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On a hazy August afternoon, without warning, a nuclear bomb dropped in the middle of town. Only it didn’t detonate. At least not immediately. Instead, the explosion slowed down, promising to explode over an excruciating 150 years. Officials deemed it not an immediate threat. In fact, it was so safe a park was built around it. Jacob’s familial connection with the bomb, and his twin brother Alex’s obsession over it, was enough to drive Jacob away, until the call came late one night: Alex had gone missing, and he was last seen tinkering with the bomb. Unsure of who to trust, Jacob decides to track down his lost brother, cleaving his way through the tangled web of Alex’s life. In his way are a well-funded bomb cult, a connected politician, local business owners, anarchists, and a strange man in a tattered raven costume that can read his mind.
About Querida: Maria Collins, a 60-year-old Mexican-American queer punk firecracker, is on a mission to destroy the family book, Querida, that has become the centerpiece of her 100-year-old megalomaniac father’s global religious empire. The book, rumored to rewrite itself every time it’s opened, is highly addictive. By getting rid of it, she’ll bring her father’s dominion crashing down—or at least hurt him back for wreaking havoc on the world. Maria sets events in motion that may unexpectedly lead her to Fritz, her long-ago girlfriend and one true love who vanished 40 years ago. However, to find Fritz, Maria may have to join her father on a quest that will take her across Mexico, into war-torn and recently independent Texas, and possibly all the way to the Caribbean. Through the twisty journey, she will have to come to terms with her hatred of her father, her love for Fritz, and this supposedly magical book her great-grandmother wrote.
In a land split between demigods and mortals, Anari Desai is exiled from her kingdom for unlocking the power of a mysterious key. She seeks out a dangerous mage, Mirza Aindri, who vows to make her the crowned queen of her kingdom at a cost. Under her guidance, Anari joins a rebel group that hopes to take down her king’s everlasting dynasty. Meanwhile, Mirza infiltrates the kingdom’s aristocracy as the nobles and king vie for her power, which bears a strange resemblance to the sealed-away demigods. As the two serve their opposing sides, manipulating each side to bring about their doom, the two uncover the truth behind the nobles and the rebels. But as the three keys lead to the grail, Mirza’s true intentions come to pass.