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Upon a Burning Throne

Ashok K. Banker · John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 688
Format: Hardcover

Two princes, Shvate and Adri, are born in Hastinaga, capital of the vast Krushan empire - one blind, the other albino. Though one cannot see, and the other cannot face sunlight, the Dowager Empress Jilana and Prince Regent Vrath assure their people and allies that all will be well. Any rumblings...
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The Abolitionist's Daughter

Diane C. McPhail · A John Scognamiglio Book
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In her sweeping debut, Diane C. McPhail offers a powerful, profoundly emotional novel that explores a little-known aspect of Civil War history - Southern Abolitionists - and the timeless struggle to do right even amidst bitter conflict. On a Mississippi morning in 1859, Emily Matthews...
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The Binding: A Novel

Bridget Collins · William Morrow
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Sarah Waters, Helene Wecker, and Jessie Burton, an atmospheric and mystery-laden historical novel set within a magical world where books are not stories but the repository of individual lives.Imagine you could erase grief.Imagine you could remove pain.Imagine you could...
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Another Kingdom

Andrew Klavan · Turner
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"What was this place? Was I crazy? Or was I crazy before, back in L.A.? Was my real life some sort of dream? Was this hell reality?" Austin Lively is a struggling, disillusioned screenwriter whose life is suddenly changed forever when he opens a door and is unwittingly transported...
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A Wonderful Stroke of Luck: A Novel

Ann Beattie · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A razor-sharp, deeply felt new novel about the complicated relationship between a charismatic teacher and his students, and the secrets we keep from those we loveAs a member of the Honor Society at Bailey Academy, one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the country, Ben falls under...
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Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe: A Novel

Evan James · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Named one of 2019's most anticipated reads by LitHub and Entertainment Weekly From a bright new voice in contemporary fiction comes a hilarious and sophisticated comedy of manners about a delightfully eccentric family and the absurd happenings that befall them during one frenzied summer...
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The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

T.J. Martinson · Flatiron Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

30 years ago a superhero tried to save Chicago. Now the city is again under siege, in this gritty, suspenseful, and beautifully written novel from award-winning debut author T.J. MartinsonSomewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people have been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one,...
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Tiamat's Wrath

JAMES SA COREY · Orbit
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

The eighth novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series. Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow...
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For the Killing of Kings

Howard Andrew Jones · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Howard Andrew Jones' powerful world-building brings this epic fantasy to life in For The Killing of Kings, the first book of his new adventure-filled trilogy. Their peace was a fragile thing, but it had endured for seven years, mostly because the people of Darassus and the king of the Naor...
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Gingerbread: A Novel

Helen Oyeyemi · Riverhead Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel.Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories - equal parts wholesome and uncanny, from the tantalizing witch's...
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