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Fallout: The Hot War

Harry Turtledove · Del Rey, 2016.
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

One act of folly. One poor decision. One moment of rage. The novels of Harry Turtledove show history balancing on single moments. In his astounding new novel, the unthinkable has come to pass. The Cold War turns hot - and the United States and the Soviet Union unleash their nuclear arsenals...
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The Wicked: A Novel

Douglas Nicholas · Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Format: Print book

A thrilling and intoxicating journey to a land of legend, where nothing is quite as it seems. . . . Something evil has come to reside in a castle by the chill waters of the North Sea: men disappear and are found as horribly wizened corpses, knights ride out and return under an enchantment...
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If This Goes Wrong . . .

Hank Davis · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Science fiction tales, some humorous and some not-so-funny, about the downside of the future - and how to deal with a universe ruled by Murphy's Law! Includes stories by Robert A. Heinlein, Sarah A. Hoyt, Fritz Leiber, Gordon R. Dickson, Lester del Rey, Christopher Anvil, Fredric Brown,...
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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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Mightier than the Sword

K J PARKER · Subterranean
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover

An Imperial legate is called into see his aunt, who just happens to be the empress running the civilized world while her husband's in his sick bed. After some chastisement, she dispatches her nephew to take care of the dreaded Land and Sea Raiders, pirates who've been attacking...
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The Young Bride

Alessandro Baricco · Europa Editions
Pages: 174
Format: Print book

From international bestselling author, Alessandro Baricco, comes a scintillating and sensual novel about a young woman's ingress into a fantastically strange family. The hand of the young woman in question has been promised to the scion of a noble family. She is to make her preparations...
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The Raptor & the Wren

Chuck Wendig · Saga Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

In the fifth book of the "wildly entertaining" (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam continues her journey to find answers on how to change her fate and begin to make right some of what she's done wrong.Armed with new knowledge that suggests a great sacrifice must be made...
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Trailer Park Fae

Lilith Saintcrow · Orbit
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow returns to dark fantasy with a new series where the faery world inhabits diners, dive bars and trailer parks.
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The Night Bazaar: Eleven Haunting Tales of Forbidden Wishes and Dangerous Desires

Lenore Hart · Northampton House Press
Pages: 271

"Appealing to those who like their fantasy served with a side of psychological horror, this anthology is sure to entertain." - Publisher's Weekly Are You One of The Invited? Various mentions of a Night Bazaar appear throughout history in obscure and controversial texts from...
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Lovecraft Alive!

John Shirley · Hippocampus Press
Pages: 253
Format: Print book

Acclaimed novelist John Shirley has written novels and tales that span the spectrum of imaginative literature, from science fiction to psychological terror to supernatural horror. One of the writers that inspired him to become a writer was H. P. Lovecraft, and in this volume Shirley pays...
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Beautiful You: A Novel

Chuck Palahniuk · Anchor
Format: Hardcover

"A billion husbands are about to be replaced."From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of a new product that gives new meaning to the term "self-help."...
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The Best of Subterranean

William Schafer · Subterranean
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover

From its launch in 2005 to its final issue in 2014, Subterranean magazine published stories by the leading lights of science fiction and fantasy literature. From Hugo and Nebula winners to Pulitzer and Booker Prize finalists to New York Times bestsellers, this anthology collects 30 pieces...
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A Peace Divided

TANYA HUFF · DAW
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The second book in the action-packed Peacekeeper series, a continuation of Tanya Huff's military sci-fi Confederation series following Torin KerrGunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr had been the very model of a Confederation Marine. No one who'd ever served with her could imagine any circumstance...
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The Beautiful Ones: A Novel

Silvia Moreno-Garcia · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"Truly one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time. This sweeping tale of love lost and found is told with old-world elegance and grace with just the right touch of magic." -- M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling authorAntonina Beaulieu is in the glittering city...
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Provenance

Ann Leckie · Orbit
Pages: 439
Format: Hardcover

Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, returns with an enthralling new novel of power, theft, privilege and birthright. A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain...
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