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The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsMagnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting...Categorized as:
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The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 69 ratings"Magnus Chase, you nearly started Ragnarok. What are you going to do next?"It's been six weeks since Magnus and his friends returned from defeating Fenris Wolf and the fire giants. Magnus has adjusted to life at the Hotel Valhalla—as much as a once-homeless and previously alive kid can...Categorized as:
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The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsMagnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.One day, Magnus learns that someone else is trying to track him down—his uncle Randolph, a man his mother had always warned him about...Categorized as:
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Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGo to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company, and Sheol for…well, the screaming silence of eternal nothingness?In the frigid lands belonging to the Queen of the Unseelie, a beautiful stranger dressed all in ivory makes his approach. A debt is owed, and payment is due.Below the burning lakes of everlasting woe and the single, vast city of Hell, lies Sheol—the Hell below Hell... -
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Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the course of every great adventure there are multiple side-quests...Categorized as:
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Firewalker by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWorlds divide, magic slays, and love lies in the second book of Josephine Angelini’s The Worldwalker Trilogy."You think I’m a monster, but my choices, as ruthless as they seem, are justified."Lily is back in her own universe, and she's ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side... -
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Warden and the Assassin by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m the sister you don’t want to meet in a dark alley.An assassin for hire, I’ve got skills other people don’t. Blame my magical heritage and a mother who gifted me a set of knives and my first revolver not long after my sixteenth birthday.When a magical object transports me to a perilous jungle as part of a job interview, I have to admit I’m intrigued...Categorized as:
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Dream Stalkers by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new drug – Shut-Eye – has been developed in the dreamland, and smuggled into our world. It’s addictive, and dangerous, and Shadow Watch agents Audra and Mr Jinx are on the case, preparing new recruits to deal with the problem.Meanwhile, a wave of ancient, bodiless Incubi are entering the dreams of humans in an attempt to possess them and live new lives... -
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The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsConstance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she’s sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to assassinate her fairy godmother and become the one thing she’s never been: ordinary.Ever since she was granted a wish at birth by her fairy godmother, Constance Verity has become one of the world’s great adventurers... -
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The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel. Pray they are hungry.Kara finds these words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house...Categorized as:
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