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Or you'll get what you wish for.]]> 56 Hugh Howey Dudleysmith 4 4.14 2012 Wool - Holston (Wool, #1)
author: Hugh Howey
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average rating: 4.14
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)]]> 203725818 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive.

Dalinar Kholin has challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions, and the Knights Radiant and the nations of Roshar have a mere ten days to prepare for the worst.

The fate of the entire world - and the Cosmere at large - hangs in the balance.]]> 1344 Brandon Sanderson 1399601342 Dudleysmith 0 4.59 2024 Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)
author: Brandon Sanderson
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average rating: 4.59
book published: 2024
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]]> <![CDATA[This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7)]]> 220329192 The time has come! Book seven in the bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series is here!

They call it Faction Wars.The ninth floor.

Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal... It all makes for great fun and even greater television.

After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war.

Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.

As the AI continues its rapid decline, Carl and company take advantage of the chaos. For the first time ever, the crawlers are fighting back. They are now one of the nine teams. And this season, there’s a tenth army on the playing field. The NPCs, who are normally used as nothing but cannon fodder, have become fully self-aware and formed a team of their own.

For Donut and Katia, the stakes are even higher. Only one of them will be allowed to leave this level.

If they all want to survive, they’re going to need a little help from a veteran or two.

This is it.
This is what they’ve been fighting toward.
This is war.

This inevitable ruin.
]]> 724 Matt Dinniman Dudleysmith 0 currently-reading 4.77 2024 This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7)
author: Matt Dinniman
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average rating: 4.77
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]]> Reliquary (Pendergast, #2) 8150097 At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.]]> 487 Douglas Preston Dudleysmith 4 4.22 1997 Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
author: Douglas Preston
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> Homecoming (Psi War #1) 40022973

Korri Fontenot left her family behind on Earth a century ago to fight in a war that broke her body and her mind, but her great-granddaughter, Jackie, has followed in her footsteps, first as a Marine and then as a mercenary outlaw, and she’s made the mistake of breaking into a secret corporate lab and stealing an ancient alien artifact.

Now someone wants that artifact back and only Korri can save her from the assassins on her trail.

What starts out as a fight against ruthless mercenaries leads them far outside human space, and into the remains of a fallen empire, for the artifact that Jackie stole isn’t just alien treasure, it’s a weapon with the power to re-start an ancient war, a war that could bring down all of human civilization.

For fans of galaxy-spanning space opera like the James S.A. Corey’s the Expanse and Richard Fox’s Ember War series. Buy now to take a journey into forgotten realms and fallen empires…]]> 322 Rick Partlow Dudleysmith 0 4.34 2018 Homecoming (Psi War #1)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> Conflagration (Psi War #2) 40740615
The Transformation Virus rages through human space like a wildfire, changing ordinary men and women into psionic demi-gods, bent on destruction and conquest. The government has fallen, the military is helpless and the fate of humanity rests in the hands of a collection of unlikely saviors.

Sandi Hollande, disgraced war hero. Kara McIntire, cold and calculating master spy. Randall Munroe, corporate mercenary. And Caleb Mitchell, the deadliest man alive. Together, they make a stand against the darkness, but will their only hope for victory be in risking the destruction of all they hold dear?
Discover the destiny of humanity in volume 2 of the devastating PSI WAR series!
]]> 296 Rick Partlow Dudleysmith 0 4.53 Conflagration (Psi War #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tarnished Knight (The Lost Stars, #1)]]> 13542832 The authority of the Syndicate Worlds� government is crumbling, and civil war and rebellion are breaking out, despite brutal attempts to suppress disorder. In the Midway Star System, leaders must decide whether to remain loyal to the old order or fight for something new. Betrayed by his government, CEO Artur Drakon launches a battle for control of Midway. He is assisted by an ally he’s unsure he can trust, CEO Gwen Iceni. While she controls the mobile fleet, she has no choice but to rely on "General" Drakon’s ground forces to keep the peace planet-side. If their coup is to succeed, Drakon and Iceni must put their differences aside to defend Midway against the alien threat of the enigma race -- and to ferret out saboteurs determined to re-establish Syndic rule�]]> 390 Jack Campbell 1937077829 Dudleysmith 5 4.03 2012 Tarnished Knight (The Lost Stars, #1)
author: Jack Campbell
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)]]> 55401
Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, Deadhouse Gates is a novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Eirkson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--a new master of epic fantasy.]]> 604 Steven Erikson 0765310023 Dudleysmith 3 4.27 2000 Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Anansi Boys (American Gods, #2)]]> 569978 Librarian note: Alternative covers for this edition can be found here and here.

GOD IS DEAD
MEET THE KIDS

Fat Charlie Nancy is not having a good week. His estranged father recently dropped dead on a karaoke stage and has left Fat Charlie with much more than embarrassment. Because, you see, Charlie has discovered that his dad wasn't just any dad. He was Anansi the trickster spider-god. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion, able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and even baffle the devil. No wonder Fat Charlie’s life is about to be turned upside down.

Written by one of fiction’s most audaciously original talents Anansi Boys is a kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth that is at once startling, terrifying and fiercely funny.

Includes extra material: An interview with Neil Gaiman and reading-group discussion questions.]]> 457 Neil Gaiman 0755305094 Dudleysmith 4 4.05 2005 Anansi Boys (American Gods, #2)
author: Neil Gaiman
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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Less dark than American Gods, this was a more fun yarn covering some of the same concepts. The usual Gaiman characteristics are present and correct: mysterious old ladies, charismatic tricksters and all that. I found it a real page turner.
]]> <![CDATA[Fields of Fire (Frontlines, #5)]]> 30243858
Mars has been under Lanky control for more than a year. Since then, the depleted forces of Earth’s alliances have rebuilt their fleets, staffing old warships with freshly trained troops. Torn between the need to beat the Lankies to the punch and taking enough time to put together an effective fighting force, command has decided to strike now.

Once again, seasoned veterans Andrew and Halley find themselves in charge of green troops and at the sharp tip of the spear as the combined military might of Earth goes up against the Lankies. But if there’s one constant in war, it’s that no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy…and the Lankies want to hold on to Mars as badly as humanity wants to reclaim it.]]> 280 Marko Kloos 1503995712 Dudleysmith 1 4.36 2017 Fields of Fire (Frontlines, #5)
author: Marko Kloos
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2017
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Duty, Honor, Planet (Duty, Honor, Planet, #1)]]> 54671199
We thought we were alone...

We’re going to wish we were.

Jason McKay and Shannon Stark, two young Republic Space Fleet Intelligence officers, are given the leadership of a new special ops unit. The mission? Guard the spoiled daughter of an important senator on a tour of the colonies.

Neither of them thought the mission would be anything more than babysitting…until the aliens invaded the colony.

Implacable, relentless, merciless, the armored creatures slaughter everyone who gets in their way. The team is forced to go on the run with the people they’re supposed to protect.

But survival will be the least of their challenges. Because it’s not as simple as an alien invasion, and the truth may be even stranger than they can imagine.

Jason and Shannon are forced to weigh the lives of the people they lead–and the ones they love–against their duty, honor, and planet.]]> 418 Rick Partlow Dudleysmith 0 4.19 2011 Duty, Honor, Planet (Duty, Honor, Planet, #1)
author: Rick Partlow
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]]> <![CDATA[The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be]]> 2322 Tingrith(1) make you yelp? Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)? Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)? Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer?

Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn’t know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren’t—or rather there weren’t, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff—a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8)


1—The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings.

2—The way people stand when examining other people’s bookshelves.

3—A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off
the corners.

4—Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can’t put on the cover.

5—The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you’ve been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair.

6—God knows what this means

7—For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago.

8—Look it up yourself.]]> 192 Douglas Adams 0307236013 Dudleysmith 5 3.94 1990 The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
author: Douglas Adams
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> Ruins (Partials, #3) 22045251
Kira is fighting to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping final installment of the teen sci-fi blockbuster Partials series.

Humans and Partials alike are on the brink of destruction, and their only hope is to work together. But there is no avoiding it � the final war to decide the fate of both species is at hand, and every faction seems determined to tear the others apart.

Both sides hold in their possession a weapon that could destroy the other. Kira has fought her way through madness and ruin, but the greatest horror lies in a place she had never dared to herself. She has one chance to save both species and the world. But it might be at the cost of her life…]]> 466 Dan Wells 0007465599 Dudleysmith 0 4.06 2014 Ruins (Partials, #3)
author: Dan Wells
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> Legendborn (Legendborn #1) 55339276
"I love the feeling of a magical world existing just beneath the surface of our own and this story gave me everything I incredible characters, ancient lore and secret societies � all grounded in our very real, very flawed world . . ."� Leigh Bardugo, author of Shadow and Bone

An explosive fantasy debut that is taking TikTok by storm. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J. Maas and Cinderella is Dead !

Filled with mystery and Southern Black Girl Magic, Tracy Deonn’s New York Times bestselling Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on a classic legend . . .

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants to escape. A residential programme for bright high-schoolers seems like the perfect opportunity � until she witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus . . .

A flying demon feeding on human energies.

A secret society of so-called “Legendborn� that hunt the creatures down.

A mysterious mage who calls himself a “Merlin� and who attempts � and fails � to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.

The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory about her mother. Now Bree will do whatever it takes to discover the truth, even infiltrate the Legendborn. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and foretell a magical war, Bree must decide how far she’ll go for the truth. Should she use her magic to take the society down � or join the fight?

Winner of the Coretta Scott King –� John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award, and a New York Times bestseller!]]> 512 Tracy Deonn Dudleysmith 0 4.28 2020 Legendborn (Legendborn #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Battle Cruiser (Lost Colonies Trilogy, #1)]]> 25761342
A century ago our star erupted, destroying Earth’s wormhole network and closing off trade with her colonized planets. After being out of contact with the younger worlds for so many years, Humanity is shocked when a huge ship appears at the edge of the Solar System. Our outdated navy investigates, both curious and fearful.

What they learn from the massive vessel shocks the planet. The lost colonies have survived—but the reunion isn’t going to be a happy one. Our descendants are vastly superior in the art of warfare. Worse, there are other beings undreamed of beyond the human frontier: strange, unfathomable…alien.

Battle Cruiser Defiant, the first capital ship to darken Earth’s skies, is tasked with exploring new passages to the younger planets. Old Earth must reunite with her children…but can humanity survive the inevitable conflicts? Captain William Sparhawk, determined to follow a path of honor and truthfulness, dares to rise to the challenge.

BATTLE CRUISER is a military science fiction novel by bestselling author B. V. Larson.]]> 409 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 3.93 2015 Battle Cruiser (Lost Colonies Trilogy, #1)
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[Dreadnought (Lost Colonies Trilogy, #2)]]> 27809944
Dreadnought, the second book of the Lost Colonies Trilogy, is a novel of military science fiction by bestselling author B. V. Larson.]]> 393 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.13 2015 Dreadnought (Lost Colonies Trilogy, #2)
author: B.V. Larson
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> Rebel Fleet (Rebel Fleet #1) 31675453
A star cluster in the constellation of Orion rotates once every thousand years. Those who rule there have an ancient tradition: When each cycle ends, they train their fleets by spilling the blood of lesser beings.

The enemy fleets are coming again. In response, the Rebel Worlds gather their starships to face the terrifying threat, and this time humanity is asked to stand with them.

The last time they considered Earth, Vikings in longboats were raiding English coastlines. Today, we’re less primitive. Today, we're a target.

One man is chosen to command Earth's single ship in the Rebel Fleet. When the war breaks out, Leo Blake must win it� or die trying.

“Classic B. V. Larson. This book grabs you by the plasma cannon and won’t let go. Fast adventure, fast action--and I loved the space-battles!�
- S. Arthur]]> 343 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.02 2016 Rebel Fleet (Rebel Fleet #1)
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> Orion Fleet (Rebel Fleet #2) 32943664
A year ago the Kher Empire was forced to retreat, but they were not beaten. In ORION FLEET they return with a new weapon. A huge ship driven by AI begins methodically grinding inhabited worlds to dust. This unstoppable enemy is without fear or remorse, and the Rebels begin a desperate battle just to slow its advance.

Leo Blake takes Earth’s first warship into space to find a counter to this deadly new attack. The Imperial Fleets take notice of Earth’s interference, and they’re intent upon revenge. Even if he wins, Blake might have doomed our homeworld.

ORION FLEET is the second book in the Rebel Fleet series, Military SF by bestselling author B. V. Larson.]]> 394 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.27 Orion Fleet (Rebel Fleet #2)
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]]> Alpha Fleet (Rebel Fleet #3) 35653559 334 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.26 Alpha Fleet (Rebel Fleet #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan #2)]]> 55585233 A Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel.An alien terror could spell our end.An alien threat lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is supposed to win a war against it.In a desperate attempt to find a diplomatic solution, the fleet captain has sent for an envoy to contact the mysterious invaders. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass � both still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire � face an impossible they must attempt to negotiate with a hostile entity, without inadvertently triggering the destruction of themselves and the Empire.Whether they succeed or fail could change the face of Teixcalaan forever.A Desolation Called Peace is the second book in the Teixcalaan duology.‘All-round brilliant space opera, I absolutely loved it� � Ann Leckie on A Memory Called Empire‘A cutting, beautiful, human adventure . . . The best SF novel I’ve read in the last five years� � Yoon Ha Lee on A Memory Called Empire]]> 497 Arkady Martine Dudleysmith 0 4.44 2021 A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan #2)
author: Arkady Martine
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]]> <![CDATA[Steel World (Undying Mercenaries, #1)]]> 18600590
The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn’t the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers…someone had to do their dirty work for them, their fighting and dying.

I, James McGill, was born in 2099 on the fringe of the galaxy. When Hegemony Financial denied my loan applications, I was kicked out of the university and I turned to the stars. My first campaign involved the invasion of a mineral-rich planet called Cancri-9, better known as Steel World. The attack didn’t go well, and now Earth has entered a grim struggle for survival.

Humanity’s mercenary legions go to war in STEEL WORLD, bestselling author B. V. Larson’s latest science fiction novel.]]> 338 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.02 2013 Steel World (Undying Mercenaries, #1)
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[Machine World (Undying Mercenaries, #4)]]> 24422830
In the fourth book of the series, James McGill is up for promotion. Not everyone is happy about that, and McGill must prove he’s worth his stripes. Deployed to a strange alien planet outside the boundaries of the Galactic Empire, he’s caught up in warfare and political intrigue. Earth expands, the Cephalopod Kingdom launches ships to stop us, and a grand conspiracy emerges among the upper ranks of the Hegemony military.

In MACHINE WORLD, McGill faces an entirely new kind of alien life, Galactic prosecution, and thousands of relentless squid troopers. He lives and dies in the falling ashes of the Empire, a man of unique honor at the dawn of humanity’s resurgence.

MACHINE WORLD is a military science fiction novel by bestselling author B. V. Larson. (To find the first book in the series, search for STEEL WORLD, by B. V. Larson.)]]> 386 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.16 2015 Machine World (Undying Mercenaries, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Death World (Undying Mercenaries, #5)]]> 25237401
In the fifth book of the Undying Mercenaries series, James McGill meets new challenges. War comes to Earth, striking a devastating blow. Bent on revenge, Legion Varus chases raiders to the stars and discovers an alien menace growing in their home territory. A cancerous species of invaders plaguing our region of the galaxy and must be dealt with.

In DEATH WORLD, McGill faces an ever more threatening universe. He learns why the Cephalopod Kingdom has yet to attack Earth, and what’s happening behind the scenes in the Core Worlds. Throughout, he maintains his unbending sense of right, wrong and honor.

DEATH WORLD is a military science fiction novel by bestselling author B. V. Larson.]]> 390 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.20 2015 Death World (Undying Mercenaries, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Home World (Undying Mercenaries, #6)]]> 29095379
When the Earth is invaded by a rival empire, James McGill’s legion must defend the Home World. The top brass has complex plans, but none of that matters much to McGill, who chooses his own unique path. Traveling to star systems no human has ever visited, he searches for a technological edge to beat the enemy before it’s too late. Along the way he unleashes new terrors, triggering the biggest battles in human history.

HOME WORLD is the sixth book of Undying Mercenaries Series, a novel of military science fiction by bestselling author B. V. Larson.

The series starts with book #1, STEEL WORLD.]]> 413 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.26 Home World (Undying Mercenaries, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Rogue World (Undying Mercenaries, #7)]]> 34522945
Today, Battle Fleet 921 is returning to Earth. It hasn’t been seen by human eyes since our blissful day of Annexation. But what should be a joyful occasion, a chance to grovel at the feet of superior lifeforms, is rapidly becoming a nightmare.

Over the last century, Humanity has engaged in many activities that our Overlords find� questionable. A panic ensues, and Legion Varus is deployed to erase certain “mistakes� our government has made. Projects must be purged to stop Imperial military action.

Among the thousands marching to war is one man no politician has ever enjoyed dealing with. One man who’s destined to follow his own unique path through Galactic Law, Morality and the Stars themselves.

James McGill is about to make history.

ROGUE WORLD is the seventh book of Undying Mercenaries Series, a novel of military science fiction by bestselling author B. V. Larson.

The series starts with book #1, STEEL WORLD.]]> 413 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.28 Rogue World (Undying Mercenaries, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood World (Undying Mercenaries #8)]]> 36549290
A frantic build-up of forces has begun, but the task is hopeless. Seeking allies, Earth’s legions are sent to BLOOD WORLD. A planet on the fringe of known space, where the people only respect masters of combat.

Earth’s Legions must impress them, but other alien powers have been invited to join the contest. The prize consists of billions of loyal troops—Earth must win.

Fighting and dying and fighting again, the struggle is half-mad—but so is James McGill.

BLOOD WORLD is the eighth book in the Undying Mercenaries Series.]]> 404 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.25 Blood World (Undying Mercenaries #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark World (Undying Mercenaries #9)]]> 39195757 412 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.34 Dark World (Undying Mercenaries #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[Storm World (Undying Mercenaries #10)]]> 42194904 492 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.33 Storm World (Undying Mercenaries #10)
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]]> <![CDATA[Armor World (Undying Mercenaries, #11)]]> 44794559 364 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.31 Armor World (Undying Mercenaries, #11)
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]]> <![CDATA[Clone World (Undying Mercenaries, #12)]]> 52936679
Both sides call for aid, and it comes from the Core Worlds in the form of two great fleets. The Civil War for the Empire’s Throne spills out into the provinces. In the center of Galaxy, fantastic fleets crush one another and burn thousands of inhabited worlds. When this conflict between the great powers spreads, humanity finds itself swept up in the storm.

Can McGill escape this disaster he’s created? Find out in CLONE WORLD, the twelfth book of the Undying Mercenaries series.

With over three million copies sold, author B. V. Larson is the king of modern military science fiction.]]> 355 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.45 Clone World (Undying Mercenaries, #12)
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]]> <![CDATA[Glass World (Undying Mercenaries, #13)]]> 50617456
More than a century has passed since the glorious day of Earth’s annexation. Struggling to hold on to a handful of planets in the frontier provinces, humanity is at war with Rigel. After the destruction of both our fleet and theirs, a time of quiet rebuilding has begun.

James McGill was hoping for a peaceful break in the conflict, but an opportunity to gain a significant technological edge arises. He’s summoned to Central and sent off to the stars, searching for a strange planet dotted with crystalline formations. There, the vicious apex predators from Rigel manufacture their impenetrable body armor.

McGill is sent to the new planet first as an agent, then at the forefront of Legion Varus. He must face death, evil aliens, and his own untrustworthy government. Find out who lives and who gets permed in GLASS WORLD, book 13 of the Undying Mercenaries series.

With over three million copies sold, USA Today Bestselling author B. V. Larson is the king of modern military science fiction.]]> 395 B.V. Larson Dudleysmith 0 4.26 Glass World (Undying Mercenaries, #13)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)]]> 48748065 Can they escape the end of an empire?

Entire star systems, and billions of people, are about to be stranded. The pathways that link the stars are collapsing faster than anyone expected, accelerating the fall of civilization. But though the evidence is insurmountable, many are in denial. And some even attempt to profit from the final days of this golden age.

Emperox Grayland II has wrested control of the empire from her enemies. But even as she works to save her people, others seek power. And they will make a final, desperate push to topple her from her throne. Grayland and her depleted allies must use every tool at their disposal to save themselves and humanity � yet it still may not be enough.

Will Grayland become the saviour of her civilization . . . or the last emperox to wear the crown?

The Last Emperox is the conclusion to John Scalzi’s Interdependency series.

]]> 321 John Scalzi Dudleysmith 0 4.24 2020 The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Kingdom of Liars (The Legacy of the Mercenary Kings, #1)]]> 49931405
Michael is branded a traitor as a child because of the murder of the king’s nine-year-old son, by his father David Kingman. Ten years later on Michael lives a hardscrabble life, with his sister Gwen, performing crimes with his friends against minor royals in a weak attempt at striking back at the world that rejects him and his family.

In a world where memory is the coin that pays for magic, Michael knows something is there in the hot white emptiness of his mind. So when the opportunity arrives to get folded back into court, via the most politically dangerous member of the kingdom’s royal council, Michael takes it, desperate to find a way back to his past. He discovers a royal family that is spiraling into a self-serving dictatorship as gun-wielding rebels clash against magically trained militia.

What the truth holds is a set of shocking revelations that will completely change the Hollows, if Michael and his friends and family can survive long enough to see it.]]> 596 Nick Martell 1534437789 Dudleysmith 2 3.70 2020 The Kingdom of Liars (The Legacy of the Mercenary Kings, #1)
author: Nick Martell
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2020
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life]]> 26970660 Alternate cover edition can be found here

From an historian who advised on the BBC’s Wolf Hall, an erudite romp through the intimate details of life in Tudor England.

On the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period from the crowning of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Tudor conditions, Goodman serves as our intrepid guide to sixteenth-century living. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this charming, illustrative work celebrates the ordinary lives of those who labored through the era. From sounding the “hue and cry� to alert a village to danger to malting grain for homemade ale, from the gruesome sport of bear-baiting to cuckolding and cross-dressing—the madcap habits and revealing intimacies of life in the time of Shakespeare are vividly rendered for the insatiably curious.]]> 464 Ruth Goodman Dudleysmith 3 4.08 2015 How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
author: Ruth Goodman
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)]]> 33395557
Bob and his copies have been spreading out from Earth for 40 years now, looking for habitable planets. But that's the only part of the plan that's still in one piece. A system-wide war has killed off 99.9 percent of the human race; nuclear winter is slowly making the Earth uninhabitable; a radical group wants to finish the job on the remnants of humanity; the Brazilian space probes are still out there, still trying to blow up the competition; and the Bobs have discovered a spacefaring species that sees all other life as food.

Bob left Earth anticipating a life of exploration and blissful solitude. Instead he's become a sky god to a primitive native species, the only hope for getting humanity to a new home, and possibly the only thing that can prevent every living thing in the local sphere from ending up as dinner.]]> 311 Dennis E. Taylor Dudleysmith 4 4.37 2017 For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2)
author: Dennis E. Taylor
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)]]> 35506021
They've created enough colonies so humanity shouldn't go extinct. But political squabbles have a bad habit of dying hard, and the Brazilian probes are still trying to take out the competition. And the Bobs have picked a fight with an older, more powerful species with a large appetite and a short temper.

Still stinging from getting their collective butts kicked in their first encounter with the Others, the Bobs now face the prospect of a decisive final battle to defend Earth and its colonies. But the Bobs are less disciplined than a herd of cats, and some of the younger copies are more concerned with their own local problems than defeating the Others.

Yet salvation may come from an unlikely source. A couple of eighth-generation Bobs have found something out in deep space. All it will take to save the Earth and perhaps all of humanity is for them to get it to Sol - unless the Others arrive first.]]> 336 Dennis E. Taylor Dudleysmith 3 4.41 2017 All These Worlds (Bobiverse, #3)
author: Dennis E. Taylor
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)]]> 32109569 Alternate Cover Edition can be found here.

Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.

Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first claim to entire worlds. If he declines the honor, he'll be switched off, and they'll try again with someone else. If he accepts, he becomes a prime target. There are at least three other countries trying to get their own probes launched first, and they play dirty.

The safest place for Bob is in space, heading away from Earth at top speed. Or so he thinks. Because the universe is full of nasties, and trespassers make them mad - very mad.]]> 383 Dennis E. Taylor Dudleysmith 5 4.29 2016 We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
author: Dennis E. Taylor
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)]]> 43587154 JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu.

The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It's the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities.

The Green Bone clans of honorable jade-wearing warriors once protected the island from foreign invasion--but nowadays, in a bustling post-war metropolis full of fast cars and foreign money, Green Bone families like the Kauls are primarily involved in commerce, construction, and the everyday upkeep of the districts under their protection.

When the simmering tension between the Kauls and their greatest rivals erupts into open violence in the streets, the outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones and the future of Kekon itself.]]> 540 Fonda Lee 0316440884 Dudleysmith 4 4.06 2017 Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
author: Fonda Lee
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> Project Hail Mary 54493401
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.

Or does he?]]> 476 Andy Weir 0593135202 Dudleysmith 5 4.49 2021 Project Hail Mary
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average rating: 4.49
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Fate of the Free Lands (Empress of the Endless Sea, #3)]]> 54597298
Battling wind, waves, implacable Mage assassins, and Imperial ships, Jules is forced to turn to an unlikely ally—the hated Mechanics. She must gather men, women, and ships from all of the new settlements to face the Imperial legionaries and galleys. For only Jules can lead the free people of the west in the final battle that could be their salvation—or the destruction of all that she’s fought for.]]> 313 Jack Campbell 1625675046 Dudleysmith 3 4.46 2020 Fate of the Free Lands (Empress of the Endless Sea, #3)
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average rating: 4.46
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Explorer of the Endless Sea (Empress of the Endless Sea, #2)]]> 54597282
The free ships of the pirates have never gathered around any single leader, but when the Mechanics seek to limit the power of the Empire, Jules realizes it offers her a means to grow the strength of the free people escaping the Emperor’s grasp. Gaining access to the strange Mechanic weapons known as “revolvers�, she marshals her forces in an unprecedented attempt to capture an Imperial settlement.

Ultimately, Jules must play the three greatest powers in the world against each other, in a desperate gambit to survive.]]> 297 Jack Campbell 1625675038 Dudleysmith 3 4.34 2020 Explorer of the Endless Sea (Empress of the Endless Sea, #2)
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average rating: 4.34
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Pirate of the Prophecy (Empress of the Endless Sea #1)]]> 54595737 327 Jack Campbell 162567502X Dudleysmith 4 4.24 2020 Pirate of the Prophecy (Empress of the Endless Sea #1)
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> The Ancestor's Tale 627995 685 Richard Dawkins 0753819961 Dudleysmith 5 4.26 2004 The Ancestor's Tale
author: Richard Dawkins
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)]]> 53205854 No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall.

When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?)

Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans!

Again!]]> 168 Martha Wells 1250765374 Dudleysmith 4 4.25 2021 Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
author: Martha Wells
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> Reaper (Cradle, #10) 57640065
With his home finally secure, Lindon delves deep into the ancient labyrinth, seeking long-lost Soulsmithing knowledge and the secret to destroying the Dreadgods. Monarchs plot against him and against each other, unaware of the threats gathering in realms beyond.

Far above Lindon and the Monarchs and the Dreadgods, another war is waged. Suriel and the Abidan clash against the Mad King and his forces in a battle for the fate of many worlds.

And if it is lost, Cradle will be destroyed.]]> 465 Will Wight Dudleysmith 0 to-read 4.67 2021 Reaper (Cradle, #10)
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]]> Bloodline (Cradle, #9) 55595995
In the years since Lindon left Sacred Valley, he has attained power beyond anything his family thought possible. Now he’ll have to put those powers to the test, because a Dreadgod is on its way.

Lindon and his allies set out to evacuate the valley before the arrival of the Wandering Titan, but their sacred arts are weakened by an ancient curse. They’ll have to persuade the squabbling inhabitants of Sacred Valley to leave behind their home and set off into the outside world.

But it has been a long time since Lindon left, and more has changed than he realized.

He has always sought power to save his family…but now he might be too late.]]> 378 Will Wight Dudleysmith 4 4.51 2021 Bloodline (Cradle, #9)
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average rating: 4.51
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rating: 4
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]]> Wintersteel (Cradle, #8) 52135463
Each Monarch schemes to seize any advantage they can...while far away, a Dreadgod stirs.

When the tournament ends, the Dreadgod will rise. Whether it will be driven back into the sea or allowed to rampage depends on the Monarchs.

And on which of them is left standing.]]> 540 Will Wight Dudleysmith 3 4.73 2020 Wintersteel (Cradle, #8)
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average rating: 4.73
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rating: 3
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]]> Uncrowned (Cradle, #7) 50789354 Tiberian Arelius, the fallen Patriarch.
Akura Malice, Queen of Shadows.
Seshethkunaaz, King of Dragons.
Reigan Shen, Emperor of Lions.
Luminous Queen Sha Miara.
The Eight-Man Empire.
Northstrider.

The Monarchs, the most powerful sacred artists on Cradle, rule with unquestioned authority. They are mysterious and distant, and catching a glimpse of one is privilege enough for a lifetime.

Now, they have all gathered in one place, bringing their heirs and greatest students together for a competition to determine whose successor is the best in the world:

The Uncrowned King tournament.]]> 336 Will Wight Dudleysmith 4 4.59 2019 Uncrowned (Cradle, #7)
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average rating: 4.59
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rating: 4
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]]> Underlord (Cradle, #6) 40502274
All around the world, great clans and sects prepare their disciples to fight against one another in a competition of young Underlords. Even the Blackflame Empire is drawn in, but their youth are not strong enough to compete.

Yet.]]> 308 Will Wight Dudleysmith 3 4.61 2019 Underlord (Cradle, #6)
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average rating: 4.61
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> Ghostwater (Cradle, #5) 40280403
This world, known as Ghostwater, housed some of his most valuable experiments. Now, it has been damaged by the attack of the Bleeding Phoenix, and a team of Skysworn have been sent to recover whatever they can from the dying world.

Now, Lindon must brave the depths of this new dimension, scavenging treasures and pushing his skills to new heights to compete with new enemies.

Because Ghostwater is not as empty as it seems.]]> 310 Will Wight Dudleysmith 3 4.56 2018 Ghostwater (Cradle, #5)
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average rating: 4.56
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> Skysworn (Cradle, #4) 36332410
As a Blackflame, he is too dangerous to remain free. The Skysworn, protectors of the Empire, have imprisoned him to keep him under control until the day of his promised fight arrives.

When it does, he will face Jai Long.

But a new danger approaches the Empire, closer every day. Only the Skysworn stand between the people of the land and total annihilation.

And Lindon may be forced to join them.]]> 292 Will Wight Dudleysmith 3 4.38 2017 Skysworn (Cradle, #4)
author: Will Wight
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average rating: 4.38
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rating: 3
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]]> Blackflame (Cradle, #3) 35023786
When his time runs out, he’ll have to fight an opponent that no one believes he can beat. Unless he learns the magic of the sacred arts the right way, from scratch, he won’t have a chance to win…and even then, the odds are against him.

In the course of their training, Lindon and Yerin travel to the Blackflame Empire, where they struggle to master an ancient power. Success means a chance at life, but failure means death.

In the sacred arts, only those who risk the most can travel far.]]> 370 Will Wight Dudleysmith 3 4.51 2017 Blackflame (Cradle, #3)
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average rating: 4.51
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]]> Soulsmith (Cradle, #2) 32283608
Lindon has reached Copper, taking the first step on the road to power, but the warriors of the outside world are still far beyond him.

To advance, he turns to the arcane skills of the Soulsmiths, who craft weapons from the stuff of souls. With new powers come new enemies, and Lindon soon finds himself facing an entire sect of Golds.]]> 284 Will Wight Dudleysmith 3 4.34 2016 Soulsmith (Cradle, #2)
author: Will Wight
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Spellmaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #2)]]> 54245639 Dead wizards, stolen enchantments, and broken promises force a young spellbreaker out of the shadows in the next thrilling installment of the Spellbreaker series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician.

England, 1895. An unsolved series of magician murders and opus thefts isn’t a puzzle to Elsie Camden. But to reveal a master spellcaster as the culprit means incriminating herself as an unregistered spellbreaker. When Elsie refuses to join forces with the charming assassin, her secret is exposed, she’s thrown in jail, and the murderer disappears. But Elsie’s hope hasn’t vanished.

Through a twist of luck, the elite magic user Bacchus Kelsey helps Elsie join the lawful, but with a caveat: they must marry to prove their cover story. Forced beneath a magical tutor while her bond with Bacchus grows, Elsie seeks to thwart the plans of England’s most devious criminal—if she can find them.

With hundreds of stolen spells at their disposal, the villain has a plan—and it involves seducing Elsie to the dark side. But even now that her secret is out, Elsie must be careful how she uses the new abilities she’s discovering, or she may play right into the criminal’s hands.]]> 301 Charlie N. Holmberg 1542022584 Dudleysmith 4 4.21 2021 Spellmaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #2)
author: Charlie N. Holmberg
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)]]> 50209317
At the Five-Hop One-Stop, long-haul spacers can stretch their legs (if they have legs, that is), and get fuel, transit permits, and assorted supplies. The Five-Hop is run by an enterprising alien and her sometimes helpful child, who work hard to provide a little piece of home to everyone passing through.

When a freak technological failure halts all traffic to and from Gora, three strangers—all different species with different aims—are thrown together at the Five-Hop. Grounded, with nothing to do but wait, the trio—an exiled artist with an appointment to keep, a cargo runner at a personal crossroads, and a mysterious individual doing her best to help those on the fringes—are compelled to confront where they’ve been, where they might go, and what they are, or could be, to each other.]]> 336 Becky Chambers 0062936050 Dudleysmith 5 4.37 2021 The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[What Abigail Did That Summer (Rivers of London, #5.3)]]> 55855546
It is the summer of 2013 and Abigail Kamara has been left to her own devices. This might, by those who know her, be considered a mistake. While her cousin, police constable and apprentice wizard Peter Grant, is off in the sticks chasing unicorns Abigail is chasing her own mystery. Teenagers around Hampstead Heath have been going missing but before the police can get fully engaged the teens return home � unharmed but vague about where they’ve been.

Aided only by her new friend Simon, her knowledge that magic is real and a posse of talking foxes that think they’re spies, Abigail must venture into the wilds of Hampstead to discover who is luring the teenagers and more importantly � why?

Limited: 2500 signed numbered hardcover copies

Lettered: 26 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase]]> 232 Ben Aaronovitch Dudleysmith 5 4.14 2021 What Abigail Did That Summer (Rivers of London, #5.3)
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Shattered Spear (The Lost Stars, #4)]]> 26067928
The Syndicate Worlds continues to splinter as more star systems pledge allegiance to President Gwen Iceni’s and General Artur Drakon’s new government at Midway. But the rebels fleeing the toxic legacy of Syndicate rule have difficulty trusting one another and believing their new leaders� promises of freedom from tyranny.

Before Iceni and Drakon can put their house in order, they must deal with another threat. An enigma warship has appeared and vanished near a Syndic colony. If the aliens are capable of jumping into other human-occupied star systems, then billions of people could be vulnerable to a hostile invasion fleet anywhere it chooses to strike.

But an even greater liability lies with Iceni and Drakon as a once-trusted adviser turned saboteur plans revenge...]]> 342 Jack Campbell 0425272273 Dudleysmith 4 4.15 2016 Shattered Spear (The Lost Stars, #4)
author: Jack Campbell
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Imperfect Sword (The Lost Stars, #3)]]> 20893397 The wait is over. New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell continues his action-packed spin-off to The Lost Fleet series as the Syndicate’s civil war threatens to spread even farther into the final frontier�

President Gwen Iceni and General Artur Drakon have successfully liberated the Midway Star System—but the former rulers of the Syndicate Worlds won’t surrender the region without a fight. The dictatorial regime has ordered the ex–Syndicate CEOs terminated with extreme prejudice and the system’s citizens punished for their defiance.

Outnumbered and led by junior officers hastily promoted in the wake of the uprising, Midway’s warships are no match for the fleet massing and preparing to strike. But the Syndicate isn’t the only threat facing Iceni and Drakon. Another former CEO has taken control of the Ulindi Star System, the first calculated move toward establishing his own little empire.

With Drakon’s ground forces dispatched to Ulindi, Midway erupts in violence as Syndicate agents and other, unknown enemies stoke a renewed revolt against Iceni’s power—leaving both her and Drakon vulnerable to trusted officers just waiting for an opportune moment to betray them�
]]> 369 Jack Campbell 0425272257 Dudleysmith 4 4.13 2014 Imperfect Sword (The Lost Stars, #3)
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars, #2)]]> 15808696 New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell returns with the next chapter in the overthrow of the Syndicate Worlds� oppression�

Following a successful coup, the leaders of the rebel Midway Star System struggle to forge a government free enough to please its citizens yet strong enough to secure power. But in a world where former rulers have become new foes, an alien threat to humanity may turn old adversaries into uncertain allies.

General Artur Drakon knows three words describe someone who confides in a Syndicate CEO: Stupid. Betrayed. Dead. Despite his misgivings, he partnered with another former CEO to overthrow Syndic forces. Now, with an enigma fleet menacing their hard-earned independence, he can ill afford to trust her—or lose her support.

President Gwen Iceni believes Midway is humanity’s defense against the enigmas. Syndicate training taught her self-preservation in a crisis, yet she’s determined to fight for the star system’s fate…even if it means joining forces with Drakon—and an officer of the hated Alliance.

Their plan places the Midway flotilla at great risk in hopes of greater reward: recruiting the personnel necessary to man warships against the enigmas. But before facing the alien advance, Drakon and Iceni must survive hidden dangers closer to home: all-too-human threats that could jeopardize Midway’s freedom…and their own lives.

]]> 406 Jack Campbell 0425256316 Dudleysmith 4 4.06 2012 Perilous Shield (The Lost Stars, #2)
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)]]> 56078386 Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by best seller Dennis E. Taylor.

More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again. There has been no trace of him despite numerous searches by his clone-mates. Now Bob is determined to organize an expedition to learn Bender’s fate—whatever the cost.

But nothing is ever simple in the Bobiverse. Bob’s descendants are out to the 24th generation now, and replicative drift has produced individuals who can barely be considered Bobs anymore. Some of them oppose Bob’s plan; others have plans of their own. The out-of-control moots are the least of the Bobiverse’s problems.

Undaunted, Bob and his allies follow Bender’s trail. But what they discover out in deep space is so unexpected and so complex that it could either save the universe—or pose an existential threat the likes of which the Bobiverse has never faced.]]> 608 Dennis E. Taylor 1680682105 Dudleysmith 4 4.39 2020 Heaven's River (Bobiverse, #4)
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average rating: 4.39
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Victorious (The Lost Fleet, #6)]]> 10558682 393 Jack Campbell 0857681354 Dudleysmith 4 4.09 2010 Victorious (The Lost Fleet, #6)
author: Jack Campbell
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Relentless (The Lost Fleet, #5)]]> 10092262 358 Jack Campbell 0857681346 Dudleysmith 4 4.00 2009 Relentless (The Lost Fleet, #5)
author: Jack Campbell
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> Valiant (The Lost Fleet, #4) 2341319
"Black Jack" Geary has made many risky decisions as commander, but ordering the Alliance fleet back to the Lakota Star System where it had nearly been destroyed by the Syndics has his officers questioning his sanity. It's a desperate gamble that may buy Geary just enough time to prepare for the Syndics' inevitable return--and give the fleet a fighting chance of survival.

But even as he struggles to stay one step ahead of the enemy, Geary must face conspirators within his own fleet--an unknown number of officers who want a change of command. And Geary knows that his fleet must stand together or the Syndic forces will tear them apart ...]]> 284 Jack Campbell 0441016197 Dudleysmith 4 4.01 2008 Valiant (The Lost Fleet, #4)
author: Jack Campbell
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Courageous (The Lost Fleet, #3)]]> 1372055 The Lost Fleet continues its perilous journey home.

Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain "Black Jack" Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race.]]> 299 Jack Campbell 0441015670 Dudleysmith 3 3.99 2007 Courageous (The Lost Fleet, #3)
author: Jack Campbell
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average rating: 3.99
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> Fearless (The Lost Fleet, #2) 9329907 ]]> 352 Jack Campbell 0857681311 Dudleysmith 4 3.91 2007 Fearless (The Lost Fleet, #2)
author: Jack Campbell
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average rating: 3.91
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)]]> 13013416 308 Jack Campbell Dudleysmith 4 3.91 2006 Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)
author: Jack Campbell
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)]]> 27774758 Alternative Cover Edition #1

Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.

It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.

But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.

There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

From the Hardcover edition.]]> 446 Sabaa Tahir Dudleysmith 4 4.23 2015 An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
author: Sabaa Tahir
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wrath of the Great Guilds (The Pillars of Reality, #6)]]> 32182632 New York Times best-selling author Jack Campbell's epic series, The Pillars of Reality, reaches its exciting conclusion.

The Great Guilds, fearing the loss of their control of the world of Dematr, have gathered their power and joined it with the relentless legions of the Empire. The full might of that host will fall upon the fortress city of Dorcastle. If Dorcastle falls, the revolt led by Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain will fail, and their world will soon descend into chaos.

Only Mari, believed to be the daughter of an ancient prophecy, can inspire the people and lead the defense of Dorcastle. The prophecy says she has a chance to win, but it doesn't say she will survive. Alain will stand by her, both willing to die for the other, but neither one knows if their sacrifices will mean victory.

As they battle the Imperial legions and see friends fall, Mari and Alain face their greatest challenges. And if they somehow win in the face of impossible odds, neither one can be certain what sort of world that victory will produce.]]> 245 Jack Campbell 1625671407 Dudleysmith 4 4.41 2016 The Wrath of the Great Guilds (The Pillars of Reality, #6)
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average rating: 4.41
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]]> <![CDATA[The Servants of the Storm (The Pillars of Reality, #5)]]> 31192004
Mari leads an army now. She and Alain must fight together to bind back the Broken Kingdom and build a force strong enough to defeat the might of the Great Guilds. But the Storm has many Servants who seek to preserve or gain personal power or wealth, or fear the New Day that Mari seeks to bring to the world.

And Mari knows that victory will mean nothing if the precious knowledge brought long ago to their world is destroyed. In order to save it, Alain and Mari will have to pierce through the heart of their enemies' power and confront once more a place of ancient nightmare.]]> 330 Jack Campbell 1625671393 Dudleysmith 4 4.27 2016 The Servants of the Storm (The Pillars of Reality, #5)
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average rating: 4.27
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pirates of Pacta Servanda (The Pillars of Reality, #4)]]> 29837753 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781625671370

Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain have survived every attempt to stop them, but their enemies are determined to kill Mari, the only one who can save her world from a storm of destruction. As armies begin to gather and cities seethe with tension, Mari, Alain, and their friends must prepare to confront the storm in the place it first appeared: the broken kingdom of Tiae.

The dangers facing them demand perilous raids, tough battles, and more than a little piracy. Beating the Mechanics Guild and the Mage Guild that have controlled the world of Dematr for centuries will require an unprecedented alliance under Mari's command of rebellious Mechanics, Mages, and common folk who know that together they can change the world, but separately they will all lose.]]> 304 Jack Campbell Dudleysmith 4 4.14 2016 The Pirates of Pacta Servanda (The Pillars of Reality, #4)
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Assassins of Altis (The Pillars of Reality, #3)]]> 26221823
Mari's Mechanics Guild and Alain's Mage Guild have always been enemies, but they are united in wanting to kill their rogue members before Mari can fulfill the ancient prophecy of being the one who will finally overthrow their power. Mari and Alain must risk those dangers because halfway across their world lies a place where truth has long been hidden. A place that could explain why their world's history begins abruptly, with no hints of what came before. A place where they might learn how the Mechanics Guild came to control all technology and how the Mages manage to alter reality temporarily. A place that might tell them how to achieve a task that appears to be impossible.

Never before have a Mage and a Mechanic worked together, and their combined talents offer their only hope. But she and Alain must first survive the deadly and implacable Assassins of Altis.]]> 288 Jack Campbell 1625671342 Dudleysmith 4 4.27 2015 The Assassins of Altis (The Pillars of Reality, #3)
author: Jack Campbell
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average rating: 4.27
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hidden Masters of Marandur (The Pillars of Reality, #2)]]> 23379244 New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell!

Someone wants to kill Mari, a young Steam Mechanic in the Guild that controls all technology. She has learned that her world of Dematr is headed for a catastrophe that will destroy civilization, and that Mages really can alter reality for short periods. Someone also wants to kill Alain, a young Mage who has learned that Mechanics are not frauds as his Guild teaches, and that Mechanic Mari is the only person who can prevent the oncoming disaster.

Narrowly escaping death, the Mechanic and the Mage stay alive thanks to their combined skills, an alliance never before seen. But it becomes clear that both of their Guilds, the most powerful forces in the world, are trying to destroy them. Other powers, like the great Empire and a mysterious secret Order, also seek to kill or capture them, using every weapon from Imperial Legions to Mage-created trolls, dragons, and rocs.

Trying to survive and learn the truth about their world so they will know how to save it, Mari and Alain realize that the answers they seek may lie in the dead city of Marandur. But Marandur is guarded by the legions that have sealed it off from the rest of the world for more than a century. Mari and Alain's only hope may rest with the unseen Masters of Marandur.]]> 0 Jack Campbell 1491540141 Dudleysmith 3 4.05 2015 The Hidden Masters of Marandur (The Pillars of Reality, #2)
author: Jack Campbell
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average rating: 4.05
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragons of Dorcastle (The Pillars of Reality, #1)]]> 25694295 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781625671271

For centuries, the two Great Guilds have controlled the world of Dematr. The Mechanics and the Mages have been bitter rivals, agreeing only on the need to keep the world they rule from changing. But now a Storm approaches, one that could sweep away everything that humans have built. Only one person has any chance of uniting enough of the world behind her to stop the Storm, but the Great Guilds and many others will stop at nothing to defeat her.

Mari is a brilliant young Mechanic, just out of the Guild Halls where she has spent most of her life learning how to run the steam locomotives and other devices of her Guild. Alain is the youngest Mage ever to learn how to change the world he sees with the power of his mind. Each has been taught that the works of the other’s Guild are frauds. But when their caravan is destroyed, they begin to discover how much has been kept from them.

As they survive danger after danger, Alain discovers what Mari doesn’t know—that she was long ago prophesized as the only one who can save their world. When Mari reawakens emotions he had been taught to deny, Alain realizes he must sacrifice everything to save her. Mari, fighting her own feelings, discovers that only together can she and Alain hope to stay alive and overcome the Dragons of Dorcastle.]]> 334 Jack Campbell Dudleysmith 4 3.87 2014 The Dragons of Dorcastle (The Pillars of Reality, #1)
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> <![CDATA[Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)]]> 52381770
It worries about the fragile human crew who've grown to trust it, but only where no one can see.

It tells itself that they're only a professional obligation, but when they're captured and an old friend from the past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.

Drastic action it is, then.

]]> 350 Martha Wells 1250229863 Dudleysmith 4 4.44 2020 Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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average rating: 4.44
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)]]> 35519109
Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah—its former owner (protector? friend?)—submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.

But who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue?

And what will become of it when it’s caught?]]> 163 Martha Wells Dudleysmith 5 4.38 2018 Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
author: Martha Wells
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)]]> 35519101
And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good.

]]> 158 Martha Wells 1250191785 Dudleysmith 5 4.21 2018 Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
author: Martha Wells
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average rating: 4.21
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)]]> 36223860 alternate cover for ISBN 9781250186928

It has a dark past � one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.

Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A� stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks.]]> 158 Martha Wells Dudleysmith 5 4.23 2018 Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
author: Martha Wells
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)]]> 32758901 "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists is conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid--a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.� Scornful of humans, Murderbot wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is, but when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and Murderbot to get to the truth.]]> 144 Martha Wells Dudleysmith 5 4.11 2017 All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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average rating: 4.11
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #1)]]> 49338237 A world of enchanted injustice needs a disenchanting woman in the newest fantasy series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician.

The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. She always did love the tale of Robin Hood.

Elite magic user Bacchus Kelsey is one elusive spell away from his mastership when he catches Elsie breaking an enchantment. To protect her secret, Elsie strikes a bargain. She’ll help Bacchus fix unruly spells around his estate if he doesn’t turn her in. Working together, Elsie’s trust in—and fondness for—the handsome stranger grows. So does her trepidation about the rise in the murders of wizards and the theft of the spellbooks their bodies leave behind.

For a rogue spellbreaker like Elsie, there’s so much to learn about her powers, her family, the intriguing Bacchus, and the untold dangers shadowing every step of a journey she’s destined to complete. But will she uncover the mystery before it’s too late to save everything she loves?]]> 305 Charlie N. Holmberg 1542020107 Dudleysmith 4 4.07 2020 Spellbreaker (Spellbreaker Duology, #1)
author: Charlie N. Holmberg
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[This Is How You Lose the Time War]]> 43352954 Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.]]> 209 Amal El-Mohtar Dudleysmith 3 3.86 2019 This Is How You Lose the Time War
author: Amal El-Mohtar
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> Unsouled (Cradle, #1) 30558257
Lindon is Unsouled, forbidden to learn the sacred arts of his clan.

When faced with a looming fate he cannot ignore, he must defy his family's rules...and forge his own Path.]]> 294 Will Wight Dudleysmith 3 4.16 2016 Unsouled (Cradle, #1)
author: Will Wight
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)]]> 41118857
With no other options, Rin joins forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who has a plan to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new Republic. Rin throws herself into his war. After all, making war is all she knows how to do.

But the Empress is a more powerful foe than she appears, and the Dragon Warlord’s motivations are not as democratic as they seem. The more Rin learns, the more she fears her love for Nikan will drive her away from every ally and lead her to rely more and more on the Phoenix’s deadly power. Because there is nothing she won’t sacrifice for her country and her vengeance.

The sequel to R.F. Kuang’s acclaimed debut THE POPPY WAR, THE DRAGON REPUBLIC combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating effect.]]> 658 R.F. Kuang Dudleysmith 4 4.36 2019 The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
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average rating: 4.36
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)]]> 45857086 The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.

After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead.

Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much—the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges—and unexpected opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation.

Backed by the masses and her Southern Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their practitioners. As her power and influence grows, though, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix’s intoxicating voice urging her to burn the world and everything in it?]]> 622 R.F. Kuang 0008339147 Dudleysmith 4 4.29 2020 The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
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average rating: 4.29
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Greencloak (Hunter's Legacy Trilogy, #1)]]> 54737665 390 Lyndsey Luther Dudleysmith 4 4.50 2020 Greencloak (Hunter's Legacy Trilogy, #1)
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average rating: 4.50
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]]> <![CDATA[The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)]]> 35068705
When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.

But surprises aren’t always good.

Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.

For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .

Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.]]> 545 R.F. Kuang 0062662597 Dudleysmith 4 4.16 2018 The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue]]> 51196285
Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day.

Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat him.

Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a real, normal life, Addie realises she can't escape her fate forever.]]> 449 Victoria E. Schwab 1785652516 Dudleysmith 4 4.27 2020 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)]]> 2767793
Who is the Hero of Ages?

To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness—the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists—is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.

Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. Vin can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!]]> 572 Brandon Sanderson 0765316897 Dudleysmith 4 4.54 2008 The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
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average rating: 4.54
book published: 2008
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]]> <![CDATA[Learn Holiday Spanish In 7 Days: How To Speak Spanish : The Ultimate Beginner's Guide For Holiday-Makers]]> 25517704
Written by TWO times Number 1 Best Selling Spanish Language Author, Elena Bocage, this book will teach you all of the most essential phrases you will need to know whilst on holiday.


Additionally, as a special FREE bonus, you will gain access to the accompanying audio lessons, valued at £9.95 (secret link inside the book).

These 28 Audio Lessons Stream Live On Your Computer Or Hand Held Device. Here you will be able to practice and perfect your pronunciation Of The Most Essential Phrases For Holiday-Makers.

’The Audio lessons are fantastic and a real bonus for someone like me who struggles with pronunciation� Kelly Durkin


Unlike most ‘How to Speak Spanish� books, this book has been written for you in a story format.

Why story format?

Because scientific studies show that we learn up to twice as quickly through reading stories.

As you flick through the pages you will follow Sue as she travels to Spain for the very first time, unable to speak a word of Spanish. Each day Sue encounters a new situation where she needs to learn new Spanish phrases. The exciting and entertaining story will keep you engaged right until the end by which time you will have learned everything that you need to know to experience the joy of being able to communicate in a new language.

Imagine yourself walking into a restaurant and being able to book a table in Spanish, request a menu, order some wine or beer and ask for the bill!

Or, being able to purchase two return train tickets, book yourself into your hotel, ask directions � the list goes on. Knowing these essential holiday phrases will help you connect with the locals on a completely new level, not to mention how it will impress your friends and family.

At the back of the book you will find a really handy reference section. Simply turn to the page that relates to your situations, whether it’s in a shop, in the hotel, at the bar or any of the 28 different situations you are most likely to find yourself in.

‘This book is brilliant. What I love the most is the unique way it teaches you Spanish. The story format makes it very easy to read. It covers all the basic you need to know to enjoy your holiday. I would definitely recommend it to anyone� Marica


-How To Introduce Yourself And Others
-How To Say Hello and Goodbye At Different Times Of The Day
-How To Ask For A Table In A Restaurant And Ask For a Menu
-How To Call The Waiter, Order A Meal And Ask For The Bill
-How To Order A Drink At A Bar And Ask How Much It Is
-How To Ask For Something In A Shop And Ask How Much It Costs
-How To Check Into A Hotel
-How To Ask For And Understand Directions
-How To Buy And Pay For Transport Tickets On The Tube, Bus Or Train
-How To Ask For A Timetable
-How To Book A Taxi
-How To Ask And Tell The Time
-How To Ask What Time Something Is Happening
-How To Talk About Where You Are From
-How To Talk About What You Do For A Living
-And Much More �


Born in South America, Elena has been teaching Spanish for over 10 years.

She is a Number 1 Best Seller of TWO Spanish language books.

Her company, Spanish Circle, focuses on teaching groups of students simple holiday Spanish so that they can communicate more effectively whilst on holiday.

Now, with this ‘How To Speak Holiday Spanish� Kindle Book and accompanying audio lessons you will be able to learn everything you need to know whilst reading and listening from the comfort of your own home, plane seat or deck chair.]]> 127 Elena Bocage Dudleysmith 0 4.00 2015 Learn Holiday Spanish In 7 Days: How To Speak Spanish : The Ultimate Beginner's Guide For Holiday-Makers
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]]> <![CDATA[The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)]]> 12968706
Worryingly for her Vin has become the focus of a new religion, a development that leaves her intensely uneasy. More worryingly still the mists have become unpredictable since the Lord Ruler died and a strage vaprous entity is stalking Vin.

As the siege of Luthadel intensifies the ancient legend of the Well of Ascension offers the only glimmer of hope. But no-one knows where it is or what it can do...]]> 804 Brandon Sanderson Dudleysmith 4 4.44 2007 The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)]]> 12968705 Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy trilogy overturns the expectations of readers and then goes on to tell the epic story of evil overturned in a richly imagined world.

A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families and ordinary folk are condemned to lives in servitude, sold as goods, labouring in the ash fields.

But now a troublemaker has arrived and there is rumour of revolt. A revolt that depends on criminal that no-one can trust and a young girl who must master Allomancy - the magic that lies in all metals.

A word of mouth success in the states the Mistborn trilogy has, this year, broken onto the New York Times Bestseller list. The time is ripe for its success to cross the Atlantic.]]> 676 Brandon Sanderson Dudleysmith 4 4.50 2006 The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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average rating: 4.50
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)]]> 68428 What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland?

Mistborn
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Then Kelsier reveals his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.

But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets. She will have to learn trust if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale-spinner and author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the prophesied hero failed to defeat the Dark Lord? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises that begins with the book in your hands. Fantasy will never be the same again.]]> 541 Brandon Sanderson Dudleysmith 4 4.48 2006 Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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]]> Axiom's End (Noumena, #1) 51171377
It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn’t spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the Internet, the paparazzi, and the government—and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father’s leaks are a hoax, and wants nothing to do with him—until she learns just how deeply entrenched her family is in the cover-up, and that an extraterrestrial presence has been on Earth for decades.

Realizing the extent to which both she and the public have been lied to, she sets out to gather as much information as she can, and finds that the best way for her to uncover the truth is not as a whistleblower, but as an intermediary. The alien presence has been completely uncommunicative until she convinces one of them that she can act as their interpreter, becoming the first and only human vessel of communication. Their otherworldly connection will change everything she thought she knew about being human—and could unleash a force more sinister than she ever imagined.]]> 384 Lindsay Ellis 1250256739 Dudleysmith 3 3.68 2020 Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Points of Impact (Frontlines, #6)]]> 35391324 Humankind may have won the battle, but a new threat looms larger than ever before....

Earth's armed forces have stopped the Lanky advance and chased their ships out of the solar system, but for CDC officer Andrew Grayson, the war feels anything but won. On Mars, the grinding duty of flushing out the twenty-meter-tall alien invaders from their burrows underground is wearing down troops and equipment at an alarming rate. And for the remaining extrasolar colonies, the threat of a Lanky attack is ever present.

Earth's game changer? New advanced ships and weapons, designed to hunt and kill Lankies and place humanity's militaries on equal footing with their formidable foes. Andrew and his wife, Halley, both now burdened with command responsibilities and in charge of more lives than just their own, are once again in humanity's vanguard as they prepare for this new phase in the war. But the Lankies have their own agenda...and in war, the enemy doesn't usually wait until you are prepared. As Andrew is once again plunged into the chaos and violence of war with an unyielding species, he is forced to confront the toll this endless conflict is taking on them all, and the high price of survival...at any cost.]]> 297 Marko Kloos 1542098467 Dudleysmith 3 4.22 2018 Points of Impact (Frontlines, #6)
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Orders of Battle (Frontlines, #7)]]> 53528390
It’s been four years since Earth threw its full military prowess against the Lanky incursion. Humanity has been yanked back from the abyss of extinction. The solar system is at peace. For now.

The future for Major Andrew Grayson of the Commonwealth Defense Corps and his wife, Halley? Flying desk duty on the front. No more nightmares of monstrous things. No more traumas to the mind and body. But when an offer comes down from above, Andrew has to make a choice: continue pushing papers into retirement, or jump right back into the fight? What’s a podhead to do?

The remaining Lankies may have retreated in fear, but the threat isn’t over. They need to be wiped out for good before they strike again. That’ll take a new offensive deployment. Aboard an Avenger warship, Andrew and the special tactics team under his command embark on the ultimate search-and-destroy mission. This time, it’ll be on Lanky turf.

No big heroics. No unnecessary risks. Just a swift hit-and-run raid in the hostile Capella system. Blow the alien seed ships into oblivion and get the hell back to Earth. At least, that’s the objective. But when does anything in war go according to plan?]]> 269 Marko Kloos 1542015111 Dudleysmith 4 4.36 2020 Orders of Battle (Frontlines, #7)
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average rating: 4.36
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Chains of Command (Frontlines, #4)]]> 25648897
Knowing Earth’s uneasy respite won’t last, the North American Commonwealth and its Sino-Russian allies hurtle toward two dangerous options: hit the Lanky forces on Mars or go after deserters who stole a fleet of invaluable warships critical to winning the war. Assigned to a small special ops recon mission to scout out the renegades� stronghold on a distant moon, Grayson and his wife, dropship pilot Halley, again find themselves headed for the crucible of combat—and a shattering new campaign in the war for humanity’s future.]]> 386 Marko Kloos 150395305X Dudleysmith 4 4.29 2016 Chains of Command (Frontlines, #4)
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average rating: 4.29
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Angles of Attack (Frontlines, #3)]]> 24358527
Forging an uneasy alliance with their Sino-Russian enemies, the NAC launches a hybrid task force on a long a stealth mission to breach the Lanky blockade and reestablish supply lines with Earth. Plunging into combat against a merciless alien species that outguns, outmaneuvers, and outfights them at every turn, Andrew and his fellow troopers could end up cornered on their home turf, with no way out and no hope for reinforcement. And this time, the struggle for humanity’s future can only end in either victory or annihilation.]]> 352 Marko Kloos 1477878319 Dudleysmith 3 4.17 2015 Angles of Attack (Frontlines, #3)
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Lines of Departure (Frontlines, #2)]]> 20329634
Humanity is on the ropes, and after years of fighting a two-front war with losing odds, so is North American Defense Corps officer Andrew Grayson. He dreams of dropping out of the service one day, alongside his pilot girlfriend, but as warfare consumes entire planets and conditions on Earth deteriorate, he wonders if there will be anywhere left for them to go.

After surviving a disastrous space-borne assault, Grayson is reassigned to a ship bound for a distant colony—and packed with malcontents and troublemakers. His most dangerous battle has just begun.

In this sequel to the bestselling Terms of Enlistment, a weary soldier must fight to prevent the downfall of his species…or bear witness to humanity’s last, fleeting breaths.]]> 329 Marko Kloos 1477867406 Dudleysmith 3 4.21 2014 Lines of Departure (Frontlines, #2)
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average rating: 4.21
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Terms of Enlistment (Frontlines, #1)]]> 18800655
You can hope to win the lottery and draw a ticket on a colony ship settling off-world, or you can join the service.

With the colony lottery a pipe dream, Andrew chooses to enlist in the armed forces for a shot at real food, a retirement bonus, and maybe a ticket off Earth. But as he starts a career of supposed privilege, he soon learns that the good food and decent health care come at a steep price…and that the settled galaxy holds far greater dangers than military bureaucrats or the gangs that rule the slums.]]> 345 Marko Kloos 1477859780 Dudleysmith 4 4.07 2013 Terms of Enlistment (Frontlines, #1)
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)]]> 42036538
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.

Of course, some things are better left dead.]]> 448 Tamsyn Muir 1250313198 Dudleysmith 5 4.19 2019 Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2019
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sixth Realm, Part 2 (Ten Realms, #7)]]> 56068235
Enemy at their backs.

Will Alva's Secret be revealed?

As Erik and Rugrat return to Alva they find that things have only heated up in their time away. The Adventurer's Guild moves in the shadows with Alva's support.

With all of their preparations are they ready to take on a powerful sect from the sixth realm?]]> 544 Michael Chatfield Dudleysmith 3 4.51 2020 The Sixth Realm, Part 2 (Ten Realms, #7)
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name: Dudleysmith
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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