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Revenger

Alastair Reynolds · Orbit
Pages: 427
Format: Paperback

A superb science fiction adventure set in the rubble of a ruined universe, this is a deep space heist story of kidnap, betrayal, alien artifacts and revenge. The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilizations,...
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The Thief's Daughter

Jeff Wheeler · 47North
Pages: 349
Format: Print book

A Wall Street Journal bestseller.Owen Kiskaddon first came to the court of the formidable King Severn as a prisoner, winning favor with the stormy monarch by masquerading as a boy truly blessed by the Fountain. Nine years hence, the once-fearful Owen has grown into a confident young man,...
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The Clockwork Dynasty: A Novel

Daniel H Wilson · Doubleday Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An ingenious new thriller that weaves a path through history, following a race of human-like machines that have been hiding among us for untold centuries, written by the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse. Present day: When a young anthropologist specializing in ancient...
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The Mortal Word

Genevieve Cogman · Ace
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback

In the latest novel in Genevieve Cogman's historical fantasy series, the fate of worlds lies in the balance. When a dragon is murdered at a peace conference, time-travelling Librarian spy Irene must solve the case to keep the balance between order, chaos...and the Library.When Irene returns...
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The Long Sunset

Jack McDevitt · Saga Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission before the program is shut down for good.Hutch...
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The Collapsing Empire

John Scalzi · Tor Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today." -- Joe Hill, author of The FiremanOur universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossible -- until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points...
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Chapel of Ease: A Novel of the Tufa

Alex Bledsoe · Tor
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The latest installment in Alex Bledsoe's critically-acclaimed Tufa series that Kirkus Reviews calls "powerful, character-driven drama...a sheer delight." (starred review) When Matt Johanssen, a young New York actor, auditions for "Chapel of Ease," an off-Broadway musical,...
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Waking Gods: Book 2 of The Themis Files

Sylvain Neuvel · Del Rey
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover

In the gripping sequel to Sleeping Giants, which was hailed by Pierce Brown as "a luminous conspiracy yarn . . . reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z," Sylvain Neuvel's innovative series about human-alien contact takes another giant step forward. As a child, Rose Franklin...
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Gather the Daughters: A Novel

JENNIE MELAMED · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

NEVER LET ME GO meets THE GIVER in this haunting debut about a cult on an isolated island, where nothing is as it seems.A New York Magazine best book of the monthA Real Simple best book of the monthPeople Magazine's Book of the WeekYears ago, just before the country was incinerated to wasteland,...
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Indelible

Adelia Saunders · Bloomsbury
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Magdalena has an unsettling gift. She sees writing on the body of everyone she meets--names, dates, details both banal and profound--and her only relief from the onslaught of information is to take off her glasses and let the world recede. Mercifully, her own skin is blank.When she meets...
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The Burning World: A Warm Bodies Novel

Isaac Marion · Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pages: 500
Format: Print book

"Exciting ... intriguing ... epic." - BOOKLIST (starred review) The New York Times bestseller Warm Bodies captured hearts worldwide in twenty-five languages, inspiring a major film and a cult fandom. Now R the reluctant zombie continues his journey in this much-anticipated...
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Noir: A Novel

Christopher Moore · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including...
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The Story Peddler

LINDSAY A FRANKLIN · Enclave
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Selling stories is a deadly businessTanwen doesn't just tell stories--she weaves them into crystallized sculptures that sell for more than a few bits. But the only way to escape the control of her cruel mentor and claw her way from poverty is to set her sights on something grander:...
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The Power

NAOMI ALDERMAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 386
Format: Hardcover

One of the New York Times's Ten Best Books of 2017A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2017One of the Washington Post's Ten Best Books of 2017An NPR Best Book of 2017One of Entertainment Weekly's Ten Best Books of 2017A Bustle Best Book of 2017A Paste Magazine Best Novel of 2017A San Francisco...
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The Big Sheep

Robert Kroese · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Los Angeles of 2039 is a baffling and bifurcated place. After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities, and became essentially a third world country within the borders of the city. Navigating the boundaries between DZ and LA proper...
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