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Abraham, Daniel Autumn War (The Long Price Quartet, Book 3) ($25.95 US Cloth) Having struggled to prepare his people for a future without their magic protectors, ruler Otah Machi realizes he has run out of time when his city is targeted by an expansionist empire from across the sea. By the author of A Betrayal in Winter.

Abraham, Daniel Betrayal in Winter (The Long Price Quartet, Book 2) ($7.99 US ) A sequel to A Shadow in Summer finds Otah Machi recalled from exile to the house of his ruling family when he is rendered its only surviving heir, a situation during which he is falsely accused with conspiring with a formidable enemy

Anders, Lou (ed) Sideways in Crime ($14.99 US Trade) Edited by a 2007 Hugo Award nominee, an assemblage of alternative history mysteries features crime stories that are set in universes that are somewhat different from our own and includes works by Stephen Baxter, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kage Baker, Jack McDevitt, S. M. Sterling, Mike Resnick and Eric Flint, Pat Cadigan, and other notable authors

Anderson, Kevin J. Ashes of Worlds (Saga of Seven Suns) ($25.99 US Cloth) The conclusion to the Saga of Seven Suns series features a final stand in an epic clash against galactic civilizations that pits the factions of humanity against one another

Archer, Alex Gabriel's Horn (Rogue Angel) ($6.99 US ) Archaeologist Annja Creed makes her way through the dark and violent underbelly of Istanbul to find her missing friend Roux and the Holy Grail before the relic falls into the wrong hands

Asaro, Catherine Night Bird ($14.95 US Trade) When Jazid nomads invade Aronsdale and carry young Allegro into the desert, an unexpected ally, fierce Jazid warrior Markus Onyx, falls under her spell, giving her the chance to use her powers to save her homeland, if she can overcome the promise of true love

Ashley, Mike (ed) Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy ($13.95 US Trade) Urban fantasy, alternate history, and extreme dystopian fiction are fantastical topics presented in this collection of twenty-five short stories from an array of contemporary writers, including Paul Di Filippo, Michael Swanwick, A. A. Attanasio, and Orson Scott Card, among others

Baker, Kage Sons of Heaven: a Company Novel ($7.99 US ) A conclusion to the story of Mendoza and The Company finds the immortal Lewis stripped of his vision and befriended by an extraordinary child, the Victorian superman Edward plotting world domination, and the Enforcer Budu enlisting an unexpected ally.

Banks, L. A. Shadows (Vampire Huntress Legend) ($14.95 US Trade) As new allies, Yonnie and Val, a daywalker and an angel hybrid, join Damali's and Carlos's team, the forces of the Dark Realms have taken refuge in the wake of an angelic onslaught, while the evil Unnamed One prepares to leave the underworld to seek bloodthirsty revenge on all humankind for the actions of the Huntress squad

Banner, Catherine Eyes of a King ($19.95) Five-year-old Cassius escaped the brutal assassination of his parents, the king and queen of Malonia, and was exiled to modern-day England. Now fifteen, Cassius continues to be hidden in England under the protection of his tutor, the great Alderbaran, who's ancient prophecy says that Cassius will, one day, return and claim his rightful place on the throne. At the same time, fifteen-year-old Leo remains in Malonia where a repressive dictatorial regime under the new king, Lucien, followed the assassination. One day Leo discovers a wonderful book in which parts of an epic story appear each day - a remarkable story that reveals the secrets of the prophecy, the assassination and how they are connected to Leo's own family history (young adult)

Baxter, Stephen H-Bomb Girl ($15.95) Liverpool 1962. A place and time of danger and passion. A thrilling new music is bursting on to the grey streets of the post-war city. A music that electrifies. A music that promises to change everything. But in Cuba, on the other side of the earth, nuclear tensions are at breaking point. The end of the whole world could be just days away. At the heart of it all is 14-year-old Laura Mann. She's on the run, hunted by strange forces fighting over the future of humanity. And Laura's about to discover that her own life is at stake - in ways she could never have imagined (young adult)

Baxter, Stephen Navigator (Time's Tapestry, Book 3) ($24.95) Another key point in history: the discovery of America.

Bear, Elizabeth Ink and Steel: a Novel of the Promethean Age ($14.00 US Trade) With playwright and spy Kit Marley dead, the victim of murder, dramatist William Shakespeare unsuccessfully takes on the Promethean Club's secret battle against sorcerers out to destroy England, until Marley, resurrected by Faerie enchantment, comes to his aid, but first Kit must find the traitor responsible for his death.

Beckett, Galen Magicians and Mrs. Quent ($23.00 US Cloth) Raised in a genteel but impoverished household, Ivy Lockwell, eldest of three daughters, is desperate to save her father, a former magician, from the madness that has overwhelmed him and finds the key to saving both him and the entire land from darkness lies in the secrets she uncovers while serving as governess to the wards of the enigmatic Mr. Quent. A first novel.

Bennett, Christopher L. Infinity's Prism (Star Trek Myriad Universes) ($16.00 US Trade) The first of two volumes journeying to a series of new alternate realities in the Star Trek universe examines the dramatic changes that occur when history takes different turns at pivotal moments in time, in a trio of short novels by Christopher L. Bennett, William Leisner, and James Swallow

Bova, Ben Laugh Lines ($22.00 US Cloth) A two-in-one omnibus volume presents two full-length novels by the award-winning science fiction master that features The Starcrossed, in which a young techno-whiz takes on greedy industry executives when he invents true 3-D TV technology, and Cyberbooks, in which the inventor of a new "cyberbook" comes face to face with the cutthroat world of big publishing.

Bowling, Drew Tower of Shadows (Tides of Fate Trilogy, Book 1) ($7.99 US ) The lives of three teenagers and those of the adults charged to protect them intertwine as a great evil from the past engulfs the land of Elynnrie, destroying everything it touches, forcing a former mercenary to once again take up his sword, and transforming a young student of magic into an untried wizard. A first novel

Bray, Patricia Final Sacrifice ($6.99 US ) Trapped by dark sorcery in the body of an emperor, scholar-monk Josan struggles to make peace with the mind of his host, but as Ikaria is threatened with destruction by long-standing rivalries and their uneasy truce begins to unravel, they must undertake a perilous quest to distant Xandropol in search of the forbidden magic that may be the only cure for them

Brennan, Marie Midnight Never Come ($22.95 Trade) The loyalties of a faerie lady-in-waiting and a mortal spymaster agent are tested in Elizabethan London, which is being challenged by complicated politics between the queen and the ruler of the faerie underworld

Brust, Steven Jhegaala ($24.95 US Cloth) Hiding from the criminal Jhereg organization in a distant paper-making town, a recently divorced Vlad endeavours to find family members who allegedly live in the increasingly bizarre and hostile community.

Burney, Claudia Mair Exorsistah ($9.95 US Trade) Possessing supernatural powers that enable her to see demons, homeless teen Emme Vaughn reluctantly joins a ragamuffin team of exorcists under the guidance of a disgraced priest, an effort that is compromised by her lack of discipline and painful past.

Butcher, Jim Fool Moon (The Dresden Files Book Two) ($23.95 US Cloth) Business has been slow. Dead. And not even of the undead variety. You would think Chicago could drum up a little business for the only professional wizard in the phone book. But in the nick of time a corpse turns up. Strange looking paw prints. A full moon. Take three guesses - and the first two don't count (First hardcover edition)

Cabell, James Branch Jurgen ($13.95 US Trade) Jurgen is a pawnbroker who is transported by a sympathetic Devil to the past. The Devil gives him the appearance of youth but Jurgen keeps his older wisdom. Jurgen dallies with the beautiful women he had loved and longed for in his youth but somehow they are none of them quite as he had imagined. (New edition with an introduction by Neil Gaiman)

Campbell, Jack (aka John Hemry) Valiant (The Lost Fleet, no. 4) ($7.99 US ) "Black Jack" Geary orders the Alliance Fleet back to the Lakota Star System where it had almost been destroyed by the Syndics in a desperate gamble to stay one step ahead of the enemy

Campbell, Ramsey Grin of the Dark ($24.95) Once upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema. Some of his music-hall performances before he went to Hollywood were riotously controversial, and his last film was never released - but why have his entire career and all his films vanished from the record? Simon Lester is a film critic thrown out of a job by a lawsuit against the magazine he helped to found. When he's commissioned to write a book about Thackeray and restore the comedian's reputation, it seems as if his own career is saved. His research takes him from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, from dusty archives to a hardcore movie studio. But his research leads to something far older than the cinema, something that has taken a new and even more dangerous shape

Cassidy, Dakota Accidentally Dead ($14.00 US Trade) Bitten by a patient, still loopy from the anesthesia, during her first day on the job as a dental assistant, Nina Blackman awakens to discover that she has become a vampire overnight, thanks to her patient, gorgeous Long Island vampire Greg Statleon, who just might be the man of her dreams--if they are willing to commit to each other for all eternity.

Clarke, Arthur C. / Baxter, Stephen Firstborn (A Time Odyssey, Book 3) ($32.95 Trade) In the conclusion of the Time Odyssey series, The Firstborn, the alien race that built the iconic black monolith, wait for a sign as they plan to stop the advance of humankind through the use of a mysterious technology that is indistiguishable from magic.

Collins, Max Allan Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (The Mummy) ($7.99 US ) Film novelisation. In this sequel to The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening China's Dragon Emperor from eternal slumber and must seek help from his parents, Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, to take down the undead

Cooper, Brenda Reading the Wind ($25.95 US Cloth) Forcefully rejected by the purity-valuing citizens of a Fremont colony planet, genetically altered teen Chelo is unable to escape with her brother and is forced to live underground, while her brother encounters a dangerous plot against Fremont when he returns to his homeworld.

Cooper, Brenda Silver Ship and the Sea ($7.99 US ) Chelo Lee, her brother Joseph, and four other genetically enhanced children who have been abandoned on the colony world of Fremont struggle to use their unique talents and skills to make the dangerous, wild planet home and discover that a long-deserted space ship shunned by other inhabitants of the planet could hold the key to their survival.

Cox, Greg Vesuvius Prophecy (The 4400) ($7.99 US ) When young 4400 Maia sees a vision of the imminent eruption of Mt. Rainer and the destruction of Seattle, NTAC agents Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris search for the elusive D. B. Cooper, who possesses the ability to cause seismic events, and the terrorist Nova Group prepares to unleash a deadly conspiracy on the Pacific Northwest.

Dann, Jack (ed) Dreaming Again ($39.95 Trade) 35 new stories celebrating the wild side of Australian fantasy writing. A partial list of authors includes Garth Nix, Sean McMullen, Lucy Sussex, Margo Lanagan, Terry Dowling, Stephen Dedman, Isobelle Carmody, Trudi Canavan, John Birmingham and Canberra's Kim Westwood (Australian author)

Davidson, MaryJanice Undead and Unworthy (Undead, Book 7) ($32.95 Trade) Having recently lost her dad and step-mother, Betsy Sinclair (nee Taylor) is adjusting to rather more than just married life. Their untimely deaths have left her and Sinclair as sole guardians of her little brother, Jon. Two vampire parents - albeit vampire royalty - for a decidedly human baby. But then the ghost of Betsy's step-mother turns up at their house. And as stubborn and insufferable as she was in life, she's even more annoying in death (Also available $23.95 US Cloth)

Devereux, David Hunter's Moon ($19.95) 'My name is unimportant, but you can call me Jack. I'm a musician by choice, a magician by profession and a bastard by disposition. I'd been doing the magic thing for about five years when they found me. They said I had a talent, that I was smart enough and fit enough and enough of a shit that I could serve my country in a way most people never even get to hear about. And I did want to serve my country, didn't I? I didn't want to contemplate what might happen if I said no.' And so Jack found himself on the front line of a secret war that most people wouldn't believe was possible, working for a secret organisation tasked with defending the country from whatever supernatural threat faces it

DeWolf, Parker When Night Falls (Eberron: The Lanternlight Files, Book 2) ($6.99 US ) Taking on a seemingly simple job, troubleshooter-for-hire Ulther Whitsun suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a revolution that threatens to ignite all of Sharn, the City of Towers, and confronted by a series of senseless massacres, betrayal, and intrigue that could destroy him.

Dick, Philip K. Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s ($40.00 US Cloth) A second collection of signature works offers insight into the author's range within the science-fiction genre, in a volume that includes the titles Martian Time-Slip, Dr. Bloodmoney, Now Wait for Last Year, A Scanner Darkly, and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

Dozois, Gardner (ed) Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection ($21.95 US Trade) The latest edition of the critically acclaimed annual anthology collects a broad spectrum of outstanding science fiction tales written during the previous year, including contributions by Stephen Baxter, Ian McDonald, Kage Baker, Alastair Reynolds, Elizabeth Bear, and other talented masters of the genre, along with a recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction

Edelman, David Louis Infoquake (The Jump 225 Trilogy, Vol. 1) ($7.99 US ) Natch, a master of biologics, the programming of the human body, and his apprentices come to the assistance of Margaret Surina, owner of a mysterious new technology called MultiReal, who wants them to develop the technology and prepare it for public release--all the while keeping it out of the hands of ruthless High Executive Len Borda and his armies

Egan, Greg Incandescence ($35.00 Trade) A million years from now, Roi and Zak live inside the splinter, a world of rock that swims in a sea of light they call Incandescence. In fact the Splinter is orbiting a black hole, which is about to capture a neighbouring star and wreak terrible - fatal - havoc. As the signs of danger grow, Roi, Zak and a growing band of recruits struggle to understand their world and take control of their fate

Erikson, Steven Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 8) ($69.95 Cloth) It is summer and the heat is oppressive, yet the discomfiture of the small rotund man in the faded red waistcoat is not entirely due to the sun. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt the city's streets like fiends of shadow. Assassins skulk in alleyways but it seems the hunters have become the hunted. Hidden hands pluck the strings of tyranny like a fell chorus. Strangers have arrived, and while the bards sing their tragic tales, somewhere in the distance can be heard the baying of hounds. All is palpably not well. And in Black Coral too, ruled over by Anomander Rake Son of Darkness, something is afoot - memories of ancient crimes surface, clamouring for revenge, so it would seem that Love and Death are indeed about to make their entrance. (Trade paperback in August)

Esslemont, Ian C. Night of Knives: a Novel of the Malazan Empire ($24.95) It gave the Empire its name, but the tiny island and city of Malaz is now a sleepy, seedy back-water port. However this night things are a little different. This night its residents are bustling about, barring doors and shuttering windows. Because this night a once-in-a-generation Shadow Moon is due and threatens the good citizens of Malaz with demon hounds and other, darker, beings. And it was also prophesied that on this night the Emperor Kellanved, missing for all these years, will return. As factions within the greater Empire battle over the imperial throne, the Shadow Moon summons a far more alien and ancient presence for an all-out assault upon the island. Indeed the cataclysmic events that happen this night will determine the fate of the Malaz and of the entire world beyond (first in a new series set in the world of the Malazan empire world co-created by Steven Erikson and Ian Esslemont)

Evans, Chris Darkness Forged in Fire (The Iron Elves, Book 1) ($26.00 US Cloth) Forcibly summoned out of exile to resurrect the Iron Elves regiment he once had led, disgraced elf officer Konowa Swift Dragon is ordered to fight an elf witch of immense dark power, a mission that is compromised by doubts about the elves' loyalty to their empire. A first novel.

Feehan, Christine Predatory Game (GhostWalker, Book 6) ($19.95) Saber Winter was running from her past when she meets Jess Calhoun, an ex-officer with the U.S. forces elite Navy Seals division who's now confined to a wheel chair. Jess had sensed that Saber was a lost soul, and he'd given her a job and a home, hoping that she'd be willing to stay and finally share her secrets with him. But Saber has been on the run a long time, and Jess may be in a wheelchair, but he's also a GhostWalker, and both of their pasts are about to collide in the present when secrets they're both hiding get uncovered, and both must deal with betrayal before they're free to find a future together.

Flewelling, Lynn Shadows Return ($7.50 US ) After a victory in Aurdnen, master spies and dissolute aristocrats Alec and Seregil accept a new assignment that takes them to Seregil's homeland, only to be ambushed, separated, and sold into slavery, where Alec's unique heritage entangles them both in a dark realm of alchemists, madmen, and an inhuman creature that may be either a monster or their only hope

Flint, Eric & Mike Resnick (eds.) Best of Jim Baen's Universe No 2 ($14.00 US Trade) A second collection of outstanding science fiction and fantasy stories from the popular online magazine, Jim Baen's Universe, features contributions from Hugo and Nebula winner Nancy Kress, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, Elizabeth Bear, Garth Nix, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and others

Freeman, Pamela Blood Ties (Castings Trilogy, Book 1) ($19.95) Bramble, a village girl whose grandfather is a Traveller, witnesses a warlord's man wound a wolf in the woods. As she is an experienced tracker she finds the wolf and puts it our of its misery. The man finds out and confronts her, and in self-defence Bramble kills him and steals his horse. Worried that the warlord will discover her crime and threaten her family, she takes to the Road so they are not in danger. Ash is a young man, also a Traveller, who has recently left the Road which he travelled with his musician parents. They have found him an apprenticeship with a safe guarder house in Turvite, the largest town in the region. Safe guarders are part security guards/part mercenaries. Ash's story begins when he kills a young woman one night - a thief who is trying to kill him. The murder throws his life into turmoil and he decides he needs to find another career - or set out on the Road once more. And so the story of Bramble and Ash begins (Australian author)

Frost, Gregory Lord Tophet: a Shadowbridge Novel ($14.00 US Trade) Coming of age in the shadow of her legendary father, Leodora, a gifted storyteller and master puppeteer, travels the spans between worlds to collect the stories, legends, and myths of diverse cultures, all the while pursued by agents from her family's troubled past, in the sequel to Shadowbridge.

Gischler, Victor Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse ($14.00 US Trade) Ten years after an apocalypse all but destroys the world, former insurance salesperson Mortimer Tate emerges from a Tennessee mountain-top cave and is accompanied by a cowboy sidekick as he makes his way through the strip clubs that represent the surviving dregs of American society.

Golemon, David Lynn Legend ($7.99 US ) In the sequel to Event, Major Jack Collins, the head of the Event Group, a top-secret government agency dedicated to solving the mysteries of the past, and his team venture deep into the perilous depths of the Amazon in search of a treasure trove of long-lost Inca gold and the legendary predator that will destroy anyone threatening to expose the dark secret of the vanished Incas.

Greenberg, Martin H. (ed) Dimension Next Door ($7.99 US ) With Kerrie Hughes. Thirteen writers explore unknown territories in these original tales of the strange, challenging, and often wondrous worlds just waiting to be discovered by those with the ability to perceive them, with contributions from Jody Lynn Nye, Irene Radford, Fiona Patton, Chris Pierson, Anton Strout, and others

Greenwood, Ed Dark Water Rising: a Novel of Niflheim ($7.99 US ) Kidnapped as a child by the Nilfghar dark elves, Orivon Firefist has grown up as a slave, forced to use his great strength to serve his captors, but now he yearns to return to the surface world and is willing to do anything, even destroy the entire dark elf empire, to escape

Gunn, David Maximum Offense (Death's Head, book 2) (US: Maximum Deniability) ($34.95Trade) Continues the perilous adventures and exploits of Sven Tveskoeg, an antisocial antihero with a nasty attitude and an intelligent handgun. The Aux have been dropped on a far-flung planet called Hekati, only it's not really a planet at all and it's in Uplift space. As for their mission, it seems it's so damn secret that General Jaxx hasn't even told Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg what it is. His team's going in blind and he's so not happy - and that's when bad things start to happen

Harding, Traci Black Madonna (Mystique, Book 3) ($32.95Trade) Kali, inter-dimensional Queen of the Anunnaki - now fully merged with the youngest Dragon Queen, Tamar Devere - has less than a year to rehabilitate her Fallen kindred who desire inter-galactic domination. Ashlee Granville-Devere, and the Dragon Queens must pool their talents to open the twelve Stations of the Signet Grid and unlock the Halls of Amenti lest the Fallen succeed in using time-travel technologies to destroy humanity

Harrison, Kim et al Hotter Than Hell ($7.99 US ) A seductive anthology of supernatural fiction and paranormal romance by some of today's hottest authors features contributions by L. A. Banks, Keri Arthur, Tanya Huff, Susan Krinard, Lilith Saintcrow, Susan Sizemore and Denise Little, Kim Harrison, Marjorie M. Liu, and others

Hill, Joe Heart-Shaped Box ($22.95) A collector of obscure and macabre artefacts, unscrupulous metal band musician Judas Coyne is unable to resist purchasing a ghost over the Internet, which turns out to be the vengeful spirit of his late girlfriend's stepfather.

Hobb, Robin Renegade's Magic (Soldier Son, Book 3) ($20.95) Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a noble Gernian family, once looked forward to a promising future as a cadet soldier, and then an officer in the King's Cavalry. But his entanglement with the magic of the Speck people has robbed him not only of his childhood dream, but also of any hope he might have clung to for any kind of life among his own people. Little by little the magic has gnawed away at Nevare's happiness until all he can do to preserve what little of it remains is to relinquish himself to the difficult fate chosen for him. In Renegade's Magic, Nevare is forced to seek out his enemies; he must learn how to harness his manipulative magic, and then join them in their fight against his own people

Holdstock, Robert Broken Kings (Merlin Codex, Book 3) ($24.95) The hill below the fortress of Taurovinda, stronghold of Urtha, High King of the Cornovidi, is coming alive. The Otherworldly realm of the Shadows of Heroes are claiming the land as their own. But this time their actions are driven by a force that is darker and older than even the oldest among the ghosts. Who or what is raising the Dead? Merlin, a temporary resident in the fortress, must answer that question if this time of kings and lovers is to be saved. Jason's wonderful ship, Argo, has returned, drawn back by her own guilty past and a dreadful secret that she will reveal only to Merlin. Argo holds the key to the mystery. And Niiv, the bewitching, beautiful Northlands enchantress, is working her way even closer into Merlin's charms. This is a journey that will take Merlin back in history and to a fabled island of legend.

Holt, Tom Better Mousetrap ($39.95 Cloth) It touches all our lives; our triumphs and tragedies, our proudest achievements, our most traumatic disasters. Alloyed of love and fear, death and fire and the inscrutable acts of the gods, insurance is indeed the force that binds the universe together. Hardly surprising, therefore, that Frank Carpenter, one of the foremost magical practitioners of our age, felt himself irresistibly drawn to it. Until, that is, he met Jane, a high-flying corporate heroine with an annoying habit of falling out of trees and getting killed. Repeatedly. It's not long before Frank and Jane find themselves face to face with the greatest enigma of our times: When is a door not a door? When it's a mousetrap

Howard, Robert E. Beyond the Black River (Weird Works, vol. 3) ($6.99 US ) This third volume presents many of the author's works from pulp magazines meticulously restored to their original appearance texts and includes a total of four of the Conan tales, as well as "A Witch Shall Be Born," "Shadows in Zamboula," and two other fine horror stories

Kenner, Julie Deja Demon: The Days and Nights of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ($14.00 US Trade) Just when she is confronted by the potential chaos of a vast neighbourhood Easter party, suburban mother and demon hunter Kate Connor discovers that she must save the world once again from the High Demon Goramesh, who has returned to San Diablo, this time accompanied by an army of the undead and a powerful demonic ally

Kenner, Julie Demons are Forever: Confessions of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom ($7.99 US ) Now that her daughter has figured out what her mother does, suburban stay-at-home mom and demon hunter Kate Connor finds herself confronted by a would-be teenage protégé, as well as a late husband who may have used the forces of darkness to steal another's body, a living husband who is somehow different, and a precious item that every demon in the area wants

Kilworth, Garry Hundred-Towered City ($24.95) A new historical fantasy set in turn-of-the-century Prague. What awaits Jack, Annie and Davey when they are transported back in time to the gothic city of Prague, to search for their missing parents? Trying to avoid capture by the secret police, they find themselves running through dark and dangerous cobbled streets and meet some very shady characters. Where are their parents and who has stolen the key to the time machine? (young adult)

Kirkpatrick, Russell Dark Heart (Husk Trilogy, Book 2) ($20.95) Noetos and his reluctant companion, who is the village leader and his wife's lover, are fleeing from the Recruiters who want young men and women for religious training in Bhrudwo, but who are also hunting for an artefact in the possession of Noetos. They manage their escape as the weather turns destructive. In another place, Lenares becomes leader of the Cosmographers after her mistress Mahudia is killed by a severe earthquake north of Talamaq. Trained to read the presence of the Gods in the landscape, she can find no evidence of the Father ... he is missing, but is it possible he could be dead? And, if so, the resulting imbalance may be the source of the worsening cataclysms. But what if the world, and what is wrong with it, proves to be far more complex than any of them imagine (Australian author)

Knight, E.E. Fall with Honor: a Novel of the Vampire Earth ($23.95 US Cloth) Leading a company of soldiers in the rebellion against the Kurian Occupation of Earth, David Valentine joins forces with a guerrilla army planning to establish a new freehold in the Appalachian Mountains.

Knight, E.E. Valentine's Resolve (The Vampire Earth) ($7.99 US ) Returning from three years of exile, David Valentine reluctantly joins forces with the Marshal, a legendary and autocratic resistance fighter with a personal vendetta, to free the Lightweavers--allies of humankind--imprisoned by a vicious Kurian overlord, in the sequel to Valentine's Exile.

Knox, Elizabeth Invisible Road ($32.95 Trade) There is a world similar to ours but for one major aberration: the mysterious Place that only a select group of people - the Dreamhunters - can enter. A region where dreams can be caught and relayed to eager audiences in the Rainbow Opera, the magnificent purpose-built dream palace. Laura needs to find out what it is that killed her father - but nothing in her darkest nightmares could prepare her for what she discovers about those who rule the world of the Dreamhunters. (Omnibus of two novels: Dreamhunter, and Dreamquake) (Australian author)

Landon, Kristin Cold Minds ($7.99 US ) In their desperate search for allies to oppose the Cold Minds, Iain and Linnea need to prove to the Pilot Masters that the Cold Minds have returned and that they need to recruit jump pilots

Liu, Marjorie M. Iron Hunt ($7.99 US ) Maxine Kiss, the only one standing between humankind and the demons breaking out from behind prison veils, lives a life lacking in love and revelling in death, until one moment and one man changes everything

Lukyanenko, Sergei Last Watch (Night Watch, Book 4) ($14.95 US Trade) A final instalment in a series that includes Twilight Watch finds Night Watch agent Anton conducting a murder investigation that takes him from Edinburgh and Uzbekistan to Moscow, where he discovers that the threat posed by the Others is more complex than originally realized

MacAlister, Katie Sex and the Single Vampire ($19.95) A vampire searching for the one woman who will be his eternal salvation and a beautiful summoner of ghosts, poltergeists, and demon lords find love against the nightmarish backdrop of London's haunted streets. (2004)

Macek, Carl War Eagles ($16.95 US Trade) When a publicly humiliated Air Force pilot crashes in an undiscovered land with an ancient people who ride giant eagles, he becomes America's only hope against an attack by the Nazis and their powerful superweapon

Maxey, James Dragonforge: a Novel of the Dragon Age ($7.99 US ) In the wake of King Albekizan's death, Shandrazel and his allies battle to preserve the kingdom, while Ragnar, a radical human prophet, launches a campaign of rebellion against the dragons, and dragon hunter Bitterwood must confront his personal demons to decide where his true loyalty lies, in the sequel to Bitterwood.

McKenzie, Tremell Habit ($24.00 US Cloth) Born addicted to the drugs his mother abused before she died in childbirth, Habit Brue discovers that his conception occurred as part of a eugenics experiment to produce super-humans, a secret project through which he may have developed supernatural abilities.

McKinley, Robin Rose Daughter ($14.00 US Trade) The author's second re-telling of Beauty and the Beast

McMullen, Sean Time Engine (Moonworlds Saga, No.4) ($26.95 US Cloth) Abducted into a future world where he finds himself on the run and at the side of a shape-shifting constable, Wayfarer Inspector Danolarian embarks on a dangerous adventure that subsequently hurtles him thousands, and then millions, of years into the past (Australian author)

Mead, Richelle Succubus Nights ($23.95) Love hurts, and no one knows it better than Georgina Kincaid. If she so much as kisses her new boyfriend, she'll drain his life force. Georgina is a succubus-a demon who draws her power from other men's pleasure. Admittedly, the shapeshifting and immortality perks are terrific, and yes, Georgina did choose to join the ranks of hell centuries ago. But it seems completely unfair that a she-demon whose purpose is seduction can't get hot and heavy with the one mortal who knows and accepts her for who she is

Merritt, A. Moon Pool ($13.95 US Trade) Returning to New York following a botanical expedition to the South Seas, Dr. Walter T. Goodwin encounters an old friend, Dr. David Throckmartin, who relates a strange story of an exotic island, a strange stone door, and a hypnotic, mysterious light, but when he investigates the tale, he discovers more than he had bargained for, in a science fiction novel, first published in 1918.

Mitchard, Jacquelyn Midnight Twins ($16.99 US Cloth) Mirror twins born on either side of midnight on New Year's Eve, Meredith and Mallory Bryn have always shared a close bond, until a mysterious, near-fatal fire on their thirteenth birthday gives rise to visions and dreams--Mallory of the past, and Meredith of the future--that reveal the deep and dangerous secrets of the people around them

Modesitt, L. E., Jr Mage-Guard of Hamor (Saga of Recluse) ($27.95 US Cloth) Having continued his magical education in exile, young mage Rahl struggles to adapt to the culture of his new home, where an increase in his powers attracts more trouble

Moorcock, Michael Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn (vol 2) ($15.00 US Trade) The second of six omnibus editions containing the long out-of-print adventures of Elric, the last ruler of the decadent empire of Melnibone and an albino sustained by exotic drugs, features "To Rescue Tanelor," "Earl Aubec," "The Eternal Champion," "The Singing Citadel, "The White Wolf's Song," and other stories

Musk, Justine Lord of Bones ($6.99 US ) Ramsey and Jess, who successfully stopped a demon intent on bringing about the apocalypse, travel from town to town to find and slay demon hybrids that are preparing for the arrival of the one who will lead them

Nikakis, K.S. Song of the Silvercades (Kira Chronicles, Book 2) ($29.95 Trade) Even as her perilous journey has barely begun, Kira is forced to compromise her beliefs to rescue Caledon, a man driven by his faith in divine order and star patterns. In turn, his knowledge allows her to survive the perils of crossing the treacherous Azurcades. Kira soon realises that he sees her as part of a celestial plan, and begins to mistrust his intentions. But not even Caledon can foresee what will happen when she meets the one man with the power to destroy all she has striven for (Australian author)

Novik, Naomi Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, Book 5) ($25.00 US Cloth) As Napoleon launches an attack on Britain, Captain Will Laurence languishes in prison, accused of treason, while his fighting dragon, Temeraire, is consigned to breeding grounds in Wales, until Laurence escapes his sinking prison ship and sets out on a desperate quest to reunite with his partner, who heads up a dragon resistance force from Wales

O'Neil, Dennis Dark Knight (Batman) ($7.99 US ) Film novelisation. Bruce Wayne, under the guise of the vigilante known as Batman, continues to bring justice and hope to Gotham City as a twisted villain known as The Joker dares to mock Batman's mission

Pinborough, Sarah Tower Hill ($7.99 US ) When artefacts hidden centuries ago are unearthed in the quiet New England town of Tower Hill, the local residents become possessed one by one by the souls of the damned

Porter, Lynette Finding Battlestar Galactica: an Unauthorized Guide ($14.95 US Trade) Provides a look at the history, politics, themes, philosophies, and characters of this popular television series with topics such as "Positions of Power," "Battlestar and the Bush Era," and "Thirty Years of Battlestar Fandom."

Pratchett, Terry Colour of Magic & Light Fantastic Graphic Novels ($49.95 Cloth) For the 25th anniversary of Discworld, the first two novels in graphic novel form are reissued

Pratchett, Terry Making Money ($22.95) It's an offer you can't refuse. Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long. The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mintruns at a loss. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead. Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies. Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. What he should be doing is... MAKING MONEY!

Reaves, Michael Jedi Twilight (Star Wars: Coruscant Nights, Book 1) ($7.99 US ) One of the few survivors of the slaughter that followed Palpatine's Order 66, Jedi Knight Jax Pavan hides out in Coruscant's Blackpit Slums, eking out a living as a private investigator, hiding his identity as a Jedi, and trying to elude Palpatine's killers, until a deathbed request from his former Jedi Master sends him on a mission to fulfil his Master's dying wish.

Richards, Justin Doctor Who: Starships and Spacestations ($24.95 Trade) The Doctor has his TARDIS to get him from place to place and time to time, but the rest of the Universe relies on more conventional transport. From the British Space Programme of the late twentieth century to Earth's Empire in the far future, from the terrifying Dalek Fleet to deadly Cyber Ships, this book documents the many starships and spacestations that the Doctor and his companions have encountered on their travels

Rosemoor, Patricia & Marc Paoletti Last Vampire ($7.99 US ) Imbued with superhuman abilities drawn from the DNA of an enigmatic corpse found in a Texas cave, Commander Scott Boulder, leader of a Black Ops unit, joins forces with reclusive anthropologist Leah Maguire, an expert in ancient rituals, to battle unspeakable evil when a voodoo priestess brings the corpse back to life

Rosenberg, Aaron Beyond the Dark Portal (World of WarCraft) ($7.99 US ) With Christie Golden. After the victory of the alliance forces in the second war, small bands of surviving orcs wander the eastern kingdoms intent on reclaiming mysterious unknown artefacts, and King Terneas sends Alliance General Turalyon and Kadgar on a perilous quest beyond the Dark Portal into the orcs' homeland to end the threat for all time

Rosenberg, Joel Paladins II: Knight Moves ($7.99 US ) In a seventeenth-century alternate universe in which Mordred had defeated King Arthur, establishing a dynasty that rules much of the world, the Knights of the Order of Crown, Shield, and Dragon are faced with the return of an ancient witch, a swarm of darklings infesting all Europe, and a deadly being that has infected the inhabitants of Colonsay with a murderous frenzy

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, Book 7) ($22.95) Harry is waiting in privet Drive. The order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Valdemort and his supporters knowing - if they can.

Rucker, Rudy Mathematicians in Love ($15.95 US Trade) Friends Bela and Paul, two young mathematicians in love with the same woman, Bela's girlfriend Alma, embark on a reality-changing competition to see who gets the girl, unleashing a nightmarish and unexpected future in the process.

Saintcrow, Lilith Night Shift ($6.99 US ) An exorcist and Hunter trained as a demon slayer, Jill Kismet may be in over her head as she takes on a rogue Were with some very powerful hellbreed allies who is killing his way through Santa Luz

Salvatore, R. A. Orc King (Forgotten Realms: Transitions, Book 1) ($7.99 US ) The uneasy peace between the dwarves of Mithral Hall and the orcs of the Kingdom of Many Arrows begins to falter as the tribes of orcs under the command of Obould begin to battle one another, and Bruenor becomes determined to finish the war that had nearly destroyed him, in a new volume in the saga of dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden and his companions

Salvatore, R.A. et al. Dragons: World Afire (Dungeons & Dragons) ($18.95 US Trade) A collection of four extraordinary works by popular fantasy authors journeys into the magical worlds in the Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Magic: The Gathering, and Eberron universes, in an anthology, complemented by full-color dragon illustrations, that contains all new novellas by R. A. Salvatore, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Scott McGough, and Keith Baker

Sarath, Patrice Gordath Wood ($7.99 US ) Stable manager Lynn Romano decides to ride the stable's most valuable stallion through Gordath Wood after an earthquake, stumbles into a hole between worlds, and finds herself in a world at war

Scott, Tim Outrageous Fortune ($6.99 US ) In a bizarre future world in which appliances talk back and cities are divided into zones based on musical tastes, dream designer and surfer Jonny X awakens to discover that his house has been stolen, he has become the target of a determined encyclopaedia saleswoman, and he is being pursued by four crazed bikers called War, Famine, Pestilence, and Jeff.

Scudiere, A.J. Resonance ($9.99 US Trade) The shift is coming. Soon. Dr. David Carter knows this. However, he's a geologist, so "soon" means anywhere from tomorrow to a thousand years from now. But people are dying. Now.

Sehestedt, Mark Setninelspire (Forgotten Realms: The Citadels) ($6.99 US ) When a ranger and his apprentice are captured by a cadre of assassins who want their help in overthrowing the Old Man of the Mountain, their leader and the ruler of Sentinelspire, they reluctantly join forces after they discover that the mad master has schemes that could destroy everything they hold dear.

Shepherd, Joel Petrodor (A Trial of Blood and Steel, Book 2) ($32.95 Trade) Book 2 in a quartet, picking up the story of the brave and independent heroine, Sasha, now living in the port city of Petrodor. Away from the hills of her Lenayin homeland, Sasha is making a new life in the dark alleys and wealthy houses of Petrodor. An influential trading centre, Petrodor holds the key to preventing the coming war between Lenayin and the mighty Bacosh. Together with her old mentor Kessligh, Sasha attempts to navigate the political intrigues of the port city and find a way to stop the war. It is the serrin, the beautiful but dangerous people from beyond the Bacosh, who will be the pivotal point in this struggle. How much can Sasha trust her old serrin friend Errollyn? And how much can she trust herself? (Australian author)

Shillitoe, Tony Demon Horseman (Dreaming in Amber, Book 4) ($20.95) Now that Prince Shadow is King of Kerwyn, and the Seers more powerful than ever, Meg must accept her destiny and attempt to stop the release of the apocalyptic Demon Horsemen (Australian author)

Smith, Sherwood Fox (Inda, Book2) ($7.99 US ) While attending the King's Military Academy, Inda unwittingly becomes a pawn in a vicious political struggle among the nobility after he tries to save the life of a classmate, which compromises his honor and sparks a civil war, forcing him to start a new life as a ship's boy on a merchant vessel where he must hide his true identity as he grows into manhood.

Smith, Sherwood King's Shield (Inda, Book3) ($25.95 US Cloth) Exiled from his kingdom, Inda returns home when he discovers that his homeland is about to be invaded and is pressed into service as the king's "royal shield arm" to defend his country against its most powerful and ancient enemy, in the sequel to The Fox

Somers, Jeff Digital Plague ($19.95) Avery Cates, criminal 'king' of New York, has climbed his way to the top of a heap of trouble. On his knees in the snow, with a gun to his head, Avery thinks this must finally be it. Instead, he is injected with nanotech and left confused but alive. Then everyone around him starts dying. With every moment bringing humanity closer to extinction, Cates finds he will be either executioner or saviour of an entire world.

Stackpole, Michael A. New World (The Age of Discovery, Book 3) ($6.99 US ) In the conclusion of the Age of Discovery trilogy, an escalating war in heaven echoes a war in the human realms of Earth, as a group of heroes is forced into an uneasy alliance to save the only world they know from utter destruction.

Stillwell, Steve Plight of the Toothless Vampire ($9.95 US Trade) Some of the rules of vampirism have just been changed. Chester Watkins is a student of the old school with the tenacity of a bulldog. Ravaged to death by a rogue vampire and unable to regenerate any teeth, this determined grandpa sets out on a quest to apprehend his killer. A unique story with a different twist.

Stross, Charles Halting State ($7.99 US ) Sergeant Sue Smith is called in to investigate a daring Edinburgh robbery at a dot-com startup company, a crime perpetrated by a band of marauding orcs with a dragon in tow in the virtual reality land of Avalon Four, but she soon discovers that events in the virtual world could have a devastating impact on the real one, especially when an unknown enemy launches attacks on both.

Stross, Charles Saturn's Children ($24.95 US Cloth) Following the extinction of humankind in the twenty-third century, leaving behind only androids, femmebot Freya Nakamichi 47 accepts a job to transport a mysterious package from Mercury to Mars, unaware that ruthless humanoids are in pursuit of the package (Trade paperback in August)

Swallow, James Blood Angels Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000) ($11.99 US Trade) In the nightmarish world of the forty-first millennium, battle brothers Rafen and Arkio become pitted against each other when Arkio claims to be the reincarnation of Anguinius, the spiritual father of the Blood Angels, in an omnibus edition containing two novels, a short story, an author introduction to the series, and an extensive glossary.

Tepper, Sheri S. Margarets ($7.99 US ) On a future Earth from which human slaves are traded for desperately needed water supplies, a lonely Mars settler manifests multiple personalities that develop individual lives and talents that collaborate to protect the world from hostile alien races.

Turtledove, Harry Man with the Iron Heart ($27.00 US Cloth) Surviving a failed assassination attempt, the ruthless Reinhard Heydrich, the number-two man in the SS and an architect of the holocaust, conceives an insidious conspiracy designed to keep the German war machine alive, long after the supposed end to hostilities, to once again bring the Nazi elite into power, in an alternate history novel.

Turtledove, Harry Valley-Westside War ($24.95 US Cloth) In an alternate-reality tale in which the merchants of our world secretly visit parallel universes to trade for much-needed resources, the discovery of a universe beset by a 1967 atomic war prompts an investigation into what went wrong.

Van Name, Mark L. Slanted Jack ($24.00 US Cloth) Jon Moore, a nanotech-enhanced soldier of fortune, gets more than he had bargained for as he takes on a ruthless gang boss, a heavily armed group of religious fanatics, and a powerful interstellar government working to stabilize a dangerous frontier world when he agrees to assist an old friend and con man protect a very special young boy, in the sequel to One Jump Ahead.

Van Vogt, A. E. Voyage of the Space Beagle ($14.95 US Trade) Into the vast depths of deep space hurtled the Space Beagle, travelling on Man's most ambitious expedition to the far reaches of the universe. From galaxy to galaxy they explored the remains of past races and civilisations on desolate planets, finding strange 'life' floating in space. But the explorers not only knew danger from outside - within the ship they had Man himself.

Vaughan, Elizabeth Warsworn ($19.95) Lara is a daughter of kings, a city girl and a powerful healer in her own right; but she is the Warprize and has sworn an oath of loyalty to Keir, the barbarian Warlord, and his people. As Keir and the tribe are make their way back to their homeland, they come across a village stricken by plague, and though Lara has the tools to fight this scourge, the Warlord forbids her risking her own life. Both Lara and Keir are strong-willed and neither will bend easily, even for love. When Lara disobeys, she pays the price, for both she and Keir are struck down by the fatal disease, and so is their entire encampment.

Viehl, Lynn Twilight Fall: a Novel of the Darkyn ($7.99 US ) Immortal Darkyn Lord Valentin Jaus and landscaper Liling Harper are brought together by fate and bound together by passion, and find that the ties that bind them are deeper and more dangerous than either of them can imagine

Walton, Jo Ha'penny ($7.99 US ) Set in an alternate post-World War II London in which an upper-crust political group has overthrown Churchill and negotiated peace with Hitler, Inspector Carmichael of Scotland Yard is sent to investigate a bomb that exploded in a London suburb and uncovers a conspiracy against the country's fascist dictatorship, in the sequel to Farthing

Weber, David By Schism Rent Asunder ($25.95 US Cloth) The mercantile kingdom of Charis evaluates the agenda of a mysterious being who calls himself Merlin, a person who is playing a pivotal role in humanity's struggle against the oppressive forces of the Church of God Awaiting. A sequel to Off Armageddon Reef (published 22 July)

Weber, David & Linda Evans Hell Hath No Fury ($7.99 US ) War threatens to erupt between the forces of the magic-wielding civilization of Arcana and the technology-based Sharona and its psionic Talents, a deadly conflict between two universes that could ignite a war stretching across an endless succession of parallel Earths.

Werner, C.L. Runefang (Warhammer) ($7.99 US ) As a powerful Undead horde lays waste to Wissenland, the count and his advisors come up with a desperate plan to send Baron von Rabwald and a small expedition into the mountains find the missing Solland Runefang, a mystical weapon capable of destroying their enemies

Westerfeld, Scott Risen Empire (Sucession, Book 1) ($14.95 US Trade) When the empire is challenged by a band of machine-augmented humans who seek to put their own gods in control by kidnapping the immortal Child Empress, captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx is charged with her rescue (Australian author) (2003)

White, Steve & Shirley Meier Exodus ($7.99 US ) In the sequel to The Shiva Option, in the decades following the struggle against alien invaders, the sentient races--human, Orions, Ophiuchi, and Gorm--have become dangerously complacent, as they confront a new race of invaders who have fled their doomed planet to seek refuge on a new world that they will do anything to colonize--even genocide of the planet's human inhabitants.

Woods, Olivia Fearful Symmetry (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) ($7.99 US ) Sixteen years after the failure of a plot to replace Bajoran resistance fighter Kira Nerys with a Cardassian sleeper agent, Iliana Ghernor, surgically altered to resemble Kira, a vengeful Ilian Ghernor returns determined to destroy her rival, while the crew of Deep Space Nine must protect the flow of history through two parallel universes.

Zahn, Timothy Dragon and Judge: The Fifth Dragonback Adventure ($16.00) His life thrown into chaos after rescuing the dragon symbiont Draycos, Jack Morgan continues his investigation into the destruction of Draycos's people only to be abducted by aliens who want him to continue the work of his parents. (young adult)

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