tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12982943878887971732024-03-15T21:11:51.111-07:00Kernel's CornerAn imaginary friend's take on the real world.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.comBlogger1779125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-8795079851457785582024-03-15T21:11:00.000-07:002024-03-15T21:11:19.952-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Agatha Christie, Philip Reeve, Ed McDonald, Lev Grossman, Naomi Novik, Kerri Maniscalco, And James J. ButcherThere is a lot going on in this edition of cover reveal news round-up. We have some gorgeous covers of the books by Agatha Christie, Philip Reeve, Ed McDonald, Lev Grossman, Naomi Novik, Kerri Maniscalco, and James J. Butcher. Have your pick of the best one in this lot!<br />
<h4><i>The Last Séance</i> by Agatha Christie</h4>
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<i>From the Queen of Crime, all of her spookiest and most macabre stories collected in one volume, including her earliest published story, 'The Wife of the Kenite', which is exclusive to this collection.
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'From behind the curtains there still sounded the terrible high long-drawn scream – such a scream as Raoul had never heard. It died away with a horrible kind of gurgle. Then there came the thud of a body falling...'
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For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling tales from Agatha Christie. Acknowledged the world over as the undisputed Queen of Crime, in fact she dabbled in her early writing career with mysteries of a more unearthly kind – stories featuring fantastic psychic visions, spectres looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, eerie messages from the Other Side, even a man who switches bodies with a cat…
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This haunting compendium gathers together all of Christie’s spookiest and most macabre short stories, some featuring her timeless detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Finally together in one volume, it shines a light on the darker side of Agatha Christie, one that she herself relished, identifying ten of them as ‘my own favourite stories written soon after The Mysterious Affair at Styles, some before that’.</i>
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<i>The Last Séance</i> by Agatha Christie will be released on September 12, 2024.
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<h4><i>Witch Queen of Redwinter</i> by Ed McDonald</h4>
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<i>Having been saved from execution at the hands of the Draoihn - powerful magic users Raine used to count as allies - Raine finds herself in the Fault, a vast magical wasteland, which is falling apart before her eyes.
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Alongside her two closest companions, they are searching for the only person Raine believes can help them get back home: the enigmatic and infuriatingly elusive Queen of Feathers.
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But what home are they trying to get back to? Ovitus LacNaithe, power-hungry traitor that he is, has taken control of the Draoihn and is unwittingly doing the bidding of a darker master. He is soon to take control of the Crown of Harranir and plunge the land into unending darkness.
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The fate of two worlds hangs in the balance. The stakes have never been higher. It's going to take Raine's dark, terrible powers, as well as the unbreakable bond of three friends, to ensure everyone lives to see the dawn.
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The epic conclusion to Ed McDonald's Redwinter Chronicles, Witch Queen of Redwinter brings together breathtaking magic, unflinching fellowship and the gruesome spectacle of war in the most thrilling of fantasy adventures.</i>
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<i>Witch Queen of Redwinter</i> by Ed McDonald will be released on November 14, 2024.
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<h4><i>Thunder City</i> by Philip Reeve</h4>
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<i>An edge-of-your seat adventure set in the iconic world of Mortal Engines!
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Tamzin Pook is a fighter in the Amusement Arcade. And what she does best is killing Revenants.
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All she knows is survival, having arrived in the Arcade as a small child. She pushes away her memories, her hopes, and her fears, and she emerges into the arena to battle the Revenants--dead brains nestled in armored engine bodies. She doesn't dare to hope or wish for anything more than to survive another day.
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Meanwhile, the wheeled city of Motoropolis has been taken over by a rebel faction who killed its leaders and commandeered the city. Its only hope is a teacher named Miss Torpenhow who's determined to find the Mayor's good-for-nothing son and force him to take back what's rightfully his. But to get to him, she'll need to find someone who's skilled at fighting Revenants.
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With a daring abduction, Miss Torpenhow and Tamzin Pook's destinies are entwined, and so begin their adventures together...
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This stand-alone Mortal Engines novel follows an unlikely crew of fighters-turned friends: Tamzin Pook, Hilly Torpenhow, mayor-to-be Max Angmering, and washed-up mercenary Oddington Doom. Together, they must find a way to outwit the assassins that are determined to drag Tamzin back to the arcade, and try to take back Motoropolis.
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Readers, hold onto your seats--it's going to be a wild ride.</i>
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<i>Thunder City</i> by Philip Reeve will be released on November 12, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Bright Sword</i> by Lev Grossman</h4>
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<i>The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium
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A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive.
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They aren’t the heroes of legend, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, from the edges of the stories, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. Together this ragtag fellowship will set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance.
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But Arthur’s death has revealed Britain’s fault lines. God has abandoned it, and the fairies and monsters and old gods are returning, led by Arthur’s half-sister Morgan le Fay. Kingdoms are turning on each other, warlords lay siege to Camelot and rival factions are forming around the disgraced Lancelot and the fallen Queen Guinevere. It is up to Collum and his companions to reclaim Excalibur, solve the mysteries of this ruined world and make it whole again. But before they can restore Camelot they’ll have to learn the truth of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell, and lay to rest the ghosts of his troubled family and of Britain’s dark past.
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The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is steeped in tradition, full of duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings. It also sheds a fresh light on Arthur’s Britain, a diverse, complex nation struggling to come to terms with its bloody history. The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women, full of strength and pain, who are looking for a way to reforge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves.</i>
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<i>The Bright Sword</i> by Lev Grossman will be released on July 16, 2024.
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<h4><i>Buried Deep and Other Stories</i> by Naomi Novik</h4>
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<i>A thrilling anthology of thirteen short stories that span the wide-ranging imagination of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy, including a sneak peek at the world where her next novel will be set.
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From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic, magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning Silver and Uprooted, this stunning collection takes us from fairy tale to fantasy, myth to history, and mystery to science fiction as we travel through Naomi Novik’s most beloved stories. Here, among many others, we encounter:
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• A mushroom witch who learns that sometimes the worst thing in the Scholomance can be your roommate.<br />
• The start of the Dragon Corps in ancient Rome, after Mark Antony hatches a dragon’s egg and bonds with the hatchling.<br />
• A young bride in the middle ages who finds herself gambling with Death, for the highest of stakes.<br />
• A delightful reimagining of Pride & Prejudice, in which Elizabeth Bennet captains a Longwing dragon.<br />
• The first glimpse at the world of Abandon, the setting of Novik’s upcoming epic fantasy series—a deserted continent populated only by silent and enigmatic architectural mysteries.
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Though the stories are vastly different, there is a unifying theme: wrestling with destiny, and the lengths some will go to find their own and fulfill its promise.</i>
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<i>Buried Deep and Other Stories</i> by Naomi Novik will be released on September 17, 2024.
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<h4><i>Throne of Secrets</i> by Kerri Maniscalco</h4>
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<i>Two rivals torn apart by a dark memory reunite on a deadly hunt—and in an irresistibly twisted fairy tale—in the next steamy standalone fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling sensation Kerri Maniscalco.
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A wicked prince determined to save his kingdom.
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Gabriel Axton—infamous as the Prince of Gluttony, the self-proclaimed rake of rakes—has always lived for indulgence: in delicious food, in tantalizing women, and most of all, in the thrill of the hunt, where his love of danger can take over. But when his favorite adventure takes a deadly turn, he realizes something is very wrong in his demon court. With the clock ticking, he must turn to the only one who might uncover the truth: a journalist he has spent a decade avoiding…
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A reporter hell-bent on finding the truth.
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Adriana Saint Lucent has been on the hunt for years—if she could just report something damning enough about that no-good scoundrel Gabriel Axton, she knows others would finally see the demon as she does. But she never expected to turn up a rumor too terrifying to be believed: could the ice dragons to the north be growing restless? Drawn into the secrets of the Underworld, Adriana’s investigation leads her into the place she dreads most…Axton’s infamous court.
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A dangerous rivalry—and deliciously twisted fairy tale.
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To stop darkness from falling over their kingdom, Axton and Adriana will have to unite against an escalating danger. But with each holding tight to their own secrets, can they find the truth before it’s too late? And what will they do with an equally troubling rumor: that they might not actually hate one another, after all?</i>
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<i>Throne of Secrets</i> by Kerri Maniscalco will be released on September 24, 2024.
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<h4><i>Cold Iron Task</i> by James J. Butcher</h4>
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<i>Grimsby, a junior Auditor in the magical Department of Unorthodox Affairs, finds himself on the other side of the law in this spellbinding urban fantasy.
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Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby may have one case under his belt, but he’s still a novice Auditor in Boston’s Department of Unorthodox Affairs. And he’s already made mistakes.
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Desperate to repair his fraying friendships, he doesn’t ask too many questions when a mysterious patron offers him the chance to join a heist of an otherworldly vault—and in the process find answers that could make things right.
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Complications arise when Grimsby learns that his partner, Mayflower, is keeping secrets about his past. Between facing new demons, old horrors, and monsters—both Usual and Unorthodox—Grimsby soon realizes nothing is how it appears and that not asking enough questions just might be his downfall.</i>
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<i>Cold Iron Task</i> by James J. Butcher will be released on October 1, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-85191151643347922882024-02-21T18:41:00.000-08:002024-02-21T18:41:40.873-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Richard Osman, Agatha Christie, And Susan DennardRichard Osman, Agatha Christie, and Susan Dennard offer us a brand-new series, a redesigned classic, and a finale to a trilogy respectively!<br />
<h4><i>We Solve Murders</i> by Richard Osman</h4>
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<i>A brand new series.<br />
An iconic new detective duo.<br />
And a puzzling new murder to solve...<br />
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Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now.
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Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn’t stay still long enough for habits or routines. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job . . .
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Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy?</i>
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<i>We Solve Murders</i> by Richard Osman will be released on September 12, 2024.
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<h4><i>Peril at End House</i> by Agatha Christie</h4>
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<i>Agatha Christie’s sensational mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
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On holiday in Cornwall, Poirot meets a pretty young woman with an unusual name, ‘Nick’ Buckley.
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Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick’s sun hat, the great detective decides the girl needs his protection. He also begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn’t been committed. Yet.</i>
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<i>Peril at End House</i> by Agatha Christie will be released on June 20, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Whispering Night</i> by Susan Dennard</h4>
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<i>The forest is more dangerous than ever as secrets are revealed in this highly-anticipated, pulse-pounding, and swoon-worthy conclusion to the bestselling Luminaries trilogy.</i>
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<i>The Whispering Night</i> by Susan Dennard will be released on October 1, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-28794849085850576942024-01-29T13:23:00.000-08:002024-01-29T13:23:47.404-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Agatha Christie, Jeff Kinney, And Olivie BlakeA Redesigned novel, a wimpy sequel, and a collection of short stories--what more can you ask for from this edition of cover reveal news round-up? Give way and behold the following books by Agatha Christie, Jeff Kinney, and Olivie Blake!<br />
<h4><i>Evil Under the Sun</i> by Agatha Christie</h4>
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<i>Agatha Christie’s seaside mystery thriller, based on the Devon location of Burgh Island, now reissued as a hardback ‘Special Edition’ with a gorgeous new artwork cover.
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’It is peaceful. The sun shines. The sea is blue. But you forget, there is evil everywhere under the sun.’
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It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun… she had been strangled.
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Ever since Arlena’s arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air. But could this apparent ‘crime of passion’ have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?</i>
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<i>Evil Under the Sun</i> by Agatha Christie will be released on April 25, 2024.
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<h4><i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess</i> by Jeff Kinney</h4>
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<i>International bestselling author Jeff Kinney serves up heaps of laughs in Hot Mess, the 19th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Greg Heffley is caught in the middle as the two halves of his extended family come together in a sidesplittingly relatable summer story!</i>
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<i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess</i> by Jeff Kinney will be released on October 22, 2024.
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<h4><i>Januaries</i> by Olivie Blake</h4>
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<i>Januaries is a collection of new and iconic short stories and novellas from New York Times bestselling author Olivie Blake.
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Once upon a time in a land far, far away, the tutelary spirit to a magical bridge rapidly approaches burnout. Meanwhile, congress enacts a complex auditing system designed to un-waste your youth, a banished fairy answers a Craigslist ad, a Victorian orphan gains literacy for her occult situationship, and a multiverse assassin contemplates the one who got away. Escape the slow trudge of mortality with these magical ruminations on life, death, and the love (or revenge) that outlasts both, featuring modified fairytales, contemporary heists, absurdist poetry, and at least one set of actual wedding vows.</i>
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<i>Januaries</i> by Olivie Blake will be released on October 15, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-46466362444576281102024-01-15T04:52:00.000-08:002024-01-15T04:52:31.653-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Samantha Shannon, Peter S. Beagle, Stephanie Garber, And James RollinsRedesigned collector's, anniversary, or author's preferred text editions are a hit right now. At least the latter is true for Samantha Shannon's first four books in the The Bone Season series. Of course, nothing beats original and books published for the first time--and for this type we have Peter S. Beagle, Stephanie Garber, and James Rollins to highlight in this edition of cover reveal news roundup.<br />
<h4><i>The Mime Order (Author’s Preferred Text)</i> by Samantha Shannon</h4>
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<i>A stunning new edition of the second novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.
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A fugitive who will not be silenced
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It is a dark time for clairvoyants. Scion is in league with the Rephaim, an extraordinarily powerful, otherworldly race that intends to make humans its slaves.
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In an unprecedented feat of bravery, Paige Mahoney has succeeded in leading a mass break-out from the brutal camp, Sheol I, where she and other clairvoyants were systematically imprisoned.
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Paige is desperate to reach the safety of the London underworld, but the ruthless leader of the Rephaim, Nashira Sargas, is not likely to let her escape so easily.</i>
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<i>The Mime Order (Author’s Preferred Text)</i> by Samantha Shannon will be released on May 9, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Song Rising (Author’s Preferred Text)</i> by Samantha Shannon</h4>
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<i>A stunning new edition of the third novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.
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A rebel who becomes a queen
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Following a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population.
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But, having turned her back on Jaxon Hall and with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging.
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Little does Paige know that her reign may be cut short by the introduction of Senshield, a deadly technology that spells doom for the clairvoyant community and the world as they know it.</i>
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<i>The Song Rising (Author’s Preferred Text)</i> by Samantha Shannon will be released on May 9, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Mask Falling (Author’s Preferred Text)</i> by Samantha Shannon</h4>
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<i>A stunning new edition of the fourth novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.
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Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim's puppet empire.
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The mysterious Domino Programme has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus Mesarthim--her former enemy--at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles. Her risks promise high reward: the Parisian underworld could yield the means to escalate her rebellion to outright war.
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As Scion widens its bounds and the free world trembles in its shadow, Paige must fight her own memories after her ordeal at the hands of Scion. Meanwhile, she strives to understand her bond with Arcturus, which grows stronger by the day. But there are those who know the revolution began with them - and could end with them...</i>
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<i>The Mask Falling (Author’s Preferred Text)</i> by Samantha Shannon will be released on May 9, 2024.
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<h4><i>I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons</i> by Peter S. Beagle</h4>
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<i>Dragons are common in the back-water kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouse-like vermin all the way up to castle-smashing monsters. There are so many of them, the romance is long gone. They're pests, infestations, nuisances.
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Gaius Aurelius Constantine Heliogabalus Thrax (who would much rather people just call him Robert) has recently inherited his deceased father's job as a dragon catcher/exterminator, a career he detests with all his heart in part because he likes dragons, feeling an odd kinship with them, but mainly because his dream has always been the impossible one of transcending his humble origin to someday become a prince's valet. Needless to say, fate has something rather different in mind...
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Falling in with a beautiful princess who has no desire to be a damsel, and a handsome prince who would rather not engage in heroics, Robert's attempts to grease the wheels of their courtship in exchange for help improving his employment prospects throw him into the way of a far greater adventure than he could ever have imagined.</i>
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<i>I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons</i> by Peter S. Beagle will be released on May 16, 2024.
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<h4><i>Spectacular</i> by Stephanie Garber</h4>
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<i>Welcome, welcome back to the mysteriously enchanting world of Caraval! Return to the legendary magic and the whimsical wonder with this beautifully illustrated holiday novella.
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Snowflakes are falling.<br />
Invitations are arriving.<br />
And holiday magic is swirling in the capital city of the Meridian Empire.
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It’s Great Holiday Eve Eve. Scarlett Dragna is planning a spectacular Holiday celebration for the city. Donatella is searching for the perfect gift. Julian is looking ridiculously handsome in green. And Legend...
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Well, sadly Legend is not fond of the Great Holiday. Tella is hoping her perfect gift will change his mind. Unfortunately, she hasn’t found this perfect gift just yet. But it is Great Holiday Eve Eve . . . surely there’s some holiday magic swirling around.</i>
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<i>Spectacular</i> by Stephanie Garber will be released on October 22, 2024.
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<h4><i>Arkangel</i> by James Rollins</h4>
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<i>From the #1 New York Times master of international thrillers comes the story of a global hunt across the top of world, pitting nation against nation, as ancient myths of a lost continent prove all too real.
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The execution of a Vatican archivist within the shadow of the Kremlin exposes a conspiracy going back three centuries--to the bloody era of the Russian Tsars. Before his murder, he manages to dispatch a coded message, a warning of a terrifying threat, one tied to a secret buried within the Golden Library of Tsars, a vast and treasured archive that had vanished into history.
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As combative forces race for the truth behind this death and alarming discovery, Sigma Force is summoned to aid in the search--not only for this missing trove of ancient books, but to follow a trail far into the Arctic, to search for the truth about a lost continent and a revelation that could ignite a global war. But Sigma Force has its own difficulties at home after an explosive attack on the National Mall--one aimed at the heart of their covert agency--has left them vulnerable and exposed.
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The growing conflict--both on Russian soil and deep in the Arctic--will reignite a centuries-old war between the newly resurgent Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican, while sabers rattle across the nations of the Arctic Circle, threatening to turn those icy seas into a fiery conflagration.
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Facing enemies on all sides, it will be up to Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force to unravel a mystery going back millennia--and uncover the truth about a lost civilization and an arcane treasure that could save the planet... or destroy it.</i>
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<i>Arkangel</i> by James Rollins will be released on August 6, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-25833950597988006712023-12-27T19:14:00.000-08:002023-12-27T19:14:54.154-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Mark Lawrence, Deborah Harkness, And Sarah DassThe holidays have brought along some nice gifts! This set of cover reveals includes covers of books by Mark Lawrence, Deborah Harkness, and Sarah Dass.<br />
<h4><i>The Book That Broke the World</i> by Mark Lawrence</h4>
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<i>Two people living in a world connected by an immense and mysterious library must fight for those they love in the second book in a new trilogy from the international bestselling author of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn.
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The Library spans worlds and times. It touches and joins distant places. It is memory and future. And amid its vastness Evar Eventari both found, and lost, Livira Page.
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Evar has been forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover the book she wrote—one which is the only true threat to the library’s existence—if she's to return to her life.
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While Evar's journey leads him outside into a world he's never seen, Livira's path will taker her deep inside her own writing, where she must wrestle with her stories in order to reclaim the volume in which they were written.
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The secret war that defines the library has chosen its champions and set them on the board. The time has come when they must fight for what they believe, or lose everything.</i>
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<i>The Book That Broke the World</i> by Mark Lawrence will be released on April 9, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Black Bird Oracle</i> by Deborah Harkness</h4>
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<i>Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself—and her family history—in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls series.
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Deborah Harkness first introduced the world to Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew de Clairmont in A Discovery of Witches. Drawn to each other despite long-standing taboos, these two otherworldly beings found themselves at the center of a battle for a lost, enchanted manuscript known as Ashmole 782. Since then, they have fallen in love, traveled to Elizabethan England, dissolved the Covenant between the three species, and awoken the dark powers within Diana’s family line.
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Now, Diana and Matthew receive a formal demand from the Congregation: They must test the magic of their seven-year-old twins, Pip and Rebecca. Concerned with their safety and desperate to avoid the same fate that led her parents to spellbind her, Diana decides to forge a different path for her family’s future and answers a message from a great-aunt she never knew existed, Gwyneth Proctor, whose invitation simply reads: It’s time you came home, Diana.
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On the hallowed ground of Ravenswood, the Proctor family home, and under the tutelage of Gwyneth, a talented witch grounded in higher magic, a new era begins for Diana: a confrontation with her family’s dark past, and a reckoning for her own desire for even greater power—if she can let go, finally, of her fear of wielding it.</i>
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<i>The Black Bird Oracle</i> by Deborah Harkness will be released on July 16, 2024.
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<h4><i>It Waits in the Forest</i> by Sarah Dass</h4>
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<i>The very first thriller from Rick Riordan Presents! Drawing from the darkest corners of Caribbean mythology, acclaimed author Sarah Dass crafts a chilling tale of magic, murder, and how far we’ll go to protect what’s ours—perfect for fans of Angeline Boulley and Tiffany D. Jackson.
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Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With a logical mind and a knack for botany, Selina used to dream of leaving the island to study Pharmacology—until a vicious, unsolved attack left her father dead and her mother in a coma.
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Now her guilt over her mother’s condition keeps her tethered to the island, relegated to conning gullible tourists with useless talismans and phony protection rituals. But when one of those tourists ends up at the center of a string of strange murders, the truth that Selina has been denying can no longer be avoided: there is evil lurking in the forests that surround St. Virgil. Another thing that can’t be avoided? Selina’s ex-boyfriend Gabriel, newly employed at the local newspaper and eager to put his investigative skills to use.
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Desperate to put an end to the killings and claim justice for Selina’s family, these two former lovers race to find answers. But evil bides its time. And as long-buried feelings and long-hidden secrets about Selina’s family’s past begin to reveal themselves, only one answer remains—and it waits in the forest.</i>
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<i>It Waits in the Forest</i> by Sarah Dass will be released on May 14, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-34836489705292760632023-12-13T17:22:00.000-08:002023-12-13T17:22:34.585-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Christopher Tolkien & J. R. R. Tolkien, Anna Stephens, Brandon Sanderson, And Amie KaufmanFantasy is on a roll in this edition of cover reveals, starting with new books from Anna Stephens, Brandon Sanderson, and Amie Kaufman and a rebranding of the Tolkien classics!<br />
<h4><i>The Dark Feather</i> by Anna Stephens</h4>
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<i>Ixachipan is in flames.
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Rebellion rages in every land and across every hill as the Empire of Songs battles to maintain control, but nowhere more fiercely than in the Singing City itself. In the great pyramid at its heart, Shadow Tayan faces the awful consequences of his actions, and their seductive possibilities.
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In the city streets, Xessa and Lilla lead their warriors in increasingly desperate battles, their unity riven by betrayal and deception, while far to the north, Whisper Ilandeh discovers the freedom – and obligation – in making her own choices.
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But war is fickle, and so are people. Sometimes, the only peace possible is that bought with blood and lies.
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And when vengeance sings, the choices made will determine whether the flames of war are fanned – or drowned.</i>
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<i>The Dark Feather</i> by Anna Stephens will be released on March 28, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Sunlit Man</i> by Brandon Sanderson</h4>
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<i>From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of The Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn Saga, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy―comes this standalone novel showing a rare glimpse of a future Cosmere universe.
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Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad’s strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next.
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But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesn’t keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the struggle between a heartless tyrant and the brave rebels who defy him.
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Failure means a quick death, incinerated by the sun... or a lifetime as a mindless slave. Tormented by the consequences of his past, Nomad must fight not only for his survival―but also for his very soul.</i>
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<i>The Sunlit Man</i> by Brandon Sanderson will be released on March 5, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Heart of the World</i> by Amie Kaufman</h4>
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<i>Magic and sacrifice will collide as lovers and gods, enemies and allies vie for the fate of the world in this heart-pounding sequel to The Isles of the Gods, which Stephanie Garber called "deliciously diabolical and full of heart."</i>
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<i>The Heart of the World</i> by Amie Kaufman will be released on July 2, 2024.
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<h4><i>The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 2): The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-earth & The Lost Road</i> by Christopher Tolkien & J. R. R. Tolkien</h4>
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<i>Second in a series of hardback boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. Includes The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-earth and The Lost Road, which contain the early myths and legends that led to the writings of The Silmarillion.
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The Lays of Beleriand gives us a privileged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien’s world – those of Túrin and of Beren and Lúthien. Accompanying the poems are commentaries on the evolution of the history of the Elder Days, together with the notable criticism of The Lay of Leithian by C.S. Lewis, who read the poem in 1929.
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In The Shaping of Middle-earth the chronological and geographical structure of the legends of Middle-earth and Valinor is spread before us. We are introduced to the hitherto unknown Ambarkanta or ‘Shape of the World’, the only account ever given of the nature of the imagined Universe, accompanied by maps and diagrams of the world before and after the cataclysms of the War of the Gods and the Downfall of Númenor. Also included are the original ‘Silmarillion’ of 1926, and the Quenta Noldorinwa of 1930 – the only version of the myths and legends of the First Age that J.R.R. Tolkien completed to their end.
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The Lost Road completes the examination of Tolkien’s writing completes the examination of Tolkien's writing before he began The Lord of the Rings, presenting later forms of the annals of Valinor and Beleriand, the legend of the downfall of Númenor, and the abandoned ‘time-travel’ story The Lost Road, linking the world of Númenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples.
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Published together for the first time, these three books comprise a fascinating period of Christopher Tolkien’s forty-year career devoted to presenting his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on Middle-earth, itself a unique accomplishment that celebrates the greatest invented world in all of fantasy literature.</i>
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<i>The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 2): The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-earth & The Lost Road</i> by Christopher Tolkien & J. R. R. Tolkien will be released on March 28, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-13791133368753296562023-11-19T17:40:00.000-08:002023-11-19T17:40:16.851-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Stephen King, James S. A. Corey, Seanan McGuire, And Ann LeckieA collection of horror stories, a new Sci-Fi series opener, an alternate multiversal super-hero tale, and a rebanradning to a classic that's been loved for a decade! What more can you ask for from Stephen King, James S. A. Corey, Seanan McGuire, and Ann Leckie. And the books are a varied genre to boot!<br />
<h4><i>You Like It Darker: Stories</i> by Stephen King</h4>
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<i>From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.
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“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel “the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,” and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.
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“Two Talented Bastids” explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream,” a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny’s most catastrophically. In “Rattlesnakes,” a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance—with major strings attached. In “The Dreamers,” a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. “The Answer Man” asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.
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King’s ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed. Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You like it darker? You got it.</i>
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<i>You Like It Darker: Stories</i> by Stephen King will be released on May 21, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Mercy of Gods</i> by James S. A. Corey</h4>
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<i>From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself.
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How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.
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The Carryx – part empire, part hive – have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin.
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Caught up in academic intrigue and affairs of the heart, Dafyd Alkhor is pleased just to be an assistant to a brilliant scientist and his celebrated research team. Then the Carryx ships descend, decimating the human population and taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society away to serve on the Carryx homeworld, and Dafyd is swept along with them.
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They are dropped in the middle of a struggle they barely understand, set in a competition against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure. Only Dafyd and a handful of his companions see past the Darwinian contest to the deeper game that they must play to survive: learning to understand – and manipulate – the Carryx themselves.
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With a noble but suicidal human rebellion on one hand and strange and murderous enemies on the other, the team pays a terrible price to become the trusted servants of their new rulers.
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Dafyd Alkhor is a simple man swept up in events that are beyond his control and more vast than his imagination. He will become the champion of humanity and its betrayer, the most hated man in history and the guardian of his people.
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This is where his story begins.</i>
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<i>The Mercy of Gods</i> by James S. A. Corey will be released on August 6, 2024.
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<h4><i>Marvel: What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings?</i> by Seanan McGuire</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>Wanda and Peter Parker embrace great responsibility in the next adventure of an epic multiversal series that reimagines iconic Marvel origin stories.
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So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched death court the Scarlet Witch. But . . . what if Wanda didn’t have to suffer her grief alone?
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All Wanda has ever known is her friendly little neighborhood in Queens. As an infant, after her parents died, she was adopted into a family where her doting Aunt May and Uncle Ben will always be at the breakfast table. One that includes her idiot brother, Peter Parker, who thinks hiding a spider bite, joining a secret fight club, and becoming a superhero are somehow good ideas.
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When Wanda’s own powers emerge, blood, chaos, and suspicion follow in their wake. But as she harnesses her power under the guidance of Doctor Strange, Peter is standing beside her in the Sanctum Sanctorum. And as they try to protect New York City, the Parker siblings learn that with great powers, there must also come great responsibilities—and greater loss.
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Reeling from tragedy, Wanda finds herself truly alone for the first time in her life. Peter is lost to his own grief, and so she must strike out on her own. But on her first solo outing, she runs into a mysterious speedster—a man named Pietro. And everything she has ever known shatters like glass.
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Faced with unbelievable truths, Wanda is forced to choose between the life she knows and the life she could have.</i>
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<i>Marvel: What If... Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker Were Siblings? (A Scarlet Witch & Spider-Man Story)</i> by Seanan McGuire will be released on July 9, 2024.
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<h4><i>Ancillary Justice (10th Anniversary Edition)</i> by Ann Leckie</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>A gorgeous new hardcover edition that celebrates the 10th anniversary of Ann Leckie's bestselling and Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning debut.
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Special features include a striking new cover and illustrated endpapers, a foil stamped case, and a new introduction from the author.
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From New York Times-bestselling and multi award-winning author Ann Leckie comes the first book in the masterful Imperial Radch series, in which a warship trapped in a human body is on a quest for revenge.
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On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
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Once, she was the Justice of Toren—a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy.
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Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.</i>
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<i>Ancillary Justice (10th Anniversary Edition)</i> by Ann Leckie will be released on November 28, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-88540636971659270022023-10-30T17:52:00.000-07:002023-10-30T17:52:11.616-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Adrian Tchaikovsky, Sebastien de Castell, Hannah Kaner, Erin Young, John Grisham, TJ Klune, Tomi Adeyemi, Jenn Lyons, Adam Silvera, And Seanan McGuire There's a lot in our plates in this edition of cover reveal news roundup. Genres, stand-alones, and serials are swirling up in a chaotic mixture. Books by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Sebastien de Castell, Hannah Kaner, Erin Young, John Grisham, TJ Klune, Tomi Adeyemi, Jenn Lyons, Adam Silvera, and Seanan McGuire are taking center stage.<br />
<h4><i>House of Open Wounds</i> by Adrian Tchaikovsky</h4>
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<i>City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the front line.
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Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit.
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Led by 'the Butcher', an ogre of a man who's a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the unit's motley crew of conscripts, healers and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Theirs is an unspeakable trade: elbow-deep in gore they have a first-hand view of the suffering caused by flesh-rending monsters, arcane magical weaponry and embittered enemy soldiers.
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Entrusted - for now - with saving lives deemed otherwise un-saveable, the field hospital's crew face a precarious existence. Their work with unapproved magic, necromancy, demonology and Yasnic's thoroughly illicit Gods could lead to the unit being disbanded, arrested or worse.
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Beset by enemies within and without, the last thing anyone needs is a miracle.</i>
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<i>House of Open Wounds</i> by Adrian Tchaikovsky will be released on December 7, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Crucible of Chaos</i> by Sebastien de Castell</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>A mortally wounded magistrate faces his deadliest trial inside an ancient abbey where the monks are going mad and the gods themselves may be to blame!
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Estevar Borros, one of the legendary sword-fighting magistrates known as the Greatcoats and the king's personal investigator of the supernatural, is no stranger to tales of ghosts and demons. When the fractious monks of the abbey rumoured to be the birthplace of the gods begin warring over claims of a new pantheon arising, the frantic abbot summons him to settle the dispute.
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But Estevar has his own problems: a near-fatal sword wound from his last judicial duel, a sworn knight who claims he has proof the monks are consorting with demons, a diabolical inquisitor with no love for the Greatcoats, and a mysterious young woman claiming to be Estevar's ally but who may well be his deadliest enemy.
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Armed only with his famed investigative talents, his faltering skill with a blade and Imperious, his ornery mule, Estevar must root out the source of the madness lurking inside the once-sacred walls of Isola Sombra before its chaos spreads to the country he's sworn to protect.
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Investigate alongside Estevar and the most heroic mule ever to appear in print in this thrilling swashbuckling fantasy mystery by Sebastien de Castell, author of the Internationally acclaimed Greatcoats and Spellslinger series!</i>
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<i>The Crucible of Chaos</i> by Sebastien de Castell will be released on December 7, 2023.
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<h4><i>Sunbringer</i> by Hannah Kaner</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The godkiller is dying.
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Having plunged into the sea’s depths to save Elo, Inara and Skedi from the fire god Hseth, her only chance of survival is to put her life in the hands of yet another god: Osidisen, god of the sea for whom she is named.
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But no godkiller wants to be at the mercy of one, and if she lives she will find herself torn between honour and destruction of all the gods she comes across.
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That includes the little god of white lies, Skedi, to whom Inara is bound. As they search for answers to their bond, Elo takes up the call of rebellion to destroy the man he once called friend, and still calls king.
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A king who once devoted himself to destroying all gods throughout the land, but has now entered into an unholy pact with the most dangerous of them all.
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And where once his heart beat, a god now burns.</i>
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<i>Sunbringer</i> by Hannah Kaner will be released on February 15, 2024.
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<h4><i>Original Sins</i> by Erin Young</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>It's a brutal winter in Des Moines, Iowa, and the city is gripped by fear. A serial attacker known as the Sin Eater is stalking women and has just struck again. It's a tough time and a tough place for Riley Fisher, a former small-town sergeant, to be reporting for duty as an FBI agent on her first assignment.
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Teamed with a man she's not sure she can trust and struggling to prove herself - while fighting the pull of her old life and family dramas - Riley is tasked with investigating a vicious death threat against the newly elected female state governor. Gradually, she traces a disturbing connection between this case and the hunt for the Sin Eater. Through snow, ice, violence and lies, Riley Fisher is drawn towards a terrifying revelation.
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Erin Young follows up her acclaimed crime debut, The Fields, which has drawn comparisons with Mare of Easttown, Silence of the Lambs and True Detective, with another stunning thriller full of dark menace and suspense.</i>
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<i>Original Sins</i> by Erin Young will be released on March 7, 2024.
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<h4><i>Camino Ghosts</i> by John Grisham</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>John Grisham, #1 bestselling author and master of the legal thriller, takes us back to paradise. Bookstore owner Bruce Cable is reunited once again with Mercer Mann for another thrilling mystery packed with sun, sand, and mayhem. Filled with unpredictable twists, the return to Camino Island is guaranteed to be this summer’s perfect escape.</i>
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<i>Camino Ghosts</i> by John Grisham will be released on May 28, 2024.
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<h4><i>Somewhere Beyond the Sea</i> by TJ Klune</h4>
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<i>Featuring gorgeous gold color sprayed edges! Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's TheHouse in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade.
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A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.
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Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one.
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He’s the master of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there.
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Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt as an orphan on that very same island so long ago. He is not alone: joining him is the love of his life, Linus Baker, a former caseworker in the Department In Charge of Magical Youth. And there's the island's sprite, Zoe Chapelwhite, and her girlfriend, Mayor Helen Webb. Together, they will do anything to protect the children.
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But when Arthur is summoned to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself at the helm of a fight for the future that his family, and all magical people, deserve.
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And when a new magical child hopes to join them on their island home―one who finds power in calling himself monster, a name that Arthur worked so hard to protect his children from―Arthur knows they’re at a breaking point: their family will either grow stronger than ever or fall apart.
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Welcome back to Marsyas Island. This is Arthur’s story.
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told, about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it.</i>
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<i>Somewhere Beyond the Sea</i> by TJ Klune will be released on September 10, 2024.
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<h4><i>Children of Anguish and Anarchy</i> by Tomi Adeyemi</h4>
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<i>Featuring gorgeous spray-painted and stenciled edges, dazzling metallic foil designs on the jacket and case, and an exclusive endpaper map that reveals new unexplored territories, Tomi Adeyemi’s #1 New York Times-bestselling Legacy of Orïsha series comes to an earth-shaking conclusion.
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New allies rise.<br />
The Blood Moon nears.<br />
Zélie faces her final enemy.<br />
The king who hunts her heart.<br />
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When Zelie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.
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Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr, her true captor, the ruler of the Skulls, and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. Baldyr’s quest to harness Zélie’s strength sends Zélie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in unknown lands.
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But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orïsha’s shores. It will take everything Zélie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.</i>
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<i>Children of Anguish and Anarchy</i> by Tomi Adeyemi will be released on June 25, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Sky on Fire</i> by Jenn Lyons</h4>
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<i>Enter a world ruled by dragons...
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A daring new fantasy heist adventure that will thrill fans of Temeraire, Fourth Wing, and Dragonriders of Pern
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Anahrod lives only for survival, forging her own way through the harsh jungles of the Deep with her titan drake by her side. Even when an adventuring party saves her from capture by a local warlord, she is eager to return to her solitary life.
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But this is no ordinary rescue. It’s Anahrod’s past catching up with her. These cunning misfits―and their frustratingly appealing dragonrider ringleader―intend to spirit her away to the dragon-ruled sky cities, where they need her help to steal from a dragon’s hoard.
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There’s only one problem: the hoard in question belongs to the current regent, Neveranimas―and she wants Anahrod dead.
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From the acclaimed author of the Chorus of Dragons series, this soaring standalone fantasy combines conniving dragons, lightning banter, high-stakes intrigue, and a little bit of heat.</i>
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<i>The Sky on Fire</i> by Jenn Lyons will be released on July 9, 2024.
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<h4><i>Infinity Kings</i> by Adam Silvera</h4>
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<i>In this epic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Infinity Cycle, two brothers find themselves in a heartbreaking war against one another. The hardcover edition features a reversible jacket with two stunning covers by Kevin Tong and Meybis Ruiz Cruz!
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After the ultimate betrayal, Emil must rise up as a leader to stop his brother before he becomes too powerful. Even if that means pushing away Ness and Wyatt as they compete for his heart so he can focus on the war.
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Brighton has a legion of followers at his command, but when he learns about an ancient scythe that can kill the unkillable, that’s all he will need to become unstoppable against Emil and other rising threats.
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Meanwhile, Maribelle aligns with her greatest enemy to resurrect her lost love, and Ness infiltrates political circles to stop Iron from ruling the country, but both missions lead to tragedies that will change everyone’s lives forever.
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As the Infinity Son and the Infinity Reaper go to war, who will be crowned the Infinity King?</i>
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<i>Infinity Kings</i> by Adam Silvera will be released on March 12, 2024.
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<h4><i>Tidal Creatures</i> by Seanan McGuire</h4>
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<i>Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City...
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New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire takes us back to the world of the award-winning Alchemical Journeys series in this action-packed follow-up to Middlegame and Seasonal Fears.
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All across the world, people look up at the moon and dream of gods. Gods of knowledge and wisdom, gods of tides and longevity. Over time, some of these moon gods incarnated into the human world alongside the other manifest natural concepts. Their job is to cross the sky above the Impossible City―the heart of all creation―to keep it connected to reality.
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And someone is killing them.
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There are so many of them that it's easy for a few disappearances to slip through the cracks. But they aren't limitless.
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In the name of the moon, the lunar divinities must uncover the roots of the plot and thwart the true goal of those behind these attacks―control of the Impossible City itself.</i>
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<i>Tidal Creatures</i> by Seanan McGuire will be released on June 4, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-57812077244830101802023-10-02T18:27:00.000-07:002023-10-02T18:27:00.557-07:00HarperCollins To Re-Issue Matching Boxed Sets Of "The History Of Middle-Earth" By J. R. R. Tolkien And Christopher TolkienA couple of months ago I ordered the entire lot of "The History of Middle-earth" (including the index) from the official HarperCollins UK website. They were so pricey but I was quite happy and excited to have the UK editions (I have copies of the US editions). Unfortunately after a weeks they were cancelled and I was refunded, but with a juicy piece of information included in the email. The publisher will not be able supply the order with the then edition as they are "reprinting" the books. It turns out the reprinting is a total redesign and a totally new revision!
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In a news that got me all excited, HarperCollins will be publishing the entire collection in 4 boxed sets. The books will have reversible jackets, featuring matching John Howe art on one side and the original design on the other. They will be released in a span of months starting with the first boxed set, which includes <i>The Silmarillion</i>, <i>Unfinished Tales</i>, <i>The Book of Lost Tales</i>, Parts One & Part Two.
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Check out the first boxed set of <i>The History of Middle-Earth</i> by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien, which includes <i>The Silmarillion</i>, <i>Unfinished Tales</i>, <i>The Book of Lost Tales</i>, Parts One & Part Two.
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First in a series of hardback boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. Set 1 contains special editions of THE SILMARILLION and UNFINISHED TALES reproducing the first edition text, together with the two volumes of THE BOOK OF LOST TALES.
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<b>The Silmarillion</b> is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s World. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.
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<b>Unfinished Tales</b> is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth and the rise of Númenor in the Second Age to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century’s most acclaimed popular author.
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<b>The Book of Lost Tales</b> stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and English association, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol to the lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse.
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In the two volumes of the Tales are found the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography and cosmology of Tolkien’s invented world.
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Published together for the first time, these four books collect the beginning of Christopher Tolkien’s forty-year career devoted to presenting his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on Middle-earth, a unique accomplishment that celebrates the greatest invented world in all of fantasy literature.</i>
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<i>The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 1): The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Book of Lost Tales, Parts One & Part Two</i> by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien will be released on November 23, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-33483291464266583032023-09-03T21:42:00.001-07:002023-09-03T21:42:39.736-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Veronica Roth, And Katherine ArdenAnother one-on-one bout for this edition of cover reveal news round-up, but this time it's coming from our strong female contenders. Here is a short list featuring new stand-alone novels from Veronica Roth and Katherine Arden.<br />
<h4><i>When Among Crows</i> by Veronica Roth</h4>
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<i>From #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth, When Among Crows is a contemporary fantasy set in Chicago, where creatures from Slavic lore are real and among us, and is a story about the families we build―and the ones we destroy.</i>
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<i>When Among Crows</i> by Veronica Roth will be released on May 14, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Warm Hands of Ghosts</i> by Katherine Arden</h4>
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<i>During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
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January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie’s death in combat, along with his personal effects—but something doesn’t make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital, where she soon hears whispers about haunted trenches and a strange hotelier whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could Freddie have escaped the battlefield, only to fall prey to something—or someone—else?
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November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped in an overturned pillbox with a wounded enemy soldier, a German by the name of Hans Winter. Against all odds, the two form an alliance and succeed in clawing their way out. Unable to bear the thought of returning to the killing fields, especially on opposite sides, they take refuge with a mysterious man who seems to have the power to make the hellscape of the trenches disappear.
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As shells rain down on Flanders, and ghosts move among those yet living, Laura’s and Freddie’s deepest traumas are reawakened. Now they must decide whether their world is worth salvaging—or better left behind entirely.</i>
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<i>The Warm Hands of Ghosts</i> by Katherine Arden will be released on February 13, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-2480773126597887882023-08-10T19:53:00.000-07:002023-08-10T19:53:20.015-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Peter V. Brett, And Brandon SandersonIt's a mano-a-mano bout for this cover reveal news round-up, featuring a sequel from Peter V. Brett and an in-universe spin-off from Brandon Sanderson.<br />
<h4><i>The Hidden Queen</i> by Peter V. Brett</h4>
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<i>The second book in The Nightfall Saga, the stunning new epic fantasy series set in the world of The Demon Cycle, from New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett
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Humanity thought the war with demonkind was over. Now, after humanity has had less than a generation to rebuild, the demon corelings have returned with a vengeance. The Spear of Ala—the fortress that stands at the gates of the demon’s hive—is the last bastion against the horde, and reports say it may already have fallen.
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Olive Paper is expected to take the vanguard in the fight. Only an heir of Kaji can wield the artifact that opens the gates of the Spear of Ala, and as Ahmann Jardir’s child, Olive seems destined for a role as leader and savior. But Olive does not wish to follow in her father’s footsteps any more than she did her mother’s.
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Darin Bales was born with supernatural senses that he struggles to process, but even those who love him believe he can barely take care of himself. Yet to save his mother from the clutches of Alagai Ka, the demon king, Darin will brave anything to mount a rescue.
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Darin and Olive each strive to walk their own path but find themselves inextricably tied to the legacies of their parents and to a fated confrontation with the demon king and his new hatchling queen. If they fail, humanity may not survive.</i>
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<i>The Hidden Queen</i> by Peter V. Brett will be released on March 5, 2024.
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<h4><i>Yumi and the Nightmare Painter</i> by Brandon Sanderson</h4>
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<i>From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of The Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn Saga, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy―comes this gripping story set in the Cosmere universe told by Hoid, where two people from incredibly different cultures must work together to save their worlds from certain disaster.
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Yumi has spent her entire life in strict obedience, granting her the power to summon the spirits that bestow vital aid upon her society―but she longs for even a single day as a normal person. Painter patrols the dark streets dreaming of being a hero―a goal that has led to nothing but heartache and isolation, leaving him always on the outside looking in. In their own ways, both of them face the world alone.
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Suddenly flung together, Yumi and Painter must strive to right the wrongs in both their lives, reconciling their past and present while maintaining the precarious balance of each of their worlds. If they cannot unravel the mystery of what brought them together before it’s too late, they risk forever losing not only the bond growing between them, but the very worlds they’ve always struggled to protect.</i>
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<i>Yumi and the Nightmare Painter</i> by Brandon Sanderson will be released on October 3, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-16095938090948865622023-07-19T19:46:00.000-07:002023-07-19T19:46:08.934-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Patrick Rothfuss, Robert Galbraith, Bradley P. Beaulieu, And Sarah J. MaasPatrick Rothfuss, Robert Galbraith, Bradley P. Beaulieu, and Sarah J. Maas highlight this edition of the cover reveal news round-up. New entries for ongoing series, a spinoff novella and a start to a whole new series make up this list.<br />
<h4><i>The Narrow Road Between Desires</i> by Patrick Rothfuss</h4>
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<i>#1 New York Times-bestselling phenomenon Patrick Rothfuss returns to the wildly popular Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a stunning reimagining of "The Lightning Tree." Expanded to twice its previous length and lavishly illustrated by Nate Taylor, this touching stand-alone story is sure to please new readers and veteran Rothfuss fans alike.
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Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-out of breathing; to watch him trade is to watch an artist at work. But even a master's brush can slip. When he accepts a gift, taking something for nothing, Bast's whole world is knocked askew, for he knows how to bargain—but not how to owe.
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From dawn to midnight over the course of a single day, follow the Kingkiller Chronicle's most charming fae as he schemes and sneaks, dancing into trouble and back out again with uncanny grace.
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The Narrow Road Between Desires is Bast's story. In it he traces the old ways of making and breaking, following his heart even when doing so goes against his better judgement.
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After all, what good is caution if it keeps him from danger and delight?</i>
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<i>The Narrow Road Between Desires</i> by Patrick Rothfuss will be released on November 14, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Running Grave</i> by Robert Galbraith</h4>
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<i>In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult.
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Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.
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The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.
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In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her. . .
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Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series.</i>
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<i>The Running Grave</i> by Robert Galbraith will be released on September 26, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Dragons of Deepwood Fen</i> by Bradley P. Beaulieu</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>This 1st book in a new fantasy series from the author of the acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands series follows an unlikely pair as they expose the secrets at the heart of the mountain city of Ancris.
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Lorelei Aurelius is the smartest inquisitor in the mountain city of Ancris. When a mysterious tip leads her to a clandestine meeting between the Church and the hated Red Knives, she uncovers a plot that threatens not only her home but the empire itself.
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The trail leads her to Rylan Holbrooke, a notorious thief posing as a dragon singer. Rylan came to Ancris to solve the very same mystery she stumbled onto. Knowing his incarceration could lead to the Red Knives’ achieving their goals, Lorelei makes a fateful decision: she frees him.
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Now branded as traitors, the two flee the city on dragonback. In the massive forest known as the Holt, they discover something terrible. The Red Knives are planning to awaken a powerful demigod in the holiest shrine in Ancris, and for some reason the Church is willing to allow it. It forces their return to Ancris, where the unlikely allies must rally the very people who’ve vowed to capture them before it’s too late.
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Explore the mountain city of Ancris, where fast-paced adventure and intrigue abound. in this new offering from the author of the acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands series.</i>
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<i>The Dragons of Deepwood Fen</i> by Bradley P. Beaulieu will be released on December 5, 2023.
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<h4><i>House of Flame and Shadow</i> by Sarah J. Maas</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.
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Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.
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Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied.
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In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.</i>
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<i>House of Flame and Shadow</i> by Sarah J. Maas will be released on January 30, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-49765997933269211562023-07-07T04:56:00.000-07:002023-07-07T04:56:25.254-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Christopher Ruocchio, Madeleine Roux, Ernest Cline, And Victoria AveyardSequels galore, new anthology series and standalone novels are coming our way thanks to Christopher Ruocchio, Madeleine Roux, Ernest Cline, and Victoria Aveyard.<br />
<h4><i>Disquiet Gods</i> by Christopher Ruocchio</h4>
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<i>The sixth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire.
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The end is nigh.
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It has been nearly two hundred years since Hadrian Marlowe assaulted the person of the Emperor and walked away from war. From his Empire. His duty. From the will and service of the eldritch being known only as the Quiet. The galaxy lies in the grip of a terrible plague, and worse, the Cielcin have overrun the realms of men.
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A messenger has come to Jadd, bearing a summons from the Sollan Emperor for the one-time hero. A summons, a pardon, and a plea. HAPSIS, the Emperor’s secret first-contact intelligence organization, has located one of the dreadful Watchers, the immense, powerful beings worshipped by the Pale Cielcin.
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Called out of retirement and exile, the old hero—accompanied by his daughter, Cassandra—must race across the galaxy and against time to accomplish one last, impossible task:
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To kill a god.</i>
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<i>Disquiet Gods</i> by Christopher Ruocchio will be released on April 2, 2024.
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<h4><i>Marvel: What If...Loki Was Worthy? (A Loki & Valkyrie Story)</i> by Madeleine Roux</h4>
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<i>Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes.
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So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched the trickster god sow chaos. But . . . what if Loki saved Asgard from Tony Stark’s revenge?
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Thor—Son of Odin, God of Thunder, wielder of the hammer Mjolnir—is dead. And Loki is responsible.
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It was only meant to be a joke—tampering with the Destroyer, changing Thor’s course to Midgard—a bit of mischief with a chance of maiming. But Loki's harmless prank spiraled out of control, unleashing death and destruction on New York City and the heroes sworn to protect it. The city was saved, but at the cost of Thor’s life.
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Furious and heartbroken, the All-Father banishes Loki to Earth for his crime. Loki finds himself in a realm of boxed wine, instant noodles, and some sort of regional performance troupe known as the “Buffalo Bills.” It’s a meager existence, far from Asgard’s grand courts, but he finds his new friend, Brian the Gecko, a much more engaging companion than the sycophants back home. A true meeting of the minds. Loki is the God of Mischief—but he knows, deep down, that he never truly deserved to stand next to their father’s golden child Thor, as two true sons of Odin.
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Yet, he cannot even endure his exile in peaceful isolation. A Valkyrie—Hel-bent on carrying out her oath to Thor—barges into his trailer-home with his brother’s final words from the beyond: a plea to find a certain Dr. Jane Foster and pass on Mjolnir to its rightful heir.
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While Loki struggles to fulfil his brother’s last request, the far-reaching consequences of his fatal prank return to haunt him. Blinded by grief from those he lost in the chaos wrought by Asgard, Iron Man vows revenge on those who consider themselves gods. Determined to protect the Earth from the might of this unpredictable alien power, he forges Asgard’s own weaponry into a lethal suit of armor, set on eradicating any tether between their worlds. Consequences be damned. When Asgard looks to Loki for salvation, he must answer the question: Am I truly worthy?</i>
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<i>Marvel: What If...Loki Was Worthy? (A Loki & Valkyrie Story)</i> by Madeleine Roux will be released on March 12, 2024.
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<h4><i>Bridge to Bat City</i> by Ernest Cline</h4>
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<i>From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ernest Cline comes a mostly true tall tale about an unexpected friendship between a young girl and a music-loving colony of bats!
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Described as a “mostly true tall tale,” Bridge to Bat City tells the story of a recently orphaned young girl named Opal B Flats, who forms an unexpected friendship with a music-loving colony of bats and embarks on an mission to find them a new home despite powerful forces determined to stop her.
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After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old outsider Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal befriends a group of orphaned bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats’ cave is destroyed by a big mining company with its sights set on bulldozing the farmland next. If Opal and the bats can fit in anywhere, it’s the nearby city of Austin, with its wonderfully eccentric characters and rich music scene. But with people afraid of the bats and determined to get rid of them, it’ll take a whole lot of courage to prove that this is where the bats—and Opal—belong.</i>
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<i>Bridge to Bat City</i> by Ernest Cline will be released on April 9, 2024.
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<h4><i>Fate Breaker</i> by Victoria Aveyard</h4>
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<i>Since Victoria Aveyard launched the instant #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker, the series has taken readers by storm. Now the finale is here to continue this epic fantasy series.
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Change your fate—or kneel to it.
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The Companions are scattered and hopeless, torn from each other. After Corayne barely escapes with her life, she must forge on alone, leaving her blade broken and her allies behind her. Her only consolation—Corayne now has Taristan's sword, the only Spindleblade left in existence. Without it, he can’t rip open any more Spindles. Without it, he can’t end the world.
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But Taristan and Queen Erida will not be defeated so easily. Both will burn the world to bring down Corayne—and bring forth their demon god, What Waits, ready to claim the realm of Allward for his own.
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In a final clash between kingdoms and gods, all must rise to fight—or be destroyed.
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Everything has come to this. Prepare for a larger-than-life, unforgettable finale to the instant New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker series, where a shattered alliance must rise from the ashes to make their final stand against a ruthless enemy…and the demon god who looks to shroud the entire world in darkness.
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Don’t miss Victoria Aveyard’s New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, a sweeping tale of power, intrigue, and betrayal, where the only certainty is betrayal. Perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series.</i>
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<i>Fate Breaker</i> by Victoria Aveyard will be released on February 27, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-24893110056746839002023-06-19T18:59:00.001-07:002023-06-19T18:59:15.982-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By J. R. R. Tolkien, Samantha Shannon, Sebastien de Castell, Terry Pratchett, A. J. Ryan, Anna Smith Spark, Stacey Lee, Holly Black, And T. L. Huchu We have a varied lot on our hands and the covers for the books by J. R. R. Tolkien, Samantha Shannon, Sebastien de Castell, Terry Pratchett, A. J. Ryan, Anna Smith Spark, Stacey Lee, Holly Black, and T. L. Huchu are a wonder.<br />
<h4><i>The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition</i> by Humphrey Carpenter (Editor)</h4>
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<i>The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
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J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, was one of the most prolific letter-writers of this century. Over the years he wrote a mass of letters – to his publishers, to members of his family, to friends, and to 'fans' of his books – which often reveal the inner workings of his mind, and which record the history of composition of his works and his reaction to subsequent events.
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A selection from Tolkien's correspondence, collected and edited by Tolkien's official biographer, Humphrey Carpenter, and assisted by Christopher Tolkien, was published in 1981. It presented, in Tolkien's own words, a highly detailed portrait of the man in his many aspects: storyteller, scholar, Catholic, parent, friend, and observer of the world around him.
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In this revised and expanded edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, it has been possible to go back to the editors’ original typescripts and notes, restoring more than 150 letters that were excised purely to achieve what was then deemed a ‘publishable length’, and present the book as originally intended.
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Enthusiasts for his writings will find much that is new, for the letters not only include fresh information about Middle-earth, such as Tolkien’s own plot summary of the entirety of The Lord of the Rings and a vision for publishing his ‘Tales of the Three Ages’, but also many insights into the man and his world. In addition, this new selection will entertain anyone who appreciates the art of letter-writing, of which J.R.R. Tolkien was a master.</i>
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<i>The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition</i> by Humphrey Carpenter (Editor) will be released on November 9, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Bone Season: Tenth Anniversary Edition</i> by Samantha Shannon</h4>
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<i>A lavishly reimagined and revised tenth anniversary edition of the first novel in the sensational Bone Season series, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.
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Welcome to Scion. No safer place.
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The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe.
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In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing.
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When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal - and put her trust in someone who ought to be her enemy.</i>
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<i>The Bone Season: Tenth Anniversary Edition</i> by Samantha Shannon will be released on August 22, 2023.
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<h4><i>Fate of the Argosi</i> by Sebastien de Castell</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The third utterly compelling fantasy adventure in the ARGOSI trilogy, exploring the origins of the SPELLSLINGER series to enrapture devotees as well as newcomers alike.
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While liberating a notorious thief from prison, Ferius Parfax encounters an inmate named Chedran, one of the last living members of her people, the Mahdek. Chedran is leading a group of young Mahdek who are determined to make a future for their people and Ferius agrees to help them find a place where they can live free from persecution.
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Meanwhile, having repaid her debt to the thief, Ferius finds her feelings towards Arissa becoming more complicated as she decides what debt she owes the society into which she was born.</i>
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<i>Fate of the Argosi</i> by Sebastien de Castell will be released on August 31, 2023.
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<h4><i>A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories</i> by Terry Pratchett</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork...
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A truly unmissable, beautifully illustrated collection of unearthed stories from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett: award-winning and bestselling author, and creator of the phenomenally successful Discworld series.
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Twenty early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors, each accompanied by exquisite original woodcut illustrations.
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These are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. Whilst none are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination.
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Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and go on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork...
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A Stroke of the Pen is a must-have collection for fans of all ages.</i>
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<i>A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories</i> by Terry Pratchett will be released on October 10, 2023.
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<h4><i>Red River Seven</i> by A. J. Ryan</h4>
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<i>Seven strangers. One mission.<br />
Infinite horror.
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A man awakes on a boat at sea with no memory of who or where he is. He's not alone - there are six others, each with a unique set of skills. None of them can remember their names. All of them possess a gun.
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When a message appears on the onboard computer - Proceeding to Point A - the group agrees to work together to survive whatever is coming.
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But as the boat moves through the mist-shrouded waters, divisions begin to form. Who is directing them and to what purpose? Why can't they remember anything?
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And what are the screams they can hear beyond the mist?
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Internationally bestselling fantasy author Anthony Ryan - writing as A. J. Ryan - delivers a nerve-shredding thriller in which seven strangers must undertake a terrifying journey into the unknown.</i>
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<i>Red River Seven</i> by A. J. Ryan will be released on October 12, 2023.
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<h4><i>A Sword of Bronze and Ashes</i> by Anna Smith Spark</h4>
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<i>A Sword of Bronze and Ashes combines the fierce beauty of Celtic myth with grimdark battle violence. It's a lyrical, folk horror high fantasy.
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Kanda has a good life until shadows from her past return threatening everything she loves. And Kanda, like any parent, has things in her past she does not want her children to know. Red war is coming: pursued by an ancient evil, Kanda must call upon all her strength to protect her family. But how can she keep her children safe, if they want to stand as warriors beside her when the light fades and darkness rises?</i>
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<i>A Sword of Bronze and Ashes</i> by Anna Smith Spark will be released on September 12, 2023.
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<h4><i>Winston Chu vs. the Wingmeisters</i> by Stacey Lee</h4>
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<i>Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Stacey Lee’s final book in her debut middle grade duology: a whimsical, mile-a-minute adventure inspired by Chinese mythology.
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Twelve-year-old Winston Chu has already rescued his sister, saved the moon’s qi, and kicked Mr. Pang’s sorry magpie-turned-human butt to the curb—but now he’s about to face an even bigger problem: Mr. Pang’s older magpie-turned-human brother, Mr. Gu.
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Sure, Mr. Gu might be the current front-runner to be San Francisco’s next mayor, but, as Winston knows all too well, appearances can be deceiving—and Mr. Gu, despite his cheerful laugh and brightly-colored shirts, is definitely hiding something.
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Because all of a sudden, there’s an eerily punctual fog that seems to follow him on his trips to an island in the bay. And grown-ups are turning up all the across the city with no memory of who they are, but with plenty of enthusiasm for their favorite mayoral candidate. And then there’s the flocks of exotic birds that have begun amassing in every corner of the city. For Winston and his friends, there’s no denying something... fowl... is afoot.
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And the only one who might have the answers they need to save the city? Their old nemesis, Mr. Pang...
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Winston’s magical adventures come to a thrilling end in this whimsical, rollicking ride filled with invisible windbreakers, mischievous mustaches, and badminton rackets of destiny.
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Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.</i>
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<i>Winston Chu vs. the Wingmeisters</i> by Stacey Lee will be released on February 6, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Prisoner's Throne</i> by Holly Black</h4>
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<i>The highly anticipated conclusion to the Stolen Heir duology by #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.
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An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame. </i>
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<i>The Prisoner's Throne</i> by Holly Black will be released on March 5, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle</i> by T. L. Huchu</h4>
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<i>Duels, magic, and plenty of ghosts await in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book of T. L. Huchu's USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series.
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Everyone’s favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference just in time to be tied into a mystery―a locked room mystery, if an entire creepy haunted castle on lockdown counts. One of the magical attendees has stolen a valuable magical scroll.
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Caught between Qozmos, the high wizard of Ethiopian magic; the larger-than-life Lord Sashvindu Samarasinghe; England’s Sorcerer Royal; and Scotland’s own Edmund MacLeod, it’s up to Ropa (and Jomo and Priya) to sort through the dangerous secret politics and alliances to figure out what really happened. But she has a special tool―the many ghosts tied to the ancient, powerful castle.</i>
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<i>The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle</i> by T. L. Huchu will be released on August 29, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-2087443269672487892023-05-29T21:23:00.002-07:002023-05-30T17:26:37.451-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Jim Butcher, Peter S. Beagle, Matthew Ward, Josiah Bancroft, Michael J. Sullivan, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Jeff Kinney, And F.H. BatacanIt's mostly Science Fiction/Fantasy books that are a hit in this edition of cover revelations, but a few stragglers outside this genre also made their way through. Featuring authors like Jim Butcher, Peter S. Beagle, Matthew Ward, Josiah Bancroft, Michael J. Sullivan, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Jeff Kinney, and F. H. Batacan...<br />
<h4><i>The Olympian Affair</i> by Jim Butcher</h4>
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<i>The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships.
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For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade.
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Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war.
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Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires.
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A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents.
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It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.</i>
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<i>The Olympian Affair</i> by Jim Butcher will be released on November 7, 2023.
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<h4><i>A Fine and Private Place</i> by Peter S. Beagle</h4>
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<i>Jonathan Rebeck is homeless. Bankrupt. He has dropped out of society and has been living quietly in a local cemetery, under the care of a raven who is quite good at stealing sandwiches.
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Far from being lonely, however, Jonathan is able to converse with the ghosts around him, and finds himself following two new spirits, Michael Laura, as they fall in love with each other. He becomes invested in, and part of, their cautious romance. But the circumstances behind Michael's death are slipping from his memory, and the further from life they drift, the closer the loss of love feels.
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When a visiting widow stumbles across Jonathan in his graveyard home, will the living world begin to intrude on this fine and private place?
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Peter S. Beagle's legendary, beautiful debut novel is filled with all his characteristic warmth and humanity. With a new introduction by Neil Gaiman, A Fine and Private Place is a timeless classic from the author of The Last Unicorn.</i>
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<i>A Fine and Private Place</i> by Peter S. Beagle will be released on October 12, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Darkness Before Them</i> by Matthew Ward</h4>
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<i>The sprawling Kingdom of Khalad stands alone. Severed from the rest of the world by an ancient, arcane war, its folk toil behind a wall of living mist, beholden to an undead king and his barons.
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But hope lies with two figures: Kat, an accomplished thief, and Vallant, a rebel and folk hero. Together they will light a fire that will burn away the corruption and tyranny of King Diar's rule.
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But only if they succeed...</i>
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<i>The Darkness Before Them</i> by Matthew Ward will be released on November 9, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Hexologists</i> by Josiah Bancroft</h4>
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<i>The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade to soothe a troubled ghost. Well-acquainted with the weird, they never shy away from a challenging case.
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But when they are approached by the royal secretary and told the king pleads to be baked into a cake - going so far as to wedge himself inside a lit oven - the Wilbies soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that could very well see the nation turned on its head. Their effort to expose a royal secret buried under forty years of lies brings them nose to nose with a violent antiroyalist gang, avaricious ghouls, alchemists who draw their power from a hell-like dimension, and a bookish dragon who only occasionally eats people.
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Armed with a love toughened by adversity and a stick of chalk that can conjure light from the darkness, hope from the hopeless, Iz and Warren Wilby are ready for whatever springs from the alleys, graves, and shadows next.</i>
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<i>The Hexologists</i> by Josiah Bancroft will be released on September 28, 2023.
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<h4><i>Esrahaddon</i> by Michael J. Sullivan</h4>
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<i>A hero to some. A villain to many. The truth forever buried.
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The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world’s greatest empire ― but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all agree on three facts: He was exiled to the wilderness, hunted by a goblin priestess, and sentenced to death by a god ― all before the age of eight. How he managed to survive and why people continued to fear his name a thousand years later has always been a mystery... until now.
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From the three-time New York Times best-selling author Michael J. Sullivan, Esrahaddon is the final novel in The Rise and Fall trilogy. This latest set of stories sits snugly between the Legends of the First Empire series and the Riyria books (Revelations and Chronicles). With this tale, Michael continues his tradition of unlikely heroes who must rise to the call when history knocks, demanding to be let in. This is the nineteenth full-length novel in a body of work that started in 2008 and spans four series.</i>
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<i>Esrahaddon</i> by Michael J. Sullivan will be released on December 5, 2023.
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<h4><i>Uprising</i> by Jennifer A. Nielsen</h4>
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#1 New York Times bestselling author of Iceberg, Jennifer A. Nielsen inspires readers with a brand-new thriller based on the remarkable true story of a young Polish girl who bravely fought, participating in the Warsaw city uprising, and took a stand in the name of freedom.
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Twelve-year-old Lidia is outside her grandfather's house when planes fly overhead, bearing the Nazi cross on each wing. Before the bombs hit the ground, Lidia realizes her life is about to change forever. Poland has fallen under German occupation, and her father makes the brave decision to join the Polish army to fight against the Nazis. Lidia wants to follow him into war, but she's far too young, and she's needed by her mother and brother.
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After her family returns to Warsaw, where life has changed irrevocably, Lidia continues to play the piano, finding comfort in Chopin, Bach, and Beethoven. But she also wants to aid the Jewish people held captive in the Warsaw Ghetto. With the help of a friend, Lidia begins to smuggle wheat and food into the ghetto. Still, she feels like she could be doing so much more. She wants to fight. After her brother joins the resistance, Lidia wants only to follow in his footsteps. Soon, she begins to work as a courier, smuggling weapons and messages for the resistance throughout the city.
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When the Warsaw city uprising begins―one year after the more well-known Warsaw Ghetto uprising by Polish Jews―with gunfire and bombs echoing throughout the streets, Lidia joins the Polish nationalists’ fight, too, and she and her peers fight with everything they’ve got. Life will continue to surprise Lidia, as she and the resistance fighters do their best to defeat the German soldiers. No matter the consequences, they’re willing to defend their freedom and their homes from the Nazi invaders―even with their lives.
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Drawing on the extraordinary real-life story of Polish teenager Lidia Zakrzewski, bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen presents an inspiring and dramatic account of the Polish resistance fighters who struggled to force out their Nazi occupiers and reclaim their nation's freedom from tyranny.</i>
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<i>Uprising</i> by Jennifer A. Nielsen will be released on March 5, 2024.
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<h4><i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer</i> by Jeff Kinney</h4>
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<i>In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it’s up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it’s shuttered for good.
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Up until now, middle school hasn’t exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he’s not too broken up about it.
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But when Greg realizes this means he’s going to be sent to a different school than his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, he changes his tune. Can Greg and his classmates save their school before it’s shuttered for good? Or is this the start of a whole new chapter for Greg</i>
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<i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer</i> by Jeff Kinney will be released on October 24, 2023.
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<h4><i>Accidents Happen</i> by F.H. Batacan</h4>
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<i>A short story collection as relentlessly intense and darkly compelling as Batacan’s debut, the Filipino crime landmark Smaller and Smaller Circles
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F.H. Batacan’s first novel, Smaller and Smaller Circles, was an instant classic when it was published in 1999, a masterpiece of Filipino crime that won the Philippine Book Award. In this, her second work of fiction, she gives us a far-ranging collection that explores the darkest corners of human experience, depicting with pitch black humor the systems of class and politics that her characters are trapped in, and the moments violence—accidental or otherwise—that can, at any moment, shatter their lives.
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The driver for a wealthy family witnesses the aftermath of the disappearance of the family’s twelve-year-old son. A field investigator for the World Health Organization travels the world giving presentations about a biomedical enzyme that will lead to the extinction of the human race. And Father Augusto Saenz, the Jesuit priest and forensic anthropologist from Smaller and Smaller Circles, returns to investigate the murder of a woman whose secretive life holds the key to her death.
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Sure to cement Batacan’s status as a crime writer of global status, Accidents Happen is a probing and relentless series of dark excursions into worlds where the smallest moments are infused with life and vibrating with menace, and death is always close at hand.</i>
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<i>Accidents Happen</i> by F.H. Batacan will be released on June 4, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-28076065034418734362023-05-10T20:24:00.004-07:002023-05-10T20:24:30.161-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Ben Aaronovitch, James Dashner, John Scalzi, And Agatha Christie (For Special Hardcover Editions)These dazzling covers for the new books by Ben Aaronovitch, James Dashner and John Scalzi are all yours for oggling! Rejoice as a new batch of Agatha Christie's beloved mystery novels get special hardcover editions!<br />
<h4><i>Winter's Gifts</i> by Ben Aaronovitch</h4>
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<i>The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series.
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THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND...
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When retired FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an 'X-Ray Sierra India' incident, the operator doesn't understand. He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone does.
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That person is FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds. Leaving Quantico for snowbound Northern Wisconsin, she finds that a tornado has flattened half the town - and there's no sign of Henderson.
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Things soon go from weird to worse, as neighbours report unsettling sightings, key evidence goes missing, and the snow keeps rising - cutting off the town, with no way in or out...
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Something terrible is awakening. As the clues lead to the coldest of cold cases - a cursed expedition into the frozen wilderness - Reynolds follows a trail from the start of the American nightmare, to the horror that still lives on today...</i>
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<i>Winter's Gifts</i> by Ben Aaronovitch will be released on June 8, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Godhead Complex</i> by James Dashner</h4>
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<i>The Second Book in The Maze Cutter Trilogy Sadina and the islanders are up against both man and nature as they navigate their way to Alaska to see the Godhead, but the Godhead itself is fractured. Within the cracks of the sacred trinity, secrets are revealed that blur the lines of good and evil. One person’s God is another person’s Devil. Isaac and Sadina are forced to split up, and while Minho holds the rest of the group together, it’s his beliefs that are slowly falling apart. What once drove Minho to join the Godhead is causing him to question his past and his future. Sadina finds something life changing in The Book of Newt, and her mission to save the world becomes even stronger. But while on his own, Issac meets a new traveler with a mission and learns that the cure isn’t what it once was thought to be, the immunes aren’t as immune, and the world as a whole is evolving in a dangerous direction. In Alaska, the Crank Army awaits to unleash its fury on the Godhead, ending Alexandra’s reign before it begins but nature and evolution become an even greater threat than all the Cranks in the world. Beliefs change, futures are rewritten, and not even the Godhead knows what will happen next.</i>
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<i>The Godhead Complex</i> by James Dashner will be released on November 7, 2023.
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<h4><i>Starter Villain</i> by John Scalzi</h4>
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<i>Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.
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Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.
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Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.
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But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a standup, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.
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It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyper-intelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.
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In a dog-eat-dog world... be a cat.</i>
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<i>Starter Villain</i> by John Scalzi will be released on September 19, 2023.
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<h4><i>Autumn Chills</i> by Agatha Christie</h4>
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<i>An all-new collection of autumn-themed mysteries from the master of the genre.
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Autumn is the season of misty mornings and cosy nights in, but as the leaves begin to fall the nights get longer and the shadows grow darker…
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Secluded cottages, eerie manors and ghostly hauntings and cursed tombs abound in this collection of 12 supernatural mysteries and murderous plots featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Agatha Christie’s other favourite detectives.
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Includes the Stories:<br />
Murder in the Mews<br />
The Case of the Rich Woman<br />
While the Light Lasts<br />
Triangle at Rhodes<br />
Death by Drowning<br />
The Bird with the Broken Wing<br />
The Lemesurier Inheritance<br />
The House of Lurking Death<br />
Tape-Measure Murder<br />
The Voice in the Dark<br />
Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds<br />
Witness for the Prosecution</i>
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<i>Autumn Chills</i> by Agatha Christie will be released on September 14, 2023.
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<h4><i>Dead Man’s Folly</i> by Agatha Christie</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery, now presented as a sumptuous special edition hardback.
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Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fête, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to organise their murder hunt.
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Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot for his expert assistance. Instinctively, she senses that something sinister is about to happen...
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Beware – nobody is quite what they seem!</i>
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<i>Dead Man’s Folly</i> by Agatha Christie will be released on June 22, 2023.
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<h4><i>Five Little Pigs</i> by Agatha Christie</h4>
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<i>Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, now presented as a sumptuous special edition hardback.
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Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried ‘wee wee wee’ all the way home.
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It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind...</i>
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<i>Five Little Pigs</i> by Agatha Christie will be released on June 22, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-85387335340708789712023-04-26T21:07:00.003-07:002023-04-26T21:07:56.739-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Homer & Translator Emily Wilson, Sajni Patel, Mitch Albom, Brandon SandersonCheer up as new books from Sajni Patel, Mitch Albom, Brandon Sanderson, and the late Homer with translator Emily Wilson are on their way.<br />
<h4><i>The Iliad</i> by Homer, Translated by Emily Wilson</h4>
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<i>The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.
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When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017―revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious, and lean” (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)―critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira, New York Times) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of the first great Homeric epic: the Iliad.
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In Wilson’s hands, this exciting and often horrifying work now gallops at a pace befitting its best battle scenes, roaring with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, and the anguished cries of dying men. Wilson’s unadorned but resonant language plumbs the poem’s profound pathos and reveals its characters as palpably real, even “complicated,” human beings. Capping a decade of intense engagement with Homer’s poetry, Wilson’s Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation.</i>
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<i>The Iliad</i> by Homer, Translated by Emily Wilson will be released on September 26, 2023.
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<h4><i>A Drop of Venom</i> by Sajni Patel</h4>
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<i>Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian mythology, a YA epic fantasy addition to the Rick Riordan Presents imprint.
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All monsters and heroes have beginnings. This is mine.
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Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters—she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe—but you would be wrong.
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Seventeen-year-old Pratyush is a famed slayer of monsters, one of the King’s most prized warriors and a frequent visitor to the floating temples. For every monster the slayer kills, years are added to his life. You might think such a powerful warrior could do whatever he wants, but true power lies with the King. Tired after years of fighting, Pratyush wants nothing more than a peaceful, respectable life.
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When Pratyush and Manisha meet, each sees in the other the possibility to chart a new path. Unfortunately, the kingdom’s powerful have other plans. A temple visitor sexually assaults Manisha and pushes her off the mountain into a pit of vipers. A month later, the King sends Pratyush off to kill one last monster (a powerful nagin who has been turning men to stone) before he’ll consider granting his freedom.
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Except Manisha doesn’t die, despite the hundreds of snake bites covering her body and the venom running through her veins. She rises from the pit more powerful than ever before, with heightened senses, armor-like skin, and blood that can turn people to stone. And Pratyush doesn’t know it, but the “monster” he’s been sent to kill is none other than the girl he wants to marry.
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Alternating between Manisha’s and Pratyush’s perspectives, Sajni Patel weaves together lush language, high stakes, and page-turning suspense, demanding an answer to the question “What does it truly mean to be a monster?”</i>
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<i>A Drop of Venom</i> by Sajni Patel will be released on January 16, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Little Liar</i> by Mitch Albom</h4>
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<i>Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a small village in Greece during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption.
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Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi’s invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards “the east” where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the passengers that the journey is safe. But when the final train is at the station, Nico sees his family being loaded into a large boxcar crowded with other neighbors. Only after it is too late does Nico discover that he helped send the people he loved—and all the others—to their doom at Auschwitz.
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Nico never tells the truth again.
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In The Little Liar, his first novel set during the Holocaust, Mitch Albom interweaves the stories of Nico, his brother Sebastian, and their schoolmate Fanni, who miraculously survive the death camps and spend years searching for Nico, who has become a pathological liar, and the Nazi officer who radically changed their lives. As the decades pass, Albom reveals the consequences of what they said, did, and endured.
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A moving parable that explores honesty, survival, revenge and devotion, The Little Liar is Mitch Albom at his very best. Narrated by the voice of Truth itself, it is a timeless story about the harm we inflict with our deceits, and the power of love to ultimately redeem us.</i>
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<i>The Little Liar</i> by Mitch Albom will be released on November 7, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England</i> by Brandon Sanderson</h4>
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<i>#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson meshes Jason Bourne and epic fantasy in this captivating adventure that throws an amnesiac wizard into time travel shenanigans―where his only hope of survival lies in recovering his missing memories.
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A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit. The few fragments he managed to save provide clues to his situation, but can he figure them out in time to survive?</i>
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<i>The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England</i> by Brandon Sanderson will be released on June 27, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-20414913869313453732023-04-03T06:40:00.000-07:002023-04-03T06:40:07.658-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Terry Brooks, John Grisham, Susan Dennard, And Tad WilliamsHere is a line-up of upcoming sequels by veteran and beloved authors, including Terry Brooks, John Grisham, Susan Dennard, and Tad Williams.<br />
<h4><i>Sister of Starlit Seas</i> by Terry Brooks</h4>
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<i>A rebellious young heroine sets off on an adventure of self-discovery in the third novel of an epic fantasy series set in the world of Viridian Deep, from the legendary author behind the Shannara saga.
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Auris’s adoptive sister Char has always been the baby of the family—a position that grates on her, especially when everyone is so intent on telling her exactly what to do and how to do it. Plus, there is her headstrong, impulsive behavior, which her family has always seen as a liability. But Char is certain that the quality most see as her greatest weakness is actually her greatest strength: her willingness to instantly brave danger and leap to the rescue the minute anyone she loves is threatened.
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Char knows she can never grow into the woman she was meant to be under her family's loving but repressive eye, so a month before she turns fifteen, she runs away, and ends up joining a Human pirate crew in the warm, southerly regions of her world, and she has not been home since. But three years into her pirate career, her captain—and the man she is convinced she loves—is captured by the those in charge of the slave trade he has been fighting. And when Char leaps in to rescue him, she suddenly finds herself thrust into an adventure that will uncover secrets she never suspected about herself. And which will maybe, finally, teach her to look before she leaps.</i>
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<i>Sister of Starlit Seas</i> by Terry Brooks will be released on November 14, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Exchange: After The Firm</i> by John Grisham</h4>
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<i>#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm.
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What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller. It is now fifteen years later, and Mitch and Abby are living in Manhattan, where Mitch is a partner at the largest law firm in the world. When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor that will take him far from home, Mitch finds himself at the center of a sinister plot that has worldwide implications—and once again endangers his colleagues, friends, and family. Mitch has become a master at staying one step ahead of his adversaries, but this time there’s nowhere to hide.
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Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!</i>
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<i>The Exchange: After The Firm</i> by John Grisham will be released on October 17, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Hunting Moon</i> by Susan Dennard</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The highly anticipated sequel to The Luminaries by New York Times bestselling author Susan Dennard.
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Winnie Wednesday has gotten everything she thought she wanted. She passed the deadly hunter trials, her family has been welcomed back into the Luminaries, and overnight, she has become a local celebrity.
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The Girl Who Jumped. The Girl Who Got Bitten.
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Unfortunately, it all feels wrong. For one, nobody will believe her about the new nightmare called the Whisperer that's killing hunters each night. Everyone blames the werewolf, even though Winnie is certain the wolf is innocent.
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On top of that, following her dad's convoluted clues about the Dianas, their magic, and what happened in Hemlock Falls four years ago is leaving her with more questions than answers.
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Then to complicate it all, there is still only one person who can help her: Jay Friday, the boy with plenty of problems all his own.
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As bodies and secrets pile up around town, Winnie finds herself questioning what it means to be a true Wednesday and a true Luminary―and also where her fierce-hearted loyalties might ultimately have to lie.</i>
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<i>The Hunting Moon</i> by Susan Dennard will be released on November 7, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Navigator's Children</i> by Tad Williams</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The latest saga in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard concludes in the fourth and final Last King of Osten Ard novel.
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The Hayholt is besieged by the Norns. Once the home of their immortal brethren, the Sithi, now capital of the kingdom of men, the fabled castle is under attack. And as the world is distracted by this strike against humankind, the Norns’ deathless witch-queen Utuk’ku turns towards the mysterious fateful valley called Tanakirú—the Vale of Mists.
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Meanwhile, Queen Miriamele hurries to save the Hayholt and capture the treacherous noble Pasevalles, but arrives to discover the traitor has escaped.
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And inside Tanakirú, Vale of Mists, the bond between Prince Morgan and Nezeru, a renegade Norn, has become something deeper and stranger than either of them could have anticipated. They journey ever deeper to the heart of the valley’s mystery, encountering wonder and horror, and come face to face at last with the ancient secret that has kindled the Norn Queen’s war—a secret that will destroy immortals and humans alike.</i>
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<i>The Navigator's Children</i> by Tad Williams will be released on November 7, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-35231390386140766512023-03-12T16:34:00.002-07:002023-03-12T16:34:38.872-07:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Christopher Paolini, V. E. Schwab, And Brandon SandersonLong awaited and long years-in-the-making sequels are here! New cover revelations for Christopher Paolini, V. E. Schwab, and Brandon Sanderson.<br />
<h4><i>Murtagh</i> by Christopher Paolini</h4>
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<i>Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider—and fan favorite—Murtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy!
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The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society.
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Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air—and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia. So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untraveled, where Murtagh and Thorn must use every weapon in their arsenal, from brains to brawn, to find and outwit a mysterious witch. A witch who is much more than she seems.
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In this gripping novel starring one of the most popular characters from Christopher Paolini’s blockbuster Inheritance Cycle, a Dragon Rider must discover what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him. Murtagh is the perfect book to enter the World of Eragon for the first time . . . or to joyfully return. </i>
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<i>Murtagh</i> by Christopher Paolini will be released on November 7, 2023.
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<h4><i>Defiant</i> by Brandon Sanderson</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction.
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Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she's had about her own strange Cytonic gifts.
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The Superiority didn't stop in it's fight for galactic dominance while she was gone, though. Spensa's team, Skyward Flight, was able to hold Winzik off, and even collect allies to help with the cause, but it's only a matter of time until humanity--and the rest of the galaxy--falls.
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Defeating them will require all the knowledge Spensa gathered while in the Nowhere. But being Cytonic is more complicated than she ever could have imagined. Now, Spensa must ask herself: how far is she willing to go for victory, if it means losing herself--and her friends--in the process.
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The final book in the Skyward series will free humanity, or see it fall forever.</i>
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<i>Defiant</i> by Brandon Sanderson will be released on November 21, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Fragile Threads of Power</i> by V. E. Schwab</h4>
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<i>From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and set in the world of A Darker Shade of Magic, V. E. Schwab opens a new door into perilous adventure and tangled schemes with The Fragile Threads of Power.
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Once, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power, and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast, and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their own. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more rare as time passed and now, only three Antari are known in recent memory―Kell Maresh of Red London, Delilah Bard of Grey London, and Holland Vosijk, of White London.
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But barely a glimpse of them have been seen in the last seven years--and a new Antari named Kosika has appeared in White London, taking the throne in Holland's absence. The young queen is willing to feed her city with blood, including her own―but her growing religious fervor has the potential to drown them instead.
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And back in Red London, King Rhy Maresh is threatened by a rising rebellion, one determined to correct the balance of power by razing the throne entirely.
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Amidst this tapestry of old friends and new enemies, a girl with an unusual magical ability comes into possession of a device that could change the fate of all four worlds.
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Her name is Tes, and she's the only one who can bring them together--or unravel it all.</i>
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<i>The Fragile Threads of Power</i> by V. E. Schwab will be released on October 3, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-42721633995643245072023-03-05T16:33:00.001-08:002023-03-05T16:34:37.624-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Kevin Sands, Karin Smirnoff, A. Deborah Baker, And James J. Butcher, With Bonus Redesigns For TJ Klune's Series It's a sequel galore from authors Kevin Sands, Karin Smirnoff, A. Deborah Baker, and James J. Butcher. Also a bonus feature on the re-release of TJ Klune's Green Creek series in hardcover!<br />
<h4><i>Champions of the Fox</i> by Kevin Sands</h4>
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In this conclusion to the thrilling Thieves of Shadow series, bestselling author Kevin Sands delivers a jaw-dropping heist that sees five young thieves masterminding a prison break from the empire’s most impenetrable island fortress. Fans of The False Prince and Ocean’s Eleven will be mesmerized by this page-turning series filled with twists and turns.
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“Follow my instructions, and when our task is done, I will release you.”
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Commanded by the magical artifact known as the Dragon’s Eye, junior con artist Callan and his friends are eagerly reaching the end of the epic quest that will finally free him from the Eye’s sinister hold. But their final task is their most ambitious: sneaking into the emperor’s private island prison and rescuing a man from a jail cell that has been locked tight for forty years. This impossible heist will strain the gang’s unique abilities to thieve and deceive everyone from the guards, the city elite, the warden, and even the nefarious local crime boss who warns them to stay away.
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As the friends plan out their last and most difficult con job, Callan begins to question what they’re helping the Eye to achieve. Aided by magical hints and fitful dreams, Callan slowly uncovers the Eye’s true desires. To his horror, he realizes that he may be the one being conned all this time . . . and his mistake could cost the world’s entire existence.</i>
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<i>Champions of the Fox</i> by Kevin Sands will be released on November 7, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Girl in the Eagle's Talons</i> by Karin Smirnoff</h4>
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<i>Lisbeth Salander returns, in a trailblazing new installment to the best-selling Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series • Also known as the Millennium series
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Change is coming to Sweden’s far north: its untapped natural resources are sparking a gold rush with the criminal underworld leading the charge. But it’s not the prospect of riches that brings Lisbeth Salander to the small town of Gasskas. She has been named guardian to her niece Svala, whose mother has disappeared. Two things soon become clear: Svala is a remarkably gifted teenager—and she’s being watched.
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Mikael Blomkvist is also heading north. He has seen better days. Millennium magazine is in its final print issue, and relations with his daughter are strained. Worse still, there are troubling rumors surrounding the man she’s about to marry. When the truth behind the whispers explodes into violence, Salander emerges as Blomkvist’s last hope.
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A pulse-pounding thriller, The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons sees Salander and Blomkvist navigating a world of conspiracy and betrayal, old enemies and new friends, ice-bound wilderness and the global corporations that threaten to tear it apart.</i>
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<i>The Girl in the Eagle's Talons</i> by Karin Smirnoff will be released on August 29, 2023.
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<h4><i>Under the Smokestrewn Sky</i> by A. Deborah Baker</h4>
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<i>The series finale of the 4-book Up-and-Under series, written by bestselling author Seanan McGuire under an open pseudonym.
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Since stumbling from their world into the Up and Under, Avery and Zib have walked the improbable road across forests, seas and skies, finding friends in the unlikeliest of places and enemies great in number, as they make their way toward the Impossible City in the hope of finding their way home.
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But the final part of their journey is filled with danger and demise. Not everyone will make it through unscathed. Not everyone will make it through alive.
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The final part of the enchanting Up-and-Under quartet reminds us of the value of friendship and the price one sometimes pays for straying from the path. No-one’s safety can be guaranteed under the smokestrewn sky.</i>
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<i>Under the Smokestrewn Sky</i> by A. Deborah Baker will be released on October 17, 2023.
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<h4><i>Long Past Dues</i> by James J. Butcher</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>Grimsby, the newest Auditor in the magical Department of Unorthodox Affairs, finds himself in hot water when he intercepts a friend’s case in this fast-paced and thrilling urban fantasy.
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Against all odds, Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby has become an Auditor, enforcing laws about magic for Boston’s Department of Unorthodox Affairs. But Grimsby soon realizes the daily grind of his job is far removed from the glamour he imagined. Overlooked for every exciting case, Grimsby tires of being told to handle mundane magical troubles, and appropriates a case file intended for a friend.
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Alongside Leslie Mayflower, the temporarily unretired Huntsman, Grimsby aims to crack the case and discover the origin of a strange, unfinished ritual—one that seems to imitate the handiwork of a foe Mayflower put down twenty years ago.
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Together, they’ll have to deal with escaped werewolves, a cursed artifact, and a perilous journey to the mysterious subterranean city below Boston, all to uncover the shocking truth. At any cost, Grimsby must stop this ritual from finally being completed. Yet the cost may be paid not by himself but by his friends....</i>
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<i>Long Past Dues</i> by James J. Butcher will be released on October 10, 2023.
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<h3><span style="color: black; font-weight: bolder;">BONUS: The Green Creek Series by TJ Klune</span></h3>
<h4><i>Wolfsong</i> by TJ Klune</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and joy. The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. Wolfsong is Oxnard "Ox" Matheson's story.
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Ox Matheson was twelve when his father taught him a lesson: Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.
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Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harbouring a secret that would change him forever. For the family are shapeshifters, who can transform into wolves at will. Drawn to their magic, loyalty and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he’s known. He also finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy. Joe is charming and handsome, but haunted by scars he cannot heal.
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Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town, and tore a hole in his heart. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Three years later, the boy is back. Except now he’s a man – and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.
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The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.</i>
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<i>Wolfsong</i> by TJ Klune will be released on July 4, 2023.
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<h4><i>Ravensong</i> by TJ Klune</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and joy. The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. Ravensong is Gordo Livingstone's story.
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Gordo Livingstone never forgot the lessons carved into his skin. Hardened by the betrayal of a pack who left him behind, he sought solace in the garage in his tiny mountain town, vowing never again to involve himself in the affairs of wolves. It should have been enough. And it was, until the wolves came back, and with them, Mark Bennett. In the end, they faced the beast together as a pack… and won.
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Now, a year later, Gordo has found himself once again the witch of the Bennett pack. Green Creek has settled after the death of Richard Collins, and Gordo constantly struggles to ignore Mark and the song that howls between them. But time is running out. Something is coming. And this time, it’s crawling from within. Some bonds, no matter how strong, were made to be broken.
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The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.</i>
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<i>Wolfsong</i> by TJ Klune will be released on August 1, 2023.
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<h4><i>Heartsong</i> by TJ Klune</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and joy. The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. Heartsong is Robbie Fontaine's story.
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All Robbie Fontaine ever wanted was a place to belong. After the death of his mother, he bounces around from pack to pack, forming temporary bonds to keep from turning feral. It’s enough—until he receives a summons from the wolf stronghold in Caswell, Maine. Life as the trusted second to Michelle Hughes—the Alpha of all—and the cherished friend of a gentle old witch teaches Robbie what it means to be pack, to have a home. But when a mission from Michelle sends Robbie into the field, he finds himself questioning where he belongs and everything he’s been told.
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Whispers of traitorous wolves and wild magic abound—but who are the traitors and who the betrayed? More than anything, Robbie hungers for answers, because one of those alleged traitors is Kelly Bennett—the wolf who may be his mate.
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The truth has a way of coming out. And when it does, everything will shatter.
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The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.</i>
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<i>Heartsong</i> by TJ Klune will be released on February 1, 2024.
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<h4><i>Brothersong</i> by TJ Klune</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The beloved fantasy romance sensation by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, about love, loyalty, betrayal, and joy. The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack. Brothersong is Carter Bennett's story.
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In the ruins of Caswell, Maine, Carter Bennett learned the truth of what had been right in front of him the entire time. And then it—he—was gone. Desperate for answers, Carter takes to the road, leaving family and the safety of his pack behind, all in the name of a man he only knows as a feral wolf. But therein lies the danger: wolves are pack animals, and the longer Carter is on his own, the more his mind slips toward the endless void of Omega insanity. But he pushes on, following the trail left by Gavin.
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Gavin, the son of Robert Livingstone. The half-brother of Gordo Livingstone.
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What Carter finds will change the course of the wolves forever. Because Gavin’s history with the Bennett pack goes back further than anyone knows, a secret kept hidden by Carter’s father, Thomas Bennett. And with this knowledge comes a price: the sins of the fathers now rest upon the shoulders of their sons.
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The Green Creek Series is for adult readers.</i>
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<i>Brothersong</i> by TJ Klune will be released on August 1, 2024.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-36586640929189114832023-02-16T01:04:00.000-08:002023-02-16T01:04:48.493-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Sayantani DasGupta, Olivie Blake, Andrew Taylor, Martha Wells, Roshani Chokshi, James Rollins, Mark Lawrence, RJ Barker, And J. K. RowlingA plethora of books is on its way to our book shelves this year. Some of the titles I am really looking forward to are new series from Sayantani DasGupta, Roshani Chokshi, Mark Lawrence, and RJ Barker; sequels from Olivie Blake, Andrew Taylor, Martha Wells, and James Rollins; and a new Mina Lima edition from J. K. Rowling.<br />
<h4><i>The Chaos Monster</i> by Sayantani DasGupta</h4>
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<i>From New York Times bestselling author Sayantani DasGupta comes a new series in which everything is connected to everything, and it's up to twins Kiya and Kinjal to save it all.
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When 10-year-old Kinjal hears a strange noise in the middle of the night, he grabs his twin sister, Kiya, and the two go searching in the forest at the edge of their new house. There, they find Snowy and Midnight, two winged pakkhiraj horses from the Kingdom Beyond Seven Oceans and Thirteen Rivers who have come to this dimension to seek help -- bees are disappearing, along with the nectar the pakkhiraj horses need to survive.
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Whisked away to a magical realm, the twins must use Kiya's scientific skills and Kinjal's love of books and language. But then they discover that the disappearance of the bees is more nefarious than they thought, and the plot goes all the way to the top.</i>
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<i>The Chaos Monster</i> by Sayantani DasGupta will be released on July 18, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Atlas Complex</i> by Olivie Blake</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The much-anticipated final installment in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling phenomenon, The Atlas Six.
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Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive.
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In this stunning finale, it's a race to survive as the Society recruits are faced with the question of what they're willing to betray for limitless power―and who will be destroyed along the way.</i>
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<i>The Atlas Complex</i> by Olivie Blake will be released on January 9, 2024.
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<h4><i>The Shadows of London</i> by Andrew Taylor</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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From the bestselling author of The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times best-seller and a Richard & Judy Book Club choice, comes another gripping historical crime novel.
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London 1671
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The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. When a man’s brutally disfigured body is discovered in the ruins of an ancient almshouse, architect Cat Hakesby is ordered to stop restoration work. It is obvious he has been murdered, and Whitehall secretary James Marwood is ordered to investigate.
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It’s possible the victim could be one of two local men who have vanished – the first, a feckless French tutor connected to the almshouse’s owner;
the second, a possibly treacherous employee of the Council of Foreign Plantations.
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The pressure on Marwood mounts as Charles II’s most influential courtiers, Lord Arlington and the Duke of Buckingham, show an interest in his activities – and Marwood soon begins to suspect the murder trail may lead right to the heart of government.
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Meanwhile, a young, impoverished Frenchwoman has caught the eye of the king, a quiet affair that will have monumental consequences...</i>
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<i>The Shadows of London</i> by Andrew Taylor will be released on July 11, 2023.
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<h4><i>System Collapse</i> by Martha Wells</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure!
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Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
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Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.
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Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.
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But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast!
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Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.</i>
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<i>System Collapse</i> by Martha Wells will be released on November 14, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Spirit Glass</i> by Roshani Chokshi</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents a standalone quest adventure based on Filipino mythology by Roshani Chokshi, author of the best-selling Aru Shah series.
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Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under her powerful guardian, Aunt Tina. As soon as her magic awakens, Corazon plans to bring her parents back from the dead and no longer have to rely on a soul key to allow visits with her their ghosts for a few hours every Saturday night.
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But when a vengeful ghost steals Corazon's precious key, the fragile balance between the human world and the spirit world is thrown out of whack. Aunt Tina reveals that if Corazon wants her magic to awaken, then she just lay the ghost to rest by fashioning a new soul key.
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With her rather bloodthirsty gecko companion, Saso, Corazon embarks on a quest through the spirit realms. But they must move quickly, for if the ghost gets through the spirit glass, all hope will be lost.
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Roshani Chokshi pays tribute to her Filipino heritage in this book that has all the magic, sparkle, and heart that made her Aru Shah series a fantasy classic.</i>
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<i>The Spirit Glass</i> by Roshani Chokshi will be released on September 5, 2023.
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<h4><i>Tides of Fire</i> by James Rollins</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>In the latest riveting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an international research station in the Coral Sea comes under siege during a geological disaster that triggers massive quakes, deadly tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. To stop the world from burning, it’s up to Sigma Force to uncover a secret buried at the heart of our planet.
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The Titan Project—an international research station off the coast of Australia—discovers a thriving zone of life in an otherwise dead sea. The area teems with a strange bioluminescent coral that defies science, yet holds great promise for the future. But the loss of a military submarine in the area triggers a brutal attack and sets in motion a geological disaster that destabilizes an entire region.
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Massive quakes, volcanic eruptions, and deadly tsunamis herald a greater cataclysm to come—for something is stirring miles under the ocean, a threat hidden for millennia.
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As seas turn toxic and coastlines burn, can Sigma Force stop what has been let loose—especially as an old adversary returns, hunting them and thwarting their every move? For any hope of success, Commander Gray Pierce must search for a key buried in the past, hidden deep in Aboriginal mythology. But what Sigma could uncover is even more frightening—something that will shake the very foundations of humanity.</i>
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<i>Tides of Fire</i> by James Rollins will be released on August 15, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Book That Wouldn't Burn</i> by Mark Lawrence</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>Two strangers find themselves connected by a vast and mysterious library containing many wonders and still more secrets, in this powerfully moving first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of Thorns.
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The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities.
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The girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust, where nightmares stalk and no one goes.
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The world has never even noticed them. That’s about to change.
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Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another. A journey on which knowledge erodes certainty and on which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned.</i>
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<i>The Book That Wouldn't Burn</i> by Mark Lawrence will be released on May 9, 2023.
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<h4><i>Gods of the Wyrdwood</i> by RJ Barker</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>Ours is a land of many gods, and we are a people with the ability to pick the worst of them.
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Cahan du Nahare is known as the forester - a humble man who can nonetheless navigate the dangerous Deepforest like no-one else. But once he was more. Once he was a warrior.
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Udinny serves the goddess of the lost, a goddess of the small and helpless. When she ventures into the Deepforest to find a missing child, Cahan will be her guide.
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But in a land at war, in a forest full of monsters - Cahan will need to choose between his past life and the one he leads now - and his choice will have consequences for his entire world.
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Gods of the Wyrdwood is book one in a new fantasy trilogy set within the bounds of a forest straight out of darkest folklore - with outlaws fighting an evil empire and warring deities. RJ Barker is the British Fantasy Society Award-winning author of The Bone Ships and Age of Assassins.</i>
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<i>Gods of the Wyrdwood</i> by RJ Barker will be released on June 29, 2023.
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<h4><i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i> (MinaLima Edition) by J. K. Rowling and Mina Lima</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>The third book in the Harry Potter series, illustrated in brilliant colour by the iconic design house MinaLima and featuring interactive paper-engineered elements, including the Marauder's Map!
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Return to Hogwarts in this stunning edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. J.K. Rowling's complete and unabridged text is accompanied by full-colour illustrations on nearly every page and eight paper-engineered interactive elements. Readers are invited to explore the Knight Bus, reveal the Grim in a teacup, spin the Time-Turner and more!
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Designed and illustrated by MinaLima - the award-winning studio behind the graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films - this keepsake edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages, a beautiful addition to any collector's bookshelf and an enchanting way to share this beloved series with a new generation of readers.</i>
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<i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i> (MinaLima Edition) by J. K. Rowling and Mina Lima will be released on October 3, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-72649018663486100782023-01-22T16:13:00.002-08:002023-01-22T16:13:28.794-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Yoon Ha Lee, J. C. Cervantes, Kerri Maniscalco, Cassandra Clare, Ann Leckie, Anna Smith Spark, And Ed McDonaldThe Rick Riordan Presents Imprint keeps winning with new books by Yoon Ha Lee and J. C. Cervantes. A number of new series landmarks the works of Kerri Maniscalco, Cassandra Clare, Ann Leckie, and Anna Smith Spark. Ed McDonald returns to a fmiliar world with his new sequel.<br />
<h4><i>Fox Snare</i> by Yoon Ha Lee</h4>
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<i>Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents a third space opera starring Korean animal spirits by Yoon Ha Lee, author of Dragon Pearl.
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While on a mission to cement peace between the Sun Clans and the Thousand Worlds, Min the fox spirit and her ghost brother Jun get stranded on a death planet with Haneul the dragon spirit and Sebin the tiger spirit. To survive, the young cadets will have to rely on all their wits, training, and supernatural abilities. And let's not forget the Dragon Pearl . . .
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This thrilling conclusion of the Thousand Worlds trilogy, told in alternating points of view, will put you under a delightful spell as it transports you to worlds full of both danger and wonder.</i>
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<i>Fox Snare</i> by Yoon Ha Lee will be released on October 17, 2023.
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<h4><i>Dawn of the Jaguar</i> by J. C. Cervantes</h4>
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<i>Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the breathtaking finale to J. C. Cervantes's Maya-inspired Shadow Bruja duology, in which Ren makes a bargain for her life.
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Shadow bruja Ren Santiago was relentlessly pursued by the evil Aztec Lords of Night, who claimed that she was destined to be their queen, a destiny she wasn’t willing to accept. So she chose death instead.
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Too bad death wasn’t the answer to her problems. Ren soon realizes she must return to the land of the living to make things right. Unfortunately, that means negotiating with Ixtab, queen of the underworld. Ixtab offers her ten days aboveground in exchange for the discarded crown of jade and shadow. If Ren fails, she will return to the darkness for eternity. Ren agrees, knowing full well that she also has to save her friends Marco, Monty, and Edison and, while she's at it, put those pesky Lords of Night back to sleep forever.
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The only problem is, Ren lost her shadow magic and time rope when she lost her life. How will Ren manage to accomplish what feels impossible? The answer lies not in manipulating shadows or time, but in recognizing the awesome power that has always been inside her.
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J. C. Cervantes's trademark humor, incredibly high stakes, fascinating characters, and shocking plot twists are on full display in this epic conclusion of an unputdownable duology.</i>
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<i>Dawn of the Jaguar</i> by J. C. Cervantes will be released on October 10, 2023.
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<h4><i>Throne of the Fallen</i> by Kerri Maniscalco</h4>
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<i>The adult debut of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco, Throne of the Fallen is a seductive new standalone novel set within her fan-favorite Kingdom of the Wicked world, perfect for readers of fantasy, romance, and mystery alike.
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Sinner. Villain. Ruthless.
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These are wicked names the Prince of Envy welcomes. They remind him what he isn’t: a saint. And when a cryptic note arrives, signaling the beginning of a deadly game, he knows he’ll be called much worse before it ends. Riddles, hexed objects, anonymous players, nothing will stand in his way. With a powerful artifact and his own future at stake, Envy is determined to win, though none of his meticulous plans prepare him for her, the frustrating artist who ignites his sin—and passion—like no other…
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Talented. Darling. Liar.
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The trouble with scoundrels and blackguards is that they haven’t a modicum of honor, a fact Miss Camilla Antonius learns after one desperate mistake allows notorious rake—and satire sheet legend—Lord Phillip Vexley to blackmail her. And now it seems Vexley isn’t the only scoundrel interested in securing her unique talents as a painter. To avoid Vexley’s clutches and a ruinous scandal, Camilla is forced to enter a devil’s bargain with Waverly Green’s newest arrival, enigmatic Lord Ashford ‘Syn’ Synton, little expecting his game will awaken her true nature . . .
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Together, Envy and Camilla must embark on a perilous journey through the Shifting Isles—from glittering demon courts to the sultry vampire realm, and encounters with exiled Fae—while trying to avoid the most dangerous trap of all: falling in love.</i>
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<i>Throne of the Fallen</i> by Kerri Maniscalco will be released on October 3, 2023.
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<h4><i>Sword Catcher</i> by Cassandra Clare</h4>
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<i>Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.
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“It began with a crime. The theft of a boy.”
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In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill.
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Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword-Catcher—the body-double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He has been raised alongside the prince, trained in every aspect of combat and statecraft. He and Conor are close as brothers, but Kel knows he has one destiny: to die for Conor. No other future is possible.
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Lin Caster is one of the Ashkar, a small community who still possess magical abilities. By law, they must live behind walls in the city, but Lin, a physician, ventures out to tend to the sick and dying of Castellane. Despite her skills, she cannot heal her best friend Mariam without access to forbidden knowledge.
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After a failed assassination attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the criminal ruler of Castellane’s underworld. He offers them each what they want most; but as they descend into his world of intrigue and shadow, they discover a conspiracy of corruption that reaches from the darkest gutters of Castellane to the highest tower of its palaces. As long-kept secrets begin to unravel, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal? Can forbidden love bring down a kingdom? And will Lin and Kel’s discoveries plunge their nation into war—and the world into chaos?</i>
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<i>Sword Catcher</i> by Cassandra Clare will be released on October 10, 2023.
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<h4><i>Translation State</i> by Ann Leckie</h4>
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<i>"There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could."―John Scalzi
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The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful new novel by award-winning author Ann Leckie.
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Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn't "optimal behavior". I's the type of behavior that results in elimination.
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But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, a reluctant diplomat whose dead grandmaman has left hir an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic who is increasingly desperate to learn about his genetic roots—or anything that might explain why he operates so differently from those around him.
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As a Conclave of the various species approaches—and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line—the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars.
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Masterfully merging space adventure and mystery, and a poignant exploration about relationships and belonging, Translation State is a triumphant new standalone story set in Leckie's celebrated Imperial Radch universe.</i>
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<i>Translation State</i> by Ann Leckie will be released on June 6, 2023.
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<h4><i>A Woman of the Sword</i> by Anna Smith Spark</h4>
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<i>A Woman of the Sword is an epic fantasy seen through the eyes of an ordinary woman. Lidae is a daughter, a wife, a mother - and a great warrior born to fight. Her sword is hungry for killing, her right hand is red with blood.
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War is very much a woman's business. But war is not kind to women. And war is not kind to mothers and their sons.</i>
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<i>A Woman of the Sword</i> by Anna Smith Spark will be released on April 4, 2023.
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<h4><i>Traitor of Redwinter</i> by Ed McDonald</h4>
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<i>The second in Ed McDonald's Chronicles of Redwinter, full of shady politics, militant monks, ancient powers... and a young woman navigating a world in which no one is quite what they seem.
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The power of the Sixth Gate grows stronger within Raine each day--to control it, she needs lessons no living Draoihn can teach her. Her fledgling friendships are tested to a breaking point as she tries to face what she has become, and her master Ulovar is struck by a mysterious sickness that slowly saps the vitality from his body, leaving Raine to face her growing darkness alone. There's only one chance to turn the tide of power surging within her--to learn the secrets the Draoihn themselves purged from the world.
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The book can teach her. She doesn't know where she found it, or when exactly, but its ever changing pages whisper power that has lain untouched for centuries.
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As the king's health fails and the north suffers in the grip of famine, rebellious lords hunger for the power of the Crown, backed by powers that would see the Crowns undone. Amidst this growing threat, Raine's former friend Ovitus brings a powerful new alliance, raising his status and power of his own. He professes support for the heir to the throne even as others would see him take it for himself, and desperately craves Raine's forgiveness--or her submission.
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But the grandmaster has her own plans for Raine, and the deadly training she has been given has not been conducted carelessly. In Raine she seeks to craft a weapon to launch right into her enemy's heart, as Redwinter seeks to hold onto power.
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Amidst threats old and new, Raine must learn the secrets promised by the book, magic promised by a queen with a crown of feathers. A queen to whom Raine has promised more than she can afford to give...</i>
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<i>Traitor of Redwinter</i> by Ed McDonald will be released on October 24, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-45023093519034217502022-12-26T16:46:00.000-08:002022-12-26T16:46:12.654-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By R. F. Kuang, Roseanne A. Brown, And James IslingtonJames Islington returns with a new series, Roseanne A. Brown continues on with her exciting Rick Riordan Presents sequel, and R. F Kuang offers a new side of her writing chops in a new novel.<br />
<h4><i>Yellowface</i> by R. F. Kuang</h4>
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<i>What’s the harm in a pseudonym? Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang in the vein of White Ivy and The Other Black Girl.
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Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena’s a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn’t even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.
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So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I.
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So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
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But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
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With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface takes on questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation not only in the publishing industry but the persistent erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western white society. R. F. Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.</i>
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<i>Yellowface</i> by R. F. Kuang will be released on May 16, 2023.
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<h4><i>Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem</i> by Roseanne A. Brown</h4>
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<b>Synopsis</b>
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<i>Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the highly anticipated sequel to Rosanne A. Brown's explosive novel about a preteen vampire slayer, inspired by Ghanaian folklore.
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After a lifetime of fighting creatures of black magic, twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng has just learned a devastating secret: she herself is half vampire! Now not only is she dealing with vampire puberty, she’s on the run from the organization of Slayers she trained her whole life to join.
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Serwa's only ally is her aunt Boahinmaa, an obayifo who urges Serwa to embrace her vampire side. Boahinmaa and her underlings are on the hunt for the Midnight Drum, from which they hope to free Serwa's grandmother. When they learn that the Abomofuo have hidden the Midnight Drum deep within the Smithsonian Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C., what do they do? Stage a heist to steal it, of course!
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For their plan to succeed, Serwa will have to get close to her rival, a Slayer named Declan Amankwah, without revealing her real nature. Declan gets under her skin like no one else... and might just force Serwa to confront some truths she's tried hard to deny.
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With both sympathy and laugh-out-loud humor, Rosanne A. Brown captures all the discomfort of a girl stuck between two worlds in this second book in the unputdownable Serwa Boating saga.</i>
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<i>Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem</i> by Roseanne A. Brown will be released on September 12, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Will of the Many</i> by James Islington</h4>
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<i>At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.
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AUDI. VIDE. TACE.
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The Catenan Republic - the Hierarchy - may rule the world now, but they do not know everything.
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I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus - what they call Will - to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.
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I tell them that I belong, and they believe me.
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But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart.
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And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family.
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To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy's ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me.
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And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.</i>
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<i>The Will of the Many</i> by James Islington will be released on May 23, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-79314322353991282812022-12-04T21:50:00.000-08:002022-12-04T21:50:25.904-08:00Official Cover of The Covenant Of Steel Book 3: 'The Traitor' By Anthony Ryan RevealedI am a little jaded that the US edition for the The Covenant Of Steel series by Anthony Ryan does not have hardcovers, but I am just so thankful that the UK edition does have some gorgeous ones. This means I have to import from Europe to get copies, but it is worth the expense and the long wait.
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Anthony Ryan has been always on my radar since <i>Blood Song</i>. The ride, at first, may have been a roller-coaster of inconsitent ups and downs, but his succeeding trilogies have cemented his place in the genre. That is why it is a no-brainer that I am so looking forward for the <i>The Traitor</i>, the final book in the aforementioned series. Its cover has been released and it greatly reminds of Jamie Lannister from the <i>Game of Thrones</i>.
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Check out the official cover of <i>The Traitor</i> by Anthony Ryan.
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<i>The Traitor is the final novel in The Covenant of Steel trilogy, an epic fantasy series of action, intrigue, and magic from Anthony Ryan, a master storyteller who has taken the fantasy world by storm.</i>
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<i>The Traitor</i> by Anthony Ryan will be released on July 13, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298294387888797173.post-74152566803643162722022-11-20T15:23:00.002-08:002022-11-22T16:56:24.950-08:00Cover Reveal News Round-Up, Including Books By Rick Riordan And Mark Oshiro, Sarwat Chadda, Graci Kim, And Christopher PaoliniRick Riordan and the Rick Riordan Presents imprint are on a roll with sequels and a new spin-off series... while Christopher Paolini is back on the world of <i>To Sleep in a Sea of Stars</i> with a new book.<br />
<h4><i>From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star</i> by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro</h4>
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<i>Demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace must endure the terrors of Tartarus to rescue an old friend in this thrilling adventure co-written by New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan and award-winning author Mark Oshiro.
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Percy Jackson fans, rejoice! Nico and Will have a book of their own!
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As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo has been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo. But there is a ray of sunshine in his life—literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace, the son of Apollo. Together the two demigods can overcome any obstacle or foe. At least, that's been the case so far...
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Now Nico is being plagued by a voice calling out to him from Tartarus, the lowest part of the Underworld. He thinks he knows who it is: a reformed Titan named Bob whom Percy and Annabeth had to leave behind when they escaped Hades's realm. Nico's dreams and Rachel Dare's latest prophecy leave little doubt in Nico's mind that Bob is in some kind of trouble. Nico has to go on this quest, whether Mr. D and Chiron like it or not. And of course Will insists on coming with. But can a being made of light survive in the darkest part of the world? and what does the prophecy mean that Nico will have to "leave something of equal value behind?"
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Nico will have to face demons both internal and external as his relationship with Will is tested to the core in this standalone adventure featuring two of the most popular characters in the Percy Jackson saga.</i>
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<i>From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star</i> by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro will be released on May 2, 2023.
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<h4><i>Fury of the Dragon Goddess</i> by Sarwat Chadda</h4>
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<i>Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents a second earth-shattering adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology by Sarwat Chadda, author of City of the Plague God.
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While on vacation in London, Sikander Aziz gets his hands on the mythic tablet of destinies. Naturally Sik uses it to get his brother Mo back among the living. His wish is granted, but at a terrible cost. Sik’s troubles multiply a billionfold when the tablet is stolen by the elder god of insanity, Lugal, who brings back Tiamat, the great chaos dragon and mother of all monsters.
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Nothing less than the fate of the world is at stake when a Muslim boy takes on the ancient gods of Mesopotamia in this action thriller by a master storyteller.</i>
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<i>Fury of the Dragon Goddess</i> by Sarwat Chadda will be released on August 1, 2023.
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<h4><i>The Last Fallen Realm</i> by Graci Kim</h4>
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<i>Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the thrilling conclusion to Graci Kim's best-selling Gifted Clans trilogy.
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Riley Oh wasn’t born into her family. Instead, as she recently discovered, she tumbled down to the earth many years ago as the last fallen star. Riley Oh also wasn’t born to be a witch. Like, at all―even her status as a divine celestial being comes with zilch in the magical powers department. And Riley Oh definitely wasn’t born to be a leader. But now the entire magical community thinks she and her soul-twin, Dahl, are meant to lead the world into the Age of the Final Eclipse (or whatever it is that the Haetae keeps saying they're "destined" to do). Greeeat.
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But ever since Riley killed the Cave Bear Goddess, she’s been a bit pre-occupied with one thing: waiting for the goddess’s sisters to get their revenge. And it looks like her wait is finally over―because as witches from around the world prepare for war, it seems as though the goddesses are preparing for something much worse. Something that will lure Riley and her friends deep into the realm of the gods. Into a world of humongous, talking moon bunnies; life-or-death mini-golf competitions; and…magical gummy candies?
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And in order to save the world, Riley must do the one thing she was born to do: believe in herself.</i>
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<i>The Last Fallen Realm</i> by Graci Kim will be released on June 6, 2023.
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<h4><i>Fractal Noise</i> by Christopher Paolini</h4>
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<i>A new blockbuster science fiction adventure from world-wide phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestseller Christopher Paolini, set in the world of New York Times and USA Today bestseller To Sleep in a Sea of Stars.
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July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly.
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On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII:a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide.
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Its curve not of nature, but design.
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Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why.
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But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space.
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For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others a risk not worth taking, and for one it is a desperate attempt to find meaning in an uncaring universe.
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Each step they take toward the mysterious abyss is more punishing than the last.
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And the ghosts of their past follow.</i>
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<i>Fractal Noise</i> by Christopher Paolini will be released on May 16, 2023.Kernel's Cornerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926792369022533867noreply@blogger.com0