Books like 'Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 94'
Readers who enjoyed Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 94 by Neil Clarke, N.K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, Juliette Wade, William Browning Spencer, Chris Roberson, Susan Connolly, James L. Sutter & Ben Fry also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Hero by Robert J. Crane
12 ratingsRevelen – A mysterious Eastern European country, shrouded in mountain peaks and ruled by a tyrant so forbidding that his legend formed the basis for Dracula. For years, Revelen has interfered in the outside world, causing chaos and sending all manner of trouble Sienna Nealon's direction. Now, at last...she finds herself in the heart of Revelen, and face to face with this greatest of threats... -
Cress: Chapters 1-5 by Marissa Meyer
14 ratingsDownload the first five chapters of CRESS by Marissa Meyer, the third book in the New York Times bestselling Lunar Chronicles series.Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army... -
Unyielding by Robert J. Crane
12 ratingsIn a world of people with powers, Sienna Nealon has long been the one who maintained the order. But now she finds herself on the other end of the law, cast out and abandoned by her friends. On the run, hunted by relentless and implacable foes, she will face her greatest challenge – an enemy who holds a seat of power so great that even Sienna may not be able to stand up to him... -
Masks by Robert J. Crane
14 ratingsWhat makes a hero?For years, Sienna Nealon has worked with the U.S. government to protect the world against other people with powers beyond those of a normal human. But after several clashes with the current administration, she finds herself with a new employer, an independent agency dedicated to helping stop threats to humanity... -
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Dragon by Robert J. Crane
10 ratingsAfter a forced job transfer, a kidnapping incident in Northern Virginia sends FBI Agent Sienna Nealon along a dark path, trying to unravel the mystery. But kidnapping gives way to murder, and soon Sienna is racing against time, fighting against diplomats and Washington DC bureaucrats, trying to stop a power that may finally outmatch her own... -
Apex by Robert J. Crane
12 ratingsShe was going to be called “Big E” like her predecessors, though Eric Simmons didn’t know that. All he knew was what he could see, what he could hear, and what he could taste … and that was mostly fear.He could almost feel it oozing out of every pore, hard-spiked adrenaline on his tongue as he walked toward the big graving dock where they were building the ship... -
Hollow by Robert J. Crane
12 ratingsSienna Nealon is the most powerful person in the world. She's beaten every enemy that has ever come at her, faced threats of every conceivable kind and bested all of them... -
Small Things by Robert J. Crane
12 ratings“Guy Friday is a hemorrhoidal pain in my a-” Sienna Nealon doesn't need any complications. On the run from the law, trying to carve out as much of a life for herself as she can, the last thing she needs is the idiotic Guy Friday pounding on her door one night, wounded and begging for help... -
Prisoners by Robert J. Crane
12 ratingsSienna Nealon has dedicated her life to keeping those with powers from breaking the law at will. After years of filling a prison for the powered called the Cube, a Supreme Court decision opens the floodgates and lets all of them out again. Now Sienna finds herself going from hunter to hunted as the US government turns a blind eye while the former inmates target her and her friends for death... -
Second Guess by Robert J. Crane
10 ratingsFinally free of the Network's control, Sienna Nealon returns to her hometown of Minneapolis. But a long-awaited reunion with her friends doesn't last long, because a new threat is rising, one that may conclude with the world itself coming to an end... -
Asfixia by Alex Mírez
18 ratingsPlaneta tierra.Población: 1No logramos entender cómo pasó.El primero de septiembre de 2019, sucedió. Todos estábamos bien y de un momento a otro las personas comenzaron a morir asfixiadas. Poco a poco, el mundo se sumió en un pasmoso silencio.Sobreviví a ese misterioso y catastrófico incidente gracias a mi padre. Cuando desperté, me encontré con el horroroso panorama de millones de cadáveres... -
Jasmine of Draga by Emma Dean, Jillian Ashe
6 ratingsWill Adelina use the strength she was born with, or hide under her mask forever?The Neprijat monsters have attacked the Draga System and millions have died. Prince Nash has left to save what’s left of his people. Adelina has a plan to save Draga, but first she must convince Raena to allow her to meet with the Drakesthai dragons and ask for aid before it’s too late... -
Queen of Draga by Emma Dean
6 ratingsIn a strange world among the stars, will a new queen be able to free the dragons?Adelina is now Queen of Draga.It is her duty to uphold the alliance she made with the Drakesthai. But she was never meant to rule an entire system. She will have to find her strength and use the smarts she's had all her life to outsmart the Neprijat and free the Drakesthai with minimal casualities... -
Wolf Hunt by R.J. Blain
6 ratingsWhat should have been a preliminary scouting job for a future art heist turns into Declan McGrady’s worst nightmare when he discovers the gallery’s owner has exotic — and live — tastes. Breaking a group of werewolf women out of a hostage situation is above his pay grade, but he’s left with no choice... -
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Harrow the Ninth: Act One: Free Ebook Preview by Tamsyn Muir
6 ratingsCan't wait to read Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA Today best-selling novel Gideon the Ninth? Check out this free ebook preview and read the whole first act early. Harrow the Ninth is available for pre-order now, and on-sale everywhere June 2, 2020.She answered the Emperor's call.She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.In victory, her world has turned to ash... -
What the Lady's Maid Knew by E.E. Holmes
10 ratingsLondon is a powder keg… and Eliza Braxton is the match.Imagine a London where magic is real… real, but feared. This is Eliza Braxton’s London, and she has always accepted her place in it gladly. As one of the Riftborn, her magic has relegated her to the servant class, where she dutifully serves as the lady’s maid in one of the most powerful households in the country... -
The Lost Steersman by Rosemary Kirstein
14 ratingsHow do you find a person you have never seen, or have never heard described? And what if the consequences of not finding him are too terrible to imagine?The steerswoman Rowan has learned that Slado, a mysterious wizard, has secretly been working spells of incredible power... -
The Chain by Bella Forrest
14 ratingsAlex and his comrades might have escaped the Head's clutches, but where are they... -
Crown of Draga by Emma Dean, Jillian Ashe
6 ratingsThe Draga Galaxy is on the brink of war and Adelina will do everything she can to help, including marrying a male the Crown chooses for her. Varan, the Prince of Thieves has made a move to start an official engagement and while she is falling for Prince Nash, Adelina knows she would accept Varan's proposal... -
Moongarden by Michelle A. Barry
6 ratingsThe Secret Garden meets The City of Ember. Failed climate change policy, an intergalactic conspiracy, and the magical, unlikely heroine who could unearth it all. An explosive STEAM-inspired series starter perfect for young change makers.Centuries ago, Earth’s plants turned deadly, and humanity took to space to cultivate new homes... -
What Lot's Wife Saw by Ioanna Bourazopoulou
8 ratingsPhileas Book is about to face the biggest challenge of his life. As the greatest crossword compiler of his age, his skills are to be put to the test as never before. And in the far-off Colony, on the shores of the Dead Sea, life is about to change forever... -
Vengeance by Kelly Carrero
8 ratingsLife doesn’t always work out the way you want. People deceive you and take things from you. But when someone takes the one thing most precious to you, how do you ever get past it?The last few months have been a build-up to the moment when Jade will face off with her tormentor. Life will never be the same, and Jade knows it... -
Coming Storm by David J Morden
10 ratingsIn a long forgotten time a terrible war raged, entire countries were razed and even magic itself was decimated. According to myth the only survivors were Immortals, powerful sorcerers who achieved life everlasting. With the fall of the old world they scattered to the wild frontiers, or so the tale goes... -
The House That Walked Between Worlds by Jenny Schwartz
12 ratingsA tornado of chaos is tearing through Reality and in its path is the newest House, a bleak and forbidding fortress built of magic and grief by the most unlikely of sorcerers, a human.A reckless act of compassion costs Dr. Kira Aist her family and her future on Earth. To escape her enemies, she calls on her heritage as a descendant of Baba Yaga and walks between worlds... -
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Feudlings in Flames by Wendy Knight
12 ratingsAri thought being in love with her prophesied nemesis sucked. But being responsible for her best friend's kidnapping? It sucks worse. Ari and Shane thought they'd beaten Fate and ended the three-hundred year war plagu-ing their people. They thought love had won. But they were so, so wrong... -
The Master and the Marionette by Brandi Elise Szeker
12 ratingsSkylenna has left the Chandelier City, The Emerald Lake Asylum, and the twisted societal restraints of women to run away with the patient everyone fears. Dessin. As they hide in the unchartered forests surrounding the city, Skylenna learns that the mystery of the infamous Patient Thirteen is far from over... -
Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson
14 ratingsOn the island of Nil, the rules are set. You have exactly 365 days to escape—or you die. Rives is now the undisputed Leader of Nil City, but keeping the City united is tougher than ever.Raiders have grown bolder, supplies are dwindling, and non-human inhabitants have taken a turn toward the deadly... -
The Keep by Bella Forrest
14 ratingsContinue Alec's journey in the twisty, action-packed fourth book of the Spellshadow series... -
Wandering Star by Romina Russell
18 ratingsA breathtaking sci-fi space saga inspired by astrology that will stun fans of the Illuminae Files and Starbound series. Orphaned, disgraced, and stripped of her title, Rho is ready to live life quietly, as an aid worker in the Cancrian refugee camp on House Capricorn...Categorized as:
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Winter's Wrath: Sacrifice by Karen Luellen
6 ratingsTormented by evil.Haunted by choice.Searching for redemption.******Lines between good and evil blur as the Winter family fight for survival in Winter’s Wrath: Sacrifice. Book #3 in Winter’s Saga delves into the choices we make and the butterfly effect on the world around us. Meg Winter must cope with the caveats of her evolved gift or be consumed by them... -
Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate The Magic of Reading & Writing YA by Emily X.R. Pan, Nova Ren Suma
6 ratingsThirteen Short Stories from Bold New YA Voices & Writing Advice from YA IconsCreated by New York Times bestselling authors Emily X. R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma, Foreshadow is so much more than a short story collection...Categorized as:
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Dorothy Must Die: The Other Side of the Rainbow Collection: No Place Like Oz / Dorothy Must Die / The Witch Must Burn / The Wizard Returns / The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
6 ratingsThere's a new wicked witch in Oz—and her name is Dorothy. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz meets Kill Bill in this edgy, fast-paced, fantasy-adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Danielle Paige... -
Hespira: Tales of Henghis Hapthorn, Book Three by Matthew Hughes
6 ratingsAs magic begins to reassert its ancient dominion, Old Earth's foremost freelance discriminator, Henghis Hapthorn, and his intuition (now a separate person named Osk Rievor), are living apart, though they remain on good terms. But now there comes between them a woman of alluring mystery... -
Lake Ephemeral by Anya Allyn
6 ratingsSix children without memories of their early years can never leave the valley that gave them life.Seven manors surround Lake Ephemeral, and their residents are hiding terrifying secrets. Seraphin Ferón was first brought to the valley of Lake Ephemeral as an eleven-year-old orphan, to meet a mother she’d never known she had... -
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Oath of the Renunciates by Marion Zimmer Bradley
6 ratingsOn the chilly world of Darkover, where women are kept in subservience to their men, only the Renunciates of the Comhi-Latzii--known popularly as the Free Amazons--escape subjection... -
Redemption by S.E. Lund
6 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author S. E. Lund, the long-awaited conclusion to the Dominion Series of paranormal romantic suspense novels.Redemption, Book 5 in the Dominion Series, concludes Eve's quest to learn the truth about her mother's death, her own birth and her role in the fight to prevent Dominion-- vampire rule over humans... -
44: Book Five by Jools Sinclair
10 ratingsIf Abby Craig can’t see a ghost, does it mean it’s not there?A terrified woman asks her for help with a malevolent spirit that is stalking her, but Abby can’t see anything. Is she just crazy like everyone thinks or is there something more going on?Abby is determined to solve this mystery, but soon finds herself on a dangerous road leading straight into darkness... -
Forty-Four Book Four by Jools Sinclair
10 ratingsSometimes the living haunt the dead... It's been several months since Abby Craig was kidnapped and held prisoner on a small island. Several months since Nathaniel Mortimer conducted his experiments, trying to find out why she was the only one of his victims to survive. After returning home, Abby is more determined than ever to have a normal life... -
The Last She by H.J. Nelson
13 ratingsAra . . . I made a mistake, we all did . . . go back to the beginning . . . it’s not too late.As the only female to survive the devastating virus, Ara hasn’t seen another human in months―not since her father disappeared. The plague has swept away humanity, and Ara’s world is desolate, haunted by the ghosts of her former life. Her mother. Her sister... -
The Void of Mist and Thunder by James Dashner
14 ratingsSuspense meets sacrifice in the action-packed conclusion to New York Times bestselling author James Dashner’s 13th Reality series.Atticus Higginbottom—aka Tick—has known all along that when the battle for every reality is on the line, his role will be a crucial one. But he never could have imagined how this final challenge would go down... -
Darkness Fades by Jessica Sorensen
12 ratingsKayla knows she has to save the world from the vampire virus, but what she didn't realize was just how complicated it could be. As the secrets to the cure start to unfold, Kayla realizes that not only will her strength be tested, but her willpower as well. Tough choices will have to be made. In the end, she must decide just how much she's willing to sacrifice to get to a cure... -
The Farwalker’s Quest by Joni Sensel
10 ratingsA classic fantasy quest about finding the truth and finding yourself.Ariel has always been curious, but when she and her best friend Zeke stumble upon a mysterious old telling dart she feels an unexplained need to figure out what it means... -
9 Tales of Henghis Hapthorn by Matthew Hughes
6 ratingsNine tales of Henghis Hapthorn, foremost freelance discriminator of Old Earth in the planet's penultimate age. Included are the six stories that ran in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, leading up to the events that began the first Hapthorn novel, Majestrum, plus three more... -
Writers of the Future Volume 31 by L. Ron Hubbard, Kevin A. Anderson
6 ratingsThe future is here…the future is now! Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson and Larry Niven have seen the future. Now, you can, too. A constellation of the brightest lights in the Science Fiction and Fantasy firmament have judged these authors to be the best, the brightest, the truest emerging stars in the field... -
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Aegis Incursion by S.S. Segran
6 ratingsOn a bright July morning in 1948, a B-29 Superfortress flying a top-secret research mission over Nevada crashes into the calm waters of Lake Mead and sinks, remaining lost for half a century. It has been nearly a year since five friends - Jag, Kody, Mariah, Tegan and Aari - mysteriously reappeared in a small town in Yukon several weeks after their small plane went down in Northern Canada...Categorized as:
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Rebellion of Thieves by Kekla Magoon
6 ratingsRobyn Loxley can't rest now that she's the #1 Most Wanted Fugitive, Robyn Hoodlum. The harsh Nott City governor, Ignomus Crown, may have increased the reward for her capture, but this won't stop Robyn from masterminding her biggest mission yet: infiltrating the governor's mansion to rescue her parents.The perfect opportunity arises when the Iron Teen contest comes to Sherwood...Categorized as:
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Jump When Ready by David Pandolfe
6 ratingsSince he drowned, Henry has remained with the same group of teenagers and he keeps wondering why. After all, what could he possibly have in common with a mohawk-sporting punker from the 80s, a roller skater from the 70s with a thing for kimonos, and an English "rocker" from the 60s? Add to that, Henry can hear the other groups but he never sees them... -
Fey by Mike Lee, Mike Lee
6 ratingsThe Fey; a race of tiny creatures, humanoid in general appearance (size notwithstanding,) but possessing wings, and the ability to fly… as well as some other strange things. They are the fairies of legends and folk tails, and they disappeared from human history, long, long ago... -
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
24 ratingsSeverian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic of the Master of Power, a legendary figure of mythic proportions. Armed with his sword, Terminus Est, and the Claw, Severian continues his journey to Thrax, the city of his exile. Bizarre apes, strange cannibalistic rituals, and the foreigner named Jonas all lie in his future... -
The Darkling Child by Terry Brooks
16 ratingsAfter taking up his enchanted sword against the dark sorcerer Arcannen, Paxon Leah has become the sworn protector of the Druid order. Now a critical hour is at hand, as a beloved High Druid nears the end of her reign and prepares to pass from the mortal world to the one beyond. There is little time for Paxon to mourn his friend and benefactor before duty summons him...
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