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The War of the Maps is a breathtaking fantasy in the vein of His Dark Materials and The Last Battle that dares to give new answers to age-old questions--inviting readers of all ages to sail beyond the edges of the map into a world of magic, myth, and boundless adventure. Since time before time, two opposing forces have been locked in an endless battle: It is the war between magic and reason--between what if and what is. And the victor will not just...
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"Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams....
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"Estranged from her powerful family, Lilith Leviathan finds refuge in Nineveh, a district in the city of Eden devoted to sin. There, she uses her magic to steal for a living, attracting the attention of the five governing families as well as the church, which expects women to remain pious and silent. When Lilith comes into possession of a beautiful blade, she thinks all her worries are over...until her usual buyer dies while inspecting it. Frantic,...
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"To become the first queen in centuries, a powerfully blessed blacksmith must use her wits and fire magic to overthrow the corrupt powers ruling her kingdom-while also fighting her growing desire for one of her dragon-riding adversaries-in the first book of a sizzling Celtic-inspired fantasy romance duology"-- Provided by publisher.
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The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel. I've spent my life kneeling--to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king. I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood. But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father's throne room. The day a legendary monster...
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This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily--her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets. This is a story about love. 1827. London. A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life...
9) Seventhblade
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"For readers of N.K. Jemisin and Rebecca Roanhorse, a fast-paced, anti-colonial action-adventure fantasy that explores twisted power dynamics and the effects of settler colonialism After the murder of T'Rayles's adopted son, the infamous warrior and daughter of the Indigenous Ibinnas returns to the colonized city of Seventhblade, ready to tear the streets asunder in search of her son's killer. T'Rayles must lean into the dangerous power of her inherited...
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"Both sweeping and intimate, a majestic novel of love and war that brilliantly evokes the drama and turbulence of medieval France. Thierry Villar is a well-known-even notorious- tavern poet, familiar with the rogues and shadows of that world, but not at all with courts and power. He is an unlikely person, despite his quickness, to be caught up in the deadly contests of ambitious royals, assassins, and invading armies. But he is indeed drawn into all...
14) Brik
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When Drew, a 12-year-old Jewish boy from Yonkers, loses his beloved grandfather to antisemitic gang violence, he turns to tradition, anger, and Kabbalah to serve vengeance. Conjuring a supernatural defender to protect his city brings Drew unimaginable powerpower he may not be able to control. As the gangsters grow closer to discovering the identity of Yonkers' new vigilante and the soul within the golem begins to take permanent hold of the creature,...
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"Sera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very recently) dead, lost most of her magic, befriended a semi-villainous talking fox, and was exiled from her Guild. Now she (slightly reluctantly and just a bit grumpily) helps her great-aunt run an enchanted inn in Lancashire, where she deals with her quirky guests' shenanigans, tries to keep said talking fox in check, and longs...
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All hope seems lost as the world teeters on the brink. With the forces of the agency scattered and One Order in the hands of Fukuchi, can Fukuzawa rise to his feet to strike down his dearest friend once and for all" And meanwhile, back in Meursault, Dazai and Dostoyevskys battle of wits appears to have come to a closeor has it? As Sigma sifts through the mysterious conjurers memories, he arrives at a shocking and terrifying truth!
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The original ElfQuest saga continues! Wolfriders Cutter and Skywise leave Sorrows End in search of other elves in this classic fantasy epicin full color for the first time from Dark Horse Comics! Humans have discovered the desert haven called Sorrows End. Cutter, chief of the Wolfrider tribe of elves, must embark on a new questto bolster their meager numbers with new elfin allies. With his trusted companion Skywise, he ventures out once again into...
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The Wise Princess Iris has become a tutor for Warrior Princess Fiona, a younger reflection of herself in her former life. With her memories of the days ahead, Iris seeks to help cure King Grannis of poisoning and prepare the kingdom for oncoming drought. Yet time is running out to save poor Fiona from the assassination yet to occur. Now more than ever, Iris must rely on her wits to prove herself to her new connections be they the king, the...