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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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In The power, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power--they can cause agonizing pain and even death...
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making gingerbread men dance. But Mona's life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona's city, preying on magic folk, and it appears...
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Series
Green Rider series volume 2
Language
English
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Karigan G'Ladheon was a green Rider, one of the King of Sacoridia's magical messengers. With evil forces at large in the kingdom and the messenger service depleted and weakened, can Karigan reach through the veils of time to get help from the First Rider, a woman who has been dead for a thousand years?
4) Mirror sight
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English
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Following her confrontation with Mornhavon, Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon lands in a sealed stone sarcophagus from which she must escape. And should she succeed, will she be walking straight into a trap created by Mornhavon himself?
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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"Romantic, magical, respectful of fantasy's traditions without being awed by them, McKillip's novels are near perfect examples of fantasy in the fairy-tale or folkloric mold, and the latest, "Alphabet of Thorn," is among her best."--"Locus."
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Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
After the death of her father, Zoe, escaping from life, loses herself in a dreamscape until a chance encounter at a used record store opens up a portal to the world of the restless dead, forcing her to decide just how far she is willing to go to see her father again.
Author
Publisher
Subterranean
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Theater legend Claire Havilland fears she might be entering the Sunset Boulevard phase of her career. That is, until her manager arranges a media appearance with her biggest fan--a famous artificial intelligence pioneer's teenage niece. After precocious Emily's backstage visit, Claire decides she's in a different classic film altogether. While unnaturally charming Emily swears she harbors no desire for the spotlight, Claire wonders if she hasn't met...
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Series
Devil's West volume 3
Publisher
Saga
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the last novel of The Devil's West trilogy, Isobel, the Devil's Left Hand, and Gabriel ride through the magical land of the Territory to root out evil by the way of mad magicians, ghosts, and twisted animal spirits. As Isobel and Gabriel travel to the southern edge of the Territory, they arrive in the free city of Red Stick. Tensions are running high as the homesteading population grows, crowding the native lands, and suspicions rise across the...
Author
Series
Devil's West volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Isobel, upon her sixteenth birthday, makes the choice to work for the Boss called the Devil by some, in his territory west of the Mississippi. But this is not the devil you know. This is a being who deals fairly with immense-but not unlimited-power, who offers opportunities to people who want to make a deal, and they always get what they deserve. But his land is a wild west that needs a human touch, and that's where Izzy comes in. Inadvertently trained...
10) The cold eye
Author
Series
Devil's West volume 2
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Isobel is the left hand of the old man of the Territory, the Boss-better known as the Devil. Along with her mentor, Gabriel, she is traveling circuit through Flood to represent the power of the Devil and uphold the agreement he made with the people to protect them. Here in the Territory, magic exists-sometimes wild and perilous. But there is a growing danger in the bones of the land that is killing livestock, threatening souls, and weakening the...
11) Half the world
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Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie's thrilling new series continues in the follow-up to Half a King, which George R. R. Martin hailed as "a fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page 1 and refused to let go." Sometimes a girl is touched by Mother War. Thorn is such a girl. Desperate to avenge her dead father, she lives to fight. But she has been named a murderer by the very man who trained her to kill. Sometimes...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The gripping story of one scientist in outer space, another who watches over him, the family left behind, and the lengths people will go to protect the people and planet they love Scientist Alex Welch-Peters has believed for twenty years that his super-algae can reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future. When Sensus, the colossal...
Author
Series
Blood gift duology volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After her grandfather is assassinated, Ikenna, bent on revenge, pledges herself to the Praetorian Trials where she subjects herself to racism to hide the power that--if found out--would lead to her execution.
14) Alone
Author
Series
Generations trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Pawns in a millennia-old struggle, the young people known only as the Birthday Children were genetically engineered to survive on the planet Omeyocan--but they were never meant to live there. They were made to be "overwritten," their minds wiped and replaced by the consciousnesses of the monsters who created them. Em changed all of that. She unified her people and led a revolt against their creators. Em and her friends escaped an ancient ghost ship...
Author
Series
Generations trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In Alive, Scott Sigler introduced readers to an unforgettable young heroine and a mysterious new world reminiscent of those of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising. Now he expands his singular vision in the next thrilling novel of this powerful sci-fi adventure series"--
"M. Savage -- or Em, as she is called-- has made a bewildering and ominous discovery. She and the other young people she was chosen to lead awoke in strange coffins with...
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