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From the Russian masters of science fiction comes The Dead Mountaineer's Inn, a hilarious spoof on the classic country-house murder mystery.
When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at a remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He's there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude.
But he hadn't counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch, including
...6403) ReDawn
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From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the second of three Skyward series novellas, each told from the perspective of a different member of the team back on Detritus. Read Alanik's story between Starsight and Cytonic.
“Don’t trust their lies. Don’t trust their false peace.” That is the warning that Alanik of the planet ReDawn gave the human pilot Spensa after Alanik’s ship...
“Don’t trust their lies. Don’t trust their false peace.” That is the warning that Alanik of the planet ReDawn gave the human pilot Spensa after Alanik’s ship...
6404) Red Rising, Part 1
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"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. "Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field."—USA Today Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music! "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they ...
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Super sidekicks volume 1
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"Feeling unappreciated by their superheroes, J.J. and his fellow sidekicks make their own crime-fighting team, and quickly learn they must defend the world from the evil Dr. Enok"--
6406) This planet rocks!
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Rover and Speck volume 1
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"Meet Rover and Speck. Together, they're about to embark on an epic planetary adventure to make awesome discoveries and collect cool scientifc data."--
6407) The arm of the starfish
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A marine biology student reporting to his summer job on an island off portugal finds himself at the center of a power struggle between his boss and another group of americans.
6408) The black demon
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Oilman Paul Sturges' idyllic family vacation turns into a nightmare when they encounter a ferocious megalodon shark that will stop at nothing to protect its territory. Stranded and under constant attack, Paul and his family must somehow find a way to get his family back to shore alive before it strikes again in this epic battle between humans and nature.
6409) Barbarian's Treasure
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Everyone knows Megan and Cashol hit it off the moment they resonated . . . didn't they? But when Josie goes into labor, an off-hand comment makes Megan point out to her friend that no, things weren't always so smooth. Just because resonance is immediate doesn't mean it's immediately perfect.
But also . . . just because it's an instant bond doesn't mean it's wrong. Sometimes it's very, very right.
Contains mature themes.
6410) Robot rescue
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CatStronauts volume 4
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When Cat-Stro-Bot gets into trouble while helping the CatStronauts team with their research on Europa, the CatStronauts defy mission control and undertake a secret mission to save their friend on Jupiter's frozen moon.
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Billy Stuart volume 2
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"In this illustrated novel for middle-grade readers, Billy Stuart and his loyal Scout group have inadvertently traveled through time and are trapped in a labyrinth with King Minos's Minotaur."--
6412) Space invader
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Jurassic Jeff volume 1
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Alien Jeff's mission to take over Earth is in jeopardy when he crash-lands one hundred million years too early, and the surprises keep coming when dinosaur friends Carl, Hungry, and Spike help Jeff find their leader.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The fate of the Chiss Ascendancy hangs in the balance in the epic finale of the Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy from Timothy Zahn.
For thousands of years the Chiss Ascendancy has been an island of calm, a center of power, and a beacon of integrity. It is led by the Nine Ruling Families, whose leadership stands as a bulwark of stability against the Chaos of the Unknown Regions.
But...
For thousands of years the Chiss Ascendancy has been an island of calm, a center of power, and a beacon of integrity. It is led by the Nine Ruling Families, whose leadership stands as a bulwark of stability against the Chaos of the Unknown Regions.
But...
6414) House Atreides
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Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune chronicles captured the imagination of millions of readers worldwide. By the time of his death in 1986, Herbert had completed six novels in the series, but much of his vision remained unwritten. Now, working from his father's recently discovered files, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the prelude to Dune-where we step onto the planet Arrakis decades before Dune's...
6415) Antrax
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Voyage of the Jerle Shannara volume 2
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The second in the Jerle Shannara trilogy. Led by the last Druid, Walker Boh, brave explorers travel across unknown seas in search of an elusive magic. But now it seems Walker and his team have been lured there for sinister reasons. Soon, they are separated but must each face the Antrax, a spirit that feeds off enchantment and traps the souls of men. A new novel by Terry Brooks is always a cause for celebration. For more than twenty years, the New...
6416) The last musketeer
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Last musketeer volume 1
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In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past, and is aided by boys who will one day be known as "The Three Musketeers."
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New York Times bestselling authors Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to the prequels to Ender's Game following The Swarm with The Hive, the second audiobook in the Second Formic War.
Card and Johnston continue the fast-paced hard science fiction history of the Formic Wars—the alien invasions of Earth's Solar System that ultimately led to Ender Wiggin's total victory in Ender's Game.
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Fifteen-year-old Jack Bishop has mad skills with cars and engines, but knows he'll never get a driver's license because of his epilepsy. Agreeing to participate in an experimental clinical trial to find new treatments for his disease, he finds himself in a completely different body—that of a girl his age, Jacqueline, who defies the expectations of her era. Since his seizures usually give him spazzed out visions, Jack presumes this is a hallucination.
...6419) Empowered Unchained
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With every Empowered Special collected under one vast roof, Empowered Unchained sprays a shrapnel salvo of sizzling superhero satire, written by the almighty Adam Warren and illustrated by Warren and comicdom’s most feared makers of pictures heroic! Featuring grave-robbing supervillains! Broom-swinging vigilantes! Slutty cyberangels! Animal crimebots! Boozy ninja! Angry spaceships! And more!
“Adam Warren continues to...
“Adam Warren continues to...
