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Books Releases for the Week of September 8, 2008

8 Sep 2008  Literature

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

New Releases

The much anticipated, much promoted Anathem hits shelves this week, and its almost certain to be the next must-read science fiction classic.

  • 39 Clues: Maze Of Bones by Rick Riordan
    Scholastic Press. (ISBN-13: 978-0545060394) Hardcover. Length: 240 pages
    Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her descendants an impossible decision: “You have a choice – one million dollars or a clue.” Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world’s most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost.
    Release: September 9
  • Anathem by Neal Stephenson
    William Morrow. (ISBN-13: 978-0061474095) Hardcover. Length: 960 pages
    The long awaited, much promoted science fiction novel in which a group of academics must race to save the planet Arbre from annihilation.
    Release: September 9
  • The Last Angel by Natasha Rhodes
    Solaris. (ISBN: 978-1844165773) Mass market paperback. Length: 411 pages
    An angel is found murdered on Sunset Boulevard and department store worker Kayla Steele is on the case in this second installment in the urban fantasy series.
    Release: September 5
  • Legacy by Jeanne C. Stein
    Ace. (ISBN: 978-0-441-01626-6) Mass market paperback. Length: 296 pages
    The fourth book in the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles.
    Release: September 5
  • Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory
    Ballantine Del Rey. (ISBN: 978-0-345-50116-5) Trade paperback Length: 288 pages
    An alternate history fantasy novel set in the fifties in which scientists study a plague of demon possessions.
    Release: September 4
  • Path of Revenge by Russell by Kirkpatrick
    Orbit US. (ISBN: 978-0-316-00715-3 Mass market paperback. Length: 677 pages
    Sir Julius Vogel Award-winning novel that follows the revenge of a once-powerful magician.
    Release: September 5
  • Pure Blood by Caitlin Kittredge
    St. Martin’s Paperbacks. (ISBN: 978-0-312-94830-6) Mass market paperback. Length: 326pages
    A supernatural novel following a werewolf who works as police detective.
    Release: September 5
  • The Scourge of God by S. M. Stirling
    Roc. (ISBN: 978-0-451-46228-2) Hardcover. Length: 450 pages
    The second book in the alternate history trilogy set a generation after the “Change” has shut down all technology.
    Release: September 5
  • Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez
    Tor. (ISBN: 978-0-7653-1835-0) Trade paperback. Length: 316 pages
    This fantasy novel follows Nessy, the housekeeper of the wizard Margle the Horrendous, who turns his victims into various accursed forms, and whose death leaves Nessy to take care of them.
    Release: September 5

Audio Books

  • Anathem by Neal Stephenson
  • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Maze Of Bones by Rick Riordan
  • The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
  • The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman



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