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The Providence of Fire

Brian Staveley · Tor
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

Brian Staveley's The Providence of Fire, the second novel in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, a gripping new epic fantasy series.The conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of the Annurian Empire is far from over.Having learned the identity of her father's assassin, Adare flees...
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The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe: Welcome to Night Vale Episodes, Volume 2

Joseph Fink · Harper Perennial
Pages: 302
Format: Print book

From the authors of the New York Times bestselling novel Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Two of their hit podcast, featuring a foreword by the authors, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original...
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Winter of the Gods

Jordanna Max Brodsky · Orbit
Pages: 461
Format: Print book

"The Immortals is a lively re-imagining of classical mythology with an engaging premise, a page-turning plot, and an eye for the arresting and uncanny in contemporary urban life. "--Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches Manhattan has many...
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A Secret History of Witches

Louisa Morgan · Redhook
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A Secret History of Witches follows five generations of women-all of whom happen to be witches-from nineteenth-century Brittany to London during World War II.
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Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales: An Anthology

Ellen Datlow · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A dazzling anthology of avian-themed fiction guaranteed to frighten and delight, edited by one of the most acclaimed horror anthologists in the genre. Birds are usually loved for their beauty and their song. They symbolize freedom, eternal life, the soul. There's definitely a dark side...
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Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles

Anne Rice; Simon Vance; Playaway Digital Audio; Findaway World LLC; Random House Audio Publishing. · Playaway
Format: Hardcover

A stunning departure, a surprising and compelling return…From Anne Rice, perennial best seller, single-handed reinventor of the vampire cosmology--a new, exhilarating novel, a deepening of her vampire mythology, and a chillingly hypnotic mystery-thriller."What can we do but reach...
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The Half-Drowned King: A Novel

Linnea Hartsuyker · Harper
Pages: 431
Format: Hardcover

"Linnea Hartsuyker brings myth and legend roaring to life in this superbly good page-turning saga of Viking-era Norway. The book's fiercest magic shines in the characters of Ragnvald and Svanhild, as unforgettable a brother and sister duo as I can remember. Linnea Hartsuyker is an exciting,...
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People of the Songtrail: A Novel of North America's Forgotten Past

W Michael Gear; Kathleen O'Neal Gear · Tor
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear comes an epic story of the first contact between Native Americans and Vikings. On the shores of what is now northeastern Canada, a small group of intrepid settlers have landed, seeking freedom...
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Gather the Daughters: A Novel

JENNIE MELAMED · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

NEVER LET ME GO meets THE GIVER in this haunting debut about a cult on an isolated island, where nothing is as it seems.A New York Magazine best book of the monthA Real Simple best book of the monthPeople Magazine's Book of the WeekYears ago, just before the country was incinerated to wasteland,...
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The Testament of Loki

Joanne Harris · Gollancz
Pages: 272
Format: eBook

Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain...
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Bengal's Quest

Lora Leigh · Berkley
Format: Hardcover

"No one spins a story quite like Lora Leigh" (Night Owl Reviews) - and when it comes to her "highly charged and carnal" (Fresh Fiction) Breed novels, nobody does it better. Now, the #1 New York Times bestselling author tells a story of two Breeds who are united by animal...
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The Rift Uprising: The Rift Uprising Trilogy, Book 1

Amy Susan Foster · Harper Voyager
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

An alternate reality that feels all-too-real, The Rift Uprising is the explosive start to a new trilogy that combines the fast paced action of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games, the lyrical tone of Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone, and the emotional stakes of Pierce Brown's Red Rising...
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Words of Radiance

BRANDON SANDERSON · Tor Books
Pages: 1104
Format: Paperback

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Apes and Angels

Ben Bova · Tor
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system. Humankind headed out to the stars not for conquest, nor exploration, nor even for curiosity. Humans went to the stars in a desperate crusade to save intelligent life wherever they found...
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Last Shot

BALLANTINE. · Del Rey
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Even the fastest ship in the galaxy can't outrun the past. . . . THEN: It's one of the galaxy's most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falcon throughout...
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