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1) The familiar
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2024.
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"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
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"After discovering that she is a shield maiden who can repel any attack, a fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath to protect Skaland"--
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband's back. Freya's dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region's jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive,...
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Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...
5) Redemptor
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"Immersive and gorgeously written." —Buzzfeed
The highly anticipated sequel to Raybearer, the instant New York Times bestselling fantasy sensation that set the world on fire
For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the...
The highly anticipated sequel to Raybearer, the instant New York Times bestselling fantasy sensation that set the world on fire
For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the...
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Nhika is a bloodcarver. A coldhearted, ruthless being who can alter human biology with just a touch. In the industrial city of Theumas, Nhika is seen not as a healer, but a monster that kills for pleasure. And in the city's criminal underbelly, the rarest of monsters are traded for gold. When Nhika is finally caught by the infamous Butchers, she's forced to heal the last witness to a high-profile murder. As Nhika delves into the investigation, all...
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2023
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A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Chloe Gong’s adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, is a “smart, imaginative, and brutal” (Wesley Chu, New York Times bestselling author of The War Arts Saga) collision of power plays, spilled blood, and romance amidst a set of deadly games.
Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin flock...
Chloe Gong’s adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, is a “smart, imaginative, and brutal” (Wesley Chu, New York Times bestselling author of The War Arts Saga) collision of power plays, spilled blood, and romance amidst a set of deadly games.
Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin flock...
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Kindle Direct Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Are you a fan of magical girls like the Sailor Scouts, Winx Club, and the fierce ghouls from Monster High? If yes, then it's time to meet the Fairy Squad Princesses! Follow the lives of Serena, Crystal, Ivy, and Kristy as they go from being normal high school girls to butt-kicking defenders of the Magic Dimension. Of course, not without the help of their handsome guy friends the Conquerors. In the first part of this five-part series, the teens will...
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Corazon Entertainment
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17-year-old tagger Saira Elian can handle anything… a mother who mysteriously disappears, a stranger who stalks her around London, and even the noble English grandmother who kicked Saira and her mother out of the family. But when an old graffiti tag in a Tube station transports Saira to the nineteenth century and she comes face-to-face with Jack the Ripper, she realizes she needs help after all. Saira meets Archer, a charming student who helps her...
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Ellie is a twelve-year-old orphan who desperately wants a family. She just doesn't expect to find one when she joins the crew of the Legend, a flying ship in a secret rescue fleet. On board, she meets a boy with a pet tarantula, a bully with eyes like mirrors, and a librarian who can read eighteen languages. Unexpectedly, Ellie also discovers a powerful gift that only she can wield. But when the Legend is called to a dangerous rescue mission, Ellie...
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2022
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English
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Troubled detective Gabriel McRay is fired for police brutality. When a killer begins leaving notes on his victim's bodies addressed to the detective, Gabriel is hired back to lure in the killer. Gabriel's troubles stem from the blocked memory of childhood trauma. With his career dependent on the whims of a psychopath, Gabriel soon realizes that the killer's identity lies within that blocked memory. Teamed with his forensic pathologist girlfriend and...
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Viveka Janssen isn't a dragonslayer. She's a practical Midwestern girl brought to San Francisco by the prospect of an entry-level PR job, and her greatest ambitions involve finding an apartment and making a good impression at work. But Viv's sensible nature is shaken when she comes into possession of the legendary sword Excalibur, and finds herself thrust into the front lines of a shadow war against the immortal armies of Morgan le Fay. Ancient and...
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Kindle Direct Publishing
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After the defeat of King Darwin and Queen Vidal, the F.S.P.'s and the Conquerors were able to enjoy their summer vacation. To no surprise, summer vacation ended quickly, and it was time for our fairies and heroes to head back to Spells for their spellbinding sophomore year at Fairy High Academy and Bravery Arts High Academy. Plus, with Ices, her best witches, and the nitwits locked away in the Spells Anti-Magic Security Prison (SAMSP), what could...
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Never pause, never doubt, never yield. Rise and fight. Valerie thought she understood loss. Her entire life has been defined by it. But now, she is facing the most frightening loss of all. Her own mind is slipping away, consumed by the power that burns through her every time she saves a life. As the Fractus sweep across Earth, using the strength of their magic to subjugate the powerless, Valerie struggles to lead the resistance, constantly one step...
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Traversing Z Press
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English
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The eight short stories in this collection look at the ties that bind and the transformations they provoke. Whether bound by love, blood, or violent circumstance, the characters in these tales are fundamentally altered by those closest to them… and not always for the better. Two mothers become entwined in revenge against a violent man, with unexpected consequences. A roving gang of sirens finds themselves challenged from without and within. In...
16) Ever Alice
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Alice’s stories of Wonderland did more than raise a few eyebrows—it landed her in an asylum. Now at 15 years of age, she’s willing to do anything to leave, which includes agreeing to an experimental procedure. When Alice decides at the last minute not to go through with it, she escapes with the White Rabbit to Wonderland and trades one mad house for another: the court of the Queen of Hearts. Only this time, she is under orders to take out the...
17) Strum : A Novel
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Inkwater Press
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English
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There are many ties that bind, and as many walls that divide. Music and deafness. Race and war. Love and redemption. Strum weaves each element together into an intricate tapestry of light and shadow, combining fate and spirits to define a family's legacy. In this magical tale, Bernard, a deaf young woodworker, is drawn into an ancient forest in eastern Canada by the spirits of his Iroquois and European great-grandparents, where a colossal 800-year-old...
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Excelsine Press
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English
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In a world where layers of magic create worlds on top of our own, a girl desperately searches for a cure for death. Determined beyond all reason, her quest takes her through the hallowed halls and criminal underworld of the magic world's most elite university. Where art comes alive, and students fight to the death, she'll find the answer to who and what she is. A secret inside a secret world.
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Tree Tunnel Press
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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The forces of evil loom over the kingdom of Aerdem… Three girls on the verge of womanhood, swept into a battle they’re not prepared for and do not know how to fight… Jen, frightened of the very thing she once loved, and maybe needs.Bit, longing to spread her wings, but chained by a past shrouded in mystery. Pet, sharp as a whip, but forced to pursue her father’s dreams at the cost of her own. When their world is turned upside down, can...
20) Halfling
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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Fourteen-year-old orphan Remmi Clearwater has a secret that could get her killed. For years, she has lived in the cavern lands of Penumbra, the dreariest land in a parallel world called Dreamearth, which people from Realearth visit while they sleep. All her life, she had successfully hidden her multiple magical abilities out of fear that someone would discover the truth about her. These amazing talents strongly hint that she’s a Halfling, the child...
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