Fantasy books from Canada
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If you are into fantasy here are some fantasy books from Canada for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other 'Bunny,' and are often found entangled in a group hug so tight they become one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled 'Smut Salon,' and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching ... continue
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Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Winner of the Nebula Award! Finalist for the Hugo Award! Finalist for the World Fantasy Award! A New York Times Best Romance of 2022! C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End. “Eerie, sharp and fiercely bittersweet.” —The New York Times A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above. An exiled augur who sold her soul to save her brother's life is offered one ... continue
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Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
War brought them together. Love will tear them apart. Princess Cleo of Mytica confronts violence for the first time in her life when a shocking murder sets her kingdom on a path to collapse. Once a privileged royal, Cleo must now summon the strength to survive in this new world and fight for her rightful place as Queen. The King of Limeros’s son, Magnus, must plan each footstep with shrewd, sharp guile if he is to earn his powerful father’s trust, while his sister, Lucia, discovers a terrifying secret about her heritage that will change everything. Rebellious Jonas lashes out against the force... continue
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Hochverrat: Greatcoats by Sebastien de Castell DE
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
In einem Reich, das durch die Gier der Mächtigen zugrunde gerichtet wurde, kämpft Falcio val Mond, oberster Kantor der Greatcoats, unerschütterlich für Recht und Ordnung. Als ein grausames Verbrechen an einem Duke und seiner Familie verübt wird, nimmt der Krieger die Fährte des Mörders auf. Doch bald muss er erkennen, dass er das Opfer eines schrecklichen Verrats ist: Ein tödliches Gift jagt durch seine Venen. Plötzlich ist jeder Moment im Kampf gegen den Feind kostbarer denn je. Kann Falcio den Bürgerkrieg verhindern, der das Land ins Chaos zu... continue
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Jade City - Familie ist Pflicht by Fonda Lee DE
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Familie ist Pflicht – Magie ist Macht – Ehre ist alles! Fonda Lees Fantasy-Roman »Jade City – Familie ist Pflicht« ist der erste Teil der Jade-Saga und eine faszinierende Kombination aus Gangster-Epos und magischer Kung-Fu-Action. Seit Jahrhunderten ist die magische Jade das Lebenselixier der Insel Kekon. Ihretwegen wird gekämpft, gestohlen und gemordet, denn sie verleiht den ehrenhaften Grünblutkrieger ihre außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten. Doch nun ist eine mächtige Droge aufgetaucht, die es auch Fremden ermöglicht, die Jade zu nutzen. Diese neue Bedrohung für Kekon lässt die alten Blutfehde zw... continue
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Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power. A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand. Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolve... continue
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed . If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's n