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Series: Dune Navigators of Dune Book Three of the Schools of Dune Trilogy Hardcover Brian Herbert 9780765381255 $38.99 FICTION Sep 13, 2016

ANew York Times bestseller, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson'sNavigators of Dune is the climactic finale of the Great Schools of Dune trilogy, set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert's classicDune.The story line tells the origins of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood and its breeding program, the human-computer Mentats, and the Navigators (the Spacing Guild), as well as a crucial battle for the future of the human race, in which reason faces off against fanaticism. These events have far-reaching consequences that will set the stage forDune, millenni... + Read More
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Series: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians The Dark Talent Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians Hardcover Brandon Sanderson 9780765381408 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Sep 06, 2016

The Dark Talentis the fifth action-packed fantasy adventure in the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series for young readers by the #1New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. This never-before-published, fast-paced, and funny novel is now available in a deluxe hardcover edition, illustrated by Hayley Lazo.Alcatraz Smedry has successfully defeated the army of Evil Librarians and saved the kingdom of Mokia. Too bad he managed to break the Smedry Talents in the process. Even worse, his father is trying to enact a scheme that could ruin... + Read More
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Series: Weenies Stories Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies And Other Warped and Creepy Tales Hardcover David Lubar 9780765377265 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 13, 2016

Strikeout of the Bleacher Weeniesis the eighth collection of spooky short stories for ages 8 to 12 by the beloved author of the Nathan Abercrombie series, David Lubar. This is the perfect pick for reluctant young readers who like a few chills and a lot of laughs.The appearance of a mysterious new girl in school stops her classmates cold. Black Friday shopping gets out of control for a mother and daughter. And stands full of screaming and shouting Bleacher Weenies are about to make the ultimate sacrifice.Welcome to the Weenie Zone! Here are thir... + Read More
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Series: Mystic Trilogy Mystic The Mystic Trilogy #1 Paperback Jason Denzel 9780765381989 $20.99 FICTION Sep 27, 2016

Mysticis the start of an enchanting new epic fantasy series from Jason Denzel, the founder of Dragonmount.I called to the Myst, and it sent us you.For hundreds of years, high-born nobles have competed for the chance to learn of the Myst. Powerful, revered, and often reclusive, Mystics have the unique ability to summon and manipulate the Myst: the underlying energy that lives at the heart of the universe. Once in a very great while, they take an apprentice, always from the most privileged sects of society. Such has always been the tradition-unti... + Read More
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Series: Vassa in the Night A Novel Hardcover Sarah Porter 9780765380548 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Sep 20, 2016

“A dark, thoroughly modern fairy tale crackling with wit and magical mayhem.” —Leigh Bardugo,New York Timesbestselling author ofShadow and Bone“An enchantingly twisted modern fairy tale, perfect for those who prefer Grimm to Disney. Inventive, darkly magical, and beautifully written, it will stay with me for a long time.” — Kendare Blake,New York Times bestselling author ofThree Dark CrownsSTEP INTO THE ENCHANTED KINGDOM OF BROOKLYN, WHERE MAGIC—AND DANGER—LURKS AROUND EVERY CORNERA powerful and haunting tale for teen fans of urban fantasy, fai... + Read More
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Series: Metaltown Hardcover Kristen Simmons 9780765336620 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Sep 20, 2016

Kristen Simmons's Metaltown, where factories rule, food is scarce, and hope is in short supply.The rules of Metaltown are simple: Work hard, keep your head down, and watch your back. You look out for number one, and no one knows that better than Ty. She’s been surviving on the factory line as long as she can remember. But now Ty has Colin. She’s no longer alone; it’s the two of them against the world. That’s something even a town this brutal can’t take away from her. Until it does.Lena’s future depends on her family’s factory, a beast that dema... + Read More
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Series: Saga of Shadows Eternity's Mind The Saga of Shadows, Book Three Hardcover Kevin J. Anderson 9780765333018 $39.99 FICTION Sep 13, 2016

Eternity’s Mind is the climactic final book in Kevin J. Anderson’s Saga of Shadows Trilogy, which began with the Hugo nomineeThe Dark Between the. The Saga of Shadows, as well as its predecessor series, the international bestselling Saga of Seven, are among the grandest epic space operas published in this century.Two decades after the devastating Elemental War, which nearly destroyed the cosmos, the new Confederation restored peace and profitable commerce among the peoples and worlds of the Spiral Arm. The ambitious, innovative Roamers went bac... + Read More
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Series: Ray Electromatic Mysteries Made to Kill A Ray Electromatic Mystery Paperback Adam Christopher 9780765379191 $22.99 FICTION Oct 11, 2016

It was just another Tuesday morning when she walked into the office—young, as I suspected they all might be, another dark brunette with some assistance and enough eye black to match up to Cleopatra. And who am I? I'm Ray, the world's last robot, famed and feared in equal measure, which suits me just fine—after all, the last place you'd expect to find Hollywood's best hit man is in the plain light of day.Raymond Electromatic is good at his job, the lone employee of the Electromatic Detective Agency—except for Ada, office gal and super-computer, ... + Read More
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Series: Bone Universe Cloudbound Hardcover Fran Wilde 9780765377852 $36.99 FICTION Sep 27, 2016

After the dust settles, the City of living bones begins to die, and more trouble brews beneath the clouds in the companion toUpdraft."A thrilling and complex tale about the most difficult stage of a revolution: what do you do after you win? Highly recommended both for the story it tells as well as how it tells that story. Wilde takes risks that pay off hugely.” —Ken Liu, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author ofThe Grace of KingsThe Towers in disarray, without a governing body or any defense against the dangers lurking in the clouds, and daily li... + Read More
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Series: Bone Universe Updraft A Novel Paperback Fran Wilde 9780765377845 $22.99 FICTION Sep 13, 2016

From Fran Wilde comesUpdraft, the Nebula finalist and Andre Norton Award-winning first novel in the Bone Universe sagaWelcome to a world of wind and bone, songs and silence, betrayal and courage.Kirit Densira cannot wait to pass her wingtest and begin flying as a trader by her mother's side, being in service to her beloved home tower and exploring the skies beyond. When Kirit inadvertently breaks Tower Law, the city's secretive governing body, the Singers, demand that she become one of them instead. In an attempt to save her family from greater... + Read More
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Series: Sleeping King The Dreaming Hunt The Sleeping King Trilogy, Book 2 Hardcover Cindy Dees 9780765335159 $39.99 FICTION Sep 27, 2016

The Dreaming Hunt is the second title of the epic fantasy trilogy byNew York Times andUSA Today bestselling author Cindy Dees and Bill Flippin.To defeat the tyrannical Kothite Empire, Raina of Tyrel, a gifted mage, and Will Cobb, a young woodsman, continue on their magical quest to wake the legendary Sleeping King. They and their team have caught the attention of powerful forces determined to stop them. And worse, their visit to the Dream Plane has unleashed chaos, and the fight is spilling over into the mortal realm.Raina and her friends frant... + Read More
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Series: Luna Luna: Wolf Moon A Novel Hardcover Ian McDonald 9780765375537 $38.99 FICTION Mar 28, 2017

A Dragon is dead. Corta Helio, one of the five family corporations that rule the Moon, has fallen. Its riches are divided up among its many enemies, its survivors scattered. Eighteen months have passed . The remaining Helio children, Lucasinho and Luna, are under the protection of the powerful Asamoahs, while Robson, still reeling from witnessing his parent’s violent deaths, is now a ward--virtually a hostage-- of Mackenzie Metals. And the last appointed heir, Lucas, has vanished of the surface of the moon.Only Lady Sun, dowager of Taiyang, s... + Read More
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Series: Chronicles of the Exile Red Tide The Chronicles of the Exile, Book Three Hardcover Marc Turner 9780765337146 $45.50 FICTION Sep 20, 2016

Red Tide,the third volume in Marc Turner's The Chronicles of the Exile, followingWhen the Heavens Fall andDragon HuntersThe Augerans are coming. And their ships are sailing in on a red tide.The Rubyholt Isles are a shattered nation of pirate-infested islands and treacherous waterways shielding the seaboards of Erin Elal and the Sabian League, a region even dragons fear to trespass.The Augerans beseech the Warlord of the Isles, seeking passage for their invasion fleet through Rubyholt territory. But they are sailing into troubled waters. Their e... + Read More
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Series: Deadlands Deadlands: Thunder Moon Rising Paperback Jeffrey Mariotte 9780765375285 $22.99 FICTION Sep 20, 2016

Jeff Mariotte'sDeadlands: Thunder Moon Rising,the newest book based on the hit Weird West RPG franchiseDeadlands!Fear is abroad in the Deadlands as a string of brutal killings and cattle mutilations trouble a Western frontier town in the Arizona Territory, nestled in the forbidding shadow of the rugged Thunder Mountains. A mule train is massacred, homes and ranches are attacked, and men and women are stalked and butchered by bestial killers who seem to be neither human nor animal, meanwhile a ruthless land baron tries to buy up all the surround... + Read More
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Series: Nightwise Nightwise Paperback R. S. Belcher 9780765374615 $23.99 FICTION Sep 20, 2016

R.S. Belcher, the acclaimed author ofThe Six-Gun Tarot andThe Shotgun Arcana launches a gritty new urban fantasy series set in today's seedy occult underworld inNightwise.In the more shadowy corners of the world, frequented by angels and demons and everything in-between, Laytham Ballard is a legend. It's said he raised the dead at the age of ten, stole the Philosopher's Stone in Vegas back in 1999, and survived the bloodsucking kiss of the Mosquito Queen. Wise in the hidden ways of the night, he's also a cynical bastard who stopped thinking of ... + Read More
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Series: Tufa Novels Chapel of Ease A Novel of the Tufa Hardcover Alex Bledsoe 9780765376565 $38.99 FICTION Sep 06, 2016

The latest installment in Alex Bledsoe's critically-acclaimed Tufa series about musically-talented fae in rural Tennessee, a seriesKirkus Reviews calls "powerful, character-driven drama...a sheer delight." (starred review)“Beautifully written, surprisingly moving, and unexpected in the best of ways.” —Seanan McGuire,New York Times bestselling authorWhen Matt Johansson, a young New York actor, auditions for "Chapel of Ease," an off-Broadway musical, he is instantly charmed by Ray Parrish, the show's writer and composer. They soon become friends;... + Read More
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Series: Redemption's Heir Fathomless Paperback Anne M. Pillsworth 9780765335937 $13.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 18 Sep 06, 2016

In Anne M. Pillsworth'sFathomless,Sean dips even further into his magical destiny, but will blood prove thicker than the mysteries of Innsmouth's briny depths?Sean Wyndham has tried to stay away from the lure of magic-the last time he tried to dabble in the dark studies, he inadvertently summoned a blood familiar, wreaking havoc on his town, and calling the attention of the Elder Gods. But now Sean has been offered the chance to study magic with a proper teacher, overseen by Helen Arkwright, a friend of Sean's father and heir to ancient order o... + Read More
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Series: Christmas Magic Short Stories from Award-Winning Fantasy Writers Paperback David G. Hartwell 9780765315809 $43.50 FICTION Nov 01, 2016

Collected by award-winning anthologist David G. Hartwell, here is a stockingful of classic Christmas fantasiesWonders abound at Christmas, and never more so than in this delightful collection of holiday stories by some of today’s most gifted writers of fantasy and science-fiction. In this volume, Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, Kit Reed, Howard Waldrop, Donald Westlake, and many other science fiction and fantasy stars present their unique visions of Christmas.Toys come to life for one miraculous hour. A little girl sets forth on a quest to jo... + Read More
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Series: Midian Unmade Tales of Clive Barker's Nightbreed Paperback Joseph Nassise 9780765335432 $22.99 FICTION Sep 27, 2016

Clive Barker'sNightbreed has been controversial since the moment it was released in a version edited by the studio and roundly condemned by Barker, who wrote and directed the movie. A virtually instant cult film based on Barker's novellaCabal, it was nominated for three Saturn Awards and won several prizes at European film festivals.Midian Unmade tells the stories of the Nightbreed after the fall of their city, Midian. Driven from their homes, their friends and family members slain before their eyes, the monsters become a mostly-hidden diaspora... + Read More
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Series: Luna Luna: New Moon Paperback Ian McDonald 9780765375520 $23.50 FICTION Sep 13, 2016

In Ian McDonald'sLuna: New Moon,the scions of a falling house must navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain their family's status in the Moon's vicious political atmosphere.The Moon wants to kill you. Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations-the Five Dragons-in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And tha... + Read More
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Series: Safehold At the Sign of Triumph A Novel in the Safehold Series Hardcover David Weber 9780765325587 $38.99 FICTION Nov 08, 2016

At the Sign of Triumph: David Weber'sNew York Times-bestselling Safehold series begun withOff Armageddon Reef,By Schism Rent Asunder,By Heresies Distressed, A Mighty FortressandHow Firm a Foundation.The Church of God Awaiting's triumph over Charis was inevitable. Despite its prosperity, the Charis was a single, small island realm. It boasted less than two percent of the total population of Safehold. How could it possibly resist total destruction? The Church had every reason to be confident of a swift, crushing victory, an object lesson to other... + Read More
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Series: Librarians The Librarians and The Lost Lamp Paperback Greg Cox 9780765384089 $22.99 FICTION Oct 11, 2016

The first book in a new trilogy based on the hit television show,The Librarians,by Greg Cox.For millennia, the Librarians have secretly protected the world by keeping watch over dangerous magical relics. Cataloging and safeguarding everything from Excalibur to Pandora’s Box, they stand between humanity and those who would use the relics for evil.Ten years ago, only Flynn Carsen, the last of the Librarians, stood against an ancient criminal organization known as The Forty. They stole the oldest known copy ofThe Arabian Nights by Scheherazade, an... + Read More
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Series: Librarians The Librarians and The Lost Lamp Hardcover Greg Cox 9780765384072 $38.99 FICTION Oct 11, 2016

The first book in a new trilogy based on the hit television show,The Librarians,by Greg Cox.For millennia, the Librarians have secretly protected the world by keeping watch over dangerous magical relics. Cataloging and safeguarding everything from Excalibur to Pandora’s Box, they stand between humanity and those who would use the relics for evil.Ten years ago, only Flynn Carsen, the last of the Librarians, stood against an ancient criminal organization known as The Forty. They stole the oldest known copy ofThe Arabian Nights by Scheherazade, an... + Read More
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Series: Imager Portfolio Treachery's Tools Hardcover L. E. Modesitt Jr. 9780765385406 $38.99 FICTION Oct 11, 2016

The Imager Porfolio is a bestselling and innovative epic fantasy series from L. E. Modesitt, Jr. thatRT Book Reviews says“shines with engrossing characters, terrific plotting, and realistic world-building.” Continue a new story arc withTreachery's Tools.Thirteen years after the events ofMadness in Solidar, Alastar has settled into his role as the Maitre of the Collegium and would like nothing better than to focus his efforts on his family.However, bad harvests and worse weather spark acts of violence between the High Holders and the Factors. On... + Read More
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Series: Willful Child Willful Child: Wrath of Betty Hardcover Steven Erikson 9780765383907 $36.99 FICTION Nov 01, 2016

FromNew York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson comesWillful Child: Wrath of Betty, a new Science Fiction novel of devil-may-care, near calamitous, and downright chaotic adventures through the infinite vastness of interstellar space. These are the voyages of the starship A.S.F.Willful Child. Its ongoing mission: to seek out strange new worlds on which to plant the Terran flag, to subjugate and if necessary obliterate new life-forms, to boldly blow the... And so we join the not-terribly-bright but exceedingly cock-sure Captain Hadrian Sawba... + Read More
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Series: Rains Brothers The Rains A Novel Hardcover Gregg Hurwitz 9780765382672 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Oct 18, 2016

Winner of the ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Novel“A brilliant, terrifying, rule-breaking reimagining of the zombie novel.”—Jonathan Maberry,New York Times bestselling author ofRot & Ruin“One of those all-too-creepy-and-believable stories. Chilling!”—Ridley Pearson,New York Times bestselling author“Readers with a5th Wave-shaped hole in their sf-loving hearts will rejoice.”—Booklist“In his first book for teens, Hurwitz crafts a tense, disturbing tale that’s simultaneously a story driven by brother love and the determination to survive against im... + Read More
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Series: Shards of Heaven The Shards of Heaven Paperback Michael Livingston 9780765380326 $22.99 FICTION Oct 25, 2016

Michael Livingston'sThe Shards of Heaven reveals the hidden magic behind the history we know, and commences a war greater than any mere mortal battleThe beginning of an epic historical fantasy that rocks the foundations of the ancient world.Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two. Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy. As civil war rages from Rome to Alexandria, and vast armies and navies battl... + Read More
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Series: Stranded A Novel Hardcover Bracken MacLeod 9780765382436 $34.99 FICTION Oct 04, 2016

In the spirit of John Carpenter'sThe Thing andJacob's Ladder comesStranded -- a terrifying, icebound thriller where nothing is quite what it seems by Bracken MacLeod.Badly battered by an apocalyptic storm, the crew of theArctic Promise find themselves in increasingly dire circumstances as they sail blindly into unfamiliar waters and an ominously thickening fog. Without functioning navigation or communication equipment, they are lost and completely alone. One by one, the men fall prey to a mysterious illness. Deckhand Noah Cabot is the only pers... + Read More
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Series: Radiance A Novel Paperback Catherynne M. Valente 9780765335302 $22.50 FICTION Oct 18, 2016

Radiance is a decopunk pulp SF alt-history space opera mystery set in a Hollywood-and solar system-very different from our own, from Catherynne M. Valente, the phenomenal talent behind theNew York Times bestsellingThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.Severin Unck's father is a famous director of Gothic romances in an alternate 1986 in which talking movies are still a daring innovation due to the patent-hoarding Edison family. Rebelling against her father's films of passion, intrigue, and spirits from beyond, Severi... + Read More
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Series: North America's Forgotten Past Sun Born A People of Cahokia Novel (Book Two of the Morning Star Series) Hardcover W. Michael Gear 9780765380616 $36.99 FICTION Oct 18, 2016

An old enemy has returned to Cahokia with vengeance in his heart. Will the empire’s living god choose to save his city?A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the North American continent. At the heart of the empire stood a vast city, teeming with tens of thousands of residents, traders, and travelers. The city of Cahokia sent settlers and priests throughout the continent, from Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying word of the power of their gods. People who wouldn't bow to that power were conquered or slaughtered. ... + Read More
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Series: Pathfinder Tales Pathfinder Tales: Shy Knives Paperback Sam Sykes 9780765384355 $32.50 FICTION Oct 18, 2016

Pathfinder Tales: Shy Knivesis based on the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. With more than a million players worldwide, Pathfidner is the world's most popular tabletop RPG.Shaia “Shy” Ratani is a clever rogue who makes her living outside of strictly legal methods. While hiding out in the frontier city of Yanmass, she accepts a job solving a nobleman’s murder, only to find herself sucked into a plot involving an invading centaur army that could see the whole city burned to the ground. Shy could stop that from happening, b... + Read More
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Series: The Wishing World Hardcover Todd Fahnestock 9780765385888 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 25, 2016

"Whimsical and imaginative, with just the right mix of humor, heart, and adventure.The Wishing World is everything you could wish for in a story--and so much more!"--Shannon Messenger, author ofKeeper of the Lost CitiesIn the Wishing World, dreams are real. You can transform into your own hero, find wild and whimsical friends, and wield power as great as your imagination. But Lorelei doesn't know about any of that. All she knows is that a monster took her family.It happened during a camping trip one year ago. Hiding inside the tent, she saw sha... + Read More
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Series: Nightbirds Unhonored Book Two of The Nightbirds First Edition Hardcover Tracy Hickman 9780765332042 $46.99 FICTION Oct 11, 2016

Unhonoredis the second book in the intriguing gothic novel in the Nightbirds series from the partnerships ofNew York Timesbest selling author Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman. This gothic fantasy series begins withUnwept.Ellis Harkington is trapped in limbo between life and death, struggling to escape the domination of an evil force masquerading as her friend, Merrick. Only Ellis has ever escaped him, and now that she has discovered the truth, he wants to make sure she can never escape again.Merrick's dark power has turned the seaside town of Ga... + Read More
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Series: Splintegrate First Edition Hardcover Deborah Teramis Christian 9780765300478 $39.99 FICTION Dec 31, 2019

Deborah Teramis Christian returns to science fiction with a rousing stand-alone sequel to fan favoriteMainline.One of the many charms of planet Lyndir is the Between-World, home to the licensed entertainers of the Sa'adani Empire. There, at a palatial house of domination called Tryst, professional dominatrix Kes has become a celebrity attraction whose fame and exclusivity draws a rarified clientele.Her most devoted client is Janus, a major crime boss on Lyndir and elsewhere. But when a high-powered imperial authority decides she wants Janus out... + Read More
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Series: Blood Singer Novels All Your Wishes A Blood Singer Novel Paperback Cat Adams 9780765375711 $32.50 FICTION Oct 04, 2016

An ifrit tries to take over Celia Graves's body so he can free thousands of evil djinn to plague mankind in Cat Adam'sAll Your WishesA client begs Celia Graves—part human, part Siren, part vampire—to help return a genie to his bottle. The attempt makes Celia a target for the currently incorporeal ifrit. If she doesn't give him her body, he'll kill everyone she loves. If she does, he'll use her physical form to free thousands of evil djinn.Celia's not going to hand over her body, but her client tries to trick her into it—so that he can kill the ... + Read More
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Series: Dragonback Dragon and Thief A Dragonback Novel Paperback Timothy Zahn 9780765387882 $23.99 FICTION Oct 25, 2016

New edition of the first book in the popular Dragonback science fiction series from Hugo Award-winning author Timothy ZahnTimothy Zahn has been entertaining science fiction readers young and old for more than twenty years with exciting, thought-provoking adventures.Dragon and Thief is sure to delight all his fans and gain new teen and adult readers as well.Jack Morgan has been framed for theft. He's hiding on a distant planet with the virtual presence of his deceased Uncle Virge, a con man who has been his only family since Jack's parents died... + Read More
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Series: The Hanged Man Paperback P. N. Elrod 9780765376312 $20.99 FICTION Oct 25, 2016

The Hanged Man is the first book all-new Gaslamp Fantasy series by P. N. Elrod.On a freezing Christmas Eve in 1879, a forensic psychic reader is summoned from her Baker Street lodgings to the scene of a questionable death. Alexandrina Victoria Pendlebury (named after her godmother, the current Queen of England) is adamant that the death in question is a magically compromised murder and not a suicide, as the police had assumed, after the shocking revelation contained by the body in question, Alex must put her personal loss aside to uncover the d... + Read More
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Series: Faller A novel Hardcover Will McIntosh 9780765383556 $36.99 FICTION Oct 25, 2016

Falleris a new gripping standalone, science fiction thriller by Hugo Award-winning author Will McIntosh.Day One: No one can remember anything—who they are, family and friends, or even how to read. Reality has fragmented and Earth consists of an islands of rock floating in an endless sky. Food, water, electricity—gone, except for what people can find, and they can't find much.Faller's pockets contain tantalizing clues: a photo of himself and a woman he can't remember, a toy solider with a parachute, and a mysterious map drawn in blood. With only... + Read More
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Series: Wild Cards Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole Paperback George R. R. Martin 9780765335609 $26.99 FICTION Feb 28, 2017

Soon to be a show on Hulu!Rights to developWild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought youThe Magicians andMr. Robot, with the co-editor ofWild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer.Since a strange alien virus created the superhuman beings known as Aces and Jokers four decades ago, they have struggled for respect and recognition. Now they are key players in a presidential convention torn by hatred and dissent. Assassins stalk the halls of the convention and one of the candidates plans to u... + Read More
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Series: Unmortal Hardcover Anne M. Pillsworth 9780765335913 $26.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Oct 16, 2029

Sean Wyndham begins his second summer of magical training with mentor Joseph Kokokoho, who guards the mysteries of long-deserted Dunwich. Mountains crowned with stone circles and dubious altars, whippoorwill-haunted glens that lead to transdimensional rifts, what could be cooler? A new familiar, that's what, and a new shot at developing a better control over his own Magic. And, with Eddy and Daniel at nearby Miskatonic University for weekend hang-outs, Sean's expectations for this summer are high. Also at MU is a new magic student, F... + Read More
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Series: Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection Hardcover Brandon Sanderson 9780765391162 $38.50 FICTION Nov 22, 2016

An all-new 120-page Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel ofArcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1New York Timesbestselling author Brandon Sanderson.The collection will include nine works in all. The first eight are:“The Hope of Elantris” (Elantris)“The Eleventh Metal” (Mistborn)“The Emperor's Soul” (Elantris)“Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30” (Mistborn)“White Sand" (excerpt; Taldain)"Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell” (Threnody)“Sixth o... + Read More
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Series: Invisible Planets Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation Hardcover Ken Liu 9780765384195 $34.99 FICTION Nov 01, 2016

Invisible Planets, edited by multi award-winning writer Ken Liu--translator of the bestselling and Hugo Award-winning novelThe Three Body Problem by acclaimed Chinese author Cixin Liu--is his second thought-provoking anthology of Chinese short speculative fiction.Invisible Planetsis a groundbreaking anthology of Chinese short speculative fiction.The thirteen stories in this collection, including two by Cixin Liu and the Hugo and Sturgeon award-nominated “Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, add up to a strong and diverse representation of Chinese ... + Read More
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Series: Shards of Heaven The Gates of Hell Hardcover Michael Livingston 9780765380333 $38.99 FICTION Nov 15, 2016

The Gates of Hellis the follow up to Michael Livingston’s amazingThe Shards of Heaven,a historical fantasy that reveals the hidden magic behind the history we know, and commences a war greater than any mere mortal battle.Alexandria has fallen, and with it the great kingdom of Egypt. Cleopatra is dead. Her children are paraded through the streets in chains wrought of their mother's golden treasures, and within a year all but one of them will be dead. Only her young daughter, Cleopatra Selene, survives to continue her quest for vengeance against ... + Read More
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Series: Masquerade The Traitor Baru Cormorant Paperback Seth Dickinson 9780765380739 $22.50 FICTION Nov 29, 2016

Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up and see red sails on the horizon.The Empire of Masks is coming, armed with coin and ink, doctrine and compass, soap and lies. They will conquer Baru’s island, rewrite her culture, criminalize her customs, and dispose of one of her fathers. But Baru is patient. She'll swallow her hate, join the Masquerade, and claw her way high enough up the rungs of power to set her people free.To test her loyalty, the Masquerade will send Baru to bring order to distant Aurdwynn, a snakepit of rebels, informan... + Read More
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Series: Seriously Wicked Seriously Shifted Hardcover Tina Connolly 9780765383754 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Nov 01, 2016

Tina Connolly'sSeriously Shifted is a sparkling new adventure about teen witch Camellia and her mother, wicked witch Sarmine, introduced to readers inSeriously Wicked.Teenage witch Cam isn’t crazy about the idea of learning magic. She’d rather be no witch than a bad one. But when a trio of her mother’s wicked witch friends decide to wreak havoc in her high school, Cam has no choice but to try to stop them.Now Cam’s learning invisibility spells, dodging exploding cars, and pondering the ethics of love potions. All while trying to keep her grades... + Read More
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Series: Luna Lake Illicit A Novel of the Sazi Paperback Cathy Clamp 9780765377227 $24.99 FICTION Nov 01, 2016

In Cathy Clamp'sIllicit, when a border dispute between two bear clans destabilizes shapeshifter relations throughout Europe and threatens to reveal their existence to humans, the Sazi High Council orders both sides to the negotiation table. The peace talks take place in Luna Lake, the American community where all shifter species--wolf, cat, bird, bear, and more--live in harmony.Diplomats, their families, and security personnel stream into town, among them Dalvin Adway, a Wolven agent. Dalvin is startled to find Rachel Washington in Luna Lake. T... + Read More
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Series: Seriously Wicked Seriously Wicked A Novel Paperback Tina Connolly 9780765375179 $13.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Nov 01, 2016

The hilarious new YA from acclaimed author Tina Connolly.Camellia's adopted mother wants Cam to grow up to be just like her. Problem is, Mom's a seriously wicked witch.Savvy Cam has tons of practice thwarting the witch's crazy schemes. But when the witch summons a demon to control the city, he gets loose—and into the cute new boy in Tenth Grade. Now Cam's determined to stop the demon before he destroys the new boy's soul. Which means she might have to try a spell of her own. But if she's willing to work spells like the witch. . .will it mean sh... + Read More
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Series: Luna Lake Illicit A Novel of the Sazi Hardcover Cathy Clamp 9780765388315 $50.99 FICTION Nov 01, 2016

In Cathy Clamp'sIllicit, when a border dispute between two bear clans destabilizes shapeshifter relations throughout Europe and threatens to reveal their existence to humans, the Sazi High Council orders both sides to the negotiation table. The peace talks take place in Luna Lake, the American community where all shifter species--wolf, cat, bird, bear, and more--live in harmony.Diplomats, their families, and security personnel stream into town, among them Dalvin Adway, a Wolven agent. Dalvin is startled to find Rachel Washington in Luna Lake. T... + Read More
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Series: The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert Paperback Frank Herbert 9780765336972 $32.99 FICTION Nov 08, 2016

The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert is the most complete collection of Herbert's short fiction ever assembled-thirty-seven stories originally published between 1952 and 1979, plus one story, "The Daddy Box," that has never been appeared before.Frank Herbert, theNew York Times bestselling author ofDune, is one of the most celebrated and commercially successful science fiction writers of all time. But while best known for originating the character of Paul Atreides and the desert world of Arrakis, Herbert was also a prolific writer of short fic... + Read More
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Series: Alien Morning Hardcover Rick Wilber 9780765332905 $47.50 FICTION Nov 08, 2016

“Rick Wilber has written the best "first contact" story I've seen in decades: deeply human, eerily alien, and altogether an exciting, moving and thought-provoking novel.” --Ben BovaThe fate of two civilizations depends on one troubled family in Rick Wilber's science-fiction adventureAlien Morning.Peter Holman is a freelance sweeper. The year 2030 sees a new era in social media with sweepcasting, a multisensory interface that can convey every thought, touch, smell, sight, and sound, immersing the audience in another person's experience.By fate, ... + Read More
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Series: Extreme Makeover A Novel Paperback Dan Wells 9780765385635 $24.99 FICTION Nov 15, 2016

Dan Well'sExtreme Makeover is a satirical new suspense about a health and beauty company that accidentally develops a hand lotion that can overwrite your DNA.Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist for NewYew, a health and beauty company experimenting with a new, anti-aging hand lotion. As more and more anomalies crop up in testing, Lyle realizes that the lotion's formula has somehow gone horribly wrong. It is actively overwriting the DNA of anyone who uses it, turning them into physical clones of someone else. Lyle wants to destroy the formula,... + Read More
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Series: Extreme Makeover A Novel Hardcover Dan Wells 9780765385628 $38.99 FICTION Nov 15, 2016

Dan Well'sExtreme Makeover is a satirical new suspense about a health and beauty company that accidentally develops a hand lotion that can overwrite your DNA.Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist for NewYew, a health and beauty company experimenting with a new, anti-aging hand lotion. As more and more anomalies crop up in testing, Lyle realizes that the lotion's formula has somehow gone horribly wrong. It is actively overwriting the DNA of anyone who uses it, turning them into physical clones of someone else. Lyle wants to destroy the formula,... + Read More
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Series: Star Quest Trilogy Apes and Angels Hardcover Ben Bova 9780765379528 $36.99 FICTION Nov 22, 2016

Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system inApes and Angels, the second book of the Star Quest Trilogy, which began withDeath Wave.Humankind headed out to the stars not for conquest, nor exploration, nor even for curiosity. Humans went to the stars in a desperate crusade to save intelligent life wherever they found it.A wave of death is spreading through the Milky Way galaxy, an expanding sphere of lethal gamma radiation that erupted from the galaxy's core twenty-eight thousand year... + Read More
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Series: Vlad Hawk A New Novel Vlad Taltos Paperback Steven Brust 9780765380647 $22.50 FICTION Nov 29, 2016

Vlad Taltos returns as Stephen Brusts'sNew York Times bestselling epic fantasy series continues withHawk...Years ago, Vlad Taltos came to make his way as a human amidst the impossibly tall, fantastically long-lived natives of the Dragaeran Empire. He joined the Jhereg, the Dragaeran House (of which there are seventeen) that handles the Empire's vices: gambling, rackets, organized crime. He became a professional assassin. He was good at it.But that was then, before Vlad and the Jhereg became mortal enemies.For years, Vlad has run from one end of... + Read More
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Series: Dark Shadows Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood Paperback Lara Parker 9780765377760 $22.99 FICTION Nov 08, 2016

Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood is the continuing the story of the classic TV show, Dark Shadows by series star, Lara Parker.“My name is Victoria Winters, and my journey continues . . . .”An orphan with no knowledge of her origins, Victoria Winters first came to the great house of Collinwood as a Governess. It didn’t take long for the Collins family’s many buried secrets, haunted history, and rivalries with evil forces to catch up to Victoria and cast the newcomer adrift in time, trapped between life and death.At last returned to the presen... + Read More
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Series: Harp and Ring Sequence Last Song Before Night The Harp and Ring Sequence #1 Paperback Ilana C. Myer 9780765378316 $26.99 FICTION Nov 08, 2016

A high fantasy following a young woman's defiance of her culture as she undertakes a dangerous quest to restore her world's lost magic in Ilana C. Myer'sLast Song Before Night.Her name was Kimbralin Amaristoth: sister to a cruel brother, daughter of a hateful family. But that name she has forsworn, and now she is simply Lin, a musician and lyricist of uncommon ability in a land where women are forbidden to answer such callings-a fugitive who must conceal her identity or risk imprisonment and even death.On the eve of a great festival, Lin learns... + Read More
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Series: Galahad The Galahad Archives Book Three A New Life (Cosmic Storm; The Galahad Legacy) Paperback Dom Testa 9780765383419 $23.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 - 18 Nov 15, 2016

The Galahad Archives Book Three: A New Life is the third of three thrilling two-book omnibus editions in the Galahad Archives series for young adults by Dom Testa. The edition includes the novelsCosmic Stormand The Galahad Legacy. When the tail of the comet Bhaktul flicks through the Earth's atmosphere, deadly particles are left in its wake. Suddenly, mankind is confronted with a virus that devastates the adult population. Only those under the age of eighteen seem to be immune. A renowned scientist proposes a bold plan: to create a ship that wi... + Read More
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Series: Sentinels of New Orleans Belle Chasse A Novel of The Sentinels of New Orleans Hardcover Suzanne Johnson 9780765376992 $45.50 FICTION Nov 08, 2016

Suzanne Johnson's "strong and intriguing" (Publishers Weekly) urban fantasy series continues withBelle Chasse. The Sentinels of New Orleans series has earned starred reviews fromLibrary Journal ("a resourceful heroine who relies on her magical ingenuity") andPW ("vivid...a lively tale jam-packed with action, magic, and intriguing plot twists").With the wizard-elven treaty on the verge of collapse, the preternatural world stands on the brink of war. Unless former wizard sentinel DJ Jaco manages to keep the elven leader, Quince Randolph, focused ... + Read More
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Series: A Borrowed Man A Novel Paperback Gene Wolfe 9780765381156 $24.99 FICTION Nov 22, 2016

A Borrowed Man: a new science fiction novel from Gene Wolfe, the celebrated author of the Book of the New Sun series.It is perhaps a hundred years in the future, our civilization is gone, and another is in place in North America, but it retains many familiar things and structures. Although the population is now small, there is advanced technology, there are robots, and there are clones.E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person. He is a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased ... + Read More
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Series: Eschaton Sequence The Vindication of Man Book Five of the Eschaton Sequence Hardcover John C. Wright 9780765381590 $45.75 FICTION Nov 22, 2016

The Vindication of Man is the epic and mind-blowing continuation of John C. Wright's visionary space opera series surpasses all expectation.Menelaus Montrose, having renewed his enmity with his immortal adversary, Ximen del Azarchel, awaits the return of the posthuman princess Rania, their shared lost love. Rania brings with her the judgment of the Dominions ruling the known cosmos, which will determine the fate of humanity, once and for all. Vindication or destruction? And if it is somehow both, what manner of future awaits them?