Recommendations based on "The Iron Will of Genie Lo"

It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost as gods - were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets. A representation of these laws is now written into the flesh of any who use the Gift, forcing those so marked into absolute obedience.As a student of the Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war fought – and lost – before he was born. Despised by most beyond the school walls, he and those around him are all but prisoners as they attempt to learn control of the Gift. Worse, as Davian struggles with his lessons, he knows that there is further to fall if he cannot pass his final tests.But when Davian discovers he has the ability to wield the forbidden power of the Augurs, he sets into motion a chain of events that will change everything. To the north, an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir. And to the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian’s wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is…

The second cycle of the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series comes to a thrilling end. You are not ready…The Faceless Ones have returned to our universe. The bad guys have won.With the end of everything just days away – and no longer able to rely on Valkyrie Cain – Skulduggery must make allies of enemies if he's going to stand any chance of saving what's left of the world. And just when things are looking their bleakest, they manage to get even worse, with Omen Darkly suddenly having to step up when his brother, the Chosen One, falls.There's a lot going on. Most of it is bad. Sorry about that.

The History Keepers Embark On Their Third Adventure, And This Is The Most Explosive One Yet! The Time-travelling Agents Voyage From Shakespeare's England To Imperial China In Pursuit Of Their Most Villainous Foe Yet, Xiang Xi, Whose Aim Is To Decimate The Population And Destroy The World's Trade Links. Jake, Nathan And Topaz Must Join Forces With International Agents In Order To Prevent Mayhem On A Global Scale. And At The Heart Of The Battle Lies The Key To A Long-lost Family Member - Will Jake Find His Brother After All This Time? The Past Is In Danger - Only Jake Djones Can Save It!

What if you could bio-engineer the next great world prophet: scientifically produce the next Buddha, the next Mohammed, or even the next Jesus? Would it mark the Second Coming or initiate a chain reaction with disastrous consequences? A master at combining historical and religious intrigue with edge-of-your-seat adventure, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins brings back SIGMA Force to battle a group of rogue scientists who've unleashed a bio-engineering project that could bring about the extinction of mankind. From ancient Greek temples to glittering mausoleums, from the slums of India to the radioactive ruins of Russia, two of SIGMA's finest must race against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history—the Greek Oracle of Delphi.

Now available in a new hardcover printing, the second novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire.Hadrian Marlowe is lost.   For half a century, he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of Vorgossos, hoping to discover a way to contact the elusive alien Cielcin. He has pursued false leads for years among the barbarian Normans as captain of a band of mercenaries, but Hadrian remains determined to make peace and bring an end to nearly four hundred years of war.   Desperate to find answers, Hadrian must venture beyond the security of the Sollan Empire and among the Extrasolarians who dwell between the stars. There, he will face not only the aliens he has come to offer peace, but contend with creatures that once were human, with traitors in his midst, and with a meeting that will bring him face to face with no less than the oldest enemy of mankind.   If he succeeds, he will usher in a peace unlike any in recorded history. If he fails, the galaxy will burn.

TITLE PAGE -- OUT OF THIS WORLD REVIEWS FOR MY BROTHER IS A SUPERHERO -- DEDICATION -- 1: MULTIVERSE SCHMULTIVERSE -- 2: HE'S NOT AN EVIL ROBOT IMPOSTER -- 3: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN -- 4: SPACE GERBIL IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE -- 5: WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR LAD -- 6: STAR DAD -- 7: TREMORS -- 8: TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE DEATH STAR -- 9: ENDLER'S GAME -- 10: THE WONTON SOUP REVELATION -- 11: THE QUANTUM TOILET QUANDARY -- 12: USE THE FLUSH, LUKE -- 13: A FISTFUL OF MACAROONS -- 14: THE TRANS-DIMENSIONAL CARROT TEMPTATION -- 15: WHEN LUKES COLLIDE -- 16: ARMAGORDON -- 17: GET TO THE CHOPPER! -- 18: NICE SUIT -- 19: THE IMPOSSIBLES -- 20: LUKE BEFORE YOU LEAP -- 21: LUKE ME UP WHEN YOU'RE IN TOWN -- 22: LUKE DARKER -- 23: BE ON THE LUKE OUT -- 24: OH NUTZ -- 25: THE COSMIC JENGA CALAMITY THEORY -- 26: THE DARK NIGHT -- 27: STAR LAD vs STELLAR -- 28: YOU MUST BE KITTEN ME -- 29: GOODBYE, MY SON -- 30: THE BOY WHO WOULDN'T GROW UP -- 31: ALL CHANGE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- COPYRIGHT

From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War.Gods and lawyers battle for the soul of the world in the action-packed second volume of Max Gladstone's Craft Wars, an epic fantasy like no other.A deadly force has been unleashed into the world. With apocalypse on the horizon, a girl and a god have joined in order to turn back the coming end. Young, brash, and desperate, they are willing to destroy anything and everything that stands between them and their goals. The structures of the Craft are theirs to overturn, with billions of lives in the balance. And it is all Tara Abernathy’s fault.The battle for the world of the Craft is heating up. A dead god will rise. A mountain will fall. Ancient fire will be stolen. And while Tara races to stop Dawn’s plans, the end draws ever closer, skittering across the stars to swallow the world. The Craft Wars enter their second stage in Wicked Problems.Also Available by Max Gladstone:The Craft Sequence1. Three Parts Dead2. Two Serpents Rise3. Full Fathom Five4. Last First Snow5. Four Roads Cross6. Ruin of AngelsThe Craft Wars1. Dead Country2. Wicked ProblemsLast ExitEmpress of ForeverThis is How You Lose the Time War (with Amal El-Mohtar)

Sandman Slim returns in this stunning, high-octane ninth thriller in the series, filled with the intense, kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between, but now he finds himself in an unknown land: the far, far edge of the Tenebrae, the desolate home of the lost dead. Making his way inland with nothing but his unerring instinct for trouble to guide him, he collides with a caravan of the damned on a mysterious crusade, led by the ruthless Magistrate. Alone and with no clue how to get back home, he throws in with this brutal bunch made up of human souls, Hellion deserters, rogue angels—and Father Traven. Slim didn’t land in Tenebrae by chance. His little stunt of trying to open Heaven has set off a tsunami across the universe. Now, the afterlife is falling apart because of the ensuing warfare. And when Heaven finds out Slim is close by, the angels put a fat bounty on his head. It’s one thing to ride with a ferocious criminal pack across the treacherous plains—it’s another to do it when everyone in the land of the dead is itching to keep you there permanently. But Slim’s not too worried. He’s been fighting cosmic forces bent on destroying Heaven, Hell, Earth, and him for years. A pack of vicious bounty hunters, vengeful angels, and dangerous enemies with friendly smiles isn’t going to stop him fixing the chaos he’s caused . . . one way or another.

The impossible was just the beginning. Now in their second year as superhuman government weapons-in-training at the Pentagonal Spire, Tom and his friends are midlevel cadets in the elite combat corps known as the Intrasolar Forces. But as training intensifies and a moment arrives that could make or break his entire career, Tom's loyalties are again put to the test.Encouraged to betray his ideals and friendships for the sake of his country, Tom is convinced there must be another way. And the more aware he becomes of the corruption surrounding him, the more determined he becomes to fight it, even if he sabotages his own future in the process.Drawn into a power struggle more dramatic than he has ever faced before, Tom stays a hyperintelligent step ahead of everyone, like the exceptional gamer he is—or so he believes. But when he learns that he and his friends have unwittingly made the most grievous error imaginable, Tom must find a way to outwit an enemy so nefarious that victory seems hopeless. Will his idealism and bravado cost him everything—and everyone—that matters to him?Filled with action and intelligence, camaraderie and humor, the second book in S. J. Kincaid's futuristic World War III Insignia trilogy continues to explore fascinating and timely questions about power, politics, technology, loyalty, and friendship.

The second volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling author otherwise known as Darren Shan.