Series Conclusions (8/7/24)

 

Check out these unforgettable conclusions to amazing series you won’t want to miss!

ADVOCATE by Daniel M. Ford | 9781250815712 | Available 4/22/2025

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Daniel M. Ford is back with the fun, action-packed finale to The Warden Series.

Aelis de Lenti is back on her home turf, but it’s not quite as welcoming as she remembered . . .

Recalled from Lone Pine to investigate claims of murder by magic against her mentor—legendary Warden Bardun Jacques—Aelis takes to the streets of the grand city of Lascenise, and plumbs the deepest secrets of the Lyceum to clear his name. Certain of her success, she doesn’t count on thieves, subterranean labyrinths, or the assassins that dog her steps from the moment she leaves her tower.

WATERBLACK  by Alex Pheby | 9781250817297 | Available 1/14/2025

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THE TEETH OF DAWN by Marina Lostetter | 9781250757500 | Available 1/28/2025

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THE TEETH OF DAWN concludes the riveting and mind-ripping epic fantasy trilogy, The Five Penalties, where a rebellion struggles to tear the mask off the illusions and enchantments of a society shrouded in layers of mystery.

After barely surviving their encounter with the Savior, who has shaped the rules and realities of Arkensyre for generations, Krona and the other members of the growing rebellion see only one chance of overcoming his power: free and enlist the ancient gods he caged to augment his own power. But it’s one thing to believe in gods. It is quite another to meet them. And it’s not only the Savior who wants to hold fast to the illusions that govern all the lives in the valley, the Grand Marquis, his agencies and the elites of Arkensyre will do anything they can to snuff out change.

SANCTUM OF THE SOUL by Kel Kade | 9781250293893 | Available 2/11/2025

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The epic conclusion to the genre-bending series, Shroud of Prophecy.

The chosen one is dead, the powerful have abandoned their subjects, and Death has come for them all. Aaslo, the reluctant new Chosen One, and Teza, a failed magus healer, lead a small group of broken people who continue to hold back the tide of a war between the gods. They gather what forces they can scrape together for a final battle. Their band of unlikely warriors’ grit and bravery in the face of staggering odds, however, has strengthened all of them as they come into their power and their destiny. Aaslo stands at a crossroad where he must embrace all of what he has become even in the face of losing the war, his friends, and his world.

THE MAP OF BONES by Kate Mosse | 9781035042159 | Available 1/7/2025

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Epic and heart-breaking, THE MAP OF BONES is the sequel to the no. 1 bestselling THE GHOST SHIP, and the fourth—and final—novel of The Joubert Family Chronicles.

Olifantshoek, 1688: a handful of bones lie scattered in a shallow grave, white markers on the red earth. An isolated homestead stands in the shadow of the nearby mountains, its thatched roof cindered. When the vicious Cape wind blows from the south-east, they say the voices of the unquiet dead can be heard whispering through this deserted valley. Suzanne Joubert is here to walk in the footsteps of her cousin, Louise Reydon-Joubert, pirate and commander, who disappeared more than sixty years ago. Suzanne has come to find her – to lay the stories to rest. But all is not as it seems . . .

Franschhoek, 1862: 180 years later, another member of the Joubert family stands in the Huguenot graveyard of the small Dutch frontier town once known as Oliftantshoek, now under British command. Isabeau Joubert, too, has come in search of the long-lost women of her family – to unravel, once and for all, the origins of a feud dating back to the vicious religious wars that tore France apart centuries before. But the tragedies and crimes of the past are far from over, and Isabeau must race against time to not only discover the truth but escape with her life . . .

THE HIDDEN HEART by Karen Swan | 9781035051595 | Available 4/29/2025

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THE HIDDEN HEART is the dramatic conclusion to the epic and romantic Wild Isle series of historical novels.

Jayne Ferguson has always been a keeper of secrets, most especially her own . . .

If there’s one thing Jayne Ferguson has learnt in her life, it’s that every blessing comes with a curse. She married the most handsome man on the isle of St Kilda—but he’s a bully. She inherited her mother’s gift of second sight—but only ever foresees her fellow islanders’ deaths. She has learnt to keep to herself, treading in the shadows and shirking the highs for fear of the lows.

When a needless death strikes at the heart of her home, Jayne’s bad marriage becomes worse and she finds solace with an unlikely friend. Glimmers of happiness tantalize her, though there’s no possibility for anything more, especially once word comes of St Kilda’s evacuation.

WHITE KING by Juan Gómez-Jurado | 9781250853714 | Available 3/11/2025

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Antonia Scott returns in the explosive climax to the international book and streaming series, Red Queen.

Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. She’s the lynchpin of a top-secret project, Red Queen, created to work across borders and behind the scenes to solve the most devious and dangerous crimes, those that are beyond the skills of the regular police forces.

But the Red Queen project is under attack on all fronts. Across Europe, its agents are murdering each other and cases from the past, long believed resolved, are rearing their deadly heads again. At the center of it is the mysterious Mr. White, who has been weaving a web around Antonia for a very long time. He is as smart and capable as her but, unlike her, he’s a psychotic killer who has isolated Antonia Scott. Jon Gutierrez, Antonia’s protector and the only person she trusts, has been kidnapped. Antonia’s husband has been killed and her remaining family is in hiding. With Jon’s life in the balance, Mr. White gives her a seemingly innocuous challenge: solve three crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice.

WITCHLIGHT by Susan Dennard | 9781250194176 | Available 4/29/2025

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The highly-anticipated finale in Susan Dennard’s New York Times bestselling Witchlands series.

Paths converge and prophecies unfold as Safi and Iseult—the legendary Cahr Awen—fight their way across the Witchlands to heal the final Origin Well. With ancient figures rising from the past, the Raider King’s armies gathering for war, and the magic at the heart of everything dying too fast, the entire world is now on the brink of collapse.

But when Safi and Iseult reach the Air Well with the Bloodwitch Aeduan at their side, they discover too late that Eridysi’s Lament is not the prophecy they thought it was—and their journeys are only just beginning.