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The Wanderers

Meg Howrey · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover

A brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them - and their families - changed forever.

"A transcendent, cross-cultural,...
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An Almond for a Parrot

Wray Delaney · Mira Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

I would like to make myself the heroine of this story and my character to be noble - an innocent victim led astray. But alas, sir, I would be lying ...

In prison, accused of murder, Tully Truegood begins to write her life story. A story that takes her from a young girl in the backstreets...

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Sleepless Knights

Mark Williams · Atomic Fez Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

It's not easy being the man behind the myth. Sir Lucas is butler to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - the person who managed every quest from behind the scenes. He's a man whose average working day involved defeating witches and banishing werewolves, while ensuring...
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The Jane Austen Project: A Novel

Kathleen Flynn · Harper Perennial
Pages: 373
Format: Paperback

Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this engrossing debut novel offers an unusual twist on the legacy of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors: two researchers from the future are sent back in time to meet Jane and recover a suspected unpublished novel.

London, 1815:...

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The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories

Charlaine Harris · Ace
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

For the first time together in one volume, the complete short story collection starring Sookie Stackhouse - with a new introduction from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the series, Charlaine Harris.

For the first time together in one volume, here is the complete...
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction

DIANA GABALDON · Delacorte Press
Pages: 526
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A magnificent collection of Outlander short fiction - including two never-before-published novellas - featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, from Diana Gabaldon

Among the seven spellbinding pieces there is "The...
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Half a King

Joe Abercrombie · Ballantine Group
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND THE WASHINGTON POST * LOCUS AWARD WINNER"A fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page 1 and refused to let go." - George R. R. Martin"I swore an oath to avenge the death of my father. I may be half...
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In Retrospect

Ellen Larson · Five Star
Format: Print book

In Retrospect is a good old-fashioned whodunit set in a compelling post-apocalyptic future.Former elite operative Merit Rafi suffered during her imprisonment at the end of a devastating war but the ultimate torment is being forced to investigate a murder she would gladly have committed...
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The Obelisk Gate

N. K. Jemisin · Orbit
Pages: 433
Format: Paperback

"Intricate and extraordinary." - New York Times on The Fifth Season

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Fifth Grave Past the Light

Darynda Jones · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Never underestimate the power of a woman on a double espresso with a mocha latte chaser high. --T-shirt Charley Davidson isnt your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper. Shes more of a paranormal private eyegrim reaper extraordinaire. However,...
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Twenty-First Century Science Fiction

David G. Hartwell · Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction is an enormous anthology of short stories--close to 250,000 words--edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field and featuring recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming authors.David Hartwell...
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Claire North · Redhook
Format: Hardcover

SOME STORIES CANNOT BE TOLD IN JUST ONE LIFETIMEHarry August is on his deathbed AgainNo matter what he does or the decisions he makes when death comes Harry always returns to where he began a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before Nothing ever changes...
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Citadel: A Novel

Kate Mosse · Harpercollins
Pages: 686
Format: Hardcover

Combining the rugged action of Labyrinth with the haunting mystery of Sepulchre, #1 bestselling author Kate Mosse's eagerly awaited Citadel is a mesmerizing World War II story of daring and courage, in which a group of determined women fighting for the French Resistance risk their lives...
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Highfell Grimoires

Langley Hyde · Blind Eye Books
Format: Book

Born to privilege and gifted in languages and spells, Neil Franklin has planned his brilliant future well. From academic accolades to finding a proper marriage he is intent upon upholding his family name and honor. The sudden death of his parents shatters all of that, leaving Neil and his younger...
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New York 2140

Kim Stanley Robinson · Orbit
Pages: 624
Format: Print book

A new vision of the future from Kim Stanley Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of science fiction masterworks such as the Mars trilogy, 2312, and Aurora. The waters rose, submerging New York City. But the residents adapted and it remained the bustling, vibrant metropolis it had always...
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