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The Human Division
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: John Scalzi
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (2013, May 14th).
Pages: 432
Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race.The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater and a source of military recruits. Now the CU’s secrets are known to all. Other alien races have come on the scene and formed a new alliance—an alliance against the Colonial Union. And they’ve invited the people of Earth to join them. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious or easy.Against such possibilities, managing the survival of the Colonial Union won’t be easy, either. more
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Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Into the Void
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tim Lebbon
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: LucasBooks (2013, May 7th).
Pages: 320
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROn the planet Tython, the ancient Je’daii order was founded. And at the feet of its wise Masters, Lanoree Brock learned the mysteries and methods of the Force—and found her calling as one of its most powerful disciples. But as strongly as the Force flowed within Lanoree and her parents, it remained absent in her brother, who grew to despise and shun the Je’daii, and whose training in its ancient ways ended in tragedy. Now, from her solitary life as a Ranger keeping order across the galaxy, Lanoree has been summoned by the Je’daii Council on a matter of utmost urgency. The leader of a fanatical cult, obsessed with traveling beyond the reaches of known space, is bent on opening a cosmic gateway using dreaded dark matter as the key—risking a cataclysmic reaction that will consume the entire star system. more
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The Dark at the End (Repairman Jack)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: F. Paul Wilson
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (2012, Sep 25th).
Pages: 448
Bound by his promise to Glaeken, Jack has refrained from making direct moves against Rasalom, but there’s nothing holding him in check any longer…and Glaeken’s time is almost up. The stage is set for Jack’s massive assault on Rasalom, and he’s got just one shot. But it’s not just a matter of taking out Rasalom: he also must safely retrieve Dawn’s child and minimize collateral damage. So, he comes up with a foolproof plan.But fools are always with us…. more
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Ground Zero (Repairman Jack Novels)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: F. Paul Wilson
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (2010, Sep 28th).
Pages: 464
On September 11, 2001, a man drifts in a boat off lower Manhattan as the towers burn. He removes a small box from his pocket and presses a button. As he waits for the south tower to collapse, he thinks: No one—absolutely no one—will guess the truth behind the who and why of this day.Years later, Jack’s childhood friend, Weezy Connell, fits together the pieces of the puzzle and anonymously posts her conclusions on the Web. When someone comes after her, Jack becomes involved in her troubles and in the paranoid maze of the 9/11 Truth Movement, where conspiracy theories point in every direction.They’re all wrong. The truth is stranger, darker, and more evil than anyone can imagine. And if the plot behind it--millennia in the planning--succeeds, it will forever change life on this Earth. more
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Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Charlaine Harris
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ace Hardcover (2013, May 7th).
Pages: 352
THE FINAL SOOKIE STACKHOUSE NOVEL There are secrets in the town of Bon Temps, ones that threaten those closest to Sookie—and could destroy her heart....Sookie Stackhouse finds it easy to turn down the request of former barmaid Arlene when she wants her job back at Merlotte’s. After all, Arlene tried to have Sookie killed. But her relationship with Eric Northman is not so clearcut. He and his vampires are keeping their distance…and a cold silence. And when Sookie learns the reason why, she is devastated. Then a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, and Sookie is arrested for the crime. But the evidence against Sookie is weak, and she makes bail. Investigating the killing, she’ll learn that what passes for truth in Bon Temps is only a convenient lie. more
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The Heretic (General)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tony Daniel
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Baen (2013, Apr 2nd).
Pages: 352
David Drake’s legendary Raj Whitehall/The General series, stunningly reborn! In a world of muskets, bows and arrows, and reptile riding nomads, a young warrior fights against a totalitarian computer devoted to stasis.ABEL DASHIAN'S WORLD DOESN'T NEED A HERO Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos by the collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun to rebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance between mud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism. The people of Duisberg have a god: Zentrum, a supercomputer from the ancient past. Zentrum has decided avoid another collapse by preventing civilization from rising from where it is. more
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River of Stars
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Guy Gavriel Kay
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Roc Hardcover (2013, Apr 2nd).
Pages: 656
In his critically acclaimed novel Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay told a vivid and powerful story inspired by China’s Tang Dynasty. Now, the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author revisits that invented setting four centuries later with an epic of prideful emperors, battling courtiers, bandits and soldiers, nomadic invasions, and a woman battling in her own way, to find a new place for women in the world – a world inspired this time by the glittering, decadent Song Dynasty. Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life—in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. more
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Rogue Descendant (Nikki Glass)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jenna Black
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books (2013, Apr 30th).
Pages: 384
For Immortal Huntress and cunning P.I. Nikki Glass, vengeance trumps all in the newest novel in Jenna Black’s addictive series. Nikki Glass, descendant of Artemis the Huntress, is all for justice, but she draws the line at cold-blooded murder. Too bad she works for Anderson Kane, a god in disguise who just happens to be the son of a Fury. He wants Konstantin, the deposed leader of the Olympians, dead, and he needs Nikki’s help to hunt his nemesis down. Saying no to a god might be bad for her health, but Nikki is no pushover . . . until Konstantin claims responsibility for a fire that destroys her parents’ home. Nikki would do anything to protect her family, and now she sets off on the deadliest of hunts, knowing that a single false step could trigger a war between Anderson and the Olympians—a war Anderson cannot hope to win. more
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Transformers: Robots In Disguise Volume 3
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Brendan Cahill
Format: Paperback
Publisher: IDW Publishing (2013, Apr 23rd).
Pages: 104
"Transformers: Robots In Disguise Volume 3". more
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The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Guardian
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jack Campbell
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ace Hardcover (2013, May 7th).
Pages: 416
Admiral Geary’s First Fleet of the Alliance has survived the journey deep into unexplored interstellar space, a voyage that led to the discovery of new alien species, including a new enemy and a possible ally. Now Geary’s mission is to ensure the safety of the Midway Star System, which has revolted against the Syndicate Worlds empire—an empire that is on the brink of collapse. To complicate matters further, Geary also needs to return safely to Alliance space not only with representatives of the Dancers, an alien species, but also with Invincible, a captured warship that could possibly be the most valuable object in human history. Despite the peace treaty that Geary must adhere to at all costs, the Syndicate Worlds regime threatens to make the fleet’s journey back grueling and perilous. more
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