Cordelia’s Honor – Lois McMaster Bujold

About the book In her first trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada. Discovering deception within deception, treachery within treachery, she was forced into a separate peace with her chief opponent, Lord Aral Vorkosigan – he who was called “The…

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The Troupe – Robert Jackson Bennett

About the book   Vaudeville: mad,mercenary, dreamy, and absurd, a world of clashing cultures and ferociousshowmanship and wickedly delightful deceptions.   But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole hasjoined vaudeville for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be hisfather, the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father’s troupe,he begins to…

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The Winds of Khalakovo – Bradley P. Beaulieu

About the book Amonginhospitable and unforgiving seas stands Khalakovo, a mountainous archipelagoof seven islands, its prominent eyrie stretching a thousand feet into the sky.Serviced by windships bearing goods and dignitaries, Khalakovo’s eyrie standsat the crossroads of world trade. But all is not well in Khalakovo. Conflicthas erupted between the ruling Landed, the indigenous Aramahn, and…

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Range of Ghosts – Elizabeth Bear

About the book Temur, grandson ofthe Great Khan, is walking away from a battlefield where he was left fordead. All around lie the fallen armies of his cousin and his brother, whomade war to rule the Khaganate. Temur is now the legitimate heir by bloodto his grandfather’s throne, but he is not the strongest. Going into exile…

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Jack of Ravens – Mark Chadbourn

Aboutthe book A quest of epicreach spanning the globe under the mythologies of five great cultures – andfinally crossing the barrier between life and death.  Jack Churchill, archaeologist and dreamer, walksout of the mist and into Celtic Britain more than two thousand years before hewas born, with no knowledge of how he got there.  All…

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Not a review: Percepliquis – Michael J. Sullivan

About the book IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS…THE ELVES HAVE CROSSEDTHE NIDWALDEN. TWO THIEVES WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE  “I saw a great journey. Ten upon theroad, she who wears the light will lead the way. The road goes deep into theearth, and into despair. The voices of the dead guide your steps. You walk…

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Legacy of Kings – C.S. Friedman

About the book The young peasant woman Kamala has proven strongand determined enough to claim the most powerful Magister sorcery forherself-but now the Magisters hunt her for killing one of their own. Her onlyhope of survival lies in the northern Protectorates, where spells are warped bya curse called the Wrath that even the Magisters fear….

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The Emerald Storm – Michael Sullivan

About the book A MESSAGE IS INTERCEPTED. A SINISTER PLAN LAUNCHED.TWO THIEVES STAND IN THE WAY. Ex-mercenary Hadrian Blackwater sets course on ahigh seas adventure to find the lost Heir of Novron. His only hope lies inconfronting the ruthless and cunning Merrick Marius. Fearing his friend is notup to the challenge, Royce Melborn joins his…

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Blackdog – K.V. Johansen

About the book: Long ago, in the days of the first kings in thenorth, there were seven devils.  In a land where gods walk on the hills andgoddesses rise from river, lake, and spring, the caravan-guard Holla-Sayan,escaping a bloodily-conquered lakeside town, stops to help an abandoned childand a dying dog. The girl, though, is the…

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The Void Trilogy – Peter F. Hamilton

The Dreaming Void At the far edge of the known universe stands a Centurion Station, a research base built atop ruins two million years old, abandoned by aliens since the dawn of time. Recently however, this quiet zone is attracting notice because of signs that the dread Void has begun to stir again. The Temporal…

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