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The Best of Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson · Penguin Classics
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

The definitive collection of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury) , edited by award-winning author Victor LaValleAmong the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many...
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The Golden Age

Joan London · Europa Editions
Pages: 221
Format: Print book

A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2016Winner of the 2015 Prime Minister's Award for FictionJoan London, author of Gilgamesh, gives her readers an immensely satisfying and generous-hearted story about displacement, recovery, resilience, and love with The Golden Age. Thirteen-year-old Frank...
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The Sword of the Lady: A Novel of the Change

S. M. Stirling · Roc Hardcover; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed far across the land that was once the United States of America, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as the Change. His final destination is Nantucket, an island overrun with forest, inhabited by a mere two hundred...
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Styxx

Sherrilyn Kenyon · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Sherrilyn Kenyons most highly-anticipated novel in the Dark-Hunter series since Acheron is here--the unforgettable story of Styxx, Acherons twin brother and one of the most powerful beings on earthJust when you thought doomsday was over . . .Centuries ago Acheron saved the human race by imprisoning...
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The King's Justice: Two Novellas

Stephen R Donaldson · G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

Two new, original novellas - Donaldson's first publication since finishing the Thomas Covenant series - are a sure cause for celebration among his many fans. In The King's Justice, a stranger dressed in black arrives in the village of Settle's Crossways, following the scent...
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The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon

Anne McCaffrey · Del Rey; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFinally together in one volume, the first three books in the world's most beloved science fiction series, THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN, by Anne McCaffrey, one of the great science fiction writers of all time: DRAGONFLIGHT, DRAGONQUEST, THE WHITE DRAGON. Those who know...
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Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

James Luceno · Del Rey; English Language edition
Format: Hardcover

Throughout the galaxy, it was believed that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalkerthe Chosen Onehad died on Coruscant during the siege of the Jedi Temple. And, to some extent, that was true. Anakin was dead.From the site of Anakin Skywalkers last standon the molten surface of the planet Mustafar,...
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The Robots of Gotham

Todd McAulty · John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 688
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling adventure in a world one step away from total subjugation by machines After long years of war, the United States has sued for peace, yielding to a brutal coalition of nations ruled by fascist machines. One quarter of the country is under foreign occupation. Manhattan has been...
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Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay

Stephen King · Pocket Books
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback

For the first time in #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's remarkable publishing history, the Master of Horror presents an all-new, original tale written expressly for the television screen.They're calling it the Storm of the Century, and it's coming hard. The residents...
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Mistress of Dragons

Margaret Weis · Tor Books
Pages: 381
Format: Hardcover

As Anne McCaffrey is to science fiction, Margaret Weis is to fantasy . . . for she is the genre'sMistress of DragonsMistress of Dragons is the first volume in an epic fantasy trilogy entitled The Dragonvald. Here is a world where men and dragons coexist amid political intrigue and dark...
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She Would Be King: A Novel

WAYTU MOORE · Graywolf Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover

A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history -- a dazzling retelling of Liberia's formationWayétu Moore's powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia's early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond....
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Closer to the Heart: Book Two of Herald Spy

Mercedes Lackey · Daw Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Mags was a Herald of Valdemar. But he had once lived the brutal life of a child slave. When he was Chosen by his Companion Dallen, his young life was saved, and he slowly adjusted to being well fed, educated, and treasured as a trainee in the Herald's Collegium at Haven. Singled out by the King's...
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Turn Coat

Jim Butcher · Roc Hardcover; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Harry must uncover a traitor within the Wizards of the White Council, keep a less-than-agreeable warden under wraps, and avoid coming under scrutiny himself. And a single mistake may cost someone his head--someone like Harry.
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