December is traditionallythe smallest monthwhen it comes to ledger dismissal — hoi polloi are busyshopping , feasting , celebrate , or going to seeviolent Santa movies — but there ’s still plenty here ( magicians , witch , myths , monsters , forbidden - space inhabitant , and more ! ) to fill your stocking .
In this dystopian tale set 1,000 yr in the future — a importantly retool version of the author ’s antecedently self - publish Impure — a teen who ’s a member of the ruling class set out the enquiry the injustices that fill up her world . ( December 1 )
In a world where the wealthy occupy augmented eubstance and spend their days at theme parks provide to their every desire , a working - socio-economic class untried woman who toils at one of the parks seeks to upend the condition quo . ( December 6 )
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This prequel set between the first and second books in the author ’s long - run for Elric Saga trace alienated emperor Elric ’s early journeys with his best friend Moonglum . ( December 6 )
The Elements of Cadence duology conclude as the human and faerie realms battle against the spirit of the North Wind . ( December 6 )
This collection gather sci - fi novellas and short fiction from the writer of The Quantum Magician and The House of Styx . ( December 6 )
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An American analyse in Scotland profess to a murder , then claim that the Devil made him do it . After he die in prison house , a manuscript is discovered that could reveal the eery trueness behind his crime . ( December 6 )
In this standalone novel set in the world of the source ’s After the War series , “ Orec Blackblade , bitter at missing the final battle against the Kinslayer and the decease of his comrades , [ comes ] to the aid of Doctors Catt and Fisher to stop another evil power wreaking mayhem across their war - shoot Edwin Herbert Land . ” ( December 6 )
The Last Magician series concludes with this entry , which find Esta and Harte go up the death of their search for all the artifact needed to prevent a spellbook from wreaking mayhem . But there ’s still an ancient iniquity after them , and they ’re running out of clock time to save the world . ( December 6 )
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A uncommon ravisher on Swazembi , an idyllic major planet colonise by people from West Africa , contracts a fearful tegument disease — then see she has unexplored powers while searching for a remedy . ( December 6 )
After a beldame with no powers accidentally curses her home , she must join force-out with a “ tops live tug ” to save them — and the entire world while she ’s at it . ( December 6 )
The Sun Eater series continues as Hadrian Marlowe teams up with a witch to escape her opposition — but not before find out the gods their enemies worship are real , with large plans to take over the intact universe . ( December 13 )
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This tale exploring themes of climate change plug in the aliveness of a con man arrested in 1877 , and two Set of twins : a nineteenth century distich mentally join by the voices only they can get word , and a 21st hundred pair who become inspire to compass into their unpaired mob history . ( December 13 )
“ Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise go in search of a missing Federation scientist — only to become pin between a Klingon combat ship and Starfleet ’s deep military operation : Vanguard . ” ( December 13 )
The modish Tiger and Del novel localise in the cosmos of the author ’s Sword - Dancer saga find the two characters running a school day that trains scholarly person in the specialized artistic production of sword - dance . But their foe still lounge , and a unexampled magic threatens to land them out of semi - retirement . ( December 13 )
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The latest in the Adrian X Isolde series learn the fairy and her vampire love battle both political intrigue and encroach upon goliath . ( December 20 )
place on an island off the coast of Ireland , this tale follows a witch who wakes up 100 days after losing her girl to a prohibited word form of legerdemain — only to obtain her home in a state of topsy-turvydom that ’s partially her fault . ( December 27 )
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