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The Book of Eve [Clothier Meg]

The Book of Eve [Clothier Meg]

In the name of the Father, not a word of this. Her letters are forbidden.Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts.Then, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convent's walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrice's hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous life of their own.But men of the faith want the book destroyed, and a zealous pre

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Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales [Atwood Margaret

Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales [Atwood Margaret

A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy.A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. A woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire, and a crime committed long ago is revenged in the Arctic

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The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories [Allan Nina]

The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories [Allan Nina]

A mind-bending short-story collection from award-winning science fiction author Nina Allan.A mind-bending short-story collection from award-winning science fiction author Nina Allan.A collection of short stories from the award-winning author of The Rift and The Dollmaker, Nina Allan. This compilation brings together rarely seen tales spanning the vast breadth of Allan's writing career for the first time. It also includes a brand-new introduction and one never-before-published story. Locus has described Ni

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Starship Troopers [Heinlein Robert A.]

Starship Troopers [Heinlein Robert A.]

Starship Troopers is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, 1st published in abridged form as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (10-11/59 as Starship Soldier ) & published hardcover in 1959. The 1st-person narrative is about a young soldier named Juan Johnnie Rico & his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit equipped with powered armor. His military career progresses from recruit to noncommissioned officer & finally to off

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SW: The Force Awakens [Foster Alan Dean]

SW: The Force Awakens [Foster Alan Dean]

More than thirty years ago, Star Wars burst onto the big screen and became a cultural phenomenon. Now the next adventures in this blockbuster saga are poised to captivate old and new fans alike – beginning with the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And alongside the cinematic debut comes the thrilling novel adaptation by New York Times bestselling science fiction master Alan Dean Foster.More than thirty years ago, Star Wars burst onto the big screen and became a cultural phenomenon. Now the

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SW: Resistance Reborn [Roanhorse Rebecca] (Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)

SW: Resistance Reborn [Roanhorse Rebecca] (Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)

In this Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novel, Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn must struggle to rebuild the Resistance after their defeat at the hands of the First Order in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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SW: The Fallen Star [Gray Claudia]

SW: The Fallen Star [Gray Claudia]

In this gripping sequel to Star Wars: The Rising Storm, the light of the Jedi faces its darkest hour.In this gripping sequel to Star Wars: The Rising Storm, the light of the Jedi faces its darkest hour.Time and again, the vicious raiders known as the Nihil have sought to bring the golden age of the High Republic to a fiery end. Time and again, the High Republic has emerged battered and weary, but victorious thank to its Jedi protectors-and there is no monument to their cause grander than the Starlight Bea

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SW X-Wing Series: The Krytos Trap [Stackpole Michael] (Star Wars: X-Wing #3)

SW X-Wing Series: The Krytos Trap [Stackpole Michael] (Star Wars: X-Wing #3)

The third book in the legendary series featuring the pilots of Rogue Squadron The Rebels have taken the Imperial headquarters world of Coruscant, but their problems are far from over. A killer virus called Krytos is spreading among the population and fomenting a counterrevolution at the heart of the New Republic. At the same time, Rebel hero Tycho Celchu is on trial for treason, accused of murdering his comrade and fellow pilot Corran Horn. Corran, however, is still alive, trapped in the secret, inescapab

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SW: Ronin [Candon Emma Mieko]

SW: Ronin [Candon Emma Mieko]

A mysterious former Sith wanders the galaxy in this stunning Star Wars tale. An original novel inspired by the world of The Duel from the Star Wars Visions animated anthology. The Jedi are the most loyal servants of the Empire. Two decades ago, Jedi clans clashed in service to feuding lords. Sickened by this endless cycle, a sect of Jedi rebelled, seeking to control their own destiny and claim power in service of no master. They called themselves Sith. The Sith rebellion failed, succumbing to infighting a

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Seveneves [Stephenson Neal]

Seveneves [Stephenson Neal]

What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remains . . . Five thousand years later, their

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Poster Girl [Roth Veronica]

Poster Girl [Roth Veronica]

A fallen regime. A missing child. A chance at freedom. By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, Poster Girl is a haunting adult dystopian mystery that explores the expanding role of surveillance on society - an inescapable reality that we welcome all too easily. WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT. Sonya Kantor knows this slogan - she lived by it for most of her life. For decades, everyone in the Seattle-Portland megalopolis lived under it, as well as constant surveillance in the form of the Insight, a

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Paycheck and Other Classic Stories [Dick Philip K.

Paycheck and Other Classic Stories [Dick Philip K.

Readers worldwide consider Philip K. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dick Society is devoted to the study and promulgation of his works. This collection draws from the writer's earliest short and med

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Of Ants and Dinosaurs [Cixin Liu]

Of Ants and Dinosaurs [Cixin Liu]

The alliance between ants and dinosaurs created a veritable Age of Wonder! But such magnificent industry comes at a price - a price paid first by Earth's biosphere, and then by all those dependent on it. A satirical fable and ecological warning. A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The Three-Body Problem. In a sunlit clearing in central Gondwana, on an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous, the seeds of Earth's first and greatest civilization were so

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NOS4R2 [Hill Joe]

NOS4R2 [Hill Joe]

NOS4R2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns. Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it’s across Massachusetts or across the country. Charles Talent Manx has

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How High We Go in the Dark [Nagamatsu Sequoia]

How High We Go in the Dark [Nagamatsu Sequoia]

or fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice. Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are stud

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