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• The Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander. 0060765704 AvonEos fantasy pb $6.99. First of an epic fantasy duology about a hidden queen who must fight to reclaim her birthright.
• Cowl by Neal Asher. 0765314207 Tor SF hb $24.95. Excellent space opera in the current British mode. Powerful and over the top and well worth reading.
• The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic by Avi. 0786608292 Hyperion YA fantasy hb $15.99. Set in medieval England and rish with mystery and atmosphere, this is a thought provoking fable about life and death, greed and betrayal, magic and secrets.
• Mercury by Ben Bova. 0765304120 Tor SF hb $24.95. Part of Bova's Grand Tour of the Solar System utilizing the current science for day after tomorrow adventure.
• Dead Beat: a Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. 0451460278 Roc Fantasy hb. $23.95. Seventh investigation in the best noir mystery contemporary fantasy series. First time in hardback.
• Heartwood by Barbara Campbell. 0756402905 Daw Fantasy pb $6.99. Debut fantasy novel. Year after year, for as long as Darak's people could remember, the battle of the Oak and the Holly had taken place, bringing an end to Winter and the rebirth of Spring. But this year the battle went wrong as Darak's brother became possessed by the spirit of the Holly. To free him, Darak must undertake a quest to restore the very balance of nature.
• The Abandoned by Douglas Clegg. 0843954108 Leisure Horror pb $6.99. Continuation of the Harrow House series.
• Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer. 0786852895 Hyperion YA fantasy $16.95. Criminal mastermind Artemis Fawl is back and so is his brilliant and dangerous enemy, Opal Koboi.
• The Innocent by Harlan Coben. 0525948740 Dutton Mystery hb. $25.95. Latest gripping thriller from the author of Just One Look and Tell No One.
• The Closers by Michael Connelly. 0316734942 Little, Brown Mystery hb. $26.95. The latest thriller with LA Police Detective Harry Bosch. Now working cold cases, Bosch again finds himself at odds with the higher-ups in LAPD.
• Whispering Nickel Idols by Glen Cook. 0451459741 Roc Fantasy pb original $6.99. In TunFaire, a city of gorgeous women, powerful sorcerers and dangerous magic, the beautiful, criminally insane daughter of a comatose crime boss has some lascivious designs on private investigator Garrett-who now has to figure out why everyone is suddenly after him.
• The God Particle by Richard Cox. 0345462858 DelRey Fantasy tpb $13.95. When a devastating accident during a trip to Switzerland leaves Steve with extraordinary mental powers, he seeks out the lead physicist on a project seeking the Higgs boson, the so-called God Particle, for help only to find themselves up against a mysterious dark force.
• The Naming by Allison Croggan. 0763626392 Candlewick YA Fantasy hb $17.99. Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her family is destroyed in war. She doesn't yet know she has inherited a powerful gift, one that marks her as a member of the noble School of Pellinor and enables her to see the world as no other can.
• The Right Madness by James Crumley. 0670034061 Viking Mystery hb. $24.95. Crumley brings back C.W. Sughrue from his early novel The Last Good Kiss, for another bender through the dark bars of the the West.
• The Jaguar and the Wolf by Leah Cutter. 045146026X Roc Fantasy pb original $6.99. When a Viking ship misses North America and drifts ashore in an ancient Mayan city, two cultures collide. The warrior Tyrthbrand and the high priestess Lady Two Bird must form an unlikely alliance to fight for their very lives. And as the clouds of war cover the earth, the Viking and Mayan gods are thrown into an ethereal conflict that could threaten the foundations of both Heavens and the Underworld.
• Migration by Julie Czerneda. 0756402603 DAW SF hb $24.95. Second in her new Species Imperative Series.
• Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow. 0765312786 Tor SF hc $24.95. Like his first two novels this is wildly imaginative, constantly whipsawing us between the preposterous, the amazing, and the deeply felt.
• Darkwitch Rising by Sara Douglass. 0765305429 Tor Fantasy hb $27.95. The third title in Sara Douglass's compelling Troy Game series, a riveting historical fantasy series of love and revenge set against the very fabric of time itself.
• By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle. 0805074961 Holt YA Fantasy hb $16.95. There's hidden places all over this land-old, old places. Places with a chain for them to chain up the wolf when it's time. A bone-chilling tale of werewolves and love, set in medieval Scotland.
• George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth by George Alec Effinger. 1930846320 Golden Gryphon Press SF hc $25.95. Collection of stories from the late, great Effinger.
• River of Wars by Eric Flint. 0345465679 DelRey SF hb $25.95. Alternate history sf novel of the American frontier.
• Delectable Mountains by Earlene Fowler. 0425202496 Berkley Prime Crime hb $23.95. Twelfth in this bestselling quilting mystery series. Fowler is a Guest of Honor for Austin's new mystery convention, ConMisterio, this July.
• The Jane Austin Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler 0452286530 Plume tpb. Associational literary novel from the acclaimed author of Sarah Canary. Now in paperback.
• Mirrormask by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean. 0060798750 HarperCollins/Morrow Fantasy hc $34.95. The illustrated screenplay of the film from Jim Henson Studios. Going to be cooool.
• Gravity Wells by James Alan Gardner. 0060087706 AvonEos SF trade pb $15.95. Author's first short story collection. Includes several nominated for various awards.
• A Sundial in a Grave: 1610 by Mary Gentle. 0380820412 Perennial SF trade pb. $14.95. Finally published in the US. A sweeping alternate history novel of Henry IV of France and seeds of the Thirty Years War.
• Hammerjack by Marc D. Giller. 0553383310 Bantam Spectra SF trade pb $12.00. A former hacker assigned to track down clandestine information traffickers becomes caught in the middle between ‘The Collective's' efforts to build a biological supercomputer and an antitechnology group waging war on ‘The Collective.'
• Maiden, Matron and Crone edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Kerrie Hughes. 0756402840 Daw Fantasy pb $6.99. Thirteen stories about the Triple Goddess [or 3 Fates] represented in various cultures, religions and mythologies. Includes stories by Charles de Lint and Tanya Huff.
• Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris. 0441012795 Ace Fantasy hb. $22.95. Fifth adventure of Sookie Stackhouse and the vampires of Louisiana.
• Gossamyr by Michele Hauf. 037380220X Luna tpb $13.95. Paranormal fantasy romance.
• Mission To Minerva by James P. Hogan. 0743499026 Baen SF hb $26.00. Parallel universes and archeology in this hard sf novel.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer™: Keep Me In Mind by Nancy Holder. 0689869868 Pocket pb $6.99. A choose your own path adventure with over two dozen possible endings.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer™: Queen of the Slayers by Nancy Holder. 1416902414 Simon Spotlight Horror pb $9.99. With the closing of the Hellmouth and the potential awakening of hundreds of would be slayers, Buffy thinks she has earned a normal life, but the forces of darkness naturally disagree.
• The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Robert E. Howard. 0803273533 tpb $17.95 and 0803224214 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. Powerful collection of heroic fantasy and horror tales including “Pigeons From Hell” and “Black Canaan.” Part of an extensive reissue of the work of Howard leading into his Centennial next year.
• Boxing Stories by Robert E. Howard. 0803273525 tpb $17.95 and 0803224230 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. Collection of 16 stories from the pulps showcasing Howard's love of boxing, including the completely restored version of “Iron Men”.
• The End of the Trail: Western Stories by Robert E. Howard. 0803273568 tpb $17.95 and 0803224249 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. A Collection of 12 stories of outlaws, gunmen, lawmen etc taken from the pulps.
• Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient by Robert E. Howard. 080327355X tpb $18.95 and 0803224222 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. Collection of stories that originally appeared in the pulps, now appearing in authoritative versions based upon the surviving manuscripts.
• The Riot of Bucksnort and Other Western Tales by Robert E. Howard. 0803273541 tpb $14.95 and 0803224257 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. Collection of the Breckinridge Elkins stories and others taken from the pulps.
• Bran Mak Morn: the Last King by Robert E. Howard. 0345461541 DelRey Fantasy tpb $15.95. Reissue of a collection originally published in a limited edition by Wandering Star. Contains the Gary Gianni artwork. Notable in that this version includes a newly found never before published story.
• Master of the Moon by Angela Knight. 0425203573 Berkley Horror romance pb $6.99. Small town policewoman Diana London is a shape shifting werewolf on the track of a killer vampiress.
• To Tame A Wolf by Susan Krinard. 0373770472 Harlequin Fantasy Romance pb $6.99. Pact with the devil and werewolf lust.
• Freedom's Apprentice by Naomi Kritzer. 055358742 Bantam Spectra Fantasy original pb $6.99. Book 2 of the Dead Rivers Trilogy based around ancient Greek culture.
• Sanctuary by Mercedes Lackey. 0756402468 Daw Fantasy hb $25.95. Third novel in her Dragon Jousters series.
• The Demonologist by Michael Laimo. 0843955279 Leisure Horror pb $6.99. A man fights to keep his sanity while possessed by a demon in a plot to take over hell.
• Child of a Rainless Year by Jane Lindskold. 0765309378 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. Contemporary dark fantasy novel set in northern New Mexico.
• The Book of Renfield: A Novel of Dracula by Tim Lucas. 0743243544 Touchstone horror tpb $14.00. A spin-off of Dracula from the point of view of insect eating scripture quoting Renfield.
• Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister. 0451214943 Signet Romance Fantasy pb $6.99. Aisling Grey, Guardian, from You Slay Me is back. This novice Keeper of the Gates To Hell travels to Budapest in this paranormal romance.
• The House of Storms by Ian R. MacLeod. 0441012809 Ace Fantasy hb. $24.95. Followup to the brilliant Dickensian radical urban fantasy alternate history, The Light Ages.
• Deerskin by Robin McKinley. 0441012396 Ace Fantasy tpb. $14.00. Reissue of this powerful young adult fantasy where nightmare and hope exist side by side.
• A Connecticut Fashonista In King Arthur's Court by Marianne Mancusi. 0505526336 Loveswept SF pb $6.99. An outspoken modern fashion editor stumbles back in time to Camelot and falls in love with Lancelot.
• Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez. 0765311437 Tor Horror hb $24.95. A rippingly wonderful novel, funny enough to wake the dead and gripping enough to captivate the living.
• The Martian War by Gabriel Mesta. 0743446399 Pocket SF hb $23.00. What if H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds had a basis in fact? That's the premise of Mesta's high-spirited, heartfelt tribute, in which Wells, his second wife, Amy Catherine ("Jane") Robbins, and his inspiring biology professor, T.H. Huxley, join forces with other real Victorians and various characters from Wells's books to thwart the Martian invasion of Earth in 1894.
• End In Fire by Syne Mitchell. 0451460332 Roc SF pb original $6.99. Astronaut Claire Logan is living her dream working on the space station Unity. But two days before her mission ends, Earth is engulfed in nuclear war. Stranded, helpless, and desperate to contact her family, Claire refuses to give up. But when the crippled Unity rescues a Chinese space station from certain death, Claire discovers that the war on Earth has come to space.
• The Unhandsome Prince by John Moore. 0441012876 Ace Fantasy pb $6.99. Latest humorous fantasy novel from this Houston author and FACT member. Sometimes a frog is just a frog.
• 47 by Walter Mosley. 0316110353 Little, Brown SF hb $16.99. His first book for young adults, he deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction about the nature of freedom.
• The Artsy Smartsy Club by Daniel Pinkwater. HarperCollins YA hb $15.99. The remarkable kids of Looking for Bobowicz returns with an entirely new mystery to explore--art! Pinkwater is the most subversive teen writer in the world!
• Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. 0765311771 Tor Fantasy hb $24.95. Surprisingly well done first novel. Original high concept and well thought out subplots on the intersection of religion and politics. Not the usual high fantasy. Well worth discovering.
• Killers of the Dawn: Cirque Du Freak Book 9 by Darren Shan. 0316156264 Little, Brown Horror hb $15.99. Teen vampire series full of satisfying macabre touches.
• Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter. 074349749X Simon & Schuster Dark Fantasy tpb $12.00. When a number of ‘virile' humans are abducted, Mia Snow, a member of an elite police task force to stalk and kill otherworldly predators, discovers a powerful race of aliens with psychic talents are responsible and she must use her own psychic powers to end the terror.
• Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair. 0553587986 Bantam Spectra SF pb $6.99. Captain Elliot hopes her luck has changed when a fighter ship crashes at her repair site but instead she discovers that someone very powerful wants her dead.
• Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson. 0345481259 Berkley Paranormal romance tpb $12.95. Moving to The City to build a new life and career, a young woman finds her life becoming very strange as a series of odd things and odd creatures begin to happen around her and discovers herself taking a job for Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc.
• The Spice Box by Lou Jane Temple. 0425200434 Berkley Prime Crime hb $21.95. First in a delicious new mystery series that takes readers on a cook's tour of kitchens through history.
• The Crimson Sword by Eldon Thompson. 0060741503 AvonEos fantasy hb $24.95. Author's first novel. Magic, adventure and swordplay abound in this first volume in an imaginative new epic fantasy series.
• Dark Moon Rising by James M. Thompson. 0786016167 Pinnacle Horror pb $5.99. Terrifying story of medical science gone wrong and werewolves.
• The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp edited by Harry Turtledove. 0743499042 Baen Fantasy pb $6.99. Original anthology of humorous fantasy in honor of the late De Camp. Includes stories from Poul Anderson, Fred Pohl, David Drake etc.
• 78 Reasons Why Your Book Will Never Be Published by Pat Walsh. 0143035657 Penguin Reference tpb. $13.00. Blunt, practical, and laugh out loud funny guide filled with advice that may actually help someone get into print.
• The Resurrected Man by Sean Williams. 1591023114 Pyr SF hb $25.00. First US edition of an Australian novel that portrays what society might actually result in after the introduction of a comercially available matter transporter.

• Changer of Days by Alma Alexander. 0060765704 AvonEos fantasy pb $6.99. Thrilling conclusion to this epic fantasy duology.
• Haunted by Kelley Armstrong. 0553587080 Bantam Spectra Dark Fantasy original pb $6.99. Thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic has a rebellious-and formerly deceased-witch.
• Meet the Thradons! by J.D. Austin. 0441012728 Ace SF pb $5.99. Sequel to Bobby's Girl has this other worldly lady taking Bobby to meet her parents.
• The Forbidden: a Vampire Huntress Legend by L. A. Banks. 0312336225 Griffin Horror tpb original $14.95. Damali and her squad confront their ultimate nemesis in the evil persona of Lilith, the consort of the Un-Named One.
• Soul Stealer by Martin Booth. 0316155918. Little, Brown YA Fantasy hb. $14.99. A modern day teen tale that merges past and present, alchemy and adventure, science and suspense. This is the sequel to Doctor Illuminatus [also available $14.00].
• The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold. 0060574623 AvonEos fantasy hb $24.95. Third epic fantasy in the world Bujold introduced in The Curse of Chalion. The use of middle aged women characters makes this an outstanding read.
• Diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esm´e Raji Codell. 0786809655 Little, Brown Fantasy hb $14.99. This sassy twist on fairy tales is for girls who have not quite outgrown the magic of classic fantasy--and are open to unconventional happily-ever-afters.
• Age of Conan Hyborean Adventures: Blood of Wolves by Loren L. Coleman. 0441012922 Ace Fantasy pb original $6.99. Howard's mythic Conan returns in the first of a new trilogy: Legends of Kern.
• The Tyranny of Night by Glen Cook. 0765306840 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. Beginning of a new series, apparently unconnected to the Black Company. Book one of The Instrumentalities of the Night.
• Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley. 0060556587 Morrow SF hb $25.95. Secret history novel of a lost novel by Lord Byron, the daughter who tried to save it, and the scholar who discovered her secret. One of the best writers of our time.
• Fantastic Four by Peter David. 1416509801 Pocket Star SF pb original $6.99. Based on the script for the life action movie featuring the Marvel Comic's classic heroes.
• Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail by Christopher Dawes. 1560256788 Thunder's Mouth Fantasy tpb original $15.95. A modern day search for the Holy Grail plunges the investigators on a psychedelic globe trotting journey with Cathars, the Knights Templar, the Man in the Iron Mask, Tinagel and, of course, the Masons.
• Embroidered Truths by Monica Ferris. 0425203018 Ace PrimeCrime hb. $22.95. Ninth investigation of full-time needlework shop owner and part time sleuth Betsy Devonshire.
• The Tower of Ravens: Book One of Rhiannon's Ride by Kate Forsyth. 0451460324 Roc Fantasy pb $7.50. Author of the Eileanan series starts a new Celtic inspired trilogy.
• Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories by Gregory Frost. 1930846347 Golden Gryphon SF hb $25.95. Collection of 14 award nominated stories.
• Grimm Memorials by R. Patrick Gates. 0786016981 Leisure Horror pb $6.50. For more than 50 years, Eleanor Grimm has been bewitching the parents and spiriting away the souls of their children.
• The Tears of the Furies by Christopher Golden & Thomas Sniegoski. 0441012930 Ace Fantasy pb original $7.99. The second novel featuring the Menagerie.
• Gateways edited by Martin H. Greenberg. 0756402859 DAW original SF pb $6.99. Original anthology offering gateways to worlds real or imagined by such writers as Gregory Benford and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer. 0060575611 Eos SF pb $7.99. Reprint anthology of these editors selections for the best short stories of 2004.
• Vampire Beach by Alexa Hayes. 1416508228 iBooks Horror pb $6.99. Small California coastal town in changed with the arrival of a 400 year old vampire and his entourage.
• Ashes by H.R. Howland. 0425203530 Berkley Horror pb $6.99. An unimaginable evil has worked its way across the world in search of a kindred spirit.
• A Presence In An Empty Room by Velda Johnson. 141650799X iBooks Horror pb $6.99. The ghost of the ex-wife haunts a newlywed in her new home.
• City of the Dead by Brian Keene. 0843954159 Leisure Horror pb $6.99. Sequel to the Bram Stoker Award™ winning zombie novel The Rising.
• Silver's Bane by Anne Kelleher. 0373802226 Luna tpb $13.95. Paranormal fantasy romance sequel to: Silver's Edge.
• Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner. 0425202526 Berkley Romance Horror trade pb. $14.00. Begins the adventures of a demon hunting surburban soccer mom. Author lives in Georgetown, TX. Never thought to look for creatures from the depths of hell there.
• The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum. 0843955430 Leisure Horror pb $6.99. Reissue of the Overlook Connection limited edition with the addition of two bonus short stories.
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. 0316011770 Little, Brown Horror hb $25.95. Literary horror novel of a motherless American Girl, who after discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, investigates the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler.
• A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster, edited by Eric Flint. 0743499107 Baen SF pb $7.99. Omnibus of three novels, The Pirates of Zan, Gateway to Elsewhere, and The Duplicators and three short stories as Baen tries to reintroduce golden age author Leinster to a new generation.
• To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy. 055358717X Bantam Spectra SF pb $6.99. Concluding the epic science fiction sequence of the Queendom of Sol begun with The Collapsium.
• Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip. 0441012485 Ace Fantasy hb. $22.95. Latest thought provoking romantic fantasy from this unique writer. Kinuko Craft cover art.
• Vigil by Robert Masello. 0425203506 Berkley Horror pb original $7.99. Paleontologist Carter Cox is a man of science whose faith in the empirical is about to be shaken by forces of evil when he begins to decipher the message left by two ancient artifacts--one reveals the secrets of heaven, and the other foretells an impending hell.
• Alector's Choice by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. 0765313871 Tor Fantasy hb $27.95. A return to Corus, setting of his recent trilogy (Legacies, Darknesses, Scepters), to begin the epic story of the fall of a great civilization.
• The White Wolf's Son by Michael Moorcock. 0446577022 Warner Aspect Fantasy hb $24.95. The final novel of The Albino, Elric, for awhile. Featuring the granddaughter of The Dreamthief's Daughter from the previous episode and Ulric von Bek searching for the Runestaff and other manifestations of the Grail. Wonderful cover art from Robert Gould.
• Urban Shaman by C. E. Murphy. 0373802234 Luna tpb $13.95. Paranormal fantasy romance. A first novel.
• Building Harlequin's Moon by Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper. 0765312662 Tor SF hb $25.95. The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology, and rife with political dangers. The John Glenn's crew intended to terraform the nearly pristine planet Ymir, in hopes of creating a utopian society that would limit intelligent technology. But by some miscalculation they have landed in another solar system.
• The Dragon Scroll by I.J. Parker. 0143035320 Penguin Mystery tpb. $14.00. Debut of a new historical mystery series set in the lively world of eleventh century Japan.
• Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. 039915275X Putnam Mystery hb $23.95. In this first of a new series of historical novels, wounded Seventeenth Century Spanish soldier Alatriste works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid. When his latest job takes an surprise deadly turn he discovers he is in the employ of one the the Inquisition's most dangerous men.
• November Mourns by Tom Piccirilli. 055358720X Bantam Spectra Dark Fantasy pb $5.99. A man must confront the strange inhabitants of his old home town to discover the awful truth of his sister's death.
• A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett. 0060586621 Harper Fantasy pb $6.99. For those waiting for the paperback of this fine teen sequel to The Wee Free Men.
• Dance of Death by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. 0446576972 Warner Suspense hb $25.95. FBI Special Agent Pendergast lives in this sixth compelling thriller.
• Stolen Magic by M. J. Putney. 0345476891 DelRey Fantasy hb $23.95. Assigned the task of ensuring that those of the Nobility do not misuse their powers, Simon Earl of Falconer confronts a rogue Guardian who turns the Earl into a Unicorn until an ensorcelled girl breaks the spell.
• Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds. 0441012906 Ace SF hb. $24.95. First US edition. One of the best hard adventure sf writers latest novel. Political snarking worthy of Graham Greene.
• Into the Looking Glass by John Ringo. 0743498801 Baen SF hb $24.00. An investigation into the explosion that led to the destruction of a Florida University and much of the surrounding countryside leads to the discovery of a series of interdimensional gateways through which alien invaders attempt to annihilate all life on Earth.
• Beyond the Pale by Savannah Russe. 0451215648 Signet Romance pb $6.99. Beautiful vampire Daphne Urban has avoided detection for 500 years making her perfect as a spy. But when Darius, a sexy vampire slayer, discovers her both are torn with desire.
• Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy edited by Al Sarrantonio. 0451460367 Roc Fantasy tpb. $16.00. Daring, star packed original anthology now in paperback. Includes stories by Neil Gaiman, Charles De Lint, George R.R. Martin, Joe Lansdale etc.
• Thraxas and the Sorcerers by Martin Scott. 0743499085 Baen Fantasy hb $25.00. Reprint omnibus of the fifth and sixth Thraxas novels. First time in hardback.
• The Emerald Wand of Oz by Sherwood Smith; illustrated by William Stout. HarperCollins Fantasy hb $16.99. With the blessings of the Oz estate this is the first of four brand new stories that blend the modern fantasy adventure with the classic story like Oz.
• A Rumor of Gems by Ellen Steiber. 0312858795 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. "The city of Arcato holds masks and shape-shifters, tricksters and true love, gods and dragons, and a glittering hoard of amethysts and topaz, rubies and moonstones. Steiber weaves her spell with all this and more, to create a beautiful, dazzling, magical novel."--Lisa Goldstein.
• The Hidden Family by Charles Stross. 0765313472 Tor SF hb. $24.95. Second Merchant Princes novel. Fun with parallel worlds.
• Murder On Lenox Hill: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson. 0425202607 Ace Mystery hb. $22.95. Seventh in this Edgar Award ™ nominated series of a midwife working the tenements of 1890's New York.
• The Time of Troubles I by Harry Turtledove. 1416509046 Baen Fantasy hb $26.00. Reprint omnibus of the first two Videssos novels, The Stolen Throne and Hammer and Anvil, which had been paperback originals.
• Mammoth by John Varley. 0441012817 Ace SF hb. $23.95. A tale with tusks. Modern archeologist finds an intact frozen wooly mammoth alongside a 12,000 year old Stone Age hunter wearing a wristwatch.
• Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughn. 0765352648 Tor Fantasy pb $6.99. Author's debut novel is a Paranormal fantasy romance and the first of a trilogy.

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