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Willful Child: Wrath of Betty

Steven Erikson · Tor
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson comes a new Science Fiction novel of devil-may-care, near calamitous, and downright chaotic adventures through the infinite vastness of interstellar space. The continuing adventures of the starship A.S.F. Willful Child. Its ongoing mission:...
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1920: America's Great War

Robert Conroy · Baen
Format: Hardcover

 By the author of breakout WW II era alternate history Himmler’s War and Rising Sun, a compelling alternate history thriller.  After winning WW I, Germany invades America in 1920, marching through California and Texas as a desperate nation resists.Consider another 1920:...
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Dawn Study

Maria V. Snyder · Mira Books
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder brings her Poison Study series to its exhilarating conclusion Despite the odds, Yelena and Valek have forged an irrevocable bond - and a family - that transcends borders. Now, when their two homelands stand on the brink of war, they must...
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The Tourist

Robert Dickinson · Orbit Us
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. It is expected to be an excursion like any other. There is nothing in the records to indicate that anything out of the ordinary will happen. A bus will take them to the mall. They will have an hour or so to look around. Perhaps buy something, or try their...
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The Galaxy Game

Karen Lord · Del Rey
Format: Paperback

Karen Lord is one of today's most brilliant young talents. Her science fiction, like that of predecessors Ursula K. Le Guin and China Miéville, combines star-spanning plots, deeply felt characters, and incisive social commentary. With The Galaxy Game, Lord presents a gripping adventure...
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The Midnight Witch

Paula Brackston · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

Midnight is the most bewitching hour of them all…From Paula Brackston, the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter and The Winter Witch, comes a magical tale that is as dark as it is enchanting. Set in high society Edwardian England, The Midnight Witch is the story...
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Crosstalk

Connie Willis · Del Rey
Pages: 498
Format: Print book

Science fiction icon Connie Willis brilliantly mixes a speculative plot, the wit of Nora Ephron, and the comedic flair of P. G. Wodehouse in Crosstalk - a genre-bending novel that pushes social media, smartphone technology, and twenty-four-hour availability to hilarious and chilling extremes...
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Shadow Rites: A Jane Yellowrock Novel

Faith Hunter · Roc, 2016.
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Jane Yellowrock has her hands full in the latest novel in the New York Times bestselling series that captures "the essence of urban fantasy" (SF Site) . Slaying vampires is child's play for skinwalker Jane Yellowrock. But handling the complicated politics of New Orleans'...
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The Corporation Wars: Insurgence

Ken Macleod · Orbit Us
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Ken MacLeod continues the Corporation Wars trilogy in this action-packed science fiction adventure told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A. I. revolution. And the ultimate pay-off is DH-17, an Earth-like planet hundreds of light years from human...
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Thrawn

Timothy Zahn · Del Rey
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

In this definitive novel, readers will follow Thrawn's rise to power - uncovering the events that created one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars history. One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most...
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Seascape tattoo.

Larry Niven · Tor
Pages: 432
Format:  Print book : English

The Seascape Tattoo: the latest spellbinding adventure in Larry Niven's acclaimed collaborations with Steven Barnes!Aros of Azteca and Neoloth-Pteor are the deadliest of enemies: Swordsman and Sorcerer, locked in mortal combat, who have tried to kill each other more times than either can count....
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Borne: A Novel

Jeff VanderMeer · MCD
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Book Riot, Chicago Reader, The Week, and Publishers Weekly."Am I a person?" Borne asked me."Yes, you are a person," I told him. "But like a person, you can be a weapon, too."In...
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The Waking Engine

David Edison · Tor Books
Pages: 396
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to the City Unspoken, where Gods and Mortals come to die.Contrary to popular wisdom, death is not the end, nor is it a passage to some transcendent afterlife. Those who die merely awake as themselves on one of a million worlds, where they are fated to live until they die again,...
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The long way to a small, angry planet

Becky Chambers
Pages: 404
Format: Print book

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance...
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