Recreation

Fiction New Titles July 2011 (arrived in June)

Adventure

The third gate, Lincoln Child.
An archaeological team attempting to find the tomb of ancient pharaoh in one of the toughest places on earth starts to live in fear of an ancient curse.
The storm, Clive Cussler and Graham Brown.
The tenth book in his Numa Files action series.
Mortal, Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee.
Second in the Book of Mortals series set in a scary medieval future.
The last man, P.T. Deutermann.
When his Israeli girlfriend goes missing after talking about her theory about the fortress of Masada, an American nuclear engineer travels deep into the Judean desert and makes an astonishing discovery that causes him to be targeted by Israeli intelligence.
Lehrter Station, David Downing.
Paris 1945 and John Russell is told by a Soviet agent that he's being asked to work for U.S. Intelligence, work involving atomic secrets.
Jackals' revenge, Iain Gale.
Sequel to "The black jackals" set in the turmoil of the Eastern Mediterranean in 1941 with the British struggling to hold their line in Greece against German and Italian forces.
Istanbul passage, Joseph Kanon.
In 1945 Istanbul, American undercover agent Leon Bauer's attempt to save a life leads to a desperate manhunt, a game of shifting loyalties, and an unexpected love affair.
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne imperative, Eric Van Lustbader.
When Jason Bourne pulls a drowning man from a lake, he discovers that the man is not only freezing but bleeding profusely from a gun-shot wound. He wakes as an amnesiac, with no memory of who he is or why he was shot and Bourne is eerily reminded of his own past.
The Roswell conspiracy, Boyd Morrison.
Thriller that draws on actual evidence from the Roswell incident in New Mexico.
The 500 : a novel, Matthew Quirk.
Former con artist and Harvard Law student Mike Ford accepts a position with the DC-based Davies Group, a consulting firm whose specialty is pulling strings for the five hundred most powerful people inside the Beltway. Debut thriller.
The leopard sword, Anthony Riches.
Epic new chapter in Marcus Valerius Aquila's life. The fourth of the Empire trilogy.
Hullo Russia, goodbye England, Derek Robinson.
Flight Lieutenant Silk, a twice-decorated Lancaster pilot in WW II, rejoins the R.A.F. and qualifies to fly the Vulcan bomber. Piloting a Vulcan is an unforgettable experience: no other aircraft comes close to matching its all-round performance.
The candle man, Alex Scarrow.
Locked in an eerily quiet room on the sinking Titanic, a dying man tells a young girl his life story as the ship begins to sink. It all starts in Whitechapel, London in 1888, as the Ripper murders began.
The child thief, Dan Smith.
Midwinter 1930 and a stranger arrives in a Ukraine village dragging a sled with the bodies of two dead children. The stranger is lynched then another child goes missing.
The eagles at York Town, Grant Sutherland.
The third volume of "The Decipherer's Chronicles" has Alistair Douglas sent by his British spy network to fight the Revolutionary colonists in
Strindberg's star, Jan Wallentin
When a Swedish cave diver discovers a dead body wearing an ancient ankh, religious symbol expert Don Titelman is wrongly accused of the cave diver's subsequent murder, which reveals ties to the 1897 Arctic crash of a hydrogen balloon and 1942 experiments on concentration camp victims. Debut novel by Swedish journalist.

American Fiction

A walk across the sun, Corban Addison.
Two Indian girls, sole survivors of their family, are sold while an American lawyer comes to India to work for an anti-slavery group in their significant and powerful novel.
In the kingdom of men, Kim Barnes.
A young woman from the American South finds herself in the strange world of the Middle East after she marries an oil driller. She finds it a world of wealth, glamour, American privilege and corruption.
They eat puppies, don't they?, Christopher Buckley.
Starting a rumour about an assassination plot targeting the Dalai Lama as part of an effort to gain support for a secret weapons system, Bird McIntyre and Angel Templeton provoke a Washington crises that bring the United States and China to the brink of war. Zany and sharp political humour.
A dog's journey, W. Bruce Cameron.
Believing that he has achieved his purpose throughout several eventful lives, Buddy the dog is drawn to a vibrant but troubled teen who he struggles to help until they are separated. Sequel to his bestselling "A dog's purpose."
You came back, Christopher Coake.
First novel about a man who doesn't believe in ghosts but when a woman says his old house is haunted by the ghost of his young son he begins to wonder. Author was tagged by Granta in 2007 as one of its Best Young American Novelists.
When Captain Flint was still a good man, Nick Dybek.
Follows the experiences of a youth whose family and island community entirely depend on the king crab trade that constantly risks his father's life, a situation that is further threatened by a new fleet owner's intentions of selling away the island's livelihood.
The road to grace, Richard Paul Evans.
Now nearly halfway through his trek, Alan Christoffersen walks from South Dakota to Memphis, Tennessee. He covers more than 800 miles on foot, but it's the people he meets along the way who give the journey its true meaning. 3rd in The Walk series.
The family Corleone, Ed Falco.
New York, 1933. The crime families have prospered in the Depression, but with the coming end of Prohibition a battle is looming… one which will determine which organizations will rise, and which will face a violent end. Vito Corleone pushes his oldest child, teenaged Sonny, to be a businessman. But Sonny-- impatient and reckless-- wants to become a part of the real family business.
Canada, Richard Ford.
1956 and a boy's parents become involved with a bank robbery and the boy and his sister discover a scary new world across the border.
Heading out to wonderful, Robert Goolrick.
Gripping and well reviewed novel about dark passion in rural 1940s Virginia in which a handsome stranger brings two suitcases to town, one full of butchers knives and the other, money.
Beach house memories, Mary Alice Monroe.
The Deep South in the 1970s as things change and a woman at her beach house reflects on the choices she's made over her life.
Home, Toni Morrison.
Frank is an angry, broken veteran of the Korean War who, after traumatic experiences on the front lines, finds himself back in racist America with more than just physical scars. He is shocked out of his apathy by the need to rescue his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he's hated all his life.
What you see in the dark, Manuel Munoz.
Placed in the unglamorous Californian town of Bakersfield in the late 1950s, Munoz’s debut novel mixes fact and fiction, interlacing the stories of a local murder and the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film ‘Psycho’
Julia's child, Sarah Pinneo.
Julia Bailey is a mompreneur with too many principles and too little time. Her fledgling company, Julia's Child, makes organic toddler meals. But turning a profit while saving the world proves tricky as Julia must face a 92-pound TV diva, an ill-timed protest rally, and a room full of 100 lactating breasts.
Calling invisible women, Jeanne Ray.
Feeling unattractive and unappreciated as she enters her fifties, wife and mother Clover wakes up one morning and discovers that she has actually become invisible, a condition that goes unnoticed by her family. Author is mother of novelist Ann Patchett.
Little night, Luanne Rice.
Clare Burke's life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne's defense of her spouse, all lies, and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Claire is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep.
Seating arrangements, Maggie Shipstead.
Witty social comedy set on an exclusive island off Cape Cod that tracks a catastrophic three day wedding breakfast.
Summer breeze, Nancy Thayer.
Three women forge a unique bond one sun-drenched summer on New England's Dragonfly Lake.
The lower river, Paul Theroux.
A man whose wife walks out returns to Malawi where he'd been happy working for the Peace Corps but he finds things very much changed. A strong portrait of aid in Africa.

Australian fiction

Albert of Adelaide, Howard L. Anderson.
A charming quirky tale of a duck-billed platypus who escapes from Adelaide Zoo and goes off in search of the Old Australia. A delightful quirky tale of an unlikely hero, the power of friendship and heroism. Advance raves have called it a "Watership down" for our time and it's maybe the first platypus to become a major fictional character.
My hundred lovers, Susan Johnson.
Lyrical and exquisite, My Hundred Lovers captures the sheer wonder of life, desire and love. A woman, on the eve of her fiftieth birthday, reflects on her days with one hundred scenes from a life adding up to a simple human truth. Character and sexual identity entwine and after all the emotion, the love, the hatred and the despair is done with, the great and trivial acts of her bodily life reveal an imperfect, yet whole self. By turns humorous, sharp, haunting and wise, this is an original and exhilarating novel from one of Australia's premier writers.

British Fiction

What will survive, Mark Gartside.
Teenagers meet in 1985. Love at first sight. Two decades later and he's a single father struggling on his own. What went wrong? Novel in the Nick Hornby tradition.
The red house, Mark Haddon.
Latest novel by author of the bestselling "Curious death of the dog in the night time." Follows Richard who decides to patch up his relationship with his sister Angela following the death of their mother.
Peaches for Monsieur le Cure, Joanne Harris.
A return to Lasquenet, the small town in rural France that was the setting for the mega-selling "Chocolat."
The boy who could see demons, Carolyn Jess-Cooke.
Unusual highly original tale set in Belfast about a traumatised child who may be suffering a severe psychological illness or he may be seeing demons.
A lady cyclist's guide to Kashgar, Suzanne Joinson.
In 1923, devout Eva English and her not-so-religious sister Lizzie embark on a journey to be missionaries in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. A delightful tale about different people and different societies.
This how it ends, Kathleen MacMahon.
Bruno, an American, has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide, they experience a connection unlike any they've previously felt, but soon their newfound love will be tested in ways they never imagined possible.
The other half of me, Morgan McCarthy.
Brother and sister from a rich family grow up in a large country house in rural Wales. Their grandmother comes to stay and they learn more about their family history.
The last hundred days, Patrick McGuinness.
First novel about the fall of Ceausescu's Bucharest from a writer who was there at the time.
Second chances, Charity Norman.
A small boy is sent to hospital from an isolated farmhouse and the mother knows what happened and either can't or won't tell.
The server, Tim Parks.
At a strict Buddhist retreat where men and women are separated, Beth works as a server to deal with the secrets and guilt of her past. Witty, funny and subtle and designed as a companion piece to his nonfiction book "Teach us to sit still" about his experiences with meditation.
Secrets of the tides, Hannah Richell.
Twentysomething Dora falls pregnant, her boyfriend is delighted but she's not and her fears are rooted in events years earlier when infidelity, secrets and lies wrecked the family.
Opposed positions, Gwendoline Riley.
A novelist deals with her memories of her bullying father, her mother's fears and hardships in a bad marriage and the lives of her friends. A dark and strong novel.
Ignorance, Michele Roberts
Two girls grow up side by side in a Catholic village in France. They are from different stratas of society and when war occurs the forces dividing the two girls threaten to overwhelm them.
The innocents, Francesca Segal.
A new slant on the Edith Wharton classic "The age of innocence." The action is transplanted to London's close-knit Jewish community where Adam proposes to his childhood sweetheart and is then tempted by her younger cousin.
A bunch of fives : selected stories, Helen Simpson.
Since the publication of Four Bare Legs in a Bed, her first collection, Helen Simpson has been hailed as one of the best short story writers at work today. These are wickedly funny, heartfelt, and sensuous stories that deal with the full stretch, from birth to death and everything in between.
The knife drawer, Padrika Tarrant.
In the house where Marie lives, the cutlery is running wild. Madness and fairy story creep hand in hand in this darkly comic tale. At the top of a narrow driveway there is a shambling Victorian house full of dust and stairs. The walls inside are ancient emulsion, sloughing off the distemper walls in gorgeous ribbons. The mice that infest the dining room chimney-breast are living out their own dreams and nightmares, learning voodoo and the meaning of love and forgiveness.
Flight, Adam Thorpe.
A pilot who worked as a "freight dog" - flying goods and people to dangerous places - becomes a marked man and flees to a remote Scottish Island.
The deadman's pedal, Alan Warner.
It is the early 1970s in the Highlands of Scotland and for 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there's really not much to do. He can hang around with his pals or his first-ever girlfriend, Nikki, he can dream about a first motorbike to get him out of the Port and among the hills, but in truth he's going nowhere.

Chicklit & romantic comedy

Spring fever, Mary Kay Andrews.
Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over her ex-husband, Mason Bayless. They've been divorced for four years, she's engaged to a new, terrific guy, and she's ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has absolutely no problem attending his wedding to the beautiful, intelligent, delightful Celia. But…
Wife 22, Melanie Gideon.
Baring her soul in an anonymous survey for a marital happiness study, Alice catalogues her stale marriage, unsatisfying job and unfavorable prospects and begins to question virtually every aspect of her life. Echoes of Bridget Jones and Alison Pearson.
How to knit a love song, Rachael Herron.
Abigail is more than ready for a change when she inherits a cottage from her beloved mentor, knitting guru, Eliza Carpenter. Leaving the oppressive city for the greener pastures of a small California beach town, she intends to turn her cozy little windfall into a knitting shop and spend her days spinning, designing, and purling.
The rock star in seat 3A, Jill Kargman.
Hazel, 30, has great job, great New York apartment, perfect boyfriend, then she's upgraded on a plane flight - next to a celebrity rock star.
Between you and me, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.
Young woman in New York gets call from her famous celebrity cousin to be her assistant.

Fiction from the rest of the World

Dancing to the flute, Manisha Jolie Amin.
A heartwarming tale of friendship and the transforming power of music through the story of a street kid whose music attracts the attention of a travelling healer.
Every day, every hour, Natasa Dragnic
Dora and Luka, soulmates destined to be together from first meeting as children in Croatia, are separated when Dora's parents take her away to Paris. Years later they are reunited. This novel was a huge bestseller in Germany.
The confidant, Helene Gremillon
Paris, 1975. Sifting through the letters of condolence after her mother's death, Camille discovers a strange missive sent by someone she does not know. She thinks it is probably an error. But then, every Tuesday, a new letter arrives, recounting a tale of two impossible loves, four broken destinies, until the final denouement destroys everything in its inevitable path.

French titles

Serment d'automne, Francoise Bourdin.
L'apparence de la chair, Gilles Caillot.
Blue Jay Way, Fabrice Colin.
Le briseur d'ames, Sebastian Fitzek
Le vieux qui ne voulait pas feter son anniversaire, Jonas Jonasson
La baronne meurt a cinq heures, Frederic Lenormand.
Si c'etait a refaire, Marc Levy
Meurtes a Versailles, Anne-Laure Morata.
L'appel de l'ange, Guillaume Musso.
Sept ans apres, Guillaume Musso.

German titles

Gier : Thriller, Arne Dahl
Auf der anderen Seite ist das Gras viel gruner, Kerstin Gier.
Spar dir das Fleisch, Uwe Glinka/Kurt Meier.
Bei Hitze ist es wenigstens nicht kalt : Roman, Dora Heldt.
Sand, Wolfgang Herrndorf.
Imperium, Christian Kracht.
Im Schatten des Kauribaums, Sarah Lark.
Vergebung, Stieg Larsson

Mystery

Cause of death, Jane A. Adams.
Rina Martin and the case of the remains of a woman found during excavations at the local airfield.
When the devil drives, Christopher Brookmyre.
Private eye Jasmine Sharp is hired to find a missing young woman and finds a hidden history of drugs, ritualism and murder.
Death in the sun, Adam Creed.
In the fourth D.I. Will Wagstaffe tale he's in Spain recuperating when he comes across a murder that has links to the days of the Spanish Civil
XO, Jeffery Deaver.
Special Agent Kathryn Dance must use her considerable skills at investigation and body language analysis to stop a celebrity stalker set in the world of country
The conviction, Robert Dugoni.
Bringing his teenage son on a camping trip with an old friend and his friend's son, lawyer David Sloane embarks on a legal rescue mission when the boys are caught vandalizing a general store and sentenced to six months in a detention camp with ties to a corrupt judge.
Every contact leaves a trace, Elanor Dymott.
Part love story, part murder mystery, an impressive first novel about a woman murdered on the grounds of an Oxford college.
The wrong man, David Ellis.
When Jason Kolarich accepts the case of a homeless Iraq War veteran accused of murdering a young paralegal, his course seems clear: to mount an insanity defense for a man suffering so badly from post-traumatic stress disorder that he has no real memory of the crime. But as Kolarich digs deeper, he realizes that, unlikely as it seems, his client is probably innocent.
A dark and broken heart, R.J. Ellory.
One last heist for Vincent: to pay off his drug debts to a vicious drug kingpin turns nastier when things go wrong. Fast paced action thriller.
Burning midnight, Loren D. Estleman.
When a friend asks Amos Walker to get his son's brother-in-law out of one of two feuding gangs, Walker is caught in the middle of a gang war that involves an international conspiracy.
Kingdom of strangers, Zoe Ferraris.
Ibrahim Al-Brehm, a respectable husband and police inspector on Jeddah's murder squad, goes to Katya, one of the few women on the force, to locate a missing woman and Katya uncovers a murder which connects the woman to a human trafficking ring.
Gone girl, Gillian Flynn.
A man arrives home one day to find his wife has gone and his house is a mess. Things are not what they seem as this psychological thriller unravels.
Trouble brewing, Dolores Gordon-Smith.
The latest Jack Haldean mystery, set in 1925, has the owner of a coffee company walking out of his flat and disappearing.
The Richmond conspiracy, Andrew Grimes.
Where would we be without Melbourne's criminal underbelly? Set in 1933, the story of a businessman and a war veteran whose murder is linked to many of the major events of the period.
The killing, David Hewson.
Adaptation of the first series of the hit Danish television crime series which became a huge hit in Britain and was seen on pay TV out here.
Funeral note, Quintin Jardine.
Chief Constable Bob Skinner and the case of the man's body exhumed from a shallow grave in Edinburgh.
What comes next, John Katzenbach.
Very creepy tale about a girl kidnapped by a depraved couple who broadcast her torture on line.
Backlash, Lynda La Plante.
On London streets an arrest and a confession seem to clear up a case but DCS Langton remains haunted by it and he and DCI Anna Travis
Beautiful sacrifice, Elizabeth Lowell.
A dedicated female archaeologist and a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer must recover priceless South American artifacts that could bring deadly chaos into the world.
Summon up the blood, R. N. Morris.
First in a new historical mystery series featuring unconventional turn of the (last) century sleuth, Detective Inspector Sila Quinn. 1914 London is the major setting.
Sacrilege, S.J. Parris.
Third in historical mystery series featuring philosopher and secret agent Giordano Bruno, here investigating a macabre treasure in the cathedral crypt.
I, Michael Bennett, James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge.
Bennett takes his ten kids and their beautiful nanny, Mary Catherine, out of the chaos on a much-needed vacation to upstate New York. But instead of escaping the violence, it follows them and they find themselves in the middle of another nightmare that threatens the entire family.
Poet's cottage, Josephine Pennicott.
Woman inherits a Tasmanian cottage where her grandmother was murdered years back.
Meltwater, Michael Ridpath.
Third part of the "Fire and ice" quartet, action thriller series set in Iceland.
Bad faith, Robert K. Tanenbaum.
While Butch and Marlene work to convict the parents of a deceased boy whose health was neglected in favor of a charismatic faith healer, Karp struggles to prevent a violent attack on New York City with the help of an imprisoned Russian assassin.
An unmarked grave, Charles Todd.
While contending with wounded soldiers and influenza patients, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford stumbles upon the body of an officer and family friend who has been murdered, and uses her father's connections in the military to search for an elusive killer.
Death will extend your vacation, Elizabeth Zelvin.
A carefree summer in Deadhampton turns lethal when the tide washes the body of Clea, an investigative journalist ashore.
The bull of Mithros, Anne Zouroudi.
The violent robbery of a rich philanthropist and a man's death give investigator Hermes Diaktoros a puzzling case in the latest of the Greek detective

New Zealand Fiction

Beauty, Leigh Marsden.
It's easier to be happy when you don't know what's going on behind the scenes …There's a reason it's called blissful ignorance … Mena joins a luxury motor yacht in the Mediterranean, enticed by rumours of the fast-paced, highly-paid crew lifestyle.
I got his blood on me : frontier tales, Lawrence Patchett.
Highly original short stories. "This is a rugged and haunting collection which has remained in my thoughts months after its first reading" said Laurence Fearnley.
Skylark, Jenny Pattrick.
Young French girl, left orphaned after her parents leave for the goldfields, performs in a circus and eventually takes to the stage in Australia and New Zealand. This lively historical novel also tells of her relationships with the pirate Bully Hayes and a man named Jack.

Romance

Valtieri's bride, Caroline Anderson.
Luca's bad girl, Amy Andrews.
Return of the moralis wife, Jacqueline Baird.
Diamond ring for the ice queen, Lucy Clark.
Girl behind the scandalous reputation, Michelle Conder.
Stepping out of the shadows, Robyn Donald.
No. 1 dad in Texas, Dianne Drake.
Let love find you, Johanna Lindsey.
An O'Brien family Christmas, Sherryl Woods.

Saga & Historical

Maria and the admiral, Rachel Billington.
Based on a true story. Begins in 1822 as Chile declares independence from Spain and focusing on the Admiral's wife and a British woman who has been alone since her husband died captaining a ship around Cape Horn.
The knot, Jane Borodale.
Follow-up to "The book of fires" opens in 1565 as widower Henry Lyte brings his new wife home to Somerset where he is planning the creation of the perfect knot garden.
The perfume garden, Kate Lord Brown.
The restoration of an old villa in Italy unravels a history of secrets, crushed idealism, lost love and families ripped apart by war.
The lady's maid, Dilly Court.
In the quiet of a warm summer evening, two young mothers are forced to give up their babies. Whilst Kate grows up knowing only poverty and servitude, Josie's world is one of privilege and luxury. Despite the differences in their circumstances, Kate and Josie have been friends since childhood. But their past binds them together in ways they must never know.
The queen's vow, C.W. Gortner.
Isabella of Castile, the intelligent and fiery Spanish queen best remembered today for funding the voyages of Christopher Columbus, begins this historical novel as a mere pawn in the decadent court of her weak older brother. When controversy arises over the legitimacy of her brother's heir, Isabella's tenacity and ruthlessness allow her to seize the throne with the help of her beloved Ferdinand of Aragon.
Lights of Liverpool, Ruth Hamilton.
Family saga about the lives of three families in Liverpool.
The bleeding land, Giles Kristian.
Begins a new trilogy about a band of Viking warriors. Opens in 1642 when the threat of civil war hangs over England.
After the war is over, Maureen Lee.
Three women, strong friends, return home from World Wat II trying to fit back into their own lives after they've been demobbed.
An absolute deception, Lesley Lokko.
Famous fashion designer, known as The Ice Queen, has a past that she has tried to forget but on the eve of her 66th birthday secrets are revealed.
Ghost Gum valley, Johanna Nicholls.
Sweeping saga set in the early days of the Colony of New South Wales and following the adventures of Isabel de Rolland, an English aristocrat descended from the Plantagenets, as she is sent out to the penal colony to marry Marmaduke Gamble, in a deal organised by their elders.
Abdication, Juliet Nicolson.
First fiction title from noted and very readable historian. The story of a young woman from Barbados who gets a job as chauffeur to a member of the Conservative government and learns at first hand about the abdication and the approach of war.
Touching the sky, Tracie Peterson.
Second in the "Land of the Lone Star" series. When Laura's sister, Carissa, marries her Confederate beau, Laura finds herself in a difficult situation when she overhears plots to kill Union soldiers.
The seven wonders, Steven Saylor.
A prequel to the best-selling Roma Sub Rosa series traces 18-year-old Gordianus's journey to the Seven Wonders of the World, each of which pose a mystery that challenges his budding powers of deduction and the tenacity of celebrated poet Antipater of Sidon, who fakes his death to accompany young Gordianus.
The eagle of the Twelfth, M. C. Scott.
They are known as the Legion of the Damned. Throughout the Roman Army, the Twelfth Legion is notorious for its ill fortune. It faces the harshest of postings, the toughest of campaigns, the most vicious of opponents. Third in the "Rome" series.
A blaze of glory, Jeff Shaara.
A fictional account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, told from the perspectives of participants on both sides, recreates the April 1862 surprise attack by Confederate forces on the Union Army at Shiloh. First of a new trilogy.
The shoemaker's wife, Adriana Trigiani.
Follow the story of two young Italian lovers who leave Italy for a new life in America at the beginning of the last century.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Caliban's war, James Corey.
Follows "Leviathan wakes" with another space adventure in which a creature of unknown origin and impossible physiology attacks soldiers.
Mansfield with monsters : the untold stories of a New Zealand icon, Katherine Mansfield, Matt Cowens and Debbie Cowens.
Mansfield with Monsters is a collection of Mansfield's short stories that were uncovered by Dr Marcus Walker. These stories are as they were originally written. The big difference is that now they are peopled with vampires, aliens, and sea monsters.
Undead and unstable, MaryJanice Davidson.
Betsy Taylor is determined to change the future for herself and her loved ones, but her actions could have life-shattering repercussions. That's to be expected when a friend returns from the dead, her sister happens to be the Antichrist, and her mother is the devil.
1636 : the Kremlin games, Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett.
Latest in the alternate history series, "Ring of fire," deals with a motor mechanic.
Live and let Drood, Simon R. Green.
The name is Bond, Shaman Bond. Better known as Drood, Eddie Drood. The sixth in the zany Secret Histories fantasy series.
Kiss the dead, Laurell K. Hamilton.
The latest tale featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter has the superpowered U.S. marshal sent to save a kidnapped child from vampires.
The broken universe, Paul Melko.
With technology that allows him to travel across alternate worlds, John builds a transdimensional commercial empire with his closest friends and their doppelgangers from several different parallel universes. But not every version of every person is the same. Follows sf novel "The walls of the universe."
Princeps : a novel in the Imager portfolio, L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Follows "Scholar" with the Quaeryt now appointed princeps of Tilbor, a new episode in the Young Imager's life.
The spider goddess, Tara Moss.
It's been two months since Pandora English left her small hometown to live with her mysterious great-aunt in a haunted mansion in Spektor the fog- wreathed suburb of Manhattan that doesn't appear on any map. With the help of her great-aunt and the beautiful but dead Lieutenant Luke, Pandora is beginning to understand the significance of the Lucasta family heritage her late mother kept secret from her.
Last days, Adam Nevill.
A filmmaker investigates a strange cult and a series of uncanny events and unexplained phenomena lead to some horrific events.
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson.
2312 and Earth is no longer our home but Earth and Mars are locked in deadly combat.
Redshirts, John Scalzi.
Riffs off "Star trek" and its expendable ensigns with a story of what happens when all the extras on the exploring starship start comparing notes.
Tangle of need, Nalini Singh.
Drawn into a cataclysmic Psy war that may alter the fate of the world itself, a wolf changeling soldier and a SnowDancer lieutenant must make a decision that might just break them both. Latest in Psy-Changeling series by the Kiwi fantasy writer.
Winter be my shield, Jo Spurrier.
First in fantasy series "Children of the back sun," is about a girl found half-frozen in the snow, a girl who's a natural sympath in conflict with villainous bloodmages.
Gears of war. The slab, Karen Traviss.
Novel based on the award winning military sci-fi action video game series.
Amped, Daniel H. Wilson.
Author of hit novel "Robopocalypse" creates a near future world where humanity and technology clash in surprising ways.
Judgment at Proteus, Timothy Zahn.
Frank Compton of Earth, aided by the enigmatic woman Bayta, has fought on the front lines, using every bit of his human ingenuity and secret agent skills to outwit the Modhri, a group intelligence that would control the minds of every sentient being it can touch. 5th in the Frank Compton series.