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Blackstone Publishing The Infinite Miles
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Alma Books Ltd A Dog's Heart
Book Synopsis"There is absolutely no necessity to learn how to read; meat smells a mile off, anyway. Nevertheless, if you live in Moscow and have a brain in your head, you'll pick up reading willy-nilly, and without attending any courses. Out of the forty thousand or so Moscow dogs, only a total idiot won't know how to read the word 'sausage'." When a stray dog dying on the streets of Moscow is taken in by a wealthy professor, he is subjected to medical experiments in which he receives various transplants of human organs. As he begins to transform into a rowdy, unkempt human by the name of Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, his actions distress the professor and those surrounding him, although he finds himself accepted into the ranks of the Soviet state. A parodic reworking of the Frankenstein myth and a vicious satire of the Communist revolution and the concept of the New Soviet man, A Dog's Heart was banned by the censors in 1925 and circulated only in samizdat form. Nowadays this hugely entertaining tale has become very popular in Russia, and has inspired many adaptations across the world.Trade ReviewThis is a story which is full of metaphorical and ironic prose and is a mixture of the comical and the terrifying. It provides a chilling reminder that if you do monstrous things you are likely to create monsters. This underlying message remains as true today as it was back in the 1920s, and so feels both timely and contemporary. * Nudge Books * One of the great writers of the twentieth century. -- A.S. Byatt
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Orion Publishing Co Man Plus
Book SynopsisThe award-winning account of a man changed beyond all recognition so that he can be part of a bold experiment to live on MarsIll luck made Roger Torraway the subject of the Man Plus Programme, but it was deliberate biological engineering which turned him into a monster - a machine perfectly adapted to survive on Mars. For according to computer predictions, Mars is humankind's only alternative to extinction. But beneath his monstrous exterior, Torraway still carries a man's capacity for suffering.
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Castle Point Books To Challenge Heaven
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Cornerstone Star Wars Dark Lord The Rise of Darth Vader
Book SynopsisJames Luceno is the New York Times bestselling author of the Star Wars novels Millennium Falcon, Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, Cloak of Deception, and Labyrinth of Evil, as well as the New Jedi Order novels Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial and Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse, The Unifying Force, and the eBook Darth Maul: Saboteur. He is also the author of the fantasy novel Hunt for the Mayan Looking-Glass, available as an eBook. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with his wife and youngest child.
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Pan Macmillan A Second Chance at Eden
Book SynopsisPeter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and now lives in Somerset. He began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night's Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, The Chronicle of the Fallers, short story collections and several standalone novels including Fallen Dragon and Great North Road.
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HarperCollins Publishers The Remnant
Book SynopsisThe earth-shattering sequel to Laura Liddell Nolen's THE ARK.As she stands before a jury about to sentence her to death for betraying the Remnant to the High Commander, it's easy to say that stuff didn't go to plan for Char. But as she prepares for the promise she made herself of reuniting her family to dissolve into space with her, an unexpected help gives her a second chance to make everything right again.Isaiah is still fighting for the Remnant's independence in the Ark, and Char's only choice is to help him if she is to find her brother. But a far larger conflict is brewing out in space, and Char's promise is about to be tested like never before.Trade ReviewPraise for THE ARK: ‘Futuristic action-packed tale’YABooksCentral.com ‘I didn't want to put it down. Not even for a second’Bookworm for Kids ‘Action packed with fantastic characters, Nolen’s debut book is an outstanding one … An addictive read that will completely suck you in, and have you rooting for Char till the very last page’The Bibliophile Chronicles
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HarperCollins Publishers The Time of the Dark Book 1 Darwath Trilogy
Book SynopsisA whirlwind fantasy classic set in the richest world imaginable, with unforgettable characters and the highest stakes The Time of the Dark is the first book in Barbara Hambly's epic Darwath Trilogy.Gil Patterson is a woman familiar with dark stories.As a student of medieval history, she knows the Crusades, the Black Death, and the horrors of life in the Middle Ages. But it is another kind of darkness has begun to stalk her dreams: when she falls asleep she sees forces of evil assaulting a beleaguered kingdom, whose kind people are on the brink of annihilation, and awakes each morning in a cold sweat.Gil dismisses the dreams until a wizard appears in her apartment. He has crossed into her dimension, passing through the fraying fabric of the universe, to ask her help. For mankind to survive he must protect an infant prince, whom he plans to hide in Gil''s world. The student of history is about to get much closer to evil than she ever imagined.Trade ReviewPraise for Barbara Hambly: ‘Wondrous’Brandon Sanderson ‘This is literary alchemy of the highest order, and it confirms Hambly’s place as one of the best new fantasists’Locus ‘An enviable and intricate talent’Janny Wurts
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Cornerstone Star Wars Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of
Book SynopsisMatt Stover is the author of five previous novels, including Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars: Shatterpoint; Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor; Heroes Die and The Blade of Tyshalle. He is an expert in several martial arts. Mr. Stover lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin, between Milwaukee and Chicago.
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Vintage Publishing Planet of the Apes
Book SynopsisRead the classic, chilling dystopian novel that inspired one of the world''s most iconic film franchises''A scintillating mix of sci-fi adventure and allegory'' Los Angeles Times In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. There he finds Soror, a planet which resembles his own, but where humans behave like animals, and are hunted by a civilised race of primates.Captured and sent to a research facility, Ulysse must convince the apes of their mutual origins. But such revelations will have always been greeted by prejudice and fear...''A drastic warning about where mankind''s apparent desire to destroy itself might lead'' The MirrorTrade ReviewA scintillating mix of sci-fi adventure and allegory * Los Angeles Times *In 1963, at the most glacial moment of the Cold War, Frenchman Pierre Boulle wrote a novel called Planet Of The Apes - a drastic warning about where mankind's apparent desire to destroy itself might lead * The Mirror *Boulle called on his own experiences as a prisoner of war in South-east Asia during the Second World War, using the relationship between man and apes as a metaphor for the treatment handed out to prisoners by brutish Japanese guards * Daily Express *It's like a good myth or fairy-tale that stays with you... Part of the strength of this material is its disruptive, questioning nature. Who came first? Where are we going? -- Tim BurtonThe subtext is strongly anti-slavery, anti-racist and anti-war * Observer *
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Cornerstone Maximum Ride Manga Volume 2
Book SynopsisHaving rescued Angel from the horrors at the School, the flock heads east to escape the Erasers. But the danger''s not over yet. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family are on the ride of their lives. Along the way Max discovers from her old friend and father-figure Jeb - now her betrayer and greatest enemy - that her purpose is to save the world. But can she? The Angel Experiment concludes in volume 2!
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Penguin Books Ltd The Island of Doctor Moreau
Book SynopsisThe Penguin English Library Edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells''That black figure, with its eyes of fire, struck down through all my adult thoughts and feelings, and for a moment the forgotten horrors of childhood came back to my mind''Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundly unusual cargo - a menagerie of savage animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper Montgomery, who gives him dark medicine that tastes of blood, Prendick soon finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer and the beasts. Here, he meets Montgomery''s master, the sinister Dr. Moreau - a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments in vivisection have caused him to abandon the civilised world. It soon becomes clear he has been developing these experiments - with truly horrific results.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
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Penguin Books Ltd A Modern Utopia Penguin Classics
Book SynopsisWhile walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world. In many ways the same as our own - even down to the characters that inhabit it - this new planet is still somehow radically different, for the two walkers are now upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government. Here, as they soon learn, all share a common language, there is sexual, economic and racial equality, and society is ruled by socialist ideals enforced by an austere, voluntary elite: the ''Samurai''. But what will the Utopians make of these new visitors from a less perfect world?
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Oxford University Press The Origins of Science Fiction
Book Synopsis''I seemed to gaze upon a vast space, the limits of which extended far beyond my vision...''This anthology gathers together seventeen gripping tales from the nineteenth and early twentieth century that make up the foundations of science fiction. It moves from Mary Shelley to H. G. Wells, from Edgar Allan Poe to W. E. B. Du Bois, and from George Eliot to Jack London. Before the term ''science fiction'' was established, writers pursued a new and strange subject matter, to be written about in a startlingly new way. The selected stories in this collection reflect the many diverse paths that led towards science fiction, including scientific Gothic, dystopian fantasies, psychological hoaxes, feminist parables, fictions of time-travel, adventure stories, uncanny tales, and stories of alien encounters. The anthology unveils the power of the literature of the period and exposes our fascination with scientific discovery and the allure (and threat) of the imagined future.This edition includes an Trade ReviewThese are some of my initial impressions on this useful collection...It is a great mystery just what captivates readers in a story and these ghostwriters have certainly achieved the pinnacle of this craft. * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *
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Penguin Books Ltd One Billion Years to the End of the World
Book SynopsisArkady Strugatsky (Author) Arkady Strugatsky (1925 - 1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1933 - 2012) are Russia's most acclaimed and popular science-fiction writers. Their unique style - at once hilarious and pitch black - encompassed a remarkable variety of different genres: from space opera to alien invasion, from locked-room mystery to dystopian apocalypse. While their initial output was uncritical of Soviet life, over time their work became much more subversive - science fiction being the perfect vehicle to hide their critiques from censors. In 1981 they shared the Aelita Award, Russia's most prestigious science-fiction prize.Boris Strugatsky (Author) Arkady Strugatsky (1925 - 1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1933 - 2012) are Russia's most acclaimed and popular science-fiction writers. Their unique style - at once hilarious and pitch black - encompassed a remarkable variety of different genres: from space opera to alien invasion, fromTrade ReviewOne of the Strugatsky brothers is descended from Gogol and the other from Chekhov, but nobody is sure which is which ... A beautiful book -- Ursula K. Le GuinOne of the best and most provocative novels I have ever read, in or out of sci-fi -- Theodore SturgeonThey open windows in the mind and then fail to close them all, so that, putting down one of their books, you feel a cold breeze still lifting the hairs on the back of your neck. * The New York Times *
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Little, Brown Book Group Beyond the Reach of Earth
Book Synopsis''IF YOU LIKE SCIENCE FICTION YOU WILL LOVE THIS. . . A ROLLICKING GOOD READ'' Scotsman on Beyond the Hallowed Sky''MACLEOD''S BEST BOOK TO DATE'' SFX on Beyond the Hallowed SkyTHE FERMI ARE AWAKE. With the invention of faster-than-light travel there is nowhere that humanity cannot go. New worlds are discovered, but with them come new dangers.At the heart of the discovery is the Fermi, mysterious beings that have survived on alien worlds for longer than humanity has existed. But now the Fermi are awakening, and they do not seem pleased to find humans in their midst.But for Lakshmi Nayak and the crew of the Fighting Chance, danger is a lot closer to home. Their search for answers will take them to places, and worlds, they never expected. Science fiction legend Ken MacLeod returns with book two in the Lightspeed trilogy, a gripping tale of first contact and dark conspiracies set Trade ReviewAn exceptional blend of international politics, hard science, and first contact -- Michael Mammay, author of PLANETSIDEMacLeod is up there with Banks and Hamilton as one of the British sci-fi authors you absolutely have to read -- SFXScience fiction's freshest new writer . . . MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigiously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down -- SalonMacleod's best book to date -- SFX (starred review)If you like science fiction, you will love this. . . a rollicking good read -- Scotsman
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Little, Brown Book Group Feersum Endjinn
Book SynopsisThe novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.''Banks is a phenomenon'' William Gibson Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time . . .Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones . . .Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt . . .This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent - an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.Praise for the novels of IaiTrade ReviewBanks is a phenomenon: the wildly successful, fearlessly creative author of brilliant and disturbing non-genre novels, he's equally at home writing pure science fiction of a perculiarly gnarly energy and elegance * William Gibson *There is now no British SF writer to whose work I look forward with greater keenness * THE TIMES *Poetic, humourous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and more * NME *
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Orion Publishing Co The Prestige Gollancz
Book SynopsisTwo 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later.Working in the gaslight-and-velvet world of Victorian music halls, they prowl edgily in the background of each other''s shadowy life, driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy and insatiable curiosity.At the heart of the row is an amazing illusion they both perform during their stage acts. The secret of the magic is simple, and the reader is in on it almost from the start, but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper. Both have something more to hide than the mere workings of a trick.Trade ReviewThe prestige is certainly at home in the presitgious SF masterworks series, You can't lose - and that's no illusion! * British Fantasy Society *
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Orion Publishing Co The Broken Bubble
Book SynopsisFour people's lives intertwine and collide in this early novel from one of the SF greats.Trade Review"The fascination of the novel lies in spotting the themes that Dick would later develop and make his own: the malleability of perceived reality, the imposition of the fake on the real and the struggle between good and evil. The Cosmic Puppets may be a minor work, but is nevertheless interesting." * THE GUARDIAN *
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Penguin Putnam Inc Station Eternity
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Austin Macauley Publishers Freelancer
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Marvel Comics UNCANNY XMEN BY GAIL SIMONE VOL. 3
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Marvel Comics STAR WARS LEGACY OF VADER VOL. 1
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Marvel Comics MARVEL MASTERWORKS CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 17
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Marvel Comics MARVEL MASTERWORKS THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN VOL. 27
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Marvel Superior SpiderMan Returns Omnibus Mark Bagley Cover
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Marvel Comics SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN LO THIS MONSTER TREASURY EDITION
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Marvel Comics ALIENS EPIC COLLECTION THE ORIGINAL YEARS VOL. 3
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Marvel Comics NEW AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS OMNIBUS VOL. 2
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Marvel Comics Avengers No SurrenderNo Road Home Omnibus
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Marvel Comics HOUSE OF XPOWERS OF X HC PEPE LARRAZ COVER NEW PRINTING
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Marvel Comics Black Panther Revenge Of The Black Panther Omnibus Denys Cowan Cover
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Marvel Comics Secret Wars Battleworld Omnibus Vol. 3
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Austin Macauley Publishers Obsidian
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Orion Publishing Co The Secret of Life
Book Synopsis2026: Something is growing in the Pacific Ocean.The Slick appears to be a strange, fungus-like organism, but its DNA is unlike anything else on the planet. Rumours start to fly. Was life discovered deep beneath the Martian icecaps on a recent Chinese space mission? If it was, no-one is confirming it, but could that same life now be spreading through the ocean and threatening Earth''s entire food chain?Brilliant scientist Dr. Mariella Anders is recruited to join an urgent NASA mission to Mars to see if she can uncover the truth of this organism, but this is no straightforward investigation. Corporate powers are committed to exploiting the secrets of the Slick for profit; radical eco-terrorists strike out against rampant genetic engineering; and a second Chinese mission to Mars at the same time has its goals shrouded in mystery.The secret of life on Earth and Mars might be found on the red planet, but who can Mariella trust with the truth once it''s fou
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Penguin Books Ltd Thrum
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Canongate Books Island of Time
Book SynopsisA mind-bending time heist novel that will appeal to fans of V.E. Schwab''s ''Shades of Magic'' series.There was no murder . . . Because they never existed.The Geneva branch of Interpol - the international agency tasked with policing magic and the arcane arts - is where careers go to die. Action is rare as Switzerland banned magic seven hundred years ago. That''s how Agent Jackson Burnett likes it. But then reports of an explosion lead Jackson to the home of businessman Bernard Bouchon. What''s there is unfathomable: The family and their possessions have vanished into ash.Jackson''s enigmatic new partner Luca Tami, a blind Talent able to perform magic, suspects powerful supernatural forces are at play. The family weren''t killed . . . they''ve been erased from time. With all traces of the family disappearing, the case is hours away from being forgotten. How can Jackson solve a crime no one remembers happening? He must find
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Headline Publishing Group Odyssey Academy Book 5
Book Synopsis''Why read Jack McDevitt? The question should be: Who among us is such a slow pony that s/he isn''t reading McDevitt?'' Harlan EllisonTo boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about ''moonriders'', the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems. But the team soon discovers that their odyssey is no mere public-relations ploy, for the moonriders are no harmless phenomenon. They are very, very dangerous ... in a way that no one could possibly have imagined.''McDevitt''s energetic, character-driven prose serves double duty by exploring Earth''s future political climate and forecasting the potential dangers awaiting humanity among the stars'' BooklistTrade ReviewJack McDevitt is that splendid rarity, a writer who is a storyteller first and a science fiction writer second. In his ability to absolutely rivet the reader, it seems to me that he is the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke -- Stephen KingAn interesting futuristic space odyssey filled with a delightful twist * Midwest Book Review *Surprising and involving * Kirkus Reviews *McDevitt's energetic, character-driven prose serves double duty by exploring Earth's future political climate and forecasting the potential dangers awaiting humanity among the stars * Booklist *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Stargrave
Book SynopsisA skirmish wargame set in a dangerous galaxy where players command a small crew of adventurers hunting for loot, while trying not to call too much attention to their activities.In a galaxy torn apart by the Last War, vast pirate fleets roam from system to system, robbing, extorting, and enslaving. Attempts to organize resistance, or to establish authority over any territory larger than a city, are quickly and brutally crushed. In this dark time, the only way to survive is to be inconspicuous and hope to be overlooked. Amidst this chaos, however, thousands of independent operators--smugglers, relic hunters, freedom fighters, and mercenaries--roam the dead stars in small ships, scratching out a living anyway they can.In Stargrave, players take on the role of one of these independent operators. Perhaps they are a cybernetic veteran of the Last War, a psion fleeing slavers, or a mystic warrior attempting to preserve ancient wisdom. Maybe they are a bounty hTrade ReviewMan I’m pumped! This is just the game. -- Ash Barker * Guerilla Miniature Games *I’ve never been more excited. It get’s your creative juices flowing. * Robs Tabletop World *Its gameplay on the tabletop is tactically rewarding, and its surrounding narrative flavour tantalising. * Wargamer *We felt Stargrave is up there with the very best of the sci-fi games we’ve played. * Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy *It’s an exciting book and we’re looking forward to getting into some Stargrave gaming soon. * Wargames Illustrated *I’m impressed. Stargrave makes me wish I had a room with a decent-sized table in it. Those are dangerous thoughts. * GeekNative *
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Orion Publishing Co Blue Remembered Earth
Book SynopsisBLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand years of future history ... out beyond the solar system, into interstellar space and the dawn of galactic society.Trade ReviewIt's rare to find a writer with sufficient nerve and stamina to write novels that are big enough to justify using words like "revelation" and "redemption". Reynolds pulls it off - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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Orion Publishing Co Raising The Stones
Book SynopsisA moving, compulsive science fiction novel from one of the best writers in the fieldTrade ReviewIn RAISING THE STONES, Sheri S. Tepper has outdone herself ... secure in technique, incandescent in conception, and a profound insight, it is that rare thing - a book which makes the world we live in better than it was. - Stephen R. DonaldsonShe takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science fiction - Ursula K. Le Guin
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Orion Publishing Co The Flight of the Aphrodite
Book SynopsisA thrilling standalone science fiction space adventure from Philip K. Dick award-winning author S.J. MordenStrange radio signals are coming from Jupiter''s largest moons. A natural phenomenon, or something else?Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal . . . and why? With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there''s every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question - are we alone in the universe?And more importantly - what do we do if we aren''t?
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Cornerstone Devolution: From the bestselling author of World
Book SynopsisFROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WORLD WAR Z'TRUE TERROR' Guardian 'NAIL CHOMPING SUSPENSE' Total Film ______________________________________As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now.But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town's bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing - and too earth-shattering in its implications - to be forgotten.In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate's extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the beasts behind it, once thought legendary but now known to be terrifyingly real.Kate's is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity's defiance in the face of a terrible predator's gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death.Yet it is also far more than that.Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us - and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity.Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it - and like none you've ever read before.______________________________________'Unputdownable' John Marrs, bestselling author of The One'A bloody good read' Andrew Hunter-Murray, bestselling author of The Last Day'A masterful blend of laugh-out-loud social satire and stuff-your-fist-in-your-mouth horror. One elevates the other, making the book, and its message, all the more relevant.' David Sedaris 'For any fan of Bigfoot or cryptozoology, it's a referential treat.' Guardian 'Dark, gripping and visceral, Devolution is a unique journey into terror.' Waterstones 'Another triumph from Max Brooks! . . . I can't wait until he turns every monster from childhood into an intelligent, entertaining page-turner' Stephen Chbosky, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Imaginary Friend and The Perks of Being a Wallflower 'Drawing you in with likeable characters in a real-world situation, then smashing your trust to pieces like a giant ape crushing a skull with his bare hands. Devolution will make you think twice about booking that remote weekend getaway in the woods.' Sci-Fi Now, 5* review 'Max Brooks has written the next great epistolary novel. Devolution is phenomenal' Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box 'One of the greatest horror novels I've ever read. The characters soar, the ideas sing, and it's all going to scare the living daylights out of you' Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter 'Grisly page-turner . . . Brooks' eye for rich characterisation, pointed social commentary and nail-chomping suspense is as sharp as ever' Total Film 'Delightful . . . A tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy' Kirkus Reviews (starred review) 'Timely, terrifying, and utterly terrific.' SFX Magazine ***** Trade ReviewA masterful blend of laugh-out-loud social satire and stuff-your-fist-in-your-mouth horror. One elevates the other, making the book, and its message, all the more relevant. * David Sedaris, New York Times bestselling author of Calypso *Max Brooks has written the next great epistolary novel. Devolution is phenomenal * Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box *One of the greatest horror novels I've ever read. The characters soar, the ideas sing, and it's all going to scare the living daylights out of you * Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter *Another triumph from Max Brooks! . . . I can’t wait until he turns every monster from childhood into an intelligent, entertaining page-turner * Stephen Chbosky, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Imaginary Friend and The Perks of Being a Wallflower *A bloody good read -- Andrew Hunter Murray, bestselling author of The Last DayUnputdownable * John Marrs, bestselling author of The One *Thrilling and terrifyingly prescient. I love Max Brooks! * Jenny Colgan, bestselling novelist and journalist *Devolution is spellbinding. It is a horror story about how anyone, especially those who think they are above it, can slowly devolve into primal, instinctual behaviour. I was gripped from the first page to the last! * Les Stroud, creator of Survivorman, filmmaker, and author *For any fan of Bigfoot or cryptozoology, it's a referential treat. * Guardian *From the feverish imagination behind World War Z comes a chilling narrative like no other, as the freshly discovered journals of a massacre survivor posit the horrifying suggestion of supernatural forces at work. Dark, gripping and visceral, Devolution is a unique journey into terror. * Waterstones *Delightful . . . A tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *Brooks packs his plot with action, information, and atmosphere, and captures both the foibles and the heroism of his characters. This slow-burning page-turner will appeal to Brooks' devoted fans and speculative fiction readers who enjoy tales of monsters. * Publishers Weekly *Drawing you in with likeable characters in a real-world situation, then smashing your trust to pieces like a giant ape crushing a skull with his bare hands. Devolution will make you think twice about booking that remote weekend getaway in the woods. * Sci-Fi Now, 5* review *Grisly page-turner . . . Brooks' eye for rich characterisation, pointed social commentary and nail-chomping suspense is as sharp as ever * Total Film *Timely, terrifying, and utterly terrific. * SFX Magazine ***** *Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it - and like none you've ever read before. * Live For Film *This survival-horror from bestselling World War Z author [...] is a scary and unnerving epistolary novel that explores the boundaries between truth and fiction. * CultureFly *'Tense and exciting [...] You'll enjoy believing * Evening Standard *
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Cornerstone Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising: (Book
Book Synopsis_____________________________________NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Discover Thrawn's origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them.The peace of the Ascendancy, a beacon of calm and stability, is shattered after a daring attack on the Chiss capital that leaves no trace of the enemy. Baffled, the Ascendancy dispatches one of its brightest young military officers to root out the unseen assailants. A recruit born of no title, but adopted into the powerful family of the Mitth and given the name Thrawn.With the might of the Expansionary Fleet at his back, and the aid of his comrade Admiral Ar'alani, answers begin to fall into place. But as Thrawn's first command probes deeper into the vast stretch of space his people call the Chaos, he realizes that the mission he has been given is not what it seems. And the threat to the Ascendancy is only just beginning.
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Cornerstone Star Wars: The Rising Storm (The High Republic):
Book SynopsisTHE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe heroes of the High Republic era return to face a shattered peace and a fearsome foe, following the dramatic events of Light of the Jedi.In the wake of the Great Hyperspace Disaster and the heroism of the Jedi, the Republic continues to grow, bringing more worlds together under a single unified banner. Under the leadership of Chancellor Lina Soh, the spirit of unity extends throughout the galaxy, with the Jedi and the newly established Starlight Beacon station at the vanguard.In celebration, the chancellor plans The Republic Fair, a showcase of the possibilities and the peace of the expanding Republic-a peace the Jedi hope to foster. Stellan Gios, Bell Zettifar, Elzar Mann, and others join the event as ambassadors of harmony. But as the eyes of the galaxy turn toward the Fair, so too does the fury of the Nihil. Their leader, Marchion Ro, is intent on destroying this unity. His storm descends on the pageantry and celebration, sowing chaos and exacting revenge.As the Jedi struggle to curb the carnage of the rampaging Nihil, they come face-to-face with the true fear their enemy plans to unleash across the galaxy-the kind of fear from which even the Force cannot shield them.
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The New York Review of Books, Inc The Singularity
Book SynopsisIn this prophetic allegory about artificial intelligence by a renowned figure of twentieth-century Italian literature, a modest university professor becomes involved in a remote and enigmatic project in the middle of the Cold War.At the beginning of Dino Buzzati’s The Singularity, Ermanno Ismani, an unassuming university professor, is summoned by the minister of defense to accept a two-year, top-secret mission at a mysterious research center, isolated from the world among forests, plunging cliffs, and high mountains. What’s he supposed to do there? Not clear. How long will he be there? No saying.Still, Ismani takes the mystifying job and, accompanied by his no-nonsense wife, Elisa, heads to the so-called Experimental Camp of Military Zone 36, wondering whether, in the midst of the Cold War, it’s some sort of nuclear project he’s been assigned to. But no, the colleagues the couple meets on arrival assure them, it’s nothing like
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Ebury Publishing Doctor Who Target Novelisation 4
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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