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81) Impulse
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DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Transferred to a Unified Space Navy foreign command after the death of a loved one, Lieutenant Peter Cochrane, armed with secret orders that might force him to become a mutineer, is led into an unknown galaxy where one false move could plunge humanity into an apocalyptic interstellar war.
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Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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A Murder of Mages introduces us to this spellbinding port city as seen through the eyes of the people who strive to maintain law and order, the hardworking men and women of the Maradaine Constabulary. Satrine Rainey--former street rat, ex-spy, mother of two, and wife to a Constabulary Inspector who lies on the edge of death, injured in the line of duty--has been forced to fake her way into the post of Constabulary Inspector to support her family....
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Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Alexander Price has survived gorgons, basilisks, and his own family--no small feat, considering that his family includes two telepaths, a reanimated corpse, and a colony of talking, pantheistic mice. Still, he's starting to feel like he's got the hang of things...at least until his girlfriend, Shelby Tanner, shows up asking pointed questions about werewolves and the state of his passport. From there, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump to Australia,...
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Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Erenthrall - A sprawling city of light and magic, its streets are packed with traders from a dozen lands and its buildings and towers are grown and shaped in the space of a day. At the heart of the city is the Nexus, the hub of a magical ley line system that powers Erenthrall. These ley lines also link the city and the Baronial plains to rest of the continent and the world beyond. The Prime Wielders control the Nexus with secrecy and lies, but it...
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Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When hordes of people descend on her hometown for the Deep South Zombie Fest, Angel, submerged in redneck hell, is determined to focus on her upcoming college midterms until a decapitated body turns up at the edge of town, changing her plans.
87) Alien nation
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Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
It's a typical day of bureaucracy and stress for President and First Lady Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, made more stressful when alien spacecraft are spotted making a beeline for Earth, none of them from the Alpha Centauri system. Then a cryptic request from an old adversary pulls Kitty out of the White House and into an explosion -- and an even more explosive situation. Not only is the Mastermind back in the game, influencing the Club 51 True Believers...
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Things are slow, and October "Toby" Daye couldn't be happier about that. The elf-shot cure has been approved, Arden Windermere is settling into her position as Queen in the Mists, and Toby doesn't have anything demanding her attention except for wedding planning and spending time with her family. Maybe she should have realized that it was too good to last. When Toby's mother, Amandine, appears on her doorstep with a demand for help, refusing her seems...
89) Camp alien
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Series
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The President and First Lady, aka Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, don't get any downtime once the Mastermind has been revealed to the world. Not only do they have myriad high-level government positions to fill, but the scrutiny and pressure on this Administration has gone into overdrive. The sudden reappearance of a long-forgotten adversary turns out to be the tip of the iceberg. New robots and androids attacking, old enemies making new alliances, and...
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Herald Mags, the King of Valdemar's Herald Spy, has been developing a network of young informants who operate on the streets and also in the halls and kitchens of the wealthy and highborn. His wife Amily is King's Own Herald and finds it useful to be underestimated for there are dark things stirring in the shadows of Haven. Someone has discovered many secrets of the women of the Court and the Collegia and is using those secrets to terrorize and bully...
91) Dreamweaver
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Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When Jessica Drake learned that her DNA didn't match that of her parents, she had no idea that investigating her true heritage would put her family's lives in danger, and ultimately force her to cross into another world. There, in an alternate Earth dominated by individuals with frightening mental powers called Gifts, Jessica learned of a curse within her blood, one so terrifying that all who possessed it were destroyed on sight. For she is a Dreamwalker,...
92) Heroine complex
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Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco's most beloved superheroine. She's great at her job--blending into the background, handling her boss's epic diva tantrums, and getting demon blood out of leather pants. Unfortunately, she's not nearly as together when it comes to running her own life, standing up for herself, or raising her tempestuous teenage sister, Bea. But everything changes...
94) Starbound
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Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Lightship H.M.S. Impulse is gone, sacrificed in a battle against First Empire ships. And though the fragile galactic alliance has survived the unexpected invasion, the Union forces might not prove victorious against a full onslaught by this legendary enemy. For Peter Cochrane, serving as an officer aboard his world's flagship, H.M.S. Starbound is a dream come true. Tasked with investigating a mysterious space station in a rediscovered star system,...
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Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
Twenty-four authors ride with Mercedes Lackey to her magical land of Valdemar, adding their own unique voices to the Heralds, Bards, Healers, and other heroes of this beloved fantasy realm. The Heralds of Valdemar are the kingdom's ancient order of protectors. They are drawn from all across the land, from all walks of life, and at all ages--and all are Gifted with abilities beyond those of normal men and women. They are Mindspeakers, FarSeers, Empaths,...
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Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
"The Nexusthe hub created by the Prime Wielders to harness the magical power of the ley lines for the city of Erenthrall, the Baronial Plains, and the world beyondhas Shattered, the resultant pulse cascading through the system and leaving Erenthrall decimated, partially encased in a massive distortion.... Having survived the initial Shattering, Wielder Kara Tremain and ex-Dog Allan Garrett have led their small group of refugees to the Hollow, a safe...
97) Thunderlord
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Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The saga of two kingdoms, divided by bitter history and present-day suspicions, one armed with devastating power and the other determined to overcome it, no matter what the price. Can love and resourcefulness overcome even the overwhelming power of a Thunderlord? A follow-up to The Ages of Chaos omnibus, Thunderlord is a brand-new novel of the genre-bending Darkover universe, expanded by Marion Zimmer Bradley's collaborator Deborah J. Ross.
98) Winterwood
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It's 1800, Ross (Rossalinde) Tremayne, cross-dressing privateer captain and witch, inherits two things from her embittered dying mother. One is David, a half-brother she never knew about, and the other is a task she doesn't want: to open a winterwood box, magically sealed by her distant ancestor. On Ross' side she has her rag-tag crew of barely reformed pirates, her conflicted new brother, the jealous ghost of her dead husband, a dashing piratical...
99) Alien education
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Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Sci-fi action meets steamy paranormal romance in the Alien novels, as Katherine "Kitty" Katt faces off against aliens, conspiracies, and deadly secrets. * "Futuristic high-jinks and gripping adventure." -- RT Reviews It's a typical day of bureaucracy and stress for President and First Lady Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, in part because Kitty's been tapped to represent Earth in the Galactic Council. Kitty feels that's a bad idea, and she might be right....
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Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
Description
Convergence marks a new phase in the Foreigner Universe: knowledge about the dangerous situation in adjacent space rests only with Bren Cameron, the human diplomat to the alien court of the atevi, four starship captains, and the two chiefs of state - both the human and the atevi, who share the planet. Bren is obliged to carry the just-signed treaty to the human government on an island some forty miles off the shores of the atevi-ruled megacontinent,...
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