Dead Americans

Dead Americans

Ben Peek

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Literature & Fiction

A collection of the critically acclaimed dark, weird and surreal short fiction of Ben Peek. It presents a world where bands are named after the murderer of a dead president, where the work of Octavia E. Butler is turned into an apocalypse meta-narrative, and John Wayne visits a Wal-Mart. It presents a world where a dying sun shines over a broken, bitter landscape and men and women tattoo their life onto their skin for an absent god. It presents Mark Twain dreaming of Sydney, and answers a questionnaire you never read.
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The Ryel Saga: A Tale of Love and Magic

The Ryel Saga: A Tale of Love and Magic

Carolyn Kephart

Literature & Fiction / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Arts & Photography

The wysard Ryel Mirai leaves the great Art-citadel Markul to rediscover the long-lost spell that will release his mentor from the wraithworld of the Void, but a malignant sorcerer likewise imprisoned has enlisted the aid of Ryel's strongest rival to find the spell first. This edition combines the critically acclaimed duology WYSARD and LORD BROTHER, with much previously excised material restored.
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Forward the Foundation f-2

Forward the Foundation f-2

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Science

As Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory and ensure a place for humanity among the stars, the great Galactic Empire totters on the brink of apocalyptic collapse. Caught in the maelstrom are Seldon and all he holds dear, pawns in the struggle for dominance. Whoever can control Seldon will control psychohistory—and with it the future of the Galaxy. Among those seeking to turn psychohistory into the greatest weapon known to man are a populist political demagogue, the weak-willed Emperor Cleon I, and a ruthless militaristic general. In his last act of service to humankind, Hari Seldon must somehow save his life’s work from their grasp as he searches for its true heirs—a search that begins with his own granddaughter and the dream of a new Foundation.
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Renegade

Renegade

Rachel Starr Thomson

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Religion & Spirituality / Children's Books

After the events in ATTACK, the Oneness returned home in triumph—All except Reese and Tyler, who remain on the road with the subversive cult leader called Jacob. Jacob's challenge—to lay aside peace for the sword and bring true justice in a world torn apart by evil—haunts Reese, and though all she wants is to go home, it isn't clear anymore who or what "home" is.When Franz Bertoller, the man responsible for everything wrong in Reese's world, kills again, Jacob determines to stop him once and for all.He wants to use Reese to do it. And she might just let him.Her choice will change her world forever.
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Stormbringer

Stormbringer

Shannon Delany

Young Adult / Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy

In the intrigue-filled follow up to Weather Witch, Jordan Astraea, once a young Philadelphia lady of good social standing, is now in the final stages of her brutal training to become a Conductor—the Weather Witch who serves as a living battery to keep the massive airliner Artemesia aloft. Meanwhile, Rowen, determined to rescue her after losing his only other true friend and being wanted for murder, has found himself forced aboard a much different air vessel, this one manned by a dangerous crew and carrying a cargo so treasonous, that, if finding its destination, will herald a storm of revolution for the still young United States. With a spirit for adventure, romance, fantastic world building and cunning imagination, Shannon Delany delivers the sensational follow up to Weather Witch in Stormbringer, the second book of the trilogy.
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Of Wings and Wolves

Of Wings and Wolves

SM Reine

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult / Literature & Fiction

Summer Gresham knows that she’s different. After all, she’s the only twenty-year-old coed that shapeshifts into a wolf. But her unique nature is a well-hidden secret, so she’s baffled to be singled out for a prestigious internship. She’s even more stunned when she discovers that the man who wants to hire her—Nash Adamson—specifically requested Summer…and he won’t take no for an answer.  Nash has more than a few secrets of his own. Like Summer, he’s different, too: a rebel angel in exile. Summer is the key to his freedom, and her warmth and beauty stirs something inside of him that’s been sleeping for millennia. She almost makes him forget that he’s imprisoned.  Summer suddenly finds herself at the crux of an ancient war, and angels don’t care how many mortals get caught in the crossfire. Torn between saving Summer and freeing himself, Nash has to choose what matters most: their love, or his freedom.
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The Trouble With Harry n-3

The Trouble With Harry n-3

Katie MacAlister

Romance / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy

1. He is Plum's new husband. Not normally a problem, but when you consider that Harry advertised for a wife, and Plum was set to marry his secretary, there was cause for a bit of confusion. 2. He has a title. Plum has spent the last twenty years hiding from the ton, and now Harry wants her to shine in society? Horrors! 3. He doesn't know about her shocking secret. How is she going to explain about the dead husband who isn't a husband ... and who now seems to be alive again? 4. He's fallen in love with her. And yet, the maddening man refuses to confide in her. For Plum knows the real trouble with Harry is that he's stolen her heart.
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