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The Soul of Power

Callie Bates - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

One young woman learns the true nature of power - both her own and others' - in the riveting conclusion to The Waking Land Trilogy. Sophy Dunbarron - the illegitimate daughter of a king who never was - has always felt like an impostor. Separated from her birth mother, raised by parents...
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The Wall of Storms

Ken Liu - Saga Press
Format: Print book

In the much-anticipated sequel to the "magnificent fantasy epic" (NPR) Grace of Kings, Emperor Kuni Garu is faced with the invasion of an invincible army in his kingdom and must quickly find a way to defeat the intruders.Kuni Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago...
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The Lonely Hearts Hotel: A Novel

Heather O'Neill - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

"So filled with vivid descriptions and complex characters that the reader's experience is virtually cinematic. . . Utterly compelling." - The Washington PostA spellbinding story about two gifted orphans - in love with each other since they can remember - whose childhood...
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The Abolitionist's Daughter

Diane C. McPhail - A John Scognamiglio Book
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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Masquerade in Lodi

Lois McMaster Bujold - Subterranean Press
Format: Hardcover

Bastard's Eve is a night of celebration for most residents in the canal city of Lodi--but not for sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona, who find themselves caught up in the affairs of a shiplost madman, a dangerous ascendant demon, and a very unexpected saint of the fifth...
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The Unspoken Name

A. K. Larkwood - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

A. K. Larkwood's The Unspoken Name is a stunning debut fantasy about an orc priestess turned wizard's assassin.What if you knew how and when you will die?Csorwe does -- she will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine of the Unspoken, and gain the most honored title: sacrifice. But on the day of her foretold...
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Deep Past: A Novel

Eugene Linden - RosettaBooks
Format: Hardcover

"DEEP PAST is an extraordinary novel on so many levels. It is a gripping thriller in terms of pacing, vivid characters and exotic settings, a book you won't be able to put down." - Douglas Preston, co-creator of the #1 bestselling Pendergast series of novels and author of THE LOST...
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The Great Ordeal: Book Three

R. Scott Bakker - Overlook Press
Format: Print book

The much-anticipated third installment of R. Scott Bakker's acclaimed series, The Aspect-EmperorPraised by fans and critics worldwide, R. Scott Bakker has become one of the most celebrated voices in fantasy literature. With The Great Ordeal, Bakker presents the long-anticipated third...
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Wolf's Empire: Gladiator

Claudia Christian - Tor
Format: Print book

In the Galactic Roman Empire, eight noble houses fight for power. One gladiator fights for justice. This is Wolf's Empire: Gladiator, by Claudia Christian's and Morgan Grant Buchanan.When her mother and brother are murdered, young noblewoman Accala Viridius cries out for vengeance....
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The Bedlam Stacks

NATASHA PULLEY - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

The eagerly anticipated new novel from the author of THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET--a treacherous quest in the magical landscape of nineteenth-century Peru.In 1859, ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall after sustaining an injury that almost...
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