Books like 'Uncanny Magazine Issue 42: September/October 2021'
Readers who enjoyed Uncanny Magazine Issue 42: September/October 2021 by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Elsa Sjunneson, Aliette de Bodard, Betsy Aoki, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, P. Djèlí Clark, Kristiana Willsey, Rachael K. Jones, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Sarah Kuhn, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Ada Palmer, Shiv Ramdas, Chiara Situmorang, Avi Silver, Uche Ogbuji, Kristian Macaron, Caroline M. Yoachim & Julie Dillon also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Iron Garland by Jeff Wheeler
20 ratingsWall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler continues his majestic Harbinger series in a world where motivations are as mysterious as magic.For three years, Sera Fitzempress has been a pawn in a gilded prison—the floating manor of Pavenham Sky. Disgraced and exiled from society, she has been isolated from the downtrodden she’s determined to liberate...Categorized as:
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![Broken Veil by Jeff Wheeler]()
Broken Veil by Jeff Wheeler
18 ratingsWall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler’s epic Harbinger series comes to a breathtaking conclusion as two women are swept into a battle that could destroy two worlds.Rescued from a world of poverty, Cettie Pratt has avoided a bleak destiny—until now...Categorized as:
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![Часова битва by Natalia Shcherba, Наталья Щерба]()
Часова битва by Natalia Shcherba, Наталья Щерба
10 ratings«Часова битва» - це шоста, завершальна, книга циклу «Часодії».У Василини і Феша попереду важкі випробування. Скоро настане значна мить - вирішальна битва за трон Часу. Зодче Коло збентежене: Василина Огнєва пішла в учениці до Астрагора, найзапеклішого ворога всіх часівників Ефлари, Феш Драгоцій зник невідомо куди, і незрозуміло, чого очікувати ключникам у майбутньому...Categorized as:
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![Prism Cloud by Jeff Wheeler]()
Prism Cloud by Jeff Wheeler
18 ratingsFriendship is strained to its breaking point in Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler’s fourth Harbinger novel.When the emperor is assassinated, Sera Fitzempress is the noble most eligible to inherit the empire. Her upcoming marriage to the prince would cement her position...Categorized as:
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![The Zero Secret by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
The Zero Secret by Christopher G. Nuttall
6 ratingsA thousand years ago, an empire died. No one knew why. Not until now.Seven years ago, Caitlyn “Cat” Aguirre - the first of the magicless Zeros - was kidnapped and taken to the ruins of the Eternal City. There, she discovered the dread secret behind the collapse of the Thousand-Year Empire, a secret she knew she didn’t dare share with the world... -
![Lord of the High Reaches by James Haddock]()
Lord of the High Reaches by James Haddock
8 ratingsHis human father named him Cam, as he and his clan were chameleon cats. Kol-ha is what the clan called him, which means shame in clannish. Being a half-breed, Cam was not allowed to take the test to become a clan member. Cam decides that rather than not being worthy to be part of the clan, the clan is not worthy of him. Taking nothing, he leaves the clan to find his place in the world... -
![Vision of Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Vision of Danger by Wendy Vella
10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic …Wounded war hero Captain Wolf Sinclair has recovered physically from the hell he endured fighting for his country, but in his head, he still exists in the dark...Categorized as:
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![Seal of the Worm by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
Seal of the Worm by Adrian Tchaikovsky
12 ratingsThe Empire stands victorious over its enemies at last. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress Seda now faces the truth of what she has cost the world in order to win the war. The Seal has been shattered, and the Worm stirs towards the light for the first time in a thousand years. Already it is striking at the surface, voraciously consuming everything its questing tendrils touch... -
![Touched by Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Touched by Danger by Wendy Vella
12 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic …Healer, Essex Sinclair understands her family’s heightened senses are a result of a long-ago pact between the Sinclairs and the powerful Raven family, but has always struggled to feel worthy of bearing the legendary Sinclair name...Categorized as:
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![Making Money: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett]()
Making Money: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
14 ratingsPlay based on Terry Pratchett's book, Making Money.Lord Vetinari wants to overhaul the banks of Ankh-Morpork so he appoints former con-man Albert Spangler, aka Moist von Lipwig, to the position of Mater of the Royal Mint, attached to a senior post at the Bank of Ankh-Morpork... -
![Empire's Run: Otherworld Academy 04 by Deacon Frost]()
Empire's Run: Otherworld Academy 04 by Deacon Frost
6 ratingsThe Venture returned to the Academy to find it surrounded by the might of the empire. Levi Walker and his lovers must survive while under siege from the greatest military force the dimensions have ever known... -
![Peril: Elven Alliance Collected Stories Volume One by Tara Grayce]()
Peril: Elven Alliance Collected Stories Volume One by Tara Grayce
6 ratingsA dangerous mission to a foreign kingdom isn't the ideal honeymoon.Jalissa, princess of the elves, thought she knew what she was getting into when she married Edmund, the spy prince of Escarland. But a week after their wedding, they must embark on a dangerous mission to an enemy nation, putting their wits, their skills, and their new marriage to the test in ways they never imagined...Categorized as:
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![Tempting Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Tempting Danger by Wendy Vella
8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic …With his demons well and truly leashed, reformed gambler, Lord Nicholas Braithwaite is tasked with finding a missing baby. Needing help, it comes in the form of the woman from his visions...Categorized as:
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![Beginnings: five heroic fantasy adventure novels by Lindsay Buroker]()
Beginnings: five heroic fantasy adventure novels by Lindsay Buroker
10 ratingsWhen her island home is invaded by enemy soldiers, her family captured, and the town enslaved, Taylina must find a way to fight back and free her people. But their enemies have powerful warships, sorcerers, and dragons. Her simple people are no match... -
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![Tested by Magic by Jasmine Walt]()
Tested by Magic by Jasmine Walt
6 ratingsThe first in a series of novellas offering a deeper look at the world of the Baine Chronicles. Life as a shifter-mage hybrid has always been tough for Sunaya Baine. Ostracized from her clan and forced to hide her forbidden abilities, she's never fit in. So when she's offered a position at the Enforcers Guild, Solantha's crime-fighting organization, she jumps at the chance to prove her worth... -
![Song of the Wolf by Rosanne Bittner]()
Song of the Wolf by Rosanne Bittner
6 ratingsBorn to be a Holy Woman among the Cheyenne, Medicine Wolf’s life as a young child is saved by a pack of wolves that keeps her from freezing to death. From then on, wolves are her guiding spirit and her protector. As she grows into womanhood, Medicine Wolf is forced to live among whites for one year, in an effort to learn the way of the white man...Categorized as:
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![The Mapmakers Union by M.J. Fletcher]()
The Mapmakers Union by M.J. Fletcher
6 ratingsChloe Masters has a death wish, at least according to her friends. Still reeling from the loss of one of those closest to her she is living life on the edge. One by one she is pushing everyone away. Leaving her with the very person who betrayed her... Faith... -
![Skeleton Key Guild by M.J. Fletcher]()
Skeleton Key Guild by M.J. Fletcher
6 ratingsHer parents dead, her sister missing, and those she loves branded traitors to the Old Kind... Chloe Masters is on the run.To fulfill a parent’s dying wish she will do anything to save the sister she has never met... -
![Lastland by A.R. Ivanovich]()
Lastland by A.R. Ivanovich
8 ratingsAfter a devastating attack on the Northern capital, Prince Raserion has taken everything from Katelyn Kestrel . . . everything but her will to fight back and save the people of Haven.Out of the ashes of a burning city, Prince Varion, ruler of the Northern Kingdom, resurfaces, intent on ending the seven-hundred-year war once and for all. But he can’t succeed without Katelyn’s help... -
![Elevation of the Marked by March McCarron]()
Elevation of the Marked by March McCarron
8 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.When an enemy can alter your thoughts, you can trust nothing—not even your own mind. Bray and Yarrow escaped with their lives, believing that Quade Asher and his Elevated planned to start a war. Soon they will learn the truth: Quade need not fight a single battle; he has already won... -
![The Tin Forest by Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson]()
The Tin Forest by Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson
10 ratingsIn the middle of a windswept wasteland full of discarded scrap metal lives a sad and lonely old man. In spite of his gloomy surroundings, he dreams every night of a lively forest full of trees, birds, and animals. When he finds a broken light fixture that looks like a flower, his imagination is sparked. He begins to build a tin forest, branch by branch, creature by creature...Categorized as:
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![Enigma by Lindsay Buroker]()
Enigma by Lindsay Buroker
15 ratingsAfter surviving ancient booby traps, deadly puzzles, and torture-happy imperial marines, cryptanalyst Tikaya Komitopis can’t wait to return home, even if that means explaining to her family how she came to love Fleet Admiral Rias Starcrest, the empire’s most notorious commander and the man responsible for the decimation of her people during the war...Categorized as:
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![Storming by K.M. Weiland]()
Storming by K.M. Weiland
6 ratingsIn the high-flying, heady world of 1920s aviation, brash pilot Robert “Hitch” Hitchcock’s life does a barrel roll when a young woman in an old-fashioned ball gown falls from the clouds smack in front of his biplane. As fearless as she is peculiar, Jael immediately proves she’s game for just about anything, including wing-walking in his struggling airshow...Categorized as:
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![The Edge Chronicles Maps by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell]()
The Edge Chronicles Maps by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
6 ratingsTwo beautifully illustrated maps, plus a book of characters, places and extra facts to enhance reading the Edge Chronicles adventures. Now sadly out of print.The Deepwoods, the Stone Gardens, the Edgewater River, Undertown and Screetown, New Sanctaphrax, and the Free Glades...Categorized as:
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![Alistair Grim's Odd Aquaticum by Gregory Funaro]()
Alistair Grim's Odd Aquaticum by Gregory Funaro
6 ratingsWhen Grubb, an orphan and runaway chimney sweep, entered the wondrous world of the Odditorium, his life changed forever. Apprenticed to the mechanical marvel’s strange proprietor, Alistair Grim, Grubb unfortunately must settle into his new position on the lam, as the whole of London is convinced that Alistair Grim is a villain bent on mass destruction...Categorized as:
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![Spirits Revived by Alice Duncan]()
Spirits Revived by Alice Duncan
6 ratingsGhost Seeks Help from Fake Spiritualist in Spirits Revived, a Historical Cozy Mystery by Alice Duncan--Pasadena, California, 1926--While conducting a séance for a client with more money than sense, Daisy Gumm Majesty is surprised when a seemingly real spirit makes contact. Eddie Hastings, an attorney in life, wants Daisy to prove his death was not a suicide, but murder... -
![The Expeditioners and the Secret of King Triton's Lair by S.S. Taylor, Katherine Roy]()
The Expeditioners and the Secret of King Triton's Lair by S.S. Taylor, Katherine Roy
6 ratingsKit, Zander, and M. K. West are settling into their new lives as students at the Academy for the Exploratory Sciences when Kit finds another mysterious map left for him by their father, the brilliant, famous — and presumed dead — explorer Alexander West... -
![Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.]()
Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
8 ratingsL. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of The Mongrel Mage, has a brand new gaslamp political fantasy Isolate.Industrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance.Something is about to give.Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths... -
![The Stone Girl's Story by Sarah Beth Durst]()
The Stone Girl's Story by Sarah Beth Durst
8 ratingsExploring the power of stories and storytelling, Sarah Beth Durst presents the mesmerizing adventure of a girl made of living stone who braves unforeseen dangers and magical consequences on a crucial quest to save her family. Mayka and her stone family were brought to life by the stories etched into their bodies... -
![The Wastes of Keldora by Alex Raizman]()
The Wastes of Keldora by Alex Raizman
8 ratingsAfter one too many failed inventions, Julian has hit rock bottom.Summoned to another world where gods and monsters roam, Julian continues his streak of bad luck. Rather than touching the Godcore directly, he let his smartphone absorb it... -
![Clockwork Lives by Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart]()
Clockwork Lives by Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart
10 ratingsSome lives can be summed up in a sentence or two. Other lives are epics. In Clockwork Angels , #1 bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart created a fabulous, adventurous steampunk world in a novel to accompany the smash Rush concept album of the same name... -
![The Brothers' War by Jeff Grubb]()
The Brothers' War by Jeff Grubb
14 ratingsThe Myth. The Magic.Dominarian legends speak of a mighty conflict, obscured by the mists of history. Of a conflict between the brothers Urza and Mishra for supremacy on the continent of Terisiare. Of titantic engines that scarred and twisted the very planet. Of a final battle that sank continents and shook the skies.The saga of the Brothers' War... -
![Successor's Promise by Trudi Canavan]()
Successor's Promise by Trudi Canavan
16 ratingsThe third book in the Millennium's Rule series by international bestseller Trudi Canavan.Five years have passed since the Rebels confronted the Raen. Five years, in which the boy Rielle rescued, Qall, has safely grown up among the Travellers. Five years, in which Tyen has made a new home for himself, hidden from those who call him a traitor and the Spy... -
![Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen]()
Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen
10 ratingsCoretta Scott King Honor Book Thunder Rose vows to grow up to be more than just big and strong, thank you very kindly--and boy, does she ever! But when a whirling storm on a riotous rampage threatens, has Rose finally met her match? Jerdine Nolen's wondrous tale and Kadir Nelson's outstanding illustrations bring to life this larger-than-life story about a resilient young girl who overcomes...Categorized as:
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![Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear]()
Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear
8 ratingsDark magic is afoot in the City of Jackals...Eighty years Bijou the Artificer has been a Wizard of Messaline, building her servants from precious scraps, living with the memory of a great love that betrayed her. She is ready to rest.But now her former apprentice, Brazen the Enchanter, has brought her a speechless feral child poisoned by a sorcerous infection... -
![The Great Game by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
The Great Game by Christopher G. Nuttall
8 ratingsIt's 1831, and Lady Gwendolyn Crichton has been appointed Royal Sorceress following the tragic events known as the Swing. Although unleashed by the rebel master magician Jack in battle with Gwen's mentor Master Thomas, the popular press firmly laid the blame at the feet of the French...Categorized as:
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![The Wolf Tree by John Claude Bemis]()
The Wolf Tree by John Claude Bemis
6 ratingsSo asks the sickly stranger who staggers into Peg Leg Nel’s birthday party. Before the man dies, he tells Ray and his friends of a Darkness spreading like wildfire across Kansas, turning good people bad and poisoning anyone who tries to escape. It’s clear that though the evil Gog is dead, his devilish machine has survived and is growing stronger...Categorized as:
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![Legacy of the Claw by C.R. Grey]()
Legacy of the Claw by C.R. Grey
6 ratingsTo twelve-year-old Bailey Walker, kin means more than just family. It means being a part of the Animas bond, a harmonious link that connects humans and animals, and guides everything in his world. But Bailey hasn't found his kin yet, and without an Animas, he's destined to be an outsider-or worse, lose his mind entirely...Categorized as:
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![The Hand of Dinotopia by Alan Dean Foster]()
The Hand of Dinotopia by Alan Dean Foster
6 ratingsA long-lost legend is found...Will is a skybax rider, one of the elite couriers of Dinotopia, a land apart from time where humans and dinosaurs coexist in harmony. Protected for centuries by raging currents that wreck any ship that comes too close to its shores, this strange land is cut off from the outside world...Categorized as:
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![Gorilla City by Charlie Small]()
Gorilla City by Charlie Small
6 ratingsNo one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life-and still only be eight. And yet . .Categorized as:
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![A Wind in Cairo by Judith Tarr]()
A Wind in Cairo by Judith Tarr
6 ratingsTarr presents a historical fantasy set in Egypt in the 12th century about a young man who is turned into a horse for punishment and must undergo harsh lessons in order to be returned to human form. "A bona fide turn-the-page tale".--Anne McCaffrey... -
![Moonpowder by John Rocco]()
Moonpowder by John Rocco
6 ratingsYoung Eli Trebuckle is the "fixer of all things fixable." He fixes the vacuum cleaner, the fan, and even the radio, hoping to catch some news of his father who is away at war. But there's one thing that Eli simply can't fix-his bad dreams. It's the same one over and over again: a mountain of junk, a prize just beyond his reach, and a fall... -
![Czterdzieści i cztery by Krzysztof Piskorski]()
Czterdzieści i cztery by Krzysztof Piskorski
6 ratingsNowa, długo oczekiwana powieść Krzysztofa Piskorskiego, laureata Nagrody im. Janusza A. Zajdla oraz dwóch Złotych Wyróżnień Nagrody Literackie im. Jerzego Żuławskiego. Autor „Cieniorytu”, nazwanego przez Jacka Dukaja „światotwórstwem najwyższej klasy”, rozwija tym razem wizję świata, w którym niezwykła technologia miesza się ze słowiańską magią oraz epoką narodowych powstań i Wielkiej Emigracji...Categorized as:
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![Hexomancy by Michael R. Underwood]()
Hexomancy by Michael R. Underwood
6 ratingsFan-favorite urban fantasista Ree Reyes and her crew of Geekomancers—humans that derive supernatural powers from pop culture—take on their biggest foes yet in this fourth book of the Geekomancy series.When Ree’s long time nemesis Lucretia is finally brought to trial and found guilty for the deadly attack on Grognard’s, the Geekomancer community breathes a collective sigh of relief... -
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![Rise of the Seventh Moon by Rich Wulf]()
Rise of the Seventh Moon by Rich Wulf
6 ratingsTo win a battle, a man must be prepared to sacrifice his life.To win peace, a man must be prepared to sacrifice much more. -- Ashrem d'Cannith Ashrem's Legacy . . . a powerful relic of the Last War lost for ages. Now it is found... -
![The Arcanist by Greg Curtis]()
The Arcanist by Greg Curtis
6 ratingsEdouard Severin was useless. Happily useless. The third son of Count Argus Severin he would not inherit the title of count nor the reins of House Barris. He was free to do what he liked with his life provided he didn't embarrass his family. And what he liked was to live in his ancient fort in the town of Breakwater, tinker with his machines and play with his magic. Life was good... -
![The Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern Age by Robert Rankin]()
The Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern Age by Robert Rankin
6 ratingsThe newest opus from the Master of Far Fetched Fiction features magic, mayhem, mechanical marvels, messianic madness, and the music hall Colonel Katterfelto has returned to London, having departed America under something of a cloud—of smoke, issuing from his Spiritual Laboratory, which the townsfolk of Wormcast, Arizona, marched upon with their flaming torches... -
![Brewer by Kate Avery Ellison]()
Brewer by Kate Avery Ellison
6 ratings*This novella takes place during Bluewing, #4 in The Frost Chronicles series* Adam Brewer has a past, and he doesn't like to speak about it. Few know his journey from refugee to Thorns agent. Even fewer know the extent of his feelings for a certain fierce young woman. Stuck in a prison cell, he must stay sane...and hold on to hope that he'll see her again... -
![The Sorcerer's Wife by Jaclyn Dolamore]()
The Sorcerer's Wife by Jaclyn Dolamore
6 ratingsAn artificial girl...and the sorcerer who loved her... Velsa is Grau's wife and a free woman--thanks to a lie. And the High Sorcerer's Palace is no place for keeping a secret, with its bustling social life of parties and balls... -
![Titans by Victoria Scott]()
Titans by Victoria Scott
10 ratingsEver since the Titans first appeared in her Detroit neighborhood, Astrid Sullivan’s world has revolved around the mechanical horses. She and her best friend have spent countless hours watching them and their jockeys practice on the track. It’s not just the thrill of the race. It’s the engineering of the horses and the way they’re programmed to seem so lifelike...
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