11 new titles and three reprints this week continue the quiet trend of January. My favorite choice this week is The Defiant, a fantastic historical fantasy. My next pick this week will be Markswoman, which revolves around assassins and their telepathic blades. And be sure to take a look at Let's Talk About Love, a LGBT novel voted for publication by readers through Swoon Reads. Happy Reading!
The Defiant, sequel to The Valiant by Lesley Livingston
The darling of the Roman Empire is in for the fight of her life in this lush sequel to the acclaimed historical fantasy The Valiant.Be brave, gladiatrix... And be wary. Once you win Caesar's love, you'll earn his enemies' hate.
Fallon was warned.
Now she is about to pay the price for winning the love of the Roman people as Caesar's victorious gladiatrix.
In this highly anticipated sequel to The Valiant, Fallon and her warrior sisters find themselves thrust into a vicious conflict with a rival gladiator academy, one that will threaten not only Fallon's heart - and her love for Roman soldier Cai - but the very heart of the ancient Roman Empire.
When dark treachery and vicious power struggles threaten her hard-won freedom, the only thing that might help the girl known as Victrix save herself and her sisters is a tribe of long-forgotten mythic Amazon warriors. The only trouble is, they might just kill her themselves first.
"As with the first book, there are rousing battle scenes and plenty of action, a few more romantic moments, and a strong feminist message. Give this to fans of the 2017 Wonder Woman movie and those looking for intelligent and powerful women who glory in their strength and abilities."-Booklist
PS: Read the advance copy and it was so hard to put down!
Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra
An order of magical-knife wielding female assassins brings both
peace and chaos to their post-apocalyptic world in this bewitching blend
of science fiction and epic fantasy—the first entry in a debut duology
that displays the inventiveness of the works of Sarah Beth Durst and
Marie Lu.
Kyra is the youngest Markswoman in the Order of
Kali, a highly trained sisterhood of elite warriors armed with
telepathic blades. Guided by a strict code of conduct, Kyra and the
other Orders are sworn to protect the people of Asiana. But to be a
Markswoman, an acolyte must repudiate her former life completely. Kyra
has pledged to do so, yet she secretly harbors a fierce desire to avenge
her dead family.
When Kyra’s beloved mentor dies in mysterious
circumstances, and Tamsyn, the powerful, dangerous Mistress of Mental
Arts, assumes control of the Order, Kyra is forced on the run. Using one
of the strange Transport Hubs that are remnants of Asiana’s long-lost
past, she finds herself in the unforgiving wilderness of desert that is
home to the Order of Khur, the only Order composed of men. Among them is
Rustan, a young, disillusioned Marksman whom she soon befriends.
Kyra
is certain that Tamsyn committed murder in a twisted bid for power, but
she has no proof. And if she fails to find it, fails in her quest to
keep her beloved Order from following Tamsyn down a dark path, it could
spell the beginning of the end for Kyra—and for Asiana. But what she doesn’t realize is that the line between justice and vengeance is razor thin . . . thin as the blade of a knife.
"An utterly remarkable world with female assassins and telepathic blades; I adored his book." - New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa
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