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The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle)

Ariel Kaplan - Erewhon Books
Format: Hardcover

The first adventure in the Mirror Realm Cycle, a Spanish Inquisition-era fantasy trilogy inspired by Jewish folklore, with echoes of Naomi Novik and Katherine Arden.. Toba Peres can speak, but not shout; sleep, but not dream. She can write with both hands at once, in different languages,...
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Tress of the Emerald Sea

Brandon Sanderson - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere universe with a rollicking, riveting tale that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.. The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple...
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The Scarlet Circus

Jane Yolen - Tachyon Publications
Format: Paperback

This third volume in Jane Yolen's World Fantasy Award-winning series brings you passionate treasures and delirious transformations. This bewitching assemblage, with an original introduction from Brandon Sanderson, is an ideal read for anyone who appreciates witty, compelling, and classic...
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Reticence

Gail Carriger - Orbit
Format: Hardcover

Bookish and proper Percival Tunstell finds himself out of his depth when floating cities, spirited plumbing, and soggy biscuits collide in this delightful conclusion to NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger's Custard Protocol series.Percival Tunstell loves that his sister and her best...
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The Knave of Secrets

Alex Livingston - Solaris
Format: Hardcover

A twisty tale of card sharps and con artists, in a world of magic where secrets are traded and gambled like coin.The Lies of Locke LamorameetsCasino RoyaleNever stake more than you can afford to lose. When failed magician turned cardsharp Valen Quinol is given the chance to play in the Forbearance...
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Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

Wole Talabi - DAW
Format: Hardcover

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning, Nebula-nominated Nigerian author . A mythic tale of disgruntled gods, revenge, and a heist across two worlds, perfect for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Neil Gaiman, Marlon James, and Karen Lord. Shigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare...
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Gender Swapped Greek Myths

Karrie Fransman - Faber & Faber
Format: Hardcover

Imagine a world where seductive male sirens lure brave heroines to their death, where Icara and her mother fly too close to the sun, and where beautiful men are forced to wed underworld queens...For thousands of years, Greek myths have been told and retold. In these stories, brutality and bravery...
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Projections: A Novel

The Projections S. E. Porter - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

S.E. Porter, critically-acclaimed YA author of Vassa in the Night, bursts onto the adult fantasy scene with her adult novel that is sure to appeal to fans of Jeff VanderMeer and China Mieville.Love may last a lifetime, but in this dark historical fantasy, the bitterness of rejection endures...
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Gender Swapped Fairy Tales

Karrie Fransman - Faber & Faber
Format: Hardcover

People have been telling fairy tales to their children for hundreds of years. And for almost as long, people have been rewriting those fairy tales - to help their children imagine a world where they are the heroes. Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon...
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Nocturne

Alyssa Wees - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she's pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems.Growing up in Chicago's Little Sicily in the years following the Great War, Grace...
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