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A Green and Ancient Light

Frederic S Durbin · Saga Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

A gorgeous fantasy in the spirit of Pan's Labyrinth and John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things.Set in a world similar to our own, during a war that parallels World War II, A Green and Ancient Light is the stunning story of a boy who is sent to stay with his grandmother for the summer...
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Welcome to Deadland

Zachary Tyler Linville · Nerdist
Pages: 350
Format: Print book

""Engaging, heartbreaking, and thrilling, with an expert pace that never touches the brakes." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) In a thrilling debut from Nerdist, a ragtag group of survivors struggles to hold onto hope.A widespread disease has ravaged humanity -- symptoms...
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Arabella of Mars

David D Levine · Tor Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Since Newton witnessed a bubble rising from his bathtub, mankind has sought the stars. When William III of England commissioned Capt. William Kidd to command the first expedition to Mars in the late 1600s, he proved that space travel was both possible and profitable.Now, one century later,...
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Sharp Ends

Joe Abercrombie · Orbit
Pages: 544
Format: Print book

Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp...
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Dreams of Distant Shores

Patricia A Mckillip · Tachyon Pubns
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A youthful artist is possessed by both his painting and his muse. Seductive travelers from the sea enrapture distant lovers. The statue of a mermaid comes suddenly to life. Two friends are transfixed by a haunted estate.Bestselling author Patricia A. McKillip (The Riddle-Master of Hed)...
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On to the Asteroid

Travis S Taylor · Baen
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Realistic thriller crackling with action and danger as an asteroid threatens the Earth, and dedicated astronauts and scientists try to save the planet.LOOMING DESTRUCTION FROM SPACE! It's the beginning of a new golden age of space exploration. Finally, humanity is taking the commercialization...
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Bite

K.S. Merbeth · Orbit
Pages: 416
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Kid is trying to survive in a world gone mad.
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The Gradual

Christopher Priest · Titan Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Alesandro grows up in Glaud, a fascist state constantly at war with a faceless opponent. His brother is sent off to war; his family is destroyed by grief. Occasionally he catches glimpses of islands in the far distance from the shore, and they feed into the music he composes - music for which...
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