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Fantasy Author Spotlight

The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter put fantasy writing on this map these past few years. But fantasy lovers know this genre is about more than evil wizards and brave young heroes. In this feature we'll be introducing you to some authors who may not be on your radar, but should be. We'll have sword fighting adventures and retold myths, as well as tales of magic and romance. Many call fantasy the ultimate escape. We invite you to escape with us.

Leigh Bardugo, author of The Familiar

In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position.

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Richelle Mead, author of Succubus Shadows Georgina Kincaid, Book 5

Georgina Kincaid has formidable powers. Immortality, seduction, shape-shifting into any human form she desires, walking in heels that would cripple mere mortals --- all child’s play to a succubus like her.

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Alan Campbell, author of Scar Night

Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge --- or redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest....

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Stephen R. Donaldson, author of The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 1

Stephen R. Donaldson, author of six previous books in The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, returns with the first of four new Covenant novels. In the original series, Thomas Covenant is transported to a fantastic world in which a battle for the soul of the land is being waged, and he is forced to accept his role as savior of the Land.

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