Recreation

New Titles Fiction April 2013 (arrived in March)

Adventure

Extinction, Mark Alpert.
When a Chinese assassin shows up at Jim Pierce's lab looking for his daughter, he knows she's uncovered some serious secrets: a malevolent, artificial life form created by military scientists that threatens to destroy humanity.
The night ranger, Alex Berenson.
When four friends, working at a giant refugee camp in Kenya for Somalis, are hijacked by bandits, John Wells, brought in to find them, goes undercover in a country that isn't his usual playing field where he discovers that the truth behind the kidnappings is far more complex than he imagined.
Fallen masters, John Edward.
A novel of metaphysical suspense traces the ultimate confrontation between good and evil as it unfolds on both the Earthly plane and the Other.
Hostile shores : an Alan Lewrie naval adventure, Dewey Lambdin.
Participating in the 1805 Battle of Cape Town after the death of Admiral Nelson, Captain Lewrie voyages to South America to assist Britain's campaigns on the Spanish colonies only to confront a formidable adversary.
The Romanov cross, Robert Masello.
Army epidemiologist Frank Slater's offered a job no one else wants: to travel to a small island off the coast of Alaska and investigate a potentially lethal phenomenon. The permafrost has begun to melt, exposing bodies from a colony that was wiped out by the dreaded Spanish flu of 1918 and was once devoted to the mad Russian monk Rasputin.
Damascus countdown, Joel C. Rosenberg.
After Israel declares war on Iran, CIA operative David Shirazi infiltrates the Iranian regime and intercepts information indicating that two Iranian nuclear warheads have been moved to a secure and undisclosed location.
Dominion, C.J. Sansom.
1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk. As the long German war against Russia rages on in the east, the British people find themselves under dark authoritarian rule.

American Fiction

Kind of kin, Rilla Askew.
A compelling, funny and poignant novel about what happens when a family and an entire community are forced to confront the difference between right and wrong.
Indiscretion, Charles Dubow.
When Harry and Madeleine Winslow meet Claire, they are drawn to her youth, quiet intelligence, and naivete, and over the course of the summer, reverence transforms into dangerous desire.
House of earth, Woody Guthrie
Newly discovered, and with an introduction by Johnny Depp, this is legendary American folk singer Woody Guthrie's only finished novel.
Penelope, Rebecca Harrington.
First novel. Satire on campus life as clueless freshman Penelope arrives in Harvard hoping to make friends with the elite only to find her roommates are social nightmares.
Benediction, Kent Haruf.
A terminally ill cancer patient is attended throughout his final days by his wife and daughter while the trio contemplates their relationships with an estranged son, a situation that stirs up painful memories for a new next-door neighbour who has recently lost her mother.
Telling the bees, Peggy Hesketh.
Debut novel about an elderly beekeeper looking back on his quiet life and the secrets of a woman he never truly knew. Echoes of Kazuo Ishiguro's classic novel "The remains of the day."
Gone to the forest, Katie M. Kitamura.
Strong intense novel about the destruction of a family, a farm and a way of life in a country teetering on the brink of civil war.
Jacob's folly, Rebecca Miller.
Clever, wildly inventive tale of love, faith, acting and reincarnation. Author is daughter of Arthur Miller and wife of Daniel Day-Lewis.
This magnificent desolation, Thomas O'Malley.
Duncan lives in a Minnesota orphanage until the day his mother, whom he'd thought dead, turns up to take him to live with her in San Francisco.
Binocular vision : new & selected stories, Edith Pearlman.
Tenderly, observantly, incisively, Edith Pearlman captures life on the page like few other writers. She is a master of the short story, and this is a spectacular collection.
Nothing gold can stay : stories, Ron Rash.
Ron Rash returns again to Appalachia to capture lives haunted by violence and tenderness, hope and fear in unforgettable stories that span the Civil War to the present day.
Vampires in the lemon grove, Karen Russell.
Six short stories with subjects ranging from a dejected teenager who discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left behind in a seagull's nest to two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove who try helplessly to slake their thirst for blood. From the author of the much praised "Swamplandia."
The sky beneath my feet, Lisa Samson.
Being married to a saint isn't what it's cracked up to be. Rick has holed up alone in the backyard shed. Maybe he's immersing himself in prayer. Maybe he's lost his mind. But while "St. Rick" waits for an epiphany, Beth will have to figure out what to do with herself and their teenage sons, possibly for the rest of her life.
Love is a canoe, Ben Schrank.
Likeable novel about publishing, love and marriage with a self help author who starts to question his own work.
Mary Coin, Marisa Silver.
In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of a road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting the migrant laborers who have taken to America's farms in search of work. Little personal information is exchanged, and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced what will become the most iconic image of the Great Depression.
Little known facts, Christine Sneed.
Very promising first novel about the price of celebrity: a famous rich movie star whose son is unable to commit to work or relationships and the medical student daughter who is ashamed of her father's exploits.

Australian fiction

Fractured, Dawn Barker.
Story of a couple and their first baby where the wife can't cope and the husband feels it will sort itself out. And then the wife and child go missing.

British Fiction

Frances and Bernard, Carlene Bauer.
In the summer of 1957, Frances and Bernard meet at an artists' colony. She finds him faintly ridiculous, but talented. He sees her as aloof, but intriguing. Afterward, he writes her a letter.
All the beggars riding, Lucy Caldwell.
As Lara nurses her dying mother she recalls her plastic surgeon father's death in a helicopter crash when she was 12.
Worthless men, Andrew Cowan.
Market day in an English city two years into World War II with a trainload of soldiers arriving. A vivid and powerful picture of a time and place and the tragic lives of ordinary men and women.
Mimi, Lucy Ellmann.
Romantic comedy about a plastic surgeon and a young woman who lives in chaotic muddle.
The universe versus Alex Woods, Gavin Extence.
Tale of unexpected friendship, an unlikely hero and his journey with a reclusive bad tempered widower. A debut of comedy and a droll touching tale.
A French affair, Katie Fforde.
Gina and Sally Makepiece have inherited a stall in the French House - an antiques centre nestled in the heart of the English countryside. Gina is determined to drag the French House and its grumpy owner into the twenty-first century.
The unknown bridesmaid, Margaret Forster.
Julia, the woman of the title, spends her days dealing with difficult girls while trying to suppress memories of her own far from easy past.
The accidental husband, Jane Green.
The story of two women whose lives intersect when a shocking secret is revealed.
A great big shining star, Niall Griffiths.
16 year old girl wants to be a celebrity and gets there but the school caretaker who she knew from her younger days regrets all she has lost on her way to the top.
Bad mothers united, Kate Long.
Before Yummy Mummies and Slummy Mummies, before the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, before we wondered How She Does It, there was The Bad Mother's Handbook.
Shall we gather at the river, Peter Murphy.
Story of a radio evangelist and the great flood that afflicts his small town in 1984 and a rash of mysterious suicides that accompany it.
Motherland, William Nicholson.
A love triangle set in Britain, France, India and Jamaica against World War II background.
Instructions for a heatwave, Maggie O'Farrell.
Portrait of an Irish family in crisis in the legendary heatwave of 1976. An intense, touching and funny story of families.
How we met, Katy Regan.
There are some people you can't imagine life without. What, at the end of it all, is really important? Liv and her friends can't imagine a life different from now: freedom, lifelong friendships, and dreams that are still within their reach. Then Liv dies.
Love in the afternoon and other delights, Penny Vincenzi.
A collection of her short work brought together in a single edition for the first time. As well as ten short stories, she also shares some of her thoughts on a range of subjects from love and relationships to work and family.
Lost and found, Tom Winter.
Croydon woman feels she's wasted her life and writes a letter to the universe which ends up with a widowed postman. A quirky and touching debut.

Dutch titles

Eus : een schelmenroman, Ozcan Akyol.
De vijfde macht : literaire thriller, Pieter Aspe.
Bereik je ideale gewicht voor kinderen en tieners!, Sonja Bakker.
Van je familie moet je het hebben!, Johan van den Belt en Rob Sebes.
Oostenwind : Deventer gedichten, Heleen Bosma.
Foto van het verleden : historische liefdesroman, Tjitske Bronkhorst.
Bonita avenue : roman, Peter Buwalda.
Geuren, Philippe Claudel.
Gijp, Michel van Egmond.
Romeinse suite : literaire thriller, Jef Geeraerts.
De wake, Ronald Giphart.
De oorlog van mijn vader, Ron van Hasselt.
Vijftig tinten grijs, E L James.
Het bombardement, Ate de Jong.
Mist, Martine Kamphuis.
Het model en andere verhalen, Kurt Lob.
Liefde in tijden van Facebook, Marcelino Lopez, Eric Klaassen.
De valse Jacob : liefdesroman, Marjan van Marle.
Appeltaart, Jasmin Schults.
Stemmen van de ziel : vergeten waarheid van dementie, Hans Siepel.
Ik wil iets van jou, Margriet Sitskoorn.
Soerabaja : roman, Pauline Slot.
Een moeilijke start : liefdesroman, Bianca van Strien.
Eilanders, Bob Tiesema.
Vr. zkt. br. : liefdesroman, Helene Vijver.
Operatie Hezbollah, Gerard de Villiers.
Zonneklaar : gedichten in het nieuwe millennium, Simon Vinkenoog.

Fiction from the rest of the World

The library of unrequited love, Sophie Divry
One morning a librarian finds a reader who has been locked in overnight. She starts to talk to him, a one-way conversation that soon gathers pace as an outpouring of frustrations, observations and anguishes. Two things shine through: her shy, unrequited passion for a quiet researcher named Martin, and an ardent and absolute love of books. Translated from the French.
Ghana must go, Taiye Selasi.
Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku's death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. There has been a lot of publicity overseas for this debut novel.
The city of Devi, Manil Suri.
Set in Mumbai on the eve of nuclear annihilation as a woman searches for her husband, gangs of Hindus and Muslims fight and the city's patron goddess, Devi, arrives.
The chef, Martin Suter
Swiss author's novel, big bestseller in Europe, about a culinary genius who struggles to survive against a background of global recession.
The magic of Saida, M.G. Vassanji.
An emotional tale of love and loss as an African/Indian man returns to the Tanzanian town of his birth in search of the girl he once loved.

French titles

Delivrance, Jussi Adler-Olsen.
La Seconde guerre mondiale, Antony Beevor.
La verite sur l'affaire Harry Quebert, Joel Dicker.
Oh-- : roman, Philippe Djian.
Tout seul, Raymond Domenech.
Juste une ombre, Karine Giebel.
Kaiken : roman, Jean-Christophe Grange.
Le grand tournant : pourquoi les Allies ont gagne la guerre, 1943-1945, Paul Kennedy
Certaines n'avaient jamais vu la mer, Julie Otsuka.
Feerie generale, Emmanuelle Pireyre.
Des clous dans le coeur, Danielle Thiery.
Histoire de la Resistance : 1940-1945, Olivier Wievorka.

Mystery

Death of yesterday, M.C. Beaton.
A dead witness. A forgotten crime. Hamish Macbeth never had it so hard as in this newest Highlands mystery!
Hit me, Lawrence Block.
Follows his "Hit and run" with contract killer Keller taking a new name, wife and career in New Orleans and being drawn back into his old business.
A rescue for a queen, Fiona Buckley.
Ursula Blanchard, reluctant spy in the service of Queen Elizabeth I, learns of a plot to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne.
The heretics, Rory Clements.
'Does for Elizabeth's reign what C. J. Sansom does for Henry VIII's' said England's Sunday Times. The fifth in the series.
The woman who wouldn't die, Colin Cotterill.
Until the French government declassified documents concerning their ignominious defeat at Dien Bien Phu, Madam Daeng's past had been a well-kept secret. Now Dr Siri's wife is vulnerable and being stalked by a killer.
The sound of broken glass, Deborah Crombie.
While investigating the murder of a well-respected barrister who was found dead at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace, Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot, begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most.
Murder at the castle : a Dorothy Martin mystery, Jeanne M. Dams.
Dorothy Martin is in Wales for an opera full of passion, drama and murder. Dorothy and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, are invited to join their close friends Nigel and Inga Evans at a Welsh music festival. Murder occurs.
The burn palace, Stephen Dobyns.
The story of a small New England town beset by all manner of inexplicable - and perhaps supernatural - criminal acts.
The red moth, Sam Eastland.
As Hitler's forces smash into Soviet territory, annihilating the Red Army divisions in its path, a lone German scout plane is forced down. Contained within the briefcase of its passenger is the seemingly inconsequential painting of a hyalophoria cecropia, otherwise known as a red moth.
Room no. 10, Ake Edwardson
In his Inspector Winter series. This time he's investigating one of his earlier cases that seems to echo a previous suicide that was probably murder.
The shadow collector, Kate Ellis.
Dark tale of a woman released from prison for a terrible crime whereupon another crime occurs and dark secrets are about to be revealed.
The holiday murders, Robert Gott.
On Christmas Eve, 1943, the newly formed but undermanned Homicide division of the Melbourne police force is called to investigate the vicious double murder of a father and son. When Military Intelligence becomes involved, Homicide's Inspector Titus Lambert must unravel the personal from the political.
Dying fall, Elly Griffiths.
When an old friend and fellow archaeologist dies mysteriously, forensic archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway travels north to investigate.
Good man Friday, Barbara Hambly.
Benjamin January's search for a missing man takes him into a dark world filled with grave robbers and slave stealers in the latest in this historical mystery series.
The carrier, Sophie Hannah.
A woman delayed overnight on a plane trip is forced to share a room with terrified young woman who it turns out is linked to a murder case.
What darkness brings : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, C. S. Harris.
1812: Sebastian St. Cyr and the case of a London diamond merchant's murder which takes our hero into a world of greed, desperation and the occult.
Hell hath no fury, Rosie Harris.
A novel of suspense, and an intriguing new departure for much-loved saga writer Rosie Harris.
The book of Killowen, Erin Hart.
What sort of book is worth a man's life? After a year away from working in the field, archaeologist Cormac Maguire and pathologist Nora Gavin are back in the bogs, investigating a ninth-century body found buried in the trunk of a car.
Dead people, Ewart Hutton.
Half Welsh/half-Italian maverick DS Glyn Capaldi finds himself exiled to middle Wales in the case of a headless and handless skeleton.
Play dead, Bill James.
Harpur and Iles uncover corruption in another force then finds it's a conspiracy from higher-up.
Guilt, Jonathan Kellerman.
Alex Delaware investigates when a young couple make a gruesome discovery in a metal strongbox.
The burning air, Erin Kelly.
A tale of obsession in which a well heeled English family discover a stranger in their midst is enacting vengeance on the family.
Ultimatum, Simon Kernick.
A bomb explodes in a London café and then demands are made to the British government and D.I. Tina Boyd has sixteen hours to track down a ruthless killer.
Phony tinsel, Robert S. Levinson.
Latest in series set in 1930s Hollywood has a famous movie star persuading a scriptwriter into a scheme to murder her philandering husband.
My brother's keeper, Donna Malane.
Ex-con Karen needs help to track down her daughter but it proves difficult and there are dark secrets to be uncovered.
Rage against the dying, Becky Masterman.
Ex-FBI agent once worked as bait in serial killer cases and trained a protegee who disappeared. Years later her body is discovered and the agent is back on the case. Debut novel.
Cover of snow, Jenny Milchman.
Expert debut novel. In a remote village a woman discovers her husband dead and has to face that a good man may have done a terrible thing that led to his suicide.
Snow White must die, Nele Neuhaus
On a rainy November day police detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to a mysterious traffic accident: A woman has fallen from a pedestrian bridge onto a car driving underneath. According to a witness, the woman may have been pushed. Translated from the German.
At the dying of the year, Chris Nickson.
In the latest Richard Nottingham mystery, the constable must track down a predatory child killer roaming the streets of 1733 Leeds.
12th of never, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Detective Lindsay Boxer is in labour while two killers are on the loose and an English professor is having nightmares about a violent murder he swears is real.
The path of the wicked, Caro Peacock.
Private eye Liberty Lane's new case takes her to Gloucestershire to uncover the truth of a brutal murder.
The boyfriend, Thomas Perry.
Former LAPD officer, now a private eye, is asked for help about the murder of a young female escort only to find it is the work of a serial killer.
Holy smoke : a Jerusalem mystery, Frederick Ramsay.
Second in his Jerusalem Mystery series. Set in 29 A.D. where a body is found behind the veil of The Holy of Holies, the inner sanctum of the Temple.
The poisoned island, Lloyd Shepherd.
London 1812 and the restaging of Cook's first voyage on the Endeavour. Sir Joseph Banks wants to shape the future of the world when members of the crew are mysteriously found dead.
A treacherous likeness, Lynn Shepherd.
In the dying days of 1850 the young detective Charles Maddox takes on a new case. His client? The only surviving son of the long-dead poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein.
Screams in the dark, Anna Smith.
Racism is rife in Glasgow and refugees are disappearing. Crime journalist Rosie Gilmour investigates a dangerous case.
Bad blood, Dana Stabenow.
Kate Shugak is entangled in a bitter tribal rivalry when a body is found wedged in a fish wheel.
Black Irish, Stephan Talty.
Detective Absalom Kearney returns to Buffalo, New York, to take care of her father and is soon embroiled in a new case as a ruthless killer is at work. Sharp crime debut.
The golden calf, Helene Tursten
In the latest title in the Irene Huss series, three men are found executed in one of Gotenborg's most fashionable neighbourhoods.
The house on the cliff, Charlotte Williams.
First in a new series featuring psychotherapist Jessica Mayhew who becomes involved in the family problems of one of her troubled patients.

Romance

Must like kids, Jackie Braun.
Living the charade, Michelle Conder.
No more sweet surrender, Caitlin Crews.
Revealing the real Dr Robinson, Dianne Drake.
Pride after her fall, Lucy Ellis.
Ballroom to bride and groom, Kate Hardy.
The brooding doc's redemption, Kate Hardy.
In the heat of the spotlight, Kate Hewitt.
The one that got away, Kelly Hunter.
The downfall of a good girl, Kimberly Lang.
How to get over your ex, Nikki Logan.
Dealing her final card, Jennie Lucas.
Beautiful disaster, Jamie McGuire.
The Billionaire's baby SOS, Susan Meier.
Uncovering the Silveri secret, Melanie Milburne.
Bartering her innocence, Trish Morey.
Sold to the enemy, Sarah Morgan.
The son that changed his life, Jennifer Taylor.
Her Rocky Mountain protector, Patricia Thayer.
An inescapable temptation, Scarlet Wilson.
Baby out of the blue, Rebecca Winters.

Saga & Historical

Best kept secret, Jeffrey Archer.
Third book in The Clifton Chronicles series.
Shadow on the crown, Patricia Bracewell.
1002 and 15 year old Emma of Normandy is married to King Aethelred of England. She falls dangerously in love after the king has neglected her and courtiers lead a plot against her.
Secrets from the past, Barbara Taylor Bradford.
Story of secrets, survival and love that moves from the hills above Nice to the city of Venice and the riot-filled streets of Libya.
Destroyer of cities, Christian Cameron.
Demetrius, son of Alexander's former comrade, Antigonus One-Eye, was perhaps the most dashing and charismatic of the Successors, the Macedonian generals who fought a bitter war for the spoils of Alexander's short-lived empire. Still smarting from his epic defeat at the hands of Ptolemy, Demetrius has his eye on one of the richest prizes in the ancient world - the naval superpower of Rhodes.
The house girl, Tara Conklin.
A novel of love, family, and justice follows Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate in a Manhattan law firm, as she searches for the "perfect plaintiff" to lead a historic class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for descendants of American slaves.
Harvest, Jim Crace.
A remote English village wakes on the morning after harvest, looking forward to enjoying a hard-earned day of rest and feasting. But two mysterious columns of smoke mar the sky, raising alarm and suspicion.
A distant dream, Pamela Evans.
1936, West London, and May Stubbs and family establish a general store that does really well then May is sent away when she contracts TB.
That summer in Ischia, Penny Feeny.
Art photographer Gina has an enviable life in a great apartment but a chance encounter with an exchange student ends up disrupting her life.
The honey queen, Cathy Kelly.
It's easy to fall in love with the beautiful town of Redstone, the locals wave and chat to each other, the shops and cafes are full of cheerful hustle and bustle. And amidst all this activity, two women believe they are getting on just fine.
Child of vengeance, David Kirk.
First novel. In late 1550s Japan a well-born youth enters a monastery but comes to understand his real calling is to become a samurai warrior.
The specimen, Martha Lea.
1865 and a woman is on trial for the murder of a businessman/collector in this mix of mystery, melodrama and love story.
After Rome : a novel of Celtic Britain, Morgan Llywelyn.
Remaining on the virtually abandoned island of Britannia after centuries of Roman rule, two cousins pursue very different efforts to unite disparate tribes and factions, including throne-seeking Dinas and reluctant leader Cadogan.
The French promise, Fiona McIntosh.
Sequel to "The lavender keeper" has the war hero couple leaving for Tasmania.
The devil is white, William Palmer.
1792 and Englishmen are recruiting settlers for a new world where all races can live in harmony. The paradise they discover and then inhabit is short lived.
The icecutter's daughter, Tracie Peterson.
Unveils a new historical series that combines romance and adventure.
To honor and trust, Tracie Peterson, Judith Miller.
Recently jilted and accused of theft, governess Callie DeBoyer is tempted by the African mission field. Would she be following God's call or deserting her life and love?
Above all things, Tanis Rideout.
Blending historical facts with imaginative fiction, interweaves the story of George Mallory's ill-fated 1924 attempt to be the first man to conquer Mount Everest and a single day in the life of his wife as she waits at home in England for news of his return.
Hothouse flower, Lucinda Riley.
As a child Julia Forrester spent many idyllic hours in the hothouse of Wharton Park estate, where her grandfather tended the exotic flowers. So when a family tragedy strikes, Julia returns to the tranquility of Wharton Park and its hothouse.
When the heart heals, Ann Shorey.
Civil War nurse takes a new position with a small town doctor then a woman claiming to be his fiancee arrives.
Beyond the horizon, Peter Watt.
It is 1918, a year when war will end, but an even greater killer arises. On the bloody fields of the Western Front and the battle-scarred desert plains of the Middle East, Tom and Matthew Duffy are battling the enemy.
The promise, Ann Weisgarber.
1900 and a young pianist flees her Ohio town in the wake of a scandal and agrees to marry a man who lives on an island and has secrets in his past.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Fuse, Julianna Baggott.
In a post-apocalyptic world where those who dwell within the Dome are safe, and those who live outside struggle to survive, Pressia decodes secrets from the past in an effort to set the Wretches free of their fusings forever.
American elsewhere, Robert Jackson Bennett.
Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses, houses that conceal the strangest things. When ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in Wink, New Mexico, she learns that the people of Wink are very, very different.
Written in red, Anne Bishop.
Blood prophet Meg Corbyn, who can see the future when her skin is cut, escapes enslavement by her Controller and teams up with a shape-shifter who employs her as a Human Liaison.
Farside, Ben Bova.
A tale of the side of the moon that never faces Earth.
Dreams and shadows, C. Robert Cargill.
In the debut novel Dreams and shadows, screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill takes us beyond the veil, through the lives of Ewan and Colby, young men whose spirits have been enmeshed with the otherworld from a young age.
Jimmy and the crawler, Raymond E. Feist.
In the crime-ridden back alleys of Krondor a rival gang has sprung up to threaten the Upright Man's Mockers. Does the Crawler control the rival gang? Where does his power come from?
The goddess chronicle, Natsuo Kirino
From bestselling author Natsuo Kirino comes a chilling story of retribution and one woman's revenge.
Confessions of a vampire's girlfriend, Kate MacAlister
Traveling in Europe with psychics, magicians, and other bizarre people, normality is hard to come by. Francesca's boyfriend Benedikt may be a vampire, but he has a motorcycle. Her mother is a witch. And Fran herself has powers: she accidentally conjures an entire battlefield of warring Viking ghosts. Can she embrace the freakiness that is her life?
Power under pressure, Andrew P. Mayer.
Steampunk superheroes in Victorian-era New York. Third in "The society of steam" series.
Wonders of the invisible world, Patricia A. McKillip.
Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, a collection of imaginative short stories.
The demonologist, Andrew Pyper.
During a visit to Venice, Professor David Ullman — one of the world's leading authorities on demonic literature — witnesses a terror in a tiny attic room. Then his 12-year-old daughter Tess disappears before his eyes, and he must find her while confronting an unspeakable darkness along the way.
Tales of Majipoor, Robert Silverberg.
Spanning all of the world's history, these stories will illuminate and explore the remarkable setting that has enthralled so many over the years.
The testimony, James Smythe.
A global thriller presenting an apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of despair and destruction. What would you do if the world was brought to a standstill?
God of war. II, Robert E. Vardeman.
Once the mighty warrior Kratos was a slave to the gods, bound to do their savage bidding. After destroying Ares, the God of War, Kratos was granted his freedom by Zeus and even given the ousted god's throne on Olympus. Second in series.
Shadow of freedom, David Weber.
Latest in the long running Honor Harrington series.