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The latest additions to The Library's collection
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In the stacks
Speculative
Fantasy
The Graveyard House | Mariella Hunt | Fantasy (N) (I) (F)
Miss Marjorie Brahms, daughter of a mysterious wizard known by the townsfolk as Bamoy, is having a very bizarre autumn. Her father, Johann, had reasons for purchasing an abandoned house situated in the middle of a graveyard in which to raise his family. That did not mean that evil spirits could never find them. Can Marjorie and her father restore peace to the graveyard and the house in the middle of it?
A River Trembles (book two in The Môrdreigiau Chronicles) | Leanne Shawler | Fantasy (N) (I) (F)
A dreigiau môr monarch fights to claim their power and form the first Chosen Court in centuries. Find out what really happened at the end of “A Grail for Eidothea”.
Hiraeth | Leanne Shawler | Fantasy (N) (I) (F)
Hiraeth (heer-eye-th) charts the story of a Chosen Court who are called to uncover a new homeland for the dreigiau môr. Disaster strikes and they are swept far off course. Will they discover a new homeland? Will they find their way back home? Will these new challenges fracture or strengthen this Chosen Court? It's set in The Môrdreigiau Chronicles universe.
Science Fiction
Quibble: A Novel of the Singularity | Joshua Lavender | Science Fantasy, Dystopia, Far Future (N) (I) (F)→($)
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49371. Long ago, the transhuman Infinite stripped Earth of resources to build arks for interstellar travel, leaving the planet ravaged. Now, cursed with longevity, unaware they’re enslaved to technology, and awaiting transcendence to the few remaining arks, transhuman Ones inhabit an underground night world ruled by the surreally powerful Zeros and the AI Unity, their god. Clear-sighted, Quibble sees what no One should see: people’s shadows in the dark. Raised by heretics, she chafes at Unity’s religion. But now she doesn’t want any part of heresy or her preternatural gift. She only wants to find her mother Quiddity, vanished without a trace. Venturing aboveground with the heretics’ help, she discovers a bewildering new world and falls in love with Definition, a fragile woman beset with grief. When her gift of sight ignites a war between Zeros, Quibble is hounded by the phantomlike Asuja, the messiah of a fascist vision for the Ones’ future. To prevail, she must find her own powers in her unique grasp of physical reality and human nature. But when Asuja reveals what became of her mother, Quibble’s loyalties are thrown into disarray as she struggles to learn the most elusive human trait — the ability to forgive.
Utopian & Dystopian
INGRESSION (The Consilience Series) | Johnathan Reid | Cli-Fi, First Contact (N) (I) (F)→($)
In a near-future world, a young woman is forced into a dangerous journey in search of a cure for her body’s fatal flaws. Despite the aid of friends old and new and a mysterious mentor, she struggles to avoid her premature fate. Meanwhile, deep within her mind, lurks a deadly secret. So when an enigmatic artefact offers its help, she risks making the ultimate sacrifice to save herself and those she loves.
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From the Stacks
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The Marked Ones | Russell Nohelty | Alternate History Fantasy (N) (C) ($)
Rosie is completely average. There is absolutely nothing extraordinary about her in any way. For most people, that would be a blessing, but Rosie wants nothing more than to have a spark of magic, even if people say that all mages are evil. She wasn’t born with magic, though. She’s sure of it. After all, she is 17, and magic always presents when you are 13. Always. So, when she’s suddenly able to wield magic, Rosie is initially confused, then thrilled…until the soldiers come for her, and she realizes everything she’s about to lose. There is one place that is truly safe for people like her. The lost city of Toledo – a haven for witches and warlocks since before the war, and the only place Rosie can be free.
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