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Queens of Tristaine: Tristaine Book Four
Authors: Cate Culpepper
Year: 2007-11-12
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Pages: 288
Binding: tp
When a deadly plague stalks the Amazons of Tristaine, Jess and Brenna must return to the place of their nightmares, the notorious City Clinic, to find a cure.
Tristaine's hard-won peace is shattered when a lethal epidemic threatens to devastate the Amazon clan. Their only hope for a cure lies in the sinister laboratories of the City Clinic. To save the sisters they love, Jess and Brenna must leave their mountain village and return to the malevolent government facility that almost cost them their lives. The danger they face is harrowing, the stakes enormous...and they have precious little time.
A New Heritage of Horror: The English Gothic Cinema, Revised and Updated Edition
Authors: David Pirie
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Pages: 352
Binding: tp
David Pirie’s acclaimed 'A Heritage of Horror' was the first book on the British horror movie, and the first to detect and analyse the roots of British horror, identifying it as 'the only staple cinematic myth which Britain can properly claim as its own.' It has long been regarded as a trail-blazing classic, “having the force of a revelation”, according to one recent study of the subject, and heralded by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese.
Now with 'A New Heritage of Horror', David Pirie has revised his original work, bringing the story up to date and into the 21st century. Alongside the classic films of the twentieth century, all explored within the full context of their production and appearance on our screens, he examines the latest horror boom, inaugurated by such films as 'The Others' and '28 Days Later'. He has also uncovered fresh documentation from the original files for this new edition, to add more revelations abuot the history of UK horror and Hammer Films, not least the largely untold story of their desperate battles against censorship. He has further up-dated the original text and added new illustrations. 'The New Heritage of Horror' promises to be one of the key film books of 2008.
Chronicles of the Black Company
Authors: Glen Cook
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 704
Binding: tp
Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead.
Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more….
This omnibus edition comprises The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose.
Confessor
Authors: Terry Goodkind
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 592
Binding: hc
Descending into darkness, about to be overwhelmed by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not confess to the one person he lovesand has lost. Join Richard and Kahlan in the concluding novel of one of the most remarkable and memorable journeys ever written. It started with one rule, and will end with the rule of all rules, the rule unwritten, the rule unspoken since the dawn of history. When next the sun rises, the world will be forever changed.
Dark Lord
Authors: Ed Greenwood
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD
Binding: unk
When he mysteriously finds himself drawn into a world of his own devising, writer Rod Everlar is confronted by a shocking truth – he has lost control of his creation to a brooding cabal of evil. In order to save his creation – and himself – he must seize control of Falconfar and halt the spread of corruption before it’s too late.
Dark Lord is the first epic installment in The Falconfar Saga from bestselling author Ed Greenwood.
Eifelheim
Authors: Michael Flynn
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 320
Binding: tp
Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What's so special about Eifelheim?
Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength but is still not nearby. Dietrich is an educated man, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact person between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Flynn gives us the full richness and strangeness of medieval life, as well as some terrific aliens.
Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in this brilliant SF novel.
First Test
Authors: Tamora Pierce
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Binding: unk
In the medieval and fantastic realm of Tortall, Keladry of Mindelan (known as Kel) is the first girl to take advantage of the decree that permits females to train for knighthood. Up against the traditional hazing of pages and a grueling schedule, Kel faces only one real roadblock: Lord Wyldon, the training master of pages and squires. He is absolutely against girls becoming knights. So while he is forced to train her, Wyldon puts her on probation for one year. It is a trial period that no male page has ever had to endure and one that separates the good-natured Kel even more from her fellow trainees during the tough first year. But Kel is not a girl to underestimate, as everyone is about to find out. . .
Futures from Nature
Editors: Henry Gee
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 320
Binding: hc
Here are 100 very short stories on the subject of the future and what it might be like. The authors include scientists, journalists, and many of the most famous SF writers in the world. Futures from Nature includes everything from satires and vignettes to compressed stories and fictional book reviews, science articles, and journalism, in eight-hundred word modules. All of them are entertaining and as a group they are a startling repository of ideas and attitudes about the future.
Appearing in book form fo the first time, these one hundred pieces were originally published in the great science journal, Nature, between 1999 and 2006, as one-page features. That proved very popular with the readers of the journal. This is a unique book, by scientists and writers, of interest to any reader who might like to speculate about the future.
With stories from:
Arthur C. Clarke; Bruce Sterling; Charles Stross; Cory Doctorow; Greg Bear; Gregory Benford; Oliver Morton; Ian Macleod; Rudy Rucker; Greg Egan; Stephan Baxter; Barrington J. Bayley; Brian Stableford; Frederik Pohl; Vernor Vinge; Nancy Kress, Michael Moorcock, Vonda N. McIntyr; Kim Stanley Robinson; John M. Ford; and eighty more.
Mythos: Fantasy Art Realms of Frank Brunner
Authors: J. David Spurlock , Frank Brunner
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: Vanguard
Pages: 128
Binding: tp
Mythos: Fantasy Art Realms of Frank Brunner, is a dazzling showcase of classic and brand-new art from this master of fantasy illustration. Top properties Conan, Man-Thing, Dr. Strange, Red Sonja, Howard the Duck, Elric, and many others are featured in this exciting collection, along with insightful commentary. Fans of animation, graphic novels, and fantasy art will be thrilled by the vintage and classic illustration Brunner designed for Marvel Comics, Heavy Metal magazine, Disney, Dreamworks, and other top movie studios--and dozens of never-before-seen works, including commissioned art produced for collectors around the world. Mythos is a fantasy come true for Brunner fans!
Pirate Freedom
Authors: Gene Wolfe
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 320
Binding: hc
As a young parish priest, Father Christopher has heard many confessions, but his own tale is more astounding than any revelation he has ever encountered in the confessional . . . for Chris was once a pirate captain, hundreds of years before his birth.
Fresh from the monastery, the former novice finds himself inexplicably transported back to the Golden Age of Piracy, where an unexpected new life awaits him. At first, he resists joining the notorious Brethren of the Coast, but he soon embraces the life of a buccaneer, even as he succumbs to the seductive charms of a beautiful and enigmatic senorita. As the captain of his own swift ship, which may or may not be cursed, he plunders the West Indies in search of Spanish gold. From Tortuga to Port Royal, from the stormy waters of the Caribbean to steamy tropical jungles, Captain Chris finds danger, passion, adventure, and treachery as he hoists the black flag and sets sail for the Spanish mainland.
Where he will finally come to port only God knows . . . .
Pirate Freedom is a captivating new masterpiece by the award-winning author of The Wizard Knight and Soldier of Sidon.
The Outcasts
Authors: L. S. Matthews
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Four of the Outcasts don't really participate in class, and all five could care less about a group activity, so the fact that all of them actually go on the fieldtrip is something of a miracle.
And when reality splits, and they end up in another dimension, you can imagine how badly they'll all wish they'd stayed home. Five outcasts fall out of reality. How many will make it back to the world as they know it?
The Outcasts
Authors: L. S. Matthews
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Binding: hc
Four of the Outcasts don't really participate in class, and all five could care less about a group activity, so the fact that all of them actually go on the fieldtrip is something of a miracle.
And when reality splits, and they end up in another dimension, you can imagine how badly they'll all wish they'd stayed home. Five outcasts fall out of reality. How many will make it back to the world as they know it?
The Starcraft Archive: An Anthology
Editors: Jeff Grubb , Gabriel Mesta , Tracy Hickman
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: Pocket
Pages: 736
Binding: tp
In the distant future, a loose confederacy of terran exiles is locked in battle sixty thousand light-years from Earth, caught in the crossfire between two powerful alien races: the enigmatic protoss and the ruthless zerg swarm. Conflicts rage across the Koprulu sector as each of the three species fights for its existence among the stars.
LIBERTY'S CRUSADE: Behind the attacks of the zerg and the protoss lies the story of a lifetime, and investigative reporter Mike Liberty is determined to uncover it. But every new piece of information only deepens the mystery. Thrown into the middle of a war that may determine the fate of humanity in the Koprulu sector, Liberty reports on the escalating conflict and wonders whom he can afford to trust.
SHADOW OF THE XEL'NAGA: Bhekar Ro is a bleak, backwater world on the fringe of the Terran Dominion, and every day is a struggle to survive for the planet's human colonists. Yet when a violent storm unearths an unfathomable alien structure, Bhekar Ro becomes the greatest prize in the Koprulu sector. Zerg, protoss, and terran forces turn the planet into a bloody battlefield in their haste to claim the lost secrets of the most powerful species the universe has ever known.
SPEED OF DARKNESS: All Ardo Melnikov ever dreamed of was living in peace on the verdant colony of Bountiful. That dream was shattered when the zerg attacked the colony and annihilated his loved ones. Now a marine charged with defending the worlds of the Terran Confederacy, he must come to terms with the painful memories of his past...and the unsettling truths that may dominate his future.
UPRISING: She is the Queen of Blades. Her name has become legend throughout the galaxy, and that legend is death for all who dare oppose the swarm. Nevertheless, Sarah Kerrigan was once human, and an extraordinary human at that. Forced to become one of the Terran Confederacy's merciless psionic assassins, she carried out her orders without question until a twist of fate propelled her toward a destiny no one could have foreseen. This is the tale of Kerrigan's shadowy origins -- and the war that was fought for her very soul.
Voices From the Street
Authors: Philip K. Dick
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 304
Binding: tp
Stuart Hadley is a radio electronics salesman in early 1950s Oakland, California. He has what many would consider the ideal life; a nice house, a pretty wife, a decent job with prospects for advancement, but he still feels unfulfilled. Something is missing from his life. Hadley is a restless young man-an artist, a dreamer, a screw-up. He reacts to the love of his wife and the kindness of his employer with anxiety and fear. He tries to fill his void first with drinking, and then with an affair, and finally with religious fanaticism, but nothing seems to be working, and it is driving him crazy.Voices from the Street is the story of Hadley's descent into depression and madness, and his emergence out the other side.
Warrior's Bones: The Goodlund Trilogy, Volume Three (Dragonlance the New Adventures)
Authors: Stephen D. Sullivan
Year: 2007-11-13
Publisher: Mirrorstone
Binding: pb
Catriona Goodlund returns to face her past and save her future.
Buried alive and left for dead, Catriona awakes in a tomb, sealed off from her family and friends. At the culmination of her long journey home, will shw prove that she has the strength to be the warrior she was born to become?
In this final installment of the Goodlund Trilogy, Catriona finds she has -- the heart and soul of a warrior.
Coyote Season (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series)
Authors: Michael Bergey
Year: 2007-11-14
Publisher: Five Star
Pages: 289
Binding: hc
No description, but its an interesting looking cover.
Tales of Tralodren: The Beginning
Authors: Chad Corrie
Year: 2007-11-14
Publisher: Aspirations Media Inc
Pages: 134
Binding: tp
This is the first graphic novel set in The World of Tralodren, a fantasy setting made popular by Chad Corrie's The Divine Gambit Trilogy, which explains the happenings of the cosmos before recorded time. The vast stretch of centuries covered in this tale encompasses the creation of the cosmos, the gods, Tralodren, and everything else in-between. Readers will be hooked from the first page as they're pulled into a rich storyline and universe that entertains as well as educates about the ancient past and foundations of the Tralodroen cosmos. And while this graphic novel ties nicely into the other novels related to The World of Tralodren, it can still be read and enjoyed by those new to the setting. With stunning art by Lee Oaks and a compelling narrative written by Corrie, this is a must-have for anybody who enjoys a good story, mythology, and/or fantasy in general. Welcome to The World of Tralodren, a place rich in history, faith, and tales of adventure of which this story is but one of many.
The Twilight Before Christmas (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)
Authors: Christine Feehan
Year: 2007-11-14
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
Pages: 326
Binding: hc
Seven sisters...and a legacy of magical secrets.
Bestselling novelist Kate Drake is one of seven sisters gifted with amazing powers of witchcraft. Returning home in time for her northern California town's annual Christmas pageant, Kate catches the spirit of the season and decides to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down historic mill. Decorated former U.S. Army Ranger Matt Granite, now a local contractor, doesn't mind working in the undeniably eerie house -- not if it means getting closer to Kate. There's something about the quiet, sensual woman that powerfully attracts him.
When an earthquake cracks the mill's foundation and reveals a burial crypt, Kate senses that a centuries-old evil has been unleashed?and that it's coming after her. Though Matt vows to guard her from dusk till dawn, Kate knows she will have to summon all of her and her sisters' powers to battle the darkness threatening to destroy both Christmas and the gift of soul-searing passion her hometown hero wants her to keep forever....
A Rose From Old Terra: a novel of the Scattered Worlds
Authors: Don Sakers
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Speed-Of-C Productions
Pages: 268
Binding: tp
LIBRARIANS IN SPACE... A single yellow rose summons Jedrek nor Talin back to Old Earth. A decade ago, he served the Terran Grand Library as one of the guardians of Humanity's collected knowledge. Now the last Librarian has called together the memrbers of Jedrek's broken work circle to protect the Library from its greatest threat. Four millennia after the Terran Empire fell, the Galaxy's communications system is breaking down. Jedrek and his coworkers set off into deep space to repair ancient Imperial equipment. But the aren't the only ones.for the warring remnants of the old Empire have also dispatched ships on the same mission. Suddenly, a peaceful settlement becomes ground zero in a clash of Galactic cultures-and a bare handful of Librarians are all that stand between the Galaxy and disastrous interstellar war..
Advanced Combat
Authors: Bryan Steele
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Mongoose Publishing
Binding: hc
Thrust. Parry. Riposte. Miss. Dodge... these are the common sounds from a RuneQuest battle scene. At least, they are what can be heard from a battle scene that has not graduated to using the Advanced Combat Guide. It has been said that a good swashbuckling scene or martial arts fight can turn any gaming session into an epic adventure - and we have now given our fans exactly what they need to create them! RuneQuest: Advanced Combat Guide is a collection of optional rules for use by RuneQuest players that are designed to make personal combat more interesting and detailed. Between rules for dramatic duels, fighting styles with attack and defence manoeuvres specific to the weapons involved, and less restrictive rules for armour penalties during combat, this book can revolutionise normal weapon-based combat. Distinct fighting arts based on the Unarmed and Martial Arts skills, complete with their own manoeuvres, can turn even the most simple of attacks into a clever tool. No longer will characters have to simply swing a sword or throw a punch; they are given a host of new options. This book is exactly what it advertises - a guide to making combat in RuneQuest more detailed and interesting. Whether a fencer is making Shallow Strikes to score barely bloodied hits or an Aikido master is breaking his foes bones with Wrenching Grapples, they have this book to thank for the results.
Draglins and the Flood
Authors: Vivian French
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Orchard Books
Pages: 80
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Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXII
Editors: Elisabeth Waters
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Norilana Books
Pages: 272
Binding: pb
WOMEN OF MAGIC AND VALOR...
For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of popular and acclaimed authors including Mercedes Lackey, Jennifer Roberson, and a host of others. Authors who have appeared within the pages of Sword and Sorceress represent the full spectrum of some of the brightest talent working today -- from C.J. Cherryh, Charles de Lint, and Emma Bull... to Laurell K. Hamilton, Diana L. Paxson, and. Deborah J. Ross.
We are proud to continue the classic and vibrant feminist tradition with this new volume, edited by Elisabeth Waters, secretary and co-editor to Mrs. Bradley.
Here are sixteen original stories of powerful women, swashbuckling and magic, spells and duels, arcane sorcery and heroic sacrifice, written by familiar spell-weavers of adventure and bright newcomers who are sure to become favorites.
Enter a wondrous universe...
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress
Monsters II
Authors: Lawrence Whitaker
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Mongoose Publishing
Binding: hc
RuneQuest Monsters II brings a whole new set of creatures to your RuneQuest games, drawing on Earth-bound reality and myths along with those of Glorantha and worlds beyond. Within the pages of this book are new enemies to fight, new wonders to witness and an expanded Chaotic Features table to lend the fiends of entropy that extra, nerve-shredding edge. This book expands on what has gone before, and offers guidance on designing ecologies that support the creatures to be found within RuneQuest Monsters II - making them living, breathing entities rather than simple blocks of statistics are fodder for swords and slings.
Pilgrimage of the Dead: Unlife Legend Book Two
Authors: Bilicic Jason
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Last Lamp Publishing, Inc.
Pages: 515
Binding: tp
Raben is dead and the Gods rage on, their wreckless ambitions driving the ragged remains of the Dayquest into desperate action. Unwilling to relent before the gods, one member of the party struggles with survival until he realizes his own divine purpose. Exhilarated into action, he leads the party into a game of wits against the gods, the outcome of which will determine the fate of Reman.
Pony Express: Time Soldiers Book #7 (Time Soldiers)
Authors: Kathleen Duey
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Big Guy Books
Pages: 96
Binding: pb
The young band of adventurers returns in another action-packed trip into the past—this time back to the American West. When the Time Soldiers go through the portal to the 1860s, they find themselves not just watching the historic, breakneck rides of the pony express but also saddling up with the riders to carry Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address across 2,000 miles of wilderness. While the travelers lend a hand in the past, they are watched by mysterious men in dark suits who follow and wait, lurking at the margins of their time-bending trips. With engaging graphic design and a mix of history and fantasy, these tales of adventure and mystery will keep young readers glued to the pages.
Samurai
Authors: Lawrence Whitaker
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Mongoose Publishing
Binding: hc
Feudal Japan has intrigued the west for centuries. Its strict codes of honour and behaviour, coupled with a rich and detailed religious and mythical background is perfect for RuneQuest campaigns. This book takes you into the Nippon of the classic Samurai age, offering complete rules for creating characters and adventuring in the misty isles of Ancient Japan.The book features a comprehensive overview of feudal Japanese society; its castes, professions, traditions and social codes. It also includes full overviews of the two major religions: Shintoism and Buddhism, with a full range of cults supporting each. Japanese magic is detailed with full guidance for integrating RuneQuest rune magic into the unique magic systems of the Japanese schools. And, naturally, RuneQuest Samurai would not be complete without special rules for handling those masters of stealth, disguise and assassination: the legendary Ninja. New Characters; new rules, new magic, new monsters. Leave the west behind and prepare to immerse yourself in the Way of the Warrior: RuneQuest Samurai.
Secrets of Skelos
Authors: Gareth Hanrahan
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Mongoose Publishing
Binding: hc
Open the black book and gaze fearfully upon its contents! The letters may writhe like tortured insects, and strange, otherworldly voices may assail your ear, but you must endure these horrors if you would learn the true secrets of sorcery. Did the wizards of Old Stygia or Acheron or vanished Atlantis shirk in the face of danger and demons? Will your courage and your will fail you as you seek to master their forgotten arts? Secrets of Skelos revises and expands on the lore contained in the Scrolls of Skelos supplement. This includes additional sorcery styles and spells; full rules for creating permanent magic, including magical weapons and other sorcerous items; and a large section on the creatures of sorcery, whether the demons called up by scholars, the demon lords who act as their patrons, the strange monsters some wise men find in the wilderness and train as servants, or the weird aberrations crafted by certain sorcerers in their quests to make life itself.
Solstice
Authors: Ulises Silva
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Tragical Mirth Publishing
Pages: 352
Binding: tp
A fusion of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and apocalyptic fiction, Solstice's central premise is that people called Scribes can make anything they write come true. When one Scribe threatens to use her power to destroy humanity, Io, an Editor tasked with policing Scribes, must race to hunt her down.
Spellbound: Fantasy Stories
Authors: Diana Wynne Jones
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Kingfisher
Pages: 280
Binding: pb
This collection of eighteen stories introduces young readers to the best in both classic and contemporary fantasy. Featuring extracts from enduring classics such as "Puck of Pook's Hill" by Rudyard Kipling, C.S.Lewis's "The Silver Chair", and "Five Children and It" by E.Nesbit, this anthology provides the perfect sample of a very popular genre. Carefully selected by Diana Wynne Jones, each story is sure to delight, enchant, and entice youngsters into the imaginative world of fantasy fiction.
Tesseracts Eleven: Amazing Canadian Speculative Fiction
Editors: Cory Doctorow , Holly Phillips
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Pages: 320
Binding: tp
Twenty-four of the best new stories and poems by neophyte and established Canadian science fiction authors are presented in this seminal anthology which has entered its third decade of existence. Edited by award-winning authors Cory Doctorow and Holly Phillips, Tesseracts Eleven showcases the very best in Canadian speculative fiction literature (including English translations of works by French-Canadian authors) that has been written in the new millennium.
The Red Stone
Authors: Craig Smith
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Stonegarden.Net Publishing
Pages: 296
Binding: tp
Tennen's life had been rather uneventful under the servitude of Freil the tavern keeper. The tavern was his life and he didn't know of or remember of much else. All this was changed when he was visited by a mysterious crow and given a rather remarkable red gem. From that very moment his life was thrust into a new direction. It was a new path of adventure, excitement, new joy, danger and deathly peril. Very much different to his mundane life of before. And before very long Tennen was thrown into the conflict between Count Errgol and his unending desire to take over Elfwood, and its unrivalled wealth of resources. Tennen doubted if he would be of much use in such a thing as a full out war. He was just a tavern boy, but his attitude soon changed as he started to be trained by Rimotar a wizard of Melin. Tennen was very unskilled and had a lot to learn from the second highest ranked wizard in the whole of Melin. On their way towards the city of Ramchester the capital of Melin they meet up with Lady Loreria the ambassador of Elfwood. She has been sent by the king of Elfwood to get as much support as she can from Melin. It was a war that threatened to overflow into Melin if it was not stopped quickly. Tennen wasn't too sure how he was going to be able to help, but this didn't matter to him, Melin was his country too and he wasn't going to let it be attacked. Tennen wasn't sure if he could survive a war but he did know that his life would never be the same again.
The Twilight Box: Tales of Terre 2 (Tales of Terre)
Authors: Troon Harrison
Year: 2007-11-15
Publisher: Brown Barn Books
Pages: 376
Binding: tp
In The Twilight Box, the second of the fantasy series, Tales of Terre, two teens, Ambro and Noleena, search for their identities and the forces, natural and magical, that will fight the sorcery that has divided and is close to destroying their land.
Ambro's lost family may be members of the arrogant ruling class of Terre; Noleena is a pricess of the Wind-wanderers, desert-dwellers who have been cruelly subjugated and enslaved by the rulers. But Ambro discovers that he too may be enslaved, and Noleena, who has been hidden and protected for most of her life in an abandoned temple of the Wind-wanderers, is forced to leave her sanctuary to battle her people's oppressers.
In a setting of desert, rain forest, and mist-shrouded mountains, Ambro and Noleena, sworn enemies, must join in searching for the forces that will bring their world back to balance.
A brilliant fantasy of adventure and magic, by the much-awarded author of The Separated.
Galahad 3: The Cassini Code (Galahad)
Authors: Dom Testa
Year: 2007-11-17
Publisher: Profound Impact Group
Pages: 272
Binding: pb
Dom Testa's Galahad series has already claimed multiple awards, including a Writer's Digest Grand Prize, selected from over 1500 international titles. Now, in this thrilling third volume, the teenage explorers confront their biggest challenge yet, as they plunge through the edge of the solar system. The Council must face a hostile crew, a medical crisis, and a treacherous storm of space debris. Their only hope for survival might come from the most unlikely - and frightening - source.
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Someone reads my thread! Let us know how the book is when you read it.
I've not got it yet. I've a long trip on a train in a couple of weeks and I think it'll be the ideal travelling companion. Having waited three years another couple of weeks won't kill me. I will let you know what it's like once I have finished it.
BTW, please don't stop. This is a great thread to scan through every couple of weeks to see if anything worth buying has been released. I think you are doing a great job and I'm sure I'm not the only one who reads it.
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Twilight: A Novel
Authors: William Gay
Year: 2007-11-20
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Pages: 240
Type: NOVEL
Suspecting that something is amiss with their father’s burial, teenager Kenneth Tyler and his sister Corrie venture to his gravesite and make a horrific discovery: their father, a whiskey bootlegger, was not actually buried in the casket they bought for him. Worse, they learn that the undertaker, Fenton Breece, has been grotesquely manipulating the dead.
Armed with incriminating photographs, Tyler becomes obsessed with bringing the perverse undertaker to justice. But first, he must outrun Granville Sutter, a local strongman and convicted murderer hired by Fenton to destroy the evidence. With his poetic, haunting prose, William Gay rewrites the rules of the gothic fairytale while exploring the classic Southern themes of good and evil.
Evil for Evil (Engineer Trilogy)
Authors: K. J. Parker
Year: 2007-11-21
Publisher: Orbit
Pages: 704
Binding: tp
Civitas Vadanis is in trouble. The Mezentines have declared war; and the Mezentines are very focused on their goals when it comes to killing. Duke Valens, of Civitas Vadanis, has a dilemma. He knows that his city cannot withstand the invading army; yet its walls are his only defence against the Mezentines. Perhaps the only way to save his people is to flee, but that will not be easy either. Ziani Vaatzes, an engineer exiled by the Mezentines for his abominable creations, has already proven that he can defend a city. But Ziani Vaatzes has his own concerns, and the fate of Civitas Vadanis may not be one of them.
Dr. Quantum in the Grandfather Paradox (Dr. Quantum) (Dr. Quantum) (Dr. Quantum)
Authors: Etan Boritzer , Fred Alan Wolf
Year: 2007-11-23
Publisher: Elora Media
Binding: tp
First introduced in the worldwide hit film "What The Bleep Do We Know?!" , "Dr. Quantum in The Grandfather Paradox" is the first in series of adventures which sends Dr. Quantum and his team back in time to save the universe from immenent peril.
Antediluvian Tales
Authors: Poppy Z. Brite
Year: 2007-11-25
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Binding: hc
From Publishers Weekly
The seven stories in this slim collection from Brite (Soul Kitchen) form a poignant requiem for pre-Katrina New Orleans, which serves as the setting for all of them. Most are brief sketches featuring characters on the periphery of her tales of chefs Rickey and G-Man, and in their descriptions of local landmarks and daily rituals of the natives, one catches the author's unabashed affection for the Big Easy. Two stories, Wound Man and Horned Melon Go to Hell and The Devil of Delery Street, come from the supernatural side of Brite's oeuvre, but the book's best is The Feast of St. Rosalie, whose simple account of a young woman contemplating romance in the midst of a religious festival mixes charm and pathos for a beautiful elegy to Brite's hometown.
Escape From Hell!
Authors: Hal Duncan
Year: 2007-11-25
Publisher: MonkeyBrain Books
Pages: 128
Binding: pb
A hitman, a hooker, a homosexual kid, and a hobo suicide make the ultimate prison break...escape from Hell itself! But when news of their attempted escape gets out, the souls of the damned are transformed into a rioting mob, and all Hell truly does break loose. It's Escape from New York meets Jacob's Ladder, by one of fantasy's rising stars.
Stargate Atlantis: Blood Ties: SGA--8 (Stargate Atlantis)
Authors: Sonny Whitelaw , Elizabeth Christensen
Year: 2007-11-25
Publisher: Fandemonium Books
Pages: 336
Binding: pb
The Atlantis team return from the Pegasus Galaxy to investigate a Wraith sighting on Earth. Teaming up with members of SG-1, they soon discover that the Wraith aren't the only monsters stalking human prey.
The Nye Incidents
Authors: Whitley Strieber , Craig Spector
Year: 2007-11-25
Publisher: Devil’s Due Publishing
Pages: 152
Binding: tp
Lynn Devlin is a medical examiner who thinks she has seen everything Nye County has to throw at her. She copes with methodical, rational logic. But when a grotesque murder of a supposed alien abductee occurs that cannot be solved with her scalpel and microscope, Lynn finds her detachment is shattered, and her dreams haunted by large, dark, oval-shaped eyes. Now, only one thing is certain: There's a killer loose in the alien abductee community... human or otherwise!
All Seated on the Ground
Authors: Connie Willis
Year: 2007-11-26
Publisher: Subterranean
Pages: 80
Binding: hc
The aliens have landed! The aliens have landed! But instead of shooting death rays, taking over the planet and carrying off Earthwomen, they've just been standing there for months on end, glaring like a disapproving relative. And now it's nearly Christmas, and the commission assigned to establish communications is at their wits' end. They've resorted to taking the aliens to Broncos games, lighting displays, and shopping malls, in the hope they'll respond to something!
And they do, but in a way nobody ever expected, and Meg, the commission, and an overworked choir director find themselves suddenly caught up in an intergalactic mess involving Christmas carols, scented candles, seventh-grade girls, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Meg's Aunt Judith, Victoria's Secret, and Handel's Messiah.
Multiple Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Connie Willis may be most famous for her books To Say Nothing of the Dog, Doomsday Book, Inside Job, D.A., and The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories, but she's also a huge fan of the holidays and their accompanying frivolity and nonsense, and has written a marvelous array of Christmas stories, including Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, Just Like the Ones We Used to Know (made into the CBS movie Snow Wonder), deck.halls@boughs/holly, and now the hilarious All Seated on the Ground.
The River Horses
Authors: Allen Steele
Year: 2007-11-26
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Pages: 100
Binding: hc
A standalone novella set in Allen Steele's signature world of Coyote!
1634: The Ram Rebellion
Authors: Eric Flint , Virginia Demarce
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Baen
Pages: 688
Binding: pb
The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th century Europe, but a new force is gathering power and influence: the Confederated Principalities of Europe, an alliance between Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians from the 20th century led by Mike Stearns who were hurled centuries into the past by a mysterious cosmic accident. Inspired by the example of American freedom and justice, a movement in Franconia among the peasants, who have revolted several times even before the arrival from the future of the town of Grantville, an independent revolutionary movement has arisen, flying the banner of the head of a ram. The West Virginians fully approve of liberating the peasants from the nobility, but they are also aware of how revolutionary movements can lead to bloodbaths. And avoiding that deadly possibility will require all of their future knowledge and all their plain old American horse-trading diplomacy. . . .
1824: The Arkansas War
Authors: Eric Flint
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: del Rey
Pages: 512
Binding: pb
In the newest volume of this exhilarating series, Eric Flint continues to reshape American history, imagining how a continent and its people might have taken a different path to its future. With 1824: The Arkansas War, he spins an astounding and provocative saga of heroism, battlefield action, racial conflict, and rebellion as a nation recovering from war is plunged into a dangerous era of secession.
Buffered by Spanish possessions to the south and by free states and two rivers to the north, Arkansas has become a country of its own: a hybrid confederation of former slaves, Native American Cherokee and Creek clans, and white abolitionists–including one charismatic warrior who has gone from American hero to bête noire. Irish-born Patrick Driscol is building a fortune and a powerful army in the Arkansas Confederacy, inflaming pro-slavers in Washington and terrifying moderates as well. Caught in the middle is President James Monroe, the gentlemanly Virginian entering his final year in office with a demagogic House Speaker, Henry Clay, nipping at his heels and fanning the fires of war. But Driscol, whose black artillerymen smashed both the Louisiana militia in 1820 and the British in New Orleans, remains a magnet for revolution. And fault lines are erupting throughout the young republic–so that every state, every elected official, and every citizen will soon be forced to choose a side.
For a country whose lifeblood is infected with the slave trade, the war of 1824 will be a bloody crisis of conscience, politics, economics, and military maneuvering that will draw in players from as far away as England. For such men as Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Sam Houston, charismatic war hero Andrew Jackson, and the violent abolitionist John Brown, it is a time to change history itself.
Filled with fascinating insights into some of America’s most intriguing historical figures, 1824: The Arkansas War confirms Eric Flint as a true master of alternate history, a novelist who brings to bear exhaustive research, remarkable intuition, and a great storyteller’s natural gifts to chronicle the making of our nation as it might have been.
Alpha
Authors: Catherine Asaro
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Baen
Pages: 384
Binding: pb
Charon was the most ruthless—and brilliant—criminal of the twenty-first century, a practitioner of illegal robotics and android research. He is dead now, and General Thomas Wharington believes his team of experts has deleted all the electronic copies the megalomaniacal inventor created of himself. However, one major problem remains: Alpha,
the only android survivor of Charon's cybernetic empire. Outwardly indistinguishable from a human woman, Alpha has superhuman strength and speed, and perhaps even more deadly capabilities still unknown. Thomas's superiors want her dismantled and studied, but to Thomas it feels like murder. He stalls for time, a move that could prove disastrous. Alpha escapes from an escape-proof compound, kidnaps Thomas, and takes him to one of Charon's hidden installations. Charon might be dead, but Alpha continues to carry out her late master's orders, and she refuses to elaborate on what those orders entail. Her behavior is becoming more human—or so it seems. Is she developing emotions and a conscience, or is she just learning to counterfeit them as a means of carrying out her enigmatic orders? And do those orders include Thomas's death sentence?
Best Laid Plans
Authors: Constance O'Day-Flannery
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance
Pages: 244
Binding: pb
The Yellow Brick Road Gang, otherwise known as Metaphysical Misadventures in the Search for Enlightenment, was once just a book club. Now, they are a circle of friends as close as family. Together they embarked on a spiritual search -- and throughout the last eight years each woman has come to realize that the only constant is change and that anything is possible.
Cristine and her partner have always approached their relationship like a business, and Cristine prides herself on her cool-headed and logical thinking. But when Cristine's partner decides he doesn't want to renew their relationship contract, she is devastated. Trying to help her, the Yellow Brick Road Gang devises a ritual to bring Cristine a new lover: Mix cayenne pepper for hot passion and dried mustard for strength, add a tiny bit of mint for sweetness, then cast into a fire.
Enter Daniel Burns. He is no ordinary man. In fact, he isn't a man at all…
Black Talon: Ogre Titans, Volume One (Dragonlance)
Authors: Richard A. Knaak
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Pages: 416
Binding: pb
An ancient ogre empire threatens cataclysm for all in this new Dragonlance(R) trilogy!
With a dire enemy now seated on the throne of the minotaur empire, the one-handed half-breed ogre Golgren returns to his own realm on the mainland and uses brutal means to consolidate his power and forge unlikely alliances. He must cope with an elite band of sorcerers, whose magical tactics are not easily thwarted. These Ogre Titans--led by their inner circle, the Black Talon--emerge as his greatest rivals. Golgren's obsession to resurrect the glorious past of the ogre race will engulf humans and elves, but may ultimately be decided by a deadly, capricious god.
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Colliding Forces
Authors: Constance O'Day-Flannery
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance
Price: $4.99
Binding: pb
Deborah Stark is a newscaster with ambition to spare and a take-no-prisoners attitude when it comes to love. Her latest whirlwind affair with the darkly sexy Marcus ends with D. never expecting to see him again. Then her mother dies right before Thanksgiving and Marcus shows up on the doorstep of D.’s childhood home in New Jersey--and the ice around her heart cracks a little.
But for D., work comes first. She’s deep into a story about corruption throughout the highest levels of the company that owns her Philadelphia television station, and not even the hint of true love can distract her.
Marcus has secrets--about the mysterious Foundation he works for, about his ability to shape-shift--secrets D. isn’t ready to hear. But when D. realizes that Marcus is too aware of what she’s investigating to be an innocent bystander, she knows she must accept his truths. For only with Marcus’s help will D. survive long enough to expose corruption . . . and claim love.
Crystal Dragon
Authors: Sharon Lee , Steve Miller
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Ace
Pages: 384
Binding: pb
Teamed up with a rogue soldier, an odd duo who call themselves wizards, and a sentient tree, Cantra yos'Phelium is the universe's last hope against a merciless world-destroying enemy.
Cursor's Fury
Authors: Jim Butcher
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Ace
Pages: 544
Binding: pb
In his acclaimed Codex Alera novels, bestselling author Jim Butcher has created a fascinating world in which the powerful forces of nature take physical form. But even magic cannot sway the corruption that threatens to destroy the realm of Alera once and for all.
[Has anyone read this series by Butcher? I've read the Dresden ones, but I haven't picked these up yet. Are they any good?]
Demon Eyes (Leisure Fiction)
Authors: L. H. Maynard , M. P. N. Sims
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Leisure
Pages: 384
Binding: pb
No description.
Divine Night (Love Spell Paranormal Romance)
Authors: Melanie Jackson
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Leisure
Binding: pb
No description.
Dragon's Fire
Authors: Anne McCaffrey , Todd J. Mccaffrey
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: del Rey
Pages: 432
Binding: pb
Bringing fresh wonders and dangers to light in the skies of Pern, Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd, who demonstrated his writing talents in the bestselling novels Dragon’s Kin and Dragonsblood, return with their second collaboration: a thrilling adventure of discovery and fate.
Pellar is an orphan taken in by Masterharper Zist. Though born mute, Pellar is a gifted tracker, and when Zist sets off to take over as harper for Natalon’s coal-mining camp, Pellar–along with his fire-lizard, Chitter–joins him on a secret mission of his own: to find out if reported thefts of coal are the work of the Shunned, criminals condemned to a life of wandering and hardship.
Halla is one of the children of the Shunned. Though innocent of their parents’ crimes, these children have inherited their cruel punishment. Lack of food, shelter, and clothes is their lot; hope is unknown to them. And what future would they hope for? Without a hold to call their own, there will be no protection for them when the lethal Thread inevitably falls again. Life is even tougher for Halla. Her family gone, she must fend for herself. Yet despite the brutality of her surroundings, Halla is kind and gentle, devoted to those more helpless than she.
As depraved as Halla is good, Tenim is in league with Tarik, a crooked miner from Camp Natalon, who helps him steal coal in exchange for a cut of the profit. But Tenim soon realizes there is a lot more to be made from firestone, the volatile mineral that enables the dragons of Pern to burn Thread out of the sky. Tenim doesn’t care what he has to do, or whom he has to kill, in order to corner the market.
Cristov is Tarik’s son. Dishonored by his father’s greed and treachery, the boy must make amends somehow, even if it means risking his life by mining the volatile firestone, which detonates on contact with the slightest drop of moisture.
When the last remaining firestone mine explodes in flames, a desperate race begins to find a new deposit of the deadly but essential mineral, for without it there can be no defense against Thread. But Tenim has a murderous plan to turn tragedy to his own advantage, and only Pellar, Halla, and Cristov can stop him–and ensure that there will be a future for all on the world of the Dragonriders.
Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe
Authors: James M. Ward
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Pages: 320
Binding: pb
Halcyon Blithe, being a young man of good breeding and lineage as well as endowed with the qualities and abilities recognized as great potential, is ready to seek his fortune among those who tend and sail the awesome nautical juggernauts--the dragonships which harness the bodies and strength of living dragons with seafaring technology--as he accepts his rank as Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe.
In the latest chapter of the young wizard’s nautical education he finds himself second in command of a captured enemy vessel that must engage a demonship in combat. When he returns to port, Blythe is assigned duty on a dwarven dragonship. It is on this very ship that he and his shipmates encounter deceitful politics before they can regain the security of their Arcanian dragonship and trusted crewmates.
Combining elements of Hornblower with Harry Potter, and Robert Louis Stevenson with Robin Hobb, Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe is a nautical tale rich in magic and intrigue set against a panorama of fantastic naval battles.
Dreadful Delineations
Authors: John MacLay
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Delirium Books
Pages: 210
Binding: tp
Noted as being one of the finest short-short story authors in the genre, John Maclay returns with a new book collecting the best of his early short stories. This volume features 30 of his best short stories. Maclay's work in horror and fantasy, often anthologized, has won him honor and acclaim. The Baltimore Sun has called him a "virtuoso of the Gothic," and fright master Graham Masterton declared that "Maclay manages to carry more emotional weight with 800 words than most writers do with 8,000." And critic William Grabowski declared him to be "a serious stylist, sensitive to atmosphere.psychological isolation, emotional trauma, and the darker aspects of love."
Dreamsongs: Volume II
Authors: George R. R. Martin
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Spectra
Pages: 752
Binding: hc
Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin is a giant in the field of fantasy literature and one of the most exciting storytellers of our time. Now he delivers a rare treat for readers: a compendium of his shorter works, all collected into two stunning volumes, that offer fascinating insight into his journey from young writer to award-winning master.
Whether writing about werewolves, wizards, or outer space, George R.R. Martin is renowned for his versatility and expansive talent, highlighted in this dazzling collection. Included here, in Volume II, are acclaimed stories such as the World Fantasy Award-winner “The Skin Trade,” as well as the first novella in the Ice and Fire universe, “The Hedge Knight,” plus two never-before-published screenplays. Featuring extensive author commentary, Dreamsongs, Volume II, is an invaluable chronicle of a writer at the height of his creativity—and an unforgettable reading experience for fans old and new.
Empire
Authors: Orson Scott Card
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 368
Binding: pb
The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point. The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone.
The battle rages between the high-technology weapons on one side, and militia foot-soldiers on the other, devastating the cities, and overrunning the countryside. But the vast majority, who only want the killing to stop, and the nation to return to more peaceful days, have technology, weapons and strategic geniuses of their own.
When the American dream shatters into violence, who can hold the people and the government together? And which side will you be on?
Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller, who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science fiction and fantasy novels. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near future scenario of a new American Civil War.
Hex Marks the Spot (Bewitching Mystery, Book 3)
Authors: Madelyn Alt
Year: 2007-11-27
ublisher: Berkley
Pages: 256
Binding: pb
While her boss becomes entranced with a beautiful armoire at the countywide craft bazaar, Maggie can't help noticing the Amish craftsman who made it. Though his clothes may be plain, he himself is more handsome than a man sporting a jawline-only beard has any right to be. And he seems pretty aware that the ladies love his...furniture. But when the hunky craftsman turns up dead with a strange hex symbol near his corpse, Maggie wonders if the craft involved is the witchy kind.
Illmore Chronicles,The: The Shadewell Shenangans - Book Three (The Illmoor Chronicles)
Authors: David Lee Stone
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Hyperion
Pages: 320
Binding: pb
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Midnight Awakening (The Midnight Breed, Book 3)
Authors: Lara Adrian
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Dell
Pages: 400
Binding: pb
With a dagger in her hand and vengeance on her mind, Darkhaven beauty Elise Chase prowls Boston’s streets in search of retribution against the Rogue vampires who took from her everything she cherished. Using an extraordinary psychic gift, she tracks her prey, well aware that the power she possesses is destroying her. She must learn to harness this gift, and for that she can turn to only one man—the deadliest of the Breed warriors, Tegan.
No stranger to loss, Tegan knows Elise’s pain. He knows fury, but when he slays his enemies it is with ice in his veins. He is perfect in his self-control, until Elise seeks his aid in her personal war. An unholy alliance is forged—a bond that will link them by blood and vow—and plunge them into a tempest of danger, desire, and the darkest passions of the heart. . . .
Mount Dragon
Authors: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 512
Binding: pb
Mount Dragon: an enigmatic research complex hidden in the vast desert of New Mexico. Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca have come to Mount Dragon to work shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest scientific minds on the planet. Led by visionary genius Brent Scopes, their secret goal is a medical breakthrough that promises to bring incalculable benefits to the human race. But while Scopes believes he is leading the way to a new world order, he may in fact be opening the door to mass human extinction. And when Guy and Susana attempt to stop him they find themselves locked in a frightening battle with Scopes, his henchmen, and the apocalyptic nightmare that science has unleashed.
Neversfall: The Citadels
Authors: Ed Gentry
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Pages: 320
Binding: pb
Monsters and mystery in a remote stronghold - explore the Citadels of the Forgotten Realms(R)!
Neversfall was supposed to be Estagund's stronghold in the wilds of monster-ridden Veldorn, an unassailable citadel to protect the southern lands. Then the regiment holding Neversfall disappeared, leaving no hint of what took them. The replacement forces find themselves attacked from both within and without the fortress's walls. Besieged by monsters and men, a mercenary captain and an elite warrior must work together to discover out who their enemy really is.
No Further Messages
Authors: Brett Alexander Savory
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Delirium Books
Pages: 226
Binding: tp
Old Friends
Authors: Constance O'Day-Flannery
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance
Pages: 304
Binding: pb
The Yellow Brick Road Gang, otherwise known as Metaphysical Misadventures in the Search for Enlightenment, is a circle of women who came together as a book club. Together they began a spiritual search – one that, after eight years, has led each woman to realize that she’s come full circle. After all the mumbo jumbo of philosophy and self help... they have become women without rules.
In the final installment of O’Day-Flannery’s uplifting and spiritual paranormal romance trilogy, it is finally Claire's turn to find love. Her closest friends have found new promise in life through love, and while Claire is happy for them, she cannot help but feel left out. A fling under a shower of meteors may not be love, but could be exactly what she needs to shake off the doldrums.
But when secrets from Claire’s past return to destroy her, her sexy, nerdy fling shows he's not quite what he seems. Is Claire the next of the Yellow Brick Road Gang to find love in an unexpected place?
One With the Shadows
Authors: Susan Squires
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks
Pages: 368
Binding: pb
Kate Malone makes her living reading Tarot cards and fleecing society’s elite. With no prospect of independence, her own fate looks bleak. But Kate’s fortunes change when she steals a magnificent emerald—and is soon confronted by a mysterious stranger. Kate is sure that the striking gentleman’s attention is a ruse to retrieve the gem. But his presence awakens her to passions she never dreamed of…and to powers she never knew she possessed.
Gian Urbano is bound by honor to retrieve the mystical stone that can drain a vampire’s power—and drive humans to madness. The willful, stunning Kate has no idea of the emerald’s dark magic, or the lengths Gian’s enemies will go to retrieve it. But soon Gian discovers in Kate a desire more compelling than duty—one that could save them both, or lead them to their downfall…
Redeemed in Darkness (Paladins of Darkness, Book 4)
Authors: Alexis Morgan
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Pocket Star
Pages: 368
Binding: pb
Alexis Morgan's sizzling paranormal Paladin series continues with a courageous female warrior who can't resist the man of her dreams -- even if he is her sworn enemy....
A fiercely beautiful female leader from the Other world, Lusahn q'Arc can't forget the Paladin warrior she met in battle -- his chiseled body and piercing, thoughtful eyes still haunt her dreams. While investigating the smuggling of the mysterious blue stones used to light her shadowy world, Lusahn receives word that her missing brother, Barak, is alive -- and working with the Paladins. Although angry at his betrayal, she arranges to meet him. But at the appointed time it is not Barak who arrives, but Cullen Finley -- the enemy warrior who torments her memory.
Intense attraction immediately burns between Lusahn and Cullen despite their rival loyalties, and they can't help surrendering to passion. Their time together is limited, though, for soon Cullen must return to his own world -- with or without Lusahn. But when carefully laid plans go awry, together they must fight to keep their forbidden romance a secret -- and keep each other alive.
Relic
Authors: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 480
Binding: pb
The book that started the New York Times bestselling collaboration of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human...
But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders.
Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who-or what-is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre?
Scar Night (Deepgate Codex, Book 1)
Authors: Alan Campbell
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Spectra
Pages: 576
Binding: pb
Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge—or redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest....
The last of his line, Dill is descended from legendary Battle-archons who once defended the city. Forbidden to fly and untrained even to wield the great sword inherited from his forebears, he has become a figurehead for a dying tradition. Now he lives a sheltered existence in one of Deepgate’s crumbling temple spires under the watchful eye of the Presbyter who rules the city.
Spine assassin Rachel Hael has better things to do than oversee the Presbyter’s angel. Each dark moon she must fight for her life among the city chains, hunting an immortal predator with a taste for blood.
But when a traitor brings enemies to Deepgate’s doorstep, Dill and Rachel are forced into an uneasy alliance with the city’s oldest and most dangerous foe. They must journey down into the uncharted chasm to save their sprawling metropolis—and themselves—from annihilation. Once they descend however, they learn that what lies below is far more sinister than what they’ve been taught to expect.
Shadow Hunters
Authors: Christie Golden
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Pocket Star
Pages: 384
Binding: pb
An original tale of space warfare based on the bestselling computer game
series from Blizzard Entertainment.
Driven by the living memories of a long-dead protoss mystic and hounded by the Queen of Blades' ravenous zerg, archaeologist Jake Ramsey embarks on a perilous journey to reach the fabled protoss homeworld of Aiur.
Seeking a vital piece of protoss technology, Jake finds that Aiur has been overrun by the zerg. Descending into the shadowy labyrinths beneath the planet's surface, he must find the sacred crystal before time runs out -- for him...and the universe itself.
Yet, what Jake discovers beneath Aiur is a horror beyond his wildest nightmares -- Ulrezaj -- an archon comprised of the seven most deadly and powerful dark templar in history....
Shifting Love
Authors: Constance O'Day-Flannery
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance
Binding: pb
Maggie O'Shea knows that because of her dark past, there's no place for love in her life. She owns a successful store in Philadelphia, where she uses her special gifts to help the people she meets. Though this doesn't fulfill her, she is content. Most of the time.
Entrepreneur Julian McDonald runs an empire. He's rich, cynical, bored-and not interested in relationships. He was in love, once, but since her death, there's been no space in his heart for anyone else.
Maggie knows as soon as she meets Julian that she could fall in love with him. But a secret society devoted to bringing the world back into balance has a mysterious agenda for Julian-and doesn't care about the heart's wish of a vulnerable shapeshifter...
Sky Coyote
Authors: Kage Baker
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 320
Binding: tp
Facilitator Joseph has outlasted entire civilizations during his twenty-thousand years of service to Dr. Zeus, the twenty-fourth century Company that created immortal operatives like him to preserve history and culture. The year is 1699 and Joseph is now in Alta California, to imitate an ancient Native-American Coyote god, and save the native Chumash from the white Europeans.He has the help of the Botanist Mendoza, who hasn't gotten over the death of her lover Nicholas, in Elizabethan England.
Lately though, Joseph has started to have a few doubts about The Company. There are whispers about the year 2355, about operatives that suddenly go missing. Time is running out for Joseph, which is ironic considering he's immortal, but no one ever said that it was easy being a god.
Star Crash
Authors: Elysa Hendricks
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Leisure
Binding: pb
A Love Spell Futuristic Romance.
Star Trek: Titan: Sword of Damocles (Star Trek)
Authors: Geoffrey Thorne
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Star Trek
Pages: 352
Binding: pb
Fate: It is an idea as old as life itself. Do our choices shape the future, or is it the other way around? And if the path we walk is predestined -- if the way we are to meet our end is knowable -- what might that knowledge compel us to do?
Titan 's travels take it to a world at the edge of reason. Orisha is a planet whose people have lived for centuries beneath an unfathomable celestial body in their sky. From the moment it first appeared, the object was thought to be something unnatural, an ill omen that has made them feel watched, exposed, vulnerable -- provoking a primal fear that has steered the course of their civilization. The Orishans call it "the Eye," and because it has consistently defied every scientific attempt to decode its true nature, many are convinced it represents an intelligence that is studying their world...and perhaps waiting to destroy it.
But the secret behind the Eye threatens Titan as well as Orisha...and it holds a special meaning for one member of Captain Riker's crew in particular, whose lifelong quest to balance faith and scientific truth is tested against the harsh, unblinking glare of inevitability.
The Anna Strong Chronicles: The Watcher (Book 3)
Authors: Jeanne C. Stein
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Ace
Pages: 304
Binding: pb
Newly-made vampire Anna has become a Watcher-one of the supernatural world's enforcers- even as she fights to control her vampiric rage. When a series of very dangerous events threatens to draw out her unstable powers, her Watcher mentor sends her away for her own safety. But if there's one thing Anna has always been able to find, it's trouble.
The Assassin King
Authors: Elizabeth Haydon
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Pages: 432
Binding: pb
The Assassin King opens at winter's end with the arrival by sea of a mysterious hunter, a man of ancient race and purpose, who endlessly chants the names of the pantheon of demons that are his intended victims, as well as one other: Ysk, the original name of the Brother, now known as Achmed, the Assassin King of Ylorc.
At the same moment of this portentous arrival, two gatherings of great import are taking place. The first is a convocation of dragons, who gather in a primeval forest glade--the site of the horrific ending of Llauron, one of the last of their kind. They mourn not only his irrevocable death, but the loss of the lore and control over the Earth itself that it represents.
The second gathering is a council of war held in the depths of the keep of Haguefort: Ashe and Rhapsody, rulers of the alliance that protects the Middle Continent; Gwydion, the new Duke of Navarne; Anborn, the Lord Marshall; Achmed, the King of Ylorc, and Grunthor, his Sergeant-Major. Each brings news that form the pieces of a great puzzle. And as each piece is added it becomes quite clear: War is coming, the likes of which the world has never known.
Cataclysms, both large and small, await in this sixth volume of the USA Today bestselling fantasy series, The Symphony of Ages. A twisting, fast-moving tale, The Assassin King promises endless surprises—many of which lead to pain.
The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands
Authors: Robert E. Howard
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: del Rey
Pages: 400
Binding: tp
The classic pulp magazines of the early twentieth century are long gone, but their action-packed tales live on through the work of legendary storyteller Robert E. Howard. From his fecund imagination sprang an army of larger-than-life heroes–including the iconic Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull of Atlantis, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn–as well as adventures that would define a genre for generations. Now comes the second volume of this author’s breathtaking short fiction, which runs the gamut from sword and sorcery, historical epic, and seafaring pirate adventure to two-fisted crime and intrigue, ghoulish horror, and rip-roaring western.
Kull reigns supreme in “By This Axe I Rule!” and “The Mirrors of Tuzan Thune”; Conan conquers in one of his most popular exploits, “The Tower of the Elephant”; Solomon Kane battles demons deep in Africa in “Wings in the Night”; and itinerant boxer Steve Costigan puts up his dukes of steel inside and outside the ring in “The Bulldog Breed.” In between, warrior kings, daring knights, sinister masterminds, grizzled frontiersmen–even Howard’s stunning heroine, Red Sonya–tear up the pages in stories built to thrill by their masterly creator.
And in such epic poems as “Echoes from an Anvil,” “Black Harps in the Hills,” and “The Grim Land,” the author blends his classic characters and visceral imagery with a lyricism as haunting as traditional folk balladry. Lavishly illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan, here is a Robert E. Howard collection as indispensable as it is unforgettable.
The Codex
Authors: Douglas Preston
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 416
Binding: pb
"Greetings from the dead," declares Maxwell Broadbent on the videotape he left behind after his mysterious disappearance. A notorious treasure hunter and tomb robber, Broadbent accumulated over a half a billion dollars' worth of priceless art, gems, and artifacts before vanishing---along with his entire collection---from his mansion in New Mexico.
At first, robbery is suspected, but the truth proves far stranger: As a final challenge to his three sons, Broadbent has buried himself and his treasure somewhere in the world, hidden away like an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. If the sons wish to claim their fabulous inheritance, they must find their father's carefully concealed tomb.
The race is on, but the three brothers are not the only ones competing for the treasure. This secret is so astounding it cannot be kept quiet for long. With half a billion dollars at stake, as well as an ancient Mayan codex that may hold a cure for cancer and other deadly diseases, others soon join the hunt---and some of them will stop at nothing to claim the grave goods.
The Deluge (Leisure Fiction)
Authors: Mark Morris
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Leisure
Pages: 352
Binding: pb
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The Devil Inside (Morgan Kingsley, Exorcist, Book 1)
Authors: Jenna Black
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Spectra
Pages: 320
Binding: pb
Posession. Murder. Mayhem.
Let the games begin...
Exorcism isn’t a job, it’s a calling—and a curse. Just ask Morgan Kingsley, a woman who has a stronger aura than any Demon. Or so she thought. Now, in a pair of black leather pants and a kick-ass tattoo, Morgan is heading back to Philadelphia after a nasty little exorcism—and her life is about to be turned upside down…by the Demon that’s gotten inside her.
Not just any Demon. Six foot five inches of dark, delicious temptation, this one is to die for—that is, if he doesn’t get Morgan killed first. Because while some humans vilify Demons and others idolize them, Morgan’s Demon is leading a war of succession no human has ever imagined. For a woman trying to live a life, and hold on to the almost-perfect man, being possessed by a gorgeous rebel Demon will mean a wild ride of uninhibited thrills, shocking surprises, and pure, unadulterated terror. . . .
The Down Home Zombie Blues
Authors: Linnea Sinclair
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Bantam
Pages: 560
Binding: pb
In this steamy, suspenseful new novel from RITA Award–winning author Linnea Sinclair, a dangerously sexy space commander and an irresistibly earthy Florida police detective pair up to save the civilized galaxy . . . but can they save themselves from each other?
Bahia Vista homicide detective Theo Petrakos thought he’d seen it all. Then a mummified corpse and a room full of futuristic hardware sends Guardian Force commander Jorie Mikkalah into his life. Before the night’s through, he’s become her unofficial partner—and official prisoner—in a race to save the earth. And that’s only the start of his troubles.
Jorie’s mission is to stop a deadly infestation of biomechanical organisms from using Earth as its breeding ground. If she succeeds, she could save a world and win a captaincy. But she’ll need Theo’s help, even if their unlikely partnership does threaten to set off an intergalactic incident.
Because if she fails, she’ll lose not just a planet and a promotion, but a man who’s become far more important to her than she cares to admit.
The Eagle (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 9)
Authors: Jack Whyte
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 688
Binding: pb
Beginning with The Skystone, the first in his riveting Camulod Chronicles, Jack Whyte has embarked on an ambitious and remarkable re-telling of the Arthurian cycle, giving us a fresh and compelling take on a story that has been beloved for centuries.
The Eagle brings us at last to the heart of the tale, the creation of fabled Camelot and the love story that enshrined its glory. Whyte takes us into the minds and lives of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot, three astonishing but fallible people who were bound together by honor, loyalty, and love. Three who created the glory that was Britain’s shining dream…and, some say, caused its downfall.
The Gaulish nobleman Clothar—known in our time as Lancelot—is drawn to the young High King’s court by tales of honor and nobility, where he meets a man whose love of law matches his own. More, he finds in Arthur a life-long friend whose dream of uniting the people of Britain in peace Clothar embraces. And Clothar meets Arthur’s queen, a wondrous beauty whose passion and ideals match those of her husband. Together they work to bring Arthur’s dream to life.
But dark forces rise in opposition to Arthur’s plans for creating this noble island nation and it is hard to tell friend from foe in the swirling chaos that ensues. Many tales have been told of the dream that shined and died. This one will astonish even the most jaded.
The Masada Scroll
Authors: Paul Block , Robert Vaughan
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: TOR Books
Pages: 352
Binding: pb
In the great tradition of novels like The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas and, more recently, Christ the Lord by Anne Rice and Stone Tables by Orson Scott Card, The Masada Scroll is bold and reverent, with deep and important meaning for today’s world.
At the heart of this timely novel is the discovery of a previously unknown gospel that predates the four gospels of the New Testament. The scroll introduces a mysterious symbol that combines the Star of David, the Cross of Christianity and the Crescent and Star of Islam. None of these symbols existed at the time the Gospel was written, adding to the mystery that Michael Flannery, an Irish priest, must unravel.
Flannery discovers that the symbol represents the Trevia Dei, or Three Paths to God. At the heart of Jesus’ message is the unity of the paths that lead to God. The true meaning of Trevia Dei has become perverted over the centuries, turning the message of unity into a single path to salvation.
But there are those who do not want the message of this wonderful book of light and love brought to our troubled world, who have chosen to separate rather than unite God’s children.
The Masada Scroll is the story of the new Apostles who struggle to bring the simple message of Jesus back into a world desperate for joy.
The Masada Scroll is a tale of the timeless quest for spiritual truth and redemption. It is a story that will change the way you look at the world…and your own heart.
The Pearls
Authors: Deborah Chester
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Ace
Pages: 304
Binding: pb
Lady Lea-beloved sister of the Emperor Caelan-is gifted with the ability to see into others' hearts and when she is moved to tears, those tears become pearls. When the hardened warrior Lord Shadrael kidnaps her and takes her through the fearsome Hidden Ways of the shadow world, Lea can foresee her destiny in him. For if she is to save Shadrael from his own darkness, she will ultimately have to choose between her brother and her abductor.
The Secret of Pax Tharkas: Dwarf Home, Volume One (Dwarf Home)
Authors: Douglas Niles
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Pages: 384
Binding: pb
An ancient ruin holds its secrets in a death grip in this exciting new Dragonlance(R) trilogy!
The dwarven realms of Krynn are slumbering, locked in mountain fastness, removed and aloof from the affairs of the world. But the world has a way of finding someone when it needs them. A wealthy aristocratic dwarf from Kayolin is forced to flee his home. A gully dwarf from Thorbardin is lucky to escape his own city with his life. And a brilliant and impetuous descendant of the once-mighty Hylar wonders what failures have steered her people onto a path of self-destruction. Can she change that course before it's too late? Together, these three heroes hold the future of dwarvenkind, and all Krynn, in their hands.
The Solaris Book of New Fantasy
Editors: George Mann
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Solaris
Pages: 416
Binding: pb
A collection of original stories from some of the best-loved names and hottest new talents in a wide range of fantasy genres, including new fiction from Janny Wurts, Scott Lynch, Hal Duncan, Juliet E. McKenna, Chris Roberson, Mark Chadbourn and Jeff Vandermeer.
The Spine of the World
Authors: R. A. Salvatore
Year: 2007-11-27
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Pages: 352
Binding: hc
Join the world's most famous drow elf in the penultimate chapter of the Legend of Drizzt series!
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