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Inventors WorldSeries
series1 book2013
Steampunk and adventure, about pirates.
“On the floating cities above the cloud-floor, the only rule is don't fall.”
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Start with The Sky Riders →
The Courier's Daughter TrilogySeries
series3 books2012
Dystopia, about survival and forbidden love.
“Set in a walled, post-collapse city ruled by rigid survival laws, it follows a young woman searching for her missing father against the city's authorities and the monstrous forces beyond its walls.”
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Start with Defiance →
The ChrysalidsNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955
Reflective in tone, about genetic engineering and survival, set in far future.
“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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Tailchaser's SongNovel
Tad Williamsstandalone novel1985
Fantasy, about quests.
The Cinder SpiresSeries
series3 books2015
Steampunk.
“Continuing with Warriorborn and The Olympian Affair, it marks a departure in setting from Butcher's contemporary-fantasy Dresden Files while keeping his fast-paced adventure style.”
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Start with The Aeronaut's Windlass →
The Tribe (Ambelin Kwaymullina)Series
series3 books2012
About psychic powers and found family.
“Kwaymullina's debut novel, it tells the story of a nearly utopian world after an apocalypse, where some people have begun to have magical abilities, and are persecuted and detained for it.”
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Start with The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf →