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Queen's thief volume 6
Language
English
Description
A conclusion to the best-selling series finds high king Eugenides preparing to defend the Lesser Peninsula from an invasion by the ruthless Mede empire, an effort that is complicated by a prophecy that foretells a king's death.
22) Dark heir
Author
Series
Dark rise (Pacat) volume 2
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Will travels to the heart of the ancient world where he must keep his true identity hidden as he’s tempted by the darkness within.
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English
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Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. Still the war rages on, taking countless lives, ravaging the land once known as the United States of America. Artos and his Queen, Mathilda, must unite the realms into a single kingdom to ensure a lasting peace. If the leaders of the Changed world are to accept Artos as their ruler, he will need to undertake...
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English
Description
When Aisha's fisherman father goes missing, she takes to the sea on a skeleton boat to rescue him. Guided by a talking scholar's cat, who sparks her interest in the mysterious House of Rust, she encounters three monsters hidden beneath the waves. All Aisha wants is for things to return to normal. But a showdown with the father of all sharks looms, and at home, things only grow stranger.
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Series
Imperial Radch volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Breq is both more than she seems and less than she was. Years ago, she was the Justice of Toren, a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of corpse soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. An act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with only one fragile human body. And only one purpose--to...
27) Thunder
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Series
Warriors (Erin Hunter). Starless clan volume 4
Warriors. Starless clan volume 4
Warriors a starless clan volume 4
Warriors. Starless clan volume 4
Warriors a starless clan volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Gravely injured, Frostpaw places her trust in a young warrior, convincing him to protect her as she follows StarClan’s cryptic directions toward the roots of RiverClan, where she hopes to find the answers she so desperately seeks while staving off a war between the clans.
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Series
Burnt empire saga volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The Demonlord Jarsun is poised to claim the Burning Throne and cement his rule over the Burnt Empire. Standing in his way is his daughter, now reincarnated into a new avatar named Krushni, who is determined to avenge her mother's death by his hand...Aligned with him is the vast army of the Empire...Krushni has allies too...the children of his nephew Shvate--the supernaturally-gifted quintet known as the Five. But Krushni and The Five are vastly outnumbered"--...
29) Spidertouch
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Enslaved by a mute-race of cruel dictators, Razvan learns their touch-language and works as a translator in order to survive. But war is on the horizon and his quiet life is about to get noisy...
30) Joust
Author
Series
Dragon jousters volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Vetch, an Altan serf, must learn the secret of the Tian jousters and their dragons in order to save his people.
31) Princeps' fury
Author
Series
Codex Alera volume 5
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera's oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim safely to their lands, his worst fears are realized.
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Series
Nine realms volume 1
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English
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"Exiled and hunted, Cerulia, Princess of Weirandale, knows she has one destiny. Her enemies failed to kill her, and no one harboring her is safe. Raised in obscurity, she has no resources, no army, nothing that can help her against her enemies. Except their gods"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
In this clever reimagining of the Cinderella fairytale, the narrator, taught how to get everything she wants in the world, is distracted from her true purpose by waning magic, looming war and a handsome—and strictly forbidden—hostage prince who could ruin everything.
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Series
Daevabad trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people. Nahri and Ali, now safe in Cairo, face difficult choices of their own. As peace grows more elusive and old players return, Nahri, Ali, and Dara come to understand that in order to remake the world, they may need to fight those...
35) Dark rise
Author
Series
Dark rise (Pacat) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother. Then an old servant tells him of his destiny to fight beside the Stewards, who have sworn to protect humanity if the Dark King ever returns. Will is thrust into a world of magic, where he starts training for a vital role in the oncoming battle against the Dark"--
36) Honor's knight
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Series
Paradox volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"After a mysterious attack left [Devi Morris] short several memories and one partner, she's determined to keep her head down, do her job, and get on with her life. But even though Devi's not actually looking for it, trouble keeps finding her. She sees things no one else can, the black stain on her hands is growing, and she's entangled with the cook she thought she hated"--Page 4 of cover.
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Series
Old Kingdom volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies"--Publisher.
38) The shadow saint
Author
Series
Black iron legacy volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The Gutter Miracle changed the landscape of Guerdon forever. Six months after it was conjured into being, the labyrinthine New City has become a haven for criminals and refugees.
39) Speaking bones
Author
Series
Dandelion dynasty volume 4
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Harried by Lyucu pursuers, Princess Thaera and Paekyu Takval try to reestablish an ancestral dream even as their hearts grow in doubt. The people of Dara continue to struggle against the genocidal Lyucu as both nations vacillate between starkly contrasting visions for their futures. Even the gods cannot see through the Wall of Storms, for only mortal hearts can decide mortal fates"--
40) Oathbringer
Author
Series
Stormlight archive volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Dalinar Kholin's Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the...
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