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Brooks, Terry Straken A young boy embarks on a perilous mission that could cost him everything, while the tattered remnants of the army confront an invincible death machine, and the entire world must deal with the coming of a demonic entity. 2005 | ||||||||||
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Bujold, Lois McMaster The Hallowed Hunt Lord Ingrey kin Wolfcliff has been sent to escort Lady Ijada to her execution for killing the lustful Prince Boleso who'd intended to assault her. But Ingrey is bedevilled by his own inner demons and fears that Lady Ijada may be his only means to salvation. 2005 | ||||||||||
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Butler, Octavia E. Fledgling "Shori is an apparently young amnesiac girl whose alarming needs and abilities lead her to a startling discovery: she is in fact a 53-year-old vampire, genetically modified to walk in the light of day. The only survivor of a vicious attack on her community, with no memory of her past life, Shori must now struggle to rebuild her family and learn who would want - and still wants - to destroy her."--BOOK JACKET. 2005 Appears on the following book lists:  Vampires Alternate History
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Carey, Jacqueline Kushiel's Justice The sequel to Kushiel's avatar, Imriel returns to embark on a harsh and ugly quest to bring the murderer of his wife and son to justice. 2007 | ||||||||||
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Donohue, Keith The Stolen Child Presents the story of Henry Day, a 7-year-old kidnapped by a strange group living in the forest near his home. They give him a new name, Aniday. In keeping with tradition, the group has left another child in Henry's place. This changeling boy must adjust to a completely new way of life and hide his true identity from the Day family. But he can't. 2006 Appears on the following book lists:
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Feist, Raymond E. Into a Dark Realm 2008 | ||||||||||
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Gaiman, Neil Anansi Boys Desperate to reclaim his life, Fat Charlie Nancy enlists the help of four more-than-slightly eccentric old ladies and their unique brand of voodoo - and between them they unleash a bitter and twisted force to get rid of his brother, Spider. But as darkness descends and badness begins is Charlie going to get his life back in one piece? 2005 Appears on the following book lists: Horrorific Good Reads for High School Alex Award - Fiction Minnesota Authors
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Garcia y Robertson, Rodrigo, 1949- Firebird 2006 | ||||||||||
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Gilman, Felix Thunderer One man embarks on a thrilling and treacherous quest for his people's lost god in an elaborate Dickensian city that is either blessed or haunted. 2008 Appears on the following book lists:
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Goodkind, Terry Phantom On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day that the world began to end. As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn't soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul. 2006 Appears on the following book lists:
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Hendee, Barb Child of a Dead God : [a Novel of the Noble Dead] For years, Magiere and Leesil have sought a long-forgotten artifact, even though its purpose has been shrouded in mystery. All Magiere knows is that she must keep the orb from falling into the hands of a murdering Noble Dead, her half-brother Welstiel. And now, dreams of a castle locked in ice lead her south, on a journey that has become an obsession. 2008 | ||||||||||
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Hobb, Robin Renegade's Magic 2008 | ||||||||||
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Holland, Cecelia The Serpent Dreamer Corban Loosestrife finds his colony destroyed, and his beloved wife dead. Corban must then undertake an arduous quest that will forever alter the world he has come to know, in this continuation to a spellbinding historical saga. 2005 | ||||||||||
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Jordan, Robert Knife of Dreams Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, prepares for a confrontation with the Dark One in order to save humanity, a feat that is challenged by the murderous Forsaken and Rand's need to acquire the remaining seals on the Dark One's prison. 2005 | ||||||||||
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Kurtz, Katherine Childe Morgan Alaric Morgan has been pledged to the king's service, for his Dernyi blood makes him ideal to safeguard the Haldane kings and ensure that Prince Brion shall have protection of his hereditary magic. But the Deryni are feared by the populace of Gwynedd and are viewed with deep suspicion by the Church. And the Camberian Council, which secretly oversees the activities of Deryni, scorns Alaric for his half-breed ancestry. Alaric has the king's protection, and a future mapped out for him that in time should ensure his survival as well as that of the king's heir. But Alaric is only four years old-and first he must survive to reach manhood. 2006 | ||||||||||
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Marillier, Juliet Blade of Fortriu In the sequel to The Dark Mirror, as the king prepares for a war to expel the Gaelic invaders for all time, he sends the princess Ana, a hostage of Fortriu since childhood, to make a strategic marriage to a a chieftain she has never met, accompanied on her journey by Faolan, Bridei's enigmatic assassin and spy. 2006 | ||||||||||
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Martin, George R. R. A Feast for Crows Continues Song of ice and fire series. In this volume, the war of the Five Kings has finally ground to a halt, with House Lannister and their allies the apparent victors. With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Queen Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing. Robb Stark's demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and Stark's siblings are scattered relatively harmlesly throughout the kingdom. Few legitimate claims to the Iron Throne now exist. As survivors, renegades, outlaws , and others gather to pick over the remains, new alliances are formed in an effort to gain power. 2005 | ||||||||||
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McKillip, Patricia A. Solstice Wood The death of her beloved grandfather forces bookstore owner Sylvia Lynn to return to her childhood home in upstate New York to confront the grandmother who had raised her and the nearby woods that had both enticed and terrified her, and encounters members of the local Fiber Guild, a group of women seeking to bind the power of the woods into their weavings. 2006 Appears on the following book lists:
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Mosse, Kate Labyrinth Presents an adventure story of courage, destiny and betrayal, set in medieval and contemporary Carcassonne. A young girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Inside the hidden tomb where the bones lie crumbling, she can somehow understand the mysterious ancient words carved into the rock. 2006 Appears on the following book lists: If you liked . . . The Da Vinci Code
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Pratchett, Terry Thud!: A Novel of Discworld A seemingly routine day in the life of City Watch commander Sam Vimes is abruptly interrupted by an unsolved murder, an impending war, an unwanted new recruit, and a pesky government inspector. 2005 |
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