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outer planets (including the asteroid
belt). The story is told from the point of
view of two very different characters:
Jim Holder, who was sent with a few
other crew members in a shuttle on an
ill-fated rescue mission by the captain of
a freighter hauling ice from the rings of
Saturn to the belt, and Detective Miller,
a burned-out cop on Ceres who was
assigned the task of searching for a
missing girl and then was fired when he
took the assignment too seriously. As
war breaks out, Holder believes that he
should broadcast everything he knows
and let other people figure out what’s
really going on. Miller is great at
figuring out clues nobody else notices,
but likes to keep everything to himself
until he has the entire puzzle figured out.
And then there is the two- billion-yearold
alien artifact that a huge corporation
secretly found orbiting Saturn, which
could dictate the fate of the human race.
The first book comes to a satisfactory
conclusion (no cliff-hangers), but at least
two more books are promised in the
series.
I finally got around to reading
The Native Star by M. K. Hobson,
which appeared on several best of the
year lists for 2010 and was a Nebula
Award nominee, and I enjoyed it very
much. This alternate history fantasy is
set in a world where the Union used
Warlocks to help win the Civil War, and
after the war continued to use Warlocks
to advance the country’s “manifest
destiny”. In 1876 Emily Edwards, a
small town witch in California, acquires
an enchanted artifact (or perhaps the
artifact acquires her) and suddenly she
has to flee for her life from evil
government Warlocks, with the
assistance of Dreadnought Stanton, a
pompous and abrasive non-government
Warlock from New York City. Much of
the book is an entertaining flight across
the country by horse, train, and
biomechanical flying device. Most of
the bad guys are dealt with by the end of
the book, but there’s still that pesky
blood-thirsty Aztec goddess that wants
to destroy the world, who gets dealt with
in The Hidden Goddess ($7.99). Both
books have more romance that I’d
prefer, but they are both so entertaining
that I’m happy to recommend them.
Christopher Moore has written
many humorous books, but Sacre Bleu
year-old Zoheret and her shipmates, created from its genetic banks. Ship has been mother,
father, and teacher, preparing them to survive on their own. But are they ready? Ship
devises a test. As instincts take over, Zoheret watches friends become strangers - and
enemies. Can the children overcome the biggest obstacle to the survival of the human race -
themselves?)....................................................... $9.99
Schreiber, Joe Red Harvest (Star Wars: Sith and Jedi alike come face to face with the undead in the
dark times of the Old Republic)........................................ $7.99
Showalter/Deutsch (eds) If the Allies Had Fallen (Anthology; 60 alternate scenarios of WWII). . . . $14.95
Singh, Nalini Angels' Flight (Guild Hunter: PBO; Collection; 4 paranormal novellas, 1 original to this
volume)........................................................... $7.99
Skelton, Matthew The Story of Cirrus Flux (Kids; London, 1783: Cirrus is being pursued by a sinister
mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seeing eye, and a skull-collecting scoundrel. They're
conniving to steal the world's most divine power, which they believe Cirrus has inherited.
To escape them, Cirrus will need to trust some unlikely allies).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6.99
Snyder, Maria V. Inside: Inside Out / Outside In (Trella #1 / #2: Omnibus reprint of 2 sf novels)
................................................................. $8.99
Strahan, Jonathan (ed) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 6 (Anthology;
some of the best works of short fiction published in 2011). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19.99
Swirsky, Rachel (ed) Robots: The Recent A.I. (Anthology; robot stories published over the last decade)
................................................................ $14.95
Thurman, Rob Doubletake (Cal Leandros #7: PBO; Niko's shady father is in town, and he needs a big
favor. And the reunion being held by the devious Puck race - including Cal's friend Robin -
features a lottery no Puck wants to win. As Cal tries to keep both Niko and Robin from
paying the ultimate price for their kin, trouble from his own past arrives). . . . . . . $7.99
Tyler, Stephanie Dire Needs (Eternal Wolf Pack #1: PBO; The Dire Wolves are immortal shifters,
obeying no laws but their own. Pack leader Rifter has claimed Gwen, a woman seeking
solace from chronic pain, but their future together is threatened by an enemy of both
humanity and the Dire Wolves). ....................................... $7.99
Vance, Jack Dream Castles (Early Jack Vance #2: Collection; 10 tales of sf and fantasy). $45.00
Viehl, Lynn Nightborn (Lords of the Darkyn #1: PBO; Sent to retrieve a scroll rumored to contain
maps to Templar treasures and the secrets to eternal life, Darkyn warrior Korvel teams up
with Simone, daughter of the scroll's guardian and a woman with deadly secrets).. $7.99
Ward, D/Dilmore, K That Which Divides (Star Trek: When a science vessel is severely damaged during a
mission to the Xondaii system, Captain Kirk and his crew are dispatched to investigate and
render assistance)................................................... $7.99
Weber, David A Rising Thunder (Honor Harrington #13: To thwart the Mesan Alignment's next
devastating strike, the Star Kingdom's wormhole network must be shut down and secured -
an act that the Solarian League takes as a declaration of war. Honor must counter the
League's massive attack, and survive to take the fight to the Mesans). . . . . . . . . . $26.00
Wells, Dan Partials (YA; The human race is all but extinct, devastated by war with the Partials -
engineered organic beings identical to humans - and by RM, a weaponized virus. No baby
has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. As RM ravages the community and
mandatory pregnancy laws push what's left of humanity to the brink of civil war, Kira, a 16-
year-old medic-in-training, makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race. She will
find that the survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the
connections between them)........................................... $17.99
Wilson, Robert Charles Vortex (Transported ten thousand years into the future, Turk Findley must unravel the
true nature and purpose of the mysterious entities known as 'the Hypotheticals' before they
carry him on a journey through warped time to the end of the universe itself). . . . $7.99
Expected Mid-March
Adams, Scott Teamwork Means You Can't Pick the Side That's Right (Dilbert: More
office mayhem and madness from Dilbert and his coworkers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12.99
Bell, Hilari Traitor's Son (Raven Duet #2: YA; Kesla has passed the pouch and the quest on to
Jason, a native boy she thinks will be able to finish the job. But a family feud has cut Jason
off from his traditional heritage, and he is even more doubtful than Kesla was. Still, Raven
manages to convince Jason that this is something that he can do - and must do if he wants
to heal his family and the earth). ..................................... $16.99
Boos, Ben Swords: An Artist's Devotion (Kids; Full color picture book; a celebration of
swords and swordsmen, from ancient warriors such as Beowulf to medieval knights; from
stealthy ninjas and samurai to legendary maidens of war).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12.99