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The Testament of Loki

Joanne Harris · Saga Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In the sequel to The Gospel of Loki, Loki's adventures continue when he finds a way out of the end of the world and plans to restart the power of the Norse gods.The end of the world - also known as Ragnarok to the Norse gods - has occurred, and Loki has been trapped in a seemingly endless...
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The Remnant

Charlie Fletcher · Orbit Us
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

"Exciting, exhilaring, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly realized. " - M. R. CareyThe Oversight of London has been sworn for millennia to prevent the natural and the supernatural worlds from preying on each...
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The Lady of the Lake

ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI · ORBIT US
Pages: 560
Format: Print book

The Witcher returns in this action-packed sequel to The Tower of Swallows, in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired The Witcher video games. After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows while narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different...
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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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Tarry This Night

Kristyn Dunnion · Arsenal Pulp Press
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback

In this dystopian, eerily relevant novel, a civil war is brewing in America. Below ground, a cult led by the deluded and narcissistic Father Ernst is ensconced in an underground bunker, waiting out the conflict. When "The Family" runs out of food, Ruth, coming of age and terrified...
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The Hunt

Chloe Neill · Berkley
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Chicagoland Vampires Novels - the hunter becomes the hunted in a New Orleans devastated by a Paranormal war.... When bounty hunter Liam Quinn discovered that Claire Connolly was a Sensitive and infected with magic, he should have turned...
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Firefly - The Magnificent Nine

James Lovegrove · Titan Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The second original novel tying into the critically acclaimed and much-missed Firefly series from creator Joss Whedon.An old flame of Jayne Cobb's, Temperance McCloud, sends a message to Serenity, begging him for help. She lives on the arid, far-flung world of Tethys, and bandits are trying...
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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 year...
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Altermundos: Latin@ Speculative Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

Cathryn Josefina Merla-Watson · UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback

Speculative fiction -- encompassing both science fiction and fantasy -- has emerged as a dynamic field within Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, producing new critical vocabularies and approaches to topics that include colonialism and modernity, immigration and globalization, race and gender....
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The Seas

SAMANTHA HUNT · Tin House Books
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

"The Seas took me back to how I felt as a kid, when you're newly falling in love with literature, newly shocked by its capacity to cast a spell..."--Maggie Nelson (from the Introduction) Moored in a coastal fishing town so far north that the highways only run south, the unnamed...
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Dark Deeds

Mike Brooks · Saga Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In the third book of the "entertaining" (Kirkus Reveiws) Keiko series, Captain Ichabod Drift and his crew find themselves in another mess as a ship-wide vacation leads to their second-in-command taken hostage by the planet's criminal mastermind.After the riotous civil war in Dark...
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Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems

Theodora Goss · Mythic Delirium Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

"I was expecting this to be good, but it's wonderful. Seeing these pieces together makes me realize what a vivid, authentic and important voice Goss is. These are real fairytales, magical, unsettling, touching, and brilliant. I loved every word." --Jo Walton, World Fantasy,...
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Swordheart

T Kingfisher · Argyll Productions
Pages: 426
Format: Hardcover

Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate... and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman trapped in a prison of enchanted steel. When Halla draws the sword that imprisons him, Sarkis finds himself attempting to defend his new wielder...
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Fury

Rachel Vincent · MIRA
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Magic, fate and hope collide in the stunning conclusion of New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent's acclaimed Menagerie trilogy ... 1986: Rebecca Essig leaves a slumber party early but comes home to a massacre - committed by her own parents. Only one of her siblings has survived....
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The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

Bella Forrest · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 410
Format: Paperback

A spine-tingling new fantasy, perfect for adults or teens who enjoyed Harry Potter...*Over 300 worldwide 5-star reviews*What would you do if you spotted a man following a young woman, but no-one else could see him?Like most sane people, student Alex Webber thought he was hallucinating - perhaps...
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