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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Aug 28, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · By: Kate Macdonald

    Of the Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley (opens the original)

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    This new novel from the prolific and multi-genre author Chaz Brenchley is delightful. Of the Emperor’s Kindness is a tightly plotted and intricately unspooling sapphic fantasy about court intrigue, international politics, and the functions of a diplomat. Its strong propulsive thrust comes from the glorious focalised narration of its principal character, Malance Hermentine, the twenty-three-year old Ambassador of Verantha to the powerful empire of Feremendas. This setting has no connection to our

  2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · By: Kate Macdonald

    Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers (opens the original)

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    The mood in this novel is what lingers: tall trees, lush moss, deep forests and calming quiet. Orca and Bird may be a science fiction novel about an android called Orca who is struggling to understand alarming, implanted memories which interrupt her daily routine of forest surveying. When Orca is distressed or needs to recharge and stay quiet, she heads for the trees. When she shuts down at night (she thinks of herself as a female) she sleeps standing outdoors among the trees, apparently without

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