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<b>EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD.</b><br/><br/><b>The first in a young adult dystopian trilogy from the author of <i>These Violent Delights</i>. In a near-future where life has moved to glistening virtual reality and everyone above the poverty line resides 'upcountry', an ousted corporate soldier races to clear her name - with the very enemy who is truly guilty.</b>

The Amberglow Candy Store [Bok / Häftad]

<b>The world of unknowable objects - magical items that most people have no idea possess powers - has been quiet for decades . . . </b><br/><br/>But three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. They are pledged to protect their archive of magical items hidden away, safe from the outside world - and keep the world safe from them. But when Frank Simpson, the longest-standing member of the Society of Unknowable Objects, hears of a new artefact coming to light in Hong Kong, he sends the Society's newest member, author Magda Sparks, to investigate.<br/><br/>Within hours of arriving in Hong Kong, Magda is facing death and danger, confronted by a professional killer who seems to know all about unknowable objects, specifically one that was stolen from him a decade before. Magda is forced to flee, using an artefact that not even the rest of the Society knows about.<br/><br/>Returning to London, Magda learns hers is not the only secret being kept from the other two members. And that the most pernicious secret is about the nature of the Society's mission. Her discoveries will lead her on a perilous journey, across the Atlantic to the deep south of the United States - not in pursuit of an unknowable object, but an unknowable person: the killer she first faced in Hong Kong. In doing so, Magda begins to understand that there are even more in the world who are chasing these magical items, and that her own family's legacy is tied up in keeping all these secrets under wraps.<br/><br/>Magic has always been too powerful to reveal to the world. But Magda will learn there might be something even more powerful: the truth.<br/><br/><b>Praise for Gareth Brown's <i>The Book of Doors</i>:</b><br/><br/><b>'Joyful, exuberant, and crackling with adventure.</b> This book is as magical as those it celebrates.' STUART TURTON, author of <i>The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle</i><br/><br/>'A <b>stunning fever dream</b> of a story that feels completely real - don't miss this fantastic thriller debut.' LEE CHILD<br/><br/>'A real page-turner - <b>incredibly ambitious and inventive</b>, <i>The Book of Doors</i> is a great read.'<br/>ROSIE ANDREWS, author of <i>The Leviathan</i>

<b>'A vibrant tale told with surety and grace' LEIGH BARDUGO<br/>'An exotic and detailed world' ROBIN HOBB</b><br/><br/><b>From the </b><i><b>USA Today-</b></i><b>bestselling author of </b><i><b>Dragonfall </b></i><b>comes a queer fantasy trilogy about a circus aerialist's quest to escape his past and decipher the magical prophecy that will shape his future.</b><br/><br/> <i>In a land of lost wonders, the past is stirring once more . . . </i><br/><br/>Micah runs away from a debutante's life at home and joins the circus, harboring two secrets-one: he was born between male and female, and two: he may have powers last seen in mysterious beings from an almost-forgotten age.<br/><br/>Micah discovers the joy of flight as an aerialist, courting his trapeze partner, Aenea, and confiding in the mysterious white clown, Drystan. He finally feels free. But the circus has a dark side, and Micah's past isn't done with him.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the strange 'ghost' of a woman with damselfly wings whispers to Micah that only he can help magic return to the realm, and he fears she may be right...<br/><br/>Micah has much to learn, and he must do it quickly-before his past and future collide, with catastrophic consequences.<br/><br/><b>READERS LOVE IT</b><br/>'Lushly written and beautifully imaginative'<br/><b>'It was beautiful, exciting and thought provoking' </b><br/>'The worldbuilding was so deeply immersive'<br/><b>'A luscious, intricately imagined tale of identity, love, terror, freedom and magic'</b><br/>'I was hooked from the start and enjoyed the rollercoaster all the way to the end'

Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they've experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world.<br/><br/>Now, the world is ending for real. A wandering blackhole is coming for Earth and in a month everything and everyone they've ever known will be gone.<br/><br/>Suddenly, after 40 years together, Don and Rodney are out of time. They're in a race against the clock to make it from Maine to Washington State to take care of some unfinished business before it's all over.<br/><br/>On the road they meet those who refuse to believe death is coming and those who rush to meet it. But there are also people living their final days as best they know how-impromptu weddings, bright burning bonfires, shared meals, new friends.<br/><br/>And as the blackhole draws near, among ball lightning and under a cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky, Don and Rodney will look back on their lives and ask if their best was good enough.<br/><br/>Is it enough to burn bright if nothing comes from the ashes?

Red Star Hustle / Apprehension [Bok / Häftad]

<i>The raven, crane, and firebird each chose a tribe of man, granting humans heavenly magic.</i><br/><i>But power in man's hand caused endless wars for</i><i> land.</i><br/><br/><i>With mankind's destruction, the birds perished taking with them their magic.</i><br/><i>Magic is now rare, war common.</i><br/><br/>The discarded daughter of an emperor, Khamilla Zahr-zad is raised with her mother's nomadic tribe until a violent raid ends that peaceful life. Amid the chaos of death, the heavenly magic of nur awakens within her, granting her the power to wield a cosmic light. Khamilla suddenly goes from outsider to weapon, finally accepted into her father's court. Now worthy, she trains in combat and poisons, pledging loyalty to his throne.<br/>But tragedy strikes again and when her clansmen are defeated by a rival empire, Khamilla vows lasting vengeance as she escapes. However Khamilla is not alone - for something shadows her, feeding her darkness...<br/><br/>Hiding her identity, Khamilla infiltrates the enemy's army academy. She studies jinn, magic, and martial arts from cutthroat mystic monks in a bid to bring down an empire from within. However, through her studies Khamilla begins to question her father's teachings of war and rule.<br/><br/>With war escalating across kingdoms and a twisted magic spreading, Khamilla is torn between two impossible choices: <b>revenge or freedom.</b>