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Tegami Bachi, Vol. 10 (Tegami Bachi, Letter Bee)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: hiroyuki Asada
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (2012, Aug 7th).
Pages: 200
In a land of perpetual night, your heart is your light.Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen. Amberground is locked in darkness. A man-made star casts only a dim light over the land. The pitch-black wilderness is infested with Gaichuu--colossal insects with metal exoskeletons. The Gaichuu make travel between the cities of Amberground extremely dangerous. But thankfully the Letter Bees, a brave corps of messengers, risk their lives in order to keep the hearts of Amberground connected. The Shining Eye With Lag out sick, Aria Link, second in command at the Beehive, takes over the job of delivering his letters. But even with Niche at her side, Aria finds that Amberground has become a dangerous place. Can she defend herself armed with nothing but a violin? Meanwhile, Lag’s illness takes a strange turn. more
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Tegami Bachi, Vol. 12 (Tegami Bachi, Letter Bee)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: hiroyuki Asada
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (2013, Feb 5th).
Pages: 200
In a land of perpetual night, your heart is your light.Amberground is locked in darkness. A man-made star casts only a dim light over the land. The pitch-black wilderness is infested with Gaichuu--colossal insects with metal exoskeletons. The Gaichuu make travel between the cities of Amberground extremely dangerous. But thankfully the Letter Bees, a brave corps of messengers, risk their lives in order to keep the hearts of Amberground connected. As the ferocious Gaichuu Cabernet closes in on the capital of Amberground, the Letter Bees form an army to stop it. Lag is paired off with a novice Bee who informs him that he’s become a legend in the Beehive. But Lag’s reputation as the “Child of Light” won’t do him much good against the terrifying power of Cabernet…or the dark secret he’s discovered about his hero, Gauche Suede. 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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Angelopolis: A Novel (Angelology Series)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Danielle Trussoni
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult (2013, Mar 26th).
Pages: 320
"A stunning follow-up to the best-seller Angelology. . . Part historical novel, fantasy, love story, thriller, and mystery. . . It's a must-read." —Booklist (starred review) A New York Times bestseller and global sensation, Angelology unfurled a brilliant tapestry of myth and biblical lore on our present-day world and plunged two star-crossed heroes into an ancient battle against mankind’s greatest enemy: the fatally attractive angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim. With Angelopolis, the conflict deepens into an inferno of danger and passion unbound. A decade has passed since Verlaine saw Evangeline alight from the Brooklyn Bridge, the sight of her new wings a betrayal that haunts him still. Now an elite angel hunter for the Society of Angelology, he pursues his mission with single-minded devotion: to capture, imprison, and eliminate her kind. more
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The Goliath Stone
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Matthew Joseph Harrington
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Books; 1 edition (2013, Jun 25th).
Pages: 320
Doctor Toby Glyer has effected miracle cures with the use of nanotechnology. But Glyer’s controversial nanites are more than just the latest technological advance, they are a new form of life—and they have more uses than just medical. Glyer’s nanites also have the potential to make everyone on Earth rich from the wealth of asteroids. Twenty-five years ago, the Briareus mission took nanomachinery out to divert an Earth-crossing asteroid and bring it back to be mined, only to drop out of contact as soon as it reached its target. The project was shut down and the technology was forcibly suppressed. Now, a much, much larger asteroid is on a collision course with Earth—and the Briareus nanites may be responsible. more
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Kiss Me First
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lottie Moggach
Format: Deckle Edge]
Publisher: Doubleday (2013, Jul 9th).
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A chilling and intense first novel, the story of a solitary young woman drawn into an online world run by a charismatic web guru who entices her into impersonating a glamorous but desperate woman. When Leila discovers the Web site Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people who understand her. A sheltered young woman raised by her mother, Leila has often struggled to connect with the girls at school; but on Red Pill, a chat forum for ethical debate, Leila comes into her own, impressing the Web site's founder, a brilliant and elusive man named Adrian. Leila is thrilled when Adrian asks to meet her, flattered when he invites her to be part of "Project Tess." Tess is a woman Leila might never have met in real life. She is beautiful, urbane, witty, and damaged. more
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Chasing the Prophecy (Beyonders)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Brandon Mull
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Aladdin (2013, Mar 12th).
Pages: 480
The #1 New York Times bestselling Beyonders fantasy trilogy comes to a stunning and epic conclusion.Jason and Rachel were not born in Lyrian. They did not grow up in Lyrian. But after all of the battles and losses, the triumphs and adventures, and most of all, the friendships forged in this fantastical world, Lyrian has become home to them in a way they never could have imagined. And so, armed now with the prophecy of a dying oracle, they have gone on their separate quests—each surrounded by brave and powerful allies—knowing that the chance for success is slim. But Jason and Rachel are ready at last to become the heroes Lyrian needs, no matter the cost. more
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Daniel X: Game Over
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Ned Rust
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; Reprint edition (2012, Jun 5th).
Pages: 272
Daniel X is one of the greatest superheroes ever to walk planet Earth. He has defeated a host of evildoers on The List of Alien Outlaws, and now he's ready to raise the stakes on his next impossible mission--by eliminating a pair of sadistic shape-shifters at the helm of a massive videogame enterprise. Their next addictive game release, Crown of Thorns V, is about to control the minds of kids all over the world! But this deadly duo also has an appetite for endangered extraterrestrials, and they plan to make Daniel the main course of their next feast. Can he escape their skewers--or will it be GAME OVER for the Alien Hunter? more
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Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 10
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Julietta Suzuki
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (2012, Aug 7th).
Pages: 200
A divine comedy!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen. Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity! Kuruma’s father, the Sojobo of the Kuruma tengu, is gravely ill. Nanami thinks she can cure him with her supply of Momotan, but first she needs to get past the magic shields of Jiro, the next in line for the leadership of the mountain. And Jiro isn’t the only thing on the mountain the gang needs to watch out for… . more
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Railsea
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: China Mieville
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Del Rey (2012, May 15th).
Pages: 288
On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one’s death and the other’s glory. But no matter how spectacular it is, Sham can't shake the sense that there is more to life than traveling the endless rails of the railsea–even if his captain can think only of the hunt for the ivory-coloured mole she’s been chasing since it took her arm all those years ago. When they come across a wrecked train, at first it's a welcome distraction. But what Sham finds in the derelict—a series of pictures hinting at something, somewhere, that should be impossible—leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. more
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