Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover (November 6, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 045146480X Official Description: Bestselling author Juliet Marillier’s Sevenwaters series has been praised as a “magnificent saga” (Alernative Worlds) that is a “gripping tale of enduring love” (Publishers Weekly). Now, Marillier returns to Sevenwaters with the story of a young woman destined to unlock […]
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Ace Hardcover (November 6, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1937008711 Official Description: Two science fiction masters—Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick—team up to deliver a classic thriller in which one man uncovers the secret history of the US space program… Early in his career, Jerry Culpepper could never have been accused of being […]
Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated Publication date: 11/6/2012 ISBN-13: 9780451464798 Official Description: Stephen Baxter’s “imaginative [and] bold”* novel Stone Spring drew readers into an alternate prehistoric scenario that now continues with Bronze Summer. Thousands of years have passed. And a wall that was built to hold back the sea, must now hold […]
Babylon is the madam of a brothel in Scalentine. Scalentine has two moons, and is a hub of the multiverse, with portals to many other worlds. As such, a madam of a brothel who is also a good swordsman is fairly straightforward and ordinary compared to lizard races, a werewolf chess playing police captain, and […]
Drothe is a Nose. In a city of thieves, his role is as an information gatherer and curator for his employer, a roughhewn boxer of an Upright Man (think mob boss) called Nicco. It’s a decent life, one that Drothe has developed over years as one of the Kin. On the side, Drothe likes […]
So… This is happening: In the previous issue of Batwoman, Kate Kane comes to realize she’s in over her head and must enlist the help of someone who really knows how to handle Greek gods and monsters. In Batwoman issue 13 she will team up with the Princess of the Amazons herself. Artist J.H. Williams, […]
Paperback: 429 pages Publisher: Night Shade Books; First Trade Paper Edition edition (August 26, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1597803316 Official Description: At long last, the conclusion to Glen Cook’s Dread Empire saga has arrived! King Bragi Ragnarson is a prisoner, shamed, nameless, and held captive by Lord Shih-kaa and the Empress Mist at the heart […]
Hardcover: 350 pages Publisher: Night Shade Books; Book Club Edition edition (November 8, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1597803235 Official Description: It”s the dawn of the 22nd century, and the world has fallen apart. Decades of war and resource depletion have toppled governments. The ecosystem has collapsed. A new dust bowl sweeps the American West. The […]
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Ace Hardcover (October 2, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1937077829 Official Description: Jack Campbell’s The Lost Fleet series delivers “military science fiction at its best”* in every action-packed adventure. Now the New York Times bestselling author puts the Alliance fleet’s enemy in the spotlight as the people of the Syndicate Worlds attempt […]
In the bustling coastal California city of San Ventura, there is an uneasy tension between the Cowl, supervillain extraordinaire, and the Seven Wonders, the resident superhero group. Despite the group’s continual efforts to stop his nefarious plots, the Cowl and those who claim to swear them have often made San Ventura a city under siege. […]
Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover (October 2, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0451464788 Official Description: Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Kushiel’s Legacy novels, presents an all-new world featuring a woman caught between the normal and paranormal worlds, while enforcing order in both. Introducing Daisy Johanssen, reluctant hell-spawn… The Midwestern resort […]
Hardcover: 328 pages Publisher: Night Shade Books (August 26, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 159780293X Official Description: Greg Egan’s The Clockwork Rocket introduced readers to an exotic universe where the laws of physics are very different from our own, where the speed of light varies in ways Einstein would never allow, and where intelligent life has […]
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. (November 13, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1601254636 Official Description: In the deep forests of Kyonin, elves live secretively among their own kind, far from the prying eyes of other races. Few of impure blood are allowed beyond the nation’s borders, and thus it’s a great honor for the […]
In Purgatory, by Tim Dodge, Charles Cunningham joins forces with Edgar Allan Poe and a mysterious character named Billy to win his salvation and gain admittance to heaven. To accomplish this, they journey to Earth to watch over Charles’s daughter, who is now an old woman. Through this act of kindness toward the daughter […]
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ace (August 28, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1937007731 Official Description: Meet the Carnacki Institute’s operatives—JC Chance: the team leader, brave, charming, and almost unbearably arrogant; Melody Chambers: the science geek who keeps the antisupernatural equipment running; and Happy Jack Palmer: the terminally gloomy telepath. Their mission: Do Something About […]
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Berkley Trade (October 2, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0425247651 Official Description: WHEN DARKNESS FALLS… WHEN THE UNDEAD RISE WITH A HUNGER FOR BLOOD… WHEN THE HUNT IS ON—AND YOU ARE THE PREY… WILL YOU BE READY? In the inevitable event of a vampire attack, the average citizen will be forced to […]
Admission: I’ve never bought weeklies at a comic store before. (Was always intimidated about plunging into the middle of a story line and getting lost in some crossover.) But when I heard about two new and intriguing comic series coming out I jumped at the chance to get in on the action from the beginning. […]
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ace (August 28, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 193700774X Official Description: Regret nothing. Sirantha Jax has the J-gene, which permits her to “jump” faster-than-light ships through grimspace. She loves nothing more than that rush, but the star roads have to wait… Her final mission takes her to La’heng, a planet […]
Amy is five years old, somewhat stunted for her age, but otherwise a happy go lucky innocent girl who is about to graduate from kindergarten, an only child with a loving father and devoted mother. Amy is also not human, just like her mother is not human. Both are Von Neumann machines, android form artificial […]
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Ace (August 28, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1937007758 Official Description: In the Empire of Arkaym, the Order of Deacons protects and shelters the citizens from the attacks of the unliving. All are sworn to fight the evil forces of the geists—and to keep the world safe from the power […]
You can’t surf the net without being bombarded by ads for food that fight fat, the ultimate diet or quick fix workout program. Writers need to be wary of agents who approach them and say if the author pays them x amount of dollars, the agent will get them published and make them famous. The […]
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Roc (August 7, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 045146463X Official Description: Jesse James Dawson was once an ordinary man until he discovered that demons were real, and fighting them meant putting his own soul on the line. His new case is a beauty: Gretchen Keene, a Hollywood starlet who’s become […]
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