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The Long Utopia: A Novel

Terry Pratchett · Harper
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The fourth novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's internationally bestselling "Long Earth" series, hailed as "a brilliant science fiction collaboration . . . a love letter to all Pratchett fans, readers, and lovers of wonder everywhere" (Io9) .2045-2059....
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City of Endless Night

Milo M. Hastings · Hesperus Press; Reprint edition

A fascinating and disturbing dystopian vision from a neglected sci-fi master, imagining an all too terrifying alternate ending to World War I and its implications for the human race The year is 2041. Since the end of WWI, Berlin has been an enormous subterranean city, home to 300 million...
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From a Drood to a Kill: A Secret Histories Novel

Simon R. Green · Roc
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green "continues to deliver enjoyable, fast-paced, and fun entertainment" (SF Revu) in his Secret Histories novels featuring supernatural arse kicker Eddie Drood - who's about to play a most dangerous game in his latest adventure....Some...
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Bengal's Quest

Lora Leigh · Berkley
Format: Hardcover

"No one spins a story quite like Lora Leigh" (Night Owl Reviews) - and when it comes to her "highly charged and carnal" (Fresh Fiction) Breed novels, nobody does it better. Now, the #1 New York Times bestselling author tells a story of two Breeds who are united by animal...
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Time Siege

Wesley Chu · Tor
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Time Siege, a fast-paced time-travel adventure from award-winning author Wesley ChuHaving been haunted by the past and enslaved by the present, James Griffin-Mars is taking control of the future.Earth is a toxic, sparsely inhabited wasteland--the perfect hiding place for a fugitive ex-chronman...
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The Providence of Fire

Brian Staveley · Tor
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

Brian Staveley's The Providence of Fire, the second novel in the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, a gripping new epic fantasy series.The conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of the Annurian Empire is far from over.Having learned the identity of her father's assassin, Adare flees...
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The Wolf Road: A Novel

Beth Lewis · Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

True Grit meets The Road in this postapocalyptic psychological thriller--narrated by a young girl who has just learned that her adopted father may be a serial killer, and that she may be his next victim.Everything Elka knows of the world she learned from the man she calls father, the solitary...
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Mongrels: A Novel

Stephen Graham Jones · William Morrow
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

A spellbinding and darkly humorous coming-of-age story about an unusual boy, whose family lives on the fringe of society and struggles to survive in a hostile world that shuns and fears them.He was born an outsider, like the rest of his family. Poor yet resilient, he lives in the shadows...
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Will Do Magic for Small Change

Andrea Hairston · Aqueduct Press
Pages: 472
Format: Paperback

Cinnamon Jones dreams of stepping on stage and acting her heart out like her famous grandparents, Redwood and Wildfire. But at 5'10'' and 180 pounds, shes theatrically challenged. Her family life is a tangle of mystery and deadly secrets, and nobody is telling Cinnamon the whole...
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The Sellout: A Novel

Paul Beatty · Picador Usa
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Named one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times Book Review; The New Yorker; The Wall Street Journal; The Boston Globe; Buzzfeed: The Huffington Post; The New York Times; Mens Journal; Newsweek; NPR; and Publishers WeeklyA biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing...
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