New Releases
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The following books will be released this week:
Deadly Desire by Keri Arthur
Bantam. (ISBN: 978-0553591156) Paperback. Length: 368pp
Book 7 of the Riley Jensen, Guardian series. It’s no ordinary sorceress who can raise the dead to do her killing. But that’s exactly what Riley expects to find at the end of a trail of female corpses used—and discarded—in a bizarre ritual of evil. With pressure mounting to catch one fiend, another series of brutal slayings shocks the vampire world of her lover, Quinn. So the last thing Riley needs is the heat of the upcoming full moon bringing her werewolf hormones to a boil—or the reappearance of a sexy bounty hunter, the rogue wolf Kye Murphy.
Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull
Shadow Mountain. (ISBN: 978-1606410424) Hardcover. Length: 528pp
Two hidden artifacts have been found. Three more remain unrecovered. More preserves face destruction as the Society of the Evening Star relentlessly pursues new talismans. Reading in Patton s Journal of Secrets, Kendra learns the location of the key to a vault housing one of the artifacts. In order to retrieve it, the Knights of the Dawn must enter a death trap a dragon sanctuary called Wyrmroost
Outcast by Aaron Allston
Del Rey. (ISBN: 978-0345509062) Hardcover. 336pp
Book one of the Fate of the Jedi. After a violent civil war and the devastation wrought by the now-fallen Darth Caedus, the Galactic Alliance is in crisis–and in need. From all corners, politicians, power brokers, and military leaders converge on Coruscant for a crucial summit to restore order, negotiate differences, and determine the future of their unified worlds. But even more critical, and far more uncertain, is the future of the Jedi.
Stargazer by Claudia Gray
HarperTeen. (ISBN: 978-0061284403) Hardcover. Length: 336pp
An Evernight novel. Evernight Academy: an exclusive boarding school for the most beautiful, dangerous students of all—vampires. Bianca, born to two vampires, has always been told her destiny is to become one of them. But Bianca fell in love with Lucas—a vampire hunter sworn to destroy her kind. They were torn apart when his true identity was revealed, forcing him to flee the school. Although they may be separated, Bianca and Lucas will not give each other up. She will risk anything for the chance to see him again, even if it means coming face-to-face with the vampire hunters of Black Cross—or deceiving the powerful vampires of Evernight. Bianca’s secrets will force her to live a life of lies.
The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Del Rey. (ISBN: 978-0345496553) Hardcover. Length: 736pp
Second book of the Void Trilogy. The epic narrative chronicling humankind’s potentially self-destructive search for existential and spiritual fulfillment inside an ever-expanding black hole at the galactic core. As the millions of followers of the Living Dream plan a mass pilgrimage into the Void, others plot to stop their exodus, which they believe will only increase the Void’s expansion and hasten the end of the galaxy. To complicate matters, the alien Ocisen Empire has allied with an old nemesis of humanity, the Primes, and their combined military might stands poised as a tremendous threat.
This Is Not a Game: A Novel by Walter Jon Williams
Orbit. (ISBN: 978-0316003155) Hardcover. Length: 384pp
Once upon a time, there were four of them. And though each was good at a number of things, all of them were very good at games… But when one of them is gunned down in a parking lot, the survivors become players in a very different kind of game. Caught between the dangerous worlds of the Russian Mafia and international finance, Dagmar must draw on all her resources — not least millions of online gamers– to track down the killer. In this near-future thriller, Walter Jon Williams weaves a pulse-pounding tale of intrigue, murder, and games where you don’t get an extra life.
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