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Magicians Impossible: A Novel

ROBERT BRADLEY ABRAHAM · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Magicians Impossible is a mind-bending page-turner! A brilliant and unique mash-up of spells, myth and mayhem, once it got its claws in me I couldn't put it down. Like a veteran stage magician, Brad Abraham has created a hip thriller that turns convention on its ear with misdirection...
 
 
The Drawing of the Dark

Tim Powers · Subterranean; Deluxe Hardcover Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In 1529 the vast Turkish army threatens Vienna and all of Europe, but at the core of the conflict is the fabled Herzwesten beer, brewed in Vienna ever since the city was a Celtic village. And from both East and West, ancient supernatural forces are gathering to take part in the fight. Gray-haired...
 
 
Stone Cold: A Broken Magic Novel

Devon Monk · ROC
Pages: 353
Format: Print book

The latest Broken Magic novel from national bestselling author Devon Monk.Marked by Life and Death magic, Shame Flynn and Terric Conley are "breakers" - those who can use magic to its full extent. Most of the time, they can barely stand each other, but they know they have to work...
 
 
Dragonbane

Sherrilyn Kenyon · St Martin'S Press, 2016.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Out of all the mysterious boarders who call Sanctuary home, no one is more antisocial or withdrawn than Maxis Drago. But then, it's hard to blend in with the modern world when you have a fifty foot wingspan. Centuries ago, he was cursed by an enemy who swore to see him fall. An enemy...
 
 
Children of the New World: Stories

Adam Weinstein · Picador Usa
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Children of the New World introduces readers to lost characters in a near-future of social media software implants, manufacturers of memories, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and frighteningly intuitive androids. Some of these characters live in a superficially utopian future...
 
 
The Refrigerator Monologues

Catherynne M Valente · Saga Press
Pages: 147
Format: Hardcover

The lives of six female superheroes and the girlfriends of superheroes. A ferocious riff on women in superhero comicsFrom the New York Times bestselling author Catherynne Valente comes a series of linked stories from the points of view of the wives and girlfriends of superheroes, female...
 
 
The White Serpent

TANITH LEE · DAW
Pages: 368
Format: Mass Market Paperback

A recognized master fantasist, Tanith Lee has won multiple awards for her craft, including the British Fantasy Award, the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror. The White Serpent returns to the world of Vis nearly a century...
 
 
A Closed and Common Orbit

Becky Chambers · Harper Voyager
Pages: 367
Format: Paperback

Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in this fun and heart-warming space opera - the sequel to the acclaimed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence....
 
 
The Last Sacrifice

James A. Moore · Angry Robot
Pages: 384
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Since time began, the Grakhul - immortal servants of the gods - have taken human sacrifices to keep the world in balance and the gods appeased. When they choose the family of warrior Brogan McTyre, everything changes. Brogan begins the toughest battle of his life to free his family from...
 
 
Theory of Bastards

AUDREY SCHULMAN · Europa Editions
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

"Stage four. Surgery. Recovering." While those are the simple words that once described Dr. Francine Burk's situation, the reality is much more complex. Her new reality is bacon rinds for breakfast and feeling unduly thrilled by her increasing ability to walk across a room...
 
 
Closer to the Heart: Book Two of Herald Spy

Mercedes Lackey · Daw Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Mags was a Herald of Valdemar. But he had once lived the brutal life of a child slave. When he was Chosen by his Companion Dallen, his young life was saved, and he slowly adjusted to being well fed, educated, and treasured as a trainee in the Herald's Collegium at Haven. Singled out by the King's...
 
 
The Wall of Storms

Ken Liu · Saga Press
Pages: 858
Format: Print book

In the much-anticipated sequel to the "magnificent fantasy epic" (NPR) Grace of Kings, Emperor Kuni Garu is faced with the invasion of an invincible army in his kingdom and must quickly find a way to defeat the intruders.Kuni Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago...
 
 
Siege Line

MYKE COLE · Ace
Pages: 368
Format: Mass Market Paperback

 
 
Connect: A Novel

Julian Gough · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Juno & Juliet, Connect reboots the classic story of a family coming apart at the seams for our looming era of mass surveillance, virtual reality, and miraculous biotechnology.In the Nevada desert, in the near future, a family crisis sets off a chain reaction that...
 
 
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman

THEODORA GOSS · Saga Press
Pages: 720
Format: eBook

In the sequel to the critically acclaimed The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of literature's mad scientists embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society's nefarious plans...