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Horizon

Horizon
by Lois McMaster Bujold
Published 2009 by Eos

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061375361

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Jacket Notes:
"Horizon" is the highly anticipated conclusion to the sweeping "New York Times"-bestselling Sharing Knife series, hailed as a saga of daring deeds and unlikely romance . . . with unique monsters and an original approach to magic ("Library Journal"). More...

Escape from Hell

Escape from Hell
by Larry Niven
Published 2009 by Tom Doherty Associates

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780765316325

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"Escape from Hell" is the long-awaited follow-up to Niven and Pournelle's classic science-fiction reimagining of Dante's "Inferno." More...

The Map of Moments: A Novel of the Hidden Cities

The Map of Moments: A Novel of the Hidden Cities
by Christopher Golden
Published 2009 by Bantam Books

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780553384703

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Two award-winning masters of dark fantasy team up once again with their second novel exploring the hidden heart of the world's greatest cities--a poignant tale of loss and redemption in a post-Katrina New Orleans. More...

Mean Streets

Mean Streets
by Jim Butcher
Published 2009 by Roc

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780451462497

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From four of today's hottest fantasy authors comes this collection of all-newnovellas of dark nights, cruel cities, and paranormal P.I.s. More...

All the Windwracked Stars

All the Windwracked Stars
by Elizabeth Bear
Published 2008 by Tor Classics

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780765318824

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From the author of the acclaimed Promethean Age series comes a new work that takes readers to the last city on a dying planet, where magic and technology once had worked hand in hand, but now the Technomancer rules what's left of humanity. More...

Foundation

Foundation
by Mercedes Lackey
Published 2008 by Daw Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780756405243

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In this chronicle of the early history of Valdemar, a 13-year-old orphan named Magpie escapes a life of slavery in the gem mines when he is chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar to be trained as a Herald. More...

Dragonheart

Dragonheart
by Todd J. McCaffrey
Published 2008 by Del Rey Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780345491145

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In Dragon's Kin, bestselling author Anne McCaffrey did the unthinkable: for the first time ever, she invited another writer to join her in the skies of her most famous fictional creation. That writer was her son, Todd McCaffrey. Together, they penned a triumphant new chapter in the annals of the extraordinarily popular Dragonriders of Pern.... More...

Busted Flush

Busted Flush
by S. L. Farrell
Published 2008 by Tor Classics

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780765317827

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In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed 90 percent of those it infected, but one percent gained superpowers. The latest book in the The Wild Cards series is the tale of the history of the world since then--and the heroes among the one percent. More...

The Living Dead

The Living Dead
by John Joseph Adams
Published 2008 by Night Shade Books

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781597801430

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Gathering together the best zombie literature of the last three decades from many of today's most renowned authors of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, "The Living Dead" covers the broad spectrum of zombie fiction. More...

Tales from the Perilous Realm

Tales from the Perilous Realm
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Published 2008 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780547154114

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Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas ("Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major," and "Roverandom") and one book of poems ("The Adventures of Tom Bombadil") are gathered together in a fully illustrated set. More...

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