Are you ready to escape from this cold weather? Open up one of these new novels and travel to a whole new world. Take a look at some of the new fantasy books available to check out at the Pratt.
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In this brilliantly imaginative novella, the water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future.
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Queen of the Conquered
By Kacen Callender
Sigourney Rose, an ambitious young woman with the power to control minds seeks vengeance against the royals who murdered her family, in a Caribbean-inspired fantasy world embattled by colonial oppression.
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The Ruin of Kings
By Jenn Lyons
Kihrin grew up in the slums of Quur, a thief and a minstrel’s son raised on tales of long-lost princes and magnificent quests. When he is claimed as the missing son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds himself at the mercy of his new family’s ruthless power plays and political ambitions.
Also new in Fiction this month:
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By Jeff Vandermeer
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By Zora Neale Hurston
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