Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (August 27, 2013) ISBN-10: 0765321726 Official Description: In Douglas Lain’s debut novel set during the turbulent year of 1968, Christopher Robin Milne, the inspiration for his father’s fictional creation, struggles to emerge from a manufactured life, in a story of hope and transcendence. Billy Moon was […]
Mary Robinette Kowal’s Shades of Milk and Honey has been glibly described as “Jane Austen with Magic”. This shortchanges the depth of worldbuilding and characterization to be found in Kowal’s work. It captures a 19th century very much like our own with a depth that is recognizable to any author writing in or of the […]
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover (September 3, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451417313 Official Description: 2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 2036: Robotic technology has evolved into the realm of self-aware, sentient mechanical entities. But even as humanity contends with […]
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover (September 3, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451417313 Official Description: Rudi Mackenzie has won the battle that expelled the enemy from the new High Kingdom of Montival. Now he must free the people who live in the state once known as Idaho from occupation by the legions of the Church Universal and […]
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ace (August 27, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425264920 Official Description: THE NEW ALEX VERUS NOVEL I don’t publicly advertise that I’m a mage, but I don’t exactly hide it either, and one of the odd things I’ve learnt over the years is just how much you can get away with if […]
Ian Doescher’s new book, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, combines the grandeur and sweep of everyone’s favorite space opera with the linguistic style and formatting of the Bard’s greatest plays. References to both Shakespeare and the Star Wars saga have become so commonplace in popular culture that readers should have little trouble picking up at least […]
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ace (August 27, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425258114 Official Description: WELCOME TO HELL The prison ship Perdition, a floating city where the Conglomerate’s most dangerous criminals are confined for life, orbits endlessly around a barren asteroid. Life inside is even more bleak. Hailed as the Dread Queen, inmate Dresdemona “Dred” Devos […]
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ace (August 27, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425259935 Official Description: THE NEW GHOST FINDER NOVEL from the bestselling author of the Nightside and Secret Histories series… Meet the operatives of the Carnacki Institute—JC Chance: the team leader, brave, charming, and almost unbearably arrogant; Melody Chambers: the science geek who keeps the […]
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. (September 10, 2013) ISBN-10: 1601255586 Official Description: After a century of imprisonment, demons have broken free of the wardstones surrounding the Worldwound. As fiends flood south into civilized lands, Count Varian Jeggare and his hellspawn bodyguard Radovan must search through the ruins of a fallen nation for the […]
In Shirin Dubbin‘s To the 5th Power, Zola, formerly known as superhero Watcher, must face three villainous fans while coming to terms with her own psychological trauma and regret. Three years earlier, Zola had retreated from superhero life after witnessing the brutal murder of her sidekick. Though emotionally broken and vulnerable, she’s forced to face […]
Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Ace Hardcover (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 0441020933 Official Description: Mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrial life led to an incredible revelation. Their last may lead them to extinction. Twenty years have passed since the mysterious Near-Earth Object nicknamed Keanu appeared in the night sky and transported an assortment of humans from all […]
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ace Trade; Reprint edition (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425258483 Official Description: The author of the “diabolically clever”* A Matter of Blood returns with another gritty supernatural thriller featuring hard-boiled homicide detective Cass Jones… A devastating terrorist attack has crippled London. To find a perpetrator who is more than human, Special Branch […]
Madeline Ashby‘s iD, the 2nd novel in her Machine Dynasty series, follows a self-replicating robot named Javier on his quest to right a horrible wrong against the woman he loves. During his bizarre journey of discovery and danger, he reflects on the nature of sexuality, free will, and his own culpability for the harm visited […]
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Roc Trade (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465113 Official Description: Remy Chandler, angel private investigator, is trying his damnedest to lead a normal life in a world on the verge of supernatural change. He’s found a new love—a woman his dog, Marlowe, approves of—and his best human friend is reluctantly coming to […]
Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Ace (July 30, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425256502 Official Description: Her story began in the national bestsellers A Soldier’s Duty and An Officer’s Duty. Now Ia is captain and commander at the helm of Hellfire, where she is finally free to chart the course for the fulfillment of her destiny… As […]
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Roc (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465156 Official Description: Already addicted to the pharmaceutical drug that keeps her body from decomposing, Bryn has to stop a secretive group of rich and powerful investors from eliminating the existing Returné addicts altogether. To ensure their plan to launch a new, military-grade strain […]
Beyond the Sun, the science fiction anthology edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt, collects the stories of an eclectic group of authors. Eighteen writers contributed stories addressing the question, what lies beyond the sun? They answered that question with stories told by different species and genders, and their answers are as varied as the authors themselves. […]
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425263436 Official Description: Vampire queen Betsy “don’t call me Elizabeth” Taylor is back—and there’s going to be Hell to pay—in MaryJanice Davidson’s “one of a kind” (Darque Reviews) New York Times bestselling series… It’s no surprise to Betsy that her trip to Hell with her […]
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Ace (July 30, 2013) ISBN-10: 1937007588 Official Description: Atlanta is a city plagued by magical problems. Kate Daniels will fight to solve them—no matter the cost. Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many […]
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