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The Goblin Emperor Sorcery of thorns by Katherine Addison by Margaret Rogerson Reluctantly elevated to the throne A foundling apprentice raised in one when his father and brothers are of her kingdom's great libraries finds killed, an exiled half-goblin is rapidly her fate in the hands of a sworn overwhelmed by ambitious enemy when she is implicated in an sycophants, imperial burdens and act of sabotage behind the release dangerous plots while striving for of a dangerous grimoire. (TLS) kindness. (MAB)

The merchant of death The lord of the rings by D. J. MacHale by J. R. R. Tolkien When the seemingly normal The epic depicting the Great War of 14-year-old Bobby Pendragon is the Ring, a struggle between good swept into an alternate dimension, and evil in Middle-earth, following the he finds himself hailed as a savior in odyssey of Frodo the hobbit and his a territory in the throes of revolution companions on a quest to destroy the against a magical tyrant. (RS) Ring of Power. (JF) The name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss by Martha Wells A hero named Kvothe, now living Researchers are shadowed by their under an assumed name as the Company security droid, an anti- humble proprietor of an inn, social SecUnit that has hacked its recounts his transformation from a own governor module. All Murderbot magically gifted young man into the wants is to be left alone to watch most notorious wizard, musician, media. But when a nearby mission thief, and assassin in his world. (TW) goes dark, it must act. (MAB) The curse of Chalion by Jo Walton by Lois McMaster Bujold 15-year-old Mori lives in Wales with Now humbled and seeking a menial her twin sister and a mother who position in the royal household he spins dark magic. One day a magical once served, Cazaril is stunned to be battle kills her sister and leaves Mori offered the post of secretary to the crippled. Devastated, she flees ot her sister to the heir to the throne, but long-lost father in England. Adrift, his new assignment brings outcast at boarding school, Mori unexpected dangers when he takes refuge in her greatest joy: her comes face to face with a sinister books. (MAB) curse. (MAB)

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