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Semiosis: A Novel

Sue Burke · Tor Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance in Seimosis, a character driven science fiction novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke.Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life form watches...and...
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The Berlin Project

Gregory Benford · Saga Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Gregory Benford creates an alternate history about the creation of the atomic bomb that explores what could have happened if the bomb was ready to be used by June 6, 1944.Karl Cohen, a chemist and mathematician who is part of The Manhattan Project team,...
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Miranda and Caliban

Jacqueline Carey · Tor
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A lovely girl grows up in isolation where her father, a powerful magus, has spirited them to in order to keep them safe. We all know the tale of Prospero's quest for revenge, but what of Miranda? Or Caliban, the so-called savage Prospero chained to his will?In this incredible retelling...
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A Shiver of Light

Laurell K. Hamilton · Berkley; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

I am Princess Meredith NicEssus. Legal name Meredith Gentry, because Princess looks so pretentious on a drivers license. I was the first faerie princess born on American soil, but I wouldnt be the only one for much longer...Merry Gentry, exprivate detective, now full-time princess, knew...
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Legend Has It

Elliott James · Orbit
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

LEGEND HAS IT is the fifth novel in a series which gives a new twist to the Prince Charming tale. The first four novels are Charming, Daring, Fearless & In Shining Armor.
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No Hero

Jonathan Wood · Night Shade Books
Format: Book

"What would Kurt Russell do?" Oxford police detective Arthur Wallace asks himself that question a lot. Because Arthur is no hero. He's a good cop, but prefers that action and heroics remain on the screen, safely performed by professionals. But then, secretive government agency...
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Winter of the Gods

Jordanna Max Brodsky · Orbit
Pages: 461
Format: Print book

"The Immortals is a lively re-imagining of classical mythology with an engaging premise, a page-turning plot, and an eye for the arresting and uncanny in contemporary urban life. "--Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches Manhattan has many...
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The Fellowship of the Ring

J.R.R. Tolkien · Houghton Mifflin Co.
Pages: 3
Format: Paperback

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth -- home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced...
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Bandwidth

Eliot Peper · 47North
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover

"A future we can all recognize - and one that we should all be genuinely afraid of." - Ars Technica on CumulusA rising star at a preeminent political lobbying firm, Dag Calhoun represents the world's most powerful technology and energy executives. But when a close brush with...
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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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No Time Like the Past: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book Five

Jodi Taylor · Night Shade Books
Pages: 348
Format: Print book

The fifth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea.Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just...
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The Wolf Road: A Novel

Beth Lewis · Crown
Pages: 356
Format: Print book

ELKA BARELY REMEMBERS a time before she knew Trapper. She was just seven years old, wandering lost and hungry in the wilderness, when the solitary hunter took her in. In the years since then, he's taught her how to survive in this desolate land where civilization has been destroyed and men are at the mercy...
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Lily and the Octopus

Steven Rowley · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

Combining the emotional depth of "The Art of Racing in the Rain" with the magical spirit of "The Life of Pi, " "Lily and the Octopus "is an epic adventure of the heart. When you sit down with "Lily and the Octopus, " you will be taken on an unforgettable...
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A Secret History of Witches

Louisa Morgan · Redhook
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A Secret History of Witches follows five generations of women-all of whom happen to be witches-from nineteenth-century Brittany to London during World War II.
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The Trial

Franz Kafka · Oxford University Press; Oxford World's Classics edition
Format: Paperback

One of the great works of the twentieth century Kafkas The Trial has been read as a study of political power a pessimistic religious parable or a crime novel where the accused man is himself the problem In it a man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never...
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