Ngeendlela ezininzi, u-2020 waziva ngathi isayensi-yintsomi iphila, kodwa ngaphandle kwayo yonke into enqabileyo, engaqhelekanga, kwaye ethe tye engaqhelekanga iingongoma zesakhiwo kulo nyaka zikhutshiwe, iintsomi eziqikelelweyo zisenokubonakala kuzo zombini iishelufa zeencwadi nakwiintliziyo zabafundi. Ukwahluka kwababhali abaziswe ngo-2020 bathetha ngevolontiya ethembisayo kwinkqubela phambili eyenziwayo kupapasho, kunye neendidi zamabali avumelekileyo ukuba nembonakalo yemibala yeembono ezintsha, iintsomi, kunye nehlabathi elimnandi ukuba lithandane nalo.
Mna ngokobuqu bendinjalo udutyulelwe ngaphandle ngenqanaba leetalente ezikhutshwe ezincwadini ezipapashwe kulo nyaka, kwaye ndicebisa kakhulu kuye nakubani na ofuna ukuntywila kwingoma ye-epic yunivesithi kunye nomlingo wokuntywila ukuze usebenzise olu luhlu lungezantsi. Ngubani owaziyo? Unokufumana inoveli yakho entsha oyithandayo!
Ilanga elimnyama NguRebecca Roanhorse
(Icandelo leSaga)
Uthixo uya kubuya
Xa umhlaba nesibhakabhaka ziyahlangana
Ngaphantsi kwelanga elimnyamaKwisixeko esingcwele saseTova, isolstice yasebusika ihlala ilixesha lokubhiyozela kunye nokuhlaziya, kodwa kulo nyaka ihambelana nokusithwa kwelanga yinyanga, isiganeko esinqabileyo sasezulwini esibhengezwe nguMbingeleli weLanga njengongalinganiyo kwehlabathi.
Ngeli xesha, inqanawa iphuma kwisixeko esikude esiya eTova kwaye iseta ukuba ifike kwisolstice. Ukapteni wenqanawa, uXiala, uyiTek elihlazekileyo elinengoma enokuzolisa amanzi amngqongileyo ngokulula njengokuba enokujija ingqondo yendoda. Inqanawa yakhe ithwala umkhweli omnye. Uchazwe njengongenabungozi, umgibeli, uSerapio, ngumfana oselula, oyimfama, onobukrwada, kwaye onxibe ikamva. Njengoko uXiala esazi kakuhle, xa indoda ichazwa njengengenabungozi, ihlala iphela ingumguvela.
Yenziwe ngabalinganiswa abangalibalekiyo, uRebecca Roanhorse wenze i-epic adventure yokuhlola ukubola kwamandla phakathi kobunzima bembali kunye nomzabalazo wabantu ababhukuda ngokuchasene noluntu kunye nokudlula kwabo okwaphulekileyo kuthotho lokuqala lwenkulungwane.
Ingoma yeWraiths kunye neRash URoseanne A. Brown
(IBalzer + Bray)
KuMalik, umnyhadala weSolstasia lithuba lokubaleka kwikhaya lakhe elihlaselwe yimfazwe kwaye aqale ubomi obutsha kunye noodadewabo kwisixeko esimi kakuhle saseZiran. Kodwa xa umoya wokuziphindezela uthimba udadewabo omncinci kaMalik, uNadia, njengentlawulo esixekweni, uMalik ubetha isivumelwano esibulalayo-ukubulala uKarina, iNkosana yaseZiran, yenkululeko kaNadia.
Kodwa uKarina uneminqweno eyingozi. Unina, uSultana, ubulewe; Inkundla yakhe isongela ubundlobongela; kwaye uSolstasia ujikeleza njengemela entanyeni yakhe. Ebuhlungu, uKarina ugqiba kwelokuba avuse umama wakhe ngomlingo wamandulo. . . efuna ukubetha kwentliziyo kakumkani. Kwaye uyazi ukuba angayifumana njani: ngokunikela ngesandla sakhe emtshatweni koyise ukhuphiswano lukaSolstasia.
Xa uMalik ebamba indlela yakhe kukhuphiswano, babekelwe ikhosi yokutshabalalisa omnye nomnye. Kodwa njengoko ukuvutha komtsalane phakathi kwabo kunye nobubi bamandulo buxhokonxa, ngaba baya kuba nakho ukubona imisebenzi yabo de kuse ekufeni?
Eyokuqala kwi-duology yefantasy ephefumlelweyo yintsomi yaseNtshona Afrika apho inkosazana yesithsaba esibuhlungu kunye nembacu enxungupheleyo bazifumana bekwindlela yokungqubana ukuze babulalane ngaphandle komtsalane wabo okhulayo.
Olu Lonwabo Lundlongondlongo nguChloe Gong
(Iincwadi zikaMargaret K. McElderry)
Unyaka ngu-1926, kwaye iShanghai yatsho ngengxolo yamanyala.
Ingxabano yegazi phakathi kwamaqela emigulukudu ibaleka izitalato zibomvu, ishiya isixeko singenakuzenzela kwingxwabangxwaba. Isiseko sayo yonke le nto nguJuliette Cai oneminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo, owayesakuba ngumdlali weflaya obuyileyo ukuze athathe indima yakhe njengendlalifa yekratshi leScarlet Gang-uthungelwano lwabenzi bobubi ngaphezulu komthetho. Abachasi babo abasemagunyeni ziiNtyatyambo eziMhlophe kuphela, eziye zalwa iScarlets kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Kwaye emva kwayo yonke intshukumo yindlalifa yabo, i-Roma Montagov, uthando lokuqala lukaJuliette ... kunye nokungcatsha okokuqala.
Kodwa xa imigulukudu macala omabini ibonisa iimpawu zokungabikho kozinzo ezifikelela esiphelweni ngokuphelisa imqala yazo, abantu baqala ukusebeza. Yosulelo, impambano. Ye-monster kwizithunzi. Njengokuba ukufa kusanda, uJuliette noRomany kufuneka babeke imipu yabo-kunye nenqala-ecaleni kwaye basebenze kunye, kuba ukuba abanakukwazi ukuwumisa lo mbhodamo, akusayi kubakho sixeko sishiyekileyo sokulawula.
Ukugqibelela kubalandeli beMagic yokugqibela kunye noMnombo weCranes, le nto yokumisa intliziyo yi-Romeo kunye noJuliet ephinda iphinda isethwe ngo-1920s eShanghai, kunye namaqela emigulukudu kunye ne-monster ezinzulwini zoMlambo iHuangpu.
UThixo Otshisayo nguRF Kuang
(UHarper Voyager)
Isiphelo esithandekayo se-The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang, eyindumasi, ephumelela amabhaso edibanisa imbali ye-China yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini kunye nehlabathi elibambekayo loothixo nezilo, kwinto eyoyikisayo, neyoyikisayo.
Emva kokusindisa ilizwe lakhe lika-Nikan kubahlaseli bamanye amazwe kunye nokulwa i-Empress Su Daji engendawo kwimfazwe yamakhaya enogonyamelo, uFang Runin wangcatshwa ngoogxa bakhe washiya abafileyo.
Ngaphandle kwelahleko, u-Rin akakhange anikezele kwabo wazincama kakhulu-abantu bamaphondo asemazantsi kwaye ngakumbi iTikany, ilali eyikhaya lakhe. Ukubuyela kwiingcambu zakhe, u-Rin uhlangabezana nemingeni enzima-kunye namathuba angalindelekanga. Ngelixa oogxa bakhe abatsha kubunkokheli boMdibaniso woMazantsi bekhohlakele kwaye bengathembekanga, uRin uyaqonda ngokukhawuleza ukuba amandla okwenyani eNikan alala kwizigidi zabantu abaqhelekileyo abanxanelwe impindezelo kwaye bamhlonela njengothixokazi wosindiso.
Ixhaswe ngabantu kunye noMkhosi wakhe oMazantsi, u-Rin uya kusebenzisa zonke izixhobo ukoyisa iRiphabhlikhi ye Dragon, i-Hesperians yama koloni, nabo bonke abo basongela ubugcisa be shamanic kunye neengcali zabo. Njengoko amandla kunye nempembelelo yakhe ikhula, nangona kunjalo, ngaba uya kuba namandla ngokwaneleyo ukumelana nelizwi elinxilisayo likaPhoenix limcenga ukuba atshise umhlaba nayo yonke into ekulo?
Ukuzalwa nguTracy Deonn
(IAmazon)
Emva kokusweleka kukamama wakhe engozini, uBree Matthews oneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu akafuni kwenza nto kwiinkumbulo zosapho lwakhe okanye ikhaya labantwana. Inkqubo yokuhlala kwabafundi abaqaqambileyo e-UNC-Chapel Hill ibonakala ngathi ibalekile-de uBree abone ukuhlaselwa ngomlingo ngobusuku bokuqala ekhampasini.
Idemon ephaphazelayo isondla ngamandla abantu.
Umbutho ofihlakeleyo wabafundi ababizwa ngokuba yiLegendborn abazingela izidalwa.
Kwaye i-mage yolutsha engaqondakaliyo elizibiza ngokuba yi-Merlin kwaye izama-kwaye isilele-ukusula inkumbulo kaBree ngayo yonke into ayibonileyo.
Ukungaphumeleli kwe-mage kuvula umlingo owahlukileyo we-Bree kunye nenkumbulo engcwatyelweyo ngonxibelelwano olufihliweyo: ngobusuku bokubhubha kukanina, enye iMerlin yayisesibhedlele. Ngoku uBree uyazi ukuba kuninzi ekufeni kukanina kunale nto ekwiphepha lamapolisa, uyakwenza nantoni na ukuze afumane inyani, nokuba oko kuthetha ukuba kungena kwiLegendborn njengomnye wabakhwetha babo.
Uqokelela uNick, ozelwe elubhacweni uLegborn enenzondo yakhe nxamnye neqela, kwaye intsebenziswano yabo engathandabuzekiyo ibatsalela nzulu kwiimfihlo zoluntu-kwaye basondele omnye komnye. Kodwa xa iLegendborn izityhila njengenzala kaKing Arthur's knights kwaye ichaza ukuba imfazwe yomlingo iyeza, uBree kufuneka athathe isigqibo sokuba uza kuyithatha phi inyani kwaye angayisebenzisa na imilingo yakhe ukuthatha uluntu phantsi-okanye ajoyine umlo.
Ubomi obungabonakaliyo beAddie LaRue ngu-V. Schwab
(Iincwadi zeTor)
Ubomi obungayi kukhunjulwa mntu. Ibali Ongasokuze Ulilibale.
IFransi, ngo-1714: ngomzuzu wokuphelelwa lithemba, ibhinqa eliselula lenza isithembiso seFaustian ukuze siphile ngonaphakade kwaye siqalekisiwe ukuba silibaleke ngabo bonke abadibana nabo.
Ke buqala njalo ubomi obungaqhelekanga bukaAddie LaRue, kunye nokuzonwabisa okuqaqambileyo okuza kudlala kwiinkulungwane nakwilizwekazi, kwimbali nakwezobugcisa, njengokuba ibhinqa eliselula lifunda ukuba liza kude kangakanani ukushiya uphawu lwalo emhlabeni.
Kodwa yonke into iyatshintsha xa, emva kweminyaka ephantse ibe ngama-300, u-Addie ukhubeka kulomfana ukwivenkile efihlakeleyo kwaye ukhumbula igama lakhe.
Ntombi eyinkwenkwezi nguShveta Thakrar
(UHarper Teen)
Ukuba isibhakabhaka sasebusuku sineemfihlo ezininzi, sigcina imfihlo yeSheetal Mistry isondele kakhulu. Imfihlo echaza ukuba kutheni iinwele zakhe ziyisilivere yokukhanya kweenkwenkwezi, okanye kutheni ezinye iinkwenkwezi zibiza u-Sheetal ngegama.
Iinkwenkwezi ezinjengonina, owabuyela endaweni yakhe kwiqela lePushya kwiminyaka eyadlulayo. Ukusukela ngala mini, u-Sheetal wanyanzelwa ukuba azimele.
Kodwa xa usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe lweshumi elinesixhenxe lusondela, utsalo oluvela esibhakabhakeni luya lusomelela. Yomelele kangangokuba uSheetal uphulukana nolawulo, kunye nomlilo weenkwenkwezi otshisa utata wakhe ongumntu-ukonzakala kuphela ligazi leenkwenkwezi elipheleleyo elinokuphilisa.
I-Sheetal ayikho enye indlela ngaphandle kokuphendula i-starsong kwaye inyukele esibhakabhakeni. Kodwa usapho lwakhe lwasezulwini lummemele ngesizathu: ukuba asebenze njengentshatsheli yabo kukhuphiswano lokuthatha isigqibo ngendlu elandelayo elawula amazulu.
Unqwenela ukusindisa utata wakhe, uSheetal uyavuma. Kodwa akukho nto yayinokulungiselela uSheetal ukuba ajongane nembali emnyama yeenkwenkwezi-okanye imikhosi esebenzayo ukuvala isango phakathi kweendawo ezilungileyo.
Ngamnye wethu uLwandle Ngu-Mark Oshiro
(Ulutsha)
Ukusuka kumbhali ophumelele amabhaso uMark Oshiro kuza inoveli yamaphupha enamandla malunga nokufumana ikhaya kunye nokuthandana phakathi kweengozi zentlango apho amabali eza ebomini.
UXochital umiselwe ukuba azulazule entlango yedwa, ethetha amabali elali yakhe enengxaki kwimimoya yayo eyomileyo. Amaqabane akhe ekuphela kwakhe ziinkwenkwezi ezisikelelweyo ngasentla kunye nemigca yemibongo esasazeke ngomlingo kwiindunduma ezinothuli.
Umnqweno wakhe omnye: Ukwabelana ngentliziyo yakhe nomoya wobuhlobo.
Ngobunye ubusuku, umnqweno kaXo unikiwe-ngohlobo luka-Emilia, intombi ebandayo nenobuhle kasodolophu obulalayo. Kodwa xa aba babini behamba kuhambo lomlingo ukunqumla entlango, bafumanisa ukuba iintliziyo zabo zingangumdlalo… ukuba nje banako ukusinda kububi oboyikisayo obuvela xa litshona ilanga.
URaybearer nguJordani Ifueko
(Iincwadi zeAmulet)
Akukho nto ibaluleke ngaphezu kokunyaniseka.
Kodwa kuthekani ukuba ufungile ukukhusela lowo wazalelwa ukuba atshabalalise?UTarisai uhlala elangazelela ubushushu bosapho. Wakhuliswa yedwa ngumama ongaqondakaliyo, ohlala engekho ekhaya owaziwa ngokuba yiNkosikazi. Inenekazi limthumela kwikomkhulu lobukhosi behlabathi base-Aritsar ukuba bakhuphisane nabanye abantwana ukuze banyulwe njengelinye leBhunga leNkosana yesiKolo ye-11. Ukuba uthathiwe, uya kudityaniswa namanye amalungu eBhunga ngeRay, a ukudibana nzulu kunegazi. Ukusondela akunakuphikiswa nguTarisai, obesoloko efuna ukuba kwindawo ethile. Kodwa i-Lady inezinye izimvo, kubandakanya nomnqweno womlingo wokuba u-Tarisai anyanzelwe ukuba athobele: Bulala iNkosana yeNkosana akuba ethembile. UTarisai akazukuma aze abe ngumgcini womntu-kodwa womelele ngokwaneleyo ukuba angazikhethela indlela eyahlukileyo?
Ingoma Ezantsi Kwamanzi nguBethany C. Morrow
(Ulutsha)
UTavia sele engavisisani nehlabathi, enyanzelekile ukuba agcine isazisi sakhe se-siren phantsi kwesongelo kuluntu olufuna ukugcina uhlobo lwalo lutshixiwe kunye nesitshixo. Ungaze ucinge ukuba unamathele ePortland, e-Oregon, isixeko esinabantu abantsundu kuphela kwaye bambalwa kunabo banamandla omlingo. Ubuncinci une-bestie yakhe u-Effie ecaleni kwakhe njengoko besenza umdlalo wesikolo esiphakamileyo, iimfihlo zosapho, kunye neekrisimesi ezingafunekiyo.
Kodwa yonke into iyatshintsha emva kwetyala lokubulala le-siren elishukumisa ilizwe; intombazana eyintandokazi yefashoni ye-Intanethi ityhila ukuba ikwayialn, kwaye iindaba ziyarhabaxa ngokuhlala kwabo. Ukuqina kuyanda xa u-Effie eqala ukuhlaselwa ziidemon kwixesha lakhe elidlulileyo, kwaye ngengozi uTavia ukhupha ilizwi lakhe lomlingo ngexesha lokuma kwamapolisa. Akukho mfihlo ibonakala ikhuselekile kwakhona-kungekudala iPortland ayizukubakho.
Isixeko Esaba Siso nguN. Jemisin
(Iincwadi zeAmulet)
Abantu abahlanu baseNew York kufuneka beze ndawonye ukuze bakhusele isixeko sabo kwincwadi yokuqala yothotho olutsha olwenziwe nguHugo ophumelele amabhaso kunye nombhali we-NYT othengisa kakhulu uN. K. Jemisin.
Zonke izixeko zinomphefumlo. Ezinye zezakudala njengeentsomi, kwaye ezinye zintsha kwaye ziyatshabalalisa njengabantwana. Isixeko saseNew York? Unesihlanu.
Kodwa zonke izixeko zinendawo emnyama. Ubugwenxa, ububi bamandulo buhamba phantsi komhlaba, busoyikisa ngokutshabalalisa isixeko kunye nabakhuseli baso abahlanu ngaphandle kokuba banokuhlangana kunye basiyeke kube kanye.
Ubunini bobusuku bobusuku ngu-CL Polk
(UErewhon)
U-Beatrice Clayborn ngumthakathi owenza imilingo emfihlakalweni, esoyika umhla aza kuvalelwa ngawo kwikhola yomtshato eza kunqumla amandla akhe okukhusela abantwana bakhe abangekazalwa. Uphupha ngokuba nguMagus opheleleyo kunye nokulandela umlingo njengokubiza kwakhe njengamadoda, kodwa usapho lwakhe lubeke yonke into ukumxhobisela ixesha leBargaining, xa abafana namabhinqa aselula behlela esixekweni ukuze baxoxe ngemitshato ebalaseleyo. I-Clayborns inetyala elinzima, kwaye kuphela inokubasindisa, ngokufumana umdlalo olungileyo ngaphambi kokuba abo babatyalayo babize.
Ngethamsanqa lethamsanqa, u-Beatrice ufumana i-grimoire enesitshixo sokuba yi-Magus, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ayithenge, igqwirha elichaseneyo laqhatha incwadi kanye ezandleni zalo. U-Beatrice ubiza umoya wokumnceda ukuba abuye, kodwa iqabane lakhe elitsha lithatha ixabiso: ukwanga okokuqala kuka-Beatrice. . . kunye nomzalwana wakhe weentshaba, intle, imfesane, kwaye isityebi ngobutyebi u-Ianthe Lavan.
Okukhona uBeatrice exakeke ngabantakwabo baseLavan, kokukhona kusiba nzima isigqibo sakhe: Ukuba upela ubugqi ukuba abe yiMagus, uya kuyiphanzisa intsapho yakhe kwaye aphulukane nendoda ekuphela kwayo eya kumbona ukuba ingubani; kodwa ukuba utshatile-nditsho nothando-uya kuncama umlingo wakhe, isazisi sakhe, kunye namaphupha akhe. Kodwa angayikhetha njani enye, esazi ukuba uya kuzisola ngonaphakade ngendlela engathathwanga?
UCinderella Ufile nguKalynn Bayron
(IBloomsbury)
Yiminyaka engama-200 emva kokuba uCinderella efumene inkosana yakhe, kodwa intsomi iphelile. Amantombazana akwishumi elivisayo ngoku ayacelwa ukuba avele kwiBhola yoNyaka, apho amadoda obukumkani akhetha abafazi ngokusekwe kwintombazana entle. Ukuba umdlalo ofanelekileyo awufumaneki, amantombazana angakhethwanga awasokuze eve kwakhona.
U-Sophia oneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu ubudala angathanda ukutshata no-Erin, umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni ebuntwaneni, kunokuba enze umngcelele phambi kwabahambi. Kwibhola, uSophia wenza isigqibo esinqwenelekayo sokubaleka, kwaye uzibona efihle emangcwabeni eCinderella. Apho, wadibana noConstance, inzala yokugqibela eyaziwayo yaseCinderella kunye noodadewabo. Ngokudibeneyo benza isithembiso sokuwisa phantsi inkosi kanye kunye-kwaye kwinkqubo, bafunda ukuba kuninzi kwibali likaCinderella kunokuba babesazi. . .
Eli nyathelo lintsha kwibali eliqhelekileyo liya kwenza abafundi babuze iintsomi abazixelelweyo, kunye neengcambu zamantombazana ukuba aqhekeze ukwakhiwa kwehlabathi elibajikelezileyo.
Udade wokuqala nguLinden A. Lewis
(Iincwadi zeSkybound)
Udade wokuqala akanalo igama kwaye akanalo nelizwi. Njengomfundisikazi wobuDade, uhamba iinkwenkwezi ecaleni kwamajoni oMhlaba noMars-ikwangabo banamalungelo omzimba nomphefumlo wakhe. Xa umphathi wakhe wangaphambili emshiyayo, ithemba likaDade wokuqala wenkululeko liyaphela xa enyanzelwa ukuba ahlale enqanaweni yakhe engenabahlobo, engenamandla, kunye nomphathi omtsha-uSaito Ren-angazi nto ngaye. Uyalelwe ukuba ahlole uKaputeni Ren ngooSista, kodwa kungekudala afumanise ukuba ukusebenzela umzabalazo wemfazwe kunzima kakhulu ukwenza xa usothandweni.
U-Lito val Lucius wenyuka ukuphuma kwakhe ematyotyombeni ukuze abe lijoni laseVenus, kodwa woyiswa emfazweni nguSaito Ren, nto leyo eyakhokelela ekunyamalaleni kweqabane lakhe, uHiro. Xa uLito efunda ukuba uHiro uyaphila kwaye ungumngcatshi kwisizathu, ngoku unesibindi sokukhulula: ukulandelela nokubulala iqabane lakhe langaphambili. Kodwa xa efumanisa ukurekhodwa okwenziwa nguHiro ngokufihlakeleyo, ukunyaniseka kukaLito kuyavavanywa. Ekugqibeleni, kufuneka athathe isigqibo phakathi kokulandela iiodolo kunye nokulandela intliziyo yakhe.
Uqhushululu Baby nguTochi Oyenbuchi
njongo
Isekwe ekulahlekelweni sisiseko kunye nethemba elinokuhlala ngomsindo, uRiot Baby zombini libali le-dystopian lomhlaba ibali losapho elisondeleyo kunye nezinto eziphazamisayo ezithuleyo ezithethwayo ngothando, ubushushu, kunye namava amnyama aseMelika.
U-Ella no-Kev bangumzalwana nodade, bobabini banesiphiwo samandla angaqhelekanga. Ubuntwana babo buchazwa kwaye batshatyalaliswa bubume bobuhlanga kunye nenkohlakalo. Ikamva labo linokutshintsha umhlaba. Xa uKev evalelwe ityala lolutsha olumnyama eMelika, uElla — ngokundwendwela izinto eziqhelekileyo nezingaphaya kwendalo — uzama ukumbonisa indlela eya kuguquko olunokuyitshisa yonke.
IHarrow Eyesithoba NguTasmyn Muir
(UTor.com)
UHarrow weThoba, ukulandelelana kukaGidiyon weSithoba, ujika umnyele ngaphakathi njengomntu ozabalazela ukusinda kubutyobo bakhe angene esikhululweni sasemkhenkceni i-Emperor.
Uphendule umnxeba woMlawuli.
Ufike nobugcisa bakhe, ubukrelekrele bakhe, kunye nomhlobo wakhe ekuphela kwakhe.
Ekuphumeleleni, umhlaba wakhe ujike waba luthuthu.
Emva kokunyikimisa i-cosmos kunye necala lakhe lokufa, uTamsyn Muir uyaqhubeka nebali lendlu ye-penumbral Ninth House e-Harrow ye-Ninth, ibhokisi yokuphambanisa ingqondo yemfihlakalo, ukubulala, umlingo kunye ne-mayhem. Akukho nto njengoko ibonakala kwiiholo ze-Emperor, kwaye ikamva lomnyele lihlala emagxeni omfazi omnye.
UHarrowhark Nonagesimus, ugqirha wokugqibela kwiNdlu yeThoba, wayilwa ngu-Emperor wakhe ukuba alwe umlo ongenakuphumelela. Icala elisecaleni nembangi ecekisekayo, uHarrow kufuneka afezekise izakhono zakhe kwaye abe yingelosi yokufa - kodwa impilo yakhe iyasilela, ikrele lakhe limenza abe nesicaphucaphu, kwaye nengqondo yakhe isongela ukumngcatsha.
Ukutywinwa kwisithokothoko sobumnyama se-Mithraeum ye-Emperor kunye nootitshala abathathu abangenabuhlobo, abazingelwa sisiporho esibuhlungu seplanethi ebuleweyo, uHarrow kufuneka ajongane nemibuzo emibini engamkelekanga: ingaba ukhona umntu ozama ukumbulala? Kwaye ukuba bayaphumelela, ngaba indalo iphela ibingcono?
IPiranesi NguSusanna Clarke
(IBloomsbury)
Ukusuka kwi-New York Times umbhali othengisa kakhulu kaJonathan Strange kunye noMnu Norrell, inoveli entsha enxilisayo, ethandazayo ebekwe kwinyani efana nephupha.
Indlu kaPiranesi ayisosakhiwo esiqhelekileyo: amagumbi ayo akanasiphelo, iipaseji zayo azinasiphelo, iindonga zayo zinamawaka amawaka emifanekiso eqingqiweyo, nganye yahlukile kuzo zonke ezinye. Ngaphakathi kwelabyrinth yeeholo ulwandle luvalelwe; Amaza aduma kwizinyuko, amagumbi agcwala amanzi ngephanyazo. Kodwa uPiranesi akoyiki; uyawaqonda amaza njengoko eqonda ipateni yelabyrinth uqobo. Uhlala ukuphonononga indlu.
Kukho omnye umntu endlwini-indoda ebizwa ngokuba ngu-The Other, otyelela iPiranesi kabini ngeveki kwaye acele uncedo kuphando ku-A Great and Secret Knowledge. Kodwa njengoko uPiranesi ephonononga, ubungqina buvela komnye umntu, kwaye inyani eyoyikekayo iqala ukutyhileka, ityhila umhlaba ongaphaya kwale wePiranesi ebisoloko isazi.
Kubafundi bakaNeil Gaiman's uLwandle olusekupheleni kweMizila kunye nabalandeli bakaMadeline Miller's Circe, iPiranesi yazisa ngehlabathi elimangalisayo, i-labyrinth engenasiphelo, ezele yimifanekiso eyothusayo kunye nobuhle be-surreal, obuzaliswe ngamaza kunye namafu.
Unyaka Wobugqwirha Iinguqulelo zika-Alexis Henderson
(Ace)
Ibhinqa eliselula elihlala kwindawo eqinileyo, e-puritanical yoluntu ifumana amandla amnyama ngaphakathi kwayo kule ntombazana.
Kumazwe aseBheteli, apho ilizwi likaMprofethi lingumthetho, ubukho bukaImmanuelle Moore kukunyelisa. Umanyano lukanina nomphambukeli wohlanga olwahlukileyo waphosela ihlazo usapho awayekade enebhongo kulo, ke uImmanuelle wenza konke okusemandleni ukunqula uYise, alandele iProtokholi eNgcwele, kwaye aphile ubomi bokuzithoba, ukuzinikela, kunye nokuthobela ngokupheleleyo, njengazo zonke ezinye abafazi kwindawo yokuhlala.
Kodwa into embi imrhwebeshela kwi-Darkwood engavumelekanga ejikeleze iBheteli, apho umprofeti wokuqala wakha wasukela wabulala amagqwirha amane anamandla. Imimoya yabo isalalele apho, kwaye banika isipho ku-Immanuelle: ijenali kanina oswelekileyo, owothuswe nguImanuelle xa efunda indawo engcwele emthini.
Enomdla kwiimfihlo kwidayari, u-Immanuelle ufumanisa kunzima ukuqonda ukuba umama wakhe wayenokuhlangana njani nabathakathi. Kodwa xa eqala ukufunda iinyaniso ezimdaka ngeCawa kunye nembali yayo, uyaqonda ukuba oyena mngcipheko weBheteli bubumnyama bayo. Kwaye uqala ukuqonda ukuba iBheteli iza kutshintsha, kufuneka iqale ngaye.
Ubukhosi beGolide ngu-SA Chakraborty
(UHarper Voyager)
Isahluko sokugqibela kwiDaevabad Trilogy, apho umfazi obhinqileyo kunye ne-djinn inkosana edibanisa imikhosi ukugcina ubukumkani bemilingo kwimfazwe yamakhaya etshabalalisayo.
UDaevabad uwile.
Emva koloyiso olukhohlakeleyo olwahlutha umzi wabo, inkokheli kaNahid u-Banu Manizheh kunye nomphathi wakhe ovusiweyo, u-Dara, kufuneka bazame ukulungisa umanyano lwabo kunye nokuzinzisa abantu abathanda ukulwa.
Kodwa ukuphalaza igazi kunye nelahleko kaNahri wakhe amthandayo kukhuphe ezona demon zimbi zexesha elidlulileyo lobumnyama likaDara. Ukuboyisa, kuya kufuneka ajongane neenyaniso ezimbi ngembali yakhe kwaye azibeke kwinceba yabo wayefudula ebajonga njengeentshaba.
Besinde cebetshu kwiintsapho zabo ezibulalayo kunye nezopolitiko ezibulalayo zikaDaevabad, uNahri noAli, ngoku bakhuselekile eCairo, bajongane nokukhetha okunzima. Ngelixa uNahri efumana uxolo kwizingqisho ezindala kunye nentuthuzelo yesiqhelo kwikhaya lakhe lomntu, ukhathazwa kukwazi ukuba abo abathandayo abashiye ngasemva kunye nabantu ababemthatha njengomsindisi banenceba yomlawuli omtsha. UAli, naye, akanakunceda kodwa ajonge ngasemva, kwaye uzimisele ukubuya azokuhlangula isixeko sakhe kunye nosapho oluseleyo. Efuna inkxaso kwilizwe lakowabo lonina, ufumanisa ukuba unxibelelwano lwakhe nolwandle lungena nzulu kakhulu kunokuba bekulindelwe kwaye asoyikisi ubudlelwane bakhe noNahri kuphela, kodwa nokholo lwakhe.
Njengokuba uxolo lukhula ngokungaqondakaliyo kwaye abadlali abadala bebuyela, uNahri, uAli, noDara bayaqonda ukuba ukuze baphinde baphinde benze umhlaba, banokufuna ukulwa nabo babekade bebathanda. . . kwaye uthathe indawo yabo babekhe babuhlungu.
Bone Shard Intombi ngu-Andrea Stewart
(Orbit)
Kubukhosi obulawulwa ngumlingo wamathambo, uLin, owayesakuba yindlalifa kumlawuli uya kulwela ukubuyisa umlingo wakhe kunye nendawo yakhe etroneni.
Ulawulo lwe-Emperor luye lwahlala amashumi eminyaka, ubuchule bakhe bethambo lobukrelekrele bokwenza imilingo efana nezilwanyana ezigcina umthetho nocwangco. Kodwa ngoku ulawulo lwakhe luyasilela, kwaye uguquko lutshayela kwiziqithi ezininzi zoBukhosi.
U-Lin uyintombi ye-emperor kwaye uchitha iintsuku zakhe ebambeke kwibhotwe leengcango ezivaliweyo kunye neemfihlo ezimnyama. Xa utata wakhe engavumi ukumamkela njengendlalifa yetrone, wenza isifungo sokuzibonakalisa ukuba ufanelekile ngokufunda ubugcisa obungavumelekanga bethambo lomlingo.
Ukanti amandla anje ahamba neendleko ezinkulu, kwaye xa uguquko lufikelela kumasango ebhotwe, uLin kufuneka athathe isigqibo sokuba ukulungele kangakanani ukuya kubanga ubuzibulo bakhe-kwaye asindise abantu bakowabo.
Ithala leencwadi ezinzulwini zobusuku NguMat Haig
(IViking)
Kwenye indawo ngaphaya komda wendalo iphela kukho ilayibrari equlathe inani elingenasiphelo leencwadi, nganye inembali yenyani. Omnye ubalisa ibali lobomi bakho njengoko linjalo, kunye nenye incwadi obunye ubomi obunokuba ubuphila ukuba ubukhethe ukhetho olwahlukileyo ngalo naliphi na ixesha ebomini bakho. Ngelixa sonke sizibuza ukuba ingaba ubomi bethu bebunjani, ungathini xa ubunokuba nethuba lokuya kwithala leencwadi kwaye uzibonele? Ngaba obu bunye ubomi bungangcono ngokwenyani?
KwiThala leeNcwadi laseMidnight, inoveli entsha enomtsalane kaMat Haig, uNora Seed uzifumanisa ejongene nesi sigqibo. Ujongene nethuba lokutshintsha ubomi bakhe ubutsha, ngokulandela ikhondo lomsebenzi owahlukileyo, ukulungisa ukubhubha okudala, ukufezekisa amaphupha akhe okuba yi-glaciologist; Kuya kufuneka akhangele ngaphakathi kwakhe njengoko ehamba kwiLayibrari yasezinzulwini zobusuku ukuba athathe isigqibo sokuba yintoni eyanelisa ngokwenyani ebomini, kwaye yintoni eyenza ukuba kulunge ukuhlala kwindawo yokuqala.
(obonisa umfanekiso: Iincwadi ze-Amulet, i-Orbit, iTor.com)
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