Halo: Primordium: Book Two of the Forerunner Saga
by Greg Bear
Published 2012 by Tor Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780765323972

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"A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.""Since then, I've traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies--a greater reach than any human before me.... More...

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Archon: The Books of Raziel
by Sabrina Benulis
Published 2011 by Harper Voyager

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780062069405

Jacket Notes:
In the bestselling vein of Lauren Kate, Melissa Marr, and "Angelology," "Archon" is a fabulous paranormal debut about a girl who discovers that she is an Archon--a human possessed by the spirit of a dead angel--and that she is equally hunted and desired by angels and demons.... More...

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Power Play
by Ben Bova
Published 2012 by Tor Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780765317865

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A Hugo Award winner and one of the most respected novelists in science fiction returns with a timely thrill-ride, in which the world of politics carries its own dangers. Dr. Jake Ross, a university astronomer, wants nothing more than to teach a few classes each semester a
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Shadows in Flight
by Orson Scott Card
Published 2012 by Tor Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780765332004

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Ender's Shadow explores the stars in this all-new novel...

At the end of "Shadow of the Giant," Bean flees to the stars with three of his children--the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life.... More...

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Shadow City
by Diana Pharaoh Francis
Published 2011 by Pocket Books

Mass Market Paperbound, English. ISBN: 9781451613858

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The world is falling apart. The magical apocalypse has come. Now is the time to guard the covenstead against both raiders and refugees. But Max has been stolen by a powerful demi-god who is determined to force her to find a way to use a magical power she never knew she had--even if it kills her.... More...

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Bride Wore Black Leather
by Simon R Green
Published 2012 by Ace Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781937007133

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In the secret heart of London, under the cover of endless darkness, the Nightside caters to anyone with any unusual itch that needs to be scratched. But enter at your own risk. The party animals who live here may be as inhuman as their appetites... My name is John Taylor.... More...

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Sisterhood of Dune
by Brian Herbert
Published 2012 by Tor Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780765322739

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The latest chapter in the "New York Times"-bestselling series. It is 83 years after the last of the thinking machines were destroyed in the Battle of Corrin, after Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino and established himself as the first Emperor of a new imperium.... More...

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Rook
by Daniel O'Malley
Published 2012 by Little Brown and Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316098793

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"The body you are wearing used to be mine." So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.... More...

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Demi-Monde: Winter
by Rod Rees
Published 2011 by William Morrow & Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780062070340

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The Demi-Monde: 1. A subclass of society whose members embrace a decadent lifestyle and evince loose morals. 2. A shadow world where the norms of civilized behavior have been abandoned. 3. A massive multiple-player simulation technology that re-creates in a wholly realistic cyber-milieu the threat-ambiance and no-warning aspects of a hi-intensity, deep-density, urban Asymmetric Warfare Environment.... More...

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Initiate's Trial: First Book of the Sword of the Canon
by Janny Wurts
Published 2011 by HarperCollins UK

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780007362127

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The first book in the fourth arc, Sword of the Canon, finds Arithon and Lysaer on an unstoppable path toward direct conflict Half-brothers Arithon and Lysaer were laid under a curse of lifelong enmity when they defeated the Mistwraith and freed the world of Athera.... More...

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