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Science Fiction & Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy CAPTIVE THE GIVEN SACRIFICE KICKING IT The Forbidden Side of Nightshade A Novel of the Change KALAYNA PRICE AND FAITH HUNTER, EDITORS A. D. ROBERTSON S. M. STIRLING An all-new collection of urban fantasy stories by In the first adult novel set in the world of the best- Although Rudi Mackenzie has led his army to vic- Rachel Caine, Chloe Neill, Rob Thurman, and other selling Nightshade series, a steamy, forbidden tory over the Church Universal and Triumphant, he writers who know that when you’re pounding the romance blazes between sworn enemies drawn must now confront the forces behind the Church— mean streets looking for a killer, it’s important to together by an irrepressible desire. and the future represented by his children. wear killer shoes. A Dutton hardcover A ROC hardcover A ROC paperback original October • 384 pp. • 978-0-525-95411-8 • $25.95 September • 400 pp. • 978-0-451-41731-2 • $27.95 December • 368 pp. • 978-0-451-41900-2 • $16.00 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook Digital only, 10 hours • Unabridged • 978-0-698-13572-7 • $39.95 THE GRIM COMPANY DARK LYCAN LUKE SCULL A Carpathian Novel POSSESSION In the first book of a brand new dark fantasy epic, CHRISTINE FEEHAN A Novel of the Fallen Angels the Magelord Salazar and his magically enhanced Tatijana is Carpathian. Dragonseeker. She’ll never J. R. WARD troops, the Augmentors, crush any dissent they find again acquiesce to authority—inhuman or human. Fallen angel Jim Heron thinks he finally has an in the minds of the populace. 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November • 352 pp. • 978-0-451-41427-4 • $17.99 In the gripping conclusion to the trilogy, a mass A Berkley paperback original exodus to warmer climes threatens to fracture November • 368 pp. • 978-0-425-25985-6 • $17.00 Northland, but one man believes he can outwit the ISAAC ASIMOV’S I, ROBOT: TO OBEY cold—and even salvage some scraps of the once MICKEY ZUCKER REICHERT SUPERVOLCANO great civilization. Things Fall Apart In the second of the trilogy, robotic technology of A ROC hardcover HARRY TURTLEDOVE 2036 evolves into the realm of self-aware, sentient November • 512 pp. • 978-0-451-24012-5 • $26.95 mechanical entities, as psych resident Susan Calvin An explosion in Yellowstone Park has propelled lava learns the awful truth about her father. and ash across the landscape, forever altering the climate of the continent. And former police officer A ROC hardcover THE GOLDEN CITY September • 400 pp. • 978-0-451-46482-8 • $25.95 J. KATHLEEN CHENEY Colin Ferguson knows that time is running out for While spying for the sereia—sea-folk banned from his family—and for humanity. the shores of the Golden City—Oriana Paredes and A ROC hardcover her employer are suddenly abducted and left for December • 416 pp. • 978-0-451-46568-9 • $26.95 dead. A ROC hardcover November • 352 pp. • 978-0-451-41774-9 • $15.00 14 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GROUP (USA). If form is missing, email [email protected] Science Fiction & Fantasy AFTER DEAD THE LOST STARS: PERILOUS SHIELD THE CHOSEN SEED What Came Next in the JACK CAMPBELL The Forgotten Gods: Book Three World of Sookie Stackhouse In the second of the series, the leaders of the rebel SARAH PINBOROUGH CHARLAINE HARRIS Midway Star System struggle to forge a government Framed for murder and hunted through London by With characters arranged alphabetically—from the free enough to please its citizens yet strong enough his former colleagues, Detective Inspector Cass Ancient Pythoness to Bethany Zanelli—Harris to secure their power. Jones needs every ally he can get as he continues to takes readers into the future of their favorite resi- An ACE hardcover search for his kidnapped nephew. dents of Bon Temps and its environs. October • 400 pp. • 978-0-425-25631-2 • $26.95 An ACE paperback original An ACE hardcover December • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-25850-7 • $16.00 November • 128 pp. • 978-0-425-26951-0 • $18.00 THE NECROMANCER’S HOUSE CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN HAPPY HOUR IN HELL THE LAIR Andrew, a practicing warlock sitting on a treasury of Volume Two of Bobby Dollar EMILY MCKAY Russian magic stolen from the Soviet Union, knows TAD WILLIAMS When a monstrous betrayal places Lily in mortal that magic is a brutal game. Even so, he’s totally The angel Bobby Dollar wrestles with a few deadly danger, her sister Mel sets out to unravel the empire unprepared for the vengeance of a witch. sins of his own: pride, anger, and even lust. And that of destruction that the vampires have built. An ACE hardcover lust is a ticket straight to Hell, sending him to A Berkley paperback original October • 432 pp. • 978-0-425-25665-7 • $25.95 reclaim his demon paramour, the Countess of Cold November • 432 pp. • 978-0-425-26412-6 • $9.99 Hands. ROBERT ASPRIN’S DRAGONS RUN A DAW hardcover September • 400 pp. • 978-0-7564-0815-2 • $26.95 THE ACCIDENTAL WEREWOLF 2: JODY LYNN NYE SOMETHING ABOUT HARRY Griffen McCandles already has his hands full dealing An Accidentally Paranormal Novel with his dragon heritage. Now his pregnant sister is STARHAWK DAKOTA CASSIDY missing, and his uncle has a mysterious meeting A Priscilla Hutchins Novel Werewolf Mara Flaherty has long carried a torch for with a man who’s been dead for eight decades. JACK MCDEVITT Harry Emerson, Pack Cosmetics’s sexy single An ACE paperback original Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins has finally realized her life- accountant, but her first attempt to seduce him goes October • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-25697-8 • $15.00 long dream—a pilot’s license. Now, her working condi- down in flames. tions include bomb threats, sabotage, clashes with her A Berkley paperback original BASTION employers—and a mission to a world adrift between December • 352 pp. • 978-0-425-26865-0 • $15.00 Book Five of the Collegium Chronicles the stars that harbors an unexpected life form. A Novel of Valdemar An ACE hardcover THE GROVE MERCEDES LACKEY November • 400 pp. • 978-0-425-26085-2 • $25.95 A Guardians of Destiny Novel Mags returns to the Collegium, hoping to find clues JEAN JOHNSON that will help him discover who his parents were and MASKS why he is being sought by Valdemar’s enemies. The Witches of Darkhana are mobilized to gather the E. C. BLAKE most honest servants of each deity, ushering in an A DAW hardcover In the debut of an electrifying new fantasy series, irresistible passion and a threat to the wildest mag- October • 336 pp. • 978-0-7564-0944-9 • $25.95 Mara Holdfast is fast approaching her 15th birthday ics in the woods. and her Masking ceremony. But instead of celebrat- A Berkley paperback original ROYAL AIRS ing, Mara is torn away from her parents, imprisoned, December • 384 pp.
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