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The Heroes Joe Abercrombie
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Why do people fight pointless wars and what does it take to be called a Hero? If you are a lover of action fantasy novels then the... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
Other Featured Books this Month
The Testament of Jessie Lamb Jane Rogers
Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2012.
Jessie Lamb is an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times: as her world collapses, her idealism and courage drive her towards the ultimate act of heroism. If the human race is to survive,... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/2011
The Watchtower Lee Carroll
Will Hughes, the alluring four-hundred-year-old vampire who tasted her blood and saved her life, could help, but he's disappeared. Garet believes he's in France, searching for the Summer Country, the legendary land of the Fey where he might be freed... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
Robopocalypse Daniel H. Wilson
Roughly twenty years from now, our technological marvels unite and turn against us. A childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online...and kills the man who created it. This first act of betrayal leads Archos to gain... Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
Manhattan in Reverse Peter F. Hamilton
In 1998 Peter F. Hamilton, the master of space opera and top ten bestselling author, published his first collection of short stories in A Second Chance at Eden. Thirteen years later he returns to short fiction with a new collection.... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
The Inheritance Robin Hobb
A collection of novellas and stories from one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm. Bingtown heiresses rub shoulders in this wonderful collection with vampires and alien... Format: Paperback - Released: 30/04/2012
Ascend Book Three in the Trylle Trilogy Amanda Hocking
Wendy Everly can barely remember what it was like to feel like a normal girl. She'd wished for her life to be different but everything is so much more complicated than she'd expected. And she certainly hadn't dreamt she'd be... Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
The Map of Time Felix J. Palma
An epic, ambitious and page-turning mystery that will appeal to fans of The Shadow of the Wind, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Time Traveller's Wife London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Embassytown China Mieville
Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2012.
Shortlisted for the BSFA Best Novel Award 2011.
China Mieville is not just a galaxy in the science fiction firmament, he is a whole...
Talulla Rising Glen Duncan
The first book in this new series, The Last Werewolf, was one of our 'stand out reads' for 2011, so getting the sequel to review was an exciting event...
The Cove Ron Rash
This simple and sad story is told with such exquisite language and believable characters you will be transported to the Appalachian mountains of Carolina during the First World War. Prejudice,...
Sea of Ghosts Alan Campbell
Leaving the behind the imaginings of Deepgate, Alan Campbell introduces a new world, a new cast of characters in a novel that reads like a cross between Stephen Deas and...
The Month Before's Featured Books
Incubus Carol Goodman
Dr Callie McFay travels to the small college town of Fairwick in New York State for a job interview. Despite it being her second choice she finds herself talked into...
Fever : Book Two of the Chemical Garden Lauren DeStefano
Exciting new dystopian teen fiction. Genetic engineering gone wrong has lead to a radically different population structure and teenage girls are forced to breed to keep the
human race alive....
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick
The outstanding novel that became the cult classic film Blade Runner. Considered to be one of the great works of science fiction, it raises important questions about religion, technology and...
The Dark and Hollow Places Carrie Ryan
The terrifying and heartbreaking third installment in Carrie Ryan's dystopian series - perfect for readers looking for their next injection of supernatural
thrills and dread. The two previous novels,
666 Charing Cross Road Paul Magrs
Shelley didn't expect her posh new boyfriend Daniel to be enthralled by the quintessence of evil. She's preoccupied with the surprise success of Bessie, the oddly lifelike centrepiece of her...
Redemption in Indigo Karen Lord
Paama, who is a great cook, has returned to her family after 10 years of marriage to the gluttonous Ansige, but two years later he hires the master tracker Kwame...
The Land of Painted Caves Jean M. Auel
The triumphant finale of the hugely successful Earth's Children series. Once again, Jean Auel combines her brilliant narrative skills and
appealing characters with a remarkable re-creation of the way life...
The Once and Future King T. H. White
March 2012 Guest Editor Alan Bradley on T. H. White...
No other book, I think, has had such a great influence on my own writing. White’s agent once said of...
The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan
This is a quite remarkable and moving debut novel that was causing waves well before it was published. The author has crafted a powerful and at times frightening tale that...
Uglies Scott Westerfeld
Tally can't wait to turn sixteen and become Pretty. Sixteen is the magic number that brings a transformation from a repellent Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty, and catapults you...
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