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order and it was opened. Then 9/11happened and the border was closed andit was patrolled. Anna Pigeon and herhusband, Paul, go there on a raft tripwith a group of people. It’s more than avacation. Anna is recovering from whathappened to her on Isle Royale. She hasjust started to relax when things began tohappen. They come across a cow that istrapped. Anna, who has taken one life,feels that she must rescue this one.While they try to rescue the trappedanimal, a storm comes up and the highwater causes their raft to overturn. Asthey swim to shore, one of the otherpeople on the raft finds a woman who isvery pregnant and close to death. Thewoman dies but Anna does a C-sectionand saves the baby, a girl. When theytry to find a way out, someone startsshooting at them. The killer kills two ofthe group before they are rescued.While Anna and her husband arerecovering from their ordeal, someonetries to kidnap the baby girl they arecaring for. Anna is determined toprotect the baby girl until the properauthorities come for her. The othersbelieve that the woman was a Mexicanwho tried to cross the border so that thebaby would be born American. Annaisn’t so sure. From what she saw, thewoman looked as if she had money andwouldn’t have needed to cross theborder. By the time Anna learns thetruth, the killer has captured both her andthe baby. She will do what is needed tosave the baby and keep herself frombeing killed.Faithful Place ($16.00) byTana French is a neighborhood in DublinIreland where there isn’t much faith.The story begins in 1985 when nineteenyear-oldFrancis Mackey is ready toleave Faithful Place with the girl heloves, Rose Daly. When she doesn’tmeet him, he leaves his dysfunctionalfamily and becomes an undercover cop.He never plans to go back to them. Thenhis sister, Jackie, one of the few familymembers he is still in contact with, callsto tell him that Rose’s suitcase wasfound during remodeling of one of theapartments. He always thought she ranoff without him. He forces himself to goback and examines the suitcase’scontents. It tells him she didn’t run off.With that evidence, he finds her remains.He finds that he still cares for her andfeels compelled to find her killer evenEarth and to seal the entrance to the Otherworld. The last time they were all gathered was during theage of Arthur. Now, someone is gathering them again - with all their potential for great good, orabsolute evil)...........................................................$24.99Sehestedt, Mark Cry of the Ghost Wolf (Forgotten Realms: PBO; Hweilan is the Hand of the Hunter, appointedto destroy the demonic and undead forces of Jagen Ghen. It will take every trick of the Fox, every dropof Lore, and every ounce of will she has to stand against them and avenge her family). . . . . $7.99Simmons, Dan Black Hills (Haunted by Custer's ghost, and by his ability to see into the memories and futures oflegendary men like Crazy Horse, Paha Sapa's life is driven by a vision he had as a boy in the BlackHills. In August of 1936, a dynamite worker on the Mount Rushmore project, Paha Sapa plans tosilence his ghost forever and reclaim his people's legacy).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.99Swallow, James Hammer & Anvil (Warhammer 40,000: Sisters of Battle #2: The Sisters of Battle are theEmperor's most devout worshippers, fierce warriors preaching the purity of the Imperium andscourging their enemies with bolter and flamer. When an Ecclesiarchy outpost, Sanctuary 101, comesunder attack, the Sisters are quick to retaliate. They find themselves facing an unknown, implacablealien foe). ..............................................................$8.99Trudeau, G.B. Red Rascal's War (Doonesbury: Full color collection of comic strips). . . . . . . . . . . . . $19.99Turtledove, Harry Eruption (Supervolcano #1: An eruption in Yellowstone Park sends lava and mud flowing towardpopulated areas, and clouds of ash drifting across the country. The fallout destroys crops andlivestock, clogs machinery, and makes cities uninhabitable. Those who survive have no choice but torise from the ashes and recreate the world).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.95Valente, Catherynne M. Myths of Origin (Collection; reprints four of her early fantasy works (novellas/short novels))Vonnegut, Kurt......................................................................$15.95The Last Interview and Other Conversations (Vonnegut holds forth on politics, war,books and writers, and his personal life).......................................$15.95Wilson, Robert Charles A Bridge of Years (Reissue; In a secluded cottage, Tom Winter discovers a time tunnel to 1963NYC, and a chance to start over in a simpler world. But the tunnel holds danger: a human killingmachine from a brutal future, who will do anything to protect the secret passage that he thought washis alone. Tom must face the terrors of the future world in order to preserve his own). . . . . $16.99Zahn, TimothyBrode, D/Serling, CCobra Guardian (Cobra War #2: A Troft faction has decided to invade the Cobra planets inforce, using a new strategy that even the formidable Cobra warriors, with their surgically implantedweaponry, may not be able to defeat)..........................................$7.99Expect Mid DecemberRod Serling and The Twilight Zone: The Official 50th Anniversary Tribute(Looks at the TV series, with commentary on episodes, arranged by theme. Black & white photos)......................................................................$16.95Conley, Darby Masters of the Nonsenseverse (Get Fuzzy: Black & white daily strips, color Sunday strips)......................................................................$12.99Gaider, David Asunder (Dragon Age: Novel based on the game). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.99Jones, DaryndaMartin, George R.R. (ed)McDonald, IanMcKissack, P & F & JPalmer, PhilipSullivan, Michael J.Vance, Jack-of interestWalsh, PatWillingham, Bill et alSecond Grave on the Left (Charley Davidson #2: Charley and her friend Cookie hunt for amissing woman who had been acting strange since hearing about the murder of a high school friend.Meanwhile, Reyes (aka the Son of Satan) has left his corporeal body and is haunting Charley)......................................................................$14.99Aces High (Wild Cards #02: Reissue; Mosaic novel; after the alien virus struck humanity in thewake of World War II, a handful of the survivors found they possessed superhuman powers. Here wetrace these heroes and villains through the tumultuous 1980s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.99Planesrunner (Everness #1: YA; Suddenly, 13-year-old Everett has become the owner of the mostvaluable object in the multiverse: the Infundibulum, the map of all the parallel earths, is an app onhis computer. And there are dark forces who will stop at nothing to get it). . . . . . . . . . . . . $16.95Cyborg (Clone Codes #2: Kids; 2035: The laws of the World Federation of Nations decree that allpersons with three or more synthetic body parts are less than human. Houston, a cyborg, must fightto overcome these oppressive rules)............................................$6.99Artemis (Artemis is a thief, con artist, and killer, and she's been on a crime spree for years. Whenthe cops catch up with her, they give her a choice: suffer in prison for the rest of her very long life,or become part of a desperate mission to save humanity from a deadly threat). . . . . . . . . . $13.99Rise of Empire (Riyria Revelations #2: The birth of the Nyphron Empire has brought war toMelengar. To save her kingdom, Princess Arista hires Royce and Hadrian for a dangerous missionbehind enemy lines. What Royce discovers sends them on a journey to the ends of the world, andforces Hadrian to face his past)..............................................$14.99Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (World Fantasy Awardfinalist. Anthology; 22 stories set in Vance's far-future, demon-haunted Dying Earth). . . . . $17.99The Crowfield Curse (Crowfield #1: Kids; Will comes upon a wounded hobgoblin in the forest,who tells him of a mythical being, doomed by a curse and buried in the snow. What does this mysteryhave to do with the monks Will serves? And with Will himself? When two cloaked figures arrive, Willis drawn into a dangerous world of Old Magic). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7.99Super Team (Fables #16: Full color graphic novel. Not for kids. Reprints issues 101-107 of the