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WRITTEN BY ; ILLUSTRATED BY MOLLY KNOX OSTERTAG Shattered Warrior

Bestselling author Sharon Shinn delivers a gripping science fiction adventure with a sweeping romance at its heart.

It is ten years after Colleen Cavanaugh's home world was invaded by the Derichets, a tyrannical alien race bent on exploiting the planet's mineral resources.

Most of her family died in the war, and she now lives alone in the city. Aside from her acquaintances at the factory where she toils for the Derichets, Colleen MAY First Second makes a single friend in Jann, a member of the violent Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction group of rebels known as the Chromatti. One day On Sale 5/16/2017 Colleen receives shocking news: her niece Lucy is alive Trade Paperback , 256 pages and in need of her help. Together, Colleen, Jann, and 8.5 in H | 6 in W Carton Quantity: 16 Lucy create their own tenuous family. ISBN: 9781626720893 $17.99 / $24.99 Can. But Colleen must decide if it's worth risking all of their survival to join a growing underground revolution against the Derichets.

Sharon Shinn has published twenty-six novels, one collection, and assorted pieces of short fiction since her first book came out in 1995. Among her books are the Twelve Houses series (Mystic and Rider and its sequels), the Samaria series (Archangel and its sequels), the Shifting Circle series, and the Elemental Blessings series. She lives in St. Louis, loves the Cardinals, watches as many movies as she possibly can, and still mourns the cancellation of “Firefly.” sharonshinn.net

Molly Knox Ostertag grew up in the forests of upstate New York and read far too many fantasy books as a child. She studied cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles, where she enjoys the beach ...

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JASON SHIGA Demon, Volume 3

Volume 3 of the ultra-violent and hilarious supernatural mystery series from bestselling Meanwhile author, Jason Shiga.

Over a hundred years in the future, Jimmy and his daughter Sweet Pea (not so sweet a century later) revel in their immortality, convinced that they have finally outlived the sinister OSS forces that hunted them for so long. But just when they relax, OSS agent Hunter is back—and a bigger threat than ever! What follows is a good old-fashioned action-movie-style JULY First Second chase scene that includes the grossest thing you've Comics & Graphic Novels ever read in a comic. We'd say we're sorry, but we're On Sale 7/18/2017 really, really not. Trade Paperback , 224 pages 8.5 in H | 6.8 in W Carton Quantity: 32 From the brilliant and profane mind of Jason Shiga ISBN: 9781626724549 comes Demon: a four-volume magnum opus about the $19.99 / $27.99 Can. unspeakable chaos that one indestructible man can unleash on the world—and the astronomical body Also available count he leaves behind.

Jason Shiga was born and raised in Oakland, California. He is the author of Meanwhile, Empire State, Fleep, Bookhunter, and more than twenty other comic books and graphic novels. He is also the creator of the world's second largest interactive comic. His comics have a geeky side, Demon, Volume 2 and often feature exciting uses of mathematics and 9781626724532 $19.99/$27.99 Can. unusual structural forms. Demon is his most ambitious Demon, Volume 1 project to date. shigabooks.com 9781626724525 $19.99/$27.99 Can. Praise For... The Demon series: "It’s bizarre, sick, funny, and more than a little depraved, all of which is part of its charm." —Nerdist

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