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Threadneedle / Cari Thomas.

Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic. Magic and love. Love and magic. They destroy everything in the end. Anna's Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences. Now Anna counts down the days to the ceremony that will bind her magic forever. Until she meets Effie and Attis. They open her eyes to a London she never knew existed. A shop that sells memories. A secret library where the librarian feeds off words. A club where revellers lose themselves in a haze of spells. But as she is swept deeper into this world, Anna begins to wonder if her Aunt was right all along. Is her magic a gift or a curse?
Author: Thomas, Cari
Published: London : Harper Voyager, 2022.
559 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm

Broughton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09494642
Walkden Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09494650

The last graduate / Naomi Novik.

There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die. El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year - and the looming spectre of graduation. El is determined that her chosen group will survive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. Until El realises that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules.
Author: Novik, Naomi
Published: UK : Penguin Books, 2022.
388 pages ; 20 cm.
Scholomance series ; lesson 2.

Broughton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Onloan - Due: 03 May 2024 - 09491058

The wisdom of crowds / Joe Abercrombie.

Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds. With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies - while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance. The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together.
Author: Abercrombie, Joe
Published: London : Gollancz, 2022.
535 pages ; 20 cm.
Age of madness trilogy

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09493379
Walkden Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09493387

Master of furies / Raymond E. Feist.

War has swept across Marquensas. Ruthless raiders have massacred the inhabitants of Beran's Hill, including Gwen, the beloved wife of Declan Smith. Hollow of heart, his hopes burned to ashes, Declan swears to track down and destroy the raiders, an ambition shared by Baron Daylon Dumarch, whose family was massacred as they fled the capital. Meanwhile Hava, whose gift for piracy has seen her acquire the treasure ship Borzon's Black Wake and the swift Azhante sailing vessel, Queen of Storms, and won her the name of 'the Sea Demon', is closing in on the whereabouts of those who unleashed the murderous hordes.
Author: Feist, Raymond E.
Published: London : Harper Voyager, 2022.
513 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Firemane saga ; volume 3.

Broughton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 0949605X
Eccles Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Hardback - Available - 09590145
Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09505040
Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09496041
Walkden Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09505059

We are all birds of Uganda / Hafsa Zayyan.

'You can't stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will.' 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built. Present-day London. Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew. Moving between two continents and several generations over a troubled century, 'We Are All Birds of Uganda' is a multi-layered, moving, and immensely resonant novel of love, loss, and what it means to find home.
Author: Zayyan, Hafsa
Published: UK : Penguin Books, 2022.
370 pages ; 20 cm

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09575480

The embroidered book / Kate Heartfield.

1768. Charlotte arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Two years later, her sister Antoine is sent to France to marry another stranger. In the mirrored corridors of Versailles, they rename her Marie Antoinette. But the sisters are not powerless. When they were only children, Charlotte and Antoine discovered a book of spells - spells that seem to work, with dark and unpredictable consequences. In a world of vicious court politics, of discovery and dizzying change, Charlotte and Antoine use their secret skills to redefine their lives, becoming the most influential women of the age. But every spell requires a sacrifice. As love between the sisters turns to rivalry, they will send Europe spiralling into revolution.
Author: Heartfield, Kate
Published: London : Harper Voyager, 2022.
658 pages ; 24 cm

Walkden Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09476547

The pariah / Anthony Ryan.

Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army. Fighting under the command of Lady Evadine Courlain, a noblewoman beset by visions of a demonic apocalypse, Alwyn must survive war and the deadly intrigues of the nobility if he hopes to claim his vengeance. But as dark forces, both human and arcane, gather to oppose Evadine's rise, Alwyn faces a choice: can he be a warrior, or will he always be an outlaw?
Author: Ryan, Anthony
Published: London : Orbit, 2022.
x, 561 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Covenant of steel ; book 1.

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09474269

The absolute book / Elizabeth Knox.

Taryn Cornick believes her sister Bea was deliberately run down and killed. She believes it so hard she allows a man called the Muleskinner to exact the justice Bea was denied. An eye for an eye. Which is when Taryn's problems really begin. Because the police suspect Taryn's involvement in the death. Worse, others have their eyes on Taryn - those in a faraway place who know what Taryn's family have been carefully hiding in their vast library. The Absolute Book. They want it - and they want Taryn to help find it. For the lives of those in more than one world depend upon it.
Author: Knox, Elizabeth
Published: UK : Penguin Books, 2022.
x, 627 pages ; 20 cm

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09474048

Murder at Sunrise Lake / Christine Feehan.

It starts in her dreams. Hideous flashes from a nightmare only she can stop. Images of a murderer stalking the ones she cares about most. Stella Harrison thought she got away from the traumas of her past. Running the Sunrise Lake resort high in the Sierra Nevada mountains has brought her peace, even though she doesn't truly share her quiet life with anyone. Not even Sam, the hired handyman that notices everything and always seems to know exactly what she needs. Stella doesn't know anything about Sam's past, but somehow over the last two years his slow, steady presence has slipped past her defences. Still, she knows she can't tell him about her recent premonitions. So far there's been no murder. No body. No way to prove what's about to happen without destroying the life she's built for herself. But a killer is out there. And Stella knows that this time she'll do whatever it takes to stop him.
Author: Feehan, Christine
Published: London : Piatkus, 2022.
416 pages ; 20 cm

Broughton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Paperback - Available - 09579974
Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 0949328X

The citadel of forgotten myths / Michael Moorcock.

Elric rides again to investigate the history of Melnibon and its dragons, known as the Phroon, in this addition to the Elric Saga from Michael Moorcock. The estranged emperor of the Melnibon an empire, Elric is struggling with his nature and the constant thirst of his soul-sucking sword, Stormbringer. He wants his dying empire to thrive, but is he up to the task? Recruiting his best friend Moonglum, he hunt across his lands for the great Citadel of Forgotten Myths, seeking the answers to the nature of the phroon of The Young Kingdoms.
Author: Moorcock, Michael, 1939-
Published: London : Gollancz, 2022.
336 pages ; 24 cm

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - 09575529

The mask falling / Samantha Shannon.

Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim's puppet empire. The mysterious Domino Programme has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus Mesarthim - her former enemy - at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles. Her risks promise high reward: the Parisian underworld could yield the means to escalate her rebellion to outright war. As Scion widens its bounds and the free world trembles in its shadow, Paige must fight her own memories after her ordeal at the hands of Scion. Meanwhile, she strives to understand her bond with Arcturus, which grows stronger by the day.
Author: Shannon, Samantha, 1991-
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
511 pages : illustration (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Bone season series

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 0943495X

Peace talks / Jim Butcher.

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard PI. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. But he's forgotten his own golden rule: magic - it can get a guy killed.
Author: Butcher, Jim, 1971-
Published: London : Orbit, 2021.
419 pages ; 20 cm.
Dresden files

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09413286

Queen of storms / Raymond E. Feist.

Hatushaly and his young wife Hava are living a good life, working to reopen the burned-out Inn of the Three Stars in the prosperous trading town of Beran's Hill. But there is a great deal more to this bucolic scene than meets the eye. Both Hatu and Hava were raised on the secret island of Coaltachin, and though they may appear to be no more than a young couple in love, preparing for the midsummer festival where their friends Declan and Gwen will be wed, they are in fact assassins on a mission, waiting instructions from their masters in the Kingdom of Night. Moreover, Hatu is the last remaining member of the ruling family of Ithrace - the legendary Firemanes. He dyes his flaming red hair, and has studied to control his dangerous magical powers. But however hard Hatu may be hiding from all those who would seek to use or to destroy him, fate has other plans.
Author: Feist, Raymond E.
Published: London : Harper Voyager, 2021.
480 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Firemane saga ; 2.

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09504206
Walkden Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09504958

The wisdom of crowds / Joe Abercrombie.

Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds. With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies - while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance. The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together.
Author: Abercrombie, Joe
Published: London : Gollancz, 2021.
520 pages ; 24 cm.
Age of madness

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09433252

Maker's curse / Trudi Canavan.

Rielle is now the Maker, restorer of worlds. She has lost count of the number of worlds she has been sent to save. Tyen has cast off his old identity. No longer a spy, he now attempts to teach new sorcerers and find ways to counteract the war machines that are spreading throughout the worlds. But when an old enemy brings news of something worse than magically dead worlds and dangerous sorcerers - a threat unlike anything the worlds have faced before - Rielle and Tyen must reunite if they are to have any chance of saving humanity.
Author: Canavan, Trudi
Published: London : Orbit, 2021.
539 pages ; 20 cm.
Millennium's rule ; book 4.

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09435220

Black water sister / Zen Cho.

As Jessamyn packs for Malaysia, it's not a good time to start hearing a bossy voice in her head. Broke, jobless and just graduated, she's abandoning America to return 'home'. But she last saw Malaysia as a toddler - and is completely unprepared for its ghosts, gods and her eccentric family's shenanigans. Jess soon learns her 'voice' belongs to Ah Ma, her late grandmother. She worshipped the Black Water Sister, a local deity. And when a business magnate dared to offend her goddess, Ah Ma swore revenge. Now she's decided Jess will help, whether she wants to or not. As Ah Ma blackmails Jess into compliance, Jess fights to retain control. But her irrepressible relative isn't going to let a little thing like death stop her, when she can simply borrow Jess's body to make mischief. As Jess is drawn ever deeper into a world of peril and family secrets, getting a job becomes the least of her worries.
Author: Cho, Zen
Published: London : Macmillan, 2021.
370 pages ; 24 cm

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09422277

The thief on the winged horse / Kate Mascarenhas.

The Kendrick family have been making world-famous dolls since the early 1800s. But their dolls aren't coveted for the craftmanship alone. Each one has a specific emotion laid on it by its creator. A magic that can make you feel bucolic bliss or consuming paranoia at a single touch. Though founded by sisters, now only men may know the secrets of the workshop. Persephone Kendrick longs to break tradition and learn the family craft, and when a handsome stranger arrives claiming doll-making talent and a blood tie to the Kendricks, she sees a chance to grasp all she desires. But then, one night, the family's most valuable doll is stolen. Only someone with knowledge of magic could have taken her. Only a Kendrick could have committed this crime.
Author: Mascarenhas, Kate
Published: London : Head of Zeus, 2021.
viii, 392 pages ; 20 cm

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09422560

Piranesi / Susanna Clarke.

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food and waterlilies to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone. Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.
Author: Clarke, Susanna
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
245 pages ; 20 cm
Average rating: (2 reviews)

Cadishead Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09435700
Eccles Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09430997
Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09441433
Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09431004
Walkden Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09441441

The once and future witches / Alix E. Harrow.

In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the three Eastwood sisters join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote - and perhaps not even to live - the sisters must delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive. There's no such thing as witches. But there will be.
Author: Harrow, Alix E.
Published: London : Orbit, 2021.
viii, 516 pages ; 20 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09436774

A practical guide to conquering the world / K.J. Parker.

This is the true story of Aemilius Felix Boioannes the younger, the intended and unintended consequence of his life, the bad stuff he did on purpose, and the good stuff that happened in spite of him. It is, in other words, the tale of a war to end all wars and the man responsible. 'A Practical Guide to Conquering the World' can be read by itself, but for those who like endings, it can also be considered the refreshingly pragmatic conclusion to K. J. Parker's acclaimed sequence of novels that began with 'Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City' and continued with 'How To Rule An Empire And Get Away With It'.
Author: Parker, K. J.
Published: London : Orbit, 2021.
350 pages ; 20 cm

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09447369

The ruthless / Peter Newman.

For years, Vasin Sapphire has been waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. Now, as other Deathless families come under constant assault from the monsters that roam the Wild, that time has come. In the floating castle of Rochant Sapphire, loyal subjects await the ceremony to return their ruler to his rightful place. But the child raised to give up his body to Lord Rochant is no ordinary servant. Strange and savage, he will stop at nothing to escape his gilded prison. Far below, another child yearns to see the human world. Raised by a creature of the Wild, he knows their secrets better than any other. As he enters into the struggle between the Deathless houses, he may be the key to protecting their power or destroying it completely.
Author: Newman, Peter (Fantasy fiction author)
Published: London : Harper Voyager, 2020.
440 pages ; 20 cm.
Deathless

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09440283
Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09440275

Heart of black ice : sister of darkness / Terry Goodkind.

In the wake of the brutal war that swept the Old World in Siege of Stone, a new danger is forming along the coast. Taken captive by their enemies, King Grieve, along with Lila and Bannon are about to discover the terrifying force that threatens to bring destruction to the Old World. The Norukai, barbarian raiders and slavers, have been gathering an immense fleet among the inhospitably rocky islands that make up their home. With numbers greater than anyone could have imagined, the Norukai are poised to launch their final and most deadly war.
Author: Goodkind, Terry
Published: London : Head of Zeus, 2020.
525 pages ; 24 cm.
Nicci chronicles ; 4.

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 07414390

The Stiehl assassin / Terry Brooks.

The Skaar have arrived in the Four Lands, determined to stop at nothing less than all-out conquest. They badly need a new home, but peaceful coexistence is not a concept they understand. An advance force under the command of Princess Ajin has already established a foothold, but now the full Skaar army is on the march - and woe betide any who stands in its way. The Druid Drisker Arc has freed both himself and Paranor from exile. Drisker's student, Tarsha Kaynin, has been reunited with the chief defender of the Druid order, and is learning to control her powerful Wishsong magic. If they can only survive Tarsha's brother and the Druid who betrayed Drisker Arc, they might stand a chance of defeating the Skaar. But that is a very big if - as Tarsha's brother now carries the Stiehl - one of the most powerful weapons in all the Four Lands - and is determined to take his revenge on everyone who has wronged him.
Author: Brooks, Terry
Published: London : Orbit, 2020.
451 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Fall of Shannara ; 3.

Swinton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 07411758

High fire / Eoin Colfer.

Squib Moreau may be swamp-wild, but his intentions are (generally) good: he really wants to be a supportive son to his hard-working momma Elodie. But sometimes life gets in the way - like when Fake Daddy walked out on them leaving a ton of debt, or when crooked Constable Regence Hooke got to thinking pretty Elodie Moreau was just the gal for him. An apprenticeship with the local moonshine runner, servicing the bayou, looks like the only way to pay off the family debts and maybe get Squib and his momma a place in town, far from Constable Hooke's unwanted courtship and Fake Daddy's reputation. Unfortunately for Squib, Hooke has his own eye on that very same stretch of bayou - and neither of them have taken into account the fire-breathing dragon hiding out in the Louisiana swamp.
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Published: London : Jo Fletcher Books, 2020.
373 pages ; 24 cm

Eccles Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 07428499
Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 07415052
Walkden Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 07415060

Finale / Stephanie Garber.

Welcome once again to the magical world of Caraval, where Scarlett and Tella Dragna must fight for their happy endings after a tragedy sends Tella on a treacherous path for revenge. Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun - with lives, empires and hearts all at stake. There are no spectators this time: only those who will win, and those who will lose everything.
Author: Garber, Stephanie
Published: London : Hodder, 2020.
468 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - 07428855

The tower of the swallow / Andrzej Sapkowski ; translated by David French.

The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous. There is only one place left to run. The tower of the swallow is waiting.
Author: Sapkowski, Andrzej, 1948-
Published: London : Gollancz, 2020.
436 pages ; 20 cm.
Witcher ; 4.

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 07418302

A little hatred / Joe Abercrombie.

On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specialises in disappointments. Savine dan Glokta - socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union - plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control.The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another.
Author: Abercrombie, Joe
Published: London : Gollancz, 2020.
504 pages ; 20 cm.
Age of madness trilogy

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09441417

Piranesi / Susanna Clarke.

Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food and waterlilies to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone. Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.
Author: Clarke, Susanna
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
245 pages ; 23 cm

Broughton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09407529
Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Hardback - Available - 09407537

The sword saint / C.F. Iggulden.

Cities have been broken. Empires have fallen. And darkness is coming. Success has drawn a cold gaze. A false king seeks dominion. His soldiers will bring desolation and despair to Darien. With treachery on all sides, the ancient capital looks set to fall. Yet within the walls of that great city, a small team gathers. Tellius knows each one: a hunter, a gambler, a dead man, a wielder of threads - and the sword saint of Shiang. When Darien herself is threatened, Tellius will ask them to stand. A city is worth more than the lives of those within. Darien's streets and courts and homes and taverns are a bonfire on the hill, a beacon of life and light in the world. That is why they will die to save her.
Author: Iggulden, Conn
Published: UK : Penguin Books, 2020.
373 pages ; 20 cm.
Empire of salt series ; book 3.

Walkden Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09409203

The glass breaks / A.J. Smith.

17-year-old Duncan Greenfire is alive. Three hours ago, he was chained to the rocks and submerged as the incoming tide washed over his head. Now the waters are receding and Duncan's continued survival has completed his initiation as a Sea Wolf. It is the 167th year of the Dark Age. The Sea Wolves and their Eastron kin can break the glass and step into the void, slipping from the real world and reappearing wherever they wish. Wielding their power, they conquered the native Pure Ones and established their own Kingdom. The Sea Wolves glorify in piracy and slaughter. Their rule is absolute, but young Duncan Greenfire and duellist Adeline Brand will discover a conspiracy to end their dominion, a conspiracy to shatter the glass that separates the worlds of Form and Void and unleash a primeval chaos across the world.
Author: Smith, A. J. (Tony J.)
Published: London : Head of Zeus, 2019.
xiii, 493 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Form and void ; book 1.

Pendleton Library - (Salford Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 09517235