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Heaven's
Fall (Heaven's Shadow): David S. Goyer
Twenty years have passed since the mysterious Near-Earth
Object nicknamed Keanu appeared in the night sky and
transported humans from all over Earth into its
interior. There they discovered that Keanu was a
long-range spaceship - and they were not alone. They
joined forces with the aliens called the Architects, who
had come from a distant galaxy to seek help in fighting
the vicious Reivers. And they defeated them. Or so they
thought. For when Keanu reestablished contact with
Earth, they learned that the Reivers have taken over the
planet, placing most of the population under their
dominion. But mankind's last hope may yet be hidden
inside the NEO. And if the men and women still in Keanu
cannot find it, humanity will be finished. And the
galaxy will be next.
ORDER # S714-1 $12-90 ISBN 9780425256206
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Rebel Nation: Shaunta Grimes
Clover Donovan didn't set out to start a revolution -
quiet, autistic, and brilliant, she's always followed
the rules. But that was before they forced her into
service for the Time Mariners. Before they condemned her
brother to death, compelling him to flee the city to
survive. Before she discovered terrifying secrets about
The Company. Clover and the Freaks, her ragtag
resistance group, are doing their best to spread the
rebellion and stay under The Company's radar. But when
their hideout is discovered, they are forced, once
again, to run. Only this time, The Company has special
plans for Clover, plans that could risk her life and
stop the uprising in its tracks.
ORDER # S714-2 $12-90
ISBN 9780425268124
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Thousand Names (Shadow Campaigns): Django Wexler
Captain Marcus d'Ivoire, commander of one of the
Vordanai empire's colonial garrisons, was serving out
his days in a sleepy, remote outpost - until a rebellion
left him in charge of a demoralized force clinging to a
small fortress at the edge of the desert. To flee from
her past, Winter Ihernglass masqueraded as a man and
enlisted as a ranker in the Vordanai Colonials, hoping
only to avoid notice. But when chance sees her promoted
to command, she must lead her men into battle against
impossible odds. Their fate depends on Colonel Janus bet
Vhalnich. Under his command, Marcus and Winter feel the
tide turning and their allegiance being tested. For
Janus's ambitions extend beyond the battlefield and into
the realm of the supernatural - a realm with the power
to reshape the known world and change the lives of
everyone in its path.
ORDER # S714-3 $11-50 ISBN 9780451418050
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New
Earth: Ben Bova
In Ben Bova's New Earth, The world is thrilled by the
discovery of an Earthlike planet. Advance imaging shows
oceans of liquid water and a breathable, oxygen-rich
atmosphere. A human exploration team is dispatched to
explore the planet, now nicknamed New Earth. The
explorers understand they're on a one-way mission. The
trip takes eighty years one way, so even if they are
able to return to Earth, nearly two hundred years will
have passed. Their friends and family will be gone. The
explorers are not the best available: they are
expendable. Upon landing on the planet they find a group
of intelligent creatures who look like humans. Are they
native to this world or invaders? Moreover, the
scientists begin to realize that the planet cannot be
natural. Rather, could New Earth be an artifact?
ORDER # S714-4 $11-50
ISBN 9780765368072
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Premonitions:
Jamie Schultz
It's the kind of score Karyn Ames has always dreamed of
- enough to set her crew up pretty well and, more
important, enough to keep her safely stocked on a very
rare, very expensive black market drug. Without it,
Karyn hallucinates slices of the future until they
totally overwhelm her, leaving her unable to distinguish
the present from the mess of certainties and
possibilities yet to come. The client behind the heist
is Enoch Sobell, a notorious crime lord with a
reputation for being ruthless and exacting - and a
purported practitioner of dark magic. Sobell is almost
certainly condemned to Hell for a magically extended
lifetime full of shady dealings. Once you're in business
with him, there's no backing out. Karyn and her
associates are used to the supernatural and the occult,
but their target is more than just the usual family
heirloom or cursed necklace. It's a piece of something
larger. Something sinister.
ORDER # S714-5 $11-50
ISBN 9780451467447
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Possession:
Greywalker: Kat Richardson
When a comatose woman suddenly wakes up and starts
painting scenes she's never witnessed, with a skill
she's never had, medical science has no explanation. As
more bizarre phenomena manifest, including strange
voices coming from her mouth, even her doctors wonder
whether the woman may be possessed. Frustrated and
frightened, the patient's sister turns to Harper to
discover who - or what - is occupying her sister's body.
As Harper digs into the case, she discovers other
patients struck with the same mystifying afflictions and
a disturbing connection to one of the most gruesome
episodes in Washington's history.
ORDER # S714-6 $11-50
ISBN 9780451465450
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The
Reaver (The Sundering: 04): Richard Lee Byers
Endless, pounding rain afflict the Sea of Fallen Stars
and the coastal regions surrounding it. Harvests are
failing, travel and trade are disrupted, and civilized
forces are giving way to the deluges caused by the
storms. In panic and despair, many have turned to the
goddess Umberlee, Queen of the Deeps, offering her
sacrifices with hope that they will be spared the
inevitable reckoning of her perpetual tempest. Evendur
Highcastle, undead pirate captain, risen from the depths
to assume the mantle of Umberlee's Chosen, takes
advantage of the people's desperation to strike for both
spiritual and temporal power in her name. Vying with
Highcastle for the hearts and minds of the people is
Stedd Whitehorn, a little boy and the chosen of a god
thought lost to time: Lathander, the Morninglord. In a
time of such upheaval, Stedd's message of renewal and
hope runs in stark contrast to the savage ethos of
Highcastle and his waveservants.
ORDER # S714-7 $11-50
ISBN 9780786965427
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How
the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back: Diana
Rowland
Our favorite zombie Angel Crawford has come a long way
from her days as a pain-pill-addicted high school
dropout with a felony record. After a year highlighted
by murder, kidnapping, and the loss of her home, all she
wants to do is kick back, relax, and maybe even think
about college. But when key members of the "Zombie
Mafia" go missing, she has no choice but to get
involved. Angel is certain Saberton Corporation is
behind the disappearances, yet she can't shake the sense
that a far deeper conspiracy is at work. With the small
band of friends she can trust, Angel strikes out to
track down the missing zombies. But when unexpected
danger threatens to destroy her, all the brains and
bravado in the world may not be enough to keep her from
going to pieces.
ORDER # S714-8 $11-50
ISBN 9780756408220
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I'll
Be Slaying You (Night Watch): Cynthia Eden
Cynthia Eden returns to the realm of the Other, where
the supernatural bounty hunters of Night Watch work hard
and play harder. Sandra "Dee" Daniels is a
vampire's worst nightmare. Sure, she couldn't get up to
five-six in the highest heels money can buy - not that
she ever wears heels. But the monsters in her past and
the stake in her boot are enough to keep most
bloodsuckers interested in staying undead out of Baton
Rouge. But there are changes afoot on her turf. Rumors
of a Born Master in town - a vampire so powerful he can
make the streets run with blood. And a new face in Dee's
dive bars and alleyways - Simon Chase, a strong, sexy
shadow with a haunted past of his own. Simon knows a lot
about the dark side of Dee's work. He knows even more
about how to make her body spark with desire. But the
hot lust shimmering between them is only the beginning.
Because Simon also knows a secret that will change Dee's
life - if she can live long enough to uncover it.
ORDER # S714-9 $11-50
ISBN 9780758234315
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Enslaved
By the Others (H&W Investigations): Jess Haines
Vampires, werewolves, magi and worse - the Others have
joined the mortal world, and there's no turning back
now. As a New York P.I. and Other specialist, Shiarra
Waynest has been in plenty of trouble before. But waking
up in a windowless room the prisoner of a vampire slave
trader is a shock for anyone. Shia has her wits, her
bravado, and a couple of used staples, so maybe she can
take on a mansion full of serious evil. But although
she's desperate to escape, Shia needs some answers too.
Her friends are in danger. There are betrayers and spies
among them. And even if she can figure out what's going
on and somehow get a message out, she's still a captive
of the worst kind.
ORDER # S714-10 $11-50
ISBN 9781420124040
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Fireborn (Souls of Fire):
Keri Arthur
Emberly has spent a good number of her many lives trying
to save humans. So when her prophetic dreams reveal the
death of Sam, a man she once loved, she does everything
in her power to prevent it from happening. But in saving
his life, she gets more than she bargained for. Sam is
working undercover for the Paranormal Investigations
Team, and those who are trying to murder him are
actually humans infected by a plague-like virus, the
Crimson Death - a by-product of a failed government
experiment intended to identify the enzymes that make
vampires immortal. Now all those infected must be
eliminated. But when Emberly's boss is murdered and his
irreplaceable research stolen, she needs to find the
guilty party before she goes down in flames.
ORDER # S714-11 $11-50
ISBN 9780451419576
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Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland
Vampires): Chloe Neill
Ten months after vampires revealed their existence to
the mortals of Chicago, they're enjoying a celebrity
status reserved for the Hollywood elite. But once the
public learns about the Raves - mass feeding parties
where vampires round up humans like cattle and drink
themselves silly - the citizens might start sharpening
their stakes.
Cadogan House Master, vampire Ethan Sullivan, wants
Merit, the House's newest Novitiate, to reconnect with
her upper-class family and work with the city's other
supernaturals to keep the more unsavory aspects of the
vampire lifestyle out of the media. But someone doesn't
want peace between humans and vampires - someone with an
ancient grudge.
ORDER # S714-12 $11-50
ISBN 9780451469960
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From
Fear to Eternity (Immortality Bites): Michelle Rowen
Sarah was hoping the honeymoon would literally last
forever, but when Thierry receives a mysterious
invitation to an auction held in an old Beverly Hills
mansion, it's clearly time to get back to work. Thierry
hopes to win a powerful amulet containing a
wish-granting djinn that has eluded him for centuries.
Unfortunately, Atticus Kincade, head of the vampire
council, also has his eye on the item. When the
auction's host reveals his unpleasant history with
Thierry, and Sarah discovers a talking head in the
freezer, things get even weirder than usual. But when
the amulet goes missing, and everyone is suddenly
trapped inside the mansion, the undead guests find
themselves in mortal danger - and Sarah had better be
careful what she wishes for.
ORDER # S714-13 $11-50
ISBN 9780451466136
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Gilded
Lily (Steam and Seduction): Delphine Dryden
Frederique Murcheson's introduction into society hasn't
gone smoothly - some would even call it a disaster. Only
Freddie considers her debut a success. Her scheme to
become a makesmith has gone off flawlessly. The only
thing that could upset her plans now would be if someone
discovered that brilliant tinker Fred Merchant is, in
fact, a lady in disguise. Wooing a spoiled heiress is
not exactly Barnabas Smith-Grenville's idea of high
espionage. However, considering his brother disappeared
on the job, supposedly into the most iniquitous of opium
dens, he cannot expect much better. At least the
assignment will afford him time to search for his
brother, whom he suspects is in spy-related trouble
rather than a drug-addled haze.
ORDER # S714-14 $11-50
ISBN 9780425265796
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Cat
in an Alien X-Ray: Carole Nelson Douglas
Cat in an Alien X-Ray by Carole Nelson Douglas takes the
Las Vegas gang on a science-fictional roller-coaster
ride, as Midnight Louie, feline PI, and company
encounter UFO enthusiasts, conspiracy nuts who are too
bizarre even for tin foil hat therapy. An Area 51
attraction on the Strip threatens to bring more than
starry-eyed enthusiasts to town. Once again it is up to
that furballed PI Midnight Louie to keep his crew in
line and save them from the attack of the creatures from
the beyond - or common criminals that prey on the
innocent.
ORDER # S714-15 $11-50
ISBN 9780765365941
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The
Blasted Lands: James A. Moore
The Empire of Fellein is in mourning. The Emperor is
dead, and the armies of the empire have grown soft.
Merros Dulver, their newly-appointed - and somewhat
reluctant - commander, has been tasked with preparing
them to fight the most savage enemy the world has yet
seen. Meanwhile, a perpetual storm ravages the Blasted
Lands, and a new threat is about to arise - the Broken
are coming, and with them only Death.
ORDER # S714-16 $11-50
ISBN 9780857663924
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Happy
Hour In Hell (Bobby Dollar): Tad Williams
My name's Bobby Dollar, sometimes known as Doloriel, and
of course, Hell isn't a great place for someone like me
- I'm an angel. They don't like my kind down there, not
even the slightly fallen variety. But they have my
girlfriend, who happens to be a beautiful demon named
Casimira, Countess of Cold Hands. Why does an angel have
a demon girlfriend? Well, certainly not because it helps
my career. She's being held hostage by one of the
nastiest, most powerful demons in all of the netherworld
- Eligor, Grand Duke of Hell. He already hates me, and
he'd like nothing better than to get his hands on me and
rip my immortal soul right out of my borrowed but
oh-so-mortal body. But wait, it gets better! Not only do
I have to sneak into Hell, make my way across thousands
of miles of terror and suffering to reach Pan- demonium,
capital of the fiery depths, but then I have to steal
Caz right out from under Eligor's burning eyes and
smuggle her out again, past demon soldiers, hellhounds,
and all the murderous creatures imprisoned there for
eternity.
ORDER # S714-17 $11-50
ISBN 9780756409487
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Bloodshifted
(Edie Spence): Cassie Alexander
Ambushed. Blindfolded. Kidnapped by vampires. Edie
Spence must race against time to save herself and her
baby - from the nightmare that flows through her veins.
As a nurse in the hospital's secret Y4 ward, Edie has
seen her share of daytimers. Once-ordinary humans who've
tasted vampire blood, daytimers are doomed to serve
their nighttime masters. Forever. And now Edie has to
face something even more horrifying: she's become one
too. Abducted by the vampire Raven, Edie is taken to the
catacombs beneath the Catacombs, an ironically-named
L.A. night club that supplies fresh blood and other
favors for its vampire Masters. Edie has no intention of
swapping her nurse's uniform for a cocktail dress - not
when her newborn infant needs her. But if she and Asher
- her shapeshifter fiancé - can't figure out a way to
bleed Raven's power, they may never get out of this
plasma-soaked pleasure palace - undead or alive.
ORDER # S714-18 $11-50
ISBN 9781250037954
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Crucible
(Star Wars): Troy Denning
When Han and Leia Solo arrive at Lando Calrissian's
Outer Rim mining operation to help him thwart a hostile
takeover, their aim is just to even up the odds and lay
down the law. Then monstrous aliens arrive with a
message, and mere threats escalate into violent sabotage
with mass fatalities. When the dust settles, what began
as corporate warfare becomes a battle with much higher
stakes - and far deadlier consequences. Now Han, Leia,
and Luke team up once again in a quest to defeat a
dangerous adversary bent on galaxy-wide domination. Only
this time, the Empire is not the enemy. It is a pair of
ruthless geniuses with a lethal ally and a lifelong
vendetta against Han Solo. And when the murderous duo
gets the drop on Han, he finds himself outgunned in the
fight of his life. To save him, and the galaxy, Luke and
Leia must brave a gauntlet of treachery, terrorism, and
the untold power of an enigmatic artifact capable of
bending space, time, and even the Force itself into an
apocalyptic nightmare.
ORDER # S714-19 $11-50
ISBN 9780345511430
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Pathfinder
Tales: The Crusader Road: Michael A. Stackpole
When the aristocratic Vishov family is banished from
their native Ustalav due to underhanded politics,
they're faced with a choice: fade slowly into obscurity,
or strike out for the nearby River Kingdoms and
establish a new holding on the untamed frontier. For
Lady Tyressa Vishov, the decision is simple. Together
with her children and loyal retainers, she'll forge a
new life in the infamous Echo Wood, and neither
bloodthirsty monsters nor local despots will stop her
from reclaiming her family honor. Yet the shadow of
Ustalavic politics is long, and even in a remote and
lawless territory, there may be those determined to see
the Vishov family fail. From New York Times bestselling
author Michael A. Stackpole comes a new novel of
frontier adventure set in the world of the Pathfinder
Roleplaying Game and the new Pathfinder Online massively
multiplayer online roleplaying game.
ORDER # S714-20 $12-90
ISBN 9781601256577
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Dead
By Dusk (Alliance Vampires): Heather Graham
An Italian getaway was just the cure Stephanie Cahill
needed to recover from a painful past. But the picture
perfect Bella Vista has been hiding dark secrets of its
own. Thought to be eternally damned, a long-dormant
vampire has been unleashed by an archeological dig - not
the kind of research Grant Peterson signed on for. And
it seems he's not the only one attracted to Stephanie's
dark charms. As the ancient seaside village plunges into
terror, the rising body count feels like it's closing in
on them, twisting what should have been a dream
destination into something deadly and forever.
ORDER # S714-21 $11-50
ISBN 9781420132915
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Andromeda's
Choice: William C. Dietz
In a different world, Lady Catherine "Cat"
Carletto would never have left her pampered life behind.
But when Princess Ophelia became Empress Ophelia in a
coup that claimed the lives of the princess's brother
and all who supported him, including the Carletto
family, Cat had to hide - or die. She became Legionnaire
Andromeda McKee, and now she's a battle-scarred veteran
who knows how to kill. And when she's summoned to Earth
to receive the Imperial Order of Merit from the Empress
herself, Andromeda realizes that the moment is coming
when her revenge will be at hand.
ORDER # S714-22 $12-90
ISBN 9780425262146
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Elements
of Mind: Walter Hunt
In Victorian India, a Scottish doctor, Dr. James Esdaile,
finds a way to use the power of mesmerism to aid him in
performing surgeries, using a remarkable artifact that
enhances his abilities. The revocation of the promise to
bring the artifact to Rev. William Davey, the head of
the secret Committee of English mesmerists leads him to
commit suicide in the center of the Crystal Palace - but
that is only the beginning of the story. Davey's pursuit
of the object leads him across two continents, unfolding
the story that has its origins two decades before - and
reveals the secret world of the -chthonoi-, the
elemental spirits that were banished from human lands in
antiquity, and now want to find a way to open the Glass
Door and reassert themselves in the world of men.
ORDER # S714-23 $11-50
ISBN 9781939392084
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Fiefdom:
Dan Abnett
The last of humanity has taken refuge in hibernation at
the poles, hiding from the giant invading insects that
have conquered the Earth. Defending these outposts
against bug attacks are genetically engineered dog
soldiers, loyal and unquestioning to the Masters' voices
in their heads. At least they were, but things have
changed on the Earth. The Masters voices have gone and a
new peace has arrived in the northern hemisphere. The
legend of a masterless rogue soldier from the distant
South has spread, and in the new Fiefdoms of old Germany
something very dangerous is about to happen.
ORDER # S714-24 $12-90
ISBN 9781781082355
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Gabriel
Hunt - Hunt Among the Killers of Men: David J. Schow
From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of South
America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen
crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere
he goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the
$100 million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty
Colt revolver, Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for
anything - but is he prepared for the adventures that
lie in wait for him?
ORDER # S714-25 $11-50
ISBN 9781781169964
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Dawn
of the Planet of the Apes: Alex Irvine
A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by
Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the
devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach
a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both
sides are brought to the brink of a war that will
determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.
ORDER # S714-26 $11-50
ISBN 9781783292271
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In
the Blood: Lisa Unger
Lana granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many
lies about where she comes from and who she is that the
truth is like a cloudy nightmare she can't quite recall.
About to graduate from college and with her trust fund
almost tapped out, she takes a job babysitting a
troubled boy named Luke. Expelled from schools all over
the country, the manipulative young Luke is accustomed
to controlling the people in his life. But, in Lana, he
may have met his match. Or has Lana met hers? When
Lana's closest friend, Beck, mysteriously disappears,
Lana resumes her lying ways - to friends, to the police,
to herself. The police have a lot of questions for Lana
when the story about her whereabouts the night Beck
disappeared doesn't jibe with eyewitness accounts. Lana
will do anything to hide the truth, but it might not be
enough to keep her ominous secrets buried: someone else
knows about Lana's lies. And he's dying to tell.
ORDER # S714-27 $11-50
ISBN 9781476708232
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Star Trek: Seekers: Second
Nature (Star Trek: Original): David Mack
An all-new Star Trek series begins!
A new mission: The late twenty-third century -
Starfleet's golden age of exploration. Desperate to stay
one step ahead of its rivals, the Federation sends two
starships, the scout Sagittarius and the cruiser
Endeavour, to plumb the secrets of the vast region known
as the Taurus Reach. A doomed race: Drawn by mysterious
energy readings to a lush green world, the crew of the
Sagittarius find the Tomol: a species whose members all
commit ritual suicide just as they reach the cusp of
adulthood. An old foe: The crew of the Sagittarius wants
to save the Tomol from their cycle of self-destruction,
but first they'll need to save themselves - from the
most nefarious Klingon starship commander in history.
ORDER # S714-28 $11-50
ISBN 9781476753072
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Wolf
in Shadow: John Lambshead
Rhian, a girl from the Welsh valleys on the run from
tragedy and herself, finds a new home in the modern East
End of London, where the world's largest financial
center spins a web of money and power from glistening
towers of chrome and glass. Beneath the modern façade
lurks the old East End where the layers of two thousand
years of dramatic and violent history slide over one
another like glaciers, spilling out in avalanches that
warp the real world. As bodies begin to litter the East
End streets, The Commission dispatches its best
enforcers to deal with the situation: Karla is not
human, and Jameson left his humanity behind in pieces in
Northern Ireland and Afghanistan. Rhian makes new
friends, dangerous friends; and where Rhian goes, the
wolf is always in her shadow, just a heartbeat away.
ORDER # S714-29 $11-50
ISBN 9781476736617
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Guild Wars: Sea of Sorrows:
Rae Soesbee
The Elder Dragon Zhaitan has risen. In its wake, the
drowned kingdom of Orr is reborn - and another is
destroyed. The city of Lion's Arch, for generations a
cornerstone of civilization in Tyria, is brutally swept
beneath the waves, leaving nothing but ruins. Among the
survivors is Cobiah Marriner, a human sailor shipwrecked
by the tsunami and stranded at sea. When he is rescued
by a ferocious charr, Cobiah knows that he's been
plunged into a world forever changed. Now, Zhaitan's
undead servants dominate the sea, destroying port after
port and slaughtering anything in their path. In the
midst of ruin, Cobiah vows to see Lion's Arch rebuilt.
Amid the storm of the dragon's rising, Cobiah must
become a hero to his crew and an admiral to the pirate
fleet, and face the ghosts of his past. Only then will
he master the Sea of Sorrows and crush the armada of
Orr.
ORDER # S714-30 $12-90
ISBN 9781416589624
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One
Night in Sixes (Children of the Drought): Arianne 'Tex'
Thompson
The border town called Sixes is quiet in the heat of the
day. Still, Appaloosa Elim has heard the stories about
what wakes at sunset: gunslingers and shapeshifters and
ancient animal gods whose human faces never outlast the
daylight. And the daylight is running out. Elim's
so-called 'partner' - that lily-white lordling Sil
Halfwick - has disappeared inside the old adobe walls,
hell-bent on making a name for himself among Sixes'
notorious black-market traders. Elim, whose worldly
station is written in the bastard browns and whites of
his cow-spotted face, doesn't dare show up home without
him. If he ever wants to go home again, he'd better find
his missing partner fast. But if he's caught out after
dark, Elim risks succumbing to the old and sinister
truth in his own flesh - and discovering just how far
he'll go to survive the night.
ORDER # S714-31 $11-50
ISBN 9781781082386
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Alien (Sea of Sorrows: 02):
James A. Moore
As a deputy commissioner for the ICC, Alan Decker's job
is to make sure the settlements on LV178 follow all the
rules, keeping the colonists safe. But the planet known
as New Galveston holds secrets, lurking deep beneath the
toxic sands dubbed the Sea of Sorrows. The
Weyland-Yutani Corporation has secrets of its own, as
Decker discovers when he is forced to join a team of
mercenaries sent to investigate an ancient excavation.
Somewhere in that long-forgotten dig lies the thing the
company wants most in the universe - a living Xenomorph.
Decker doesn't understand why they need him, until his
own past comes back to haunt him. Centuries ago, his
ancestor fought the Aliens, launching a bloody vendetta
that was never satisfied. That was when the creatures
swore revenge on the Destroyer.
ORDER # S714-32 $12-90
ISBN 9781781162705
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The
One-Eyed Man: A Fugue, With Winds and Accompaniment:
L.
E. Modesitt
The colony world of Stittara is no ordinary planet. For
the interstellar Unity of the Ceylesian Arm, Stittara is
the primary source of anagathics: drugs that have more
than doubled the human life span. But the ecological
balance that makes anagathics possible on Stittara is
fragile, and the Unity government has a vital interest
in making sure the flow of longevity drugs remains
uninterrupted, even if it means uprooting the human
settlements. Offered the job of assessing the ecological
impact of the human presence on Stittara, freelance
consultant Dr. Paulo Verano jumps at the chance to
escape the ruin of his personal life. He gets far more
than he bargained for: Stittara's atmosphere is
populated with skytubes - gigantic, mysterious airborne
organisms that drift like clouds above the surface of
the planet. Their exact nature has eluded humanity for
centuries.
ORDER # S714-33 $11-90
ISBN 9780765370419
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Path of Smoke (Parallel
Parks): Bailey Cunningham
The company of heroes has thwarted the plan of the
power-hungry basilissa to conquer Anfractus, but not
without a cost. Andrew's character, Roldan, died,
leaving him cut off from the mystical realm without any
memory of its existence. If the others reveal the park's
magical nature to Andrew, his banishment will become
permanent. So they must hide their nighttime adventures
- and hope that his memory returns. Pursued by the
basilissa's forces, the rest of the group keeps a low
profile in Anfractus until they uncover an unholy
alliance between their enemy and the silenoi, satyrlike
creatures who hunt humans - an alliance that threatens
to cross the barrier into the real world. And while his
friends struggle to prevent an invasion in both worlds,
Andrew receives a visitor determined to restore his
memory of Anfractus by leading him down a very dark
path.
ORDER # S714-34 $11-50
ISBN 9780425261071
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Storm
Riders: Margaret Weis
In a magical world, two enemy kingdoms have long sought
a weapon that will win lasting dominance. But then both
are attacked by the Bottom-Dwellers, bitter people whose
own land was destroyed. Using contramagic strengthened
by blood sacrifice, they threaten to bring down whole
cities. Freya and Rosia must put aside their age-old
conflict to defend themselves. As the Bottom-Dwellers'
contramagic eats away the magic of the dragons that
protects the world above, a former dragon-riding hero
gathers a new dragon brigade, the one desperate hope of
the two kingdoms to defeat the fiends who threaten their
world. The new dragon brigade's high-flying heroics will
be to no avail, though, unless they can uncover
forbidden knowledge, long hidden by the Church.
ORDER # S714-35 $11-90
ISBN 9780765369529
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The Undead Pool (Hollows):
Kim Harrison
Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to
save the demonic ever-after from shrinking, but at a
high cost. Now, strange magic is attacking Cincinnati
and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go
horribly wrong, and the truce between the Inderlander
and human races is shattering. Rachel must stop this
dark necromancy before an all-out supernatural war
breaks out. Rachel knows of only one weapon to ensure
the peace: ancient elven wild magic, which carries its
own perils. And no one knows better than Rachel that no
good deed goes unpunished.
ORDER # S714-36 $11-50
ISBN 9780061957949
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Free
Agent (Grimm Agency): J. C. Nelson
Working for Grimm isn't Marissa Locks's dream job. But
when your parents trade you to a Fairy Godfather for a
miracle, you don't have many career options. To pay off
her parents' debt and earn her freedom, Marissa must do
whatever Grimm asks, no matter what fairy-tale fiasco
she's called on to deal with. Setting up a second-rate
princess with a first-class prince is just another day
at the office. But when the matchmaking goes wrong,
Marissa and Grimm find themselves in a bigger magical
muddle than ever before. Not only has the prince gone
missing, but the Fae are gearing up to attack Kingdom,
and a new Fairy Godmother is sniffing around Grimm's
turf, threatening Marissa with the one thing she can't
resist: her heart's wishes. Now Marissa will have to
take on Fairies, Fae, dragons, and princesses to save
the realm - or give up any hope of ever getting her
happy ending.
ORDER # S714-37 $11-50
ISBN 9780425272671
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Hardship (Theirs Not to
Reason Why): Jean Johnson
Demoralized, their ship destroyed, Ia's Damned must
fight their way out of a planet-bound blockade and back
into space. But there is more happening here on Dabin
than meets even Ia's inner eye. Some of the Feyori,
energy-based beings of vast power and arrogance, are
moving to block her efforts under the direction of her
counter-faction foe, Miklinn. The Terran Army Division
stationed on Dabin is not cooperating with her battle
plans. Events are not happening as Ia has foreseen, and
too many people are now in grave danger, thanks to alien
Meddling. All these hardships are threatening to derail
Ia's carefully laid plans. The Meddlers, however, have
made one fatal mistake: They're just making Bloody Mary mad.
ORDER # S714-38 $11-50
ISBN 9780425256497
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Jani
and the Greater Game: Eric Brown
It's 1910 and the British rule the subcontinent with an
iron fist - and with strange technology fuelled by a
power source known as Annapurnite - discovered in the
foothills of Mount Annapurna. But they rule but at the
constant cost of their enemies, mainly the Russians and
the Chinese, attempting to learn the secret of this
technology. This political confrontation is known as The
Greater Game. Into this conflict is pitched eighteen
year old Janisha Chaterjee who discovers a strange
device which leads her into the foothills of the
Himalayas. When Russians spies and the evil priest Durja
Das find out about the device, the chase is on to
apprehend Janisha before she can reach the Himalayas.
There she will learn the secret behind Annapurnite, and
what she learns will change the destiny of the world for
ever.
ORDER # S714-39 $11-50
ISBN 9781781082058
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Kenobi (Star Wars):
John
Jackson Miller
Tatooine - a harsh desert world where farmers toil in
the heat of two suns while trying to protect themselves
and their loved ones from the marauding Tusken Raiders.
A backwater planet on the edge of civilized space. And
an unlikely place to find a Jedi Master in hiding, or an
orphaned infant boy on whose tiny shoulders rests the
future of a galaxy. Known to locals only as
"Ben," the bearded and robed offworlder is an
enigmatic stranger who keeps to himself, shares nothing
of his past, and goes to great pains to remain an
outsider. But as tensions escalate between the farmers
and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief,
Ben finds himself drawn into the fight, endangering the
very mission that brought him to Tatooine.
ORDER # S714-40 $11-50
ISBN 9780345546845
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Blood
of Tyrants (Temeraire): Naomi Novik
Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of
Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator,
Laurence finds himself tangled in deadly political
intrigues that threaten not only his own life but
England's already precarious position in the Far East.
Age-old enmities and suspicions have turned the entire
region into a powder keg ready to erupt at the slightest
spark - a spark that Laurence and Temeraire may
unwittingly provide, leaving Britain faced with new
enemies just when they most desperately need allies
instead. For to the west, another, wider conflagration
looms. Napoleon has turned on his former ally, the
emperor Alexander of Russia, and is even now leading the
largest army the world has ever seen to add that country
to his list of conquests. It is there, outside the gates
of Moscow, that a reunited Laurence and Temeraire -
along with some unexpected allies and old friends - will
face their ultimate challenge - and learn whether or not
there are stronger ties than memory.
ORDER # S714-41 $11-50
ISBN 9780345522900
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Mist (Midgard):
Susan
Krinard
Mist lives a normal life. She has a normal job, a normal
boyfriend, and a normal apartment in San Francisco. She
never thinks about her past if she can help it. She
survived. That's the end of it. But then a snowy winter
descends upon San Francisco. In quick succession, Mist
is attacked by a frost giant in a public park and runs
into an elf disguised as a homeless person on the
streets - and then the man Mist believed was her mortal
boyfriend reveals himself to be the trickster god, Loki,
alive and well after all these years. The normal life
for which Mist fought so hard is falling apart. But
thankfully, Mist isn't quite so normal herself. She's a
Valkyrie, and she's going to need all her skill to
thwart Loki's schemes and save modern Earth from the
ravages of a battle of the gods.
ORDER # S714-42 $11-50
ISBN 9780765368768
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Eight
Million Gods: Wen Spencer
One Saturday afternoon, Nikki Delany thought,
"George Wilson, in the kitchen, with a
blender." By dinner, she had killed George and
posted his gory murder to her blog. The next day, she
put on her mourning clothes and went out to meet her
best friend for lunch to discuss finding a replacement
for her love interest. Nikki is a horror novelist. Her
choice of career is dictated by an Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder that forces her to write stories of death and
destruction. She can't control it, doesn't understand
it, but can use it to make money anywhere in the world.
Currently "anywhere" is in Japan, hiding from
her mother who sees Nikki's OCD as proof she's mentally
unstable. Nikki's fragile peace starts to fall apart
when the police arrest her for the murder of an American
expatriate. Someone killed him with a blender.
ORDER # S714-43 $11-50
ISBN 9781476736693
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Death of Sleep:
Anne
McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye
Like Dan Davis in Heinlein's Door into Summer (Ballantine,
1986), Lunzie Mespil is a victim of cryogenic sleep and
future shock. On three separate occasions following a
deep-space disaster, she is placed in suspended
animation totaling almost 90 years while awaiting
rescue. Like Ripley in the film Aliens , she has lost
not just her friends and loved ones, but everything
familiar to her. Her story is a study of struggle
against adversity as she tries to put her life back
together. Because her medical knowledge is obsolete,
Lunzie returns to school and becomes the medical officer
on an exploratory vessel for the Federation of Sentient
Planets. While routinely surveying the prehistoric life
of the planet Ireta, she is caught in the middle of a
violent racial mutiny.
ORDER # S714-44 $11-50
ISBN 9781476736679
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Poison Promise (Elemental
Assassin): Jennifer Estep
In book eleven of her New York Times bestselling
Elemental Assassin series, author Jennifer Estep
continues "one of the best urban fantasy series
going on the market"
Gin Blanco is hard-nosed, sexy, and lethal. Nicknamed
"The Spider," she's a stone elemental assassin
who brings her unique mix of magic and tact to every
assignment, no matter the target. There's a new drug on
the streets of Ashland, and its name "Burn"
sums up the potent effect it has on its users. When one
of her restaurant employees is threatened by dealers of
the drug, Gin steps in to set things straight.
ORDER # S714-44AA $11-50
ISBN 9781476771502
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The
Heavens Rise: Christopher Rice
It's been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished,
and still no one can explain the events of that dark and
sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, who
left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save
them from her newfound capacity for destruction. She
alone knows the source of her very bizarre - and very
deadly - abilities: an isolated strip of swampland
called Elysium. Niquette's father dreamed of
transforming the dense acreage surrounded by murky
waters into a palatial compound befitting the name his
beloved wife gave to it, Elysium: "the final
resting place for the heroic and virtuous." Then,
construction workers dug into a long-hidden well, one
that snaked down into the deep, black waters of the
Louisiana swamp and stirred something that had been
there for centuries - a microscopic parasite that
perverts the mind and corrupts the body.
ORDER # S714-45 $18-90
ISBN 9781476716091
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The
Dawn of a Desperate War (Godlanders War: 03): Aaron
Pogue
Corin Hugh, once left to die in the tomb of a dead god,
now carries with him the burning memory of King Oberon's
betrayal at the hands of the tyrant god Ephitel. But he
also carries a secret weapon - Godslayer, the one sword
in all Hurope that can bring Ephitel to his knees.
However, he will need more than just a magic sword to
draw Ephitel down from his throne. As Corin searches for
allies in what may become his last, desperate stand
against the gods, his quest takes him deep into the
heart of two ancient orders: a reclusive race of druids
and the long-lost elves of old Gesoelig. Ultimately,
Corin must swallow his pride and look to his fellow
humans for help as he plots his revenge against Ephitel.
All his plans may crumble to ashes, however, if Justicar
Jessamine, Ephitel's ruthless but beautiful champion,
has her way.
ORDER # S714-46 $17-90
ISBN 9781477824269
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Lighthouse
Island: Paulette Jiles
In the coming centuries the world's population has
exploded. The earth is crowded with cities, animals are
nearly all extinct, and drought is so widespread that
water is rationed. There are no maps, no borders, no
numbered years, and no freedom, except for an elite few.
It is a harsh world for an orphan like Nadia Stepan.
Growing up, she dreams of a green vacation spot called
Lighthouse Island, in a place called the Pacific
Northwest. When an opportunity for escape arises, Nadia
embarks on a dangerous and sometimes comic adventure.
Along the way she meets a man who changes the course of
her life: James Orotov, a mapmaker and demolition
expert. Together, they evade arrest and head north
toward a place of wild beauty that lies beyond the
megapolis - Lighthouse Island.
ORDER # S714-47 $18-90
ISBN 9780062232519
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Cast
in Flame (Chronicles of Elantra): Michelle Sagara
Kaylin returned from the West March in one piece. Now
that piece is fraying. She's not at home in the Imperial
Palace - and she never intends to be. All she wants is
normal garden-variety criminals and a place of her own.
Of course, normal in her new life involves a dragon as a
roommate, but she can handle that. She can't as easily
handle the new residents to the city she polices,
because one of them is Nightshade's younger brother. On
a night when she should be talking to landlords in
perfectly normal buildings, she's called to the fief -
by Teela. A small family disagreement has become a
large, complicated problem: Castle Nightshade's latent
magic is waking. And it's not the only thing.
ORDER # S714-48 $17-90
ISBN 9780778317081
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Enchantress
(Evermen Saga: 01): James Maxwell
Ella and her brother, Miro, are orphans, their parents
killed long ago in the ongoing struggle against the mad
Emperor. From the day Ella witnesses an enchanter using
his talents to save Miro from drowning, she knows what
she wants to be. But the elite Academy of Enchanters
expects tuition fees and knowledge. Determined, Ella
sells flowers and studies every book she can. Meanwhile,
Miro dreams of becoming one of the world's finest
swordsmen, wielding his nation's powerful enchanted
weapons in defense of his homeland. A dark force rises
in the east, conquering all in its path, and Miro leaves
for the front. When the void Miro left is filled by
Killian, a charming stranger from another land, Ella
finds herself in love. But Killian has a secret, and
Ella's actions will determine the fate of her brother,
her homeland, and the world.
ORDER # S714-49 $17-90
ISBN 9781477823521
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The
Hidden Relic (Evermen Saga: 02): James Maxwell
With the fate of their homeland still in jeopardy,
siblings Ella and Miro must face the Primate's evil as
he discovers a new technique: a way to extract essence
from human blood. The Primate has been temporarily
defeated, but his home was once inhabited by the Evermen,
and their ancient secrets still remain there. As the
mysterious Evrin sets out to destroy everything he can,
the Primate stumbles upon an ancient book that tells of
a hidden relic with unfathomable power - and he will
stop at nothing to find it.
Realizing the solution to defeating the Primate and
saving the Empire is tied to the hidden relic, Ella,
Miro, Killian, and the desert prince Ilathor must race
to reach the relic before the Primate - or suffer
disastrous consequences.
ORDER # S714-50 $17-90
ISBN 9781477823811
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The
Path of the Storm (Evermen Saga: 03): James Maxwell
Two years have passed since the war. The Primate is
dead, the machines at Stonewater have been destroyed,
yet without essence the Empire's economy has collapsed.
Trade is at a standstill, famine sets in, and, with no
food and no essence, the people begin to riot. In the
midst of the growing unrest, Miro struggles to balance
his life with Amber against his resolve to keep threats
to the Empire at bay. His sister Ella helps to build the
machinery the Empire desperately needs, but she longs to
find Killian and believes his powers will be needed in
the conflict to come. News of a wedding brings a
much-needed ray of hope to the weary people. But as
citizens and leaders gather from afar for the
festivities, an evil threat shatters the fragile peace:
one of the Evermen has returned. And he will not rest
until he has completely destroyed the humans he
despises.
ORDER # S714-51 $17-90
ISBN 9781477824221
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The
Bastion Wars: Henry Zou
When a force of daemon-worshipping renegades invade the
Medina sub-sector, whole worlds are imperiled and a few
heroes - and villains - find themselves thrust into the
midst of cataclysmic events. When a force of daemon-worhsipping
renegades invade the Medina sub-sector, whole worlds are
imperilled and a few heroes - and villains - find
themselves thrust into the midst of cataclysmic events.
Inquisitor Roth must locate and secure a cache of
dangerous artefacts before the traitors can use their
power to drown the region in blood. The brave Imperial
Guardsmen of the 31st Riverine are beset by rebellion on
what should be a routine mission, and the Blood Gorgons
Chaos Space Marines are brought to the edge of
destruction when a mysterious plague grips one of their
recruiting worlds. Discover the secrets of Medina and
experience the horror of the Bastion Wars in this
mammoth omnibus.
ORDER # S714-52 $20-90
ISBN 9781849707282
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Fortune's
Rising (Outer Bounds): Sara King
Under the supertech Coalition government, Fortune's
colonists are enslaved to harvest the highly valuable
brain-enhancing drug Yolk, often losing their sanity and
lives in the process. The population is dying off and
the planet is becoming a police state whose only purpose
is to harvest Yolk. But a revolution is in the air,
fueled by an unlikely band of rebels. As their paths and
fates collide, the battle to spark a full-scale uprising
is violently challenged by the Nephyrs, the government's
elite army of sadistic, near-indestructible cyborgs. But
the prophecies of a mad soothsayer have foretold the
coming of a hero destined to turn the tide - and the
fight for freedom is just beginning.
ORDER # S714-53 $17-90
ISBN 9781477823996
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The
Star Wars: Based on the Original Rough Draft
Screenplay: George Lucas by George Lucas
Before Star Wars, there was The Star Wars! This is the
softcover collection of the official adaptation of
George Lucas' rough-draft screenplay for what would
become Star Wars, the film that changed motion pictures
and the world. You'll see familiar characters and places
- but not all is the same in this long-ago and faraway
galaxy. Still, strap yourself in for high adventure and
lazersword duels, Iedi Knights Princess Leia Han Solo
and a battle to.
ORDER # S714-54 $22-90
ISBN 9781783294985
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The
Boleyn Reckoning: Laura Andersen
The Tudor royal family has barely survived a disastrous
winter. Now English ships and soldiers prepare for the
threat of invasion. But William Tudor - known as Henry
IX - has his own personal battles to attend to. He still
burns for Minuette, his longtime friend, but she has
married William's trusted advisor, Dominic, in secret -
an act of betrayal that puts both their lives in danger.
Princess Elizabeth, concerned over her brother's
erratic, vengeful behavior, imperils her own life by
assembling a shadow court in an effort to protect
England. With war on the horizon, Elizabeth must decide
where her duty lies: with her brother or her country.
Her choice could forever change the course of history.
ORDER # S714-55
$17-90 ISBN 9780345534132
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Fist
of Demetrius (Macharian Crusade): William King
As the crusade reaches its apex, Lord Solar Macharius is
drawn by a prophecy to the world of Demetrius in search
of an ancient artefact - the Fist of Demetrius. Rumours
and legends abound of the artefact's providence as a
weapon of a primarch, the lords of the Horus Heresy.
With it, Macharius believes his success and victory is
assured but others crave this potent weapon, and the
dark eldar will do anything to obtain it.
ORDER # S714-56
$16-90
ISBN 9781849706438
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Folk'd
Up: Laurence Donaghy
Having plunged himself headfirst through a portal to the
Otherworld, Danny Morrigan has embarked on a mission
into the unknown to save his family, and rescue his
missing son. But is he about to find more than he
bargained for. Family histories and unspoken pasts will
be revealed and Danny must learn how to use the powers
inside him - and quickly - for, above ground, the
faeries have harnessed the power of technology to fuel
their dark magics, and in a matter of days, all of
Ireland maybe under their spell. The clock is ticking.
ORDER # S714-57
$23-90
ISBN 9780856409226
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The
Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science
Fiction and Fantasy: Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown (1906-1972), one of science fiction's
greatest masters from the Golden Age, is famous for his
many classic short stories - quite a few of which are
presented here, including "Arena,"
"Knock," "Earthmen Bearing Gifts,"
"The Star Mouse," and many more. 33 great
tales of science fiction and fantasy in all!
ORDER # S714-58
$16-90
ISBN 9781479402021
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The
Non-Zombie Apocalypse: Sechin Tower
The students of the Mechanical Science Institute -
better known as the Mad Science Institute - are
accustomed to being feared and misunderstood. The world
simply isn't ready to know about their antimatter
reactors, dangerous devices, or even their pet
videogame-playing lizard-monster. Sophia
"Soap" Lazarchek, one of the newest members of
the Institute, is starting to realize that not all of
life's problems can be solved with robots. At only
sixteen, Soap has been shipped off to this special
school for the "college experience," which
evidently includes eating cold pizza for breakfast,
trying not to make a fool of herself on a date, and
defending the world from doomsday machines. When an old
enemy steals a prehistoric bioweapon capable of
enslaving the planet, Soap and her classmates must put
aside their differences and combine their unusual
talents to unravel the conspiracy.
ORDER # S714-59
$18-90
ISBN 9780984850723
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The
Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Volume 2):
Stephen King, Charles De Lint, Jane Yolen
A mutant baby goes on a rampage through Central Park. An
immigrant reveals secrets in the folds of a perfect
gift. Lucky Cats extend their virtual paws to salute a
generous revolution. The Internet invades a third-world
village. The premier speculative-fiction magazine
Fantasy & Science Fiction continues to discover and
showcase many of the most inventive authors writing in
any genre. Now drawing even more deeply upon F&SF's
impressive history, this extraordinary companion
anthology expands upon sixty-five years' worth of
top-notch storytelling. The Very Best of Fantasy &
Science Fiction, Volume Two is a star-studded tribute to
the continuing vision of F&SF.
ORDER # S714-60
$18-90
ISBN 9781616961633
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The
Tesla Gate: John D. Mimms
When a cosmic storm enters Earth's atmosphere,
scientists are baffled by its composition and origins,
but not nearly as much as they are by the storm's side
effect - anyone who has died and chosen not to cross
over is suddenly stranded here, visible, and can
interact with the living. With the world thrown into
chaos, Thomas Pendleton is eager to make up for many
broken promises to his six-year-old son, Seth. Soon
after the storm, they set out on a road trip to the
National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC,
completely unaware of the social and political maelstrom
they're heading into that will change their lives
forever.
ORDER # S714-61
$19-90
ISBN 9781624671777
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Imaginarium
2014: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing: Cory
Doctorow, Craig Davidson, Sandra Kasturi and Helen
Marshall
Imaginarium 2014: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing
is a reprint anthology collecting speculative short
fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror,
magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work
published by Canadian writers in the 2013 calendar year.
ORDER # S714-62
$19-90
ISBN 9781771481991
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Out
of the Black (Odyssey One: 04): Evan Currie
Deep in blackest space, the Drasin have watched
humanity's journey to the stars - and determined that a
species as barbaric as ours has no place in the cosmos.
The wreckage of the starship Odyssey, once Earth's
greatest guardian, lies strewn across New York City.
Abandoned by all but its captain, Odyssey's sacrifice
covered the withdrawal of countless troops as the Drasin
assault ravaged the planet. When Captain Eric Weston
finally emerges from the rubble, impossibly alive thanks
to the mysterious "Gaia," he knows with the
Drasin it's kill or be killed. But not all of the
heavens have proven hostile. The Priminae have felt the
full brunt of Drasin aggression on their own home world,
and they won't leave humanity to face annihilation
alone. Together with what's left of the crews of the
Odyssey and other starships, they race to join Weston
and his group of Earth-bound survivors for a desperate
last stand.
ORDER # S714-63
$17-90
ISBN 9781477817872
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World
of Trouble (Last Policeman: 03): Ben Winters
Critically acclaimed author Ben H. Winters delivers this
explosive final installment in the Edgar Award winning
Last Policeman series. With the doomsday asteroid
looming, Detective Hank Palace has found sanctuary in
the woods of New England, secure in a well-stocked safe
house with other onetime members of the Concord police
force. But with time ticking away before the asteroid
makes landfall, Hank's safety is only relative, and his
only relative - his sister Nico - isn't safe. Soon, it's
clear that there's more than one earth-shattering
revelation on the horizon, and it's up to Hank to solve
the puzzle before time runs out - for everyone.
ORDER # S714-64
$17-90
ISBN 9781594746857
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The
Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual
Collection: Gardner Dozois
In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far
reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths
we once held to be self evident? The world of science
fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of
tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now,
in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual
Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a
new world in the year's best short stories. This
venerable collection brings together award winning
authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed,
Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear,
Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive
recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in
science fiction, this annual compilation has become the
definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction
fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
ORDER # S714-65
$26-90
ISBN 9781250046215
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The
Queen of the Tearling: Erika Johansen
On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh
Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey
back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful
throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and
learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother,
the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may
be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not
defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling
sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power; and
accompanying her is the Queen's Guard, a cadre of brave
knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus.
Kelsea will need them all to survive a cabal of enemies
who will use every weapon - from crimson-caped assassins
to the darkest blood magic - to prevent her from wearing
the crown.
ORDER # S714-66
$31-90
ISBN 9780062326744
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The
Return of the Discontinued Man (A Burton & Swinburne
Adventure): Mark Hodder
It's 9 p.m. on February 15, 1860, and Charles Babbage,
the British Empire's most brilliant scientist, performs
an experiment. Within moments, blood red snow falls from
the sky and Spring Heeled Jack pops out of thin air in
London's Leicester Square. Though utterly disoriented
and apparently insane, the strange creature is intent on
one thing: hunting Sir Richard Francis Burton! Spring
Heeled Jack isn't alone in his mental confusion. Burton
can hardly function; he's experiencing one hallucination
after another - visions of parallel realities and future
history. Someone, or something, is trying to tell him
about - what? When the revelation comes, it sends Burton
and his companions on an expedition even the great
explorer could never have imagined - a voyage through
time itself into a twisted future where steam technology
has made a resurgence and a despotic intelligence rules
over the British Empire!
ORDER # S714-67
$19-90
ISBN 9781616149055
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The
Wurms of Blearmouth (Malazan Book of the Fallen):
Steven
Erikson
Tyranny comes in many guises, and tyrants thrive in
palaces and one-room hovels, in back alleys and
playgrounds. Tyrants abound on the verges of
civilization, where disorder frays the rule of civil
conduct and propriety surrenders to brutal imposition.
Millions are made to kneel and yet more millions die
horrible deaths in a welter of suffering and misery. But
leave all that behind and plunge into escapist fantasy
of the most irrelevant kind, and in the ragged wake of
the tale told in Lees of Laughter's End, those most
civil adventurers, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, along
with their suitably phlegmatic manservant, Emancipor
Reese, make gentle landing upon a peaceful beach,
beneath a quaint village at the foot of a majestic
castle. There they make acquaintance with the
soft-hearted and generous folk of Spendrugle, which lies
at the mouth of the Blear River and falls under the
benign rule of the Lord of Wurms in his lovely keep.
ORDER # S714-68
$17-90
ISBN 9780765376220
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The
Steampunk Trilogy: Paul Di Filippo
Welcome to the world of steampunk, a nineteenth century
outrageously reconfigured through weird science. With
his magnificent trilogy, acclaimed author Paul Di
Filippo demonstrates how this unique subgenre of science
fiction is done to perfection-reinventing a mannered age
of corsets and industrial revolution with odd
technologies born of a truly twisted imagination. In
"Victoria," the inexplicable disappearance of
the British monarch-to-be prompts a scientist to place a
human-lizard hybrid clone on the throne during the
search for the missing royal. But the doppelgänger
queen comes with a most troubling flaw: an insatiable
sexual appetite. The somewhat Lovecraftian
"Hottentots" chronicles the very unusual
adventure of Swiss naturalist and confirmed bigot Louis
Agassiz as his determined search for a rather grisly
fetish plunges him into a world of black magic and
monsters. Finally, in "Walt and Emily," the
hitherto secret and quite steamy love affair between
Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman is revealed in all its
sensuous glory - as are their subsequent
inter-dimensional travels aboard a singular ship that
transcends the boundaries of time and reality.
ORDER # S714-69
$19-90
ISBN 9781497626584
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Tales
of the Hidden World: Simon R. Green
Welcome to the worlds of Simon R. Green. In this
wide-ranging collection, the New York Times best selling
urban fantasist opens doors into hidden places: strange
realms bordering our own mundane existence and prowled
by creatures of fancy and nightmare. Here are the
strange, frequently deadly - and sometimes even dead -
things that lurk in garbage-strewn city alleyways and
grimy subway stations after midnight, visible only to
the most perceptive human or inhuman eye. In these
tales, Green revisits the ingenious worlds within worlds
that he created for his wildly popular novels. Take a
stroll on the Darkside with a jaded street wizard, an
underpaid government functionary responsible for keeping
demons, vamps, and aliens in line. Enter the hidden
recesses of Drood Hall, where the aging family member
who creates powerful weapons that protect humankind
recalls his long and bloody career. Join a squad of
no-longer-human soldiers dispatched to combat the
all-consuming jungle on a distant planet. Visit a house
at the intesection of two realities that serves as a
sanctuary from the evil of all worlds. Confront the
unstoppable zombie army of General Kurtz in a brilliant
homage to Apocalypse Now. And whatever you do, never
forget that there are monsters out there. Really.
ORDER # S714-70
$17-90
ISBN 9781480491168
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The
Demon Code: Adam Blake
Three years ago, Heather Kennedy left the Metropolitan
police under a shadow that has followed her ever since.
Now she has been called in to advise on a supposed
burglary in the now-defunct British Museum reading room.
Kennedy soon establishes that rather than steal
anything, someone has broken into the stacks in order to
photograph pages from books about Johann Toller, a
crazed prophet of 17th century Europe. Toller believed
that the end-of-days was at hand, and he made a number
of prophecies relating to the Apocalypse and the events
that would precede it. None of them came true. Until
now. One after another, the grotesque signs and wonders
Toller predicted come to pass, no matter how unlikely
they seem. The river Rhine runs bright red, the towers
of London bow to kiss the ground, and an angel with a
fiery sword is seen over Jerusalem. With the help of a
19-year-old girl from a secretive tribe and ex-mercenary
Leo Tillman, Kennedy must work to stop the next prophecy
coming true - the destruction of an unnamed city.
ORDER # S714-71
$15-90
ISBN 9780751545784
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The
Heart of Fire (DestinyQuest): Michael J. Ward
The Heart of Fire is awakening, and only you can save
the world. You are a prophet, both gifted and cursed by
your strange powers. Imprisoned in the infamous dungeon
of the inquisition, you are tormented by visions of a
nightmarish future. No one has ever escaped. Doomed to
live out your days in chains and darkness, a twist of
fate provides you with a chance for freedom - to take on
a new identity and start a new life. But no matter where
you go, where you hide, you can never escape the
haunting images of your own prophecy. Is it possible to
outwit destiny and change the future? You decide in this
epic fantasy adventure.
ORDER # S714-72
$19-90
ISBN 9780575118782
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Gaudeamus:
John Barnes
In a tale that transgresses conventional lines between
fiction and reality, renowned science fiction writer
John Barnes finds himself in one of the wildest, most
rollicking SF adventures in years. Barnes's college
friend Travis Bismark always brings back plenty of great
stories from his job as an industrial spy. This time,
over a few beer and coffee-fueled chat sessions, Travis
unravels a tale about his current case too tall for even
an SF author to believe: a Gaudeamus machine that bends
physics in order to make possible both teleportation and
time travel, and how it gets stolen twice; a prostitute
who deals telepathy-inducing drugs; five scientists who
ride around in a flying saucer in clown suits by day and
play awful punk rock by night; hippie kidnappers; and
dozens of inventors who master the concept of the
Gaudeamus machine and are immediately contacted by
aliens offering them their heart's desire in exchange
for the right to have their way with Earth.
ORDER # S714-73
$18-90
ISBN 9780765311986
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Ghosts
of Time: Steve White
Special operations officer Jason Thanou of the Temporal
Regulatory Authority must once again plunge into Earth's
blood-drenched past to combat the plots of the
Transhumanist underground to subvert that past and
create a secret history leading up to the fulfillment of
their mad dream of transforming humanity into a race of
gods and monsters. The transhumanists are attempting to
use the chaos of the American Civil War to escape the
Observer Effect: the immutable law that recorded history
cannot be changed. If any should attempt it, time has a
way of dealing with those transgressors in a very
brutal, very final fashion. Now it is the last days of
the Confederacy, and the Fall of Richmond looms. In the
Shenandoah Valley, in the region later known as Mosby's
Confederacy, insurgency brews, and the time travelers
must join the raiders to prevent a transhumanist trap
from dooming the mission from the start.
ORDER # S714-74
$17-90
ISBN 9781476736570
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Exile
(Book of the Seven Eyes): Betsy Dornbusch
Draken vae Khellian, bastard cousin of the Monoean King,
had risen far from his ignominious origins, becoming
both a Bowrank Commander and a member of the Crown's
Black Guard. But when he is falsely condemned for the
grisly murder of his beloved wife, he is banished from
the kingdom and cast upon the distant shore of Akrasia,
at the arse-end of the world. Compared to civilized
Monoea, Akrasia is a forbidding land of Moonlings,
magic, and restless spirits. It is also a realm on the
brink of a bloody revolution, as a sinister conspiracy
plots against Akrasia's embattled young queen and
malevolent banes possess the bodies of the living.
Consumed by grief, and branded a murderer, Draken lives
only to clear his name and avenge his wife's murder. But
the fates may have bigger plans for him. Alone in a
strange land, he soon finds himself sharing the bed of
an enigmatic necromancer and a half-breed servant girl,
while pressed into the service of a foreign queen whose
life and land may well depend on the divided loyalties
of an exiled warrior.
ORDER # S714-75
$18-90
ISBN 9781597805063
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The
Seat of Magic (Golden City): J. Kathleen Cheney
It's been two weeks since Oriana Paredes was banished
from the Golden City. Police consultant Duilio Ferreira,
who himself has a talent he must keep secret, can't
escape the feeling that, though she's supposedly
returned home to her people, Oriana is in danger. Adding
to Duilio's concerns is a string of recent murders in
the city. Three victims have already been found, each
without a mark upon her body. When a selkie under his
brother's protection goes missing, Duilio fears the
killer is also targeting nonhuman prey. To protect
Oriana and uncover the truth, Duilio will have to risk
revealing his own identity, put his trust in some
unlikely allies, and consult a rare and malevolent text
known as The Seat of Magic.
ORDER # S714-76
$17-90
ISBN 9780451417763
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The
War of the Grail: Geoffrey Wilson
In Land of Hope and Glory Geoffrey Wilson imagined a
world in which an Indian empire rules Europe through the
power of magic. Here, Jack Casey - an old soldier who
never meant to be a hero - became England's only hope.
Now it is 1856, King John is dead, and the war that Jack
has dreaded since the start of the English rebellion has
finally begun. Regiments of Rajthanan troops are massing
to the south of free Shropshire while to the north,
refugees bring stories of attacks by the devil himself.
Both friends and enemies fear that unless Jack can find
the elusive Holy Grail, there is no hope. A strange set
of maps that Jack discovered in Scotland could hold the
key to England's freedom. Kanvar, the rebels' enigmatic
Sikh ally, believes the charts will unlock the secrets
of the Rajthanans' magic and perhaps guide Jack to the
Grail itself. But can Jack harness the power of the
Grail before the conqueror's overwhelming forces destroy
the dream of a free England forever?
ORDER # S714-77
$16-90
ISBN 9781444721188
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Metamorphosis
(Cocoon Trilogy: 02): David Saperstein
It seemed to me, then, that love exists balanced on the
edge of a knife, with self-doubt on one side and
temptation on the other. And if you succumb to both,
there's nothing for you but to be sliced in half, right
down the middle of your wanting heart. I was so, so
close to the blade of that knife. To save the girl he
loves, Will Mallory destroyed his only means of
returning to his own world, a decision that lays heavily
on Will and Cara as they try to navigate the new life -
the human life - they're building together. In the
sequel to the acclaimed Caterpillar, a horrifying
mistake sends a frantic Cara on a mission to the other
side of the country to find James Napolitano, Will's
genetic twin. Meanwhile, Will is stalked by a woman from
his past, who promises to teach him the control of his
Eolian abilities that he's sorely lacking, but at a
price that may be too high for he and Cara both.
ORDER # S714-78
$18-90
ISBN 9781879571112
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Hope
Renewed (The General): David Drake and S.M. Stirling
Contains Books #5 and #6 The Sword and The Chosen, in
the best selling General series.
The Sword:
For five years Raj Whitehall has led his men across the
face of the planet Bellevue. With saber and bayonet he
has conquered one barbarian nation after another. Now
his greatest enemy is his own overlord, Barholm Clerett,
who's so paranoid of Raj's victories that he is reduced
to only one thought: Raj Whitehall must die.
The Chosen:
Planted by interstellar probes on hundreds of
human-occupied worlds, the downloaded personalities of
Raj Whitehall and the ancient battle computer known as
Center work together for planetary unity. On Visager, a
nation-state of vicious militarists is about to start
the final war that will bring their fatal racist
infection to the stars. Now two young men once at odds
in war must unite and, with the aid of the disembodied
voices of their mentors from the stars, stand against
exporting eternal tyranny to the galaxy itself.
ORDER # S714-79
$16-90
ISBN 9781476736587
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The
Long Mars (Long Earth): Terry Pratchett and Stephen
Baxter
2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic
Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic
dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad
Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all
involved in this perilous rescue work when, out of the
blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and
inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay.
He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across
the Long Mars and wants her to accompany him. But Sally
soon learns that Willis has an ulterior motive for his
request. Meanwhile U. S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman
has embarked on an incredible journey of her own,
leading an expedition to the outer limits of the far
Long Earth. For Joshua, the crisis he faces is much
closer to home. He becomes embroiled in the plight of
the Next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning
to emerge from their "long childhood" in the
community called Happy Landings, located deep in the
Long Earth. Ignorance and fear have caused
"normal" human society to turn against the
Next. A dramatic showdown seems inevitable.
ORDER # S714-80
$30-90
ISBN 9780062326720
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Monster
Hunter Nemesis: Larry Correia
Agent Franks of the U.S. Monster Control Bureau is a man
of many parts - parts from other people, that is. Franks
is nearly seven feet tall and all muscle. He's nearly
indestructible. Plus he's animated by a powerful
alchemical substance and inhabited by a
super-intelligent spirit more ancient than humanity
itself. Good thing he's on our side. More or less. Sworn
to serve and protect the United States of America from
all monsters by one of the country's founding fathers,
Franks has only one condition to the agreement: no
matter what the government learns of him, no matter what
is discovered concerning his odd physiology or the
alchemy behind the elixir that made him, the government
is never, ever allowed to try and make more like him.
Such is absolutely forbidden and should the
powers-that-be do so, then the agreement is null and
void.
ORDER # S714-81
$30-90
ISBN 9781476736556
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The
Rods and the Axe (Carerra): Tom Kratman
Tarawa. Iwo. Normandy. Names that shine in the military
history of two worlds, places where brave men stormed
ashore and fought their way to victory no matter the
odds. But then there are other names: Marathon. Malta.
Gallipoli. Balboa's Patricio Carrera has driven the
Tauran Union from his adopted country, driven them out
with appalling loss and worse humiliation. That's not
enough though. To finally finish his enemies, Carrera
needs to draw them back for a more telling defeat. He
cannot take the battle to them because, beyond some long
range bombardment capability, he cannot reach them. But
when they return, they don't plan to come alone; they
insist on having someone else do most of the bleeding
for them. Carrera understands this. And that's why he's
provoked the Zhong Guo mercilessly, infuriating their
ruling Empress. He needs the Zhong in the war, to buck
up the Taurans to continue the war to its bitterest end.
But to get to Carrera, the Zhong must take the Isla
Real, the strongest island fortress on two worlds. In
the process, they'll learn why Marines never forget
those other names.
ORDER # S714-82
$29-90
ISBN 9781476736563
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The
Rhesus Chart (Laundry Files): Charles Stross
As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry -
the clandestine organization responsible for protecting
Britain against supernatural threats - Bob Howard is
expected to show some initiative to help the agency
battle the forces of darkness. But shining a light on
things best left in the shadows is the last thing Bob
wants to do - especially when those shadows hide an
occult parasite spreading a deadly virus. Traders
employed by a merchant bank in London are showing signs
of infection - an array of unusual symptoms such as
super-strength and speed, an uncanny talent for mind
control, an extreme allergic reaction to sunlight, and
an unquenchable thirst for blood. While his department
is tangled up in bureaucratic red tape (and Buffy
reruns), debating how to stop the rash of vampirism, Bob
digs deeper into the bank's history - only to uncover a
bloodcurdling conspiracy between men and monsters.
ORDER # S714-83
$30-90
ISBN 9780425256862
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The
Shadow Throne (Shadow Campaigns: 02): Django Wexler
The ailing King of the Vordan lies on his deathbed. When
he dies, his daughter, Raesinia Orboan, will become the
first Queen Regnant in centuries - and a ripe target for
the ambitious men who seek to control her. The most
dangerous of these is Duke Orlanko, Minister of
Information and master of the secret police. Having
meticulously silenced his adversaries through
intimidation, imprisonment, and execution, Orlanko is
the most feared man in the kingdom. And he knows an
arcane secret that puts Raesinia completely at his
mercy. Exposure would mean ruin, but Raesinia is
determined to find a way to break herself - and her
country - out of Orlanko's iron grip. She finds unlikely
allies in the returning war hero Janus bet Vhalnich,
fresh from a brilliant campaign in the colony of Khandar,
and his loyal deputies, Captain Marcus d'Ivoire and
Lieutenant Winter Ihernglass. As Marcus and Winter
struggle to find their places in the home they never
thought they would see again, they help Janus and
Raesinia set in motion events that could free Vordan
from Orlanko's influence - at the price of throwing the
nation into chaos. But with the people suffering under
the Duke's tyranny, they intend to protect the kingdom
with every power they can command, earthly or otherwise.
ORDER # S714-84
$30-90
ISBN 9780451418067
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Shattering
the Ley: Joshua Palmatier
Erenthrall - sprawling city of light and magic, whose
streets are packed with traders from a dozen lands and
whose buildings and towers are grown and shaped in the
space of a day. At the heart of the city is the Nexus,
the hub of a magical ley line system that powers
Erenthrall. This ley line also links the city and the
Baronial plains to rest of the continent and the world
beyond. The Prime Wielders control the Nexus with
secrecy and lies, but it is the Baron who controls the
Wielders. The Baron also controls the rest of the
Baronies through a web of brutal intimidation enforced
by his bloodthirsty guardsmen and unnatural assasins.
When the rebel Kormanley seek to destroy the ley system
and the Baron's chokehold, two people find themselves
caught in the chaos that sweeps through Erenthrall and
threatens the entire world: Kara Tremain, a young
Wielder coming into her power, who discovers the
forbidden truth behind the magic that powers the ley
lines; and Alan Garrett, a recruit in the Baron's guard,
who learns that the city holds more mysteries and more
danger than he could possibly have imagined and who
holds a secret within himself that could mean
Erenthrall's destruction - or its salvation.
ORDER # S714-85
$30-90
ISBN 9780756409197
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Tower
Lord (Raven's Shadow): Anthony Ryan
Vaelin Al Sorna, warrior of the Sixth Order, called
Darkblade, called Hope Killer. The greatest warrior of
his day, and witness to the greatest defeat of his
nation: King Janus's vision of a Greater Unified Realm
drowned in the blood of brave men fighting for a cause
Vaelin alone knows was forged from a lie. Sick at heart,
he comes home, determined to kill no more. Named Tower
Lord of the Northern Reaches by King Janus's grateful
heir, he can perhaps find peace in a colder, more remote
land far from the intrigues of a troubled Realm.But
those gifted with the blood-song are never destined to
live a quiet life. Many died in King Janus's wars, but
many survived, and Vaelin is a target, not just for
those seeking revenge but for those who know what he can
do. The Faith has been sundered, and many have no doubt
who their leader should be. The new King is weak, but
his sister is strong. The blood-song is powerful, rich
in warning and guidance in times of trouble, but is only
a fraction of the power available to others who
understand more of its mysteries. Something moves
against the Realm, something that commands mighty
forces, and Vaelin will find to his great regret that
when faced with annihilation, even the most reluctant
hand must eventually draw a sword.
ORDER # S714-86
$33-90
ISBN 9780425265628
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Unwept
(The Nightbirds): Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman
Gamin, Maine, is a remote seaside town where everyone
seems to know Ellis Harkington better than she knows
herself - but she doesn't remember any of them.
Unknown events have robbed Ellis of her memory.
Concerned individuals, who claim to be friends and loved
ones, insist that she simply needs to recuperate, and
that her memories may return in time. But, for her own
sake - so they claim - they refuse to divulge what has
brought her to this state. Ellis finds herself adrift in
a town of ominous mysteries, cryptic hints, and
disturbingly familiar strangers. The Nightbirds, a
clique of fashionable young men and women, claim her as
one of their own, but who can she truly trust? And what
of the phantom suitor who visits her in her dreams? Is
he a memory, a figment of her imagination, or a living
nightmare beyond rational explanation? Only her lost
past holds the answers she seeks - if she can uncover
its secrets before she falls prey to an unearthly
killer.
ORDER # S714-87
$26-90 ISBN 9780765332035
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Wolfsbane
(Rebel Angel): Gillian Philip
It's tough being the foretold savior of your race. Rory
MacGregor, kept a virtual prisoner in his own father's
dun and hunted by the Sithe queen, needs a break now and
then - and what better fun than tearing the Veil no one
else can tear and escaping to the Otherworld? In that
dangerous Otherworld, Hannah Falconer is as trapped by
circumstance as the strange wild Sithe boy whose horse
nearly kills her. When Rory tricks her into crossing the
Veil and entering his world, she's sure it can't be any
worse than her usual home life. Meanwhile, Seth
MacGregor is fighting to keep his clan safe from the
malevolent queen Kate. When an attack comes after years
of stalemate, he is shocked to discover who is leading
it - and who else is conspiring against him.
ORDER # S714-88
$29-90
ISBN 9780765333247
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William
Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return: Ian Doescher
Hot on the heels of the New York Times best seller
William Shakespeare's Star Wars comes the next two
installments of the original trilogy: William
Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back and William
Shakespeare's The Jed Doth Return. Return to the
star-crossed galaxy far, far away as the brooding young
hero, a power-mad emperor, and their jesting droids
match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize in
elegant and impeccable iambic pentameter. Illustrated
with beautiful black-and-white Elizabethan-style
artwork, these two plays offer essential reading for all
ages. Something Wookiee this way comes!
ORDER # S714-89
$18-90
ISBN 9781594747137
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All
Those Vanished Engines: Paul Park
In All Those Vanished Engines, Paul Park returns to
science fiction after a decade spent on the impressive
four-volume A Princess of Roumania fantasy, with an
extraordinary, intense, compressed SF novel in three
parts, each set in its own alternate-history universe.
The sections are all rooted in Virginia and the Battle
of the Crater, and are also grounded in the real history
of the Park family, from differing points of view. They
are all gorgeously imaginative and carefully
constructed, and reverberate richly with one another.
The first section is set in the aftermath of the Civil
War, in a world in which the Queen of the North has
negotiated a two-nation settlement. The second, taking
place in northwestern Massachusetts, investigates a
secret project during World War II, in a time somewhat
like the present. The third is set in the near-future
United States, with aliens from history. The cumulative
effect is awesome. There hasn't been a three part novel
this ambitious in science fiction since Gene Wolfe's
classic The Fifth Head of Cerberus.
ORDER # S714-90
$30-90
ISBN 9780765375407
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Cataveiro:
Book Two of the Osiris Project: E.J. Swift
A boat is shipwrecked on Patagonian shores, and rumors
abound that it has come from 'the lost city' Osiris,
believed to have been destroyed over 50 years ago. The
implications are wide-reaching and acutely political,
for in the eyes of the world Osiris is only a collection
of fables. Pilot and cartographer Ramona, recently
returned to the island of Tierra del Fuego, has a broken
plane, and the only person who can fix it for her is the
Antarctican, Taeo, a political exile desperate to find a
way back home. Glimpsing an opportunity for redemption,
Taeo discovers there is one survivor of the shipwreck:
the sole proof that Osiris exists. He and Ramona find
themselves caught up in a perilous conflict of interests
over the secret of the sea city, a secret which will
have severe repercussions on their lives, their homes,
and their loved ones.
ORDER # S714-91
$31-90
ISBN 9781597804974
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Elisha
Magus: E.C. Ambrose
Elisha, a barber-surgeon from the poorest streets of
benighted fourteenth-century London, has come a long way
from home. He was always skilled at his work, but skill
alone could not protect him on the day that disaster
left his family ruined and Elisha himself accused of
murder. With no other options, Elisha accepted a devil's
bargain from Lucius, a haughty physician, to avoid death
by hanging - by serving under the sadistic doctor as a
battle surgeon of the king's army, at the front lines of
an unjust war. Elisha worked night and day, both tending
to the wounded soldiers and protecting them from the
physician's experiments. Even so, he soon found that he
had a talent for a surprising and deadly sort of magic,
and was drawn into the clandestine world of sorcery by
the enchanting young witch Brigit - who had baffling
ties to his past, and ambitious plans for his future.
Yet even Brigit did not understand the terrible power
Elisha could wield, until the day he was forced to
embrace it and end the war - by killing the king.
ORDER # S714-92
$29-90
ISBN 9780756409265
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A
Plunder of Souls (The Thieftaker Chronicles): D. B.
Jackson
Boston, 1769: Ethan Kaille, a Boston thieftaker who uses
his conjuring to catch criminals, has snared villains
and defeated magic that would have daunted a lesser man.
What starts out as a mysterious phenomenon that has
local ministers confused becomes something far more
serious. A ruthless, extremely powerful conjurer seeks
to wake the souls of the dead to wreak a terrible
revenge on all who oppose him. Kaille's minister friends
have been helpless to stop crimes against their church.
Graves have been desecrated in a bizarre, ritualistic
way. Equally disturbing are reports of recently deceased
citizens of Boston reappearing as grotesquely disfigured
shades, seemingly having been disturbed from their
eternal rest, and now frightening those who had been
nearest to them in life. But most personally troubling
to Kaille is a terrible waning of his ability to
conjure. He knows all these are related - but how?
ORDER # S714-93
$30-90
ISBN 9780765338181
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The
Queen of the Tearling: Erika Johansen
On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh
Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey
back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful
throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and
learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother,
the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may
be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not
defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling
sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power; and
accompanying her is the Queen's Guard, a cadre of brave
knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus.
Kelsea will need them all to survive a cabal of enemies
who will use every weapon - from crimson-caped assassins
to the darkest blood magic - to prevent her from wearing
the crown. Despite her royal blood, Kelsea feels like
nothing so much as an insecure girl, a child called upon
to lead a people and a kingdom about which she knows
almost nothing. But what she discovers in the capital
will change everything, confronting her with horrors she
never imagined.
ORDER # S714-94
$30-90
ISBN 9780062290366
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Myth-Fortunes
(Myth Adventures): Robert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye
Immortality - it sounded like a great idea! Aahz falls
for the offer of a piece of the rock, literally, when he
invests in a scheme to build pyramids. He is so
enthusiastic about the concept that he ropes in everyone
else he knows to invest - in tombs lower down than his,
of course. But all is not perfect: along with the
prospect of being remembered for eternity and the best
view in the valley of Zyx comes a run of unbelievable
bad luck! It's up to Skeeve to figure out why the deal
is running sour even before the ink's dry on the
papyrus.
ORDER # S714-95
$29-90
ISBN 9780809573325
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The
High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara:
Terry
Brooks
Legend has it that Paxon Leah is descended from the
royals and warriors who once ruled the Highlands and
waged war with magical weapons. But those kings, queens,
and heroes are long gone, and there is nothing enchanted
about the antique sword that hangs above Paxon's
fireplace. Running his family's modest shipping
business, Paxon leads a quiet life - until extraordinary
circumstances overturn his simple world - and rewrite
his destiny. When his brash young sister is abducted by
a menacing stranger, Paxon races to her rescue with the
only weapon he can find. And in a harrowing duel, he is
stunned to discover powerful magic unleashed within him
- and within his ancestors' ancient blade. But his
formidable new ability is dangerous in untrained hands,
and Paxon must master it quickly because his nearly
fatal clash with the dark sorcerer Arcannen won't be his
last. Leaving behind home and hearth, he journeys to the
keep of the fabled Druid order to learn the secrets of
magic and earn the right to become their sworn
protector.
ORDER # S714-96
$33-90
ISBN 9780345540706
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Tomorrow
and Tomorrow: Thomas Sweterlitsch
A decade has passed since the city of Pittsburgh was
reduced to ash. While the rest of the world has moved on, losing itself
in the noise of a media-glutted future, survivor John
Dominic Blaxton remains obsessed with the past. Grieving
for his wife and unborn child who perished in the blast,
Dominic relives his lost life by immersing in the
Archive - a fully interactive digital reconstruction of
Pittsburgh, accessible to anyone who wants to visit the
places they remember and the people they loved. Dominic
investigates deaths recorded in the Archive to help
close cases long since grown cold, but when he discovers
glitches in the code surrounding a crime scene - the
body of a beautiful woman abandoned in a muddy park that
he's convinced someone tried to delete from the Archive
- his cycle of grief is shattered. With nothing left to
lose, Dominic tracks the murder through a web of deceit
that takes him from the darkest corners of the Archive
to the ruins of the city itself, leading him into the
heart of a nightmare more horrific than anything he
could have imagined.
ORDER # S714-97
$30-90
ISBN 9780399167492
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New
Frontiers: A Collection of Tales About the Past, the
Present, and the Future: Ben Bova
New Frontiers, fourteen startling visions of yesterday,
today, and tomorrow from Ben Bova, six-time winner of
the Hugo Award. Frontiers can be found in all
directions. Frontiers of time and space, as well as
frontiers of courage, devotion, love, hate, and the
outer limits of the human spirit. This outstanding
collection of stories by one of science fiction's
premier talents spans the length and breadth of history
and the universe, while exploring thought-provoking new
ideas and dilemmas. From the Baghdad of the Arabian
Nights to a vast interstellar empire thousands of years
in the future, from the Vatican to a one-man vessel
drifting in the vast emptiness of the Asteroid Belt,
from virtual reality duels to the subtle intricacies of
time travel and a golf tournament on the Moon, here are
tales of scoundrels and heroes, scientists and
explorers, aliens and artificial intelligences, and even
a young Albert Einstein. Each of them stands at the
border of a new frontier and must venture out into
unexplored territory - thanks to the limitless
imagination of Ben Bova.
ORDER # S714-98
$30-90
ISBN 9780765376442
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The
Causal Angel (Jean Le Flambeur): Hannu Rajaniemi
With his infectious love of storytelling in all its
forms, his rich characterization and his unrivaled grasp
of thrillingly bizarre cutting-edge science, Hannu
Rajaniemi swiftly set a new benchmark for Science
Fiction in the 21st century. Now, with his third novel,
he completes the tale of the many lives, and minds, of
gentleman rogue Jean de Flambeur. Influenced as much by
the fin de siècle novels of Maurice leBlanc as he is by
the greats of SF, Rajaniemi weaves intricate, warm
capers through dazzling science, extraordinary visions
of a wild future, and deep conjectures on the nature of
reality and story. In The Causal Angel we will discover
the ultimate fates of Jean, his employer Miele, the
independently minded ship Perhonnen, and the rest of a
fractured and diverse humanity flung throughout the
solar system.
ORDER # S714-99
$30-90
ISBN 9780765329516
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Full
Fathom Five: Max Gladstone
On the island of Kavekana, Kai builds gods to order,
then hands them to others to maintain. Her creations
aren't conscious and lack their own wills and voices,
but they accept sacrifices, and protect their
worshippers from other gods - perfect vehicles for
Craftsmen and Craftswomen operating in the divinely
controlled Old World. When Kai sees one of her creations
dying and tries to save her, she's grievously injured -
then sidelined from the business entirely, her
near-suicidal rescue attempt offered up as proof of her
instability. But when Kai gets tired of hearing her
boss, her coworkers, and her ex-boyfriend call her
crazy, and starts digging into the reasons her creations
die, she uncovers a conspiracy of silence and fear -
which will crush her, if Kai can't stop it first.
ORDER # S714-100
$30-90
ISBN 9780765335746
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Half
a King (Shattered Sea): Joe Abercrombie
Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never
wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains, and
the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea. And he must do
it all with only one good hand. Born a weakling in the
eyes of his father, Yarvi is alone in a world where a
strong arm and a cold heart rule. He cannot grip a
shield or swing an axe, so he must sharpen his mind to a
deadly edge. Gathering a strange fellowship of the
outcast and the lost, he finds they can do more to help
him become the man he needs to be than any court of
nobles could. But even with loyal friends at his side,
Yarvi finds that his path may end as it began - in
twists, and traps, and tragedy.
ORDER # S714-101
$30-90
ISBN 9780804178327
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Magic
Breaks (Kate Daniels): Ilona Andrews
As the mate of the Beast Lord, Curran, former mercenary
Kate Daniels has more responsibilities than it seems
possible to juggle. Not only is she still struggling to
keep her investigative business afloat, she must now
deal with the affairs of the pack, including preparing
her people for attack from Roland, a cruel ancient being
with god-like powers. Since Kate's connection to Roland
has come out into the open, no one is safe - especially
those closest to Kate. As Roland's long shadow looms
ever nearer, Kate is called to attend the Conclave, a
gathering of the leaders from the various supernatural
factions in Atlanta. When one of the Masters of the Dead
is found murdered there, apparently at the hands of a
shapeshifter, Kate is given only twenty-four hours to
hunt down the killer. And this time, if she fails,
she'll find herself embroiled in a war which could
destroy everything she holds dear.
ORDER # S714-102
$30-90
ISBN 9780425256220
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Fall
of Macharius (The Macharian Crusade): William King
For decades, Lord Solar Macharius and his loyal forces
have crusaded across the stars, bringing the Imperial
Truth to uncounted worlds and purging aliens and
heretics from the dark places at the fringe of the
galaxy. But all things must come to an end. His soldiers
are weary, his generals fractious, and the legend of
Macharius may no longer be enough to hold them together.
Called by a representative of Terra to a council of
generals, Macharius fears treachery - but will it come
from closer to home than he could possibly imagine? The
epic conclusion to The Macharian Crusade trilogy.
ORDER # S714-103
$29-90
ISBN 9781849707367
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