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Conquest: Book 1, The Chronicles of the Invaders

John Connolly · Atria/Emily Bestler Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Earth is no longer ours. . . . It is ruled by the Illyri, a beautiful, civilized, yet ruthless alien species. But humankind has not given up the fight, and Paul Kerr is one of a new generation of young Resistance leaders waging war on the invaders. Syl Hellais is the first of the Illyri...
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Zeroes: A Novel

Chuck Wendig · Voyager
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Five iconoclastic hackers, recruited against their will to serve the U.S. government by working as cyberspies, discover an NSA artificial intelligence program that is rapidly growing out of control.
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Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse

A. L. Kennedy · Broadway Books
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

From award-winning author A.L. Kennedy, an original Doctor Who novel featuring the beloved Fourth Doctor, as played by Tom Baker."I shall make you the jewel at the heart of the universe." Something distinctly odd is going on in Arbroath. It could be to do with golfers being dragged...
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City of Stairs

Robert Jackson Bennett · Random House Inc
Pages: 452
Format: Paperback

An atmospheric and intrigue-filled novel of dead gods, buried histories, and a mysterious, protean city--from one of America's most acclaimed young SF writers. The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions - until its divine...
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Mechanical Failure

Joe Zieja · Saga Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A smooth-talking ex-sergeant, accustomed to an easygoing peacetime military, unexpectedly re-joins the fleet and finds soldiers preparing for the strangest thing - war.The two hundred years' (and counting) peace is a time of tranquility that hasn't been seen since...well, never....
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The Flicker Men: A Novel

Ted Kosmatka · Henry Holt
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"A high-speed thriller. . . . The pages turn rapidly with well-orchestrated suspense." -The New York Times"If Stephen Hawking and Stephen King wrote a novel together, you'd get The Flicker Men. Brilliant, disturbing, and beautifully told." -Hugh Howey, New York Times...
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

Natasha Pulley · Bloomsbury
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

1883. Thaniel Steepleton returns home to his tiny London apartment to find a gold pocket watch on his pillow. Six months later, the mysterious timepiece saves his life, drawing him away from a blast that destroys Scotland Yard. At last, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori, a kind,...
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Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles

Anne Rice; Simon Vance; Playaway Digital Audio,; Findaway World, LLC,; Random House Audio Publishing. · Playaway
Format: Hardcover

A stunning departure, a surprising and compelling return…From Anne Rice, perennial best seller, single-handed reinventor of the vampire cosmology--a new, exhilarating novel, a deepening of her vampire mythology, and a chillingly hypnotic mystery-thriller."What can we do but reach...
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Afterparty

Daryl Gregory · Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

It begins in Toronto, in the years after the smart drug revolution. Any high school student with a chemjet and internet connection can download recipes and print drugs, or invent them. A seventeen-year-old street girl finds God through a new brain-altering drug called Numinous, used as a sacrament...
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Beauty

Sarah Pinborough · Titan Books
Format: Hardcover

An enticing contemporary retelling of the classic story of Sleeping Beauty. While the the handsome prince, the evil fairy, the beautiful girl and of course the spindle all appear, Sarah Pinboroughs charming and provocative spin on the story will captivate fans of the fairy tale all over...
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