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series about a small band of formermilitary people who form a specializedfighting force that travels the galaxy asmercenaries. On one planet, the galaxywidechain TotalMart is having problemswith shipments being hijacked that thelocal police can’t seem to solve (becausesome of the local police are involved inthe hijacking), so Col. “Rags” Cutter andhis team are called in. From there, theteam goes to the planet Ananda, wherethe daughter of a Rajah has beenkidnapped shortly before she was tomarry the son of another Rajah, and warcould break out if she isn’t found andreturned safely. The book is full ofinteresting characters (mostly humans,but not all) and lots of fast action. Muchbetter than average popcorn without anydanger of straining your brain.Flashback by Dan Simmons($10.00) is an interesting cross-genrebook set in the U.S. a couple of decadesin the future. Most of the population isaddicted to flashback, a drug that letsthem re-experience the best parts of theirlives. Most of the world is in arecession, the country is falling apart andalmost nobody cares. To bring in somehard currency, the U.S. and Russia havemandatory military drafts so that theycan sell their armed forces to Japan andIndia as mercenaries for the war inChina. The U.S. has already lost 4.5states and the remaining states areadministered by Japanese “advisors”.Six years before the novelbegins, a Japanese billionaire’s son wassavagely killed in Denver and Det. NickBottom worked on the investigation.Three months after that, Nick’s wife(who worked for the district attorney’soffice) was killed in a car accident andNick turned into a flashback addict so hecan relive, over and over, the happyperiods before she died, and he was firedfrom the police force. As the novelbegins, the billionaire decides to hireNick to try once again to find out whokilled his son. Nick wants to get asmuch cash as possible from thebillionaire, buy as much flashback aspossible, disappear, and go back toreliving the happy times. But thebillionaire has enforcers who track Nickdown, confiscate his drugs, and forcehim to work on the case. Once Nickfinds that his wife was somehowinvolved with the murdered son, and thather death probably was not an accident,Antczak/Bassett (ed)Archer, JillArthur, KeriAsaro, Catherine (ed)Averill, AlanBennett, JennBernobich, BethBeukes, LaurenBova, BenBrooks, MaxCameron, StellaCard, O/Johnston, AChandler, A. BertramCiotta, BethClarke, Cassandra RoseCollins, SuzanneCorey, James S.A.conjure things to fill them. But as their ideas grow bolder, their conjuring grows moredangerous. Is it possible to unmake what's been made?). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17.99Clockwork Fairy Tales (Anthology; original steampunk stories inspired bytraditional folk and fairy tales). ...................................... $15.00Fiery Edge of Steel (Noon Onyx #2: PBO; Noon is investigating severaldisappearances in the remote area of Halja; the townsfolk claim that an ancient, legendaryevil is responsible). ................................................. $7.99Darkness Unmasked (Dark Angels #5: PBO; With the first portal of hellpermanently opened, the energies of the dark path are leaching into the world. And Risa willhave to fight her greatest enemy to stop the nightmare). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7.99Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 (Anthology; short fiction nominated for theawards).......................................................... $18.00The Beautiful Land (Tak explores parallel timelines for the Axon Corporation - untilinfo he brings back gives Axon the means to maximize profits by changing the past, present,and future. If Axon succeeds, the woman Tak loves will cease to exist. So Tak 'borrows' atime travel device to transport them to an alternate timeline. But the device's inventor issearching for a particular timeline - and planning to destroy every other possible presentand future to find it)................................................ $16.00Binding the Shadows (Arcadia Bell #3: PBO; Cady discovers more about hermagical abilities when her bar is the target of a demonic crime wave).. . . . . . . . . . $7.99Queen's Hunt (River of Souls #2: On a quest to find one of the three fabled jewels ofLir, Ilse encounters a shipwrecked prisoner from another land, a woman who has a secretof her own - and one of the jewels. The two women become allies in their quest for the thirdjewel. Finding and controlling these stones could mean salvation for both their nations - andfailure the ruin of their peoples)........................................ $7.99The Shining Girls (A time-traveling serial killer is impossible to trace, until one of hisvictims survives; she must unravel an impossible mystery to track the killer down)$.26.00Orion and King Arthur (Orion #5: Orion finds himself in Britain, where hebefriends a young warrior named Arthur, who dreams of uniting his quarreling countrymenand driving invaders from their lands. But Orion's Creator, Aten, has other plans for thetimeline. He wants Arthur dead and forgotten - but Orion does not). . . . . . . . . . . . $7.99World War Z (movie tie-in edition) (The Zombie War came unthinkably closeto eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the firsthandexperiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the US andthroughout the world, recording the testimony of men, women, and children). . . . $9.99Darkness Bred (Chimney Rock #2: PBO; Since she escaped to Whidbey Island, dangerhas stalked Elin's every move. Her human traits, combined with her unique supernaturalgifts, make her a prize to be possessed - or destroyed. Only the passion she shares withwerehound Sean Black gives her hope for her future).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.00Earth Afire (First Formic War #2: Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but notsoon enough to convince skeptical governments there was a threat. When space stations,ships, and colonies go up in sudden flame, only Mazer Rackham and the Mobile OperationsPolice can move fast enough to meet the threat). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.99Ride the Star Winds: The Anarch Lords / The Last Amazon / TheWild Ones / Catch the Star Winds (John Grimes Vol. 4: Omnibus reprint; 4novels and 5 short stories of space adventure). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7.99His Clockwork Canary (Darcys #2: PBO; Victorian London: Simon Darcy's plan towin a competition draws the attention of the Clockwork Canary, a sensationalist reporter;attraction ignites between them)....................................... $7.99The Pirate's Wish (Ananna & Naji #2: PBO; YA; With the help of their friend Marjaniand a rather unusual ally, Ananna and Naji make their way south again, seeking what seemsto be beyond their reach. Unfortunately, Naji has enemies from the shadowy world knownas the Mists, and Ananna must still face the repercussions of going up against the PirateConfederation)..................................................... $9.99Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2: YA; Katniss Everdeen won the annual Hunger Gameswith Peeta Mellark, but only by defying the Capitol and their harsh rules. Now there arerumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the facesof that rebellion). ................................................. $12.99Abaddon's Gate (Expanse #3: PBO; The alien artifact working through its programunder the clouds of Venus has built a massive gate in the orbit of Uranus that leads to a