Adventure

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The Fragile Threads of Power opens with a whirlwind of new character introductions, each chapter presenting a new setting and point of view, initially unrelated to the others.

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“Koontz is a true wordsmith, no doubt about that, crafting beautiful imagery that takes the reader on a wild ride through his prolific imagination.”

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“Written with his usual humor and panache, Tress of the Emerald Sea is an engaging story that brings another Cosmere magic system to Sanderson’s collection of adventures.”

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“while Koontz generally spins a good yarn, this one is not good enough to keep turning the pages.”

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“This is old-school epic fantasy at its best . . .”

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“Valdes blends found family, adventure, and humor to end a fun trilogy on a high note.”

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Blake Crouch books follow a formula, of sorts: A suburban man with a family is swept up into a technological crisis that puts him on the run, alone against desperate odds, trying to save the world

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Locklands completes another excellent trilogy from an author producing some of the most original and compelling fantasy in the genre.”

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“Few books strike that balance so well, delivering laughter and smiles inside a story that feels like it matters. . . .

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The Discord of Gods is the explosive conclusion to Jenn Lyons’ five-book, million-word fantasy epic series A Chorus of Dragons that began in 2019 with The Ruin of Kings.

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“The time of someone’s death doesn’t exist until Sapere Aude calculates it, forcing the waveform to collapse. ‘You do the math, and it makes the math come true.’”

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“Timely, intelligent, and fascinating . . .”

“I am an exile twice over, once from my home and once from Teixcalaan, which could never have been my home.”

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Fugitive Telemetry is the sixth installment in the Murderbot Diaries series, and it’s one of the better ones.

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“Nobody writes optimistic science adventure as well as Andy Weir. Anyone who loved The Martian will adore Project Hail Mary.”

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Tim Fielder’s book Infinitum tells the story of Aja Oba, an ancient African king who steals the son of his concubine and is cursed with immortality in revenge.

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“an entertaining and engaging read”

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“With affable characters intelligently written, it is the world-building that sets this book apart from the usual fare.”

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“This book is quite entertaining. It is literally a page-turner and a very successful whodunnit.”

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Finna is a great story. It’s engaging, sometimes wrenching, and a complete epic in miniature.”

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The plot is unexceptional, but it is an easy, fun enough story to divert the reader for a few hours.”

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Matt Ruff’s novels are an eclectic tour through contemporary speculative fiction and horror. Ruff has a real affinity for identifying crucial culture influences and shaping stories around them.

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“A well-written bit of escapism that offers a few hours of easy reading fun.”

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“an entertainingly vivid, blood-soaked, sexually charged page turner.”

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When you have an imagination like Gareth Powell’s, you must write or paint or otherwise vent that imagination through art so your head won’t explode.

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It’s the future; humankind is extinct, prey to the “Slow Plague,” an amalgam of all the ills flesh is heir to, “manifested in myriad diseases, lethal allergies, and physiological disorders.”

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