Lyra Keres serves as an office clerk for the Order of Thieves in modern-day San Francisco. Greek gods exist, Olympus not far from the city. Every 100 years, the 12 gods hold a contest in which the winner becomes the King of the Gods. But to avoid destroying the world with their powers, they choose… Continue reading The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen
Earth was destroyed hundreds of years ago and remaining humans live aboard a massive space station. The Nova-King Ressinimus rules all. Nobles still reap the benefits on the top of the social hierarchy, while commoners live in poverty. Synali Emilia Woster is a bastard who survived an assassination attempt that her father, Duke Farris Hauteclare, orchestrated against her and her mother. Her mother didn’t survive. So her final life’s mission is to destroy House Hauteclare and ruin the family name forever. After killing her father, she escapes capture by infiltrating the giant robot “steed” and competing in the next match. Once defeated and finally arrested, she wakes up in a hospital bed and a strange nobleman offering a deal. If she successfully competes in the Supernova Cup, he will help her in her mission to destroy House Hauteclare. But as she continues to win and bodies pile up, she also becomes more familiar with her steed – and the strange presence she feels inside the machine. Heavenbreaker by Sara Wolf is a sci-fi fantasy novel in which Synali must trust her instincts, her new allies, and the machine that is her only chance to achieve the impossible. Read more
Kierse is a talented thief in New York who pulls off even the most impossible missions with her impressive skills and the help of her “found” family. Her latest assignment, however, requires her to steal a diamond from a wealthy socialite. While she has some information about the resident, the most important detail of all remains a mystery – is he a human, or a monster? Him being the latter would complicate things due to the Monster Treaty – a decree established between humans and monsters after nearly a decade of urban warfare and millions of lives lost. If she is caught stealing from a monster, it could cost her life. And when Graves, the owner of the mansion, catches Kierse in his library, she believes this is it for her. But Graves will spare her life if she agrees to do a job for him. Soon, what started off as just another assignment turns into the job of a lifetime. The Wren in the Holly Library by K. A. Linde is an urban fantasy novel based on Irish mythology that follows Kierse as she learns much more about the complicated magical world she lives in, including the man she works for, and even her own identity.
