When you have read as many Sword and Sorcery books, there are times you simply run out of books to read. You are either searching for a new series to read or you are waiting on books in the series you are already following.

When your hands can't stop shaking and your stomach gets queasy because you cannot stop the itch to hold a new book in your hand and you simply have to start reading again, it is time to start something new, but maybe familiar at the same time.

These are the Sci-Fi books that carry the same undertone as Sword and Sorcery.

Set in the modern world, the protagonist has a unique talent / ability setting them apart from rest of the mundane world, much like a typical protagonist in Sword and Sorcery genre.

Go ahead and give these book it a try. I am sure you will love them.
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