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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult

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science fiction, fantasy, action movies, martial arts

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Fonda Lee is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of the epic Green Bone Saga, beginning with Jade City and continuing in Jade War and Jade Legacy. Her most recent work is the fantasy novella, Untethered Sky. She is also the author of the acclaimed science fiction novels Zeroboxer, Exo and Cross Fire.

Fonda is a winner of the Locus Award, a six-time winner of the Aurora Award (Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award), and a multiple finalist for the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. Her novels have garnered multiple starred reviews, been included on numerous state reading lists, named Junior Library Guild selections, and appeared on Best of Year lists from NPR, Barnes & Noble, Syfy Wire, and others. Jade City was named among the ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 298,095 ratings · 52,170 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 129,726 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 66,849 ratings — published 2019 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3) 4.61 avg rating — 54,121 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Contract of Isako really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,637 ratings — published 2026 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Untethered Sky 3.87 avg rating — 13,050 ratings — published 2023 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jade Setter of Janloon (The Green Bone Saga, #0.5) 4.27 avg rating — 5,608 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jade Shards (The Green Bone Saga, #0.75) 4.27 avg rating — 4,145 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exo (Exo #1) 3.78 avg rating — 2,716 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zeroboxer 3.68 avg rating — 1,696 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cross Fire (Exo, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 918 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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MARK OF THE WARRIOR TOUR

Mark of the Warrior releases on October 27, and Shannon and I will be going on tour to celebrate the concluding volume of the Breathmarked duology. Join us in San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago!

Don’t live near one of the tour stops? Pre-order double signed copies from The Signed Page.

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The Green Bone Saga (3 books)
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Exo (2 books)
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“Expectations are a funny thing,” Wen said. “When you’re born with them, you resent them, fight against them. When you’ve never been given any, you feel the lack of them your whole life.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City

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“The Horn placed his hands on her shoulders, and pulled her close, and laid his cheek against hers. "Heaven help me, Shae," he whispered into her ear. "I'm going to kill them all.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City

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“Screw you, Hilo,” she snapped. “I can kill my ex-boyfriends myself.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City

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2nd Quarter 2023 - Fantasy #1

And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 208 pp

6 votes, 33.3%

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee - 160 pp

6 votes, 33.3%

The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland - 480 pp

3 votes, 16.7%

VenCo by Cherie Dimaline - 400 pp

2 votes, 11.1%

The Shuddering City by Sharon Shinn - 358 pp

1 vote, 5.6%

The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. Anderson - 410 pp

0 votes, 0.0%

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty - 496 pp

0 votes, 0.0%

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