Last Week’s Best-Selling Genre Books
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Just After Sunset by Stephen King
- The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
New Releases
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The following books will be released this week:
The Accidental Sorcerer by K. E. Mills
Orbit. (ISBN: 9780316035422) Paperback. Length: 560pp
Gerald Dunwoody is a wizard. Just not a particularly good one. He’s blown up a factory, lost his job, and there’s a chance that he’s not really a Third Grade wizard after all. So it’s off to New Ottosland to be the new Court Wizard for King Lional.
Bones of the Dragon by Weis & Hickman
Tor Books. (ISBN: 978-0765319739) Length: 416pp
Book one of the Dragonships of Vindras series, the latest from Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. Need I say more? In this Viking-themed story, dragonships have real dragons and the gods fight side by side with their heroes. Named Chief of Chiefs of the sea-raiding Vindrasi, Skylan Ivorson discovers that his victory over the last chief came through another’s treachery, his betrothed is in love with his best friend and his gods may be dead. Impetuously, he plunges ahead on a quest to recover the sacred Vektan Torque, but betrayal leaves the voyagers in chains.
Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo
Thomas Nelson. (ISBN: 978-1595544988) Hardcover. Length: 304pp
This is the third book in the Dreamhouse Kings Series. It’s hard to believe that things could have gotten worse for the King family-but they have. Dad’s in handcuffs, the school bully has just found the secret portal that leads from the high school to the house, and Xander is sure he’s found Mom, but they can’t get back to her. Then Jesse arrives, and he seems to be a virtual Obi Wan of knowledge about the place. But is he the key they need to unlock the secrets, or just a crazy old man? Dangers are increasing from within and without when Xander makes a startling discovery that explains why they haven’t found any rooms that lead to the future. Alongside the threats, though, they’re also starting to find some surprising allies.
Hammer of God by Karen Miller
Orbit. (ISBN: 978-0316008372) Paperback. Length: 816pp
The third book in the Godspeaker Trilogy. In Ethrea, Rhian sits upon a precarious throne. Defiant dukes who won’t accept her rule threaten the stability of her kingdom. Dexterity has been banished from her court in disgrace. The blue-haired slave Zandakar, the man she thought was her friend, has been revealed as the son of a woman sworn to destroy her world. And Rhian’s husband, King Alasdair, is unsure of her love.
Honor of the Clan by John Ringo and Julie Cochrane
Baen. (ISBN: 978-1416555919) Hardcover. Length: 368pp
For Cally O’Neal and the O’Neal Bane Sidhe, underground fighters against the tyranny of Earth’s Darhel allies. Duty lies in the overthrow of the established order. For Major General Michael O’Neal, her father, duty lies in maintaining that order to prevent a reinvasion by the dreaded Posleen.
Just Another Judgement Day by Simon R. Green
Ace Hardcover. (ISBN: 978-0441016747) Length: 272pp
The long awaited ninth installment in the Nightside series finally hits shelves this week. There’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s got the Nightside’s rich and powerful quaking in their boots. He’s The Walking Man, and it’s his mission to exorcise sinners-with extreme prejudice. Problem is, he’ll leave the place a wasteland unless someone stops him, and P.I. John Taylor has been handed the job. No known magic or science can affect The Walking Man, and if John can’t discover his weakness, he’ll be facing the very Wrath of God . . .
Mean Streets by Jim Butcher, Kat Richardson, & Simon R. Green…
Roc Trade. (ISBN: 978-0451462497) Length: 368pp
This urban fantasy anthology will has had genre fans all but wetting themselves in anticipation. Few anthologies have been more anticipated, and it’s easy to see why. The best hardboiled, magic-toting paranormal private detectives in the genre are all represented in one place for the first time.
One More Bite by Jennifer Rardin
Orbit. (ISBN: 978-0316022095) Paperback. Length: 336 pp
Book five of the Jaz Parks series. When an agent planted among the Weres discovers a plot to assassinate the Vampire Coven’s leader, Jaz and her vampire boss, Vayl, are brought in to take out the woman hired to do the deed.
Regenesis by C. J. Cherryh
DAW Hardcover. (ISBN: 978-0756405304) Length: 592pp
This sequel to the Hugo Award- winning novel Cyteen, Regenesis continues the story of Ariane Emory PR, the genetic clone of one of the greatest scientists humanity has ever produced, and of her search for the murderer of her progenitor—the original Ariane Emory.
Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows by Margaret Clark & Marco Palmieri
Star Trek. (ISBN: 978-1416558507) Length: 432pp
An anthology exploring Star Trek’s Mirror Universe. What began in 2007 with Glass Empires and Obsidian Alliances — the first truly in-depth foray into the turbulent history of this other continuum — now continues in twelve new short tales that revisit and expand upon that so-called “Mirror Universe,” spanning all five of the core incarnations of Star Trek, as well as their literary offshoots, across more than two hundred years of divergent history.
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