Adult Books Set in Magical Lands - Summer Adventure 2023Like this list

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• A Magical Journey Summer Adventure at AC Library

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  Alameda County Library invites people of all ages and abilities to come along for our 2023 Summer Adventure: A Magical Journey! Complete activities, reading, and more to receive a book gift and prize drawing entries. Pick up an Adventure Guide at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unspoken Name

  Larkwood, A. K.,

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  "What if you knew how and when you will die? Csorwe does. She will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine of the Unspoken, and gain the most honored title: sacrifice. On the day of her foretold death, however, a powerful mage offers her a new fate.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• House of Earth and Blood

  Maas, Sarah J.,

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  Crescent City is a metropolis populated by both humans and the supernatural. Bryce is the half-human, half-Fae assistant to an antiques dealer whose best friend was murdered two years ago. When it seems like the murderer has returned, she teams up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Priory of the Orange Tree

  Shannon, Samantha, 1991-

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  "The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction--but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Darker Shade of Magic

  Schwab, Victoria,

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  Kell is a Traveler and has the ability to move between parallel dimensions, allowing him to act as the ambassador for Red London and to smuggle goods between worlds. When he's tricked into transporting a dangerous artifact, he flees into magic-less…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Three Parts Dead

  Gladstone, Max,

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  In this world, magic is provided by gods who enter contracts to sell or loan their power to other entities. Tara is a new associate with an international necromantic firm, and she's tasked with resurrecting the fire god Kos before chaos hits the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mistborn

  the Final Empire

  Sanderson, Brandon,

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  First in a series. Magic here is based on metals, which are accessed by 'burning' what exists within a user's body. In a harsh world ruled by the immortal Lord Ruler, Vin is a street urchin who gets drawn into a new uprising.

• Saint Death's Daughter

  Cooney, C. S. E.,

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  "Lanie Stones, the daughter of the Royal Assassin and Chief Executioner of Liriat, has never led a normal life. Born with a gift for necromancy and a literal allergy to violence, she was raised in isolation in the family's crumbling mansion by her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Jasmine Throne

  Suri, Tasha,

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  First in a trilogy. In a country where magic has been violently suppressed, a captive princess and a maidservant with a dangerous secret find their paths intertwining.

• Chalice

  McKinley, Robin,

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  The land itself here is sentient and imbued with magic. Beekeeper Mirasol is tapped as the new Chalice, a ceremonial role that works with a Master and his Advisors to provide balance to the land. The land has fractured beneath the misrule of its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Watchful City

  Lu, S. Qiouyi.,

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  "The city of Ora is watching. Anima is an extrasensory human tasked with surveilling and protecting Ora's citizens via a complex living network called the Gleaming. Although ær world is restricted to what æ can see and experience through the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Over the Woodward Wall

  Baker, A. Deborah,

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  "Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework - without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bone Maker

  a Novel

  Durst, Sarah Beth,

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  "Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor—a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived. Since then, Kreya, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Master of Poisons

  a Novel

  Hairston, Andrea,

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  "Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in Master of Poisons. The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jade City

  Lee, Fonda,

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  "Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for -- and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  "Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred…Read moreRead more of this annotation