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The Guardians - Andrew Pyper

The Guardians
Andrew Pyper

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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February 2012 Book of the Month. This fifth book from Canadian author Andrew Pyper is a cracker. Scary and thrilling, it is hard to close the book once you start. With a mix of diary based memories and a ‘history repeating itself’ present day this tale of four teenage friends bound by a horrific secret has set a high standard for other 2012 thrillers. THE GUARDIANS is a ghost story for grown-ups. Prepare to enter the Thurman House on Caledonia Street. You have been warned...

Wither : Book One of the Chemical Garden - Lauren DeStefano

Wither : Book One of the Chemical Garden
Lauren DeStefano

Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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A stunning debut YA novel, destined to blow the dystopian genre wide open - The Handmaid's Tale for a new generation. This edition will contain a sneak preview of the sequel, Fever, and a brand new short story by Lauren DeStefano: The First Bride.

The Last Four Things - Paul Hoffman

The Last Four Things
Paul Hoffman

Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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The Last Four Things is the second thrilling instalment in this remarkable blockbuster trilogy that began with the awesome The Left Hand of God. Paul Hoffman has crafted an epic narrative that will stand amongst the greats of heroic fiction. Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell. These are the Last Four Things. Now there are Five. Meet Thomas Cale...

Dead Until Dark : A True Blood Novel - Charlaine Harris

Dead Until Dark : A True Blood Novel
Charlaine Harris

Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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A Special Edition of Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary. This is the first in a delightful new supernatural series. Sookie Stackhouse is a fantastic heroine who finds herself caught up in a world of vampires and werewolves where, luckily for her, her telepathic skills make her more use alive than as a meal. Great fun and totally compelling this is going to get you hooked on Sookie Stackhouses's world.

Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds

Revelation Space
Alastair Reynolds

Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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A Special Edition of Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary. REVELATION SPACE: a huge, magnificent space opera that ranges acrioss the known and unknown universe ...towards the most terrifying of destinations.

Johannes Cabal : The Fear Institute - Jonathan L. Howard

Johannes Cabal : The Fear Institute
Jonathan L. Howard

Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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The third in the series featuring anti-hero Johannes Cabal who has been employed by the Fear Institute to track and destroy Phobic Animus - the source of all fear in dreams. Dryly witty and full of clever dialogue it is a highly enjoyable fantasy read. You don't have to read the books in series but if you do start with Johannes Cabal the Necromancer then Johannes Cabal the Detective. They are a must for fans of Terry Pratchett and Tim Burton.

The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell

The Reapers are the Angels
Alden Bell

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2011
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A very very different zombie novel that through evocative language and sometimes graphic violence explores what makes humans human. It definitely needs to be read.

The Woman In Black - Susan Hill

The Woman In Black
Susan Hill

Format: Paperback - Released: 19/01/2012
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Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral Mrs Alice Drablow, the house's sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.

Fever Book Two of the Chemical Garden - Lauren DeStefano

Fever Book Two of the Chemical Garden
Lauren DeStefano

Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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For 17-year-old Rhine Ellery, a daring escape from a suffocating polygamous marriage is only the beginning! Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago -- surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness. The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine's twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous -- and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can't seem to elude Rhine's father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion!by any means necessary. In the sequel to Lauren DeStefano's harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price -- now that she has more to lose than ever.

Songs of the Earth - Elspeth Cooper

Songs of the Earth
Elspeth Cooper

Format: Paperback - Released: 23/02/2012
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SONGS OF THE EARTH is the most compelling debut fantasy novel since Patrick Rothfuss first hit the shelves four years ago, with the stunning THE NAME OF THE WIND. Gair is under a death sentence. He can hear music - music with power - and in the Holy City that means only one thing: he's a witch, and he's going to be burnt at the stake. Even if he could escape, the Church Knights and their witchfinder would be hot on his heels while his burgeoning power threatesn to tear him apart from within. There is no hope ...none, but a secretive order, themselves persecuted almost to destruction. If Gair can escape, if he can master his own growing, dangerous abilities, if he can find the Guardians of the Veil, then maybe he will be safe. Or maybe he'll discover that his fight has only just begun.

Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels (Quick Reads) - Jacqueline Rayner

Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels (Quick Reads)
Jacqueline Rayner

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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A World Book Day 2012 Quick Read. This is a thrilling all-new adventure featuring the Doctor, Amy and Rory, as played by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in the spectacular hit series from BBC Television.

Switched Book One in the Trylle Trilogy - Amanda Hocking

Switched Book One in the Trylle Trilogy
Amanda Hocking

Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2012
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The new girl in High School, she's bored and frustrated by her small town life and then there's the secret that she can't tell anyone. Her mysterious ability she can influence people's decisions, without knowing how, or why ...When the intense and darkly handsome newcomer Finn suddenly turns up at her bedroom window one night her world is turned upside down. He holds the key to her past, the answers to her strange powers and is the doorway to a place she never imagined could exist. Forening, the home of the Trylle. Everything begins to make sense to Wendy. Among the Trylle, she is not just different, but special. But what marks her out as chosen for greatness in this world also places her in grave danger. With everything around her changing, Finn is the only person she can trust. But dark forces are conspiring not only to separate them, but to see the downfall everything that Wendy cares about. The fate of Forening rests in Wendy's hands, and the decisions she and Finn make could change all their lives forever ...