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• Revenger

  Reynolds, Alastair, 1966-

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  The newest members of Rackamore's crew, Adrana and Fura Ness, have signed up to seek their fortune and save their family from bankruptcy. Little do they know, Rackamore has his own fearsome enemies, including the fabled Bosa Sennen. This science…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Snakewood

  Selby, Adrian

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  Once a fearsome band of mercenaries, known for their cold steel and their cunning use of alchemical potions. Now they are scattered to the winds and being picked off one-by-one. As their genius leader goes into hiding, they are left to pay the price…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Name of the Wind

  Rothfuss, Patrick, 1973-

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  Swordfighter and magician Kvothe is on a quest to find out who or what killed his family. This fast-paced, action-packed read is set in the Four Corners of Civilization and boasts a full cast of characters. This highly acclaimed debut is the first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Road

  McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023

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  In a devastated countryside covered with ashes, wildlife has disappeared and starvation prevails. Amidst this bleakness, a man and his young son slowly make their way toward the coast, avoiding cannibals, fighting off starvation and believing that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Scroll of Years

  Willrich, Chris, 1967-

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  In their services, Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone have traveled to places better left unseen and best not spoken about. Now, they find themselves looking to get away to the edge of the world with the most feared duo of assassins on their trail.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fifth Season

  Jemisin, N. K.

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  The mighty empire Sanze is collapsing as a rift has been torn in the land blanketing the sky in ash. Essun must traverse this dying world in an effort to save her daughter from the clutches of her husband as society around her begins a battle royale…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stand

  the Complete and Uncut Edition

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  The world ended in a nanosecond, with a computer error in a Defense Department laboratory. The new world begins the next day with panicky survivors choosing sides or being chosen. 108-year-old Mother Abigail leads the good side, on the bad, none…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Traitor's Blade

  De Castell, Sebastien,

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  After the overthrow of the king of Tristia, his Greatcoat soldiers are left to their own devices much like the disbanded Samurai warriors we know as Ronin. Three of the Greatcoats led by Flacio Val Mond are working as bodyguards for a nobleman. When…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Neverwhere

  Gaiman, Neil

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  Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Galapagos

  a Novel

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  A simple vacation cruise to the Galápagos Islands in 1986 goes badly awry, leaving a small group of apocalypse survivors to become the progenitors of a brave new human race.