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From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.Dahin believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself.Can Kai stop the rise of a new Hierarch?And can he trust his companions to do what’s right?Follow Kai to the end of the world in this thrilling sequel to the USA Today-bestselling Witch King.

《Automatic Noodle》是由知名科幻作家Annalee Newitz所著的中篇小說，描寫一群被遺棄的機器人開設並經營拉麵店的溫馨故事。故事設定在近未來的舊金山，這座城市正在從一場破壞性的戰爭中復甦。在這個背景下，幾個曾經被禁用的餐飲服務機器人重新啟動，決定利用自己擅長的技能——製作手工拉麵，開設屬於自己的社區午餐店。然而，餐廳的開業卻遇到挑戰：有匿名人士利用假差評試圖毀掉他們的營業評價，機器人們必須找出幕後黑手，才能保護他們辛苦建立起來的事業和社區。這本書不僅是關於美食和經營的故事，更深入探討了身份認同、社群建立、資本主義控制、以及種族和歧視等社會議題。四個主角機器人——Staybehind、Sweetie、Hands和Cayenne——各自有獨特的個性和背景，從他們的視角展開敘述。書中機器人擁有人類的情感與自我認同，但同時保有非人類的特質，展現了不同於人類的存在形態。這本小說風格溫馨（cozy sci-fi），情節簡單卻充滿情感，融合了強烈的世界觀建構和意義深遠的主題，是2025年備受推薦的科幻作品之一。A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food—the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around—for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.But when their robot-run business starts

Becky Chambers' two award-winning, bestselling, beloved, and uplifting Monk and Robot stories,A Psalm for the Wild-BuiltandA Prayer for the Crown-Shy, together in trade paperback for the first time!Becky Chambers' delightful, post-Utopian, Hugo Award-winning series gives us hope for the future.It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered.But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.They're going to need to ask it alot.Becky Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?This book includes bothA Psalm for the Wild-BuiltandA Prayer for the Cro

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novella!FromNew York Timesbestselling author T. Kingfisher,Thornhedgeis the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.There's a princess trapped in a tower. Thisisn'ther story.Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right?But nothing with fairies is ever simple.Centuries later, a knight approaches a towering wall of brambles, where the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He's heard there's a curse here that needs breaking, but it's a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold…"The wayThornhedgeturns all the fairy tales inside out is a sharp-edged delight."―Katherine Addison, author ofThe Goblin EmperorAlso by T. KingfisherNe

The epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive, by international bestseller Brandon Sanderson, continues in this beautiful hardback edition!The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive.Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare-and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium's place has thrown everything into disarray.Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide-Adolin in Azimir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah at Thaylen City. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work t