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20s A Difficult Age by Marcus Orelias (2020)
*20s A Difficult Age* is a story about a magical young woman navigating her twenties while seeking revenge for the death of her Father. Set during the album events of *20s A Difficult Age* between the songs *Prelude: Martyr* and *Atrium,* on the Latian Empire's northern border, the First Frontier War wages on between the Tribal Confederacy of the North and the Latian Empire to the south. Returning from the war after famously winning the battle known as "Victory by Rain", Harnuphis the Blue Madjai - seeks solace in Latium under the Antoninus family. Guided by Domitia Antoninus, Harnuphis is sent to Alkebula in search of a healer named Ìyá. Ìyá holding the mysteries to unlock Harnuphis's true power, must decide if she wants to aid in Harnuphis' mission of by mentoring her and fulfilling Harnuphis's destiny as the Blue Madjai.
Short Fiction by Fritz Leiber (2020)
<p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/fritz-leiber">Fritz Leiber</a> is most famous for his “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” stories, but he also wrote in many other genres. Between 1950 and 1963 he wrote a number of short stories that appeared in <i>Galaxy</i> magazine, including one in the same universe as <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/fritz-leiber/the-big-time"><i>The Big Time</i></a> and the Change War stories (“No Great Magic”).</p>
The Renascent World by Unknown (2020)
A CHANCE ENCOUNTER TURNS HER PERFECT LIFE INTO A DANGEROUS ESCAPE! It’s a cruel and dark mystery that laces Petriville, the town that once saved Cassidy Jones and her family from the meteorite strike. While Earth perished they thrived in a blissful utopia, orbiting Earth within the town’s indestructible sphere. Now Cassidy is sixteen and Gina, Petriville’s founder, reveals Cassidy's assigned mate. But Cassidy meets Eric, an alluring hologram who leaves her a dire warning of Gina's malice. Cassidy’s attraction is to Eric is unnaturally intoxicating—a passion that intensifies when they share a virtual-kiss. Cassidy yearns to meet Eric in person. But Eric is still on Earth, and Gina means for him to follow the rest of Earth's citizens—into the grave
Cidades afundam em dias normais by Aline Valek (2020)
Da mesma autora de “As águas vivas não sabem de si”. Alto do Oeste é uma cidade no meio do Cerrado, que, no início desse século, afundou inexplicavelmente dentro de um lago. Apesar de insólita, essa submersão foi acontecendo de forma lenta e gradual, de modo que também foi aos poucos que seus habitantes foram “expulsos” pelo avançar das águas e obrigados a abandonar à cidade. Anos depois, uma seca extrema no cerrado voltou a revelar Alto do Oeste, e todos os resquícios da vida das pessoas daquele lugar antes da inundação vieram à tona novamente, como se fossilizados pelo barro que agora encobre todas as coisas. Ao saber da notícia, Kênia Lopes, uma antiga moradora da cidade, decidiu que precisava fotografar as ruínas, como se em busca da resposta para uma questão jamais respondida: o que faziam os moradores enquanto aquele pequeno apocalipse se aproximava?
Drakaria by Peter R. Krüger (2020)
479 AZ Auf dem Planeten Drakaria endet der Krieg zwischen Menschen und Dragoniern mit der endgültigen Niederlage der Menschen und deren Versklavung. Die Dragonier – humanoide, reptilienähnliche Wesen – versprechen den Menschen, dass diese ihre Freiheit wiedererlangen können, doch das Leben als Sklaven der Dragonier wird über Jahrzehnte zur unsäglichen Tortur. Während Palahn Vahr, ehemaliger Berater des Menschenkönigs, unter dem Einfluss einer Droge eine Prophezeiung ausspricht, die das Ende der Herrschaft der Dragonierkönigin voraussagt, steckt diese nun in der misslichen Lage, einerseits auf die Weissagungen des menschlichen Propheten angewiesen zu sein, sich aber andererseits vor der Erfüllung dieser speziellen Prophezeiung zu fürchten und sie abwenden zu wollen.