Science fiction

Book SynopsisWhen Rab was a baby, his mother made a decision which would change his life. She feared he would be sent to work in the hellish mines of Mercury, to eke out his life until he was worn out, all in the name of maintaning the defense of the Solar Sytem. But when her desperate attempt to flee with her 2 year old failed, she took a desperate step to save him. She cut off his hand.Decades later, Rab has been spared the physical hardships he can no longer endure, and is now based on the Mask, the all-encompassing structure which hides the Solar Sytem from alien eyes. And it is during his watch that a spaceship arrives, one which has travelled for a hundred years from a long-forgotten colony planet. If they pierce the Mask, everything humanity has created will be left open to the alien threat. But this strange ship, bearing an offshoot of the species, may bring something else with them. Hope.

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Book Synopsis'Extraordinary . . . Folk is a dazzling talent' Karen Joy Fowler'Wonderfully weird' Daily MailA woman uses dating apps to find a partner, despite the threat posed by 'blots', artificial men more interested in stealing data than dating. A sculptor, trapped in a skyscraper restaurant when a violent coup erupts below, creates a perfect model of the town as it is destroyed. A curtain of void obliterates the world at a steady pace, leaving one woman to decide with whom she wants to spend eternity.Haunting and darkly inventive, the stories in Out There deftly combine science fiction and horror to uncover an unforgettable vision of the absurdity of life in the digital age.'The literary love child of Kafka and Camus and Bradbury penning episodes of Black Mirror' Chang-Rae Lee, author of Native SpeakerTrade ReviewOut There is for readers who consider body horror to be a love language. True romantics will swoon either despite or because of the gore that accompanies these sharp, affable stories . . . Folk's stories have been compared to Shirley Jackson's, and this is most apparent in the way Folk balances her horror with humour. * New York Times Book Review *Kate Folk's short stories are wonderfully weird; playfully pushing the possibilities of plotlines towards the uncanny, creepy and off-kilter, they have a seam of dark humour that illuminates the grotesquery with an unnerving beauty * Daily Mail *A wonderful absurdist collection that explores the vagaries of human connections * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Tightly constructed and spectacularly mind-bending stories that ingeniously pair everyday challenges and outlandish predicaments, ranging from hilarious to terrifying. Folk writes with unnerving matter-of-factness as she veers into Poe- and Shirley Jackson-like horror or turns to the poignantly fantastic in the mode of George Saunders or Kelly Link. * Booklist (starred review) *Kate Folk will be compared to Carmen Maria Machado and Julia Armfield - there are wonderful similarities in the sheer force of her creations, but she's very much her own writer. These stories are funny, scalding and, sometimes, breathtakingly beautiful. -- Sarah Davis-Goff, author of Last Ones Left AliveFifteen extraordinary, through-the-looking-glass tales, containing locked rooms, demanding houses, embodied Russian bots, revolution, and relationships -- all delivered with a side of menace. Wonderfully weird and weirdly wonderful, Folk is a dazzling talent -- Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesWondrously perverse, often creepy and hilarious, and always sneakily heart-breaking, from the moment you read these tales you'll know you're in the presence of a singularly brilliant vision, one that burns off the scrim of our normal-seeming human customs and operations to reveal the utter bizarreness of this existence. Out There, it turns out, lies very much within. -- Chang-Rae Lee, award-winning author of The SurrenderedDisturbing, alluring, dazzling and creepy, Out There is a riveting collection that keeps you enthralled with every page. -- Claire North, bestselling author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry AugustKate Folk's stories inhabit otherworldly realms where exquisite language and beguiling characters excavate the very nature of love and existence. -- Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master’s SonKate Folk is a formidable writer, a literary swordsmith of feline dexterity, very dark and very funny, equally at home in the magisterial dark and the relentless glare of truth. -- Lisa Locascio, author of Open MeThe stories in this stunning debut are funny, fearless, and moving portraits of life shaped by the ever-widening shadow of technological progress. Folk's imagination is uncanny and arresting. Out There expertly captures the all-too-human experience of longing for lives we may never inhabit, and the final story is a chilling and tender portrait of love that will stick with you long after you finish the book. -- Isle McElroy, author of The AtmospheriansThe lucid, unsettling landscapes in Out There bring our own world into chilly focus through an exquisitely distorted lens. Each one of these amazing stories is a masterclass in eeriness and perception. Kate Folk's imagination is on fire. -- Aysegül Savas, author of White on WhiteAn assortment of stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading, like a drawer full of the most beautiful knives. Kate Folk's Out There goes onto my shelf of favorite collections. -- Kelly Link, author of Get In TroubleWry, riveting, and ambitious, Out There is one of those rare collections that manages to be both brilliantly inventive and emotionally resonant. Folk's tilted worlds are hilarious and unsettling-they sit squarely in the spaces where anxiety and exhilaration collide. Full of unforgettable voices and gleeful, exacting prose, this is a sharp and stylish debut from a wildly gifted writer -- Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light

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Book SynopsisDr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of Ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness.Trade ReviewOne of the warmest, wisest, funniest voices to be found anywhere in fiction * Daily Telegraph *The time to read Vonnegut is just when you begin to suspect that the world is not what it appears to be. He is not only entertaining, he is electrocuting. You read him with enormous pleasure because he makes your hair stand on end * New York Times *Vonnegut has looked the world straight in the eye and never flinched -- J. G. Ballard

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Book SynopsisThe superb aliens-in-your-head SF sequel to the wildly popular The Rise of Io, by the author of The Lives of Tao seriesWhen Ella Patel's mind was invaded by the Quasing alien, Io, she was dragged into the raging Prophus versus Genjix war. Despite her reservations, and Io's incompetence, the Prophus were determined to train her as an agent. It didn't go well. Expelled after just two years, Ella happily returned to con artistry, and bank robberies. But the Quasing war isn't done with them yet. The Genjix's plan to contact their homeworld has reached a critical stage, threatening all life on Earth. To complete the project they need Io's knowledge - and he's in Ella's head - so now they're both being hunted, again.File Under: Science Fiction [ Brain Slug Hidden Threats Aliens vs Aliens Wrong Place, Right Time ]Trade ReviewPraise for Wesley Chu "The Rise of Io is great ride, and I desperately want a Quasing. The idea of a cosmic cheering section in my own head sounds delightful. Not to mention my Quasing would make me totally boss. Another hit by Wesley Chu." - Melinda Snodgrass, author of the Edge series "Years after a killer debut, Wesley Chu keeps leveling up. Storytelling that seems so effortless you never see the punches coming." - Peter V Brett, bestselling author of the Demon Cycle series "A sleek, bumptious thriller that's strong on action and humour." - Financial Times "A compelling, breakneck action-adventure." - The Guardian "A fast, fun romp, with high stakes and plenty of explosions." - Locus "The Rise of Io is the perfect SF adventure! A scrappy young heroine, an alien civil war, and intrigue aplenty highlight this terrific beginning to Wesley Chu's epic new series. Fans of Pierce Brown's Red Rising take note...Ella is the new SF underdog to root for!" - Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Snowblind and Tin Men "Wesley Chu gets better and better with every book. Action-packed and full of surprises, The Rise of Io is his best work yet." - Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim series "The India slums after the Alien Wars might seem like a hell of a place to kick off a series, but Chu's explosive storytelling and firecracker new hero make opening The Rise of Io feel like tumbling into an action movie. I'd follow Ella Patel - or Chu - anywhere." - Melissa Olson, author of the Boundary Magic series "Damn, this is a great book. Wesley Chu may have created his best character yet with Ella - a scrappy, savvy street urchin, who he tosses into a world of hidden aliens, political maneuvering, and possible treachery. The Rise of Io is a fun, fast, beautifully written book that grabbed me on page one and didn't let me go." - Peter Clines, author of The Fold and the Ex-Heroes series "A fun, rollicking adventure, with a unique and charming heroine. The Rise of Io gives us a fresh look at the world of Campbell Award Winner Wes Chu's witty, action-packed, globe-trotting Tao series." - Ramez Naam, author of Nexus and the Philip K Dick Award-winning Apex "Wes Chu's meteoric rise to popularity isn't the least bit surprising. He's the freshest voice in science fiction since John Scalzi and James SA Corey, and is leading the charge to revitalize the genre." - Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series

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Book SynopsisA superb new noir/science fiction fusion from the ''mastersinger of space opera'' (The Times) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe, strap in for a gripping murder mystery.Yuri Gagarin is a private investigator, who picks up small cases from his local community, runs into trouble with the local police, and generally ekes out a living as best he can. He''s aboard the Halcyon - a starship, hurtling through space, carrying thousands of passengers with thousands more sleeping the journey away.Only his usual investigative work - catching cheating spouses, and small time con artists - is about to take a turn. He''s hired by a mysterious woman called Ruby Red to look into a death in one of Halcyon''s most elite families . . . and then warned off the case again by a second mysterious woman called Ruby Blue. Caught between the two, he''s about to be embroiled in a murder mystery in which - at any moment - he could be the latest victim.Gripping, fast-paced fun this is a classic noir mystery with a science fiction twist, which will keep you guessing, and on the edge of your seat, to the end.A fresh new masterpiece, from the master of science fiction.

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Book SynopsisFor readers of Cormac McCarthy and Justin Cronin, this is the story of one family''s battle for survival in a world where evil has already won. As they fight their way across a dying land, Shay and Cass will do anything to keep their daughter, Hope, alive. The family faces unimaginable dangers as they try to stay together, and stay alive, long enough to reach safety. But when the heart of a dragon starts to beat in Hope''s chest, they fear they''ll lose her to a battle they can''t possibly help her win . . . Critically acclaimed author Peter Higgins has written a richly evocative post-apocalyptic fantasy novel about how, even in the darkest of times, we have so much to lose.Trade Review"Art" emphatically includes fantasy. At least, it does when the fantasy is as exceptional as this [THE WOLFHOUND CENTURY trilogy] - Guardianthe surprises keep on coming ... but quietly and subtly, like a dreaded knock on the door of an apartment in a brutalist concrete tower block in the dead of night [THE WOLFHOUND CENTURY trilogy] - IndependentWell-paced action... This world of a totalitarian state pitted against equally extremist revolutionaries is gripping... a solid page-turner [THE WOLFHOUND CENTURY trilogy] - The SunLike vintage China Mieville, but with all the violent narrative thriller drive of Ian Fleming at his edgiest [THE WOLFHOUND CENTURY trilogy]

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Book SynopsisHiron Ennes is the British Fantasy Award-winning and World Fantasy Award-nominated author of Leech. In their spare time they're a rogue harpist, mad doctor, and avid dog-petter.

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Book SynopsisThe Star Wars High Republic story comes to a conclusion, as the Jedi face off against the Nihil and Marchion Ro.

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Book SynopsisBarry Allen has just woken up in universe where nothing is the way he left it! Writer Geoff Johns (Blackest Night, The Flash: Rebirth) and artist Andy Kubert (Dark Knight III: The Master Race) team up to put The Flash in a race across time to save the universe.When Barry Allen wakes up at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. His mother is alive and old allies are now strangers. It''s a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war – but where are Earth''s Greatest Heroes to stop it? It''s a place where America''s last hope is Cyborg, who’s attempting to gather the forces of The Outsider, The Secret 7, S!H!A!Z!A!M!, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar-yet-altered faces! It''s a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can''t find the villain who altered the timeline! 

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Book Synopsis'The best Star Wars publication to date . . . [James] Luceno takes Darth Plagueis down the dark path and never looks back.' NewsdayDarth Plagueis: one of the most brilliant Sith Lords who ever lived. Possessing power is all he desires; losing it is the only thing he fears. As an apprentice, he embraces the ruthless ways of the Sith. When the time is right, he destroys his Master-and vows never to suffer the same fate. For like no other disciple of the dark side, Darth Plagueis learns to command the ultimate power . . . over life and death.Darth Sidious: Plagueis's chosen apprentice. Under the guidance of his Master, he secretly studies the ways of the Sith while publicly rising to power in the galactic government, first as Senator, then as Chancellor, and eventually as Emperor.Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious, Master and acolyte, target the galaxy for domination-and the Jedi Order for annihilation. But can they defy the merciless Sith tradition? Or will the desire of one to rule supreme, and the dream of the other to live forever, sow the seeds of their destruction?'Luceno draws on his storytelling skill and prodigious knowledge of the [Star Wars] world . . . to craft a complex tale of ambition and desire.' Library JournalTrade ReviewThe best Star Wars publication to date . . . [James] Luceno takes Darth Plagueis down the dark path and never looks back. * Newsday *Luceno draws on his storytelling skill and prodigious knowledge of the [Star Wars] world . . . to craft a complex tale of ambition and desire. * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisAs the bloody Human-Covenant War rages on Halo, the fate of humankind may rest with one warrior, the lone SPARTAN survivor of another legendary battle. This was the desperate, take-no-prisoners struggle that led humanity to Halo - the fall of the planet Reach. Now, for the first time, here is the full story of that glorious, doomed conflict ...Almost on Earth's doorstep, Reach is the last military fortress to defy the brutal Covenant onslaught. But their highest priority is to prevent the Covenant from discovering Earth. The outnumbered soldiers seem to have little chance, but Reach is the secret training ground for the very first 'super soldiers'. Code-named SPARTANs, these bioengineered and technologically augmented warriors are the best - quiet, professional and deadly. As the ferocious Covenant attack begins, a handful of SPARTANs stand ready to wage ultimate war. And at least one of them - the SPARTAN 'Master Chief' - will live to fight another day on a mysterious and ancient artificial world called Halo ...

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Book SynopsisKafka wants to clean up kaiju, but not literally! Will a sudden metamorphosis stand in the way of his dream?With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he’s become one himself?!With kaiju cataclysms transpiring across Japan, Hoshina heads into battle equipped with Numbers Weapon 10 and soon discovers that wielding the first-ever sentient kaiju weapon won’t be easy. Meanwhile, back in the Oizumi area where Kafka is, six supergiant-class kaiju emerge, worsening an already grave situation. But just as things get dire, some unexpected backup arrives!

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Book SynopsisA deep and meaningful masterpiece of science fiction, full of heart and mind-bending ideas. A true classic, Vonnegut will make you laugh and have you contemplating the meaning of lifeWhen Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spaceship into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is converted into pure energy and only materializes when his waveforms intercept Earth or some other planet. As a result, he only gets home to Newport, Rhode Island, once every fifty-nine days and then only for an hour.But at least, as a consolation, he now knows everything that has ever happened and everything that ever will be. He knows, for instance, that his wife is going to Mars to mate with Malachi Constant, the richest man in the world. He also knows that on Titan - one of Saturn's moons - is an alien from the planet Tralfamadore, who has been waiting 200,000 years for a spare part for his grounded spacecraft . . .Readers love The Sirens of Titan:'A truly exceptional work by a truly exceptional author expressing some exceptionally powerful ideas' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Vonnegut uses the absurd to explore what makes us human . . . I recommend this book for any fan of Vonnegut or [Douglas] Adams' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'The Sirens of Titan is primarily a parody of trashy pulp science fiction novels, a boisterous, chucklesome book . . . In this sense, The Sirens of Titan, twenty years early, precedes and foreshadows (and, I would say, is superior to) Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'There are plenty of space travels in The Sirens of Titan but it isn't a space opera . . . It is a spaced out satire, a cosmic comedy of manners' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I went into this expecting a science fiction/satire but instead I got an emotionally moving story about the meaning of life by none other than one of the greatest writers that ever lived. Period' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Funny until it suddenly becomes creepy, to tell you why would be a spoiler though . . . Vonnegut is only using sci-fi as a platform to tell an allegorical story about life, together with an anti-war and anti-religion themes' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This is not just one of Vonnegut's best books. It's one of the best books I've ever read' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Trade ReviewThe Sirens of Titan is a tour-de-force of sci-fi literature * Empire *

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Book SynopsisEdgewood is many houses, all put inside each other, or across each other. It''s filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment: the further in you go, the bigger it gets. Smoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, comes to Edgewood, her family home, where he finds himself drawn into a world of magical strangeness.Crowley''s work has a special alchemy - mixing the world we know with an imagined world which seems more true and real. Winner of the WORLD FANTASY AWARD, LITTLE, BIG is eloquent, sensual, funny and unforgettable, a true Fantasy Masterwork.Winner of the WORLD FANTASY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL, 1982.Trade ReviewThere are some people - and I'm one of them - for whom life consists only of passing the time between novels by John CrowleyA book that all by itself calls for a redefinition of fantasyI think Crowley is so good that he has left everybody else in the dustAmbitious, dazzling, strangely moving, a marvellous magic-realist family chronicle - WASHINGTON POST

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Book SynopsisThe second original novel in an Alien vs Predator "Rage War" series, continuing from Predator: Incursion as Colonial Marines units are being wiped out-and not by the Predators. This is an attack by organized armies of Aliens.

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Book SynopsisRelive Game of Thrones' Long Night with this official miniature collectible set. Deluxe Collectible: Finely detailed, 3-1/2 inch metal replica of the Valyrian steel dagger wielded by Arya Stark in her fateful confrontation with the Night King Display Stand Included: Proudly display the dagger with the accompanying polyresin stand Book Included: Also includes a 48-page book featuring full-color photos that charts Arya Stark’s journey through Westeros and how she came to possess the dagger A Unique Gift for Westeros Fans: Featured in Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, this dagger is perfect for fans of both shows Officially Licensed: An authentic Game of Thrones collectible

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Book SynopsisPlus never-before-seen short story featuring an expanded ending to the novel... Trina Goldberg-Oneka is a fifty-year-old trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle-but nonetheless world-changing-invasion by an alien entity called The Seep. Through The Seep, everything is connected. Capitalism falls, hierarchies and barriers are broken down; if something can be imagined, it is possible. Trina and her wife, Deeba, live blissfully under The Seep's utopian influence-until Deeba begins to imagine what it might be like to be reborn as a baby, which will give her the chance at an even better life. Using Seeptech to make this dream a reality, Deeba moves on to a new existence, leaving Trina devastated. Heartbroken and deep into an alcoholic binge, Trina follows a lost boy she encounters, embarking on an unexpected quest. In her attempt to save him from The Seep, she will confront not only one of its most avid devotees, but the terrifying void that Deeba has left behind. A strange new elegy of love and loss, The Seep explores grief, alienation, and the ache of moving on.Trade Review"A unique alien invasion story that focuses on the human and the myriad ways we see and don't see our own world. Mesmerizing.";Jeff VanderMeer, award-winning author of Dead Astronauts and the Borne trilogy;;"The standard canard is that utopian settings are boring, monolithic, didactic, and make for bad fiction. How lucky we are to have Chana Porter to blow such nonsense out of the water with this moving and beautiful book.";China Mieville;;"The psychedelics are coming! The psychedelics are coming! What if becoming one with the universe was as easy as drinking punch at a party? It turns out that after enlightenment, we still squabble with our partners, worry about fashion choices, and drink too much booze. A great speculative work combining first contact tropes, techno-utopian fantasy, gender theory, and ayahuasca fan fiction, Chana Porter's The Seep imagines a brave newer world by rewriting the question of the ancients: If all things return to the one, where does the one return to? Porter's dazzling trick answer updates Zhaozhou's: the bar." ;Eugene Lim, author of Dear Cyborgs;;"With its wonderfully fraught utopia, the likes of which you have never seen before, The Seep defies not only the recent glut of dystopias, but the long-accepted categories of fiction. An entire universe gets packed into a slim page-turner, in which the search for meaning carries on even after our greatest desires are met.";Robert Repino, author of the War with No Name novels;;"In a time of dreary dystopias, Chana Porter's The Seep is that rarest of books: a genuine utopian hope of salvation. While the novel accomplishes this through an alien intervention, its message is not simply one of blind optimism, but a complex portrait of people struggling with change, fear, and ultimately hope. Porter shows us that the end of the world is easy. The beginning of the world is the real challenge." -Rachel Pollack, award-winning author of Godmother Night;;"Unlike anything you've ever read.";Bustle;;"Porter's gripping, subtly hopeful work of literary speculative fiction is shaped by remarkable world-building elements and acute observation of human frailties and impetus.";Booklist, Starred Review;;"An intoxicating takeover narrative, its promises as appealing on their surfaces as they are frightening in their implications . . . The Seep is a daring paean to human vulnerability and a bold speculative inquest into what makes life worth living." ;Foreword Reviews;;"In Porter's surreal, introspective debut, a benevolent alien invasion leads humanity into a utopia, exploring themes of grief and discontentment within a seemingly perfect world . . . Readers will delight in the eerie disquietude and optimism of this well-calibrated what-if." ;Publishers Weekly, Starred Review;;"This surreal debut takes on themes of utopia, identity, love, and loss, while readers are pulled into a full experience through Porter's fluid prose. This unusual story will linger long past the last page.";Library Journal, Starred Review;;"A unique take on an alien invasion. The Seep makes everything better, but does it? The Seep helps you see the inner-connectivity of all life, but at what cost? What happens to your individuality and free will in a world where there is no conflict? A great book about how we define ourselves and our humanity.";James Wilson, Octavia Books (New Orleans, LA);;"What I love most about The Seep is that it's two parts questions to one part answers. It does a great job of clearing up certain gray areas, and it actually gives some answers to the hard questions it asks-but it also leaves area for speculation and thought. The Seep will leave you begging for more, and I can't wait to see what Chana Porter whips up next.";Lizy Coale, Copperfish Books (Punta Gorda, FL);

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Book SynopsisNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Tom Hanks, Emma Watson and John BoyegaTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - a dark, thrilling and unputdownable novel about our obsession with the internet''Prepare to be addicted'' Daily Mail''A gripping and highly unsettling read'' Sunday Times''The Circle is ''Brave New World'' for our brave new world... Fast, witty and troubling'' Washington PostWhen Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world''s most powerful internet company, she feels she''s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users'' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. Mae can''t believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public ...Pre-order the electrifying follow up to The Circle now . . . The Every is coming November 2021.''An elegantly told, compulsively readable parable for the 21st Century'' Vanity Fair''Immensely readable and very timely'' Metro''Prescient, important and enjoyable . . . a deft modern synthesis of Swiftian wit with Orwellian prognostication'' GuardianTrade ReviewPublisher's description. Fast, thrilling and compulsively addictive, The Circle is Dave Eggers' bestselling novel about our obsession with the internet and where it may lead. When Mae Holland lands her dream job at the world's most powerful internet company, she has no idea what awaits behind the doors of The Circle... * Penguin *A stunning work of terrifying plausability ... a worthy and entertaining read * Publisher's Weekly *Eggers has set his style and pace to technothriller: the writing is brisk, spare and efficient ... it works * Time *Prescient, important and enjoyable ... a deft modern synthesis of Swiftian wit with Orwellian prognostication' * Guardian *The Circle is 'Brave New World' for our brave new world ... fast, witty and troubling * Washington Post *An elegantly told, compulsively readable parable for the 21st Century * Vanity Fair *A gripping and highly unsettling read * Sunday Times *Unputdownable * Times *Eggers's writing is so fluent, his ventriloquism of tech-world dialect so light, his denouement so enjoyably inevitable * Observer *Tremendous novel ... inventive, big hearted and very funny. Prepare to be addicted * Daily Mail *Compelling and deeply contemporary * L.A Times *Eggers brilliantly depicts the Internet binges, torrents of information and endless loops of feedback that increasingly characterize modern life * Booklist *

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Book Synopsis''ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY'' INDEPENDENT Winner of the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize ''Astonishingly accomplished''THE TIMES''Remarkable''OBSERVER''Gripping''NEW YORK TIMES''Fabulously atmospheric''GUARDIAN''Engrossing''DAILY MAILA magnificent achievement and an engrossing experience, David Mitchell''s first novel announced the arrival of one of the most exciting writers of the twenty-first century.An apocalyptic cult member carries out a gas attack on a rush-hour metro, but what links him to a jazz buff in downtown Tokyo? Or to a Mongolian gangster, a woman on a holy mountain who talks to a tree, and a late night New York DJ?Set at the fugitive edges of Asia and Europe, Ghostwritten weaves together a host of characters, their interconnected destinies determined by the inescapable forces of cause and effect.PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL''A thrilling and gifted writer''FINANCIAL TIMES''Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good''DAILY MAIL''Mitchell is, clearly, a genius''NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW''An author of extraordinary ambition and skill''INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY''A superb storyteller''THE NEW YORKERTrade ReviewDemands to be read and re-read . . . an astonishing debut * Independent *One of the best first novels I've read in a long time . . . I couldn't put it down -- A. S. Byatt * Mail on Sunday *A remarkable novel by a young writer of remarkable talent * Observer *The best first novel I have read in ages . . . it beguiles, informs, shocks and captivates -- William Boyd * Daily Telegraph *Mitchell plays one extraordinary riff after another . . . If you want to know what the distinctive literature of the 21st century will look like, begin here -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *Fabulously atmospheric and wryly perceptive . . . a huge new talent * Guardian *A remarkable first novel * Time Out *Engaging and engrossing * Daily Mail *The most breathtaking debut I've ever read -- Sue Perkins * Daily Express *Gripping and innovative * New York Times *An extraordinarily assured novel of global reach and millennial ambition * Esquire *This first novel displays a cool and intelligent virtuosity and an amazingly copious imagination * Daily Telegraph *A brilliantly constructed novel which you must read for yourself . . . truly a masterpiece -- Books of the Year * Vector *Tautly plotted and with the page-turning qualities of a thriller, Ghostwritten is an intoxicating read and is in danger of giving the post-modern novel a good name * Irish Times *Astonishingly accomplished * The Times *Full of sly and sometimes beautiful surprises . . . worth a dozen of the morally anorexic first novels that regularly come down the pipe. Ghostwritten may conclude with the end of the world, but I, for one, am hoping for more -- Daniel Mendelsohn * New York Magazine *A dazzling piece of work * Washington Post *Elegantly composed, gracefully plotted and full of humour . . . It recalls Tolstoy and Dostoevsky in its emotional scope and its ambitions. Like the great Russians, Mitchell makes us feel that more is at stake than individual lives, although it's by individual lives that pain and loss are measured * Los Angeles Times *Mitchell deftly sketches each character to such a compelling extent that you become totally immersed * Entertainment Weekly *

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Book SynopsisThis handsome gift edition brings together 10 stories of Lovecraft''s iconic Cthulhu mythos, beautifully presented with a silver embossed cover design, ivory pages and gilded page edges. From the classic ''The Call of Cthulhu'' to the eerie ''The Shunned House'' these stories exemplify Lovecraft''s extravagant imagination. Terrifying rituals, grotesque comedies and tales of insanity form some of the best writing of the man who remade the horror genre in the early 20th-century.Contains:• The Nameless City • Herbert West - Reanimator • The Hound • The Lurking Fear • The Rats in the Walls • The Festival • The Shunned House • The Horror at Red Hook • He • The Call of Cthulhu • The History of the NecronomiconThis elegant pocket-sized gift edition contains the classic and unabridged text, presented with a silver embossed cover desig

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Book SynopsisFenton and Geller are a couple of part-time Wisenheimers, full-time vice time-cops who suck at rule-following but excel at busting time-travel crimes. Unfortunately, their daily grind involves tedious police worklike chasing down douchebag influencers hellbent on live-streaming illegal transtemporal trips to 1920s Chicago to steal primo bootleg hooch. However, in a twist of fate, our heroes find themselves thrust into the heart of an inter-time serial homicide mystery, but not before things change, forcing our pair into the crosshairs of potentially lethal consequences. The stakes are high, time is of the essence, and Fenton and Geller are about to discover that playing with the time-stream isn't all flappers and jazz hands. Get ready for a high-octane, double-illegal adventure where the only sure thing is that RIFTERS is rewriting the rulebook on time-travel tales!

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Book SynopsisThe final book in the YA sci-fi Clone series.

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Book SynopsisBook 7 of the global bestselling series, 'The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra'.The walls have fallen. The defenders’ unity is broken. The Inner Palace lies in ruins. The Warmaster’s horde advances through the fire and ash of Terra’s dying breaths, forcing the loyalists back to the Delphic Battlement, the very walls of the Sanctum Imperialis. Angron, Herald of Horus, has achieved immortality through annihilation – now he leads the armies of the damned in a wrathful tide, destroying all before them as the warp begins its poisonous corruption of Terra. For the Emperor’s beleaguered forces, the end has come. The Khan lies on the edge of death. Rogal Dorn is encircled, fighting his own war at Bhab Bastion. Guilliman will not reach Terra in time. Without his brothers, Sanguinius – the Angel of the Ninth Legion – waits on the final battlements, hoping to rally a desperate band of defenders and refugees for one last stand.

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Book SynopsisThey set a Slamhound on Turner''s trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the colour of his hair.When the Maas Biolabs and Hosaka zaibatsus fight it out for world domination, computer cowboys like Turner and Count Zero are just foot soldiers in the great game: useful but ultimately expendable. When Turner wakes up in Mexico - in a new body with a beautiful woman beside him - his corporate masters let him recuperate for a while, then reactivate his memory for a mission even more dangerous than the one that nearly killed him: the head designer from Maas Biolabs says he wants to defect to Hosaka, and it''s Turner''s job to deliver him safely. Count Zero is a rustbelt data-hustler totally unprepared for what comes his way when the designer''s defection triggers war in cyberspace. With voodoo gods in the Net and angels in the software, he can only hope that the megacorps and the super-rich have their virtual hands too full to notice the amateur hackeTrade ReviewA masterly peek into the computer-obsessed electronic global ghetto, narrated in a futuristic sland-enriched vocabulary - Time OutGibson is the Raymond Chandler of SF - ObserverGibson is up your alley. He is a technological fantasist with unparalleled sensitivity . . wired direct to the mains - New Musical Express

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Book Synopsis2061 is the year Halley's Comet makes its next pilgrimage to the inner Solar System â and the year centenarian Heywood Floyd encounters once again the alien Monoliths. Near Jupiter, the transfigured forms of Dave Bowman and HAL the computer are Heywood's only chance of survival â if they too are not now alien beings.

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Book SynopsisFar from Earth two sister planets, Sainte Anne and Sainte Croix, circle each other. It is said that a race of shapeshifting aliens once lived here, only to become extinct when human colonists arrived. But one man believes they still exist, somewhere out in the wilderness.In THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS, Gene Wolfe brilliantly interweaves three tales: a scientist''s son gradual discovery of the bizarre secret of his heritage; a young man''s mythic dreamquest for his darker half; the mystifying chronicle of an anthropologist''s seemingly-arbitrary imprisonment. Gradually, a mesmerising pattern emerges.Trade ReviewA subtle, ingenious, poetic, and picturesque book...Wolfe is so good he leaves me speechless. - Ursula Le Guin.A truly extraordinary work. One of the most cunningly wrought narratives in the whole of modern SF, a masterpiece of misdirection, subtle clues and apparently casual revelations. - Science Fiction: 100 Best Novels.

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Book Synopsis WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION A SATIRICAL REIMAGINING OF MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN SET IN MODERN-DAY BAGHDAD, BRILLIANTLY CAPTURING THE HORROR OF A CITY AT WAR From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, Hadi collects body parts from the dead, which he stitches together to form a corpse. He claims he does it to force the government to recognise the parts as real people, and give them a proper burial. But when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps across the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking, flesh-eating monster that cannot be killed. At first it's the guilty he attacks, but soon it's anyone who crosses his path... 'A remarkable book' Observer WINNER OF THE KITSCHIES GOLDEN TENTACLE AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2019 Trade Review‘Strange, violent and wickedly funny... A remarkable achievement, and one that, regrettably, is unlikely ever to lose its urgent relevancy.’ Guardian‘[A] biting satire of Iraqi life and sectarian disputes.’ Financial Times‘[Saadawi is] Baghdad’s new literary star.’ New York Times‘Helped by Jonathan Wright’s elegant and witty translation, which reaches for and attains bracing pathos, Saadawi’s novel mixes a range of characters and their voices to surprising, even jolting effect...a remarkable book.’ Observer‘A darkly delightful novel… Detective story and satire as well as gothic horror, Frankenstein in Baghdad provides a tragicomic take on a society afflicted by fear, and a parable concerning responsibility and justice.’ New Statesman'Expertly told... A significant addition to contemporary Arabic fiction.' Judges’ citation, International Prize for Arabic Fiction‘Frankenstein in Baghdad is more than just a black comedy. It’s as much of a crossbreed as its ghoulish hero – part thriller, part horror, part social commentary.’ Financial Times'A nightmarish, but horridly hilarious, tale… Sinister, satirical, ferociously comic but oddly moving.’ Spectator‘Complex but very readable and darkly humorous; it has well-observed characters, whose back stories reflect the wider context.’ Times Literary Supplement'Suffused with macabre humor, this novel captures the bizarre reality of life that is contemporary Baghdad... An important piece of political literature to emerge out of Iraq.' The Week'A dark and fresh examination of the violence in Iraq.' Metro

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Book Synopsis''What a saga! Scifi with honest, complex humanity, physics, biology, sociology'' - Tom Hanks''Aurora is a magnificent piece of writing, certainly Robinson''s best novel since his mighty Mars trilogy, perhaps his best ever'' - GuardianOur voyage from Earth began generations ago. Now, we approach our destination. A new home. Aurora.Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, Aurora is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.''An accessible novel packed with big ideas, wonders, jeopardy and, at the end, a real emotional punch'' SFX''Aurora is Robinson''s best book yet . . . Heart-wrenching, provocative'' Scientific American''Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction''s greats'' Sunday TimesNovels by Kim Stanley Robinson:IcehengeThe Memory of WhitenessA Short, Sharp ShockTrade ReviewA rousing tribute to the human spirit. -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE[Robinson is] a rare contemporary writer to earn a reputation on par with earlier masters such as Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke. -- CHICAGO TRIBUNEHumanity's first trip to another star is incredibly ambitious, impeccably planned and executed on a grand scale in Aurora. -- SPACE.COMThis is hard SF the way it's mean to be written: technical, scientific, with big ideas and a fully realized society. Robinson is an acknowledged sf master-his Mars trilogy and his stand-alone novel 2312 (2012) were multiple award winners and nominees-and this latest novel is sure to be a big hit with devoted fans of old-school science fiction. -- BOOKLISTA magnificent piece of writing . . . perhaps his best ever -- GuardianAnother masterpiece of future-building from Robinson . . . compelling drama * Financial Times *The kind of speculation that he is quite brilliant at . . . Magnificent * Sunday Times *An accessible novel packed with big ideas, wonders, jeopardy and, at the end, a real emotional punch * SFX *Aurora is Robinson's best book yet . . . Heart-wrenching, provocative * Scientific American *The best book I read in 2015 * Cory Doctorow *This ambitious hard SF epic shows Robinson at the top of his game * Publishers Weekly - starred review *If Interstellar left you wanting more, then this novel might just fill that longing * io9.com *Robinson creates an absolutely convincing population of generations yielding to generations . . . [A] near-perfect marriage of the technical and the psychological * NPR Books *

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Book SynopsisEvery advanced society in the galaxy relies on the technology of the Protheans, an ancient species that vanished fifty thousand years ago. After discovering a cache of Prothean technology on Mars in 2148, humanity is spreading to the stars, the newest interstellar species struggling to carve out its place in the greater galactic community. On the edge of colonized space, ship commander and Alliance war hero David Anderson investigates the remains of a top secret military research station: smoking ruins littered with bodies and unanswered questions. Who attacked this post, and for what purpose? And where is Kahlee Sanders, the young scientist who mysteriously vanished from the base hours before her colleagues were slaughtered? Sanders is the prime suspect, but finding her creates more problems for Anderson than it solves. Partnered with a rogue alien agent he can't trust and pursued by an assassin he can't escape, Anderson battles impossible odds on uncharted worlds to uncover a sinister conspiracy - one he won't live to tell about. Or so the enemy thinks.

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Book SynopsisCharlie and Parker are punks by night, biohackers by day, living in the stuttering decay of near-future climate-collapse London.They pay for the beer they don''t steal with money from their sketchy astronomy site Zodiac Code, while Charlie''s bio-bespoke augments equip the criminals, punks, and eco-warriors of London. They have to deal with disgruntled clients, scene kids who don''t dig their band, and a city that''s run by corporates and criminals. Their world is split into three factions: Green who are still trying to save the world; Blue who try to profit while they can, and Black who see no hope left. When a group of extremist Green activists hire them for a series of jobs ranging from robbery to murder, Charlie who struggles to feel anything except Black wants to walk away. But Parker still believes they can make a difference, and urges her to accept. As they enter an escalating biological arms race against faceless corporations, amoral biohackers, and criminal cyberpunks, Charlie will have to choose what she believes in. Is there still hope, and does she have a right to grab it?

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Book Synopsis*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*Read this imaginative masterpiece from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian WoodThe year is 1984. Aomame sits in a taxi on the expressway in Tokyo.Her work is not the kind which can be discussed in public but she is in a hurry to carry out an assignment and, with the traffic at a stand-still, the driver proposes a solution. She agrees, but as a result of her actions starts to feel increasingly detached from the real world. She has been on a top-secret mission, and her next job will lead her to encounter the apparently superhuman founder of a religious cult.Meanwhile, Tengo wishes to become a writer. He inadvertently becomes involved in a strange affair surrounding a literary prize to which a mysterious seventeen-year-old girl has submitted her remarkable first novel. It seems to be based on her own experiences and moves readers in unusual ways. Can her story really be true?Both Aomame and Tengo notice that the world has grown strange; both realise that they are indispensable to each other. While their stories influence one another, at times by accident and at times intentionally, the two come closer and closer to intertwining.''It is a work of maddening brilliance and gripping originality, deceptively casual in style, but vibrating with wit, intellect and ambition'' The TimesTrade ReviewA surreal and fractured dose of storytelling that only Murakami cold write. -- Graham Morrison, five stars * Linux Voice *A surreal and fractured dose of storytelling that only Murakami cold write. -- Graham Morrison, five stars * Linux Voice *It’s pure, uncut Murakami. * Business Insider *Murakami's magnum opus * Japan Times *1Q84 has a range and sophistication that surpasses anything else in his oeuvre. It is his most achieved novel; an epic in which form and content are neatly aligned... So like Murakami himself, I'll borrow from Orwell: 1Q84 is quite simply doubleplusgood * Independent on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisHow would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? In Flatland, A Square's linear world is invaded by a Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, the novel enlarges readers' imaginations beyond the limits of our 'respective dimensional prejudices'.

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Book SynopsisA special edition hardcover that celebrates the third book in the NYT bestselling and Hugo award-winning Expanse series. Abaddon''s Gate opens the door to the ruins of an alien gate network, and the crew of the Rocinante may hold the key to unlocking its secrets. Now a Prime Original series. This special edition hardcover includes: A striking new coverStained edges and illustrated endpapersA reversible cover that features the full, uncropped artwork of the original cover artA new introduction from the authors.HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIESFor generations, the solar system -- Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt -- was humanity''s great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus''s orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark.Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vastTrade Review'Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be' * George R. R. Martin *'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' * io9.com *'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' * Wall Street Journal *'Tense and thrilling' * SciFiNow *'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fight scenes' * wired.com *'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce' * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisIn a dystopian world ravaged by war and environmental collapse, one man fights history to discover the truth about his wife and child.Trade Review"The Rebellion's Last Traitor is a mesmerizing mix of post-apocalyptic F/SF, war/adventure, criminals dealing in memories, and black-as-hell noir. It's full of attitude and atmosphere, and I couldn't put it down." – Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil's Rock; "The Rebellion's Last Traitor is an explosive tale of betrayal and revenge in which allegiances prove as dangerous and unreliable as the memories the citizens of Eitan City buy and sell. Korpon crosses genre lines with ease, and imbues this post-apocalyptic tale with the rhythm and immediacy of crime fiction." – Chris Holm, Anthony Award-winning author of Red Right Hand and The Killing Kind; "Soldiers and memory. Memory thieves. What you can and can't recall, what you wish could forget, what you wish you had back. Nik Korpon takes you there and back, in writing as fine as I've seen and with a story you'll remember." – Stephen Graham Jones, author of Mongrels; "The Rebellion's Last Traitor is a delicious dark delight of sci-fi noir, with an atmosphere that virtually drips from every page and an ingenious story that will hook you from the very start." – Adam Christopher, author of Made to Kill; "Dark but compelling, with a plot that pulls you into turning page after page needing to know what happens next." – Jena Brown Writes; "A sharp and clever novel that manages to discuss difficult themes without ever being sneaky about it." – Dead End Follies; "A layered, smart novel that has something in it for just about any reader. 10/10" – Pen Boys Review; "Korpon's take on speculative fiction is unique." – Crimespree Magazine; "'Reach off the page and grab you' characters and brutally intricate world building… a well paced, challenging read." – SFF World; "A fun and interesting take on the aftermath of a rebellion and what might cause a new one to rise up." – The Bibliotaph; PRAISE FOR NIK KORPON; "Stay God, Sweet Angel is what happens when a story breaks loose from its moorings, burrows into the reader's psyche, and lives there, throbbing like the delirious ghost of William S. Burroughs." – Rayo Casablanca, author of 6 Sick Hipsters and Very Mercenary; "The pop culture apocalypse is now, and Nik Korpon is one of its darkest new voices." – Anthony Neil Smith, author of Hogdoggin' and All the Young Warriors

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Book SynopsisThe year is 2454. The sun is setting on a hard-won golden age. For three centuries, humanity has enjoyed peace and prosperity fuelled by technological abundance, oracular data analytics, careful censorship... and just a little blood. In a world dominated by seven factions, or 'Hives', the price of peace has been a few secret murders, mathematically planned to ensure political and economic balance. But now the secret is out, the balance is slipping and war beckons. Convict Mycroft Canner knew this war was coming – he committed his terrible crimes to forestall it. Now, he has just one card left, a wild card no degree of statistical genius could have predicted: a thirteen-year-old child with the power to work miracles. Turning thought into matter, matter in life, this child has the power to save the world, or to doom it.Trade ReviewProvocative, erudite, inventive, resplendent -- Ken LiuThe kind of science fiction that makes me excited all over again about what science fiction can do -- Jo WaltonBold, furiously inventive, and mesmerizing... The best science fiction I've read in a long while' -- Robert Charles Wilson

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Book SynopsisChief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things. Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper’s protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked “New York” out of the basement—and the tough questions begin. Why did Hopper leave Hawkins all those years ago? What does “Vietnam” mean? And why has he never talked about New York?Although he’d rather face a horde of demogorgons than talk about his own past, Hopper knows that he can’t deny the truth any longer. And so begins the story of the incident in New York—the last big case before everything changed…Summer, New York City, 1977. Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into life as a civilian. But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth.Soon Hopper is undercover among New York’s notorious street gangs. But just as he's about to crack the case, a blackout rolls across the boroughs, plunging Hopper into a darkness deeper than any he’s faced before.

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Book SynopsisBook 6 in the global best-selling series from Black Library, The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra.The Inner Walls are breached. Traitor vanguards tear towards the heart of the Palace, sensing victory. Desperate gambits are attempted: an unwilling saint is released into the ruins, as well as an enthusiastic sinner. A black sword rises, forged from spite, ready to create a legend. But amid the slaughter, Jaghatai Khan, Warhawk of Chogoris, prepares to launch the most audacious strike of the conflict. His goal is nothing less than the liberation of the Lion’s Gate space port. Cut off from any help, he stakes everything on one desperate counter-offensive, launched against an old enemy who has been made far greater than he ever was before. As the White Scars ride out against the newly crowned lords of life and death, they know that defeat for them dooms not only the Legion, but Terra itself.

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