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Magician's End: Book Three of the Chaoswar Saga
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Raymond E. Feist
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Voyager (2013, May 14th).
Pages: 352
Three decades . . . Five Riftwars . . . One magnificent saga: From New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist comes Magician's End, the final book in the epic Riftwar Cycle.Thirty years ago, Feist's first novel, Magician, introduced us to an orphan boy named Pug, who rises from slavery to become a Master Magician, and to Midkemia and the Riftwar, an epic series of battles between Good and Evil that have scarred Pug's world for generations.After twenty-nine books, Feist delivers the crowning achievement of his renowned bestselling career: Magician's End, the final chapter in The Chaos Wars, the climax of his extraordinary Riftwar Cycle.Pug, now the greatest magician of all time, must risk everything he has fought for and everything he cherishes in the hope of destroying an evil enemy once and for all. more
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The Culling: Rise of the Ravagers (The New 52)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Scott Lobdell
Format: Paperback
Publisher: DC Comics (2013, Jan 29th).
Pages: 176
The Culling is upon us! The Teen Titans finally came together during their assault on Project N.O.W.H.E.R.E.'s headquarters, but Superboy, Red Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Solstice and Skitter's newfound alliance is met with instant adversity. Finding themselves a mile underneath N.O.W.H.E.R.E.'s Antarctic base, the forces behind this nefarious organization surface in the form of the monstrous Harvest. Now trapped in a deadly arena where young teen metahumans must fight each other to the death for survival, also known as The Culling, the Titans and fellow teen superteam Legion Lost must find a way to escape. Will they be able to coexist long enough to survive? Or to defeat Harvest's teenage death squad known as The Ravagers? This massive New 52 crossover is a graphic novel collection not to be missed! . more
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The Red Plague Affair (Bannon and Clare)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lilith Saintcrow
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Orbit (2013, May 21st).
Pages: 336
The service of Britannia is not for the faint of heart--or conscience...Emma Bannon, Sorceress Prime in service to Queen Victrix, has a mission: to find the doctor who has created a powerful new weapon. Her friend, the mentath Archibald Clare, is only too happy to help. It will distract him from pursuing his nemesis, and besides, Clare is not as young as he used to be. A spot of Miss Bannon's excellent hospitality and her diverting company may be just what he needs.Unfortunately, their quarry is a fanatic, and his poisonous discovery is just as dangerous to Britannia as to Her enemies. Now a single man has set Londinium ablaze, and Clare finds himself in the middle of distressing excitement, racing against time and theory to find a cure. Miss Bannon, of course, has troubles of her own, for the Queen's Consort Alberich is ill, and Her Majesty unhappy with Bannon's loyal service. more
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Eat Slay Love (Living with the Dead, Book 3)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jesse Petersen
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Orbit; Original edition (2011, Jun 28th).
Pages: 288
Sarah and David have survived the zombie apocalypse. They stood side by side and fought the undead, mad scientists, and even bionic monsters until the unthinkable happened. A zombie bite. But not even that could stop them. Now, with a possible cure in hand, they're headed east, looking for a safe zone behind the rumored "Wall." They're feeling pretty optimistic.That is until Dave stops sleeping and starts lifting huge objects.Eat. Slay. Love.Because they haven't got a prayer. more
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Janitors
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tyler Whitesides
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Shadow Mountain (2011, Jul 20th).
Pages: 288
The magical, secretive society of JANITORS will sweep the country in the fall of 2011. Have you ever fallen asleep during math class? Are you easily distracted while listening to your English teacher? Do you find yourself completely uninterested in geography? Well, it may not be your fault. The janitors at Welcher Elementary know a secret, and it s draining all the smarts out of the kids. Twelveyear- old Spencer Zumbro, with the help of his classmate Daisy Gullible Gates, must fight with and against a secret, janitorial society that wields wizard-like powers. Who can Spencer and Daisy trust and how will they protect their school and possibly the world? Janitors is book 1 in a new children s fantasy series by debut novelist Tyler Whitesides. more
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Shield of Sea and Space (The Chaos Knight Book Three)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Erin Hoffman
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pyr (2013, May 7th).
Pages: 300
Vidarian Rulorat, called the Tesseract, a powerful magic-user whose abilities spread across multiple elements, finds himself at war with the Alorean Import Company, a powerful cabal of merchants wealthy enough to buy nations. By opening the gate between worlds, Vidarian released the Starhunter, goddess of chaos. With her coming, wild magic returned to the world of Andovar, bringing with it shape- changers and strange awakened elemental technologies, including many-sailed ships powered by air magic, and mechanical automata lit from within by earth and fire. Now, Vidarian discovers that the Alorean Import Company is determined to eliminate two- thirds of this new life on Andovar in the hopes of hoarding more magic for themselves in a new, worldwide plutocracy. more
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The Garden of Stones (Echoes of Empire)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Mark T. Barnes
Format: Paperback
Publisher: 47North; Unabridged edition (2013, May 21st).
Pages: 506
An uneasy peace has existed since the fall of the Awakened Empire centuries ago. Now the hybrid Avān share the land with the people they once conquered: the star-born humans; the spectral, undead Nomads; and what remains of the Elemental Masters. With the Empress-in-Shadows an estranged ghost, it is the ancient dynasties of the Great Houses and the Hundred Families that rule. But now civil war threatens to draw all of Shrīan into a vicious struggle sparked by one man’s lust for power, and his drive to cheat death. Visions have foretold that Corajidin, dying ruler of House Erebus, will not only survive, but rise to rule his people. The wily nobleman seeks to make his destiny certain—by plundering the ruins of his civilization’s past for the arcane science needed to ensure his survival, and by mercilessly eliminating his rivals. more
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Seven Kinds of Hell (A Fangborn Novel)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Dana Cameron
Format: Paperback
Publisher: 47North; Unabridged edition (2013, Mar 12th).
Pages: 374
Archaeologist Zoe Miller has been running from a haunting secret her whole life. But when her cousin is abducted by a vicious Russian kidnapper, Zoe is left with only one option: to reveal herself. Unknown to even her closest friends, Zoe is not entirely human. She’s a werewolf and a daughter of the “Fangborn,” a secretive race of werewolves, vampires, and oracles embroiled in an ancient war against evil. To rescue her cousin, Zoe will be forced to renew family ties and pit her own supernatural abilities against the dark and nefarious foe. The hunt brings Zoe to the edge of her limits, and with the fate of humanity and the Fangborn in the balance, life will be decided by an artifact of world-ending power. Zoe’s mission takes her and her friends across the globe on a frenetic quest for no less than Pandora’s Box. more
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Doctor Who: Night Of The Humans
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: David Llewellyn
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House UK (2010, May 4th).
Pages: 247
An original Doctor Who novel. more
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The Tyrant's Law (The Dagger and the Coin)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Daniel Abraham
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Orbit (2013, May 14th).
Pages: 528
The great war cannot be stopped. The tyrant Geder Palliako had led his nation to war, but every victory has called forth another conflict. Now the greater war spreads out before him, and he is bent on bringing peace. No matter how many people he has to kill to do it.Cithrin bel Sarcour, rogue banker of the Medean Bank, has returned to the fold. Her apprenticeship has placed her in the path of war, but the greater dangers are the ones in her past and in her soul.Widowed and disgraced at the heart of the Empire, Clara Kalliam has become a loyal traitor, defending her nation against itself. And in the shadows of the world, Captain Marcus Wester tracks an ancient secret that will change the war in ways not even he can forsee.Return to the critically acclaimed epic by master storyteller Daniel Abraham, The Dagger and the Coin. more
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