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103) The absolutist
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Tristan Sadler, a gay soldier, recalls his time spent fighting in World War I and the intensity of his friendship with Will Bancroft, a soldier who became a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor.
104) Forge
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Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.
105) The child thief
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Reveals the world of Peter Pan through the eyes of Nick, a fatherless teen whose dreams of wonderland are replaced by the gritty reality of life and death, as Peter's recruits are forced into a lethal battle where the line between good and evil is blurred.
106) The list
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Private Matty Giaconne loves making lists, they sharpen his mind so he can focus on disarming IEDs (improvised explosive devices), and they distract him from how much he misses his family back home. But when a routine IED search nearly ends in disaster, Matty considers reordering his most important list. But choices are not easy when all the options involve leaving loved ones behind. Written in graphic-novel format.
107) Take me home
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Miller's Creek, Wisconsin, 1945. Sparks fly the moment Peter Becker lays eyes on war bride Olivia Marsten. He risks his own life to save hers-- but he harbors a dark secret. The son of an American soldier, he was forced to join the Reich's army to protect his German mother. Now an escaped POW, he's determined to spend every moment he can with Olivia before he must turn himself in. What will happen when the truth of Peter's identity comes to light?...
108) Agincourt
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A fugitive English forester and mercenary defender saves young novitiate Melisande and, defending himself from a vengeance-seeking rapist priest and Melisande's father, finds himself slogging his way to Agincourt as an archer in King Henry V's army.
109) Ashes of victory
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REPORTS OF MY DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED . . .
The People's Republic of Haven made a tiny mistake when it announced the execution of Honor Harrington. It seemed safe enough. After all, they knew she was already dead.
Unfortunately, they were wrong. Now Honor has escaped from the prison planet called Hell and returned to the Manticoran Alliance with a few friends. Almost half a million of them, to be precise . . . including some who
...110) Go slow
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When she was just a kid, Rose Campbell's mom constantly told her to take things slow and now, as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist, Rose takes the advice to heart, one misstep, and boom somebody dies. But lately, every day feels exactly the same: IEDs are found in the same locations and Rose's team finds the bombs, disarm them, and then they move on to the next one. But Rose knows better than to get impatient--because that is exactly what...
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"In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position...
112) The mist
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist Dan West has nerves of steel, regularly risks his life to disarm IEDs, and puts up with his squad mates mean-spirited pranks without complaint. And when West finds an Afghan boy standing on a bombs pressure plate, he still manages to keep calm because if he doesn't, West will be forced to face the only thing he truly fears: the pink mist, the bloody result of a bomb taking someone's life. Written in graphic-novel...
113) Thrawn: alliances
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“I have sensed a disturbance in the Force.” Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the more so when uttered by Emperor Palpatine. On Batuu, at the edges of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root--its existence little more than a glimmer, its consequences as yet unknowable. But it is troubling enough to the Imperial leader to warrant investigation by his most powerful agents: ruthless enforcer Lord Darth Vader and brilliant...
114) The last watch
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The Divide.
It’s the edge of the universe.
Now it’s collapsing―and taking everyone and everything with it.
The only ones who can stop it are the Sentinels―the recruits, exiles, and court-martialed dregs of the military.
At the Divide, Adequin Rake commands the Argus. She has no resources, no comms―nothing, except for the soldiers that no one wanted. Her ace in the hole could be Cavalon Mercer--genius, asshole, and exiled...
115) In enemy hands
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The Road to Hell
Honor Harrington's career has its ups and its downs. She's survived ship-to-ship battles, assassins, political vendettas, and duels. She's been shot at, shot down, and just plain shot, had starships blown out from under her, and made personal enemies who will stop at nothing to ruin her, and somehow she's survived it all.
But this time she's really in trouble.
The People's Republic of Haven has finally found an admiral
...116) Flag in exile
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HONOR HARRINGTON MUST DIE
Hounded into retirement and disgrace by political enemies, cut to the heart by the murder of the man she loved, and bereft of confidence in herself and her abilities, Captain Honor Harrington has retreated to the planet Grayson to take up her role as Steadholder while she tries to heal her bitter wounds.
But the People's Republic of Haven is rising from defeat to threaten Grayson anew, and the newborn Grayson Navy
...118) Love held captive
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"After the War Between the States, a Confederate officer longs to heal the heart of Lizbeth Barclay--but first he'll have to right the wrongs that were done to her." --
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"The heart is a battlefield. War has raged for a decade in Lir, and orphaned soldier Talasyn has learned to keep her powers hidden to survive. As the last known Lightweaver on the continent, she can create radiant weapons that cut through the invading Shadowforged warriors' dark magic. But all that changes when she is forced to reveal her abilities on the battlefield to defend herself from the Shadowforged prince himself, Alaric Ossinast. In a clash...
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"This is the age of storm and murder. After the old gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrio. Now, power-hungry jarls carve out petty kingdoms, and monsters stalk the shadow-haunted woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods still hold great power, promising fame and fortune for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them out. As whispers of war echo over the...