We live in creepy times. It’s summer, when we sit around the campfire and tell fun and chilling tales. Better yet, sit back with your e-reader and enjoy these thirteen books in the “Chills and Wonder” StoryBundle curated by New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson. These are some of the best, most entertaining dark fantasy, urban fantasy, and
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20th July – Imperial Crisis – James Philip The American Revolution failed; the Continental Army was destroyed at the Battle of Long Island in 1776 and ever since, New England has been the great engine and on occasions, arsenal of the British Empire. The question is: is the Empire on which, literally, the Sun never sets which rules rather more
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14th July 2020 – The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway – Una McCormack Captain Janeway of the USS Voyager tells the story of her life in Starfleet, for fans of Star Trek. Kathryn Janeway reveals her career in Starfleet, from her first command to her epic journey through the Delta Quadrant leading to her rise to the top as vice-admiral in
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Jacquelyn Benson writes smart historical thrillers where strong women confront the stranger things that occupy the borders of our world. She once lived in a museum, wrote a master’s thesis on the cultural anthropology of paranormal investigation, and received a gold medal for being clever. She owes a great deal to her elementary school librarian for sagely choosing to acquire
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7th July 2020 – The Beginning of Everything – Kristen Ashley Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation. The only
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23rd June 2020 – The Angel of the Crows – Katherine Addison Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor, returns with The Angel of the Crows, a fantasy novel of alternate 1880s London, where killers stalk the night and the ultimate power is naming. This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think
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8th June 2020 – Spy, Spy Again – Mercedes Lackey In this third novel of the Family Spies series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, Heralds Mags and Amily’s youngest child must follow in his parents’ footsteps to protect both his family and the realm. Thirteen year old Prince Kyril and Mags and Amily’s fourteen-year-old son Tory “share” the
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4th June 2020 – The Court of Miracles – Kester Grant Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris’s criminal underground in the wake of a failed French Revolution. 1828 and the citizens of Paris still mourn in the wake of their failed revolution.
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26th May 2020 – Nighborn – Jessica Thorne Like deep dark water, it pulls them down. The faint fire of magic within them flickers and dies. Their eyes turn black as night. They are nightborn now. Grace Marchant has been many things: streetwise orphan, rebellious servant, and now beloved companion of Prince Bastien, heir to the throne of Larelwynn. But their sunlit
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Reviewed by Srijani Ganguly If you’ve read ‘Story of Your Life’ or seen its film adaptation, Arrival, you’ll be well-versed with Ted Chiang’s style of science fiction. It’s filled with high-level theories and otherworldly phenomena, but at the heart of the story there is always an emotional plot; the kind which will not only make you a bit teary-eyed but
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