“High Deryni” by Katherine Kurtz. Release Date: December 4, 2007. Originally published in 1973, “High Deryni” is the conclusion to Katherine Kurtz’s first Deryni trilogy (The Chronicles of the Deryni), a series which is now comprised of five trilogies including the not-yet-completed Childe Morgan trilogy, one standalone novel and various short stories. While “High Deryni” has been reprinted a number of times, this new version by Ace Books has been revised and expanded by the New York Times bestselling author…
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“The Blue-Haired Bombshell” by John Zakour. Release Date: December 4, 2007. In the fifth book starring Zachary Nixon Johnson, the world's last freelance private investigator must find the assassin who murdered Sexy Sprocket and two other members of the World Council. His investigation leads him to the Moon and to a tall, sensuous, blue-haired beauty named Lea who possesses psychic powers, and powerful ambitions... Zakour describes his writing as "humorous, pulp, fun, SF which is bubblegum for the brain!"
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“Garden of Darkness” by Anne Frasier. Release Date: December 4, 2007. In the terrifying follow-up to the acclaimed “Pale Immortal” by USA Today bestselling Anne Frasier, medical examiner Rachel Burton is drawn back to the haunted town of Tuonela and the legend of the Pale Immortal, the so-called vampire whose exhumed body is now on display. As Evan—the man Rachel’s always loved—succumbs to madness, those around him will suspect the worst, but nothing will compare to the one who has been awakened...
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“Inferno” edited by Ellen Datlow. Release Date: December 10, 2007. Multiple World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Award-winning editor Ellen Datlow presents twenty original tales of terror from some of the most powerful voices in the field: Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Glen Hirshberg, K. W. Jeter, Joyce Carol Oates, Lucius Shepard, Conrad Williams, etc. An aptly titled anthology, “Inferno” will scare the pants off readers and further secure Ellen Datlow's standing as a preeminent editor of modern horror…
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“The Sorcerers’ Plague” by David B. Coe. Release Date: December 10, 2007. Winner of the William L. Crawford Award for the first two volumes in The LonTobyn Chronicles, David B. Coe then enthralled readers and critics with his follow-up saga Winds of the Forelands, an epic fantasy full of political intrigue, complex characters and magical conspiracy. Now David takes the hero of that series to new adventures across the sea on a journey to the Southlands in a brand new trilogy that kicks off with “The Sorcerers’ Plague”…
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“Metal Swarm” by Kevin J. Anderson. Release Date: December 10, 2007. While a lot of Kevin J. Anderson’s extraordinary success—has written 41 national bestsellers and has over 20 million books in print worldwide in thirty languages—can be attributed to the work he’s done on Star Wars spin-off novels and the Dune prequels that he’s co-authored with Brian Herbert, Kevin actually considers his Saga of Seven Suns SF series some of his best work. “Metal Swarm”, the sixth volume, continues the epic Saga…
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“The Sword of Venice” by Thomas Quinn. Release Date: December 10, 2007. Told against the backdrop of historical events—the continuing war between Venice and the Ottoman Empire, the Ferrara War that exploded across the Italian peninsula, and the constant intrigues of the powerful papacy—“The Sword of Venice”, Book Two of The Venetians (after 2005’s The Lion of St. Mark), brings to life the Ziani and Soranzo families, who must cope with love, loss, treachery, kidnapping, murder, war, and peace…
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“Still Life With Devils” by Deborah Grabien. Release Date: December 10, 2007. In this paranormal suspense thriller from Deborah Grabien, author of the Haunted Ballads series, homicide chief Cassius Chant is desperately searching for the serial killer Captain Nemo before he claims his seventh victim. To help crack the case though, it will be up to Cassius’ sister Leotyne and her unique artistic ability. For you see, Leo can walk into the worlds she's created on canvas and this time, she’s going to hunt down a killer…
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“Another One Bites the Dust” by Jennifer Rardin. Release Date: December 12, 2007. “Im Jaz Parks. CIA assassin. Black belt. Belly dancer at the Corpus Christi Winter Festival. The last is cover for my latest mission: retrieve a vital piece of biotechnology by killing the maniac who stole it. Then there are the reavers, ancient fiends who murder innocents and eat their souls. Only I can sense them. So it's not long before they'll want me dead, dead, dead.” Another One Bites the Dust is the second Jaz Parks adventure…
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“The Lost Fleet: Courageous” by Jack Campbell. Release Date: December 18, 2007. Writing under the pseudonym ‘Jack Campbell’, military science fiction author John G. Henry’s (Stark’s War, Paul Sinclair) national best-selling Lost Fleet series—Dauntless (Volume One), Fearless (Volume Two)—continues in “Courageous” as Captain John "Black Jack" Geary and the Alliance Fleet’s perilous journey home gets even more dangerous when they learn of an alien race with the power to annihilate humankind…
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“Airs & Graces” by Toby Bishop. Release Date: December 18, 2007. “Since bonding with a winged foal by accident in “Airs Beneath the Moon”, Larkyn Hamley has risen from a wild country girl to become one of the finest students at the Academy of the Air. But Duke William, the new ruler of Oc, is obsessed with riding a winged horse himself and his madness leads him to ignore his traditional duties to protect the Duchy. Now it's Larkyn who must take flight to save her country, her Academy, and her own life…”
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“Broken Angel” by Brian Knight. Release Date: December 18, 2007. Originally published in 2005 as a limited edition hardcover, “Broken Angel” by horror writer Brian Knight (Hacks, King of Souls) is seeing a reprint thanks to Delirium Books. “Life in Clearwater was quiet, even a little dull. Then the strange girl arrived—drugged, sick, with no memory of her past. As Angel’s health improves and her memory returns, insanity creeps through the small town like a plague, spawning violence, and no one is immune…”
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“Starship: Mercenary” by Mike Resnick. Release Date: December 24, 2007. Incredibly, Mike Resnick (Kirinyaga, A Hunger in the Soul) has won five Hugos, been nominated for twenty-five more; has sold forty-eight novels, almost two hundred short stories; edited forty anthologies; and according to Locus, is the leading all-time award winner—living or dead—for short fiction among science fiction writers. “Mercenary” is the third Starship space opera adventure following “Mutiny” (Book One) and “Pirate” (Book Two)…
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“Half the Blood of Brooklyn” by Charlie Huston. Release Date: December 26, 2007. In the third Joe Pitt casebook, war is on the way and every Vampyre in Manhattan can feel it coming. But Joe has another fight on his hands—his girl Evie is sicker than ever. On top of that, Joe has a new assignment: Go to Brooklyn to investigate the violent demise of a blood dealer. It’s a devilish task, yet one thought pushes him forward—Evie—even if his effort to save her ends up costing what little life he has left…” The best Joe Pitt novel yet!!!
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“Dragon Harper” by Anne McCaffrey + Todd J. McCaffrey. Release Date: December 26, 2007. “Award-winning and bestselling author Anne McCaffrey has dazzled audiences with her numerous tales of the Dragonriders of Pern, one of the most popular science fiction series of all time. Now in “Dragon Harper”, Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd J. McCaffrey, spin a tale of a mysterious illness that may succeed in doing what centuries of Threadfall could not: kill every last human on Pern…”
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“Troy: Fall of Kings” by David Gemmell + Stella Gemmel. Release Date: December 26, 2007. Even though David Gemmell (Legend, Waylander, the Drenai & Rigante series) sadly passed away in 2006 before completing the final novel in his Troy trilogy—a historical fantasy loosely based on The Iliad, the author did have around 70,000 words written and detailed chapter notes available, which enabled his wife Stella to finish writing Fall of Kings (after 2005’s Lord of the Silver Bow and 2006’s Shield of Thunder)…
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“Firstborn” by Arthur C. Clarke + Stephen Baxter. Release Date: December 26, 2007. With “Time’s Eye” and “Sunstorm”, the first two books in their acclaimed Time Odyssey series, the legendary master of science fiction Clarke and his brilliant co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future where the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization. In the conclusion, readers finally get to meet the Firstborn—the mysterious alien race who built 2001: A Space Odyssey’s iconic black monolith…
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“Diablerie” by Walter Mosley. Release Date: December 26, 2007. In this icy noir from a master of American fiction, the darkest secrets are the ones we keep hidden from ourselves. With the same erotic force as Killing Johnny Fry, but grounded in a far darker vision of human nature, “Diablerie” is a transfixing new short novel from one of our most powerful writers… Publisher’s Weekly says, “This is Mosley at his deepest and best, scratching away the faces we wear to reveal the person behind the masks…”
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“Thunderer” by Felix Gilman. Release Date: December 26, 2007. “In this breathtaking debut novel from exciting new writer and lawyer Felix Gilman, one man embarks on a thrilling and treacherous quest for his people’s lost god in an elaborate Dickensian city that is either blessed…or haunted... A tour de force of the imagination, and a brilliant tale of rebellion, Thunderer heralds the arrival of a truly gifted fantasy writer who has created a tale as rich, wondrous, and captivating as the world in which it is set…”
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“Queen of Dragons” by Shana Abé. Release Date: December 26, 2007. Hidden among the remote hills of eighteenth-century England lives a powerful clan of shape-shifters who’ve become the stuff of myths and legends. They are the drákon—supersensual creatures with the ability to Turn from human to smoke to dragon. Now in “Queen of Dragons”, the third volume in Shana Abé's award-winning Drákon series, a treacherous new enemy threatens to destroy their world of magic and glittering power…
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“Dust” by Elizabeth Bear. Release Date: December 26, 2007. Ever since her first novel “Hammered” was published in 2005, Elizabeth Bear—the 2005 John W. Campbell Award winner for Best New Writer—has been amazingly prolific releasing the Jenny Casey trilogy, standalone novels, a collaboration with Sarah Monette, the first two volumes of the Promethean Age, and various short stories & collections. In “Dust”, Ms. Bear starts yet another series—the Jacob’s Ladder science fiction trilogy…
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“The Thieves of Fate” by Richard Doetsch. Release Date: December 26, 2007. Michael St. Pierre, Doetsch's heroic thief from his acclaimed first novel “The Thieves of Heaven”, is back and this time is blackmailed into stealing a priceless treasure from within the perilous bowels of the Kremlin to save his old confidant Genevieve Zivera...and the father he never knew. The invaluable mythical box, the map to which is first revealed on the canvas back of a centuries-old, priceless painting, may hold the key to immortality…
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“The Sweet Far Thing” by Libba Bray. Release Date: December 26, 2007. “It has been a year since Gemma Doyle arrived at the Spence Academy, where she discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world full of dark magic which she bound to herself, forging unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds…” Concluding the trilogy that began in “A Great and Terrible Beauty” & “Rebel Angels”, Ms. Bray’s latest is a YA novel of epic proportions…
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“The Seven Days of Peter Crumb” by Jonny Glynn. Release Date: December 26, 2007. Making it’s US debut, Jonny Glynn's “The Seven Days of Peter Crumb” is an extraordinary first novel that portrays the deterioration of a man who suffers two personalities, only one of which is capable of remorse… Peter’s life has been derailed by a single, devastating act of violence, and now, in what he intends to be his last week on earth, he is determined to leave his mark upon humanity—randomly, unjustly, and with infinite attention to detail…
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“Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane)” by Drew Karpyshyn. Release Date: December 26, 2007. From New York Times bestselling science fiction/fantasy author and award-winning writer/designer for BioWare (Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire) Drew Karpyshyn, comes the thrilling sequel to “Star Wars: Path of Destruction” which continues the story of Darth Bane—his rise into one of the most powerful Sith Lords ever, and his fierce quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy…
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“Heroes: Saving Charlie” by Aury Wallington. Release Date: December 26, 2007. “Saving Charlie” tells the story of Hiro who uses his ability to manipulate time to travel into the past to save Charlie—a waitress with an extraordinary memory—from being murdered by super-powered serial killer Sylar. Fans of the TV series were given only a brief glimpse into Hiro & Charlie's relationship as it grew into love over six time-changing months, but their history is told here with the depth and insight that only a novel will allow…
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