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Thrawn

Timothy Zahn · Del Rey
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

In this definitive novel, readers will follow Thrawn's rise to power - uncovering the events that created one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars history. One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most...
 
 
The Philosopher's Flight: A Novel

TOM MILLER · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling debut from ER doctor turned novelist Tom Miller, The Philosopher's Flight is an epic historical fantasy set in a World-War-I-era America where magic and science have blended into a single extraordinary art. "Like his characters, Tom Miller casts a spell." (Matthew...
 
 
Lockstep: A Novel

Karl Schroeder · Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Toby McGonigal finds himself lost in space, separated from his family, he expects his next drift into cold sleep to be his last. After all, the planet he's orbiting is frozen and sunless, and the cities are dead. But when Toby wakes again, he's surprised...
 
 
The Heart Goes Last: A Novel

Margaret Atwood · Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

Margaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as The Handmaid's Tale and as richly imagined as The Blind Assassin. Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social...
 
 
The Skaar Invasion

TERRY BROOKS · Del Rey
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Following The Black Elfstone, the second book of the epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series from one of the acknowledged masters of the fantasy genre.Tensions in the Four Lands are high. The mysterious force that laid waste to Paranor has revealed a more human face. While some...
 
 
Grey Sister

Mark Lawrence · Ace Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The second novel in a brilliant fantasy series from the international bestselling author of Prince of Thorns. Behind its walls, the Convent of Sweet Mercy has trained young girls to hone their skills for centuries. In Mystic Class, Novice Nona Grey has begun to learn the secrets of the universe....
 
 
At the Sign of Triumph

David Weber · Tor
Pages: 764
Format: Print book

At the Sign of Triumph: David Weber's New York Times-bestselling Safehold series begun with Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, A Mighty Fortress and How Firm a Foundation.The Church of God Awaiting's triumph over Charis was inevitable. Despite its prosperity,...
 
 
Dead But Not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse

Charlaine Harris · Ace
Format: Hardcover

There's more to Sookie Stackhouse than you ever knew ... The #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris spawned a hit TV show and captivated fans around the world - including other authors. Now this group of writers, specifically chosen by Charlaine,...
 
 
Age of War: Book Three of The Legends of the First Empire

MICHAEL J SULLIVAN · Del Rey
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The epic battle between humankind and their godlike rulers finally ignites in the masterful follow-up to Age of Myth and Age of Swords. The alliance of humans and renegade Fhrey is fragile - and about to be tested as never before. Persephone keeps the human clans from...
 
 
Bellewether

Susanna Kearsley · Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback

"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters -- sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!" -- DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander"The house,...
 
 
Robot Uprisings

Daniel H. Wilson · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 476
Format: Paperback

Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology...
 
 
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Nine

Ellen Datlow · Night Shade Books
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback

"[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion." - Clive Barker For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying...
 
 
The Sea Peoples

S. M. Stirling · Ace
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

S. M. Stirling's Novels of the Change are a "truly original combination of postapocalyptic sci-fi and military-oriented medieval fantasy"* about a future where mysterious Powers removed advanced technology, and humanity rebuilds society. However, this new world is not always a peaceful...
 
 
Childhood's End

Arthur C Clarke · Del Rey, 2015.
Pages: 212
Format: Print book

Soon to be a Syfy miniseries event Childhood's End is one of the defining legacies of Arthur C. Clarke, the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and many other groundbreaking works. Since its publication in 1953, this prescient novel about first contact gone wrong has come to be regarded not only...
 
 
Radiate

C A HIGGINS · DEL REY
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

In the follow-up to Lightless and Supernova, C. A. Higgins again fuses science fiction, suspense, and drama to tell the story of a most unlikely heroine: Ananke, once a military spacecraft, now a sentient artificial intelligence. Ananke may have the powers of a god, but she is consumed...