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Fantasy 2020 Fantasy 2020 The Binding The Bird King by Bridget Collins by G. Willow Wilson In a magical world where books are A concubine in the royal court of Granada at repositories of individual lives, a reviled the height of the Spanish Inquisition and Bookbinder's apprentice crafts elegant her mapmaker friend risk their lives to memory volumes to help troubled escape when the latter is accused of customers before discovering that others in sorcery. By the award-winning author of Alif his profession use their skills for dark ends. the Unseen. Black Leopard, Red Wolf Dark Illusion by Marlon James by Christine Feehan Hired to find a mysterious boy who Fleeing her controlling family to warn the disappeared in Africa three years before, Carpathians of an imminent threat, a mage Tracker joins a search party that is quickly resists the advances of a centuries-old targeted by deadly creatures, in the first warrior who recognizes her as his lifemate. novel of a new fantasy trilogy. By the best-selling author of the GhostWalker series. Endgames Eye Spy by L. E. Modesitt by Mercedes Lackey Surviving an assassination attempt only to A sequel to The Hills Have Spies is set in the see the land of Solidar descending into war, Valdemar and finds the children of Heralds young ruler Charyn fights to end the turmoil Mags and Amily exploring the potential of that is giving the High Holders Abi's supernatural gifts ot protect the realm. disproportionate power over the realm's struggling commoners. Gods of Jade and Shadow The Ingenious by Silvia Moreno-Garcia by Darius Hinks A dark fairy tale inspired by folklore is set Thousands of years ago, the city of Athanor against the Jazz age in Mexico’s underworld, was set adrift in time and space by where a young dreamer is sent by the alchemists. Ever since, the citizens dreamed Mayan God of Death on a life-changing of returning home to lead a glorious journey. By the award-winning author of revolution, but the city's downward spiral is Signal to Noise. dragging them into a mire of violence. The Kingdom of Copper A Little Hatred by S. A. Chakraborty by Joe Abercrombie A follow-up to the USA Today best-selling The A battlefield hero, a ruthless socialite and a City of Brass finds a trapped Nahri reluctantly woman with the ability to glimpse into the embracing her power to safeguard her tribe, future find their world and prospects while an exiled Ali accepts help from water transformed by escalating tensions among spirits who unearth a family secret. the disparate supporters of magic and machine development. Fantasy 2020 Ninth House The Priory of the Orange Tree by Leigh Bardugo by Samantha Shannon Surviving a horrific multiple homicide, a girl A queen who would survive assassination from the wrong side of the tracks is attempts to continue her ruling line is unexpectedly offered a full scholarship to protected with forbidden magic by a court Yale, where her benefactors task her with outsider, while a secret society works to monitoring the university’s secret societies. prevent a dragon war. By the best-selling author of The Bone Season. The Rise of Magicks Queen of the Conquered by Nora Roberts by Kacen Callender In a conclusion to the trilogy that began An ambitious young woman with the power with Year One, Fallon finds the limits of her to control minds seeks vengeance against magick skills tested by the needs of the the royals who murdered her family, in a Purity Warrior victims at the same time she Caribbean-inspired fantasy world is confronted by an old nemesis. embattled by colonial oppression. The Starless Sea The Stiehl Assassin by Erin Morgenstern by Terry Brooks Discovering a mysterious book of prisoner Freed from his exile, the Druid Drisker Arc tales, a Vermont graduate student joins up with his student, Tarsha Kaynin, in recognizes a story from his own life before hopes of defeating the Skaar army, but they following clues to a magical library that is must survive Tarsha's brother, who is in being targeted for destruction. By the possession of the Stiehl, one of the most best-selling author of The Night Circus. powerful weapons in the Four Lands. Storm Cursed The Ten Thousand Doors of by Patricia Briggs January Patronized by supernatural beings of all by Alix E. Harrow kinds after the Tri-Cities are declared A woman navigating the out-of-place neutral, garage owner Mercy investigates artifacts in her caretaker’s sprawling early the activities of a witch newcomer while 20th-century mansion discovers a Adam provides security during a top-secret mysterious book that reveals impossible meeting between the government and fae. truths about the world and her own past. The Water Dancer Westside by Ta-Nehisi Coates by W. M Akers A Virginia slave narrowly escapes drowning In 1921 New York City, young detective Gilda through the intervention of a mysterious Carr specializes in solving “tiny force that compels his escape and personal mysteries”—the impossible puzzles that underground war against slavery. By the keep us up at night, against a hellish National Book Award-winning author of landscape, in this thrilling historical fantasy Between the World and Me. steeped in the supernatural. Sherwood Public Library 22560 SW Pine St Sherwood, Oregon 97140-9019 | 503-625-6688 www.sherwoodoregon.gov/library.
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