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Elphie: A Wicked Childhood

Gregory Maguire - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

What happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel, for the first time Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the West - setting the stage for the blockbuster...
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Where the Axe Is Buried: A Novel

Ray Nayler - MCD
Format: Hardcover

All systems fail. All societies crumble. All worlds end.. In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Meanwhile, on the fringes of a Western Europe...
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A Drop of Corruption: An Ana and Din Mystery (Shadow of the Leviathan)

Robert Jackson Bennett - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup.. In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire's reach, a Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air - vanishing...
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Direct Descendant

Tanya Huff - DAW
Format: Hardcover

This cozy horror novel set in modern-day Toronto includes phenomenal characters, fantastic writing, and a queer romance - the perfect balance of dark and delightful. This stand-alone novel from the bestselling author of the Peacekeeper novels mixes the creepy with the charming for plenty...
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye

John Scalzi - Audible Studios
Format: Audiobook

From the New York Times best-selling author of Starter Villain comes an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel of cheese.It's a whole new moooooon.One day soon, suddenly and without explanation,...
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Gifted & Talented

Olivie Blake - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.Where there's...
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Alex Gonzalez - Erewhon Books
Format: Hardcover

A disturbing examination of toxic masculinity and the darkest pits of the Internet, about a young man's algorithmic descent into depravity in a future that's nearly here.. "A visionary book that is at once pensive, rollicking, and truly, bone-deep unsettling. Alex Gonzalez's...
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When We Were Real: A Novel

Daryl Gregory - S&S/Saga Press
Format: Hardcover

From multiple award-winning author Daryl Gregory comes a madcap adventure following two friends on a cross-country bus tour through the mind-boggling glitches in their simulated world as they grapple with love, family, secrets, and the very nature of reality in a simulation.. JP and Dulin...
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Diviner's Bow (Liaden Universe® Book 27)

Sharon Lee - Baen Books
Format: Hardcover

NEW ENTRY IN THE BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE® SERIESA world divided cannot stand.A people divided cannot thrive.The Oracle has Seen the end of Civilization, and the end of the Haosa, too. Reactions to this are - mixed.On the one hand, foresight is a notoriously erratic Gift. On the other,...
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Tales from Portents: Greystone Book 2

Lou Paduano

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