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Blackthorne

Stina Leicht · Saga Press
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

In this sweeping sequel to the critically acclaimed Cold Iron - which NPR Books raved, "reminded me, pleasurably, of Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice series" - the Kingdom of Eledore has fallen and Nel and Suvi lead a diaspora of their people to safety, but the magic...
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Something Coming Through

Paul McAuley · Gollancz
Format: Hardcover

The aliens are here And they want to help The extraordinary new project from one of the countrys most acclaimed and consistently brilliant SF novelists of the last years The Jackaroo have given humanity worlds and the means to reach them Theyre a chance to start over but theyre also littered...
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Solo: A Star Wars Story

BALLANTINE. · Del Rey
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy in this thrilling novelization of the blockbuster movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, a young...
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Ghost Layer

Robin D. Owens · Berkley
Format: Book

Second in the new series from the author of Heart Fortune, Heart Journey, and other Celta novels What lies beneath…   Clare Cermak’s adjusting to a new man in her life—and a lot of ghosts. The passing of Clare’s aunt gave way to a sizeable inheritance...
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Wilde Stories 2016: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction

Jonathan Harper · Lethe Press
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback

Reality and memory; imagination and oblivion. Somewhere between these signposts can be found the events of Wilde Stories 2016: a future world has forbidden the songs of dancefloor divas but on one night the show returns as a cautionary exhibition; high school outcasts create a fictional...
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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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The Dead Seekers

Barb Hendee · Ace
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

In the New York Times bestselling Noble Dead saga, Barb and J.C. Hendee created an engrossing mix of "intrigue, epic fantasy, and horror."* Now, they present a bold new series set in the same world, where the destinies of two hunters shaped by the shadows of their pasts are about...
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The Last Days of New Paris

China Mieville · Del Rey
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

A thriller of war that never was - of survival in an impossible city - of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new....
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And Death Shall Have No Dominion: A Tribute to Michael Shea

Michael Shea · Hippocampus Press
Pages: 278

Michael Shea (1946-2014) was one of the most distinguished, respected, and beloved figures in the fields of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He won two World Fantasy Awards, and his Nifft the Lean series of fantasy adventure novels attracted a wide audience. He also wrote powerful...
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The Silk Map: A Gaunt and Bone Novel

Chris Willrich · Pyr
Format: Paperback

Its Brent Weeks meets China Mieville in this wildly imaginative fantasy adventure featuring high action, elegant writing, and sword and sorcery with a Chinese flare.At the end of The Scroll of Years, the poet Persimmon Gaunt and her husband, the thief Imago Bone, had saved their child from...
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The Boy in His Winter: An American Novel

Norman Lock · Bellevue Literary Press
Format: Paperback

“Make[s] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone.” —SCOTT SIMON, NPR Weekend Edition“Brilliant. . . . The Boy in His Winter is a glorious meditation on justice, truth, loyalty, story, and the alchemical effects of love, a reminder of our capacity...
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Lightless

C A Higgins · Del Rey
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

With deeply moving human drama, nail-biting suspense - and bold speculation informed by a degree in physics - C. A. Higgins spins a riveting science fiction debut guaranteed to catapult readers beyond their expectations. Serving aboard the Ananke, an experimental military spacecraft launched...
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The Hike: A Novel

Drew Magary · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

"Drew Magary's new novel, The Hike, follows Ben, a dad trying to get home after wandering into a parallel universe on a business trip. . . . Buy it for all your friends - everyone loves a good dad odyssey." - GQ "A page-turner. . . . Inventive, funny. . . . Quietly profound...
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Affliction: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

Laurell K. Hamilton · Berkley Pub Group
Pages: 612
Format: Paperback

Micah's estranged father lies dying, rotting away inside from some strange ailment that has his doctors whispering about "zombie disease."Anita Blake makes her living off of zombies - but these aren't the kind she knows so well. These creatures hunt in daylight, and are as fast...
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Nightshades

Melissa F Olson · Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Alex McKenna is the new Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Bureau of Paranormal Investigations the division tasked with investigating crimes involving shades. Or vampires, as they re more widely known. Children have been going missing, and agents are routinely being slaughtered....
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