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2023.
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"Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training the Emperor's soldiers in sword and truncheon, battle axe and spear, lance and crossbow. Unlike bolder friends who flirt with challenging the unequal hierarchies and values of Imperial society, she believes in keeping her head down and doing her job. Until a powerful man with a vendetta rips that carefully-built life away. Disgraced, tattooed as a criminal, and on the run from an Imperial Marshall...
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Series
Heart of thorns trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Teagan Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Angelyne, Mia and Pilar find themselves challenged by the returned Prince Quin, and their clashing powers tip the elements of all four kingdoms out of balance. In an attempt to put things right, the sisters travel to the glass kingdom, each suffering from both their own burdens and the aftermath of their feelings for the prince. It's enough to make them investigate rumors of an island that can erase all pain -- if they're willing to pay the price....
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Series
Legacy of the mercenary king novels volume 3
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Michael Kingman has discovered his destiny, but the distance to what he wants, namely a life with Serena, the queen of Hollow kingdom, is as wide as the world, and just as cruel ... Michael comes to realize that he is outclassed by powers that have been working for centuries to bring about a fresh end to the world ... To prevent what may bring about the end times Michael must gather his remaining allies and push himself to achieve the impossible,...
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Pub. Date
2023
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In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
5) Contrarian
Author
Series
The grand illusion volume 3
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Contrarian, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy. Recently elected to the Council of Sixty-Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths--but not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building...
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Tainted blood duology volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A brilliant new voice brings us a brilliant new epic fantasy novel: Ehigbor Okosun’s first book in an action-packed, poignant duology inspired by Nigerian mythology—full of magic and emotion and set in a highly atmospheric, complex world in which a young woman fights to survive a tyrannical society, having everything stripped away from her, and seeks vengeance for her mother’s murder and the spilled blood of her people. In the midst of a tyrannical...
7) Furysong
Author
Series
Aurelian cycle volume 3
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Annie and Lee are fighting for their lives -- and for each other -- as invading dragonfire threatens to burn their home to the ground"--
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Titan Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The Sererity crew head to Yell City. Their job is to track down the killers of a local lawyer shot dead in the streets by local gang members. Their client is Annie Roberts, the eighteen-year-old daughter of the murdered man. Lucky for them, Annie is more than capable of handling herself, Unlucky for them, the job is a lot more complicated than they first think.
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