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The Bloodprint

AUSMA ZEHANAT KHAN · Harper Voyager
Pages: 439
Format: Paperback

The author of the acclaimed mystery The Unquiet Dead delivers her first fantasy novel - the opening installment in a thrilling quartet - a tale of religion, oppression, and political intrigue that radiates with heroism, wonder, and hope.A dark power called the Talisman, born of ignorance...
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Steles of the Sky

Elizabeth Bear · Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
Pages: 429
Format: Hardcover

Elizabeth Bear concludes her award-winning epic fantasy trilogy, The Eternal Sky, with Steles of the Sky.Re Temur, exiled heir to his grandfather's Khaganate, has finally raised his banner and declared himself at war with his usurping uncle. With his companions--the Wizard Samarkar,...
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Child of a Mad God

R. A. Salvatore · Tor Books
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

As the Blood Moon rises high upon the mountain of the Usgar a demon hunts. But this is not the demon's story. This is the story of a young woman, the daughter of a witch, born under the Blood Moon, how she finds herself alone in a tribe of vicious barbarians, and how she came to know the world.From...
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The Midnight Queen

Sylvia Izzo Hunter · Ace
Format: Paperback

In the hallowed halls of Oxford's Merlin College, the most talented - and highest born - sons of the Kingdom of Britain are taught the intricacies of magickal theory. But what dazzles can also destroy, as Gray Marshall is about to discover ... Gray's deep talent for magick has won him a place...
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Questionable Practices: Stories

Eileen Gunn · Small Beer Press
Format: Paperback

Good intentions arent everything. Sometimes things dont quite go the way you planned. And sometimes you dont plan. . . . This collection of sixteen stories and one lonely poem chart the many ways trouble can ensue. No actual human beings were harmed in the creation of this book. Stories...
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Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries

Martha Wells · Tor.com
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

"I love Murderbot!" -- Ann LeckieArtificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells's hugely popular science fiction action and adventure All Systems RedIt has a dark past -- one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot"....
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Knuckleduster

Andrew Post · Medallion Press
Format: Paperback

After being blinded during military service, Brody “Knuckleduster” Calhoun relies on special carotene lenses, powered by expensive batteries, for sight. In order to pay for his vision, Brody becomes a vigilante for hire, specializing in tracking down and beating abusive husbands....
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In Calabria

Peter S Beagle · Tachyon Pubns
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

From the acclaimed author of The Last Unicorn comes a new, exquisitely-told unicorn fable for the modern age. Claudio Bianchi has lived alone for many years on a hillside in Southern Italy's scenic Calabria. Set in his ways and suspicious of outsiders, Claudio has always resisted change,...
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The Secrets of Blood and Bone: A Novel

Rebecca Alexander · Broadway Books
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

In the stunning follow up to The Secrets of Life and Death, Rebecca Alexander has created a gripping supernatural thriller that bridges time, legend and the power of blood. Following her showdown with Elizabeth Bathory, Jackdaw Hammond is running from her past, hiding from her future,...
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The Mime Order

Samantha Shannon · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal penal colony of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the fugitives are still missing and she is the most wanted person in London.As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on Paige, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited...
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Undead and Done

Maryjanice Davidson · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor continues her rule in Hell in the scorchingly funny finale to the Undead series from New York Times bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson.It had been a well-kept secret for centuries, but now the existence of vampires is all over the news, thanks to Betsy Taylor's...
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Conspiracy of Ravens

Lila Bowen · Orbit
Pages: 359
Format: Hardcover

The sequel to Wake of Vultures and second novel in Lila Bowen's widely acclaimed Shadow series.
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The Song of the Orphans: The Silvers Book Two

Daniel Price · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover

The second book in the genre-bending Silvers series - an io9 "can't miss" sci-fi pick - about six extraordinary people whose fates become intertwined on an Earth far different from our own. The end of the world was just the beginning for Hannah and Amanda Given. Saved from apocalypse...
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Sea Change

S.M. Wheeler · Tor Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The unhappy child of two powerful parents who despise each other, young Lilly turns to the ocean to find solace, which she finds in the form of the eloquent and intelligent sea monster Octavius, a kraken. In Octavius’s many arms, Lilly learns of friendship, loyalty, and family....
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Wake a Sleeping Tiger

Lora Leigh · Berkley
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

When readers of dark romance and unbridled desire want to be satisfied, they turn to #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh and her "powerful and highly erotic" (Fresh Fiction) Breed novels. Now a Breed hides in the world of man - until a woman arouses the amused and wildly...
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