Giovanni

Giovanni is a fan of Science Fiction and Fantasy, as well as the more sinister stories of the Horror genre. He enjoys nerding out about sci-fi, but also fears the upcoming Robot Apocalypse. 

 

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Battery Life By Brennan Gilpatrick, Gregory Lang Cover Image
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ISBN: 9798200813339
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Published: Blackstone Publishing - May 30th, 2023

Battery Life is a wild Mad-Max-Meets-Dante's-Inferno thrill ride set in the post-apocalyptic American west. Virgil is the oldest and most famous Junkie in the Yard, able to procure rare and valuable junk to trade for water, food and Battery, the only medicine keeping him, and everyone on the surface, alive. Diane is the sole survivor of a space station, Cradle, that crashed to the surface. When Virgil finds her in her escape pod, he knows she is the biggest treasure he could  have ever found, because she's CLEAN. He will serve as her guide in the radioactive wasteland, and she his protection. But things are never so cut and dry in the Junkyard.


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Witch King By Martha Wells Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250826794
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Published: Tordotcom - May 30th, 2023

Kaiisterron is the Fourth Prince of the Underearth, known as The Witch King and a demon of the Saredi Grasslands. After waking up disembodied with his corpse in a tomb at the bottom of the ocean, Kai has to piece together what happened, how he ended up dead, and where his friends and allies are. Witch King is a compelling story of a demon, a witch, and a conspiracy to overthrow the current ruling government. But who is behind this conspiracy? And where are his allies? Who killed Kaiisteron the Witch King and entombed him at the bottom of the ocean?


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The Battle Drum: A Novel (The Ending Fire Trilogy #2) By Saara El-Arifi Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593356975
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Published: Del Rey - May 23rd, 2023

The Battle Drum is the second in El-Arifi's Ending Fire Trilogy. Sylah and Anoor have separated, each on a quest of their own to unravel the many secrets and lies the empire has been founded on. While Anoor tries her best to live up to her title as Disciple of Strength, Sylah travels to the Ghosting outpost and across the ocean to a strange new land with strange new people, discovering there is more to the world than she had ever been told. Meanwhile, Anoor is swept in a murder investigation, where she is the accused. Loyalties will be tested and truths will be revealed in The Battle Drum!


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The Warden (The Warden Series #1) By Daniel M. Ford Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250815651
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Published: Tor Books - April 18th, 2023

For fans of Dungeons and Dragons, World of Warcraft and any other Tolkien-esque Fantasy world, The Warden is a must-read. Aelis is the daughter of a noble house, but she didn't rely on her status to graduate from three colleges to become a Warden. Truly skilled and intelligent as she is, she is not happy about her posting in Lone Pine, a backwater farming village on the edge of civilization. Yet there is more to this sleepy little village than first meets the eye. Ancient magics are stirring and it will take everything Aelis has learned to combat this strange new threat.


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Antimatter Blues: A Mickey7 Novel By Edward Ashton Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250275059
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Published: St. Martin's Press - March 14th, 2023

Mickey Barnes has had an easy two years since he walked out of the Creepers' labyrinth bluffing his way out of being an expendable and making a deal with the indigenous locals. Now winter approaches and the colony needs the antimatter stored in the bomb Mickey buried in a hole and left beneath a pile of rocks... Not his best plan, but what could go wrong? Turns out someone found the bomb and now Mickey has to actually negotiate and ensure the survival of not only the colony, but the creepers as well. He may not be the best man for the job, but he's all they've got. What could possibly go wrong?


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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi: A new fantasy series set a thousand years before The City of Brass By Shannon Chakraborty Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062963505
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Published: Harper Voyager - February 28th, 2023

Chakraborty returns  to the fantasy scene with the beginning of a new swashbuckling fantasy trilogy. Amina al-Sirafi is a mother, a sailor, a smuggler, and most famously, a notorious pirate. But she left that life behind with the birth of her daughter, Marjana. But when a wealthy widow tracks Amina down and threatens to reveal her location to old enemies if the old pirate doesn't track down her wayward granddaughter, al-Sirafi sets out on what she hopes will be one last adventure with a huge payout. Full of adventure and magic, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is a wonderful historical fantasy based in medieval Arabia.


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The Cage of Dark Hours (The Five Penalties #2) By Marina Lostetter Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250757470
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Published: Tor Books - February 14th, 2023

Lostetter returns to the world first introduced in The Helm of Midnight, a world where time is literally money, magic belongs to the gods, and enchanting a person is supposed to be impossible. But as Krona tries to chase down the cause of several deaths with strange marks, she finds herself entangled in a plot among immortals and beings straight out of myth and darkness. A Cage of Dark Hours brings us familiar faces and introduces us to a couple new ones, as well. A thrilling and intriguing addition to this dark fantasy.


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The Cradle of Ice (Moonfall #2) By James Rollins Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250766748
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Published: Tor Books - February 7th, 2023

With stunning illustrations in the vein of Brandon Sanderson and massive world-building, The Cradle of Ice is a must have for epic fantasy lovers. In the follow-up to The Starless Crown, Nyx and her companions must venture into the frozen wastes of Urth, seeking a beacon that could help prevent Moonfall and set the planet to its rotation. Meanwhile, Prince Kanthe journeys into the heart of the Klashean Empire in order to bring peace between the two kingdoms. Each will encounter new lands, form new alliances, and work to prevent the coming apocalypse. Yet neither will finish this journey unscarred, or even whole. 


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All Hallows: A Novel By Christopher Golden Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250280299
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Published: St. Martin's Press - January 24th, 2023

It's Halloween night, 1984, and Parmenter Road is gearing up for an unforgettable night. While the neighborhood kids get ready for Trick-or-Treat and the adults get ready for their own fun, four strange children in old costumes seem to be in trouble from who they call the Cunning Man. But who is this Cunning Man? Who are these kids that don't belong? Secrets are revealed, relationships are torn apart and new ones are formed, family bonds are put to the test. At times nostalgic and haunting, All Hallows is a true Halloween Treat. 


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How to Sell a Haunted House By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593201268
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Published: Berkley - January 17th, 2023

Everyone is haunted in some way or another. Every family has its secrets and its trauma. Some things are better left buried. And some things refuse to be forgotten, taking on a life of their own. After Louise's parents are killed in a car crash, she must return home and take care of affairs, all the while clashing with her younger brother, whom she has viewed as a constant dependent and drain on her parents. But her brother is the least she has to worry about when something in the house decides it does not want to be cast aside like all the other discarded memories of her family's past.