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Invasive: A Novel

Chuck Wendig · Harper Voyager
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"Think Thomas Harris' Will Graham and Clarice Starling rolled into one and pitched on the knife's edge of a scenario that makes Jurassic Park look like a carnival ride. Another rip-roaring, deeply paranoid thriller about the reasons to fear the future." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred...
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The Massacre of Mankind: Sequel to The War of the Worlds

STEPHEN BAXTER · Crown
Pages: 486
Format: Hardcover

A sequel to the H.G. Wells classic THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, brilliantly realized by award-winning SF author and Wells expert Stephen BaxterIt has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England. The world has moved on, always watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian...
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Eighth Grave After Dark

Darynda Jones · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

With twelve hellhounds after her, pregnant Charley Davidson takes refuge at the only place she thinks they can't get to her: the grounds of an abandoned convent. But after months of being cooped up there, Charley is ready to pop. Both metaphorically and literally since she is now roughly...
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The Forever Watch: A Novel

David Ramirez · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

An exciting new novel from a bold up-and-coming sci fi talent, The Forever Watch is so full of twists and surprises its impossible to put down. All that is left of humanity is on a thousand-year journey to a new planet aboard one ship, The Noah, which is also carrying a dangerous serial...
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Version Control: A Novel

Dexter Palmer · Pantheon Books
Pages: 495
Format: Print book

The acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion returns with a compelling novel about the effects of science and technology on our friendships, our love lives, and our sense of self. Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal...
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Den of Wolves

Juliet Marillier · Roc
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

The "powerful and emotionally-charged"* fantasy series from the author of the Sevenwaters novels continues, as Blackthorn and Grim face haunting secrets and old adversaries... Feather bright and feather fine, None shall harm this child of mine... Healer Blackthorn knows all too well...
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Doctor Who: Deep Time

Trevor Baxendale · Broadway Books
Pages: 253
Format: Print book

An original adventure tying in to the ninth season of Doctor Who, the spectacular hit series from BBC Television, featuring the new 12th Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi."I do hope you're all ready to be terrified!" The Phaeron disappeared from the universe over a million years...
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Inside a Silver Box

Walter Mosley · Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

Walter Mosley's talent knows no bounds. Inside a Silver Box continues to explore the cosmic questions entertainingly discussed in his Crosstown to Oblivion. From life's meaning to the nature of good and evil, Mosley takes readers on a speculative journey beyond reality.In Inside...
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Closer to Home: Book One of Herald Spy

Mercedes Lackey · DAW
Format: Hardcover

Mags was once an enslaved orphan living a harsh life in the mines, until the King's Own Herald discovered his talent and trained him as a spy. Now a Herald in his own right, at the newly established Heralds' Collegium, Mags has found a supportive family, including his Companion...
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Severed Souls

Terry Goodkind · Tor Books; 2nd Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

From the far reaches of the DHaran Empire, Bishop Hannis Arc and the ancient Emperor Sulachan lead a vast horde of Shun-Tuk and other depraved half-people into the Empires heart, raising an army of the dead in order to threaten the world of the living. Meanwhile, far from home, Richard...
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Battlefront II: Inferno Squad

BALLANTINE. · Del Rey
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Set in the aftermath of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, this action-packed prequel to Battlefront II introduces the Empire's elite force: Inferno Squad. The Rebellion may have heroes like Jyn Erso and Luke Skywalker. But the Empire has Inferno Squad. After the humiliating theft of the Death...
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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 Emerald Circus

JANE YOLEN · Tachyon Publications
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Where is Wendy? Leading a labor strike against the Lost Boys, of course.A Scottish academic unearths ancient evil in a fishing village. Edgar Allan Poe's young bride is beguiled by a most unusual bird. Dorothy, lifted from Kansas, returns as a gymnastic sophisticate. Emily Dickinson dwells...
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The Science of Discworld: A Novel

Terry Pratchett · Anchor; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Not just another science book and not just another Discworld novella, The Science of Discworld is a creative, mind-bending mash-up of fiction and fact, that offers a wizards-eye view of our world that will forever change how you look at the universe.Can Unseen Universitys eccentric wizards...
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Lost Gods: A Novel

Brom. · Harpercollins
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

A young man descends into Purgatory to save his wife and unborn child in this gorgeous, illustrated tale of wonder and terror from the mind of master storyteller and acclaimed artist Brom.Fresh out of jail and eager to start a new life, Chet Moran and his pregnant wife, Trish, leave town...
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