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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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The Map of Chaos: A Novel

Félix J. Palma · Atria Books
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Map of Time and The Map of the Sky, the final installment in the award-winning trilogy that The Washington Post called "a big, genre-bending delight."When the person he loves most dies in tragic circumstances, the mysterious protagonist...
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The Iron Assassin

Ed Greenwood · Tor Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In Ed Greenwood's The Iron Assassin, Victoria never ascended the throne; the House of Hanover held England only briefly before being supplanted by the House of Harminster. It is a time of gaslamps and regularly scheduled airship flights, of trams and steam-driven clockwork with countless...
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Lily and the Octopus

Steven Rowley · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

Combining the emotional depth of "The Art of Racing in the Rain" with the magical spirit of "The Life of Pi, " "Lily and the Octopus "is an epic adventure of the heart. When you sit down with "Lily and the Octopus, " you will be taken on an unforgettable...
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A Natural History of Hell: Stories

Jeffrey Ford · Small Beer Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Praise for Jeffrey Ford:"Outstanding. . . . Ford uses . . . incongruously lyrical phrases to infuse the everyday with a nebulous magic." - Publishers Weekly, Best Books of the Year(Starred Review) "For lovers of the weird and fantastic and lovers of great writing, this...
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Culdesac

Robert Repino · Soho
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The war with no name rages on, setting the world on fire. Humanity faces extinction at the hands of the Colony, a race of intelligent ants seeking to overthrow the humans and establish a new order.The bobcat Culdesac is among the fiercest warriors fighting for the Colony. Driven by revenge...
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Curioddity

Paul Jenkins · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Will Morgan is a creature of habit -- a low-budget insurance detective who walks to and from work with the flow of one-way traffic, and for whom imagination is a thing of the distant past. When a job opportunity enters the frame in the form of the mysterious Mr. Dinsdale -- curator of the ever...
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Castaway Odyssey

Eric Flint · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

#5 in the Boundary series universe, and sequel to Castaway Planet, by New York Times multiple best-selling author Eric Flint and veteran science fiction and fantasy author Ryk E. Spoor.Worst-Case Scenario: Sergeant Samuel Morgan Campbell had been in plenty of tight spots before, but nothing...
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Time Siege

Wesley Chu · Tor
Pages: 431
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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Earth Bound

Christine Feehan · Jove Books, 2015.
Pages: 371
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Air Bound returns to the mysterious coastal town of Sea Haven where six sisters of the heart are bound by the elements, and one is stalked by an inescapable past ... After escaping from a cult, Lexi found refuge with her sisters on the farm that...
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