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Dreamblood volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares: a mysterious and deadly plague haunts the citizens, dooming them to die screaming in their sleep
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"When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives."--...
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Eli, who possesses unique magical abilities, and Malcolm, desperate to escape his past and save his mother, join forces to retrieve a dangerous magical artifact in the mystical underbelly of London
"Eli doesn’t know who he is or who he came from. Three years ago, he was found by his now-best friends, Sunny and Max, who gave him a home in a magical sanctuary doubling as a Caribbean restaurant. What Eli does know is that he can heal a wound with...
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Bridge kingdom volume 3
Publisher
Context Literary Agency LLC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths. The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. The second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves. The endless War between Maridrina and Valcotta has raged for generations, leaving thousands of Zarrah's people dead and countless more orphaned. So when she's given command of the contested city of Nerastis, Zarrah is prepared...
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On her eighteenth birthday, Wren discovers latent magical powers, earning her a place at the secret Academia de la Luna, where alongside her childhood friend Lee, they uncover secrets and dangerous mysteries, forcing Lee to choose between his family's legacy and protecting the girl he loves
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Seventeen-year-old musician Xue faces a lifetime of servitude until Duke Meng offers her freedom in exchange for serving as a musician in residence, but Xue soon discovers the Duke is a celestial ruler with ulterior motives and she must unlock her past to prevent an impending war in the Six Realms
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Storm dragons volume 1
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English
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In a world in the clouds where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy named Remy finds a wild baby dragon--believed to be extinct--and becomes the focus of an evil pirate's vengeance. Remy spends his days trying to survive the mean streets of Cutthroat Wedge--one of the many islands floating in the gravitational pull of the magical Maelstrom raging below. But his life changes forever when a violent storm brings a baby dragon to his doorstep, and he...
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Chronicles of Amicae volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"The Hive Mind has done the impossible - left its island prison. It's a matter of time before Amicae falls, and Laura Kramer has very few resources left to prevent it. The council has tied her hands, and the gangs want her dead. Her only real choice is to walk away and leave the city to its fate"--
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Tooth and spell volume 2
Publisher
No Inside Voice
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Evie Acaz lost faith in magic when it failed to save her family, but she'll never escape its influence. Her talent with numbers makes her indispensable to a power-hungry mob boss, and her ability to see death coming brings a warning she knows better than to ignore. Her only option: a risky ruse that ends in her vanishing without a trace. A summer fling in the woods with an enchanting stranger is not part of her plan. A job for Prague's most prominent...
10) Valour
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Faithful and the fallen volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Corban flees his homeland searching for peace, but he soon discovers that there is no haven in the west as the agents of Rhin and roaming bands of giants hound his every step. Veradis leaves the battleground and rushes to his King's side. But he has witnessed both combat and betrayal and his duty weighs heavily upon him. Maquin seeks only revenge, but pirate slavers and the brutal world of pit-fighting stand in his way. Nathair becomes embroiled...
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Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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"The trilogy that began with The Emperor's Blades and continued in The Providence of Fire reaches its epic conclusion, as war engulfs the Annurian Empire. The ancient Csestriim are back to finish their purge of humanity; armies march against the capital;leaches, solitary beings who draw power from the natural world to fuel their extraordinary abilities, maneuver on all sides to affect the outcome of the war; and capricious gods walk the earth in human...
12) THE FAMILIAR
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"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
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Songs of magic volume 3
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Patch Brightwater, dracogriff Barver, and an army of Pipers find themselves stranded on a mysterious island while their shapeshifting friend Wren is held captive, but the three friends work to reunite and prevent the Piper of Hamelyn from achieving immortality and thwart a sinister plot
14) The spider
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Under the northern sky volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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"Roper, the Black Lord of the north, may have vanquished the Suthern army at the Battle of Harstathur. But the greatest threat to his people lies in the hands of more shadowy forces. In the south, the disgraced Bellamus bides his time. Learning that the young Lord Roper is planning to invade the southern lands, Bellamus conspires with his Queen to unleash a weapon so deadly it could wipe out Roper's kind altogether. And at a time when Roper needs...
15) Dragonfruit
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"In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person's greatest sorrow. But as with all things that offer hope when hope has gone, the tale comes with a warning. Every wish demands a price. Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that...
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Silver Wing Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Victoria risks everything to leave a dangerous marriage and gain a second chance at life. But when her escape goes awry, she finds herself caught in the strong embrace of a mysterious siren, forced to choose: temporary salvation or immediate death. And so, a cursed deal is struck. Five years later, Victoria is alive -- and the world's finest ship captain. But her debt to the siren looms while her conniving ex has demanded a king's ransom as the final...
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Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
When she discovers a portal to a fairy tale world hidden in the strange new supermarket in town, she discovers these aren't the happy-ever-after tales she knows and loves, but are darker and more dangerous and the characters need her help in defeating an evil witch
18) The cuckoo
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Series
Under the northern sky volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Albion continues to be divided by revolt and bloodshed, as alliances collapse and are made anew. Driven obsessively for glory, the upstart Bellamus and his exiled queen Aramilla are marshalling resistance and building a powerful army. Returning to the Hindrunn, Keturah is forced to fend for herself, battling enemies on all sides just when she is most in need of a place of safety. And all the while, the young Black Lord must deal not only with the...
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"In a world where Saints are monsters and Wonderland is the dark forest where they lurk, its been five years since young witches and lovers Caro Rabbit and Iccadora Alice Sickle were both sentenced to that forest for a crime they didnt commitand four years since they shattered one anothers hearts, each willing to sacrifice the other for a chance at freedom. Now, Caro is a successful royal Saint-harvester, living the high life in the glittering capital...
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