Recreation

Fiction New Titles January 2012 (arrived Dec 2011)

Adventure

Locked on, Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney.
Tom Clancy's lineup is back. Jack Ryan, his son, Jack Jr., John Clark Ding Chavez and the rest of the Campus team are facing their greatest challenge ever.
Micro, Michael Crichton and Richard Preston.
Richard Preston completed this book after Crichton's death. Set in Hawaii where biotech students get dumped in the rainforest and must use their science skills to survive.
Blown off course, David Donachie.
Lieutenant John Pearce is in London seeking protection for his friends, the Pelicans, from a reluctant Admiralty, unaware that they have been turfed off the ship on which he left them in safety.
Death in Siberia, Alex Dryden.
Topical espionage thriller with the West under threat as Russia is given sole access to oil reserves and it needs ex-KGB agent Anna and the CIA to ward off a huge attack.
The detachment, Barry Eisler.
John Rain is back. And the assassin is up against his most formidable enemy yet: the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy.
Soft target, Stephen Hunter.
Black Friday. America's largest shopping mall, suburban Minneapolis. 3:00 pm. Twelve gunmen open fire in the mall corridors, and take more than a thousand hostage. Cruz, a retired Marine sniper, is taken captive along with his fiancee and her family. He has a plan-- now all he needs is a gun...

American Fiction

River's song, Melody Carlson.
Second in "The Inn at Shining Waters" series.
The angel Esmeralda : nine stories, Don DeLillo.
Collects nine stories written between 1979 and 2011 that chronicle three decades of American life from the perspective of a range of characters, including a pair of nuns in the South Bronx and two astronauts orbiting the Earth.
The art of fielding, Chad Harbach.
First novel that rampaged up the bestseller list in the U.S. The story of a baseball player whose one throw goes off course, altering the lives of five different people.
Longing, Karen Kingsbury.
After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan becomes closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul. Nights on the town in New York City and long talks on the balcony of Brandon's Malibu Beach home make Bailey dizzy with new feelings and cause her to wonder if her days with Cody are over forever. Book three of the Bailey Flanigan series.
A ticket to ride, Paula McLain.
The summer of 1973 in Moline, Ill., is enlivened and permanently marked for 15-year-old Jamie by the arrival of her charismatic, seen-it-all cousin, Fawn Delacorte. Abandoned by her parents as a baby, Jamie is a lonely, naive teenager from Bakersfield, Calif., sent to live with her uncle Raymond after her grandmother falls sick.
The uninnocent, Bradford Morrow.
This collection of gothic short stories from the author of Trinity Fields features tales of a young man who becomes obsessed with his brother's girlfriend and a blind motivational speaker who regains his sight and discovers he was better off before.
The lost wife, Alyson Richman.
During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, and Josef, who is studying medicine, fall in love. With the promise of a better future, they marry--only to have their dreams shattered by the imminent Nazi invasion. Like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war.
All men of genius, Lev AC Rosen.
Violet Adams finds it difficult to keep her true gender secret when she disguises herself as a man to attend an exclusive college.
The train of small mercies, David Rowell.
This debut novel follows multiple characters' intrepid search for hope amid the debris of an American tragedy, their lives irrevocably changed as Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train makes its solemn journey from New York to Washington.
The birdhouse, Kelly Simmons.
When Ann's granddaughter Ellie, asks for her help on a school project on family history, Ann thinks this will be the perfect opportunity to spend time with her. But as they work together uncovering the past, questions about Ann's early life begin to emerge. What did happen to Ann's first child? Was her life with Theo quite as idyllic as it seemed from the outside?
Valley of dreams, Lauraine Snelling.
As one woman tries to find the hidden valley of her father's dreams in the 1906 Black Hills, she also discovers courage, faith and romance.
French lessons, Ellen Sussman.
A single day in Paris changes the lives of three Americans as they each set off to explore the city with a French tutor, learning about language, love and loss, as their lives intersect in surprising ways.
Salvage the bones, Jesmyn Ward.
Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.

Australian fiction

Nowhere else, Fiona McCallum.
Nicola, top current affairs reporter and A-List celebrity with a rich fiance is sent to investigate the effects of drought on a small town and her time there changes her life unexpectedly.
Ruby blues, Jessica Rudd.
Sequel to "Campaign Ruby" has a new to do list about politics, love, family and all.

British Fiction

Benson at sixty, Michael Carson.
Martin Benson, retired in Merseyside, has joined QA (Queer Alcoholics) and is trying to face reality.
A taste for love, Marita Conlon-McKenna.
Chef at top Dublin restaurant hangs up her chef's hat on marriage but when the marriage crumbles she has to start again and decides to open a cooking school in her home.
Out of it, Selma Dabbagh.
Expert debut by British/Palestinian writer based in London is about a family in Gaza where the boy wins a scholarship to London and the girl is approached by an Islamic resistance group.
Summer, Tom Darling.
When Grace Hooper, on the verge of womanhood, and her nine year-old brother Billy are left orphaned by a freak accident at the beginning of a long, hot summer, they find themselves cast adrift from their old life and numb with grief. Sent to stay with their estranged grandfather on the remote farmstead where their mother grew up, there they must try to uncover a new understanding of the world .
The doll : the lost short stories, Daphne du Maurier.
The coward's tale, Vanessa Gebbie.
A young boy is sent to live with his grandmother in a small Welsh mining community where he meets Ianto, beggar and storyteller whose stories cover the town's history and the memories of a terrible mining disaster.
Here be dragons, Stella Gibbons.
In the years after World War Two, Nell Sely, child of the forgotten generation, wanders blind through 1950s bohemian London, smoke-filled jazz clubs and bittersweet coffee bars in search of romantic idyll, delving into the dark backstreets of squalid yet splendid London.
The matchmaker, Stella Gibbons.
Uprooted from war-torn London, Alda Lucie-Brown and her three daughters start a new life at Pine Cottage in rural Sussex. Unsuited to a quiet life, Alda attempts to orchestrate - with varying degrees of success - the love affairs of her neighbours. Reprint of a novel by the author famous for "Cold Comfort Farm."
The beautiful indifference, Sarah Hall.
Collection of erotic and unusual tales which take place over previous centuries, the world now and the future.
Shadowstory, Jennifer Johnston.
World War II, Ireland, and young Polly spends months at her grandparents' house by the sea.
The house by the fjord, Rosalind Laker.
When Anna Harvik travels to Norway in 1946 in order to visit the family of her late husband, the country is only just recovering from five cruel years of Nazi occupation. So it is with surprise that she finds in this cold and bitter country the capacity for new love and perhaps even a new home.
How it all began, Penelope Lively.
When Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany her employer Lord Peters to Manchester, which means his niece Marion has to go instead, which means she sends a text to her lover which is intercepted by his wife. A witty clever and moving story of how chaos theory affects ordinary lives.
Forever Rumpole : the best of the Rumpole stories, John Mortimer.
Selection of 14 stories featuring the irascible barrister. Includes the opening chapters of the last Rumpole novel Mortimer was working on when he died in 2009.
Perfect lives, Polly Samson.
In an English seaside town, lovers and children, young men and middle-aged women, weave in and out of each other's lives and stories. A mother is tormented by her daughter's tattoo; another only pretends to love her baby. A wife stalks her husband and his new lover; a broken egg through a letterbox tells a story that will not go away; the cat thinks he knows best.

Chinese titles

5 fen zhong zeng shou, Lin qing.
Yu, Ai Mi zuopin.
Xiao jie men, Ai Wei zhu.
Fan zui xin li shi, Ai Xi zhu.
Tian tang kou, A Tong zhu.
Wo de fu qin mu qin, Bao Shi zhu.
Fuxi jiu jiu : Boyang tan li shi, Boyang wen
Bu Feiyan zuo pin, Bu Feiyan zhu.
Ren ti jing luo yu jia, Cai Youci zhu.
Lun zhan. Zhongguo pian : Cao Renchao chuang fu zhan guo ce, Cao Renchao zhu.
Qian wang, Chen Yifu zhu.
1 hao sha shou, Chen Yufu zhu.
Zou chu "Shi liu sui de hua ji", Chi Huaqiong zhu.
Beijing wa wa = Bei Jing doll, Chunshu zhu.
Qing gan ji, Cui Manli zhu.
Shi yi liang jie bei wang lu, Gu Xiaobai zhu.
Luo chun hua, Guo Hui zhu.
Huan cheng, Guo Jingming zhu.
Lin jie, Jue ji, Guo Jingming zhu.
Nan meng, Hong Kui zhu.
Ling du teng tong, Hong zhi gang.
Kong jie ri ji, Hu Xiaomei zhu.
Qi jing ren = The whale rider, Weiti Yiximaaila
Fei du, Jia Pingwa zhu.
Mo nu you xi, Jin Xiuxi zhu, Fang Xiaoxia yi.
Wo di, Jiubadao zhu.
Jiu dang wo cong wei cun zai, Junbi.
Ling an yuan hun shi lu, Laochagu zhu.
Linba pai du jian shen cao 1, Li Faying
Dan xiang shui, Li Han zhu.
Nan wei qing, Liu tao zhu.
Lan se tie qi, Liu Wenyang zhu.
Sheng huo shan, Lu jin chuan.
Yuan zhuo qi shi, Ma Luo Li.
Hu po, Niannian zhu.
Wo men lia, Shan Feixue.
You yi gui tan, Shen Xicheng.
Jie kai ren sheng de 333 ge xin jie, Tong Zi bian zhu.
Jian xi xing ED, Wang Ke zhu.
Guo se, Wang Wanfu zhu.
Xing ge jue ding xing fu, Wu Danru.
Hu zhu fu ren, Xiao Ruse zhu.
Shen mo ji. II, fu ta qi zhen, Yao wu shang.
Hua du, Ye Xin zhu.
Tian tang yi yang, Yishu.
Lian lian qiao qian qi, Zicheng.

Fiction from the rest of the World

Under the hawthorn tree, Ai Mi
A city girl from a politically questionable family is sent to the countryside during Mao's Cultural Revolution where she falls in love with the son of an army general. Huge bestseller in China.
Seven Houses in France, Bernardo Atxaga
1903 and a captain who has command of a River Congo garrison wants to make a fortune and return to France while his wife wants to own houses. A dark tale of colonial times.
The Third Reich, Roberto Bolano
Discovered after his death, the unusual story of a German wargames champion - on holiday in Spain - who engages an enigmatic foreigner in a long game of The Third Reich, a war game.
Fear, Gabriel Chevallier
Originally published in 1830 by the author of the famous "Clochemerle," this semi-autobiographical novel is based on his experiences in World War I. It has been described as a French version of "All quiet on the Western Front."
The seamstress, Maria Duenas.
Debut novel that was a big bestseller in Spain. The story of a woman compelled to work as an haute couture seamstress then as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II.
Delicacy, David Foenkinos
A young widow impulsively kisses a colleague and for him it's love. How will he convince her that it is! Big bestseller in France now filmed with Audrey Tautou in the lead.
Shelter, Frances Greenslade.
Set forty years ago in Northern Canada, the story of two early teenage girls and what happens when their logger father is killed in an accident and his mother disappears.
Khan Al-khalili, Naguib Mahfouz
1942 and the clash between old and new in an historic Cairo neighbourhood occurs as German bombs fall on the city.
Seven ways to kill a cat, Matias Nespolo
Set during the lead-up to the 2001 financial crash in Argentina, this first novel charts the coming of age of a teenage orphan on the mean and violent streets of Buenos Aires.
The hall of singing caryatids, Victor Pelevin
A wild and funny story from Russia about a strange nightclub and its outrageous entertainment.
It's fine by me, Per Petterson
A teacher welcomes a boy to his first day at school and asks him to describe his former life in the country. The stories he tells are sad and grim. Superb very well reviewed novel by top Norwegian author.
The secret in their eyes, Eduardo Sacheri
The basis for the hit Argentinian film of 2010, the story of a woman's death under a corrupt political regime.
Marilyn's last sessions, Michel Schneider
Inspired by actual events, this is a fictional recreation of Marilyn Monroe's last years and her final session with psychoanalyst Doctor Ralph
Apricot jam : and other stories, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Collection of short stories translated into English for the first time with Soviet and post-Soviet life as their focus.

German titles

Der goldene Reif : Roman, Hildegard Burri-Bayer.
Die Kathedrale des Meeres, Ildefonso Falcones
Die Habenichtse, Katharina Hacker.
Kurzere Tage : Roman, Anna Katharina Hahn.
Rudernde Hunde : Geschichten, Elke Heidenreich, Bernd Schroeder.
Cafe Heimat : die Geschichte meiner Familie, Louise Jacobs.
Vergebung, Stieg Larsson
Saturday, Ian McEwan
Kuckuckskind, Ingrid Noll.
Kiwi Paradise : Reise in ein verdammt gelassenes Land, Ingo Petz.
Adolf H., zwei Leben : Roman : mit einem Nachwort des Autors, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Das Herzenhoren, Jan-Philipp Sendker.
Der Konig der Komodianten, Charlotte Thomas.
Tatort Holderlinplatz, Stefanie Wider-Groth.
Der Knacks, Roger Willemsen.
Wolkenkind, Soname Yangchen

Mystery

No rest for the dead, Jeff Abbott and others. Introduction by David Baldacci.
A serial novel featuring contributions by twenty-five masters of suspense follows detective Jon Nunn as he re-opens a ten- year-old case to discover if the wrong person was convicted and put to death for the murder of art curator Christopher Thomas.
Rogue's gallery, Robert Barnard.
A collection of short stories that lead you on a trail of murder, mystery and intrigue with murderous ministers, conniving cardinals, bad schoolboys and even an ageing Mozart.
Vigilante, Stephen J. Cannell.
The final book from this author who died in 2010. LAPD's Shane Scully investigates the murder of an activist who'd often criticised the police.
Viva la madness, J.J. Connolly.
Gangster thriller - sequel to "Layer cake" - the crime best-seller which holds the dubious distinction of being the most shoplifted book in Britain and made into a film with Daniel Craig.
Red mist, Patricia Cornwell.
Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings.
Comeback, Peter Corris.
Cliff Hardy, private eye, is on a case that takes him into Sydney's underbelly as well as its movers and shakers.
London calling, James Craig.
Inspector Carlyle is on the track of an abusive father, a murder and a case that may stretch back to Chile in the 1970s.
Misterioso, Arne Dahl
Detective Paul Hjelm is placed into an elite team of officers and sent on a mission to track down a killer who has been systematically targeting business leaders, a case that pits them against the Russian Mafia and Sweden's secret wealthy societies.
Bloodstone, Paul Doherty.
Brother Athelstan investigates murder in a locked room where a sacred bloodstone had gone missing.
Murder season, Robert Ellis.
LAPD detective Lena Gamble investigates Hollywood's most shocking double murder in decades.
Explosive eighteen, Janet Evanovich.
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is used to danger and adventure; they follow her at every turn. But when international murder hits dangerously close to home, this could be more explosive than exciting.
The unquiet heart, Gordon Ferris.
1946 and Danny McRae, private detective in London, searches for Eve, his crime reporter lover, in a world of double agents, black marketeers and assassins in both London and Berlin.
The Pursued, C.S. Forester.
A woman believes the death of her sister wasn't a suicide and sets out to plot revenge. A recently found manuscript by Forester, written in 1935 and only now published.
Ranchero, Rick Gavin.
Interesting crime debut. Cop working as repo man in Mississippi on the trail of a villain in a story that mixes action, police work and dark comedy.
V is for vengeance, Sue Grafton.
Sue and her series investigator Kinsey Millhone are nearing the end of the alphabet.
Dead last, James W. Hall.
Thorn must confront an assassin whose victims and methods are taken directly from the script of a popular TV show and pits Thorn against a killer--or killers--whose motives are as elusive as their identities. The killings take place in Miami, where Thorn joins forces with a young policewoman from Oklahoma who is investigating the murders.
Mind over monsters : a F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad investigation, Jennifer Harlow.
Beatrice, schoolteacher and classic movie lover, joins an offshoot of the FBI that neutralises ghouls, trolls and supernatural monsters. A mix of mystery and fantasy.
The Gravedigger's Ball, Solomon Jones.
While mourning the woman who stole his heart, betrayed him and was revealed as a serial killer, Philadelphia detective Mike Coletti is drawn to a case of murder linked to history buffs who obsess over the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
Steal the show, Thomas Kaufman.
Accepting an off-the-record job to break into a film-pirating organization in order to raise money to adopt a baby, private investigator Willis Gidney is blackmailed by his client and set up in a murder case that is complicated by a crazed actress and murderous international gangs.
Blood games, Faye Kellerman.
The latest in the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series.
Wink murder, Ali Knight.
Kate Forman has an enviable life: a loving family and a perfect husband, Paul. But one night she finds Paul drunk and covered in blood, mumbling about having killed something - or someone. When a young and attractive woman who works for Paul is found murdered, Kate's suspicions about what he has really done send her on an increasingly desperate search for the truth.
Freezing, Clea Koff.
Interesting crime debut where FBI agent in Los Angeles has to call on two women forensic anthropologists when frozen body parts are found on the freeway.
Voices of the dead, Peter Leonard.
It's Detroit, 1971. Harry Levin, scrap metal dealer and holocaust survivor, learns that his daughter has been killed in a car accident. Travelling to Washington DC, he's told by Detective Taggart that the German diplomat, who was drunk, has been released and afforded immunity; he will never face charges. So Harry is left with only one option.
September song, Colin Murray.
1950s London and jazz loving sleuth Tony Gerard is tracking down three people: a long lost girl, a piano player and a movie leading man.
Delirious, Daniel Palmer.
Charlie Giles watches his life slowly unravel as he becomes the prime suspect in the murders of his former employers, who are being picked off one by one, and, with nowhere else to turn, enlists the help of his schizophrenic brother to find the truth.
Foul play at four, Ann Purser.
Lois Meade investigates a series of robberies in her village of Long Farnden.
Traces of red, Paddy Richardson.
Rebecca Thorne is a successful television journalist, but her world is thrown into turmoil when her Saturday night programme is axed because of falling ratings. Not only will she lose her job but her big story on the convicted triple murderer Connor Bligh, whom Rebecca believes is innocent, has to be abandoned.
The two deaths of Daniel Hayes, Marcus Sakey.
Waking up half-drowned on an abandoned beach with no memory of who he is, a man stumbles on a BMW and assumes the identity of the person whose papers and clothes he locates inside, soon finding himself targeted for the man's alleged activities.
The dead won't sleep, Anna Smith.
The body of a young teenage hooker is found washed up on the beach near Glasgow. This is Glasgow in the 1990s and she's just another dead heroin addict. But Tracey Eadie was only fourteen years old and came from a children's home in Glasgow. How did she get from there to where she is now?
No holds barred, Lyndon Stacey.
Second in the mystery series featuring ex-police dog handler Daniel Whelan. When Whelan is asked by his former boss to help a friend who is struggling to run her husband's haulage company while he is recovering from a vicious attack, he and his German shepherd, Taz, rapidly find themselves attracting the wrong sort of attention.
Murder in Mount Holly, Paul Theroux.
It's the 1960s and young Herbie is drafted and his mother and a colleague get involved in a politically motivated robbery.

New Zealand Fiction

Coastal yarns, Neil Coleman.
A collection of short stories loosely based around various beaches in New Zealand.
Hand me down, Michelle Holman.
When bad girl, April Ritchie, returns home after a nine-year absence, not too many of the townsfolk are glad to see her back. April’s spoilt-brat behaviour had never won her many friends, and her fast exit from town the night of her seventeenth birthday left more questions than answers.
Dark jelly, Alice Tawhai.
In this third collection of short stories, Alice Tawhai delves into the nature of reality, enabling readers to experience altered perceptions, encounters that weave madness and sanity,
The desolation angel, Tim Wilson.
Twelve extraordinary stories by the author of the NZ Post-shortlisted novel Their Faces Were Shining.

Romance

How a cowboy stole her heart, Donna Alward.
Confessions of a girl-next-door, Jackie Braun.
The secretary's secret, Michelle Douglas.
Firefighter with a frozen heart, Dianne Drake.
Mistletoe, midwife, miracle baby, Anne Fraser.
The boy is back in town, Nina Harrington.
Captive but forbidden, Lynn Raye Harris.
Kholodov's last mistress, Kate Hewitt.
The power of Vasilii, Penny Jordan.
Rodeo daddy, Soraya Lane.
The power and the glory, Kimberly Lang.
Dynamite doc or Christmas dad?, Marion Lennox.
A shameful consequence, Carol Marinelli.
The real Rio D'Aquila, Sandra Marton.
The child who rescued Christmas, Jessica Matthews.
On the first night of Christmas, Heidi Rice.
A dangerous infatuation, Chantelle Shaw.
Tall, dark, Texas ranger, Patricia Thayer.
His Christmas acquisition, Cathy Williams.
The Argentine's price, Maisy Yates.

Saga & Historical

Beyond a misty shore, Lyn Andrews.
The story of two sisters who make very different choices: a tale of forbidden love, family relationships, secrets and the quest for happiness.
A mother's trust, Dilly Court.
Phoebe lives with her boisterous Italian family in the East End where she has to help a friend yet not betray her mother's trust.
The noble assassin, Christie Dickason.
The story of Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford, who risked all in the dark days leading up to the English Civil War.
The Scottish prisoner, Diana Gabaldon.
Lord John Grey--soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade--fights for his crown, his honour, and his own secrets. Set in the heart of the eighteenth century during the Seven Years' War.
Whispers, Rosie Goodwin.
A woman buys an old manor house and finds a journal that reveals a tragedy from nearly 200 years before.
The printmaker's daughter, Katherine Govier.
Set during Japan's repressive 19th century Edo period and telling the story of a young artist whose gender keeps her from the recognition heaped on her father.
Off the rails, Beryl Kingston.
The son of a farmer rises to become one of the wealthiest railway owners in 19th C. England but a secret in his past - an illegitimate child - comes into his life either looking for love or revenge.
Season of light, Katharine McMahon.
The daughter of an English country squire travels to France just before the Revolution and falls for a dashing intellectual realist.
Praetorian, Simon Scarrow.
The latest Roman historical tale. Follows "The legion" in the Cato series.
The silver lotus, Thomas Steinbeck.
Expanding his trading empire, Captain Jeremiah Macy Hammond faces pirates, storms, and illness as he crosses the Pacific seeking new markets in the Orient and falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy Cantonese merchant family.
The last voyage, Jessica Stirling.
Two sisters begin to question their loyalty to their husbands and to each other. This loyalty will be tested on the last Atlantic crossing of the unsinkable Titantic.
The king's diamond, Will Whitaker.
As the chaos of war spreads out across Europe, Charles V extends his empire in a series of ruthless and aggressive moves. The Medici Pope has formed an alliance to drive Charles out of Italy for good. Only England holds aloof from the great struggle that is to come. The 36-year-old Henry VIII presides over an opulent and glamorous court, thinking only of the woman with whom he has fallen in love.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Death's excellent vacation, Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner.
With an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story and twelve other original tales, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations that are frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque.
Agatha H. and the airship city : a girl genius novel, Phil & Kaja Foglio.
The Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare. It has been sixteen years since the Heterodyne Boys, benevolent adventurers and inventors, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Today, Europe is ruled by the Sparks, dynasties of mad scientists ruling over - and terrorising - the hapless population with their bizarre inventions and unchecked power.
Earthbound, Joe Haldeman.
The mysterious alien Others have prohibited humans from space travel--destroying Earth's fleet of starships in a display of unimaginable power.
Star Wars, the old republic. Revan, Drew Karpyshyn.
Revan, a former Jedi whose memories have been erased, believes that he somehow stumbled on a secret that threatens the existence of the Republic and must try to stop it, even though he no longer knows what it is.
77 Shadow Street, Dean Koontz.
An eerie building has a tragic past and now the people in it must make it their home and fortress from an unseen enemy.
Out of Oz, Gregory Maguire.
The fourth in his "Wicked years" series has the land of Oz beset by social unrest.
Hearts of smoke and steam, Andrew P. Mayer.
Second in the "Society of steam" steampunk series.
The falling machine, Andrew P. Mayer.
In an alternate 1880 New York City nineteen-year-old socialite Sarah Stanton dreams of becoming one of the Paragons, the city's greatest team of gentlemen superheroes. First in the "Society of steam" steampunk series.
Them or us, David Moody.
The final part of the horror fantasy series that began with "Hater" and continued with "Dog blood."
Spirit dances, C. E. Murphy.
Seattle detective with shamanic abilities Joanne Walker gets turned into a coyote and full moon is on the way. Latest in this wacky fantasy/mystery/comedy
20 years later, Emma Newman.
Twenty years after a plague has wiped out most of humanity, four friends in London seek to discover the secret behind this catastrophe.
Artemis, Philip Palmer.
Artemis McIvor is a thief, con woman and killer when she is captured and made to join a crew of criminals and traitors on a mission to save humanity.
The dragon arcana, Pierre Pevel
Paris 1633 where dragons menace the realm and a secret society known as the Black Claw is conspiring against the crown.
Torchwood. Long time dead, Sarah Pinborough.
Based on the hit BBC series.
Supervolcano : eruption, Harry Turtledove.
A super-volcanic eruption in Yellowstone Park destroys crops and livestock, clogs machinery, and makes cities uninhabitable. Those who survive find themselves caught in an apocalyptic catastrophe in which humanity has no choice but to rise from the ashes and recreate the world.