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1) Siren's fury
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Storm siren trilogy volume 2
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Slave girl Nym is snatched up by a court advisor when her true identity - that of an element-controlling mage is revealed, with plans to use her as a weapon. But she can't control her curse. How is she supposed to save her kingdom?
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Lightbringer volume 1
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When Gavin Guile--high priest and emperor, the most powerful man in the world known to all as the Prism--discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.
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Six years ago, the Assassin in White killed the Alethi King Gavilar, and now he's murdering rulers all over Roshar; among his prime targets is Gavilar's son, King Elhokar, and Highprince Dalinar, leader of the restored Knights Radiant. Kaladin is in command of the royal bodyguards and must protect the king and Dalinar, while secretly mastering Windrunner powers linked to his honorspren, Syl. Shallan searches for the legendary city of Urithuru, and...
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Stormlight archive volume 4
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Technological discoveries and an edict-violating arms race enmesh Dalinar Kholin and his knights in a conflict that reveals secrets about the original source of Radiant strength.
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When Elloren is granted the opportunity to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an apothecary, she joins her brothers at the prestigious Verpax University to embrace a destiny of her own. As evil looms on the horizon and the pressure to live up to her heritage builds, everything Elloren thought she knew will be challenged.
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Stormlight archive volume 1
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Introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery, and a woman who is desperate to save her impoverished house.
7) Edgedancer
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Stormlight archive volume 2.5
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"Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older - a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows only as Darkness, court life is suffocating the free-spirited Lift, who can't help heading to Yeddaw when she hears the relentless Darkness is there hunting...
8) Oathbringer
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Stormlight archive volume 3
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Humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their thirst for vengeance.
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"The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress...
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Sadie Revelare has always believed that the curse of four heartbreaks that accompanies her magic would be worth the price. But when her grandmother is diagnosed with cancer with only weeks to live, and her first heartbreak, Jake McNealy, returns to town after a decade, her carefully structured life begins to unravel. With the news of their grandmother's impending death, Sadie's estranged twin brother Seth returns to town, bringing with him deeply...
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Witches of West Harbor volume 1
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As a teen, Jessica Gold was banned from the World Council of Witches. So no one is more surprised than Jess when, fifteen years later, handsome Derrick Winters shows up, claiming she's the Chosen One.
13) Warbreaker
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Sanderson pens a powerful stand-alone tale of unpredictable loyalties, dark intrigue and dangerous magic. To keep a treaty made long ago, the king of Idris must send his daughter to marry Susebron, the God King of Hallandren. Loath to part with his eldest daughter, Vivenna, King Dedelin instead sends his youngest daughter, tomboyish 17-year-old Siri, who struggles to make sense of the schemers and spies in Susebron's court. Hoping to rescue her sister,...
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For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements—books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect. All magic comes with a price, though, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother, and Joanna’s isolated...
15) Gideon the ninth
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Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, she is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful...
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Daevabad trilogy volume 2
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Trapped in the court of Daevabad in the aftermath of a battle, Nahri reluctantly embraces her power to safeguard her tribe, while an exiled Ali accepts help from water spirits who unearth a family secret.
17) Beyond
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Duke Kordas Valdemar, the ruler of a small, bucolic duchy within the Eastern Empire, formulates a plan to allow him and his people to flee from the Empire's militant and tyrannical leaders after a mage discovers a way to place a Gate so far from the Empire that the Emperor cannot follow or find them.
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Simon Snow volume 3
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Simon, Baz, Penelope, and Agatha return to England, back to the Watford School of Magicks, and back to their families for a final adventure.
19) Siren queen
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Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those...
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Providing magical desserts to the residents of the enchanted town of Havenwood, Georgia, Ella Mae LeFaye finds everything she loves in danger when a serious of mysterious deaths are linked to her, forcing her to whip up a recipe for catching a killer determined to settle an ancient score.
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