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Imperial Radch volume 1
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On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the Justice of Toren -- a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.
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"As a recovery agent, Gabriela Rose is hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets. But Gabriela's latest job isn't for some billionaire, it's for her own family. Inspired by an old family legend, Gabriela sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Seal of Solomon ring and the lost Treasure of Lima. But this particular job comes with a huge problem--Gabriela's ex-husband, Rafer. It's Rafer...
10) Witch wraith
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Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 25 cm
Description
A conclusion to the trilogy finds the world's enduring heroes mustering the end of their courage when the magical barrier imprisoning dangerous creatures erodes, unleashing generations of vengeful prisoners on the land.
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Pub. Date
1998
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398 pages ; 21 cm.
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In the fourth and concluding volume of the Riverworld series, literally everyone who has ever lived, including Sir Richard Burton, Mark Twain, and Herman Goering, is resurrected along the banks of an enormous river on a mysterious planet.
12) Luck of the draw
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Series
Xanth volume 36
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
350 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Summoned to Xanth as part of a Demons wager, Bryce is transported out of his aged body and granted youth and magic in exchange for his agreement to woo and marry a reluctant Princess Harmony.
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[2022]
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452 pages ; 24 cm
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Shattered by mage wars, the Broken Lands will test the bonds of family and friendship, strength and sanity. To save their people, the Heirs of Marsan have no choice but to enter, trusting their lives and the lives of everyone they Protect, to someone who shouldn't exist, who can't be controlled, and who will challenge everything they believe about themselves.
14) Home
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Pub. Date
2012
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145 p.
Description
Frank is an angry, broken veteran of the Korean War who, after traumatic experiences on the front lines, finds himself back in racist America with more than just physical scars. He is shocked out of his apathy by the need to rescue his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he's hated all his life.
"The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--
15) The buried giant
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Pub. Date
2015.
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317 pages ; 25 cm
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"The Romans have long since departed, and the Britian is steadily declining into ruin. But, at least, the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased. Axl and Beatrice, a couple of elderly Britons, decide that now is the time, finally, for them set off across this troubled land of mist and rain to find the son they have not seen for years, the son they can scarcely remember"--Dust jacket.
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Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
426 p.
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan and an unscrupulous zealot, Zachariah Simon, square off in a dangerous game to find the key to a 500 year-old mystery--a treasure with explosive political significance in the modern world: the lost treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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403 pages ; 24 cm
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In the post-apocalypse, folks getting by in the Sanctuary (the remains of St. Louis) are surprised when a woman rushes in to report that in the West, civilization flourishes and crops grow. Unfortunately, there's also an army on the march that enslaves everyone it encounters.
18) The spirit queen
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Pub. Date
2022
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290 pages ; 22 cm
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"When their friend Ilsbeth is kidnapped, Calliope and Prewitt the Bargeboy set out on a secret quest to save her--a quest that traps Calliope on the Nymph Isles, a place of great darkness and ancient Spirit Magic"--
19) Red country
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Pub. Date
2012
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453 p. : map ; 25 cm.
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With her cowardly step father for company, Shy South journeys into the lawless Far Country, reckoning with the Ghosts and being forced into an alliance with the infamous soldier of fortune Nicomo Cosca, with one purpose in mind: to get her family back.
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Pub. Date
2012
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362 p. : map ; 25 cm.
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Skylan Ivorson and his Vindrasi clan must sail the Sea of Tears into the heart of the Forbidden Empire of the Cyclops, to implement a cunning yet delicate plan that risks his life and leadership -- for a new enemy lies deep in the sea, one who draws upon powers never harnessed by land dwellers.
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