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Touched : a novel2023
Summary: Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence.... more »- place hold (0)
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The city of brass2018
Summary: On the streets of 18th century Cairo, Nahri is a con woman of unsurpassed skill. She makes her living swindling Ottoman nobles, hoping to one day earn enough to changer her fortunes. But when Nahri... more »- place hold (0)
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Obsession2023
Summary: While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Studios by making a deal with a Croatian tech billionaire. But when the... more »- place hold (0)
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Masters of death2023
Summary: Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the mansion has been murdered, and... more »- place hold (0)
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The will of the many2023
Summary: The Catenan Republic -- the Hierarchy -- may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years... more »- place hold (0)
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Thorn hedge2023
Summary: There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her story. Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters... more »- place hold (0)
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Light bringer2023
Summary: The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a... more »- place hold (0)
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Ronin : a Visions novel2021
Summary: Two decades ago Jedi clans clashed in service to feuding lords. Sickened by this endless cycle, a sect of Jedi rebelled, seeking to control their own destiny and claim power in service of no master.... more »- place hold (0)
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The collector : a novel2023
Summary: Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thief to track down the world's most valuable missing painting but soon finds himself in a desperate... more »- place hold (0)
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Eisenhorn: the omnibus2022
Summary: In the grim far future, the Inquisition moves amongst mankind like an avenging shadow, striking down daemons, aliens and heretics with uncompromising ruthlessness. This volume charts the career of... more »- place hold (0)
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Mother of all2021
Summary: In the once male-dominated world of Seven Wells, women now control their own reproduction, and two special women now sit two thrones, but the battle for equality is very far from over. Those men... more »- place hold (0)
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Queen of the unwanted2020
Summary: Alys may be the acknowledged queen of Women's Well -- the fledgling colony where women hold equal status with men -- but she cares little for politics in the wake of an appalling personal tragedy. It... more »- place hold (0)
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The wishing game : a novel2023
Summary: Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy... more »BOOK
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Happiness for beginners2020
Summary: A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for... more »- place hold (1)
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The book that wouldn't burn2023
Summary: The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities. The girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust, where nightmares stalk... more »- place hold (0)
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Spring's arcana2023
Summary: Nat Drozdova is desperate to save a life. Doctors can do little for her cancer-ridden mother, who insists there is only one cure -- and that Nat must visit a skyscraper in Manhattan to get it. Amid a... more »- place hold (0)
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Night angel nemesis2023
Summary: After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again, but an impending amnesty will pardon the one murderer he can't let walk free. He promises... more »- place hold (0)
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Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes2022
Summary: Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv, the orc barbarian, cashes out of the warrior's life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable... more »- place hold (0)
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Near miss2023
Summary: Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces him to a charming new companion. Too bad she also comes with the... more »- place hold (0)
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Tress of the emerald sea2023
Summary: The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to... more »- place hold (0)
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Swamp story : a novel2023
Summary: Stumbling across a long-lost treasure, single mother Jesse Braddock must figure out how to keep it out of the hands of villains, while Ken Bortle, to lure tourists to his failing store, invents the... more »- place hold (0)
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Simply lies2023
Summary: Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation... more »- place hold (0)
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Some desperate glory2023
Summary: While we live, the enemy shall fear us. Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of... more »- place hold (0)
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Capture the crown2021
Summary: Gemma Ripley has a reputation for being a pampered princess who is more interested in pretty gowns, sparkling jewelry, and other frivolous things than learning how to rule the kingdom of Andvari. But... more »- place hold (0)
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Three kings : a wild cards mosaic novel2022
Summary: In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth's population was devastated by an alien virus. Those who survived were changed forever. Some, known as jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical... more »- place hold (0)
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Hard to break2023
Summary: Mike Gannon always wanted to go to Alaska. That's why when a bucket-list grizzly bear trip to the Klondike comes up, he's on it with both feet. But as he arrives up in the northern wilds, he... more »- place hold (0)
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Jamie MacGillivray : the renegade's journey2022
Summary: Scotland. In 1746, at the Battle of Culloden, Jamie MacGillivray, narrowly escapes a roadside execution only to be recaptured by the victors and shipped to Marshalsea Prison. There he cheats the... more »- place hold (0)
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Countdown2023
Summary: Agent Amy Cornwall excels at working from the shadows until a botched field operation reveals dark dealings between her bosses and an informant -- and a hidden plot by a terrorist genius that could... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickThe adventures of Amina al-Sirafi : a novel2023
Summary: Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates, she's survived back-stabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several... more »- place hold (0)
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Silence in the shadows2020
Summary: The world continues to change. Each passing day twists it further, and pushes the surviving humans closer to the brink of extinction. But, for the first time, there is hope. Clare and Dorran set... more »- place hold (0)
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The world we make2022
Summary: Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six. But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny,... more »- place hold (0)
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Whispers in the mist2020
Summary: Clare and Dorran may have survived the city, but their relief is only temporary. Dorran is sick, and rapidly worsening. Clare fears the only way to save him might lie in the mysterious Evandale... more »- place hold (0)
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The cradle of ice2023
Summary: To stop the coming apocalypse, a fellowship was formed. A soldier, a thief, a lost prince, and a young girl bonded by fate and looming disaster. Each step along this path has changed the party,... more »- place hold (0)
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The devil's ransom2023
Summary: Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there's a man on the run. One that has done more for the United States in... more »- place hold (0)
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Hawke2006
Summary: A direct descendant of a legendary English privateer, Lord Alexander Hawke is one of England's most decorated naval heroes. Now, in the Caribbean on a secret assignment for the American government,... more »- place hold (0)
added 12 months ago
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Stiletto : a novel2017
Summary: When two secret organization are forced to merge after years of enmity and bloodshed, only one person has the fearsome powers -- and the bureaucratic finesse -- to get the job done. Rook Myfanwy... more »- place hold (0)
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Blitz : a novel2022
Summary: September, 1940: Three women of the Checquy, the secret organization tasked with protecting Britain from supernatural threats, stand in the sky above London and watch German aircraft approach.... more »- place hold (0)
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The light pirate2022
Summary: Florida as we know it is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state's infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the... more »- place hold (0)
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Desert star2022
Summary: LAPD detective Renee Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch's white whale --a man responsible for the murder of an entire family. A year has passed since LAPD detective... more »- place hold (0)
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The lost metal : a Mistborn novel2022
Summary: For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set -- with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders -- since they started... more »- place hold (0)
added 2 years ago
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