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Now Turtledove returns to the story of a World War in a world where magic works, with this moving second volume. Algarvian soldiers corral Kaunians to send them west, towards Unkerlant, to work camps

Ascendant Sun is the direct sequel to The Last Hawk, in which Kelric, heir to the Skolian Empire, crash-landed his fighter on the Restricted planet of Coba. He was imprisoned by the powerful mistres

Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew.The human race is at War with the "Buggers," an insect-lik

During a trip back to the village of his Crow wife, Victoria, she is abducted by a deadly band of Blackfeet, and Skye must risk his life to rescue her, following a trail that takes him back to Canada,

In the mind of Xanth's precious shapeshifting Prince Dolph, the perfect was to see the world is to search for the missing sorcerer, Humfrey. Setting off with his faithfuls companion, Marrow, an enchan

In the mind of Xanth's precious shapeshifting Prince Dolph, the perfect was to see the world is to search for the missing sorcerer, Humfrey. Setting off with his faithfuls companion, Marrow, an encha

Richard Rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guide. Emperor of the D'Haran Empire, war wizard, the Seeker of Truth--none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to

Every question a young person wants to ask about what it might be like in outer space. With informative, authoritative answers from who someone who really knows: Astronaut Bill Pogue.What does it fee

Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew.With all the power of his original creation, Card has crea

Bordertown. Once a normal American city, now a perilous nexus between the World and returned Elfland. From the banks of the addictive Mad River to the all-night clublands where young elves and humans

After thirty years, Suzy McKee Charnas has completed her incomparable epic tale of men and women, slavery and freedom, power and human frailty.It started with Walk to the End of the World, where Allde

Ned Halloran has lost both his parents--and almost his own life--to the sinking of the Titanic . Determined to keep what little he has, he returns to his homeland in Ireland and enrolls at Saint Enda

From A to Z and everything in between, here's a page-turning, eyebrow-raising head-shaking collection of "too-werid-to-be-true" facts.For instance. Turkey vultures are big meat-eaters. But they hate t

For nineteen-year-old Edmond Dantes, life is sweet. Soon to be captain of his own sip, he is also about to be married to his true love, Mercedes. But suddenly everything turns sour. On the joyous day

A thousand years ago in Tobyn-Ser, Amarid and Theron discovered magical crystals that enabled them to bond with hawks to produce powerful magic. together, they started an order, dedicating themselves

Returns to the world of Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, as he leaves the planet on the huge spaceship of the Heirodules to travel across space and time to face his greatest challenge--to become the

In The Dark Descent, hailed as one of the most important anthologies ever to examine horror fiction, editor David G. Hartwell traces the complex history of horror in literature back to the earliest s

People of the Lightning takes us to ancient Florida, to a village of fisher folk who must face their deepest fear: Pondwader, now a lanky boy of fifteen summers. He is the White Lightning Boy--the fi

Come here to the magical America that might have been, and marvel as the tale of Alvin Maker unfolds. The seventh son of a seventh son is a boy of mysterious powers, and he is waking to the mysteries

Settling down to a simple life as a carpenter, Lerris finds his hope for peace shattered when the distant Empire of Hamor sends an invading force that is determined to conquer the world, and Lerris mu

In this volume, Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter'angreal that may reverse the world's endless heat wave and restore natural weather. Egwene begins to gather all manner of wo

The Oversoul of the colony planet Harmony selected the family of Wetchik to carry it back to long-lost Earth. Now grown to a tribe in the years of their journey to Harmony's hidden starport, they are

In Wizard's First Rule, Richard Cypher's world was turned upside down. Once a simple woods guide, Richard was forced to become the Seeker of Truth, to save the world from the vile dominion of Darken

A tawdry travelling medicine show is the last place you'd expect to find frontier scout Barnaby Skye and his two wives, But he's been hired to guide the caravan across the dangerous Sante Fe Trail. An

He was known as Deathwind to the Ohio Valley Indians, and now Lewis Wetzel must single-handedly save Fort Henry. Armed only with his long rifle and knife, he heads out on a one-man rampage to stop th

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.Rand Al'Thor is the Dragon Reborn-- able to touch the One Power, but unable to cont

High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches. Its task, programmed so many millennia ago, is to guard the human settlement on this planet--to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all thr

The intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the

Barnaby Skye, along with his wives, agrees to take a Quaker missionary, Dr.William Penn Sitgreaves, his wife Abigail who accompanies him reluctantly, and his party, to Owen's Fort in the Bitterroot V

Come here to the magical America that might have been, and marvel as the tale of Alvin Maker unfolds. The seventh son of a seventh son is a boy of mysterious powers, and he is waking to the mysteries

Outlander meets Game of Thrones in this blockbuster new epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews. DELUXE EDITION--featuring gorgeous sprayed edges! When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy, and naked in a gutter, it doesn't take her long to recognize Kair Toren, a city she knows intimately from the pages of the famously unfinished dark fantasy series she's been obsessively reading and re-reading while waiting years for the final novel. Her only tools for navigating this gritty world of rival warlords, magic, and mayhem? Her encyclopedic knowledge of the plot, the setting, and the characters' ambitions and fates. But while she quickly discovers she cannot be killed (though many will try!), the same cannot be said for the living, breathing characters she's coming to love--a motley band that includes a former lady's maid, a deadly assassin, various outrageous magical creatures, and a dangerously appealing soldier. Soon, instead of trying to get home, sh

★ 星雲獎、軌跡獎得主 P. Djèlí Clark 暗黑代表作★ 以超自然視角重寫美國歷史最黑暗的一頁在美國，惡魔穿著白色頭罩。1915年，《一個國家的誕生》上映，仇恨如詛咒般席捲全國，壯大三K黨的勢力。白袍之下，不只是人——而是披著人形的惡魔，吞噬恐懼與偏見，計畫把地獄帶到人間。但惡魔，也能被殺死。站在最前線的是瑪莉絲・布德羅，一名火爆直率的神槍手，與她的戰友——曾參戰的哈林地獄戰士。他們以刀刃、子彈與炸藥反擊，獵殺那些自詡為獵人的怪物。然而在梅肯，一場更駭人的陰謀正在醞釀。這場對抗地獄的戰爭，將燃起更猛烈的火焰。當歷史的黑暗被具象為怪物，她們是否能在世界崩壞前阻止它？Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. DJÈLÍ CLARK returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror "A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination...Clark's combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh." --The New York TimesA 2021 Nebula Award WinnerA 2021 Locus Award Winner A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick!A Booklist Editor's Choice Pick! A 2021 Hugo Award FinalistA 2021 World Fantasy Award FinalistA 2021 Ignyte Award FinalistA 2021 Shirley Jackson Award FinalistA 2021 AAMBC Literary Award FinalistA 2021 British Fantasy Award FinalistA 2021 Hurston/Wright

《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

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

Ocean's Echois a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut,Winter's Orbit."I inhaled this one like I needed it to live." ―New York Times Book ReviewRich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the maelstroms surrounding the gateway to the wider universe.Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier, principled leader, and the son of a notorious traitor general. Whereas Tennal can read minds, Surit can influence them. Like all other neuromodified “architects,” he can impose his will onto others, and he’s under orders to control Tennal by merging their minds.Surit accepted a susp