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Young elites volume 3
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English
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"There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen. Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She's turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all she's gained. When a new danger appears, Adelina's...
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A team of explorers makes an expedition into a crater in Iceland which leads to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries.
An eccentric geology professor acquires an old book and hidden within its pages finds an ancient parchment. On it is a coded message that reveals directions to a secret passageway that leads deep within the earth's interior. The professor immediately sets off on a daring journey to Iceland where he...
23) Atalanta
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows up wild and free, with just one condition: if she marries, Artemis warns, it will be her undoing. Although she loves her beautiful forest home, Atalanta yearns for adventure. When Artemis offers her the chance...
24) One dark window
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Shepherd king novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home--she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest...
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Dark star trilogy (Marlon James) volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy, his African Game of Thrones. In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened...
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Underhill Books
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English
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"Artorin Damara is the Last Emperor of Astandalas and present Lord Magus of Zunidh. He is respected as a great mage, revered as a living god, regarded as the embodiment of power and wealth and majesty. Few have seen him in anything but the most resplendent garments; fewer still have ever looked him in the eyes. He is possibly the last person you would expect to find breaking into the tomb of the first Emperor of Astandalas. He could, after all, have...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
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In the post-apocalypse, folks getting by in the Sanctuary (the remains of St. Louis) are surprised when a woman rushes in to report that in the West, civilization flourishes and crops grow. Unfortunately, there's also an army on the march that enslaves everyone it encounters.
30) Like thunder
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Niger, West Africa, 2077. Welcome back. This second volume is a breathtaking story that sweeps across the sands of the Sahara, flies up to the peaks of the Aïr Mountains, cartwheels into a wild megacity--you get the idea. I am the Desert Magician; I bring water where there is none. This book begins with Dikéogu Obidimkpa slowly losing his mind. Yes, that boy who can bring rain just by thinking about it is having some... issues. Years ago, Dikéogu...
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Shepherd king novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Elspeth and Ravyn have gathered most of the twelve Providence Cards, but the last, and most important one remains to be found: The Twin Alders. If they are going to find it before the Solstice and cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it, they will need to journey beyond the dangerous mist-cloaked forest that surrounds their kingdom. And the only one who can lead them there is the monster that shares Elspeth's head: The Nightmare. And he's...
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Seven Kennings volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The final book in the epic fantasy trilogy that began with A Plague of Giants, about a war that broke a continent--and opened the door to a new world"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies through the years of a long, dangerous career with the infamous Dirty Dozen, the most storied crew of criminals in the galaxy, at least before their untimely and gruesome demise. Decades later, she and her diverse team of broken, diminished outlaws must get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission and to rescue a missing and much-changed comrade . . . but they're...
34) Glory road
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Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
E.C. "Scar" Gordon, a Vietnam veteran, answers an ad promising adventure and meets a mysterious beauty who transports him to another world.
36) Testament
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Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 9
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Under the rule Pharaoh, now restored to his rightful throne, great mage Taita sends his protégé to discover the answer to a millennia-old riddle which has the power to unite the two divided kingdoms of Egypt and save their beloved land from falling into the clutches of evil.
37) Bloodfire Quest
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Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
A follow-up to "The Wards of Faerie" places the fate of an innocent young girl in the hands of protectors who embark on a dangerous quest to protect a once-peaceful world from dangerous creatures imprisoned behind an eroding magical barrier.
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Series
Poseidon's children volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
One-hundred-and-fifty years from now, the moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all the way out to the edge of the solar system. But something has come to light on the Moon--secrets that could change everything--or tear this near utopia apar.
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Series
The never tilting world volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Having met, twin sisters Haidee and Odessa emerge from the Great Abyss ready for their happy ending -- however, the creatures demand another goddess's sacrifice and the twins need to confront their mothers about how to heal the Breaking.
40) West
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Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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When a sudden storm destroys Charles' ship and he is presumed dead, Rose believes something sinister is at work and she sets off on a perilous journey, with the fate of the entire world at stake.
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