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Aeon Books Ltd Journey Star
Book SynopsisA race for survivalTwenty years have passed on the colony world Eridan since the end of the war between the warrior mystics of the Halka and the heirs of the tyrannical Planetary Directorate.With the Directorate and its lethal battle-drones gone, the Halka have turned all their strength to the struggle against the cannibalistic Outrunners, so that Eridan can finally be made safe for human settlement.Yet new forces are moving as the last Outrunner bands are hunted down, and one of the survivors, an Outrunner girl whose body contains an artificial symbiotic life form, may hold the key to Eridan''s survival.As strange signals arrive from space and dissension spreads through the ranks of the Halka, the girl, the symbiont, and the last heir to the Directorate''s secret knowledge must reach Journey Star, the starship that brought humanity to Eridan.What they find there may begin a new era for Eridan...or could it destroy the Halka and everything they hope to defend?
£16.99
Aeon Books Ltd The Fires of Shalsha
Book SynopsisAn ancient evil is stirring Centuries after the death of Earth, something unbidden and wicked is beginning to awake on the colony world of Eridan.Six killing machines have lunged out of the northern barrens to annihilate an isolated community.The one clue to the motive behind the killings is locked within the shattered mind of the only survivor.As helicopters race through the skies of Eridan and the warrior mystics of the Halka order brace themselves for the struggle, the survivor, Jerre Amadan, is flung headlong into a journey of transformation and terror.He will be taken to the core of his own mind, to the hiding place of a long-forgotten nightmare, and to the ultimate confrontation with the fires of Shalsha
£16.99
Watkins Media Limited Space Brooms
Book SynopsisA fun, sci-fi romp where custodian or space broom Johnny Gomez teams up with smugglers and is thrust into an unforgettable adventure. Great read for fans ofStringersby Chris Panatier.
£14.24
Serpentine Books Proximity: A gripping near future techno thriller
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£8.99
ShortBox Cuckoo
Book SynopsisDorothy Weaver is an anxious 19-year old still living at home with her mother and failing a vocational art course when memories of a mysterious childhood event start resurfacing. Something about a meteor in the garden... Now, she and others have begun manifesting strange powers. Are these powers a gift or a curse? Psychic phenomenon or mass delusion? Either way, Dorothy is changing - but into what?
£999.99
Sora Press Lost in the Neon Nights
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£13.59
Tmesis Ltd Soulwaves: A Future History
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£14.40
Susana Imaginario The Dharkan
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£11.39
Susana Imaginario Nephilim's Hex
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£11.39
Ryann Fletcher A Recipe for Regret
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£15.30
Knight Errant Press More Bugs
Book SynopsisDumped, broke and stranded at her mother''s house, Amy has few options for escape. Hanging out with her ex comes with getting to know his new girlfriend, someone who looks suspiciously like Amy''s younger, straighter doppelganger. Strapped for cash and desperate to be out of her mother''s home, she ends up babysitting the UFO-obsessed kids of the hot working mom down the street. Over a dull, torrid summer in the Pennsylvania suburbs, strange lights linger on the horizon, and subterranean connections reach out their tendrils in the dark, signalling another, otherworldly possibility.
£11.69
Whitefox Publishing Ltd Artificial Artifacts
Book SynopsisArtificial Artifacts is a visionary debut collection of stories grounded in reality, exploring the interplay of AI and adapted technologies with human values, societal norms, and personal identity.
£999.99
Candy Jar Books UNIT A Legacy In Doctor Who
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£10.80
Candy Jar Books UNIT The Vaughn Identity
Book SynopsisWith pressure from the government on one side and key people disappearing on the other, the Brigadier and his trusty team find themselves battling the odds once again to protect the world. Featuring the UNIT team and other characters from The Invasion, plus characters from The Web of Fear, The Vaughn Identity is a direct sequel to The Invasion and the first of Candy Jar''s new UNIT novels.
£10.00
Candy Jar Books Benton and Hawthorne Investigate
£11.69
Candy Jar Books UNIT The Catacombs of Seville
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£9.50
Candy Jar Books UNIT The Secret of Foxfell Forest
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£9.50
Candy Jar Books Companions More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who
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£17.00
Legend Press Ltd White Powder of Gold
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£10.44
Stairwell Books Solstice
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£11.40
Ticonderoga Publications Invisible Kingdoms
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£18.04
Love Books Publishing Finis: The War To End All Wars
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£11.13
Brain Jar Press Little Labyrinths: Speculative Microfictions
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£7.99
Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd Children of Zone
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£10.45
Lost Plot Press Cowboys and Aliens: An Alien Scifi Romance
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£11.39
Matthew Hughes Passengers & Perils: A Novel of the Archonate
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£11.68
Brain Lag Cloning Freedom
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£13.99
Small Beer Press Stranger Things Happen: Stories
Book Synopsis"An alchemical mix of Borges, Raymond Chandler and Buffy the Vampire Slayer."-Salon.com (Best of the Year) "A delightful collection."-Cleveland Plain Dealer "My favorite fantasy writer."-Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered "Link's stories defy explanation, or at least, brief summary, instead working on the plane between dream and cognitive dissonance. They are true to themselves: witty, beautiful, funny, and startling."-Rain Taxi "Link uses the nonsensical to illuminate truth, blurring the distinctions between the mundane and the fantastic to tease out the underlying meanings of modern life."-Booklist "The 11 fantasies in this first collection from rising star Link are so quirky and exuberantly imagined that one is easily distracted from their surprisingly serious underpinnings of private pain and emotional estrangement." -Publishers Weekly Kelly Link's collection of stories, Stranger Things Happen, really scores. -Daniel Mendelsohn, New York Magazine "A tremendously appealing book, and lovers of short fiction should fall over themselves getting out the door to find a copy." -Washington Post Book World "Stylistic pyrotechnics light up a bizarre but emotionally truthful landscape. Link's a writer to watch." -Kirkus Reviews "A set of stories that are by turns dazzling, funny, scary, and sexy, but only when they're not all of these at once. Kelly Link has strangeness, charm and spin to spare. Writers better than this don't happen." -Karen Joy Fowler "Kelly Link is probably the best short story writer currently out there, in any genre or none. She puts one word after another and makes real magic with them-funny, moving, tender, brave and dangerous. She is unique, and should be declared a national treasure, and possibly surrounded at all times by a cordon of armed marines." -Neil Gaiman "Kelly Link is the exact best and strangest and funniest short story writer on earth that you have never heard of at the exact moment you are reading these words and making them slightly inexact. Now pay for the book." -Jonathan Lethem The eleven stories in Kelly Link's debut collection are funny, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. They were all especially written for you. A Best of the Year pick from Salon.com, Locus, The Village Voice, and San Francisco Chronicle. Includes Nebula, World Fantasy, and Tiptree award-winning stories. Kelly Link is the author of three collections of short fiction Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, and Pretty Monsters. Her short stories have won three Nebula, a Hugo, and a World Fantasy Award. She was born in Miami, Florida, and once won a free trip around the world by answering the question "Why do you want to go through the world?" ("Because you can't go through it.") Link lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she and her husband, Gavin J. Grant, run Small Beer Press, co-edit the fantasy half of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and play ping-pong. In 1996 they startd the occasional zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.Trade Review"Pity the poor librarians who have to slap a sticker on Kelly Link's genre-bending, mind-blowing masterpiece of the imagination, Stranger Things Happen.” —Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia, for NPR's You Must Read This "My favorite fantasy writer, Miss Kelly Link" —Alan Cheuse, NPR, All Things Considered"Kelly Link's collection of stories, Stranger Things Happen, really scores." — Daniel Mendelsohn, New York Magazine "Stranger Things Happen is a tremendously appealing book, and lovers of short fiction should fall over themselves getting out the door to find a copy." — Washington Post Book World "I love that book! Her imagination goes beyond any known boundaries. She is like Magritte: the eye, the regard, ‘behind every visible object lies another object, an invisible one.’" — Angélica Gorodischer "A set of stories that are by turns dazzling, funny, scary, and sexy, but only when they're not all of these at once. Kelly Link has strangeness, charm and spin to spare. Writers better than this don't happen." — Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club "Link's writing is gorgeous, mischievous, sexy and unsettling. Unexpected images burst on your brain like soap bubbles on a dog's tongue. I've been trying to imitate her since I first read one of her stories. It's impossible. Instead I find myself curling up with a satisfied sigh and enjoying once more." — Nalo Hopkinson, author of Midnight Robber "Kelly Link is the exact best and strangest and funniest short story writer on earth that you have never heard of at the exact moment you are reading these words and making them slightly inexact. Now pay for the book." —Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn "If Kelly Link is not the "future of horror," a ridiculous phrase, she ought to be. To have a future at all, horror in general, by which I might as well mean fiction in general, requires precisely her freshness, courage, intelligence, and resistance to received forms and values. Kelly Link seems always to speak from a deep, deeply personal, and unexpected standpoint. Story by story, she is creating new worlds, new frameworks for perception, right in front of our eyes. I think she is the most impressive writer of her generation." — Peter Straub, author of Magic Terror "I've been impatiently awaiting a collection of Kelly Link's stories. Now that it's here, it will sit in my library on that very short shelf of books I read again and again. For those who think Fantasy tired, Stranger Things Happen is a wake-up call." — Jeffrey Ford "Finally, Kelly Link's wonderful stories have been collected. My only complaint is the brevity of her oeuvre to date; as an avid reader of her work , I want her to continue to create more gems for me to read. I predict that "The Specialist's Hat," winner of the World Fantasy Award, will become part of the canon of classic supernatural tales." — Ellen Datlow "Kelly Link is a brilliant writer. Her stories seem to come right out of your own dreams, the nice ones and the nightmares both. These stories will burrow right into your subconscious and stay with you forever." — Tim Powers, author of On Stranger Tides "Of all the books you'll read this year, this is the one you'll remember. Kelly Link's stories are like gorgeous tattoos; they get under your skin and stay forever and change your life. Buy this book, read it, read it again, congratulate yourself, and then start buying Stranger Things Happen for your friends." — Sarah Smith, author of A Citizen of the Country "Kelly Link makes spells, not stories. She is the carrier of an eerie, tender sorcery; each enchantment takes you like a curse, leaving you dizzy, wounded, and elated at once. Her vision is always compassionate, and frequently very funny—but don't let that fool you. This book, like all real magic, is terribly dangerous. You open it at your peril." — Sean Stewart, author of Galveston "It is the tradition of the dust-jacket "blurb" to exaggerate the excellences of a book in hopes of enticing readers between its covers. But I do not follow that custom when I say that Stranger Things Happen is one of the very best books I have ever read. These stories will amaze, provoke, and intrigue. Best of all, they will delight. Kelly Link is terrific! This is not blurbese. It is the living truth." — Fred Chappell, author of Family Gathering "Kelly Link is probably the best short story writer currently out there, in any genre or none. She puts one word after another and makes real magic with them-funny, moving, tender, brave and dangerous. She is unique, and should be declared a national treasure, and possibly surrounded at all times by a cordon of armed marines.” — Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods "Quirky and exuberantly imagined....the best shed a warm, weird light on their worlds, illuminating fresh perspectives and fantastic possibilities." — Publisher's Weekly "Stylistic pyrotechnics light up a bizarre but emotionally truthful landscape. Link's a writer to watch." — Kirkus Reviews Table of ContentsCarnation, Lily, Lily, Rose Water Off a Black Dog’s Back The Specialist’s Hat Flying Lessons Travels with the Snow Queen Vanishing Act Survivor’s Ball, or, The Donner Party Shoe and Marriage Most of My Friends Are Two-Thirds Water Louise’s Ghost The Girl Detective
£12.34
Level 4 Press Inc Rogue
Book SynopsisTHE FINAL FRONTIER IS CLOSER THAN WE THINK. Jonah Wall has seen enough of humanity's horrors to last a lifetime. He's been a war journalist, he's wrecked his marriage, and he barely sees his kids. Right now he's working on an oil rig in Alaska, as far from civilization as possible. But when he finds a spacecraft buried, for millennia, deep under the ground, he is suddenly thrust into the international spotlight. And then, just as the ship is being unveiled to the world in a high-profile celebration . . . . . . it mysteriously comes to life, taking Jonah, his estranged son, and a ragtag group on a terrifying journey to a network of planets that once housed strangely familiar, advanced civilizations. But something has wiped them all out, and our unwilling travelers are about to find out what it is. Rogue is an exciting and profound exploration of humanity's obsession with progress, its flirtation with self-annihilation, and its stubborn ability to find love even during its darkest moments. "A fascinating story of civilization across planets." - Advanced Reviewer Fans of Interstellar and Star Trek will love this scifi book.
£13.56
Dark Oak Press Capes and Clockwork
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£15.19
Museyon The Gene of Life
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£14.24
Columbia Books on Architecture and the City A Year Without a Winter
Book SynopsisToday, weather extremes brought about by anthropogenic climate change pose relentless cognitive and imaginative challenges. Beyond news media, what are the cultural registers of this phenomenon? How can artistic and literary engagements with destabilizing natural patterns summon new planetary imaginaries—reorienting perspectives on humanity’s position within the environment?A Year Without a Winter brings together science fiction, history, visual art, and exploration. Inspired by the literary ‘dare’ that would give birth to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein amidst the aftermath of a massive volcanic eruption, and today, by the utopian architecture of Paolo Soleri and the Arizona desert, expeditions to Antarctica and Indonesia, this collection reframes the relationship among climate, crisis, and creation. The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, enveloped the globe in a cloud of ash, causing a climate crisis. By 1816, remembered as the ‘year without a summer,’ the northern hemisphere was plunged into cold and darkness. Amidst unseasonal frosts, violent thunderstorms, and a general atmosphere of horror, Shelley began a work of science fiction that continues to shape attitudes to emerging science, technology, and environmental futures. Two hundred years later, in 2016, the hottest year on historical record, four renowned science fiction authors were invited to the experimental town of Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri’s prototype for arcology, to respond to our present crisis. A Year Without a Winter presents their stories alongside critical essays, extracts from Shelley’s masterpiece, and dispatches from expeditions to extreme geographies. Broad and ambitious in scope, this book is a collective thought experiment retracing an inverted path through narrative extremes.A Year Without a Winter is edited by Dehlia Hannah in collaboration with science fiction editors Brenda Cooper, Joey Eschrich, and Cynthia Selin. The book includes a suite of commissioned stories by Tobias Buckell, Nancy Kress, Nnedi Okorafor, and Vandana Singh; essays by Dehlia Hannah, Gillen D’Arcy Wood, James Graham, Hilairy Hartnett, David Higgins, Nadim Samman, and Pablo Suarez; artwork by Julian Charrière and Karolina Sobecka; and literary excerpts by Mary Shelley and Lord Byron.Trade ReviewNamed a New York Times Critics' Top Art Books of 2019. * New York Times *Absolutely engrossing. -- Jason Farago * New York Times *A fascinating collection. -- Melinda Baldwin and Cynthia Cummings * Physics Today *A well-timed, gathered-together treatise. -- Conrad Scott * The Goose *
£18.04
Forest Avenue Press Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to
Book SynopsisNamed for the anarchist utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin’s science fiction classic The Dispossessed, Dispatches from Anarres embodies the anarchic spirit of Le Guin’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, while paying tribute to her enduring vision. In stories that range from fantasy to sci fi to realism, some of Portland's most vital voices have come together to celebrate Le Guin’s lasting legacy and influence on that most subversive of human faculties: the imagination. Fonda Lee’s “Old Souls” explores the role of violence and redemption across time and space; Rachael K. Jones’s “The Night Bazaar for Women Turning into Reptiles” touches on gender oppression and a woman’s right to choose; Molly Gloss’s “Wenonah’s Gift” imagines coming-of-age in a post-collapse culture determined to avoid past wrongs; and Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Neuron” reveals that fairy tales may, in fact, be the best way to understand the paradoxes of science. Other contributors include Curtis Chen, Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher, Juhea Kim, Tina Connolly, David D. Levine, Leni Zumas, Rene Denfeld, and Michelle Ruiz Keil, with a foreword by David Naimon, co-author (with Le Guin) of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing.Trade Review"Dispatches from Anarres is what happens when a bunch of brilliant writers come together to pay tribute to a singular literary giant. This polyphony of voices from real and imagined worlds is timely, audacious, and teeming with style.”—Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light“Ursula K. Le Guin never inspired others to write like her; she inspired them to find their own imaginative powers. These deeply original stories are the result: magical, moral, wise, beautiful, and full of surprises.” —Julie Phillips, author of The Baby on the Fire Escape: Motherhood, Creativity, and the Mind-Baby Problem, and of a forthcoming biography of Le Guin“The work of Ursula K. Le Guin echoes across our time like a chorus sung by a mighty voice. Dispatches from Anarres gives other voices the chance to answer back with mighty verse. . . . A truly gorgeous anthology, with voices the world needs to hear calling the tune.”—Meg Elison, author of The Book of the Unnamed Midwife“A beautiful homage to the late Ursula K. Le Guin.” —Annie Carl, bookseller, The Neverending Bookshop"I’ll be recommending this book forever." —Joe Sacksteder, author of The Driftless Quintet “This remarkable anthology of short stories in tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin is filled with thoughtful, heartbreaking, funny tales. Some will remind you of Le Guin and others of her spirit.”—Doug Chase, bookseller, Powell’s Books "In the spirit of Ursula K. Le Guin’s own 'Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction,' in which she envisioned a storytelling beyond the old fixation on conflict and battles, Dispatches from Anarres gathers a beautiful collection of healing stories. From the whimsical to the political, these Portland writers’ magical imaginations and commitment to social justice shine on every page."—Ariel Gore, author of Hexing the Patriarchy
£12.34
Thinking Ink Press Thirty Days Later: Steaming Forward: 30
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£10.41
Vertical, Inc. Seraph Of The End 2: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe
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£15.29
Vertical, Inc. Seraph Of The End 3: Guren Ichinose: Catastrope
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£15.29
Clockwork Dragon A Foundation of Gravestones
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£9.74
Phoneme After the Flare: A Novel
Book SynopsisAfter a solar flare upended the world order, Kwesi Brackett's life disintegrated. His wife took up with a millionaire in the heavily armed Silicon territories and his daughter's university, Yale, relocated to the Caribbean. After being laid off by NASA, Brackett finds himself in Africa, as one of the head engineers for the newly formed Nigerian Space Program. Suddenly, the NSP's goal of getting astronauts into space is more important than ever. With most of Europe, Asia, and North America knocked off-line, thousands of satellites about to plummet to Earth, and the political minefield that is the rescue of an international group of astronauts trapped on the international station, time is of the essence. The deranged and violent militant group Boko Haram is steadily approaching, and the last surviving members of the Fulani tribe, an ancient matriarchal nomadic society, have found refuge in the abandoned caves of the Saon people. Accessible only by sonic vibrations, the sophisticated cave system contains messages from the past in a series of astrolabes, powerful amulets whose destructive force is harnessed by the Fulani tribeswomen. The astrolabes, it turns out, hold the secret to the Saon people's extinction, and clues about a different flare that rocked Earth thousands of years ago. When a mysterious creature breaks into Brackett's quarters, the engineer is not sure whether it was a rival space program or the government as they race to complete the Naijapool--an anti-gravity simulation to train the Naijanuats. In over his head, Bracket is distracted only by his favorite reality show Mrs. N Fires the Help and his affair with scientist and music enthusiast, Seeta. Increasingly, however, Nigeria's past and present are threatening to collide in a battle over its own future, and Bracket and Seeta seem to be the only ones who suspect it is all connected. Enter Wale Olufunmi, the original protagonist of Nigerians in Space. A former lunar geologist who continues to dream of participating directly in a space mission, Wale lands at the Nigerian Space Program facility, on a private jet. When Brackett, Wale, and Seeta discover the Fulani women's hideout, and the power of the astrolabes, they band together to outmaneuver Boko Haram, save Nigeria from a sinister government conspiracy, and finally launch a spacecraft.Trade ReviewA Kirkus Starred Review "The entire novel is spectacularly imagined, well-written, and a pleasure to read. An absorbing novel that explores a compelling, African-centered future world." —Kirkus Reviews Praise for Deji Bryce Olukotun: An exquisite blend of unpredictable twists and lightning-speed plot.” The Guardian "A madcap first novel that unravels like a spy thriller." Mark Haskell Smith, Flavorwire "Deji Olukotun's novel Nigerians in Space is an impressive debut, a literary thriller that also deftly explores themes of the African diaspora." David Gutowski, Largehearted Boy "Fast-paced, well-written and packed with insight and humor. Olukotun is a very talented storyteller. " Charles Yu, National Book Award 5-Under-35 winner and author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe "A deft mingling of satirical humor, Noirish twists and a keen-eyed yet accessible take on cultural displacement in contemporary times. " Olufemi Terry, winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing "You can taste Cape Town, you can hear it in the dialogue, see its beauty in the descriptions. Deji Olukotun has my city's number: especially its nasty underbelly, the dangerous dealing of abalone poachers. " Mike Nicol, author of the Revenge Trilogy "A transnational mystery novel replete with assassins, abalone poaching and an international fashion model who exudes light from her skin." Matt McGregor, Warscapes "A crime thriller that is out of this world." Samantha Lim, The Brooklyn Paper "Nigerians in Space captures the cocksure attitude and dignified clip of the 1950s radio play, with more mischievous and macabre elements that reflect the frustration of anti-colonial and Pan-African politics." Megan Eardley, Africa is a Country "The book is a must read." Dianah Ninsiima, Africa Book Club
£999.99
Vertical, Inc. The Ghost In The Shell Novel: Film Tie-In
Book SynopsisA brand new collection of short stories based on hit manga Ghost in the Shell, published just before the highly-anticipated film release!
£999.99
Vertical, Inc. Seraph Of The End 4: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe
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£11.69
Imbrifex Books Travelers: A Freaks Novel
Book SynopsisFalling in love. Evading the authorities. Chasing the rabbits. Now high school sophomores, the self-styled “Freaks” are back in class in quiet Quapaw City, Arkansas. They grapple with the ordinary challenges of everyday teen life: cliques, cars, and crushes. While everything appears normal on the surface, looks have rarely been more deceiving. A secret government task force—fully aware of the unusual powers the Freaks have acquired—is determined to capture them. Even as the mysterious Baltar Sterne shares ancient wisdom and offers hope, a new menace silently emerges in the woods outside of town. Clever, inexorable, and far more lethal than the Freaks’ first superhuman foe, this traveler from another world possesses powers that can only be described as godlike. The Freaks and their town will be tested in horrific ways they are powerless to predict or even imagine.Trade Review“Riley weaves explorations of anger issues and budding romance as well as forthrightly confronted themes of racial, religious, and class conflict.”—Kirkus Book Review"Travelers is interesting, thought provoking, and adds an unexpected emotional layer as the Freaks continue their journey to adulthood.”—Don Sauer, PopCultureGuy.com“Riley possesses a rare, writerly ability to remain in the moment once the action heats up. In this installment, the Freaks face their most dangerous enemy yet, and the menace fairly leaps off the page.”—PaulEberly.com"The book is riveting. Compelling and totally different. I read it one sitting and was seriously bummed it had to end. His writing is remarkable and had me wanting more. I devoured Travelers and his ones before this."—Rubie Clark, @RubieReads“Brett Riley has done it again, as he continues his story of teenage supers battling monsters – fantasy beasts and Government agents alike. An enthralling, fast paced, fantasy horror.”—Peter Thorburn, UK educator“A great spin on the superhero story, told with genuine depth.”—Mark Waid, best-selling author of History of the Marvel Universe, Doctor Strange, and Superman Birthright.“A fun and fresh twist on the superhero story!”—Jennifer Brody/Vera Strange, author of The 13th Continuum Trilogy, Spectre Deep 6, and the Disney Chills series.
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Imbrifex Books A Coin for the Ferryman: A Novel
Book SynopsisThe story can now be told. In 1999, an elite interdisciplinary team headed by Nobel laureate Andrew Danicek gathered in California to carry out a ground-breaking time-travel experiment. While the rest of the world remained unaware, Julius Caesar was successfully transported from the last day of his life to a specially-constructed covert facility. Four days of conversation with historians and Latin scholars were planned, followed by Caesar’s return to the moment from which he was extracted. But despite the team’s meticulous efforts to maintain secrecy and plan for all possible exigencies, a kidnap attempt plunges Caesar into peril. Fully aware that the future of civilization may hang in the balance, one team member must summon strength she didn’t know she possessed to return Caesar to the Ides of March. The shocking details of Caesar's visit and its effect on subsequent events have been protected by draconian nondisclosure agreements....until now.Trade Review“With its novel plot point being the temporal kidnapping of Caesar, A Coin for the Ferryman is an exciting and innovative thriller with a solid historical foundation.”—Erin Britton, San Francisco Book Review“The book felt like a love letter to the classics. It was beautifully written, and well-balanced between modern drama and affection for Rome.”—Jo Niederhoff, ManhattanBookReview"Picture a beautiful young woman racing down the freeway in a classic red Corvette with a distrustful Julius Caesar riding shotgun...A wild ride from start to finish."—Sarah Rice, Booklist Magazine"A fun, thrilling and genre-bending novel. It was also thought-provoking and with the backdrop of Las Vegas it made the story even more of an exciting time travel romp.”—Stephanie, Bookfever.com “In lively style, Megan Edwards gets us turning pages.“—David Brin, best-selling author of Star Tide Rising, The Postman, and the Out of time series. “Megan Edwards has written a fine novel of ancient times, one that will entertain and inform, an important contribution—and an attention-grabber.”—Selden Edwards, NY Times best-selling author of The Little Book and The Lost Prince “A Coin for the Ferryman retells the circumstances of Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 B.C. with some highly entertaining twists and turns. This imaginative yarn has it all: time travel and Las Vegas, archaeological digs and billionaire poultry magnates, and a good portion of sex and skulduggery.“—Michael Maas, William Gaines Twyman Professor of History at Rice University, and author of Readings in Late Antiquity, The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian, and John Lydus and the Roman Past. "This wildly imaginative journey — from the era of Julius Caesar to late 1990s Las Vegas and Los Angeles — offers a thrilling glimpse of time travel and its potential ramifications. The plot draws you in quickly, and the characters and detailed scenes keep you engaged throughout. A deeply enjoyable read."—Heather Skyler, author of Vegas Girls and The Perfect Age “A highly entertaining story line, with compelling and colorful characters, time travel, chases, and Las Vegas. Any student of Classics who has ever visited Las Vegas has wondered about what it’d be like for Julius Caesar to actually visit Caesars Palace. You know you want to know how that went, and it doesn’t disappoint! “—Dawn Smith-Popielski, Recipient of the 2021 Keely Lake Advocacy Award from the American Classical League “In its diversity of settings and languages, its intelligent combination of experimental science with high culture, A Coin for the Ferryman creates a world in which Caesar emerges as a grand figure who is also a believably flesh-and-bone man, unperplexed by any adventure.“—W. Jeffrey Tatum, best-selling author of Always I Am Caesar, The Patrician Tribune, and Professor of Classics at The Victoria University of Wellington. “Megan Edwards’ Julius Caesar takes charge of the narrative from the moment he appears. Neither the big brains of Caltech nor the bright lights of Las Vegas intimidate him for an instant. Highly enjoyable!”—Greg Woolf, Ronald J Mellor Professor of Ancient History at UCLA, and author of Et tu Bruté, The Life and Death of Ancient Cities, and Rome: An Empire’s Story. “A Coin for the Ferryman seamlessly weaves together a number of genres, including historical fiction, action/adventure, speculative fiction, and romance. I enjoyed the journey all the way from ancient Rome to modern-day America and back.”—Skylar Hamilton Burris, Editor, Ancient Paths Literary Magazine, and author of When the Heart Is Laid Bare and An Unlikely Missionary. “Megan Edwards masterfully combines her extensive knowledge of the classical world with her literary skills to produce an intriguing and compelling novel.”—Stephen L. Glass, Professor Emeritus of Classics and Classical Archaeology, Pitzer College “The skill with which she builds character, diverse places and times, and life stories entertains and instructs, in ironical concert with her detailed and daring fictions, her every account rings true.”—John B. Van Sickle, Professor of Classics & of Comparative Literature, City University of New York, Guggenheim fellow, and author of Virgil’s Book of Bucolics, the Ten Eclogues Translated into English Verse and The Design of Virgil’s Bucolics “A Coin for the Ferryman is the ideal summer read. It is peopled with an appealing, eclectic cast of characters, among them a Vegas call girl/Latinist, a Nobel laureate, a chicken tycoon, an ex-Jesuit priest, and a Costa Rican heiress, not to mention Julius Caesar himself. Megan’s fluid prose style make for such pleasurable reading that A Coin for the Ferryman, which at first glance appears might take the entire summer to read, comes to a satisfying end all too soon.”—Rebecca Lommel, Professor Emeritus in English Language, Southern Methodist University “A Coin for the Ferryman is a captivating read and powerful reminder that love, ambition, and family bonds transcend time.”—Amanda Skenandore, author of The Second Life of Mirielle West, The Undertaker’s Assistant, and Between Earth and Sky. “With an intriguing premise, an intricate plot involving the highest possible stakes, and a love story that breaks the bounds of time, A Coin for the Ferryman will engage the reader until the very end.”—Tracy Barrett, author of The Song of Orpheus, The Beast of Blackslope, and King of Ithaka “Edwards creates an authentic human being, (Julius Caesar), who quickly adapts to his new home and era, all the while using his brilliant tactician’s mind to stay three steps ahead of his adversaries.”—Brian Rouff author of Dice Angel , and The House Always Wins “Often a nail biter—certainly a page turner—A Coin for the Ferryman is a fast-paced and engrossing journey pivoting on one of the most important events in Classical history."—David Rivinus, author of Always Dreaming. “Weird science, romance, intrigue, car chases, road trips, chopper rides, and the unexpected vagaries of the heart—this one’s got it all"—Brett Riley, author of Comanche, Lord of Order, and Freaks “The mystery of a great figure with with modern characters is a true treat. I didn’t want to put it down.”—Ellen Snortland, author of Beauty Bites Beast and The Safety Godmothers
£11.04
Epsilon Books Pace
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Blizzard Entertainment Diablo: The Black Road
Book SynopsisDarrick Lang is coming home. Years ago he left the town of Bramwell to walk the wide world as a soldier of fortune and champion of the realm. But Bramwell is not as he left it. Something dark and terrifying has ensnared the townsfolk, something very old and very patient, tangling innocents in a web of malice and profaning the very earth itself. Now that same power calls to Darrick and his only hope may be to walk the same perilous path of damnation. Darrick Lang is coming home. Years ago he left the town of Bramwell to walk the wide world as a soldier of fortune and champion of the realm. But Bramwell is not as he left it. Something dark and terrifying has ensnared the townsfolk, something very old and very patient, tangling innocents in a web of malice and profaning the very earth itself. Now that same power calls to Darrick and his only hope may be to walk the same perilous path of damnation.
£10.44
Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: Mage: Blizzard Legends
Book SynopsisAodhan comes from a lineage that includes some of Azeroth’s most heroic paladins and warriors, but the whip-smart young man is not built for physical combat. He’s thin, bookish, and he desperately wants to be a mage. After his controlling father forbids him to practice magic, Aodhan flees to study the arcane arts in the city of Dalaran. Yet Aodhan’s dream of becoming a powerful spellcaster is violently interrupted when a host of blue dragons lays siege to Dalaran. Although far from home, the young mage finds help from a relative who has been close by all along, Crevan, his magic-wielding uncle. The cunning older mage, after escaping from Dalaran’s prison, takes the impressionable Aodhan under his wing, and together they work to prevent the city’s destruction. But there is a darker secret behind Dalaran’s dire situation, and Aodhan might be the only one who can end the schemes that threaten the city, becoming the hero his family never thought he could be.Written by acclaimed author Richard A. Knaak (World of Warcraft: Shadow Wing) and drawn by fan-favorite Ryo Kawakami (Warcraft: Legends), World of Warcraft: Mage is an action-packed tale of temptation, power, and heroics that will leave World of Warcraft fans spellbound!
£9.49
Iron Circus Comics Smut Peddler Presents: Sex Machine
Book Synopsis“The home of great, sex-driven stories from female creators, across a wide variety of genres, genders, and sexualities.” — i09 The future of filth is here! The latest in the Smut Peddler series of erotic anthologies, Sex Machine is a stellar array of comics talent taking sex to the furthest reaches of your imagination. Whether it’s out in wild space or deep in coded virtual realms, the galaxy’s sexiest robots, cyborgs, AI’s, and some humans here and there explore their hottest desires in the bravest of new worlds. Our most wildly inventive collection yet, Sex Machine reminds fans of quality filth why Smut Peddler is the last word in top-shelf sexy comics. Featuring the work of FIONA STAPLES, FAITH ERIN HICKS, MEREDITH MCCLAREN, BLUE DELLIQUANTI, and many more!Trade Review“A full array of relationships, bodies, situations, and art styles. Consent is present and enthusiastic.” — LOVE IN PANELS “[Smut Peddler] proved once and for all that erotic comics focusing on women’s sexualities could sell.” — THE MARY SUE “Features titillating technological tales from more than a dozen superstar creators.” — PASTE MAGAZINE “The home of great, sex-driven stories from female creators, across a wide variety of genres, genders, and sexualities.” — i09
£17.99
Skyhorse Publishing The Emperors Twin
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Jessie Kwak Creative Durga System: Boxed Set One
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