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Soloist in a cage vol 1 by Shiro Moriya

9/17/2023

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Cover of Soloist in a cage vol 1. Chloe twirls around in a black dress with a orange and white scarf. The cover is mostly orange and black. Behind her is a snow-covered city.
Within a prison city, Chloe and her younger baby brother have been abandoned by their parents and are struggling to survive. The only thing getting them through is their mysterious neighbor who has been leaving them food. But, he's currently in the middle of planning an elaborate escape that will be perfectly covered by an oncoming snowstorm. Because of his ridiculous sense of duty, Chloe's neighbor can't abandon these kids to a life of starvation, so he drags them along on a dangerous and half-hatched escape attempt. Nothing goes according to plan -- but flash forward to ten years later, when Chloe returns to the City to search for what was lost that night, and what she is determined to take back from the city that has taken so much from her.


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Earthdivers vol 1 by stephen graham jones

6/16/2023

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Cover of Earthdivers volume 1. Tad's face is half in the sky, half under water. The portion under water looks like a skull. Sailing right in the middle of his face and the sea are Columbus' three ships. They're all black and have red crosses on their sails.
Vol 1: Kill Columbus, illustrated by Davide Gianfelice,  colored by Joana LaFuente
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In the year 2112, the Earth has been destroyed by wars, pollution, and more. Portions of the population have already taken to the skies in search of a new planet. But in the desert of Arizona, a group of Native Americans find a cave that sends them back in time. They hatch a plan to save the world and protect their ancestors, but it involves killing Christopher Columbus before he discovers America. The group chooses Tad, who is a linguist and could potentially pass as sailor, to jump back and try to find a way onto Columbus' ship, but this means leaving behind his family in the future and relying on his knowledge of history to help him navigate through the voyage of Columbus. 


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Prince freya vol 7 by Keiko Ishihara

2/14/2023

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Cover of Prince Freya volume 7. Freya is in a white dress with brown ribbon tying up the sleeves and trimming the bodice. Around her are white wings and puffy pink clouds.
Freya becomes even more entangled in Nacht's dealings. It seems that the queen, the rightful heir to the royal line of Nacht, was deposed when Sigurd took control of the kingdom. Her infant son was snatched from her, and her husband, the ruling King, forced to marry a Sigurdian princess to keep the kingdom firmly under the thumb of the evil king of Sigurd. Freya has uncovered the whole plot, but wonders if the deposed queen has the strength to bring her people back to her side. Freya vows she's not doing any of this in order to force Nacht into a pact with them - she's righting wrongs, and they can come along against Sigurd in their own time. 


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Prince freya vol 6 by keiko ishihara

1/6/2023

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Cover of Prince Freya volume 6. Freya is sandwiched between Alec and Julius.
Freya and Julius are flung into a dungeon cell, but a mysterious stranger outside their window professes to want to help them. It turns out to be the somewhat disgraced king of Nacht. He doesn’t want an alliance with Tyr because he’s afraid to cross Sigurd. His infant son has been kidnapped and is going to be given to the Sigurdian emperor as leverage. Freya vows to save the little prince, and she gets help from an unlikely source. As suspected, there’s more to the strange arrangement between the king and queen of Nacht, and certainly more to a madwoman, who, for years, has acted as the queen's executioner.


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The executioner and her way of life vol 1 by Mato Sato

1/5/2023

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Cover of The Executioner and her way of life volume 1. Menou is laying down looking at us with her golden eyes. Her pink hair falls around her. She's wearing her customary Executioner dress - royal blue with yellow scarf around her shoulders and a yellow bow at her hip.
Illustrated by Ryo Mitsuya
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In Menou’s world, people are often summoned from other worlds and bring great power with them. Somewhere in the distant past, this led to a cataclysmic event that wiped out and entire continent. Now, Menou and the Church she serves hunts these otherworlders down and disposes of them. When Menou meets an otherworlder she can’t kill, she is directed to bring her target back to the city-center of the Church. Nothing can be simple, however as they catch a train beset by bandits wielding guns from the Wilds. A warrior princess is also along for the ride and confronts Menou’s assistant, Momo.


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golden rage vol 1 by Chrissy Williams

12/22/2022

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Cover of Golden Rage volume 1. A pair of older woman's hands are shown palm up, covered in blood. There's a gold bracelet around one wrist that reads
Illustrated by Lauren Knight, colored by Sofie Dodgson, flatted by Shayne Hannah Cui, lettered by Becca Carey
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In this world, any woman who is past child-bearing years has been deemed useless to society and is banished to a remote island off the coast of any civilization. There, these women have made their own society and rules a-la Lord of the Flies. There is a group dedicated to helping with anyone deceased; there are the Red Hats who seem bent on destruction and domination; and there's Rosie and her friends, Lottie, and Caroline, who just want to raise chickens, have tea, and keep to themselves. Jay has been thrust into this world a little unexpectedly, having gone through early-onset menopause, and is now seen as a threat to the equally young leader of the Red Hats. There's also lots of backmatter that includes book reviews, recipes, and insights into the workings of the island.


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He who fights with monsters by Francesco Artibani

9/28/2022

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Cover of He who fights with monsters. The doctor, Radek, stands with his doctor's briefcase, on top of stacks of newspapers with
Illustrated by Werther Dell'edera 

The War is over, and Russian soldiers evict German citizens from Prague to return to their country. In the midst of this, a puppeteer asks to tell a Russian soldier a horrifying tale, and the two sit in front of his puppet stand. The puppeteer begins with Radek, a Jewish doctor who has papers hiding his true heritage. He treats patients in the hidden basement of a shop, where one tells him of a golem whose mud lies in the rafters of the synagogue. The golem is the sworn protector of the Jewish people, and he begs Radek to help bring him to life. Being a man of science, Radek believes none of this, but finds mud in the rafters and appeases the professor with an attempt. He is stunned beyond measure to find he has risen a true golem named Yossel! 


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Dark Knights of Steel vol 1 by Tom Taylor

7/21/2022

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Cover of Dark Knights of Steel volume one. The Batman holds his sword handle up in the foreground, A small Harley Quinn jester squats to the side of him. Kal-El smiles off to the side with a noble, princely smile. Opposite him looking off the other side is Alfred. Behind the all is Jor-El and Lara with their hands on Lara's pregnant stomach. Behind them are red stained glass windows.
Illustrated by Yasmine Putri, colored by Arif Prianto, lettered by Wes Abbott

In a reimagining of the DC Universe, Jor-El and Lara escape a crumbling Krypton in a rocket and crash land in a fantasy, Medieval Europe inspired time, just as Lara is giving birth to Kal-El. A prophet in a neighboring kingdom warn of a danger coming from the sky, who will look like humans, and who will destroy the world. Naturally, many suspect the Els as the subject of the prophecy, and some work to take out the indestructible family. The Els struggle between several kingdoms on the brink of war with the Kingdom of Storm and the Amazonians.


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The heroic legend of arslan vol 2 by Yoshiki Tanaka

1/31/2022

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Cover of The heroic legend of arslan volume 2. One of the Lusitanian knights with his helmet stares menacingly at us.
Arslan and a trusted general, Daryun, have found the hide out of the former royal strategist-turned-hermit, Narsus, and they try to get Narsus to join up with Arslan even though the king grew to despise Narsus. According to Daryun, there is no better war strategist, and Narsus does live up to his reputation several times while they are in his home. While Arslan is trying to remount a force to protect the capital city of Ecbatana, the Lusitanian forces descend on the city and try all manner of dirty tricks to get the sturdy walls to fall. They try torturing prisoners of war in front of the other soldiers to demoralize them; they appeal to the slaves inside to revolt against the solders; and they send assassins through secret water passageways to try to kill or capture the queen, who is the lone royal family member left in the capital to help keep everything together.


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Vinland saga vol 3 bY makoto yukimura

1/25/2022

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Cover of Vinland Saga volume 3. Thorfinn stands atop small hills and looks menacingly at us
Thorkell and his warriors stuff their faces at a local inn and bemoan the winter that has put a stop to their glorious fighting. Then, they get word that Askelaad is holed up in a village north of them, and Thorkell rallies his men for a fast march to catch up. Askelaad puts Thorfinn on duty guarding prince Canute, which is how Thorfinn discovers Canute can cook. The Ear hears Thorkell's troops approaching, but it’s a little too late. They've only managed to build three sleds, which isn’t enough to take all their loot and people across the difficult snow-covered terrain. Askelaad decides to set his plans in motion, including robbing Canute of his most faithful servant. Some of Askelaad's men start to defect, hoping Thorkell will have better luck, but Thorkell has no place in his ranks for turncoats. Then, Askelaad's men start to fight against Askelaad, but his exceptional strength and fighting abilities keep him alive until Thorkell finally catches up. Despite his assignment to watch the prince, Thorfinn crashes back into the throngs of warriors, demanding the right to kill Askelaad himself. Thorkell challenges him to a duel for the honor of killing Askelaad, and reveals he knows much about Thors as he parries Thorfinn's attacks.


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