Short Recommendations - Uncle Hugo's

machines - from laughing skeletons and revolving goats to electric-shock carpets and smoking
camels.)
Traviss, Karen Glasslands $15.99 (Halo: Novel based on the game. With the Human-Covenant war over, the
UNSC must now lay claim to the universe. But new dangers, both alien and human, threaten. A
group of old soldiers must penetrate what was once the heart of the Covenant empire in a
desperate attempt to stop old foes from rising again.)
Turtledove, Harry Atlantis and Other Places $7.99 (Collection; reprints 12 stories of ancient eras, historical
figures, mysterious events, and out of this world adventures.)
Van Allsburg, Chris (ed) The Chronicles of Harris Burdick $24.99 (Kids; Anthology; original stories, ranging from
fantasy and sf to mystery and horror, inspired by Van Allsburg's illustrations in The Mysteries of
Harris Burdick.)
Viehl, Lynn Nightshine $7.99 (Kyndred #3: PBO; GenHance is after psychic Samuel Taske and the
woman he's fallen for, paramedic Charlotte Marena. When Samuel's Takyn powers desert him,
Charlie's secret telepathic ability is their only hope for survival.)
Ward, J.R. Lover Unleashed $7.99 (Black Dagger Brotherhood #9: Badly injured while freeing herself
from the Scribe Mother, vampire warrior Payne falls for the human surgeon who is drafted to
save her.)
Warren, Christine Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale $7.99 (Others #12: PBO; When her editor asks her to
investigate 'leprechaun' sightings, Corinne finds herself on the trail of the hottest story of the
year - and Luc, sexy captain of the Fae Queen's guard.)
Werner, C.L. The Red Duke $8.99 (Warhammer: A new reign of terror and death comes to the lands of
Bretonnia when a vampiric witch resurrects the Red Duke, a bloodthirsty vampire lord.)
Whates, Ian (ed) Solaris Rising $7.99 (Anthology; original sf stories by some of the field's top writers)
White, Steve Wolf Among the Stars $25.00 (After flinging off the Lokaran invaders, Earth is flung into
galactic intrigue and war as a cabal of ancient enemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy
the teetering Lokaran empire and rule over a new Galactic dark age.)
Wilks, Eileen Death Magic $7.99 (World of the Lupi #8: PBO; Recovering from an attempt on his life by an
FBI traitor, Lily Yu's boss forms a ghost unit that will operate in secret - and outside the law.
Lily's conscience won't let her join, but her fiance Rule has no such reservations. But when a
senator is killed, Lily's decision becomes a matter of life and death.)
Williams, Sandy The Shadow Reader $7.99 (PBO; For years human McKenzie Lewis has been working for
the fae King, tracking rebels who would claim the Realm. But when she's captured by the fierce
rebel leader, she learns things are not as she thought. She must decide who to trust and where
she stands in the civil war.)
Williams, Tad Shadowrise $8.99 (Shadowmarch #3: Barrick and Briony must find a way to reclaim their
kingdom and rescue their home from traitors, tyrants, a god-king, and even the angry gods
themselves.)
Williams, Tad Shadowheart $16.00 (Shadowmarch #4: Something powerful and terrible, that hasn't been
seen for thousands of years, is awakening under Southmarch Castle. Can Barrick and Briony
and their allies prevent the rise of a terrible new age of unending darkness?)
Willis, Connie All Clear $16.00 (Hugo and Nebula Award winner. Sequel to Blackout. Small discrepancies in
the historical record seem to indicate that one or all of the time travelers have somehow
affected the past, changing the outcome of the war. The belief that the past can be observed
but never altered, a core belief of time-travel theory, suddenly seems to be horribly, tragically
wrong. Meanwhile, in 2060 Oxford, Mr. Dunworthy and 17-year-old Colin Templer are engaged
in a seemingly impossible struggle of their own - to find three missing needles in the haystack of
history.)
Mid November
Archer, Alex Cradle of Solitude $6.99 (Rogue Angel #33: PBO; A Confederate soldier's skeleton turns up
in a Paris catacomb, putting archaeologist Annja Creed on the trail of a 150-year-old mystery
that may lead to a long-lost treasure.)
Axler, James Lost Gates $6.99 (Deathlands #101: PBO; Baron Crabbe believes rumors of a weapons
stockpile, and wants his prisoners, Ryan Cawdor and his band, to use the redoubt's mattertransfer
units to secure the cache.)
Axler, James Infestation Cubed $6.99 (Outlanders #59: PBO; Ullikummis uses Brigid Baptiste to lure Kane
and Grant into the Louisiana swamps, where the alliance scrambles to regroup before
humankind loses its last hope.)
Buchanan, Col Stands a Shadow $24.99 (Heart of the World #2: Driven by grief and anger, aging master
assassin Ash renounces the order of the Roshun, and disguises himself as a soldier,
determined to go to any lengths to have his revenge on the Matriarch.)
Carey, Jacqueline Saints Astray $14.99 (Loup Garron #2: PBO; Miguel Garza has escaped from Outpost 12,
and is testifying on behalf of its forgotten citizens - until he disappears from protective custody.
Loup and Pilar plan a daring and absurd caper to extricate Miguel from the mess he's created.)