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An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
The walls of the estate emerged from the morning fog before me, long and dark and rounded like the skin of some beached sea creature.
— The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary refugee practitioner of …
In the early sun-swept hours of the morning, when purples and pinks smeared across the sky like blood, Firuz-e Jafari looked for a job.
Avari keeps to themself. They're a goat-shape cosmoran, a member of the Cleaners' Union, and …
Humans often say that they are made of stardust.
It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no …
Wolfe Studios released a tarot deck’s worth of stories about me over the years.
— Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.
Lin Chong is …
Every morning just after dawn, Lin Chong taught a fight class for women.
Shan Frankland forever abandoned the world she knew to come to the rescue of a …
It was much, much worse at night.
— Crossing the Line by Karen Traviss (The Wess'har Wars, #2)
Three separate alien societies have claims on Cavanagh's Star. But the new arrivals -- the …
The bot was immune to the snow, and so was Aras.
— City of Pearl by Karen Traviss (The Wess'har Wars, #1)
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret …
By the time Professor Richard Lovell found his way through Canton’s narrow alleys to the faded address in his diary, the boy was the only one in the house left alive.
— Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (duplicate)
Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, …
The bells of the Palace of Stars were barely audible outside its walls.
— At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #2)
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Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.
Wounded during …
“Eighteen!” bellowed Viv, bringing her saber around in a flat curve that battered the wight’s skull off its spine.
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a tent …
And so it was that my mother went into labor while sitting astride the donkey that was carrying her from the city to our village.
— Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr, Marcia Lynx Qualey
A mystery about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange …
A few years back I was running out of money so I volunteered for a research study at the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the …
Stella Wallace met her family’s god when she was nine years old.
— Revelator by Daryl Gregory
Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men …
Onna Gebowa had always liked numbers.
32-year old Tar feels like a Non-Player Character in their own life. They’ve been utterly …
I was standing on a stranger’s doorstep and wishing my feet were nailed to the ground.
