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Acts of Mercy (Mercy Temple Chronicles Book 1) Kindle Edition by Ciara Graves (Author)

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Mages. Sirens. Demons. Dragons. Gryphons. A Federal Paranormal Unit. Attackers of magic. The Mercy Temple Chronicles will hook you!

Mercy Temple lives in a world where paranormals are a thing. Humans know of their existence, but the two species don’t interact. Or so it is thought. She works for a bounty hunter, doing any job he needs done. From killing someone, to finding someone, to bringing them in. She has a love/hate relationship with the bounty hunter. He knows her secret and that’s how he keeps her working for him. But still, he pays her well.

Rafael is a demon. He isn’t a good guy, but not a bad guy either. He wants to know Mercy’s secret, but he has one of his own. He works for the Federal Paranormal Unit. Undercover. And he is hunting the same person she is.

Warning: Unputdownable action-packed fantasy, with mages, sirens, demons, dragons, gryphons and a Federal Paranormal Unit

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Neverness (The Neverness Cycle Book 1) Kindle Edition by David Zindell (Author)

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The price of greater life is death . . . .

In an age of exploding stars and other cataclysmic galactic events in which Homo sapiens has long since split into different kinds, Mallory Ringess becomes a pilot of the Order of Mystic Mathematicians and Other Seekers of the Ineffable Flame. His quest to find the Elder Eddas – nothing less than the secret of life embroidered in humanity’s oldest DNA – will lead him from Neverness’s streets of colored ice into the deadly manifold: the “space beneath space” whose topology writhes and twists with hideous complexity like a nest of psychedelic snakes.

In his lightship named The Immanent Carnation, Mallory journeys far across the Milky Way and enters the Solid State Entity: a nebula-sized brain composed of moonlike biocomputers analogous to neurons. There he is tested. In the journeys and war that follow, he begins to grasp the infinite possibilities of evolution and what he will need to sacrifice in order save humankind from destruction and change the course of the universe.

Neverness is the internationally bestselling novel that introduces the epic The Neverness Cycle. If you enjoy big-idea science fiction that explores the possibilities of consciousness, intelligence, technology, and evolution – all wrapped up in a page-turning, great adventure – you’ll love this book.

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The Dark Man: Collected Edition | The Complete Paranormal Thriller Trilogy Kindle Edition by Desmond Doane (Author)

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Yes, you should be afraid of the dark.

A powerful demon has a score to settle, and he knows television’s most popular ghost hunter, Ford Atticus Ford, by name.

Unlike the unfortunate souls who have passed on to the other side, grudges held by an ancient entity never seem to die.

As Ford embarks on one truly terrifying journey with his estranged partner and former friend, Mike Long, one thing is certain…life in the world of paranormal reality will never be the same.

INCLUDES:
The Dark Man
The White Night
The Belly of the Beast

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The Advent Trilogy Boxed Set Kindle Edition by Terry Schott (Author)

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Speculative Cyberpunk adventure for fans of classic Science Fiction and Conspiracy Thrillers.

The Ward kicks off a series of mind-bending books centered around a mystery with roots so deep, they trace their beginnings back to stardust.

Senator Kerri Delaney doesn’t expect her doctor visit to foretell the end of the world. Even when she receives an impossible offer from a mysterious stranger, she doesn’t see it.

But it’s coming… and there’s only one man who knows where it will all lead.

Alex Wolfson. The elusive billionaire no one can recognize on sight, and who is said to rule the world from shadow.

There is danger coming. and even Alex may not be able to stop it.

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Shattered Realms: Books 1-2 Kindle Edition by Melissa Wright (Author)

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Magic, Monsters, and Mayhem

This Shattered Realms Box Set includes KING OF ASH AND BONE and QUEEN OF IRON AND BLOOD

When flying monsters break through the veil into her world, Mackenzie Scott has nothing left to lose. Her brother has been marked, her future has vanished, and all that remains is a desperate need for revenge. After discovering the breach the creatures used as a gateway, Mackenzie devises a plan to stop them, whatever the cost.

When she finds an injured stranger in the street, he just might be the key she needs to succeed. What Mackenzie doesn’t know is that this stranger isn’t the helpless boy he appears to be. And he’s got plans of his own.

Thrown into a dying city in another realm, Mackenzie is powerless to get back. With the gateway closing, time is not on her side. But the stranger is, and if they can escape execution, this girl and her monster might be able to save both their worlds.

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Book Review : Throne of Jade

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Throne of Jade: A Novel of Temeraire Kindle Edition by Naomi Novik (Author)

UPDATE: I finished the whole series, adored it, and went into a state of withdrawal afterwards. It is traditionally published and very popular…and therefore available at libraries, though the first two ebooks are reasonably priced.

Fresh off reading His Majesty’s Dragon, I picked up this book from my local library. (Hooray for ebook lending! So helpful in this age of “Come on Eileen”–errr…think of what that title rhymes with. I will not speak the name of the pestilence aloud! Or type it and make you hear it in your mind.)

I loved the first book: it was just such a lovely imagining of what Britain would be like during the Napoleonic Wars if dragons existed. The characterizations were also spot on–something that is really important to me. I typically drop a book immediately if characters don’t ring true.

As much as I loved His Majesty’s Dragon, Throne of Jade was better. It was funnier. (Do you have a problem? Your dragon will eat it.) But it was also deeper. Some of the things that niggled at me in the first book, the British populace not knowing that dragons are completely sentient and self-aware, for instance, were addressed. As was the issue of the dragons being perhaps manipulated into service of the crown, almost, in fact, slaves.

It was also nice to see a China that was strong instead of weak when the West came knocking–mostly because they treat their dragons very differently than the British treat theirs. I wondered if this fictional China will start to decline in later books as it did in the real world. I am going to keep reading to find out. I love Chinese history, and there were many reasons beyond the British that caused it to slide. I suppose, Dragons or no, it could happen.

Again, characterizations were spot on–but I laughed more. Oh, and there were some phenomenal battle scenes! They were even better than the ones in the first book–and this is coming from someone who doesn’t like battle scenes. (Battle scenes are like sex scenes, when they don’t further the growth of the character, or aren’t intrinsic to the plot, to me, they’re just …meh. These aren’t like that.)

Black Powder War is available at all vendors, but in some regions only in dead-tree & audio format. Ebook: Amazon US, Amazon AU, Amazon DE, Kobo, iBooks, Nook, GooglePlay

Dead-tree: Amazon UK, Amazon CA

Also, check your local library!