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The latest additions to The Library's collection
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Graphic Novel & Comic Books
Janus and the Infernal Pit | Abrian Curington | Fantasy (N) (I) (F)
Receiving the burden of an old god’s power isn’t considered a pleasant gift. Marjam, the most recent recipient of the ancient god Janus’ powers, is just happy the power didn't fracture her personality into a million pieces, as is its unique risk. Now, her training complete, she just wants to get back home and resume her (somewhat) normal, teenage life. She only got a few of Janus' powers anyway, for all that risk. When she is lured and entrapped into Tartarus – The Prison of Wicked Souls soon after returning home, her meager power isn't even enough to get her back out. There is one thing she could do, to save herself and the others trapped in the Infernal Pit, but it would require confronting the deeds she's done and acknowledging the person she's become… she'd very much rather not. It is a tale of letting go of who you were, in order to accept the person that you have become, and will grow to be. Technically a Modern Fantasy tale, it is both literary and comedic, fusing ancient history with the modern lives of multifaceted characters (some more literally multifaceted than others), presented with a clean, clear look.
Short Fiction Collections
Dead Sister's Tales | Isha Jain | Speculative, Fantasy, Magical Realism (S) (I) (F)
Whoever said dead sisters tell no tales was wrong. One stormy evening, my sister and I heard a sound from under our bed. After a three-round game of rock-paper and scissors, I was the lucky one to go check. I found a scroll. I picked it up and another came in its place. And another. Then another. All had tales from our dead sisters. The pages were blank. Yet, the stories ran through my mind. They took me to worlds unknown. They told me tales untold. Their dark narratives asked me to write what was yet unresolved. After all, why should I be the only one haunted by their secrets?
The Red Riding Hood Saga | E. H. Lau | Fairytale fantasy (S) (I) (F)
Red Riding Hood finds herself on the run after having been framed for killing her beloved Princess Snow White. Now, she seeks revenge on the true killer - the queen.
Speculative
Fantasy
Wealthgiver | Daniel M. Bensen | Fantasy; alternate history (N) (I) ($)
Caught between murder and treachery in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish war, army medic Andrei chooses escape. His fate, however, is to stumble upon a secret, cave-dwelling pagan cult.Â
Empress & Soldier | Marian L Thorpe | Fantasy, Historical (N) (I) (F)
A boy of the night-time streets. A girl of libraries and learning. Druisius, the son of a merchant, is sixteen when an order from his father that he can neither forgive nor forget drives him from home and into the danger and intrigue of the military. Eudekia, a scholar’s daughter, educated and dutiful, is not meant to be a prince’s bride. A decade after a first, brief meeting, their lives intersect again. When a delegation arrives from the lost West, asking Eudekia for sanctuary for a princess and support for a desperate war, Druisius is assigned to guard them. In the span of a few weeks, a young captain will capture the hearts of both Empress and soldier in very different ways, offering a future neither could have foreseen.
Thriller & Mystery
Beasts of the Field | Bridget Riley | Paranormal (NA) (I) (F)
When Judith Temple, full-time software developer and part-time psychic detective, agrees to help Sheriff Tim Morrissey find a missing college student, she is confident that her psychic vision will bring the case to a close. The only problem is that Judith’s vision seems to be…wrong. Contending with skeptical police, hostile locals, and her own complicated emotions about the county sheriff, Judith must make sense of her visions and conflicting information about the case to find the missing girl before the trail goes cold.
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From the Stacks
Featuring a different, randomly-selected book every week.
40 Before 40 | Walther Cantu | Memoir (B) (I) (F)
Forty personal essays about one man's journey from faithless to zealous, single to husband/father, and morbidly obese to just obese. All before he turns 40.
Great collection as always