Book Release Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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Fantasy Genre
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Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9) by Charlaine Harris
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Terribly Twisted Tales by Martin H. Greenberg & Jean Rabe – From Hansel and
Gretel and Goldilocks, to Snow White, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and
more, here are eighteen stories that take familiar fairy tales and twist them
around to give them an entirely new slant. Any fan of far-out fantasy is sure to
be delighted.
Starfinder: Book One of the Skylords (Hardcover)
by John Marco (Author) – Steam trains and electricity are rapidly changing the
world. Moth of Calio is obsessed with the airships developed by his friend
Fiona’s grandfather Rendor, and dreams of taking to the air one day like his
heroes, the Skyknights.
But not everyone is happy to see humans reach the skies. For thousands of years,
the mysterious and powerful race known as the Skylords have jealously guarded
their heavenly domain. But Moth and Fiona are about to breach the magical
boundary between the world of humans and the world of the Skylords.
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Last Vampire Standing by Nancy Haddock -Second in the delightful series
featuring a vampire princess in the Sunshine State, adjusting to life, undeath,
and that brutal Floridian sun. 228-year-old Francesca Marinelli thought her past
was dead. Then a stranger from the Atlanta vampire nest crashes her home looking
for sanctuary. A budding stand-up comic, Jo-Jo's running from an undead superior
eager to drive a stake through the heart of his dream job. But Jo-Jo's bad jokes
aren't the only dark clouds on the horizon. A psychotic vampire with a murderous
agenda has followed Jo-Jo to Florida, putting everyone close to Francesca in
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In the Stormy Red Sky by David Drake – DANIEL LEARY IS CINNABAR'S MOST
SUCCESSFUL SPACE CAPTAIN; HIS FRIEND, LADY ADELE MUNDY, IS ITS MOST EFFICIENT
SPY–BUT THEY'VE GOT THEIR HANDS FULL THIS TIME AS THEY FACE:
• A Cinnabar Senator furious at losing an election—and still powerful enough to
make her anger deadly.
• The boy ruler of a star cluster who thinks he's a god—and who can sign the
death warrants of even Cinnabar officials if a mad whimsy tells him to.
• A world of slaves and escaped slaves, where the most savage beasts in the
jungle used to be human.
• An enemy base that could shrug off attack by powerful battlefleets—but which
must fall to a single cruiser if Cinnabar is to survive.
From palace to reeking jungle, from gunfights in grimy hangars to the flagship's
bridge during a sprawling space battle, Leary and Mundy are in the thick of it
again. Watch the galaxy explode—IN THE STORMY RED SKY
Diamond Star by Catherine Asaro – Del was a rock singer. He was also the
renegade son of the Ruby Dynasty, which made his career choice less than
respectable, and gave him more to worry about than getting gigs and not getting
cheated by recording companies, club owners, or his agent. For one thing, the
Ruby Dynasty ruled the Skolian Imperialate, an interstellar Empire, which had
recently had a war with another empire, the Eubian Concord. For another, Del was
singing on Earth, which was part of a third interstellar civilization, and one
which had an uneasy relationship with the Imperialate. Del undeniably had
talent, and was rapidly rising from an unknown fringe artist to stardom. But,
with his life entangled in the politics of three interstellar civilizations,
whether he wanted that or not, talent might not be enough. And that factor might
have much more effect than his music on the lives of trillions of people on the
thousands of inhabited worlds across the galaxy.
Alara Unbroken (Magic: the Gathering) by Doug Beyer – Once upon a time, the
plane of Alara was shattered into five planes, each distinctly populated with
relative mono-magical culture that reflects each of the five colors. Now, the
planes are beginning to realign and merge once more.
As nefarious forces work to hasten the cataclysmic realignment for their own
gain, the populations of once ordered planes struggle to come to terms with a
new planar order in which long separated struggles between opposite clash once
more; martyrs face executioners, fire and water, earth and air, growth and
decay, the innate versus the artificial.
Amid this chaos, Ajani, a fierce leonin planeswalker, struggles to bring justice
and resolution to his brother's death. Noble warrior Rafiq searches for the
source of the of this evil that has invaded his world. And Sarkhan Vol,
planeswalker and dragon hunter, taps into a power so pure and ancient, it
threatens to consume him even as he revels in its unadulterated totality.
An action packed story from the mind of one of the creators, Doug Beyer opens up
the Shards of Alara(TM) set like no one else can.
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Magic In the Blood by Devon Monk – Working as a Hound?tracing illegal spells back to their casters?has taken its toll on Allison Beckstrom. But even though magic has given her migraines and stolen her recent memory, Allie isn’t about to quit. Then the police’s magic enforcement division asks her to consult on a missing persons case. But what seems to be a straightforward job turns out to be anything but, as Allie finds herself drawn into the underworld of criminals, ghosts, and blood magic.
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Darkborn by Alison Sinclair – For the Darkborn, sunlight kills. For the Lightborn, darkness is fatal. Living under a centuries-old curse,the Darkborn and the Lightborn share the city of Minhorne, coexisting in an uneasy equilibrium but never interacting. When Darkborn physician Balthasar Hearne finds a pregnant fugitive on his doorstep just before sunrise, he has no choice but to take her in. Tercelle Amberley’s betrothed is apowerful Darkborn nobleman, but her illicit lovercame to her through the daytime. When she gives birth to twin boys, they can see, something unheard of among the Darkborn. When men come for the boys, Balthasar is saved by the intervention of his Lightborn neighbor and healed by the hands of his wife, Telmaine. Soon he finds himself drawn deeper into political intrigue and magical attacks, while Telmaine must confront a power she can no longer keep sheathed in gloves, a power she neither wants nor can control.
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Fall of Light by Nina Hoffman - Opal LaZelle is a special effects make-up artist, transforming actors into fantastical and grotesque creatures. Unknown to the casts and crews of the films she works on, Opal is gifted in the art of magic and she applies more than make-up when altering an actor’s features.Her latest job requires turning Corvus Weather into a dark god of the forest. But when Corvus’s performance becomes too convincing-on set and off-Opal realizes he’s not acting. Something has taken possession of Corvus. Something sinister tied to the town’s past, with the ability to absorb the very essence of life. Something Opal doesn?t have enough power to confront, much less drive from the man she has fallen in love with.
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Ghost Ocean by S.M. Peters – Beings of unimaginable power, classified as myths and legends, have been imprisoned in the secludedtown of St. Ives for centuries-watched over by guardians with supernatural skills. Te Evangeline’s father was one such guardian, a ‘binder’ who died in the line of duty and who passed along his ability to his daughter. Now, Te must awaken the magic within her before her father’s killer releases hisfellow prisoners on an unsuspecting world.
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The Lancelot Murders by J.M.C. Blair - When Lancelot is accused of murdering Queen Guenevere’s father, she begs Merlin to prove his innocence. Though inclined to leave the faithless knight to his fate, Merlin risks his very life to find the truth at King Arthur’s bidding.
