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The Kill Society: A Sandman Slim Novel

Richard Kadrey · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Sandman Slim returns in this stunning, high-octane ninth thriller in the series, filled with the intense, kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey.Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between,...
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The Handmaid's Tale

MARGARET ATWOOD · ANCHOR

The seminal work of speculative fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author, soon to be a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, and Joseph Fiennes.Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food...
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Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future

John Scalzi · Tor Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A blazingly inventive near-future thriller from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi.Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent...
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The Final Day: A Novel

William R Forstchen · Forge
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The highly-anticipated follow-up to William R. Forstchen's New York Times bestsellers, One Second After and One Year After, The Final Day immerses readers once more in the story of our nation's struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity and plunges...
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Fireborn

David Dalglish · Orbit/Hachette Book Group
Pages: 487
Format: Print book

The next novel in the Seraphim series following Skyborn from USA Today bestselling author, David Dalglish. Bree and Kael Skyborn have seen their island invaded, their Seraphim disbanded, and their royal family imprisoned. A rebellion grows from the ashes, demanding Bree to be their Phoenix,...
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Fish Tails: A Novel

Sheri S. Tepper · Harpercollins
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

In her 35th novel, science fiction master Sheri S. Tepper boldly weaves together the storylines of eleven of her previous works - from King's Blood Four (1983) to The Waters Rising (2010).In Fish Tails, two of Sheri S. Tepper's beloved characters - Abasio and Xulai (A Plague of Angels...
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Lowball: A Wild Cards Novel

Wild Cards Trust · Tor Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Decades after an alien virus changed the course of history, the surviving population of Manhattan still struggles to understand the new world left in its wake. Natural humans share the rough city with those given extraordinary--and sometimes terrifying--traits. While most manage to coexist...
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The Bands of Mourning

Brandon Sanderson · Tor
Pages: 447
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn with the follow-up to Shadows of SelfWith The Alloy of Law and Shadows of Self, Brandon Sanderson surprised readers with a New York Times bestselling spinoff of his Mistborn books, set after the action of the trilogy,...
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The King Arthur Trilogy Book Two: Warrior of the West

M. K. Hume · Atria Books
Pages: 517
Format: Paperback

Warrior of the West - King Arthur's Journey Continues.Twelve years have passed since Arthur was crowned High King. Against all odds, he has united Celtic Britain and banished the Saxons. Although he's succeeded in defeating all external threats and his kingdom is at its zenith,...
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The Beautiful and the Wicked: A Lila Day Novel

Liv Spector · William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Print book

In exclusive Star Island, Miami, blood isn’t always thicker than water . . . The second book in a thrilling time traveling mystery series featuring a former Miami PD who solves murders before they happen—by going back in time.The night of his fiftieth birthday, software billionaire...
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The Enceladus Crisis: Book Two of the Daedalus Series

Michael J. Martinez · Night Shade Books
Format: Book

Two dimensions collided on the rust-red deserts of Mars - and are destined to become entangled once more in this sequel to the critically acclaimed The Daedalus Incident.Lieutenant Commander Shaila Jain has been given the assignment of her dreams: the first manned mission to Saturn. But there's...
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Undermajordomo Minor: A Novel

Patrick deWitt · Ecco
Pages: 317
Format: Print book

From the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers, comes a brilliant and boisterous novel that reimagines the folk tale.A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners, Undermajordomo Minor is Patrick deWitt's long-awaited...
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Star Wars Trilogy

George Lucas · LucasBooks; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Luke Skywalker dreamed of adventures out among the stars and alien worlds. But when he intercepted a message from a beautiful captive princess, he got more than he had bargained for - and that was how the adventure of his life began. . . .
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Honor's Knight

Rachel Bach · Little Brown & Company
Pages: 375
Format: Paperback

The rollicking sequel to Fortune's Pawn -- an action packed science fiction novel. Devi Morris has a lot of problems. And not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either.
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The Weaver

Emmi Itäranta · Voyager
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The author of the critically acclaimed Memory of Water returns with this literary ecological tale in the vein of Ursula K. Le Guin and Sheri S. Tepper, in which an innocent young woman becomes entangled in a web of ancient secrets and deadly lies that lie at the dark center of her prosperous...
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