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This science fiction dystopia is about a world ending – a mighty empire falls, its citizens murdered, and a giant red rift tears across a continent known as the Stillness, spewing ash that ...

These six new fantasy releases explore big ideas like structural inequalities and unjust systems, and how heroes can fight ...

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From colonial revolts to quiet resistances, these historical fiction novels challenge everything you were taught about the ...