Neverness
A young mathematician-pilot joins a far-future quest to unlock a cosmic mystery tied to immortality and human destiny.
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Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
A Dutch teen is stranded in 1212 and joins a children’s crusade, using modern know-how to help them survive.
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Dinner at Deviant's Palace
In post-nuclear Los Angeles, a former cult deprogrammer-musician must infiltrate a sinister sect to rescue his lost love.
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Little Bird: The Fight for Elder's Hope
In a brutal future Canada, a young resistance fighter battles a religious empire while uncovering her identity and past.
The Town with No Mirrors
In a mirrorless town, a curious girl secretly draws faces and uncovers the truth behind her community.
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In the Lives of Puppets
A hidden robot-and-human family must cross a strange world to rescue their father, confronting love, identity, and choice.
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Mythago Wood
A postwar man returns to his family home beside an ancient forest where myths take on flesh and warp reality.
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The Book of Kells
A modern artist and scholar are swept into 10th-century Ireland, where history, faith, raids, and romance collide.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
A professor, his nephew, and a guide follow a coded clue into an Icelandic volcano and discover a hidden world below.
The Magic of Recluce
A bored young exile must survive a rule-bound wanderjahr and learn magic in a world split between Order and Chaos.
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The Crystal World
A doctor’s upriver search in Africa leads him into a beautiful, expanding crystal apocalypse that warps life, time, and faith.
City of Illusions
An amnesiac stranger crosses a ruined future Earth to uncover his identity and the truth behind a city ruled by lies.
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