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Book SynopsisPower-hungry Kalare has rebelled against Alera's aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus. Ill-equipped to face this attack, Gaius must seek support - even from the combative High Lord of Aquitaine. Kalare has also seized valuable hostages that could mean the difference between victory and failure. And Amara, the First Lord's Cursor, has been tasked with their rescue. She has earned this trust but are her allies as worthy - or does the Lady Aquitaine see the time as ripe for betrayal?Treachery is rife elsewhere, as young Tavi of Calderon will find. Posted away from the war, Tavi joins a legion anyway, under an assumed name. Then Kalare does the unthinkable - uniting with the brutish Canim. When treason wipes out the army's command structure, Tavi finds himself leading an inexperienced legion against the might of the Canim horde - the very last resort of a war-torn realm.

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Book SynopsisShaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organisation he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun when you've lost as much as he has. But when a researcher from the Centre for Disease Control fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun's relieved to find a new purpose in life. Because this researcher comes bearing news: the monster who attacked them may be destroyed, but the conspiracy is far from dead. Now, Shaun hits the road to find what truth can be found at the end of a shotgun.Trade Review'This book is fast-paced and so well written it makes you check your doors and windows are locked and peer into the dark corners looking for zombies... I really would recommend this book to anyone and everyone who likes the supernatural/fantasy gene; it's just a fantastic read that I found hard to put down with a really twisted ending leaving the reader wanting more.' DARK MATTER [An] adrenaline-packed, quick-witted tale of medicine and mayhem ... Deft cultural touches, intriguing science and amped-up action will delight Grant's numerous fans PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'This was an absolutely excellent continuation of this series. Things that happen in this book will absolutely take your breath away; it is absolutely engaging and really makes you think... Personally, I think this is the best zombie-themed writing since World War Z' FRINGE

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Book SynopsisHumanity has reached the stars, joining the vast galactic community of alien species. But beyond the fringes of explored space lurk the Reapers, a race of sentient starships bent on 'harvesting' the galaxy's organic species for their own dark purpose. The Illusive Man, leader of the pro-human black ops group Cerberus, is one of the few who know the truth about the Reapers. To ensure humanity's survival, he launches a desperate plan to uncover the enemy's strengths - and weaknesses - by studying someone implanted with modified Reaper technology. He knows the perfect subject for his horrific experiments: former Cerberus operative Paul Grayson, who wrested his daughter from the cabal's control with the help of Ascension project director Kahlee Sanders. But when Kahlee learns that Grayson is missing, she turns to the only person she can trust: Alliance war hero Captain David Anderson. Together they set out to find the secret Cerberus facility where Grayson is being held. But they aren't the only ones after him. And time is running out.

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Book SynopsisPrince Corum is the last of the Vadhagh, his family and people brutally slain by the Mabden. Vowing to wreak vengeance on the killers, Corum sets out on his terrible quest only to fall in love with a beautiful Mabden woman, and to confront the fury of the Lords of Chaos. For they fear that he is the hero who could tip the balance in their cataclysmic war with the forces of Law and free his world from Chaos''s vicious grip. His epic struggle against them and his ultimate victory is only bought at a considerable price. Moorcock''s evocation of a rich, dark world, a time of magic, phantasms, cities in the sky, oceans of light and wild flying beasts of bronze is one of the pinnacles of modern imaginative literature.Trade ReviewThe greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasy - Michael ChabonA triumph of mature talent and imagination - Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisThe aging orc shaman Ner''zhul has seized control of the Horde and reopened the Dark Portal. His brutal warriors once again encroach upon Azeroth, laying siege to the newly constructed stronghold of Nethergarde Keep. There, the archmage Khadgar and the Alliance commander, Turalyon, lead humanity and its elven and dwarven allies in fighting this new invasion. Even so, disturbing questions arise. Khadgar learns of orcish incursions farther abroad: small groups of orcs who seem to pursue a goal other than simple conquest. Worse yet, black dragons have been sighted as well, and they appear to be aiding the orcs. To counter Ner''zhul''s dark schemes, the Alliance must now invade the orcs'' ruined homeworld of Draenor. Can Khadgar and his companions stop the nefarious shaman in time to stave off the destruction of two worlds?

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Book SynopsisA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARThe dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting new novel from the author of Annihilation, the inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Alex Garland.Neither of us had control of our monsters anymore'In a ruined city of the future, Rachel scavenges a strange creature from the fur of a despotic bear.She names him Borne.He reminds her of her homeland lost to rising seas, but her lover Wick is intent on rendering him down as raw material for the special drugs he sells. Nothing is quite what it seems, and if Wick is hiding secrets, so too is Rachel and Borne most of all.Trade Review‘Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the apocalypse; with Borne he continues his investigation into the malevolent grace of the world, and it's a thorough marvel’ Colson Whitehead ‘Jeff VanderMeer’s deeply strange and brilliant new novel extends the meditation on the central question of non-human sentience in his earlier work … No one writes a post-apocalyptic landscape like VanderMeer, so detailed and strange in all its lineaments and topography’ Neel Mukherjee, Guardian ‘From being a very successful SF writer, VanderMeer will become mainstream – and Borne is full of signs that he is already thinking ahead of that easy transition, and perhaps subverting it’ Toby Litt, New Statesman ‘No one writes a post-apocalyptic landscape like VanderMeer, so detailed and strange in all its lineaments and topography, at once a wasteland and yet seething with the weirdest kind of flora, fauna and biotech’ Neel Mukherjee, Observer ‘As Borne grows and evolves, so develops a weird family dynamic in a novel that is as much of a fascinating hybrid as its title character, both an enthralling fantasy adventure and a bleak eco-dystopic admonition’ James Lovegrove, Financial Times ‘Borne is a fantastic read, a vivid vision of an apocalyptic future that defies expectations and challenges any preconceptions as to how events are going to unfold. It can be disturbing at times – there are some chilling moments that wouldn’t be out of place in a horror novel – but it’s a book that ultimately transcends genre, offering its reader a range of emotions and a finale that provides more than one twist, all of which should be applauded. Rachel’s story is one that will stay in the memory for a long time; VanderMeer shares her hopes and dreams with us, as well as her failures and concerns, making Borne an intimate portrayal that appeals on a multitude of levels’ Starburst

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Book Synopsis**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**''THE START OF SOMETHING TRULY EPIC'' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga''DAZZLING . . . THIS IS SPACE OPERA AT ITS BEST'' Publishers WeeklyFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. Invasion is only the beginning . . .The Carryx - part empire, part hive - has waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy in its con?ict with an ancient and deathless enemy. When they descend on the isolated world of Anjiin, the human population is abased, slaughtered and put in chains. The best and brightest are abducted, taken to the Carryx world-palace to join prisoners from a thousand other species. Dafyd Alkhor, assistant to a prestigious scientist, is captured along with his team. Even he doesn''t suspect that his peculiar insight and skills will be the key to seeing past their captors '' terrifying agenda.Swept up in a con?ict beyond his control and vaster than his imagination, Dafyd is poised to become humanity''s champion - and its betrayer.This is where his story begins.''The beginning of what could be Corey''s most epic - and entertaining - series yet. Simply mind-blowing'' Kirkus''No one builds a universe like James S. A. Corey. When it ends, all you''ll want is . . . more'' John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author''Terrifying alien overlords and a vast intergalactic war with humankind on the brink of annihilation . . The Mercy of the Gods is the start of something truly epic'' Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga''Like The Expanse, The Mercy of Gods balances cosmic stakes with an astonishingly powerful human drama. Pitch-perfect storytelling'' M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts''A fast-paced, intelligent book. Corey is always one of the most engaging voices in the genre'' Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time''The Mercy of Gods radiates the dread and revelation of first contact, shaping new worlds and cultures that had me riveted'' Bethany Jacobs, author of These Burning Stars''All the things you want in an alien invasion novel: overwhelming aliens, end-of-world terror, and plucky humans who never stop fighting . . . A bang-up read. I want more'' Paolo Bacigalupi, New York Times bestselling author''A powerful, provocative masterpiece that I will be thinking about for a very long time'' Ryka Aoki, author of Light from Uncommon Stars

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Book SynopsisA prequel toDead Space, the novel focuses on the birth of Unitology. In this novel set centuries before the events of the main series, geophysicist Michael Altman investigates an alien artefact called The Black Marker.

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Book SynopsisComparable to Tolkien at his best' WASHINGTON POSTInstantly recognised as a modern fantasy classic, Stephen Donaldson's uniquely imaginative and complex THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT, THE UNBELIEVER became a bestselling literary phenomenon that transformed the genre.Against his will, Thomas Covenant is drawn once again out of our reality and into the strange and magical alternative world known as the Land.But forty years have passed in the Land since Covenant's last visit forty years in which the evil Lord Foul has grown in power and built an unstoppable army. Covenant must act fast or abandon the Land to complete destruction.Trade ReviewJOHN W. CAMPBELL AND BRITISH FANTASY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ‘The Thomas Covenant saga is a remarkable acheivement which will certainly find a place on the small list of all true classics’WASHINGTON POST ‘Something entirely out of the ordinary … you’ll want to go straight through Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War and The Power that Preserves at one sitting’THE TIMES ‘An irresistible epic … imagination, heroism, excitement, made all the more real by Donaldson’s deft handling of the rich history of the Land’CHICAGO DAILY NEWS

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Book SynopsisIn a ravaged near-future England, a private detective with psychic powers might be the last hope standing between mankind and total collapse. Mindstar Rising is the first cyberpunk thriller in Peter F. Hamilton's hugely popular Greg Mandel series. For fans of James S.A. Corey.It's the 21st century and global warming is here to stay, so forget the way your country used to look. And get used to the free market, too – the companies possess all the best hardware, and they're calling the shots now.In a world like this, a man open to any offers can do just fine. A man like Greg Mandel for instance, who's psi-boosted, wired into the latest sensory equipment and carrying state-of-the-art weaponry. He's also been part of the English Army's Mindstar Battalion.As the cartels battle for control of a revolutionary new power source, and corporate greed outstrips national security, tension is mounting to boiling point. And Greg Mandel is about to face the ultimate test.Mindstar Rising is followed by A Quantum Murder and The Nano Flower to complete the Greg Mandel trilogy.Trade ReviewA pacey traditionally styled adventure yarn in which the reader can revel . . . Hamilton doesn’t mess about . . . the story races ahead with verve and flair -- StarburstThe plotting is tight and ingenious -- InterzoneHamilton appears as a full-fledged SF technician, able to manage the demands of the genre without working up a sweat -- LocusA stunning new debut novel . . . possibly the best since Bester, incorporating future predictions of climate, social, social, business, and political behaviour, completing this with hard science, believable scenarios, excellently balanced characters, and a good well-told story. What more do you want? Not to be missed -- Critical Wave

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Book SynopsisThe fourth novel in the Republic Commando series, where multiple storylines come to a head in the wake of Emperor Palpatine's issuing of the notorious Order 66. When the order comes through, the clone troopers of Delta and Omega squads must decide whether to turn on their Jedi generals - or to disregard the command and face dire consequences.

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Book SynopsisWe Called Them Giantsis a story of communication across a chasm at the end of the world.Lori wakes to find the streets empty. Everyone has gone. Or at least, nearly everyone. She's thrown into a world where she has to scrape by in the ruins of civilization, nearly starving, hiding from gangs when They arrive.The award-winning team behind dark fantasy smash DIE release their first stand alone original graphic novel.

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Book SynopsisJames Herbert's Domain imagines having to choose between nuclear radiation or horrifying, flesh-eating rats.Trade ReviewCompletes the rodent trilogy with what must be the ultimate rat novel . . . the adventure never flags. * Daily Express *

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Book SynopsisTHE FIRST BOOK IN A BRAND-NEW TRILOGY BY BESTSELLING AUTHORS GIOVANNA AND TOM FLETCHERFans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Handmaid''s Tale will love this electrifying dystopian love story. _________ Against all odds, she survived. The first girl born in fifty years.They called her Eve.Eve lives alone in the Tower under the strict gaze of the Mothers. She is prized and protected, because she is the last girl on earth.Eve has always understood that the survival of the human race is in her hands. Now she''s sixteen, and three males have been selected. Eve knows it''s time to face her fate.Until she meets Bram.Eve sees a chance for something she never thought could be hers.But how do you choose between love and the future of humanity?_________ ''One of the big books of the year. You''d be a fool to miss it'' Heat''A compelling read'' Mail on SundayTrade ReviewSet in a dystopian future that has seen no girls born for 50 years . . . This promises to be one of the big books of the year. You'd be a fool to miss it * Heat *Their first joint book, Eve is forced to decide between love and the fate of humanity * OK! *Eve holds the fate of the human race in her hands . . . This chilling dystopia is at heart a love story, and the vivid characterisation has you rooting for the duo from page one -- CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH * The Mail on Sunday *A Hunger Games-esque novel . . . a compelling read * The Mail on Sunday *Casts a wide web of intrigue, deception, and hope. A heady page-turner and an enthralling start to a trilogy * Kirkus Reviews *Praise for Giovanna: * - *A fun read with a big dose of girl power * Sun *Praise for Tom: * - *Genius * Sun *

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Book SynopsisThe Inhibitors are back and Humanity is doomed!Many, many millennia ago, the Inhibitors seeded the universe with machines designed to detect intelligent life - and then to suppress it. But after hundreds of millions of years, the machines started to fail and intelligent cultures started to emerge.Then Dr Dan Sylveste and the crew of Infinity discovered what had happened to the long-vanished Amarantin race ... and awakened the Inhibitors.On Yellowstone, where no one is quite who they appear, the Inquisitor and the planet''s Most Wanted War Criminal are watching as the Inhibitors turn a small group of planets into raw materials. Whatever they are building with those materials is not going to be good for Humanity.Once again, Al Reynolds has produced a stunning, universe-spanning space opera of mind-blowing proportions. Big in size, big in concepts, REDEMPTION ARK will leave you gasping at its audacity and breathless at its conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWith the Locust Horde apparently destroyed, Jacinto's survivors have begun to rebuild human society on their island stronghold. Raiding pirate gangs take a toll - but it's nothing that Marcus Fenix and the Gears can't handle. Then the terrifying life-forms they thought they'd left behind - the Lambent, creatures even the Locust feared - begin to advance across the planet. Gears and gangs must fight side by side to stop their deadliest enemy yet, falling back on the savage tactics of another bloody siege: Anvil Gate.

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Book SynopsisYou shall read this with unadulterated pleasure' Scotland on SundayA beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human' Simon Pegg Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart To Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android's emotional awakening.Unhappy with his programmed job of dentistry and inspired by a love of classic movies, Jared sets out on a bold mission: to use the power of his burgeoning feelings to forever change the world for him and all his kind. Unfortunately, Jared intends to do this by writing his own movie, and things do not proceed according to planUnlike anything you have ever read before, Set My Heart To Five is a book for anybody who has feelings, loves movies, and likes to laugh and cry and sometimes do both at the same time. It comes uniquely guaranteed to make its readers weep a minimum of 29mls of tears.**Book must be read in controlled laboratory Trade Review‘[A] laugh-out-loud funny debut novel … absurdist, outrageous, irreverent and satirical… by the end of Jared’s adventures, readers will find themselves left with … an appreciation for the mutuality of all sentient life, and for the universal desire to be acknowledged and appreciated, whether one is birthed from factory or hospital … In Stephenson, Vonnegut may have his first true protégé.’ Washington Post ‘I doubt I’ll encounter a more endearing, more joy-provoking character this year’ The Bookseller, Book of the Month ‘A truly hilarious, clever, and strangely affecting meditation on the absurdity of Homo sapiens….I cried 67ml of tears’ Saga Magazine ‘Funny, original and thought-provoking’ Daily Mail ‘It is the closest thing I’ve read in a long time to Terry Pratchett … You will read this with unadulterated pleasure’ Scotland On Sunday ‘This beguiling debut exposes our frailties with subversive humour’ Mail on Sunday ‘Genuinely funny … pacey and emotive’ Sunday Times ‘Only the truly heartless would deny the art at work here’ The Herald ‘This entertaining and surprisingly poignant story is a charmer’ Publisher’s Weekly

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Book SynopsisNick Harkaway is the author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker, and of an even better and more exciting novel whose name will probably end up being Tigerman, or possibly Man, Island, Boy. Contrary to what you may have heard, the title really is the hard part. When he's not writing, he spends his time being the husband of a brilliant lawyer and the dad of two small children who are secretly bent on world domination. He likes Italian red wine and lives in a bit of London where the taxis still have a horse at the pointy end.Trade ReviewAngelmaker is another cracking book from Nick Harkaway. It’s a mix of sci-fi, steampunk, adventure and romance and the mix of genres work really well together … Harkaway’s Angelmaker is a brilliant piece of escapism. It’s a wonderful example of how an irreverent approach to much loved genres can lead to a truly great story. * Nudge *Splendid cornucopia of a novel * The Big Issue (Wales) *Nick Harkaway's joyfully reckless invention is as intricate as clockwork ... Edie has a tangled history, the uncovering of which is one of the chief pleasures of Nick Harkaway's novel ... is one of the most enjoyable books I've read in ages ... brilliantly entertaining, and the last hundred pages are pure, unhinged delight. What a splendid ride. -- Patrick Ness * Guardian *What kind of a mind dreams up Angelmaker … It could only be Nick Harkaway: bonkers, brilliant and hilarious … clever and entirely fantastic. * Sunday Times *An entertaining tour-de-force that demands to be adored. * Independent on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisWhen penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.

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Book Synopsis90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksAssuming that I was sane and awake, my experience on that night was such as has befallen no man before'After five years of 'strange amnesia', Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee remains haunted by madness and memories that cannot be real. Desperate for answers he travels to Western Australia, joining an archaeological excavation into Earth's deep past. Journey with Peaslee to discover his fate in the story described by author Lin Carter as Lovecraft's single greatest achievement in fiction'.

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Book SynopsisAs the no-ship Ithaca flees through space, the heroes of HUNTERS OF DUNE finally meet the Enemy who followed the violent fanatics, the Honored Matres, back to their universe. The thinking machines vanquished by Serena Butler''s jihad were not destroyed, only driven into exile - and now, tens of thousands of years later, they are back. Can the resurrected heroes on board the Ithaca save our race from annihilation?Trade Review'[Herbert and Anderson] do a great job in investing the plot with heft and complexity and the narrative with pace and momentum, and conveying the sheer ferocity of the betrayals and duplicities . . . a rare, rattling page-turner that no Dune adherent will pass up.' * Kirkus Reviews *Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision. * Dean Koontz *Those who long to return to the world of desert, spice and sandworms will be amply satisfied * The Times *'A triumphant climax to the history of the Dune universe.' * Bookseller on THE BATTLE OF CORRIN *'For those of us who grew up with the world of spice and sand - how gratifying to revisit characters who felt like old friends, now brought to a satisfying conclusion.' * My Weekly *

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Book SynopsisA heart-stopping, heartfelt standalone space opera about the search for a missing person, a galaxy spanning conspiracy, and the secrets we keep even from ourselves, perfect for fans of Becky Chambers and Alastair Reynolds.

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Book SynopsisDOUGLAS ADAMS was born in Cambridge in March 1952 and died unexpectedly in May 2001. He is best known as the creator of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. The book went on to be a No. 1 bestseller. He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); Mostly Harmless (1992) and many more. He has sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 at the age of 49.Trade ReviewIt is funny and funny in every way * Daily Telegraph *Indispensable reading for mental hitchhikers who want to thumb a lift out of the ruts of orthodox thought * Daily Mail *One of the world’s sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices * Independent on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisA compelling melding of ancient Greek mythology and space opera from one of SF's masters.

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Book SynopsisMoorcock's Multiverse presents for the first time, definitive editions of Michael Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author.Trade ReviewThe greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasy - Michael Chabon

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Book SynopsisThe epic story that began with Heir to the Empire reaches its dramatic conclusion in this essential Star Wars Legends novel. The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from the Emperor's secret fortress: clone soldiers. As Thrawn mounts his final siege, Han Solo and Chewbacca struggle to form a coalition of smugglers for a last-ditch attack, while Princess Leia holds the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins.The Republic has one last hope-sending a small force into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines. There a final danger awaits, as the Dark Jedi C'baoth directs the battle against the Rebels and builds his strength to finish what he already started: the destruction of Luke Skywalker.

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Book SynopsisDoctor Who Target books were first published in 1973. After reprinting 3 novelisations from the 1960s, the range continued with contemporary scriptwriters adapting stories from the ongoing Doctor Who television series. Today, the Target brand is as vibrant as ever with exciting novelisations published every year from classic Who to the very latest episodes.

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Book SynopsisLanguage has its own relationship to time. When Jennifer falls for Sam at his execution, she doesn't immediately realise that she can still find and live with him; but the city of Tligol has trains that will take you anywhere, including your own past, just as long as you don't leave the city. Jennifer rides the trains, loops around in time and sets an unplanned series of events in motion. For lovers of The City and The City... and Hotel California!Table of ContentsLesson 1: The City of Tligol Study Note 1: Past, Present, and Future Lesson 2: How to Introduce Yourself to Strange People Study Note: How I Feel About Sam Now How I Felt Then Lesson 3: I am, You are, the cupola, the verb to be Vocabulary in Focus: Going out and having fun Study Note History: Time Travelling Trains Exercise: Write a summary of your relationship Culture Note: Explanation of the Existence of the Giant in Tligol The Verb Ber Lesson 4: How to Drink Lattes (Transport, Offices, Prisons) The Canal Beside the Museum Inspectors are Coming The Citizens Speak Regarding the Giant On History Study Skills Tligolian Literature: Lady Emily F and Mr Jones Lesson 5: Politeness and Fitting In More Info on the Giant Free Writing: Meat Pies, Bridges, and Kitchens Exercise 2: Write Another Way to Explain What Happened in the End Bad Language Lesson 6: Saying Goodbye Vocabulary: directions, religion, footwear Lesson 7: Making Friends Back Then The Evil Forest Lesson 8: Family Life The House by the Canal Beside the Museum You know Conversation Practice (with your partner) Lesson 8: Being Good Exercise: My winter coat Lesson 9: Being Bad Ice Cream Sorting Things Out Lesson 10: Dying, Tligolian Style Fun Fact: Exit Colin Martha’s Advice Sam and Me What I am angry with Test Your Vocabulary: Talking to a Friend Odds and Ends Appendix Libraries Grammar Trains

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Book SynopsisSet in a world of the near future, the celebrity elite have access to a technology that allows them to make perfect copies of themselves, known as Portraits. These Portraits exist to fulfil all the various duties that come as the price of fame. Our protagonist is the thirteenth copy made of the actress known as Lulabelle Rock. Her purpose is very simple: to track down and eliminate her predecessors. While initially easy, her task is made difficult by the labyrinthine confusion of Bubble City and the unfortunate stirrings of a developing conscience. When she makes the mistake of falling in love with one of her targets, the would-be assassin faces the ultimate question; when you don’t want to kill yourself, what’s the alternative?Trade Review"This is an engaging investigation of fame, personality and learning to know one’s own worth."– The Guardian"A dazzling noirish romp... By turns sad, introspective, and defiantly optimistic, this tale of self-hatred, self-love, and self-discovery delights." – Publishers Weekly, starred review"Ideal for fans of Orphan Black and Killing Eve, this near-future tech-noir is guaranteed to entrance as much as it perplexes."– Library Journal"In Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock, Maud Woolf playfully and skilfully explores an intriguing premise - a protagonist created to kill her own clones. Blade Runner meets Killing Eve in this clever and funny speculative thriller."— Guy Morpuss, author of Five Minds and Black Lake Mirror“A doppeltastic delight that explores identity and skewers celebrity culture.”— Ever Dundas, author of Goblin and HellSans“Thirteen Ways is iridescent, drawing you in with all its shiny colours and propelling you through the mystery and horror of Lulabelle Rock and Bubble City. It’s complicated. And really quite brilliantly simple.”— Joma West, author of Face“Original, funny and heartbreaking in equal measure, Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock is a brilliantly assured debut. Woolf's razor-sharp wit and prose delivers a unique, contemporary and existential thriller which had me hooked from the premise to the final page!”— Adam Southward, author of the Alex Madison series"Lulabelle Rock is a must-read for fans of Black Mirror, Blake Crouch, and sci-fi that passes the Bechdel test. I don't often see books in this genre that can balance speculative elements with this much heart. Woolf is a debut author to watch."— Amber, @seekingdystopia "Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock is an addictively enthralling sci-fi thriller with razor sharp prose, cinematic scenes and a surprising tender exploration of experiencing the highs and lows of life and finding love."— Nils Shukla, The Fantasy Hive"Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock is a debut that is as riveting as it is emotionally charged. It is one that sunk its claws in early and kept moving right along with its imaginative storytelling and sardonic humor. Woolf is an author to keep an eye on." — FanFiAddict"Gentle and dark in equal parts, Woolf’s debut highlights the importance of balance, rest, and asking just enough of oneself. A riveting read." — Shazzie, Fantasy Book Critic“This book altered my brain chemistry. I’ll forever be fascinated by Lulabelle and her portraits.” — Charli, @bookishcharli"An insightful look at the unrealities of fame, this book explores identity and independence in a near future setting. The Lulabelles are as memorable and heartbreaking as they are unique. Woolf leaves the reader feeling thoughtful and introspective with her debut novel."— Fiction Fans Podcast"With Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock, it’s like Maud Woolf has joined forces with Tarantino and Edgar Wright to rip apart the crime/thriller genre, then remould it into something bad-ass and new. A genre-smashing, satire-mashing, ideas-packed gem of a novel."– Adam Simcox, author of the Dying Squad trilogy“Such a thought provoking and poignant read , makes you think, makes you feel, makes you just stop - fantasy at its best.”– Steph, @bookslovereaders "A rollicking action-thriller, a clever satire on fame, and a touching meditation on identity – Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock lives more lives than its cloned protagonist, each and every one of them a deep delight."– Katie Williams, author of Tell The Machine Goodnight"The action may capture your imagination, but the heart of the novel is to be found in the space in between...It’s fast-paced and fun, but there is so much more going on should you choose to accept it."- SNACK Magazine"This brilliant, unexpectedly moving satirical sci-fi debut explores themes of identity and ethics in wildly inventive fashion....Boasting finely-crafted character insights, clever Tarot references, and a killer twist, Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock is also pretty darn profound: “We are what we do, and when we having nothing to do, we are nothing”."- LoveReading"This futuristic debut novel is smart, pacy, intelligent and surprisingly moving."- Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman"A well-written debut with a loveable main character, Thirteen Ways To Kill Lulabelle Rock is a fresh, funny and feel-good story."- Books, Bones, Buffy"Unique, unpredictable, and uncanny...the structure of the novel flowed well, with quick and consistent pacing to maintain momentum."- The Badger

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Book SynopsisWelcome to your new favourite genre: the fucking fantastic. In these ten stories, everything is sex: walls, wax, the past, your future, your neighbours, hankies, candles, circuit boards, petri dishes, scrap metal – and language itself. Conjuring experiences for which there are no words, our amazing queer authors generate new tongues from the heat of their communing with a wild variety of lifeforms. From Diriye Osman’s spiritualised Peckham to Jem Nash’s time-travelling trans multiverse, these stories transport you to new ways of being and feeling. In a word, it’s CruiserShimmeringLipophilicNeckingerCircuitGirlboss. Whether you get horny from aliens, ghosts, robots, utopia, possession, ritual, or the completely surreal, there’s a story here for you. But why stop at one when you can taste pleasure in each and every one?Table of ContentsIntroduction by So Mayer and Adam Zmith Swipe Right for Non Humans by Grace Beswick The Ghostly Cruiser by Rachel Dawson Anima Kingdom by Diriye Osman The Neckinger Line by Swithun Cooper Lipophilic by Nicks Walker Circuit Jam by Vivien Holmes Synchronicity by Rien Gray Personal Time by Jem Nash Her Hands Moved Shimmering Across Me by Anna Walsh Boy in Maid Outfit Found Dead Handcuffed to Radiator in Girlboss’ Basement 11/08/2024 by Alison Rumfitt

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Book SynopsisThe ghost was her father''s parting gift, presented by a black-clad secretary in a departure lounge at Narita..Mona is a young girl with a murky past and an uncertain future whose life is turned upside down when her pimp sells her to a plastic surgeon in New York and overnight she''s turned into someone else.Angie Mitchell is a famous Hollywood Sense/Net star with a special talent. And despite the efforts of studio bosses to keep her in ignorance, Angie''s started remembering things. Soon she''ll discover who she really is . . . and why she doesn''t need a deck in order to enter cyberspace.From inside the matrix, plots are set in motion and human beings are being played like pieces on a board. And behind the intrigue lurks the shadowy Yazuka, the powerful Japanese underworld, whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes.Or so they think . . .Trade Review'Brilliant . . . a delight to read. No one can ever hope to out-Gibson Gibson . . . A true original - Sunday TimesGibson's most accomplished book to date, a futurist hybrid of Fleming and Deighton and Bester - Time OutGibson can spin a gripping yarn. He builds up a great head of steam within the first few pages and doesn't relax until the end - Times Literary SupplementA chillingly plausible blueprint of the near-future - Evening Standard

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Book SynopsisCypher is one of the most mysterious figures in the galaxy, and this novel sheds light on his motivations and thoughts. Although, told from Cypher’s own point of view, his words are suspect by default…As the Great Rift unfolds in the night sky above Terra and daemons walk upon the birth world of mankind, the Primarch Roboute Guilliman returns, heralding a dark new age. During the breaking storm, Cypher and his band of Fallen escape from the most secure prison in the Imperium. Now loose in the Imperial Palace, they are hunted by warriors of the Dark Angels, forces of the Adeptus Custodes, and Imperial Assassins. But what are Cypher’s intentions? Can anything or anyone be trusted? Told from Cypher’s own, unreliable point of view, this tale of truth, lies and secrets sees one of the Imperium’s most mysterious figures make war at its very heart. But what are the true motivations of the Lord of the Fallen?

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Book SynopsisOne of Clarke's most famous and acclaimed novels, winner of both the HUGO AWARD and the NEBULA AWARDIn the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind of space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometres high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.Winner of the HUGO AWARD for best novel, 1980Winner of the NEBULA AWARD for best novel, 1979

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