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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Synopsis: In 1893, there’s no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters–James…
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Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
Synopsis: The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might already be extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody cares. Except for two people. Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish has gone for good. And…
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A Song for the Earth by Shannon Jade
Synopsis: A Song for the Earth is a lyrical novel in verse written by an environmental scientist and designed to offer a hopeful perspective on the climate crisis. The wide, wild world is made of wonder, but as climate change reinvents the landscape, rich ecosystems are under threat. On a journey through Earth’s major biomes,…
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Kill Billionaire by Anders Lustgarten
Synopsis: Perhaps one reason not enough people kill billionaires is it’s actually quite tricky… An electrifying, ultra-contemporary heist, a wild and hilarious story that is also dangerously prescient. When her home is destroyed in wildfires, fourteen-year-old Australian outback genius Kayla Connolly decides to hunt down the culprits of climate change: billionaires. She teams up with…
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Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess Kidd
Synopsis: Dolores Chimes, the famous medium, arrives in Gore-on-Sea and crowds clamour to join her séances. Even the surly Detective Inspector Rideout succumbs to the promise of messages from the afterlife. It seems Nora is alone in being uninterested in the opportunity; three decades in a convent tends to purge any curiosity in the supernatural.…
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If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light by Kim Choyeop
Synopsis: Meet the alien species that put the humanity into human beingsDiscover the fate of Slefonia III once warp travel became obsoleteVisit the Mind Library to commune with the dead Kim Choyeop became an instant literary sensation in Korea with her debut short story collection. Each of these bitesize speculative masterpieces represents a journey into…
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