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From William R. Forstchen, the New York Times bestselling author of the One Second After series, comes Five Years After, a near-future thriller where John Matherson must contend with new threats to the fragile civilization that he helped rebuild.Five years after The Final Day, the Republic of New America has all but collapsed into regional powers and the world at large is struggling to remain stable as regional conflicts ravage the post EMP landscape. After several years attempting to lead a quiet life, John Matherson receives the news that the President is dying from a possible assassination attempt, and is asked to step in to negotiate with what appears to be a new military power hidden in the wreckage of the world.Pulled back into the fray, John struggles to hold the tottering Republic together. Facing threats on multiple fronts, he races against time to stop another EMP attack on the former United States and China, putting years of pro

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AT DAWN HE'LL BE GONE AND YOU'LL BE HERE FOREVER.Kristen Simmons''s masterful breakout horror novel that''s Jumanji but Japanese-inspired (Kendare Blake) about estranged friends playing a deadly game in a nightmarish folkloric underworld.Twists, turns, and genuine palpable emotion. David Levithan Haunting and unforgettable. Melissa de la Cruz A nightmare I didn't want to end. Terry J. Benton-Walker Absorbing. C. L. Herman Bone-chilling. Lauren Shippen Heart-pounding. Margaret Rogerson Twisted. Lish McBride Won''t let me sleep! Chelsea Mueller Full of surprises. C. J. Redwine Intense. Kendare Blake Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived.Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivorsOwen, Madeline, Emerson, and Daxhave reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they've been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the f

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A Phoebe Bridgers song in book form, I felt and bled, willingly and gratefully.CJ Leede, author of Maeve FlyWith Night's Edge, Liz Kerin took a bite out of vampire lore. The riveting sequel, First Light, is about seizing a brighter future by confronting the shadows of our past.It''s been nine months since the catastrophe in Tucson sent Mia fleeing from her home. But she's not running away from the darknessshe's running toward it, obsessively pursuing the man who gave her mother a thirst for blood and destroyed their lives.But when Mia finds the monsters she's been hunting and infiltrates a secret network of fugitives, she discovers she might have been their prey all along. To escape their clutches, she'll have to reckon with her mother's harrowing past and confront a painful truth: that they might be more alike than she ever imagined.Also by Liz Kerin:Night's Edge

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An Indie Next and LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick!Now in paperback with exclusive new content! A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske's beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light. Messy people and burn-it-down conflict. . . . Marske uses the full span of the trilogy to build to a beautiful, devastating conclusion.The New York Times Stunningthe writing is lush, the world-building is fascinating, and the romance is searing hot. I am completely obsessed with this story of unrepentantly dangerous people falling in love with one another.Cat Sebastian, author of The Queer Principles of Kit WebbA Best Of Pick for LitHub, Book Riot, Amazon, Powell''s, and PopSugar Secrets! Magic! Enemies to. . .something more? Jack Alston, Lord Hawthorn, would love a nice, safe, comfortable li

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Blood Justice is the hotly anticipated sequel to Terry J. Benton-Walker's Most Anticipated debut Blood Debts.Praise for Blood Debts: A conjuring of magnificence. NIC STONE A force. ROSEANNE A. BROWN An extravaganza. CHLOE GONG Powerful. AYANA GRAY Sings with hope and rage. TJ KLUNE An unforgettable thrill ride. J. ELLE Steeped in magic. ALEXIS HENDERSON Crackles with mystery and ferocity. MARK OSHIROCristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family's stolen throne to lead New Orleans' magical community into the brighter future they all deserve. But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revokedshe will never be Queen. Unless, of course, someone dethrones the Trudeaus again. And lucky for her, she's not the

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Januaries, a stunning collection of short fiction featuring fourteen magical ruminations on life, death, and the love-or desire for revenge-that outlasts bothOnce upon a time in a land far, far away, a wish-granting spirit rapidly approaches burnout. Meanwhile, a banished fairy answers a Craigslist ad, a Victorian orphan navigates an occult situationship, and a multiverse assassin contemplates the one who got away.With both iconic fan-favorite stories and entirely original pieces, Januaries features modified fairy tales, contemporary heists, absurdist poetry, and at least one set of actual wedding vows. Escape the slow trudge of mortality by diving into these enchanting new worlds with a master of imagination.Also by Olivie BlakeThe Atlas SixThe Atlas ParadoxThe Atlas ComplexAlone with You in the Ether<

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LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN--featuring gorgeous, starry stenciled edges, beautiful case art under the book jacket, and exclusive bonus scenes--for the first time in print! Only available for a limited time and while supplies last.The Serpent & the Wings of Night meets Shadow and Bone in a seductive, star-crossed, dark romantic fantasy loosely inspired by the Greek myths of Astraea.The brightest star needs the darkest night.Astraea is a prisoner of her own mind, the past sliding from her grasp like water. But she knows she must escape the tyrannical king who holds her captive and find her clouded memories once again. This quest leads her to the Libertatem, a succession of trials hosted by the king in which five human lands compete for a cycle of safety from the vampires seeking blood, claiming souls, and savaging after dark.But even winning the Libertatum will not keep Astraea safe from vampires. She's m

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LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUNfor the first time in hardcover, this luxe edition of the New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes will feature new chapter art, beautiful new endpapers, and special stenciled edges. Only available for a limited time and while supplies last.An Instant New York Times BestsellerA Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2022A Library Reads PickAn Indie Next PickA Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award NomineeThe much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree''s novel of high fantasy and low stakes.After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to

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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Three-Body Problem seriesnow a Netflix Original seriesA View from the Stars is a new collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces.A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu''s prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time. This collection includes essays and interviews that shed light on Liu''s experiences as a reader, writer, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years.A vital collection. . . . down-to-earth, but unafraid to ask big questions.Publishers WeeklyThe Three-Body Problem SeriesThe Three-Body ProblemThe Dark ForestDeath''s EndOther Books by Cixin Liu<

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A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER!New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.Most Anticipated from BookPage Goodreads The Nerd Daily Paste Magazine LitReactor OverDrive LGBTQ Reads Tor.com LibraryReads moreAn enchanting tale of Pinocchio in the end times. P. Djèlí ClarkIn a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robotsfatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labeled HAP, he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gioa past spent hunting humans.When Hap unwit

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A stunning, addictive fantasy debut that combines intrigue, magic, betrayal, and romance in an original world with a historical WWI tone.

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It's been twenty years and two election cycles since Information, a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring nation-states to global microdemocracy. The corporate coalition party Heritage has won the last two elections.

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With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals.Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire''s son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators.As killings mount and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent presenc

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V. E. Schwab''s New York Times bestselling Villains series, now in a boxed set along with a gorgeous double-sided poster!In the Villains series (Vicious, Vengeful) V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn''t automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.A dynamic and original twist on what it means to be a hero and a villain. A killer from page onehighly recommended! Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Marvel Universe vs The Avengers and Patient Zero

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An Indie Next pick!A gorgeous hardcover edition featuring lavender sprayed edges! The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst's romantasy debuta lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love.Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she and her assistant, Caza magically sentient spider planthave spent the last decade sequestered among the empire's most precious spellbooks, preserving their magic for the city's elite.When a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames, she and Caz flee with all the spellbooks they can carry and head to a remote island Kiela never thought she'd see again: her childhood home. Taking refuge there, Kiela discovers, much to her dismay, a nosyand very handsomeneighbor who can't take a hint and keeps showing up day after day to make sure she's fed and to help fix up her new home.I

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From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the beautifully designed Mistborn Boxed Set I, collecting his thrilling trilogy.Mistborn:For a thousand years, the ash has fallen and no flowers have bloomed. For a thousand years, the Skaa have slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years, the Lord Ruler has reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror. Until Kelsier, a brilliant half-Skaa thief and natural leader, finds in himself the powers of a Mistborn, and turns his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.The Well of Ascension:The impossible task has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler has been vanquished. But with Kelsier dead, too, the awesome task of building a new world has been left to former street urchin and Kelsier''s protégé Vin, who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land. Vin is now worshipped as a hero in her own right, but she is haunted by a strange vaporous enti

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This edition of Charles Dickens''s A Christmas Carol includes a Foreword and Biographical Note by Jane Yolen. Scrooge was a foul old man who wrapped his cold, uncaring heart in chains. Chains of greed. Bigotry. Contempt. Apathy. Selfishness. He detested the world, and was alone. Until the night his long-dead partner Marley appeared.A hideous spectre forced to walk the earth forever, Marley was damned. As Scrooge would be...unless he agrees to face three ghosts. One would take Scrooge back to the memories he''d buried. One would show Scrooge the world of joy and friendship he''d rejected. One would force Scrooge into the dreadful shadow of the future he''d forged.Three ghosts of Christmas. Of Christmas Past. Of Christmas Present. Of Christmas Yet to Come. All offering Scrooge a single gift--a chance.A last chance to give love.A last chance to join life. Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the

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Winner: 2018 Hugo Award for Best NovellaWinner: 2018 Nebula Award for Best NovellaWinner: 2018 Alex AwardWinner: 2018 Locus AwardOne of the Verge's Best Books of 2017A New York Times and USA Today BestsellerA murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence."As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn't a primary concern.On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied â??droid - a self-aware SecUnit that

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