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Always Forever: Age of Misrule 3| Mark Chadbourn | July 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9| $15.98 |
The modern world has been transformed into a land of myth, a magical place where fabulous beasts soar on the air currents, a terrifying place where shape-shifting monsters stalk the cities. Mankind’s days appear numbered. Our only hope—the Brothers and Sisters of Dragons ...



Chasing the Dragon| Justina Robson | August 09 | Trade Paperback |
6 x 9 | $15.98 | Ever since the Quantum Bomb of 2015 things have been different; the dimensions have fused and suddenly our world is accessible to elves, demons, ghosts, and elementals—and their worlds are open to us. Things have been different for Special Agent Lila Black too. Chasing the Dragon is bright, fast-moving, and accessible SF that mixes in fantasy and a cool cult-lit sensibility to create a series that will appeal to all fans of Laurrell K. Hamilton and Peter Hamilton alike.

Dawnthief: Chronicles of the Raven 1| James Barclay | September 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 | The Raven: six men and an elf, sword for hire in the wars that have torn apart Balaia. For years their loyalty has been only to themselves and their code. But, that time is over. The Wytch Lords have escaped and The Raven find themselves fighting for the Dark College of magic, searching for the location of Dawnthief. It is a spell created to end the world, and it must be cast if any of them are to survive. Dawnthief is a fast paced epic about a band of all-too-human heroes.

Desolation Road| Ian McDonald | July 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $15.98 | It all began thirty years ago on Mars, with a greenperson. But by the time it all finished, the town of Desolation Road had experienced every conceivable abnormality from Adam Black's Wonderful Travelling Chautauqua and Educational ‘Stravaganza (complete with its very own captive angel) to the Gallacelli brothers, identical triplets who fell in love with—and married—the same woman. This early novel by Ian McDonald was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

Diving into the Wreck| Kristine Kathryn Rusch | November 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 |
Boss loves to dive historical ships, derelict spacecraft found adrift in the blackness between the stars. Then one day, Boss finds the claim of a lifetime: an enormous spacecraft, incredibly old, and apparently Earth-made. It's impossible for something so old, built in the days before Faster Than Light travel, to have journeyed this far from Earth. What Boss finds could rewrite history, cost lives, and start an intergalactic war.

The Grave Thief| Tom Lloyd | September 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 | Scree has been wiped from the face of the Land in a brutal demonstration of intent. While those responsible scatter to work on the next step in their plan, the stakes are raised—all the way to the heavens—as the Gods themselves enter the fray...




Nightchild: Chronicles of the Raven 3| James Barclay | November 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 |
There Is A New Power Coming. It will sweep aside the four colleges of magic. It is the power of the land, and it has manifested itself in Lyanna, a five year old girl. Unknowingly, she could destroy Balaia. Desperate to maintain their power, the colleges will do anything to control the child. If that fails, they will kill her.


Noonshade: Chronicles of the Raven 2| James Barclay | October 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 |
Now the land of Balaia, still riven by war, must live with the consequences. The Dawnthief spell—designed to destroy the world, but cast to save it—has torn a hole in the sky, a pathway into the dragon dimension, and, through it, unfriendly eyes are turning to Balaia...



Prince of Storms: Book Four of The Entire and The Rose| Kay Kenyon | January 2010 | Hardcover | 6 x 9 | $26.00 |
Finally in control of the Ascendancy, Titus Quinn has styled himself Regent of the Entire. But his command is fragile. He rules an empire with a technology beyond human understanding; spies lurk in the ancient Magisterium; the Tarig overlords are hamstrung but still malevolent. Worse, his daughter Sen Ni opposes him for control, believing the Earth and its Rose universe must die to sustain the failing Entire.

The Quiet War| Paul McAuley | September 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 |
Twenty-third century Earth, ravaged by climate change, looks backwards to the holy ideal of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power has been grabbed by a few powerful families and their green saints. Millions of people are imprisoned in teeming cities; millions more labour on Pharaonic projects to rebuild ruined ecosystems...


Sasha: A Trial of Blood & Steel| Joel Shepherd | October 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 | Spurning her royal heritage to be raised by the great warrior, Kessligh, her exquisite swordplay astonishes all who witness it. But Sasha is still young, untested in battle and often led by her rash temper. Her defiant wilfulness is attracting the wrong kind of attention. When the Udalyn people—the symbol of Goeren-yai pride and courage—are attacked, Sasha will face her moment of testing. How will she act? Is she ready to lead? Can she be the saviour they need her to be?

The Silver Skull: Swords of Albion Book 1| Mark Chadbourne | November 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 | Will Swyfte's exploits against the forces of Philip of Spain have made him a national hero, lauded from Carlisle to Kent. Yet his associates can barely disguise their incredulity—what is the point of a spy whose face and name is known across Europe? But Swyfte's public image is a carefully-crafted façade, which deflects attention from his real work—and the true reason why Walsingham's spy network was established.

Stalking the Dragon| Mike Resnick | August 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $15.98 | It’s Valentine's Day and private detective John Justin Mallory is planning on closing up the office early. But before he can turn off the lights and lock the door, a panic-stricken Buffalo Bill Brody visits. It seems that the Eastminster pet show is being held the next day, and his dragon, Fluffy, the heavy favorite, has been kidnapped.



Starship: Flagship| Mike Resnick | December 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 | The date is 1970 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, and the Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, finds itself in an all-out war against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man's growing military and economic power. The rebel starship, the Theodore Roosevelt, under the command of Wilson Cole, is preparing to lead Cole's ragtag armada into the Republic, even though he is outnumbered thousands to one.

This Crooked Way| James Enge | October 09 | Trade Paperback | 6 x 9 | $16.00 | Travelling alone in the depths of winter, Morlock Ambrosius (bitterly dry drunk, master of all magical makers, wandering swordsman, and son of Merlin Ambrosius and Nimue Viviana) is attacked by an unknown enemy. Soon he will find that his enemy wears a familiar face, and that the duel he has stumbled into will threaten more lives than his own, leaving nations shattered in its chaotic wake. And at the end of his long road waits the death of a legend.

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