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ENCLAVE by Kit Reed — The world is in chaos: war, plague, global ecological collapse. Parents everywhere seek sanctuary for their precious children, the future of mankind. For those who are rich and powerful enough, safety can be found — for a price — at the Clothos Academy. Run by a mysterious man known only as Sarge, set in a former monastery atop a sheer cliff on a tiny island somewhere in the Mediterranean, Clothos will admit only 100 students before it is sealed off — perhaps permanently — from the terrors outside. But all is not as it seems. The pupils are so-called starlets best known for their empty heads and eating disorders; troublemakers one step away from incarceration; and junior royals too embarrassing to be let out in public. And the staff isn’t much better, from the alcoholic doctor to an ancient monk with secrets of his own.
LETHAL LEGACY by Linda Fairstein — When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the murderer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors. Her search takes Alex and her team on a breathtaking chase from Manhattan’s grandest apartments to the secret tunnels and chambers of the New York Public Library, and finally to a 19th-century underground vault. There, in the pitch-black darkness, Alex comes face-to-face with the killer who values money more than life.
THE MAGICIAN’S APPRENTICE by Trudi Canavan — In the remote village of Mandryn, Tessia serves as assistant to her father, the village Healer. Her mother would rather she found a husband. But her life is about to take a very unexpected turn. When the advances of a visiting Sachakan mage get violent, Tessia unconsciously taps unknown reserves of magic to defend herself. Lord Dakon, the local magician, takes Tessia under his wing as an apprentice. The long hours of study and self-discipline also offer more opportunities than she had ever hoped for, and an exciting new world opens up to her. But along with the excitement and privilege, Tessia is about to discover that her magical gifts bring with them a great deal of responsibility.
1942 by Robert Conroy — Dec. 7 is “the date which will live in infamy.” But now Japan is hatching another, far greater plan to bring America to its knees. The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was a resounding success, except for one detail: A second bombing mission, to destroy crucial oil storage facilities, was aborted that day. Now, Dec. 7, 1941, is reimagined to include the attack the Japanese didn’t launch, and what follows is a thrilling tale of war, resistance, sacrifice and courage. For when Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto sees how badly the United States has been ravaged in a two-pronged strike, he devises another, more daring proposal: an all-out invasion of Hawaii to put a stranglehold on the American Pacific Fleet.
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