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Poison Study

Maria V. Snyder

(56 reviews )

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Locked in a coffin-like darkness, there is nothing to distract me from my memories of killing Reyad. He deserved to die—but according to the law, so do I. Here in Ixia, the punishment for murder is death. And now I wait for the hangman's noose.But the same law that condemns me may also save me. Ixia's food taster—chosen to ensure that the Comm...more

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The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University

Kevin Roose

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No drinking.No smoking.No cursing.No dancing.No R-rated movies.Kevin Roose wasn't used to rules like these. As a sophomore at Brown University, he spent his days drinking fair-trade coffee, singing in an a cappella group, and fitting right in with Brown's free-spirited, ultra-liberal student body. But when Roose leaves his Ivy League confines to s...more

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The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn

Brandon Sanderson

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Who is the Hero of Ages?To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness---the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists---is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only b...more

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Hunters of Dune

Brian Herbert

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Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert’s classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert’s final outline, which lay hidden in a safe-deposit box for a dec...more

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All Editions	Machine Crusade, The: Legends of Dune Brian; Anderson , Kevin J. Herbert (1 review ) Lauren's rating
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Foundation

Isaac Asimov

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Foundation marks the first of a series of tales set so far in the future that Earth is all but forgotten by humans who live throughout the galaxy. Yet all is not well with the Galactic Empire. Its vast size is crippling to it. In particular, the administrative planet, honeycombed and tunneled with offices and staff, is vulnerable to attack or bre...more

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Elantris

Brandon Sanderson

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Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed. Elantria...more

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Dune (Remembering Tomorrow)

Frank Herbert

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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices". Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and also grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it w...more

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All Editions	The Wayfarer Redemption (Tor fantasy) Sara Douglass (61 reviews ) Description The first volume in an exciting new fantasy series follows Faraday, a brave young woman, as she flees Gorgrael, the ice-lord, in the company of Axis, the leader of the Axe-Wielders and the hated half-brother of her betrothed, Borneheld. Reprint. Lauren's rating
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