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The Affinity Trap | Martin Sketchley
By the beginning of the 24th century, social breakdown and environmental decay have led humanity to withdraw into gigantic habitat towers, insular, safe, and sterile. A new governmental system has evolved: Structure, imposing order upon Earth so that mankind may prosper among the stars. Some prosper more than others; however...
Always Forever: Age of Misrule 3 | Mark Chadbourn
The modern world has been transformed into a land of myth, a magical place where fabulous beasts soar on the air currents, a terrifying place where shape-shifting monsters stalk the cities. Mankind’s days appear numbered. Our only hope—the Brothers and Sisters of Dragons ...
Ares Express| Ian McDonald
Taking place in the future of McDonald's Desolation Road, this magic-realist novel is set on a terraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along the network of rails that is the planet's circulatory system and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality billions of times each second.
Before They Are Hanged | Joe Abercrombie
In this highly anticipated second book in Joe Abercrombie's bestselling series, the most hated woman in the South, the most feared man in the North, and the most selfish boy in the Union make a strange alliance, but a deadly one. They might even stand a chance of saving mankind from the Eaters—if they didn’t hate each other quite so much. Ancient secrets will be uncovered. Bloody battles will be won and lost. Bitter enemies will be forgiven—but not before they are hanged.
The Blade Itself | Joe Abercrombie
Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. Unpredictable, compelling, wickedly funny, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Blade Itself is noir fantasy with a real cutting edge.
The Blood Debt | Sean Williams
In a remote city on the edge of two worlds, where blood has power and water is more precious than freedom, three far-flung friends unite on a quest to save their families. Desert landscapes and dirigibles feature in a fast-paced fantasy that combines romance, adventure, and humor with an original take on magic. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK
Blood of Ambrose | James Enge
Behind the king's life stands the menacing Protector, and beyond him lies the Protector's Shadow...The ministers of the king carry on the battle, magical and mundane, against the Protector and his shadowy patron. But all their struggles will be wasted unless the young king finds the strength to rule in his own right and his own name.
Blood of the Mantis: Shadows of the Apt 3 | Adrian Tchaikovsky
Driven by the ghosts of the Darakyon, Achaeos has tracked the stolen Shadow Box to the marsh-town of Jerez, but he has only days before the magical box is lost to him forever. If it falls into the hands of the Wasp Emperor, however, then no amount of fighting will suffice to save the world from his relentless ambition.
Brasyl | Ian McDonald
Think Bladerunner in the tropics... Be seduced, amazed, and shocked by one of the world’s greatest and strangest nations. Past, present, and future Brazil, with all its color, passion, and shifting realities, come together in a novel that is part SF, part history, part mystery, and entirely enthralling. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
Breakaway | Joel Shepherd
Cassandra Kresnov is a highly advanced hunter-killer android. She has escaped the League and fled to Callay, a member of the Federation. Breakaway is a great story with a cracking plot and strong characters. At its heart is the enigma of Cassandra: Is she more human than human, or is she totally untrustworthy?
Bright of the Sky | Kay Kenyon
In a land-locked galaxy that tunnels through our own, the "Entire" is a bizarre and seductive mix of long-lived quasi-human and alien beings gathered under a sky of fire, called the bright. Into this rich milieu is thrust Titus Quinn, former star pilot. He will discover why a fearful multiverse destiny is converging on him and what he must sacrifice to oppose the coming storm. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
Chasing the Dragon | Justina Robson
Ever since the Quantum Bomb of 2015 things have been different; the dimensions have fused and suddenly our world is accessible to elves, demons, ghosts, and elementals—and their worlds are open to us. Things have been different for Special Agent Lila Black too. Chasing the Dragon is bright, fast-moving, and accessible SF that mixes in fantasy and a cool cult-lit sensibility to create a series that will appeal to all fans of Laurrell K. Hamilton and Peter Hamilton alike.
City without End | Kay Kenyon
Reviewers have called Kay Kenyon's Entire “a grand world,” “an enormous stage,” and “a bravura concept.” On this stage unfolds a mighty struggle for dominance between two universes. In the middle of it all is Titus Quinn, his estranged daughter in the fabled Rim City encircling the heart of the Entire, and the beautiful and resourceful Ji Anzi who—sent on a journey to other realms—holds the key to Quinn’s heart and his overarching mission. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
Context: Book Two of the Nulapeiron Sequence | John Meaney
Sequel to the acclaimed Paradox and the second book in the Nulapeiron Sequence, Context is a thrilling, daring, and complex novel that confirms John Meaney as one of British science fiction’s most original and exciting practitioners. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
The Crooked Letter | Sean Williams
From opposite sides of death, mirror twins Seth and Hadrian Castillo grapple with a reality neither of them suspected, although it has been encoded in myths and legends for millennia. The Books of the Cataclysm begin in the present world but soon propel the reader to a landscape that is simultaneously familiar and fantastic. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
Crossover | Joel Shepherd
The first novel in a series that follows the adventures of Cassandra Kresnov, an android created by the League, one side of an interstellar war against the more powerful, conservative Federation. The product of an experimental design and dangerously intelligent, Cassandra raises probing questions and experiences moral awakening. Soon she has deserted the League in search of a new life in the territory of the Federation.
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The Crown Rose | Fiona Avery
The story of Isabelle of France, born heir to the throne, and the mystery of one man who enters her life at several key moments, becoming her icon, her soul’s other half, and her destiny — a man, who may, in fact, be much more than an ordinary man. His bloodline goes back to the Holy Land, and he is far, far older than he appears.
Cyberabad Days | Ian McDonald
Cyberabad Days is a triumphant return to the India of 2047, a new, muscular superpower of one and a half billion people in an age of artificial intelligences, climate-change induced drought, water wars, strange new genders, genetically improved children that age at half the rate of baseline humanity, and a population where males outnumber females four to one. This new collection of seven stories contains one Hugo nominee and one Hugo winner, as well as a twenty-five thousand word original novella.
Darkest Hour: Age of Misrule 2 | Mark Chadbourn
Church, Ruth, Ryan, Laura, and Shavi have joined forces with Tom, a hero from the mists of time, to wage a guerrilla war against the iron rule of the gods. But they didn't count on things going from bad to worse ... Darkest Hour is the stunning continuation of a powerful fantasy saga by one of Britain's most acclaimed young writers.
Dawnthief: Chronicles of the Raven 1 | James Barclay
The Raven: six men and an elf, sword for hire in the wars that have torn apart Balaia. For years their loyalty has been only to themselves and their code. But, that time is over. The Wytch Lords have escaped and The Raven find themselves fighting for the Dark College of magic, searching for the location of Dawnthief. It is a spell created to end the world, and it must be cast if any of them are to survive.
The Dervish House | Ian McDonald
Set in Istanbul, Turkey in 2027, Hugo Award winner McDonald weaves five days, six characters, three interconnected story strands with a common whirling dervish house in a science fiction thriller combining Islamic mysticism, political and economic intrigue, a terrorist threat, and a nanotechnology with the potential to transform every human on the planet.
Desolation Road | Ian McDonald
It all began thirty years ago on Mars, with a greenperson. But by the time it all finished, the town of Desolation Road had experienced every conceivable abnormality from Adam Black's Wonderful Travelling Chautauqua and Educational ‘Stravaganza (complete with its very own captive angel) to the Gallacelli brothers, identical triplets who fell in love with—and married—the same woman. This early novel by Ian McDonald was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
The Destiny Mask | Martin Sketchley
Twin sons Michael and Cascari have grown up on separate worlds, ignorant of their relationship and each believing that he is the rightful heir to the Seriatt's royal household. The stakes are heightened when the Seriatts develop time-travel capacity by means of the Destiny Mask - the artefact their oracles use to predict the future.
The Devil in Green: Dark Age Book 1 | Mark Chadbourn
Humanity has emerged from the Age of Misrule into a world substantially changed. Fighting to find their place, the last remnants of the Christian Church seek a new Knights Templar to guard the priesthood as they set out on their quest for souls, calling on the pagan gods of Celtic myth for help.
Diving into the Wreck | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Boss loves to dive historical ships, derelict spacecraft found
adrift in the blackness between the stars. Then one day, Boss finds the
claim of a lifetime: an enormous spacecraft, incredibly old, and
apparently Earth-made. It's impossible for something so old, built in
the days before Faster Than Light travel, to have journeyed this far
from Earth. What Boss finds could rewrite history, cost lives, and start
an intergalactic war.
Dragonfly Falling: Shadows of the Apt 2 | Adrian Tchaikovsky
Two young companions arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, the city is under siege. In a colorful drama involving mass warfare and personal combat, a small group of heroes must stand up against what seems like an unstoppable force.
Empire in Black and Gold: Shadows of the Apt 1 | Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Wasp Empire has been devouring city after city with its highly trained armies, its machines, it killing Art, and now its hunger for conquest and war has become insatiable. Only the ageing Stenwold Maker, spymaster, artificer and statesman, can see that the long days of peace are over.
End of the Century | Chris Roberson
Three people. Three eras. One city. Endless possibilities. End of the Century is a novel of the distant past, the unimaginable future, and the search for the Holy Grail. Set in the city of London, the narrative is interlaced between three ages, in which a disparate group of heroes, criminals, runaways, and lunatics are drawn into the greatest quest of all time. And lurking behind it all is the entity known only as Omega.
Fast Forward 1 | Lou Anders
Fast Forward is offered in the tradition of Damon Knight’s prestigious and influential anthology series, Orbit, and Frederik Pohl’s landmark Star SF. Fast Forward marks the start of a new hard science fiction anthology series, dedicated to presenting the vanguard of the genre and charting the undiscovered country that is the future.
Fast Forward 2 | Lou Anders
When Fast Forward 1 debuted in February 2007, it was met with a huge outpouring of excitement and approbation from the science fiction community. Now the critically-acclaimed, groundbreaking series continues, featuring all new stories from some of the field's best writers: Paul Cornell,
Kay Kenyon, Chris Nakashima-Brown, Nancy Kress, Cory Doctorow and Benjamin Rosenbaum, Ian McDonald, Mike Resnick and Pat Cadigan, and more.
Galileo's Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition | Gardner Dozois
From the most celebrated editor in science fiction comes an anthology of stories about the persecution of scientists. Many of the best-known science fiction authors of all time are included: Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, Arthur C. Clarke, Mike Resnick, George R. R. Martin, and many others.
Gardens of the Sun | Paul McAuley
The Quiet War is over and the city-states of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn have fallen to the Three Powers Alliance. After a conflict fought to contain the ambitions of the Outers, it's clear no one can escape the consequences of war—especially the victors.
Genetopia | Keith Brooke
The story of Flint, a young man in search of his possibly abducted sister in a far future where nano- and bio-technology have influenced and accelerated the evolution of humans and their strangely altered surroundings. To find his sister, Flint must travel through communities and wildlands no normal person would brave.
Geosynchron| David Louis Edelman
The Defense and Wellness Council is enmeshed in full-scale civil war between Len Borda and the mysterious Magan Kai Lee. Meanwhile, Natch has awakened in a windowless prison with nothing but a haze of memory to clue him in as to how he got there. Now he must make the ultimate decision - whether to save a world that has scorned and discarded him, or to save the only person he has ever loved: himself.
Ghosts of Manhattan | George Mann
In 1926, America is in a cold war with a sprawling British Empire and mobsters serial killings are occurring all over New York City. It's a time in need of The Ghost, the world's first Steampunk superhero.
Going Under | Justina Robson
Lila Black is off with the faeries. Ever since the Quantum Bomb of 2015 things have been different; the dimensions have fused and suddenly our world is accessible to elves, demons, ghosts and elementals—and their worlds are open to us. Justina Robson’s new series combines her trademark themes of identity and reality, magic and technology, break-neck plots, a mischievous sense of fun, and a seriously sexy new heroine.
Gradisil | Adam Roberts
Gradisil is an epic space opera of family revenge and the birth of a nation - a new nation that floats above the earth. Here a new breed of adventurer has slipped the bonds of gravity and begun a fresh life in orbit, free from interference by government and the petty concerns of earth. But tradition, fear, and revenge carry a murderous weight, a gravity that is not so easy to escape.
The Grave Thief | Tom Lloyd
Scree has been wiped from the face of the Land in a brutal demonstration of intent. While those responsible scatter to work on the next step in their plan, the stakes are raised—all the way to the heavens—as the Gods themselves enter the fray...
The Hanging Mountains | Sean Williams
In this third installment of Williams's Books of the Cataclysm, Sal and his companions seek the source of the flood in the legendary Hanging Mountains, hoping to head off a crisis that was put in motion a thousand years ago. They uncover uncomfortable truths about the world and how it relates to the one that came before — our world.
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The Healer | Michael Blumlein, MD
Payne is a member of a minority offshoot of humanity called Grotesques who have the ability to effect phenomenal healings. Sadly, such gifted healers live a life somewhere between that of a possession and a slave. The Healer is story of human rites and rituals seen through the eyes of an outsider, one who knows humans better, perhaps, than they know themselves.
Here, There & Everywhere | Chris Roberson
When Roxanne Bonaventure is eleven years old, a dying woman gives her a gift that changes her life utterly. With the strange device called the "Sofia," she is granted the ability to travel anywhere in space and time, not only through times that were and will be, but also through the worlds that could have been and might someday be.
The Hounds of Avalon: Dark Age Book 3| Mark Chadbourn
Humanity's last chance lies with two friends, as different as night and day, but bound together by an awesome destiny. But time is running out, for when the Hounds of Avalon appear, all hope is lost.
Hurricane Moon | Alexis Glynn Latner
In the late twenty-first century, Catharin Gault, an idealistic astronaut-physician, and fellow passenger-colonists go into cold suspended animation for the long journey across the stars to found a new civilzation. After a millennium, they awaken on "Planet Green," which is locked in orbit with the mysterious "Hurricane Moon." But the long stasis of the space voyage has damaged their DNA. Catharin's only hope of saving the human colony is to rely on a brilliant but untrustworthy molecular biologist.
Infoquake | David Louis Edelman
This debut novel takes speculative fiction into alien territory: the corporate boardroom of the far future. It's a stunning trip through the trenches of a technological war fought with product demos, press releases, and sales pitches. As imaginative as Dune yet as real as The Wall Street Journal.
Ivory | Mike Resnick
In the year 6303, when most earthlings have left for the stars, Duncan Rojas begins a search for the tusks of the Kilimanjaro Elephant, which have been lost for 3,000 years. Back and forth through time, in card games, wars, and rivalries, Rojas searches. With Ivory, Mike Resnick has created a powerful novel spanning worlds and centuries, an exploration of the nature of history and legend, and a riveting parable for our times.
Keeping It Real | Justina Robson
The Quantum Bomb of 2015 changed everything. The fabric that kept the universe’s different dimensions apart was torn and now, six years later, the people of earth exist in uneasy company with the inhabitants of, amongst others, the elfin, elemental, and demonic realms.
Killswitch | Joel Shepherd
Two years after the unhatching of Callayan President Neiland’s plot to make the capital city of Tanusha the center of the Federation, Callay is under siege. So begins the third installment of this gripping trilogy from an exciting new sci-fi author. When Cassandra’s lover, Special Agent Ari Ruben, discovers a plot to kill her using a killswitch, which her old masters in the League built into her brainstem, Sandy is forced to go underground to stay alive.
Last Argument of Kings | Joe Abercrombie
The end is coming. The king of the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt, and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. No one believes that the shadow of war is about to fall across the heart of the Union. Only the First of the Magi can save the world, but there are risks. There is no risk more terrible, than to break the First Law...
The Liberty Gun | Martin Sketchley
In the third installment of Martin Sketchley’s acclaimed Structure series, Delgado and Ashala are catapulted into a future Seriatt occupied by the Sinz—a three-species race of humanoid, avian, and amphibian form. Delgado immediately seeks a way back to the point that changed his life completely, but his plans are arrested. In the end, the integrity of time itself is threatened and it is in the power of one man alone to ensure that stability is maintained and that the course of events runs true.
Macrolife | George Zebrowski
Inspired by the possibilities of space settlements, projections of biology and cosmology, and basic human longings, Macrolife is a visionary speculation on the long-term future of human and natural history. Filled with haunting images and memorable characters, this is a vivid and brilliant work.
The Man Who Melted | Jack Dann
The Man Who Melted is a warning for the future. It is the Brave New World and 1984 for our time, for it gives us a glimpse into our own future — a future ruled by corporations that control deadly and powerful forms of mass manipulation. It is a prediction of what could happen...tomorrow. The Man Who Melted has been called “one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time” by Science Fiction Age and is considered a genre classic.
Mappa Mundi | Justina Robson
A novel of hard SF exploring the nature of identity both inherited and engineered, from one of Britain’s most acclaimed new talents. This fascinating novel depicts humanity in the near future, when the power and potential of developing technologies demand that we adapt ourselves to their existence—whatever the price.
The Martian General's Daughter | Theodore Judson
Set two thousand years from now, in a world very much like Imperial Rome, this is the story of General Peter Black, the last decent man, as told through the eyes of his devoted (and illegitimate) daughter, Justa. Judson expertly conveys the SF theme once noted by Robert Charles Wilson: “No human institution, good or bad, secular or religious, cultural or technological, is fore-ordained or guaranteed to last.”
The Metatemporal Detective | Michael Moorcock
Collected for the first time, eleven tales of Sir Seaton Begg vs. Count Zodiac,
including the never before seen “The Flaneur of the Arcades d'Opera.” These fast-paced mysteries pay homage to Moorcock's many literary enthusiasms for authors as diverse as Clarence E. Mulford, Dashiell Hammett, Georges Simenon, and his boyhood hero, Sexton Blake.
Midwinter | Matthew Sturges
Winter comes to the land only once in a hundred years. But the snow covers ancient secrets: secrets that could topple a kingdom. Mauritaine was a war hero. Then he was accused of treason and sentenced to life without parole at Crere Sulace, a dark and ancient prison in the mountains, far from the City Emerald. But now the Seelie Queen – Regina Titania herself – has offered him one last chance to redeem himself, an opportunity to regain his freedom and his honor.
MultiReal | David Louis Edelman
The story begun in David Louis Edelman's acclaimed Infoquake continues with MultiReal, the stunning second book in the Jump 225 trilogy. Natch’s struggles take him from the halls of power in Melbourne to the ruined cities of the diss. Hanging in the balance is the fate of MultiReal, a technology that could end the tyranny of the Council forever—or give the Council the ultimate weapon of oppression.
New Dreams for Old | Mike Resnick
A fabulous collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Mike Resnick, showing the depth and range that has not only made him a popular seller, but also placed him fourth (and climbing) on the all-time award list of all science fiction writers living and dead (as compiled by Locus).
Nightchild: Chronicles of the Raven 3 | James Barclay
There Is A New Power Coming. It will sweep aside the four colleges of magic. It is the power of the land, and it has manifested itself in Lyanna, a five year old girl. Unknowingly, she could destroy Balaia. Desperate to maintain their power, the colleges will do anything to control the child. If that fails, they will kill her.
Noonshade: Chronicles of the Raven 2 | James Barclay
Now the land of Balaia, still riven by war, must live with the consequences. The Dawnthief spell—designed to destroy the world, but cast to save it—has torn a hole in the sky, a pathway into the dragon dimension, and, through it, unfriendly eyes are turning to Balaia...
The Office of Shadow | Matthew Sturges
Midwinter has been replaced by a Cold War in the world of Faerie, and this new kind of war requires a new kind of warrior. Queen Titania reconstitutes a secret division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dubbed the "Office of Shadow," imbuing it with powers and discretion once considered unthinkable.
Paradox: Book One of the Nulapeiron Sequence | John Meaney
In a crowded marketplace a mysterious, beautiful woman is brutally killed by a militia squad. Amongst the horrified onlookers is young Tom Corcorigan. Only the previous day she had presented him with a seemingly insignificant info-crystal. He doesn’t know it yet, but he has been given a destiny to fulfill—nothing less than the rewriting of his future, and that of his world.
Paragaea | Chris Roberson
After take-off, Soviet cosmonaut Akilina “Leena” Chirikov finds herself thrown into another dimension, a world of strange science and ancient mystery. There she meets another time-lost person from Earth, Lieutenant Hieronymus Bonaventure of the Royal Navy—who left home to fight the forces of Napoleon and never returned—and Balam, outlaw prince of the jaguar men. They agree to help Chirikov find a way home.
Petrodor: A Trial of Blood and Steel Book 2 | Joel Shepherd
Away from the hills of her Lenayin homeland, Sasha is making a new life in the dark alleys and wealthy houses of Petrodor. An influential trading center, Petrodor holds the key to preventing the coming war between Lenayin and the mighty Bacosh. Together with her old mentor Kessligh, Sasha attempts to navigate the political intrigues of the port city and find a way to stop the war.
Prince of Storms | Kay Kenyon
Finally in control of the Ascendancy, Titus Quinn has styled himself Regent of the Entire. But his command is fragile. He rules an empire with a technology beyond human understanding; spies lurk in the ancient Magisterium; the Tarig overlords are hamstrung but still malevolent. Worse, his daughter Sen Ni opposes him for control, believing the Earth and its Rose universe must die to sustain the failing Entire. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
The Prodigal Troll | Charles Coleman Finlay
A tale of a human child raised by a band of mythological creatures that is both hysterical and moving.
The Queen of Sinister: Dark Age Book 2 | Mark Chadbourn
The plague came without warning and nothing could stop its progress. Caitlin Shepherd, a lowly medic, is allowed to cross into the mystical Celtic Otherworld in search of a cure, taking her on a quest to the end of a land of dreams and nightmares to petition the gods.
The Quiet War | Paul McAuley
Twenty-third century Earth, ravaged by climate change, looks backwards to the holy ideal of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power has been grabbed by a few powerful families and their green saints. Millions of people are imprisoned in teeming cities; millions more labour on Pharaonic projects to rebuild ruined ecosystems...
The Ragged Man: Book Four of the Twilight Reign | Tom Lloyd
With Lord Isak dead and Isak's armies and tribe in disarray, King Emin takes initiative. The secret, savage war he has devoted his life to nears its terrible conclusion. Before the conquering eye of the Menin turns in his direction, Emin must take his chance and strike without mercy.
Resolution: Book Three of the Nulapeiron Sequence | John Meaney
The war against The Blight is over, and the subterranean realms of Nulapeiron have a chance for peace. But Tom Corcorigan, revolutionary and war hero, knows that a greater force threatens his world: the planet-consuming Anomaly, an evil far more powerful than its offspring Blight. The Nulapeiron Sequence concludes in a triumphant climax, revealing the devastating secret of the Oracles' creation. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
The Resurrected Man | Sean Williams
Jonah McEwen is wanted for murder. Someone has been killing women who resemble his former colleague and lover. He is the obvious suspect. The problem? He has been in a coma for three years.
River of Gods | Ian McDonald
August 15, 2047: Happy Hundredth Birthday, India. Ian McDonald has written the great Indian novel of the new millennium, in which a war is fought, a love betrayed, a message from a different world decoded, as the great river Ganges flows on. The critically acclaimed hardcover edition is NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
Sagramanda | Alan Dean Foster
Set in Sagramanda, city of 100 million, this is the story of Taneer, a scientist who has absconded with his multinational corporation’s secret project code and who is now on the run from both the company and his father. This fast-paced and gripping techno-thriller, set in an India just around the corner from today, features a mulitude of colorful, intriguing characters, plus a man-eating tiger. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
Sasha: A Trial of Blood & Steel | Joel Shepherd
Spurning her royal heritage to be raised by the great warrior, Kessligh, her exquisite swordplay astonishes all who witness it. But Sasha is still young, untested in battle and often led by her rash temper. Her defiant wilfulness is attracting the wrong kind of attention. When the Udalyn people—the symbol of Goeren-yai pride and courage—are attacked, Sasha will face her moment of testing. How will she act? Is she ready to lead? Can she be the savior they need her to be?
Selling Out | Justina Robson
Justina Robson's new series is a joyful melding of science fiction and fantasy brought together in the figure of the dangerously lovely Lila Black, a 21-year-old secret agent who's had much of her body replaced with weapon-and-armor-heavy intelligent metal and who isn't sure where her mind ends and her installed AI begins.
Shadow's Son | Jon Sprunk
Caim makes his living on the edge of a blade, but when a routine job goes south, he is thrust into the middle of an insidious plot. Pitted against crooked lawmen, rival killers, and sorcery from the Other Side, his only allies are Josephine, the socialite daughter of his last victim, and Kit, a guardian spirit no one else can see. To unmask a conspiracy at the heart of the empire, he must claim his birthright as the Shadow's Son....
Silverheart | Michael Moorcock & Storm Constantine
A novel set in the very heart of Michael Moorcock’s multiverse, in Karadur, city of metal, steam, and ancient families, the mighty clans of the metal. In six days, Max Silverskin, thief and trickster, must discover the secrets of his heritage or die from the witch mark —the silverheart —which will devour his heart.
Silver Screen | Justina Robson
Ray Croft may or may not have been a genius. On his death he left behind a court case that could destroy everything he had worked for, and a rival who's about to live out Roy's dream by turning himself into a machine. He also left a special mystery which only one person alive can solve.
The Silver Skull: Swords of Albion Book 1 | Mark Chadbourn
Will Swyfte's exploits against the forces of Philip of Spain have made him a national hero, lauded from Carlisle to Kent. Yet his associates can barely disguise their incredulity—what is the point of a spy whose face and name is known across Europe? But Swyfte's public image is a carefully-crafted façade, which deflects attention from his real work—and the true reason why Walsingham's spy network was established.
Son of Man | Robert Silverberg
Clay is a man from the 20th Century who is somehow caught up in a time-flux and transported into a distant future. The earth and the life on it have changed beyond recognition. Even the human race has evolved into many different forms, now coexisting on the planet. Clay goes on a journey which takes him around the future earth and into the depths of his own soul. He is human, but what does that mean?
Stalking the Dragon | Mike Resnick
It’s Valentine's Day and private detective John Justin Mallory is planning on closing up the office early. But before he can turn off the lights and lock the door, a panic-stricken Buffalo Bill Brody visits. It seems that the Eastminster pet show is being held the next day, and his dragon, Fluffy, the heavy favorite, has been kidnapped.
Stalking the Unicorn | Mike Resnick
Join detective John Justin Mallory on a New Year's night of wild adventure in a fantasy Manhattan of leprechauns, gnomes, and Harpies as he matches wits with the all-powerful demon "The Grundy" in a race to find the missing unicorn before time runs out!
Stalking the Vampire | Mike Resnick
On Halloween night, when ghosts and goblins are out celebrating in a fantasy Manhattan, detective John Justin Mallory must stalk the vampire who has threatened his assistant, Winnifred Carruthers, and killed her nephew. Locked in an intriguing battle of wits with a millennia-old vampire, Mallory has until dawn if he is to save his trusted partner.
Star of Gypsies | Robert Silverberg
Yakoub, King of the Rom, must journey across the cosmos and fight to regain his throne. Only then can he fulfill his dream — to return his people to their ancestral home of Romany Star.
Starship: Mutiny | Mike Resnick
The starship Theodore Roosevelt is fighting on the far outskirts of a galactic war, its crew made up of retreads and raw recruits. A new first officer reports, Wilson Cole, a man with a reputation for exceeding his orders but getting results ...
Starship: Pirate |Mike Resnick
Captain Wilson Cole, commander of the starship Theodore Roosevelt, has become a political scapegoat, despite years of dedicated military service. Seeking to find a new life for himself and his crew, Cole and comrades remake the Teddy R. into a pirate ship and set sail for the lawless Inner Frontier. Here, powerful warlords, cut-throat pirates, and struggling colonies compete for survival in a game where you rarely get a second chance to learn the rules.
Starship: Mercenary |Mike Resnick
The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost 3,000 years from now. The Republic is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation. Captain Wilson Cole has transformed his starship, the Theodore Roosevelt, into a mercenary ship. But the life of a mercenary is not always predictable, and eventually circumstance pits Cole and the Teddy R. against his right-hand woman, the former Pirate Queen known as the Valkyrie. Soon the fragile trust that has grown between these two legends is put to the test.
Starship: Rebel |Mike Resnick
Almost a year has passed since the events of Starship: Mercenary. Captain Wilson Cole now commands a fleet of almost fifty ships, and he has become the single greatest military force on the Inner Frontier. Then an incident occurs that changes everything, and Cole declares war on the Republic. It's a hopeless cause...but that's just what Wilson Cole and the Teddy R. are best at.
Mike Resnick | Starship: Flagship
The date is 1970 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, and the Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, finds itself in an all-out war against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man's growing military and economic power. The rebel starship, the Theodore Roosevelt, under the command of Wilson Cole, is preparing to lead Cole's ragtag armada into the Republic, even though he is outnumbered thousands to one.
The Stormcaller | Tom Lloyd
In a land ruled by prophecy and the whims of gods, a young man finds himself at the heart of a war he barely understands, wielding powers he may never be able to control. Isak is a white-eye, born bigger, more charismatic, and more powerful than normal men. The white-eyes were created by the gods to bring order out of chaos. The Stormcaller is the first book in a powerful new series that combines inspired world-building, epoch-shattering battles, and high emotion to dazzling effect.
This Crooked Way | James Enge
Travelling alone in the depths of winter, Morlock Ambrosius (bitterly dry drunk, master of all magical makers, wandering swordsman, and son of Merlin Ambrosius and Nimue Viviana), is attacked by an unknown enemy. Soon he will find that his enemy wears a familiar face, and that the duel he has stumbled into will threaten more lives than his own, leaving nations shattered in its chaotic wake. And at the end of his long road waits the death of a legend.
Tides | Scott Mackay
Tells the tale of two intelligent species on the same planet, at a time in their history when they first encounter each other. Paras and Ortok are the only continents on this world, the homes to these two different species, and are separated by thousands of miles of ocean.
To Hold Infinity | John Meaney
Devastated by her husband’s death, Earth-based biologist Yoshiko Sunadomari journeys to the paradise world of Fulgar to see her estranged son, Tetsuo, in the hope of bridging the gulf between them. But when Yoshiko arrives on Fulgar, she discovers that Tetsuo is gone ... and wanted for murder. Yoshiko then embarks on a course of action that will bring her face to face with the awesome, malevolent mind of Rafael, a member of Fulgar's ruling elite.
The Twilight Herald | Tom Lloyd
Lord Bahl is dead and the young white-eye, Isak, stands in his place; less than a year after being plucked from obscurity and poverty the charismatic new Lord of the Farlan finds himself unprepared to deal with the attempt on his life that now spells war, and the possibility of rebellion waiting for him at home. The Twilight Herald is the second book in a powerful new series that combines inspired world-building, epic battles, and high emotion to dazzling effect.
World's End: Age of Misrule 1 | Mark Chadbourn
A dragon firebombs a freeway. Shape-shifters stalk the commercial district. The deadly Wild Hunt wreaks havoc on the highway. The Age of Misrule has dawned. A pedal-to-the-floor, high-octane fantasy thriller that pitches magic and wonder into a pop culture mash-up of the modern world. Described as “One part Lord of the Rings, one part Illuminatus!, one part Arthurian romance, one part Harry Potter—100 % original!”
A World Too Near | Kay Kenyon
Traversing the galactic distances of The Entire, former star pilot Titus Quinn discovers the secrets of its geography, its fragile storm walls, its eons-long history, and the factions that contend for dominance. One of these factions is led by his daughter, who has at her command a transforming and revolutionary power. As Quinn wrestles with looming disaster, he learns that in the Entire, nothing is what it appears. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.
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