titan Books
Format: Paperback

From "one of the most significant figures of the last generation of fantasy", comes Francesco Dimitri's debut novel in English, an enthralling and seductive fantasy following four old friends and the secrets they keep.

Four old school friends have a pact: to meet up every...
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Blackfish City: A Novel

Sam J Miller · Ecco
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"One of the most intriguing future cities in years." - Charlie Jane Anders

"Simmers with menace and heartache, suspense and wonder." - Ann Leckie

A Best Book of the Month in

Entertainment Weekly

The Washington Post

Tor.com

B&N...

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The Wounded Shadow

PATRICK W CARR · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback

The kings and queens of the northern continent lay siege to the Darkwater Forest, desperate to contain its evil. But rumors of gold and aurium have lured deserters and the desperate into its shadow, creating a growing army held in its sway. Desperate after the death and dissolution of their...
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The queen of blood

Sarah Beth Durst · Harper Voyager
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

An idealistic young student and a banished warrior become allies in a battle to save their realm in this first book of a mesmerizing epic fantasy series, filled with political intrigue, violent magic, malevolent spirits, and thrilling adventure.

Everything has a spirit: the willow...

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The Raven Tower

Ann Leckie · Orbit
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

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 a new novel and new world.
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Ambiguity Machines: and Other stories

Vandana Singh · Small Beer Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Praise for Vandana Singh:

"A most promising and original young writer." -- Ursula K. Le Guin

"Lovely! What a pleasure this book is . . . full of warmth, compassion, affection, high comedy and low." -- Molly Gloss, author of The Hearts of Horses

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The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel

MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL · Tor Books
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

Mary Robinette Kowal's science fiction debut, The Calculating Stars, explores the premise behind her award-winning "Lady Astronaut of Mars."

Winner 2019 RUSA Reading List for Science Fiction -- American Library Association

Locus Bestseller List

Chicago...

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How to Hack a Heartbreak

Kristin Rockaway · Graydon House
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Swipe right for love. Swipe left for disaster. By day, Mel Strickland is an underemployed helpdesk tech at a startup incubator, Hatch, where she helps entitled brogrammers--"Hatchlings"--who can't even fix their own laptops, but are apparently the next wave...
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The End of All Things

John Scalzi · Tor Books
Format: Print book

"Humans expanded into space ... only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a hostile universe. The Colonial Union used the Earth and its excess population for colonists and soldiers....
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The Light Brigade

Kameron Hurley · Saga Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From the Hugo Award­­-winning author of The Stars Are Legion comes a brand-new science fiction thriller about a futuristic war during which soldiers are broken down into light in order to get them to the front lines on Mars.

They said the war would turn us into light....
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How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories

N. K. Jemisin · Orbit
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Three-time Hugo Award winner N. K. Jemisin's first collection of short fiction challenges and enchants with breathtaking stories of destruction, rebirth, and redemption.
N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection...
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