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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All Men of Genius – Lev AC Rosen

About the book Inspired by two of the mostbeloved works by literary masters, AllMen of Genius takes place in an alternate Steampunk VictorianLondon, where science makes the impossible possible.  Violet Adams wants to attend Illyria College, awidely renowned school for the most brilliant up-and-coming scientific minds,founded by the late Duke Illyria, the greatest scientist of the Victorian…

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The One Percenters – John Podgursky

About the book Natural selection has becomeunnatural. Having dealt with the vicious murder of his wife, Edward Caine takeshis rightful place as a One-Percenter, eliminating those not fit for the humanrace. He must fight his instinct to use his role for revenge; he is after thosewho live on only because of money and medicine.  The…

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Shades of Milk and Honey – Mary Robinette Kowal

About the book Shades of Milk and Honey is exactly what we could expectfrom Jane Austen if she had been a fantasy writer: Pride and Prejudice meetsJonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It is an intimate portraitof a woman, Jane, and her quest for love in a world where the manipulation ofglamour is considered an essential skill for a…

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The Hum and the Shiver – Alex Bledsoe

About the book No one knows where the Tufa camefrom, or how they ended up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, yet whenthe first Europeans arrived, they were already there. Dark-haired, enigmatic,and suspicious of outsiders, the Tufa live quiet lives in the hills and valleysof Cloud County. While their origins may be lost to…

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Sea Witch – Helen Hollick

About the book The time: the golden age of piracy- 1716  The Place: the Pirate Round – fromSouth Africa to the Islands of the Caribbean. Escaping the bullying of his elder brother, from the age of fifteen JesamiahAcorne has been a pirate, with only two loves – his ship and his freedom. Buthis life is…

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Awakenings – Edward Lazellari

About the book Cal MacDonnell is a happily married New York City cop with aloving family. Seth Raincrest is a washed-up photographer who has alienatedeven his closest friends. The two have nothing in common—except that they bothsuffer from retrograde amnesia. It’s as if they just appeared out of thin airthirteen years ago, and nothing has…

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The Rift Walker – Clay & Susan Griffith

About the book Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriageand obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic alliesstand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, thealliance’s horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her dutyand embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation…

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The Urban Fantasy Anthology – Peter S. Beagle & Joe R. Lansdale

About the book Star-studded and comprehensive,this imaginative anthology brings a myriad of modern fantasy voices under oneroof. Previously difficult for readers to discover in its new modes, urbanfantasy is represented here in all three of its distinct styles—playful newmythologies, sexy paranormal romances, and gritty urban noir. Whether theyfeature tattooed demon-hunters, angst-ridden vampires, supernatural gumshoes,or pixelated…

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With Fate Conspire – Marie Brennan

About the book Seven years ago, Eliza’s childhood sweetheartvanished from the streets of Whitechapel. No one believed her when shetold them that he was stolen away by the faeries. But she hasn’t given up the search. It will lead her across London and into thehidden palace that gives refuge to faeries in the mortal world. That refuge isnow…

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