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Aug 8, 2023
Shimmer and Burn
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To save her sister’s life, Faris must smuggle magic into a plague-ridden neighboring kingdom in...
Young Adult Dark Fantasy Fantasy Horror
The Garden Gnome (Theory of Magic #1)
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Where did magic go? Our world is defined by science, but history tells us that the world was once...
Contemporary Fantasy
David McK (3816 KP) rated The Aeronaut's Windlass in Books
Dec 20, 2023
Rather, this is probably best described as Steampunk, which is a genre I previously had little exploration in, and which Google defines as:
"...a subgenre of science fiction and sometimes fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.".
Reading that description, this definitely fits right into that bracket!
To my mind, it also falls more towards the fantasy aspect of Steampunk: after all, we have a new magic system, airships, the ability to communicate with animals (cats), and monsters from the ground all within the pages of this story even if (for my money), it never quite gripped me as much as a Harry Dresden book.
The Innkeeper's Song
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In this extraordinary fantasy novel of love and death, young Tikat enters a shadow world of magic...
Mirrorfall (Ash & Blue, #1)
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A magical thing happened to Stef Mimosa when she was only two: she died and an angel confronted...
Science Fiction Urban Fantasy
David McK (3816 KP) rated Dawnthief (Chronicles of the Raven, #1) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
The Raven of the sub-title ('Chronicles of the Raven', remember!) are a group of mercenaries who, at the beginning of the novel, have lived and fought together for years. At the end of one contract, they are hired by a former enemy, before events start overtaking them and they find themselves as amongst the last hope for their land, which is descending into war ...
I found this to be an OK read: not the best of such-like books I've ever read; nor the worst.
FATE: Tales of History, Mystery and Magic
Debbie Young, Marian L Thorpe, Helen Hollick, Anna Belfrage, Alison Morton, Annie Whitehead, Elizabeth St. John, Jean Gill, R. Marsden and J.P. Reedman
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If you had a crystal ball to predict what lay ahead, would you be tempted to use it? Or would you...
Historical Magic Mystery Short Story Collection
Knightmare Arcanist (Frith Chronicles #1)
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Magic. Sailing. A murderer among heroes. Gravedigger Volke Savan wants nothing more than to be...
Young Adult Flintlock Fantasy
