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House of the Rising Sun

Kristen Painter · Orbit
Format: Paperback

Every vampire has heard rumor of the mythical place where their kind can daywalk. But what no vampire knows is that this City of Eternal Night actually exists.And its name is New Orleans.For centuries, the fae have protected the city from vampire infestation. But when the bloodsuckers return,...
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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...
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Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales: An Anthology

Ellen Datlow · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A dazzling anthology of avian-themed fiction guaranteed to frighten and delight, edited by one of the most acclaimed horror anthologists in the genre. Birds are usually loved for their beauty and their song. They symbolize freedom, eternal life, the soul. There's definitely a dark side...
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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel

Neal Stephenson · William Morrow
Pages: 768
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.When...
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The Peripheral

William Gibson · G.P. Putnam's Sons; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

William Gibson returns with his first novel since 2010's New York Times-bestselling Zero History.Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare. Fortunately, Burton has his veteran's benefits, for neural damage he suffered from implants during...
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Tour of Duty: Stories and Provocations from Michael Z. Williamson

Michael Z. Williamson · Baen; Original edition
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Its a tough universe out there.  A hard-hitting collection of the best fiction of Michael Z. Williamson, creator of the popular Freehold military SF saga, along with a helping of truth-telling nonfiction by a guy who has been there and done that, both at home and abroad. Duty in the face...
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The Omega Project

Steve Alten · Forge Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

On the brink of a disaster that could end all human life on earth, tech genius Robert Eisenbraun joins a team of scientists in Antarctica on a mission to Jupiters moon Europa to mine a rare ore that would provide for Earths long-term energy needs. But as he and the rest of the team train...
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When the Heavens Fall: The Chronicles of the Exile, Book One

Marc Turner · Tor Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

If you pick a fight with Shroud, Lord of the Dead, you had better ensure your victory, else death will mark only the beginning of your suffering.A book giving its wielder power over the dead has been stolen from a fellowship of mages that has kept the powerful relic dormant for centuries....
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Sleeping Mask: Fictions

Peter LaSalle · Bellevue Literary Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

"LaSalle's [stories] transcend their particulars to show people with dreams, dilemmas, and disappointments that will move any reader." - Jhumpa Lahiri, Harvard Review"One of our most distinguished short fiction writers." - Jeff VanderMeer, BookslutThe twelve stories...
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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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Gather the Daughters: A Novel

JENNIE MELAMED · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

NEVER LET ME GO meets THE GIVER in this haunting debut about a cult on an isolated island, where nothing is as it seems.A New York Magazine best book of the monthA Real Simple best book of the monthPeople Magazine's Book of the WeekYears ago, just before the country was incinerated to wasteland,...
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Blood Song

Anthony Ryan · Ace; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From a new master storyteller comes the beginning of an epic fantasy saga of blood, honor, and destiny The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm.Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth...
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Half a King

Joe Abercrombie · Ballantine Group
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND THE WASHINGTON POST * LOCUS AWARD WINNER"A fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page 1 and refused to let go." - George R. R. Martin"I swore an oath to avenge the death of my father. I may be half...
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Koko Takes a Holiday

Kieran Shea · Titan Books
Format: Book

Five hundred years from now, ex-corporate mercenary Koko Martstellar is swaggering through an early retirement as a brothel owner on The Sixty Islands, a manufactured tropical resort archipelago known for its sex and simulated violence. Surrounded by slang-drooling boywhores and synthetic...
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The Tiger's Daughter

K ARSENAULT RIVERA · Tor Books
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

"Rich, expansive...simply exquisite." -- V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of the Shades of Magic seriesEven gods can be slain The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach -- but failed to notice a lurking darkness festering within the people....
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