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FICTION
Released: Aug. 10, 2009
THE MAGICIANS
by Lev Grossman
"Very dark and very scary, with no simple answers provided--fantasy for grown-ups, in other words, and very satisfying indeed."
Grossman (Codex, 2004, etc.) imagines a sorcery school whose primary lesson seems to be that bending the world to your will isn't all it's cracked up to be. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 26, 2010
Kirkus Star SIDE JOBS: STORIES FROM THE DRESDEN FILES
by Jim Butcher
"Sidelights on the Dresden mythos, which no true fan will want to miss."
Eleven tales, 2002-2010, complete with author's notes and chronology, embellishing the exploits of Chicago's Harry Dresden, licensed PI and professional wizard, ranging from an apprentice piece written two years before the Dresden Files series achieved liftoff to an unpublished novelette set hours after the end of Changes (2010). Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2011
Kirkus Star THE NIGHT CIRCUS
by Erin Morgenstern
"Likely to be a big book—and, soon, a big movie, with all the franchise trimmings."
Self-assured, entertaining debut novel that blends genres and crosses continents in quest of magic. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
THE SALT GOD'S DAUGHTER
by Ilie Ruby
"This is a bewitching tale of lives entangled in lushly layered fables of the moon and sea."
When a blue moon rises, mistakes can be undone, lost children can find their homes, and sea lions can shed their skins. Read full book review >