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The Banshee BrigadeSeries
series3 books2007
Historical fantasy and historical romance, about wizards, set in british isles and 19th century.
“Regency England is ruled by the Round Table and a favored few wield the legacy of Merlin.”
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Newt's EmeraldNovel
Garth Nixstandalone novel2013
About magical artifacts and gender and society, set in big city.
“After Lady Truthful's magical Newington Emerald is stolen from her she devises a simple plan: go to London to recover the missing jewel.”
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Wolves ChroniclesSeries
series12 books1962
completed
Adventure.
“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
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Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →
TemeraireSeries
series48 books2006
Alternate history and fantasy, about dragons and war.
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Finn Mac CoolNovel
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Mythic fantasy, set in ancient world.
Alchemist's SonSeries
series2 books2003
completed
Fantasy, tense in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary.
“Sebastian reveals that his father's evil enemy, de Loudeac, has also arisen - and is determined to use the secrets of alchemy to create an humunculous, an artificial human made from dead matter, who can be commanded only by its creator.”
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