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Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror THE BEST IN SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORROR FROM HODDER & STOUGHTON 2015 GOLDEN SON Pierce Brown The spectacular second novel in the extraordinary Red Rising trilogy. ‘Homeland meets Homer in deep space’ Daily Mail ‘In a word, Golden Sun is stunning . it should be a shoo-in for book of the year’ Tor.com 8 January 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781444758979 • £16.99 | Ebook • 9781444759044 • £16.99 THOSE ABOVE Daniel Polansky The start of an extraordinary new fantasy epic by the author of the acclaimed Low Town series. It will sweep you into a world of rebellion and revenge, of love and of death, of intrigue and pitiless war. ‘Those Above has the grandeur of Rome, the vision of Tolkien, the style of Chandler’ Pornokitsch 26 February 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781444779899 • £18.99 | Ebook • 9781444779929 • £18.99 THE DEAD LANDS Benjamin Percy An astonishing novel from the author of Red Moon, set across the sprawling landscape of a nightmarish post- apocalyptic American West. ‘Wonderful writing and compulsive reading. You will not come across a finer work of sustained imagination this year’ Stephen King 9 April 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781444770032 • £17.99 | Ebook • 9781444770063 • £17.99 THE BOOK OF PHOENIX THE BOOK Nnedi Okorafor OF PHOENIX Nnedi Okorafor The much-anticipated prequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Who Fears Death: extraordinary science fiction set in a distant – but not so different – future. ‘Topical, stunning, and perception altering’ Tor.com on Who Fears Death 7 May 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781473617940 • £18.99 | Ebook • 9781444762822 • £13.99 DAY FOUR Sarah Lotz Sarah Lotz’s extraordinary, unmissable follow-up to the book that made headlines around the world, The Three – perfect for fans of The Shining Girls, The Passage and Lost. ‘Chilling, relentlessly suspenseful, and full of unforgettable characters, Day Four is a heart-racing tale from a ferociously imaginative storyteller’ Lauren Beukes 21 May 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781444775365 • £14.99 | Ebook • 9781444775402 • £14.99 THE VORRH Brian Catling A dark literary fantasy which wilfully ignores boundaries, crossing over into surrealism, magic-realism, horror and steampunk. Prepare to lose yourself in the heady, mythical expanse of the Vorrh. ‘Brian Catling is simply a genius. His writing is so extraordinary it hurts’ Terry Gilliam 21 May 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781473606616 • £20.00 | Ebook • 9781473606609 • £20.00 FINDERS KEEPERS Stephen King Finders Keepers is a masterful, thrillingly suspenseful crime novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes too far – starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr Mercedes. ‘The best thriller of the year . recommended to crime buffs and King fans alike’ Sunday Express on Mr Mercedes 2 June 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781473698994 • £20.00 | Ebook • 9781473698970 • £20.00 THE HUNTER’S KIND Rebecca Levene THE HUNTER’S KIND Rebecca Levene The stunning second novel in the blazing new epic fantasy series The Hollow Gods, which began with Smiler’s Fair. ‘We can judge other-world fantasy by the extent we want to return to it - and I can’t wait to book my ticket back to the next episode of this outstanding, multi-stranded debut’ Daily Mail 2 July 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781444753752 • £14.99 | Ebook • 9781444753769 • £14.99 WAY DOWN DARK JP Smythe The first novel in the extraordinary new Australia Trilogy. This is Prison Break set in space, and perfect for YA/crossover readers who love The Hunger Games and Divergent. ‘Hard-hitting, lightning-paced and beautifully written, Way Down Dark delivers a thrilling fight for survival in a world where death lurks around every corner’ Will Hill, author of Department 13 2 July 2015 Trade Paperback • 9781444796322 • £13.99 | Ebook • 9781444796308 • £13.99 CROOKED Austin Grossman CROOKED Austin Grossman An alternate history, a horror novel, a political satire and a study of what people will sacrifice to succeed,Crooked is the ultimate inside story of the strange, all-too-human monsters at the heart of American power. 30 July 2015 Trade Paperback • 9781444729986 • £13.99 | Ebook • 9781444729993 • £13.99 SKIN Ilka Tampke SKIN Ilka Tampke A full-blooded, mesmerizing debut novel set in Celtic Britain, from a highly original new voice in fiction. Perfect for fans of Michelle Paver and Jean M. Auel. 6 August 2015 Royal Hardback • 9781473616424 • £12.99 | Ebook • 9781473616400 • £12.99 SECOND LIVES Scott K. Andrews SECOND LIVES Scott K. Andrews The time-travelling adventure that began in TimeBomb continues. Time is in flux, and only Jana, Dora and Kaz can stop it. But can they trust each other? ‘TimeBomb tackles dizzying paradoxes at an exhilarating pace . its sequel is one of my anticipated reads of 2015’ Sophia McDougall, author of Romanitas and Mars Evacuees 22 October 2015 Trade Paperback • 9781444752090 • £13.99 | Ebook • 9781444752106 • £13.99 PAPERBACK PAPERBACK SMILER’S FAIR Rebecca Levene 1 January 2015 B format paperback • 9781444753714 • £8.99 THE THREE Sarah Lotz 26 February 2015 B format paperback • 9781444770384 • £7.99 A MAN LIES DREAMING Lavie Tidhar 12 March 2015 B format paperback • 9781444762945 • £8.99 DREAM OF GODS AND MONSTERS Laini Taylor 26 March 2015 B format paperback • 9781444722758 • £7.99 PAPERBACK PAPERBACK SLEEPING LATE ON JUDGEMENT DAY Tad Williams 9 April 2015 B format paperback • 9781444738674 • £8.99 MR MERCEDES Stephen King 23 April 2015 B format paperback • 9781444788648 • £7.99 TIMEBOMB Scott K. Andrews 18 June 2015 B format paperback • 9781444752083 • £6.99 BROOD Chase Novak BROOD Chase Novak 8 October 2015 B format paperback • 9781444760934 • £8.99 REISSUES DUNE Frank Herbert DUNE Frank Herbert A new edition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the greatest science fiction novel of all time. 16 July 2015 B format paperback • 9780340960196 • £8.99 Three classic novels from Hugo Award-winner Robert A. Heinlein, now stunningly repackaged. THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS 23 June 2015 B Format paperback • 9781473616127 • £9.99 STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND 23 June 2015 B Format paperback • 9780340938348 • £9.99 STARSHIP TROOPERS 23 June 2015 B Format paperback • 9781473616110 • £9.99 Tad Williams’ beloved Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series, available as ebooks for the first time ever . THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR THE 6 August 2015 DRAGONBONE Ebook • 9781473617063 • £6.99 CHAIR Tad Williams STONE OF FAREWELL 6 August 2015 STONE OF Ebook • 9781473617070 • £6.99 FAREWELL Tad Williams TO GREEN ANGEL TOWER 6 August 2015 TO GREEN Ebook • 9781473617087 • £6.99 ANGEL TOWER Tad Williams . And his debut novel, in a new paperback edition and in ebook for the first time. TAILCHASER’S SONG 20 August 2015 Paperback • 9781473617117 • £8.99 TAILCHASER’S Ebook • 9781473617100 • £8.99 SONG Tad Williams For all things Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror THE BEST IN SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORROR www.hodderscape.co.uk @hodderscape Hodderscape For publicity enquiries contact [email protected].
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