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The City Born Great


N.K. Jemisin - 2016
    K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season, the winner of this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel, New York City is about to go through a few changes.Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Maiden Thief


Melissa Marr - 2016
    Her father blames her when one of her sisters is one of the taken.

The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles


Kij Johnson - 2009
    When a fire destroys her home and scatters her colony, Small Cat sets out to find the home of her ancestor, the Cat From the North, and to make her own name along the way.

The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections


Tina Connolly - 2018
    The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections is a Tor.com Original from fantasy author Tina Connolly.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Flight


Claire Wrenwood - 2020
    Now, years later, she has wings of her own. But an encounter in the woods forces her to reckon with her past—and the painful price her wings demanded.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

These Deathless Bones


Cassandra Khaw - 2017
    A horror tale about the Witch Bride, second wife of a King, and the discord between her and her young stepson.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Lullaby for a Lost World


Aliette de Bodard - 2016
    Her bones grew into the foundation and pushed up through the walls, feeding his power and continuing the cycle. As time passes and the ones she loved fade away, the house and the master remain, and she yearns ever more deeply for vengeance.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Only Harmless Great Thing


Brooke Bolander - 2018
    Around the same time, an Indian elephant was deliberately put to death by electricity in Coney Island.These are the facts.Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and injustice crying out to be righted. Prepare yourself for a wrenching journey that crosses eras, chronicling histories of cruelty both grand and petty in search of meaning and justice.

As the Last I May Know


S.L. Huang - 2019
    An alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull the trigger.Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams


Sunny Moraine - 2015
    At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Martian Obelisk


Linda Nagata - 2017
    A story about an architect on Earth commissioned to create (via long distance) a masterwork with materials from the last abandoned Martian colony, a monument that will last thousands of years longer than Earth, which is dying.

The Angel of Khan el-Khalili


P. Djèlí Clark - 2017
    A girl visits a bazaar in Cairo, seeking a favor from a mysterious angelic being.This story first appeared in the anthology Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of Egypt.

Beyond the Dragon's Gate


Yoon Ha Lee - 2020
    Now, years later, the military has need of her expertise in order to prevent the destruction of their AI-powered fleet.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Articulated Restraint


Mary Robinette Kowal - 2019
    And sometimes, handling a test run that has turned deadly serious. Mary Robinette Kowal visits an off-stage incident in her The Calculating Stars series.

The Nearest


Greg Egan - 2018
    But it slowly becomes clear that something much darker may be at play, something that spreads out from the scene of the crime to corrode the closest relationships of everyone it touches.