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Blackstone Publishing Fall 2020. The season many in our industry have fretted over for so long, and eyed with dread, is upon us. The gnawing question: Will readers be so swept up by the waves of breaking news this fall that they will stop reading and buying new books? In answer to this, we choose to place our trust in the belief that in these months of stormy, divisive political drama, a good book will be the perfect way to let in sanity and light. A good book can also unite us. In our Fall catalog, we offer a stunning collection of diverse, must-have fiction and nonfiction. We are proud of how much our list has grown this year, and we are excited to bring readers new releases from best-selling, award-winning authors, as well as works from notable, debut voices. If you are looking for a back-to-school season read, filled with hope and inspiration, Flying Free by Cecilia Aragon, is a memoir of how a bullied young daughter of immigrants overcame obstacles by combining math and logic with her passion for flying to become the first Latina pilot on the US Aerobatic Team. If escaping into an exhilarating thriller is the balm you seek, we have an exceptional offering of new mystery and suspense releases that will capture your undivided attention, among them New York Times bestselling author Brian Freeman’s riveting new Jonathan Stride novel Funeral for a Friend, James S. Murray (Impractical Jokers) and Darren Wearmouth’s spine-tingling Don’t Move, Edgar Award-finalist and Catherine Ryan Howard’s highly-anticipated, brilliant work of crime fiction, The Nothing Man, and many more. Discover fresh, new debut favorites this fall with Rudy Ruiz, author of The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez, which Blackstone will publish in both Spanish and English editions simultaneously; Leila Rafei, author of Spring, a novel set during the 2011 Arab Spring in Cairo; and Ehsaneh Sadr, author of A Door Between Us, a gripping work of fiction centered around a wedding in Iran amid the highly controversial 2009 Iranian election. We have some terrific young adult fiction offerings this Fall too, including #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Cast’s Key to Fear, the first book in a new series, which imagines a future society consumed by fear of a deadly plague, touch is forbidden, and laws are made and enforced by the Key Corporation. We’re also proud to release new young adult fantasy novels in Jill Criswell’s Frozen Saga series and Coco Ma’s Shadow Frost trilogy, plus a remarkable new YA historical fiction novel, Nemesis and the Swan, by Lindsay K. Bandy, which captures an aristocratic nineteen-year-old girl’s fate during the French Revolution. Blackstone will continue our tradition of publishing outstanding adult historical fiction as well, transporting readers to Ancient Rome, bustling Gilded-Age New York City, treacherous colonial Jamestown, glittering Jazz-Age Paris, with new novels including Escaping Dreamland by New York Times bestselling author Charlie Lovett, Etiquette for Runaways by Liza Nash Taylor, Spindle City by Jotham Burrello, Brides of Rome by Debra May Macleod, and The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew by Denise Heinze. The Blackstone team looks forward to seeing you soon at the upcoming bookseller and library trade shows. We would love to tell you more about our impressive list of new books that will provide entertainment, respite, and inspiration, as needed, to readers this Fall.

-Lauren Maturo, Senior Publicist

JULY 21, 2020

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Spindle City A Novel By Jotham Burrello To all appearances, Joseph Bartlett is a golden man in a gilded age. But he has never been fooled by appearances.

“Jotham Burrello isolates, in the particularities of this lost world, timeless lessons about loyalty, ambition, and human resilience. A roaring debut.”

—Nathaniel Rich, author of King Zeno and Odds against Tomorrow

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On June 23, 1911—a summer day so magni=cent it seems as if God himself has smiled on the town—Fall River, Massachusetts, is reveling in its success. The Cotton Centennial is in full swing as Joseph Bartlett takes his place among the local elite in the parade grandstand. The meticulously planned carnival has brought the thriving textile town to an unprecedented halt; rich and poor alike crowd the streets, welcoming President Taft to America’s “Spindle City.” Yet as he perches in the grandstand nursing a nagging toothache, Joseph Bartlett straddles the divide between Yankee mill owners and the union bosses who =ght them. Bartlett, a renegade owner, fears the town cannot long survive against the union-free South. He frets over the everpresent threat of strikes and factory =res, knowing his own fortune was changed by the drop of a kerosene lantern. When the Cleveland Mill burned, good men died, and immigrant’s son Joseph Bartlett gained a life of privilege he never wanted. Now Joseph is one of the most in>uential men in a prosperous town. High above the rabble, as he stands among politicians and society ladies, his wife is dying, his sons are lost in the crowd facing pivotal decisions of their own, and the diﬀerences between the haves and have-nots are stretched to the breaking point. Spindle City delves deep into the lives, loves, and fortunes of real and imagined mill owners, anarchists, and immigrants, from the Highlands mansions to the tenements of the Cogsworth slum, chronicling a mill town’s—and a generation’s—last days of glory. JOTHAM BURRELLO is a writer, teacher, publisher, farmer, and multimedia producer. He is the author of the Writers’ eHandbook and producer of So, Is It Done? Navigating the Revision Process. Other writing has appeared in literary journals, the Christian Science Monitor, and he’s a proud winner of the New Yorker Caption Contest. He teaches writing at Central Connecticut State University, directs the Yale Writers’ Workshop and the Connecticut Literary Festival, curates the Roar Reading Series, and is the publisher of the award-winning Elephant Rock Books. He and his wife raise boys and >owers on Muddy Feet Flower Farm in Ashford, Connecticut.

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JULY 28, 2020

Everything Here Is under Control A Novel By Emily Adrian

“Emily Adrian writes with deft assurance and penetrating insight about the intensities of motherhood, marriage, and female friendship.”

—Heather Harpham, author of Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi–Ever After

“Warm, compassionate, funny, and lled with surprises, Everything Here Is under Control is an accomplished novel by a writer to watch.”

—Brian Morton, author of Starting Out in the Evening and Florence Gordon

Amanda is a new mother, and she is breaking. After a 5ght with her partner, she puts the baby in the car and drives from Queens to her hometown in rural Ohio, where she shows up unannounced on the doorstep of her estranged childhood best friend. Amanda thought that she had left Carrie 5rmly in the past. After their friendship ended, their lives diverged radically: Carrie had a baby the summer after high school, became a successful tattoo artist, and never escaped Ohio’s conservative grid of close-cut grass. But the trauma of childbirth and shock of motherhood compel Amanda to go back to the beginning and to trace the tangled roots of friendship and family in her own life. Compelling and engaging, Everything Here Is under Control is a raw, honest, occasionally hilarious portrait of the complexity, con6icting emotions, and physical trauma of both modern motherhood and the intense, intimate friendships that women forge in their youth. EMILY ADRIAN is the author of two critically acclaimed young adult novels, Like It Never Happened and The Foreseeable Future. She currently lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, her son, and their dog, Hank.

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JULY 21, 2020

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Spindle City A Novel By Jotham Burrello N O V E L

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COMING JULY 14, 2020 The Hell Divers Series, Book 7 Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic (FIC028070) • Unabridged • Book cjsg • Hardcover • MM Paperback • Trade E-book • Library E-book

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Book 7 of the Hell Divers saga from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith.

“Nicholas Sansbury Smith has created a compelling story about people we can care about…From the first page, I couldn’t stop reading.” —ORSON SCOTT CARD, New York Times bestselling author, on Hell Divers

“A well-told, action-packed tale…This story has something for even those who don’t favor military science fiction and Mr. Smith is to be applauded.” —SFREVU, on Hell Divers II: Ghosts

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NICHOLAS SANSBURY SMITH is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Hell Divers series. His other work includes the Extinction Cycle series, the Trackers series, and the Orbs series. He worked for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in disaster planning and mitigation before switching careers to focus on his one true passion—writing. When he isn’t writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Iowa with his wife, their dogs, and a house full of books.

“A very satisfying postapocalyptic sci-fi…If this was turned into a movie, I’d be there on opening night…I loved it.” —SCOTT SIGLER, New York Times bestselling author of the Generations trilogy, on Hell Divers III: Deliverance

“Relentless action and danger… Hell Divers is one hell of a page-turner!” —BOB MAYER, New York Times bestselling author, on Hell Divers

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JULY 21, 2020

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The Delta Devlin Novels, Book 1 by internationally bestselling author

Matthew Mather

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n the Czar’s Suite of Kiev’s five-star Persian Palace, police discover a body jammed impossibly deep in a narrow ventilation duct. An ocean away, Interpol rookie Delta Devlin witnesses an attempted assassination, but the bullet meant for the Ukrainian prime minister hits her father instead, lodging next to his heart. As her father falls into a mysterious coma, Devlin tracks down infamous tech wunderkind Lenny Bondar at the Maker Faire, a global gathering of hackers. Desperate, she follows Korshunov and Bondor into the underworld of Eastern Europe. There, her worst nightmares materialize from the darkness. Something is coming for her, and it may not even be alive.

“A taut thriller injected with mesmerizing hard science…Delta Devlin is a franchise character worth losing your head over.” —Scott Sigler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on The Dreaming Tree

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MATTHEW MATHER’S books have sold millions of copies, been translated and published in over twenty-five countries, and optioned for multiple movie and television contracts. After starting his career at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines, Matthew worked in ventures ranging from nanotechnology to cybersecurity before becoming a full-time author of high-concept speculative thrillers.

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Death Waits in the Dark The Arthur Nakai Mysteries, Book 2 By Mark Edward Langley In this second installment of the Arthur Nakai mystery series, Arthur must discover who killed his childhood love’s two sons, before the killer sets his sight on Arthur. It took all of thirty seconds for two shots to bring the world of Margaret Tabaaha crashing down around her. After losing her husband in Afghanistan during the rst year of Operation Enduring Freedom, her two sons were all that she had left. Now they had been taken from her violently, deliberately, plunging her into a whiskey bottle and stripping away her reason for living. When Arthur Nakai receives a call from Margaret, his childhood sweetheart, her voice pleading for his help, it comes as he is attending a wake for one of the men he considered a brother from his days in the Marines 6th LAR Wolf Pack Battalion. Feeling a deep and responsible obligation to help her, Arthur soon nds himself involved in the multibillion-dollar world of the oil and gas industry, coming face-to-face with an old adversary, Elias Dayton. Their paths had crossed when Arthur was a member of the Shadow Wolves, an elite tactical unit within US Customs and Border Protection. Now Dayton runs Patriot Security, a Blackwatertype rm that keeps the oil rigs, gas wells, and man camps secure from the Water Protectors, protesters pushing to stop the fracking and poisoning of Native lands. As Arthur works through the case from his end, Navajo police chief Jake Bilagody tackles it from another angle, looking into the strained relationship between the oil company and the Navajo people, all while searching for a missing Navajo man that may have unwittingly become a game piece on the reservation checkerboard. When Arthur learns the identity of the boys’ killer, he struggles to make sense of it. Because if the clues are right, he will be forced to make a decision that will haunt him for the rest of his life. MARK EDWARD LANGLEY was instilled with a love for the American West at a young age by his father. After revisiting it throughout adulthood, his connection to the land and its people became irrevocable. After spending almost thirty years working in the corporate world, he retired at the end of 2016 and began to focus on realizing his goal of becoming an author. His rst novel, Path of the Dead, was released in August of 2018. Mark and his wife, Barbara, live in Indiana and split their time between there and the American southwest. He is currently working on the next novel in the Arthur Nakai series.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

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The Dark Fights By Alexandra Vinarov She can break a man’s heart. Or his neck.

“A gripping and enormously entertaining novel about a young woman caught up in a lethal game—and a dangerous love aﬀair.”

—Greg Gutman, Judo World Champion, president of Hand-to-Hand Fighting USA Federation, vice president of USA Sambo Federation

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—Laszlo Huve, vice president, WKA (World Kickboxing and Karate Association)

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Escaping a traumatic childhood, Sasha Ands peace, sanctuary, and purpose in a martial arts dojo whose sensei teaches her the ways of the samurai warrior. An accomplished black-belt Aghter, she now happily dwells in the dojo, tucked away from the streets of Manhattan, until a midnight call sets her on a path into an underground world. Struggling to pay oﬀ a gambling debt, her brother Danilo is severely injured in a no-rules club Aght run by unscrupulous Russian MaAosi. To settle the debt, Sasha volunteers to perform in one of these “dark Aghts,” vowing it’s for one time only. But her beauty, skill, and martial arts mastery bring her to the attention of powerful men who see her as a big meal ticket. Seducing her with money and drugs they draw her into their sordid scheme until she becomes a big and glamorous draw, enriching herself while enriching her handlers and leaving behind a pulverized host of vanquished rivals. But she realizes how addictive the lure of brutality has become. As the stakes rise, she must become more and more violent to satisfy her handlers’ bloodlust. Can she pull out before destroying someone? Can she pull out before destroying herself? Two fascinating men oﬀer love and escape. But how true are their intentions? Genuine feelings and betrayal, violence and glamour, sex and martial arts all go hand in hand throughout the book. The Dark Fights introduces you to an unknown and frightening world and pins you to the mat until the very last page. ALEXANDRA VINAROV was born in Moscow but has lived in Manhattan long enough to boast all the rites of passage that make one a New Yorker. She started training and competing in judo as a young girl, experiencing Arsthand the harsh Russian coaching methods that can be summed up as, “What doesn’t break you makes you stronger.” She also trained in Japanese jujutsu and aikido and holds a second-degree black belt in the latter. She continues practicing martial arts every day. She holds a PhD in literature, and her three favorite things are martial arts, books, and movies. When asked if she’s ever participated in a dark Aght, she smiles enigmatically.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

The Doctor of Aleppo A Novel By Dan Mayland Dan Mayland, author of the bestselling Mark Sava spy novel series, pairs a thriller writer’s sensibilities and rsthand knowledge of the region with the gripping account of people trapped in the ghting during the Syrian civil war. While working in the ancient Silk Road city of Aleppo, American Hannah Johnson and her Swedish lover Oskar are drawn into the mounting turbulence of the impending Syrian civil war. After Oskar is wounded at a street protest one evening, he and Hannah cross paths with Dr. Samir Hasan, a renowned surgeon. As the protests swell into all-out war, Dr. Hasan tends not only to Oskar, but also risks his life, his practice, and his family to tend to a nephew the government has branded an insurgent. Dr. Hasan’s humanitarian activities come to the attention of a vengeful, Javert-like secret police oﬃcer whose son’s death on Dr. Hasan’s watch triggers a series of events that will drag Hannah and Oskar deeper into the war and put Hannah and Dr. Hasan in the oﬃcer’s crosshairs. Both intimate and sweeping in scope, The Doctor of Aleppo lends insight into how the most brutal, devastating war of the 21st century is mirrored on the personal scale, leaving scars that can never be healed. DAN MAYLAND is an author and professional geopolitical forecaster, helping nonpro6t, private, and government organizations navigate a changing world. His Mark Sava spy series was informed by his experiences in the Caspian region and Middle East. Raised in New Jersey, Mayland now lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two children, in an old stone farmhouse he and his wife have restored.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

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Etiquette for Runaways A Novel By Liza Nash Taylor A sweeping Jazz Age tale of regret, ambition, and redemption inspired by true events, including the Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 and Josephine Baker’s 1925 Paris debut in Le Revue Nègre

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1924. May Marshall is determined to spend the dog days of summer in self-imposed exile at her father’s farm in Keswick, Virginia. Following a naive dalliance that led to heartbreak and her expulsion from Mary Baldwin College, May returns home with a shameful secret only to nd her father’s orchard is now the site of a lucrative moonshining enterprise. Despite warnings from the one man she trusts—her childhood friend Byrd—she joins her father’s illegal business. When authorities close in and her father, Henry, is arrested, May goes on the run. May arrives in New York City, determined to reinvent herself as May Valentine and succeed on her own terms, following her mother’s footsteps as a costume designer. The Jazz Age city glitters with both opportunity and the darker temptations of cocaine and nightlife. From a start mending sheets at the famed Biltmore Hotel, May falls into a position designing costumes for a newly formed troupe of African American entertainers bound for Paris. Reveling in her good fortune, May will do anything for the chance to go abroad, and the lines between right and wrong begin to blur. When Byrd shows up in New York, intent upon taking May back home, she pushes him, and her past, away. In Paris, May’s run of luck comes to a screeching halt, spiraling her into darkness as she unravels a painful secret about her past. May must make a choice: surrender to failure and addiction, or face the truth and make amends to those she has wronged. But rst, she must nd selfforgiveness before she can try to reclaim what her heart craves most. LIZA NASH TAYLOR was a 2018 Hawthornden International Fellow and received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. The 2016 winner of the San Miguel Writer’s Conference Fiction Prize, her work has appeared in Microchondria II, Gargoyle Magazine, and Deep South, amongst others. A native Virginian, she lives in Keswick with her husband and dogs.

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AUGUST 25, 2020

Spring A Novel By Leila Rafei Three stories. One revolution. Eighteen days in Egypt. Sami is no revolutionary. When the Arab Spring breaks out in 2011, he’s busy nishing school in Cairo and hiding his relationship with an American woman from his conservative mother, Suad. It’s a task that’s becoming impossible as events take a catastrophic turn. But Suad won’t be fooled—her son has been distant and she knows it’s not about politics. Far away in the Nile Delta, she spends her days tending obsessively to her lemon grove, which is quickly becoming her last vestige of control. The only child who remains by her side is her daughter, but as she, too, gets involved with the protests, Suad realizes it won’t last for long. There’s one person who knows exactly what’s going on in the family, and she wishes she didn’t. The maid, Jamila, already has too much to worry about as a refugee who’s lobbying for resettlement, expecting a baby, and looking for her missing husband. All she wants is stability, and that her dreams won’t be thwarted by the unrest sweeping a city she doesn’t belong to—a city that doesn’t even want her there. As the country revolts against the regime it has always known, Jamila, Sami, and Suad nd themselves caught in the whirlwind as they examine their own life choices and, in some cases, deal with the inevitable heartbreak that follows when revolution is not always what it seems. LEILA RAFEI grew up in the Washington, DC area and lives in New York. Spring is her rst novel.

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I was the girl who survived the Nothing Man. Now I am the woman who is going to catch him … At the age of twelve, Eve Black was the only member of her family to survive an encounter with serial attacker The Nothing Man. Now an adult, she is obsessed with identifying the man who destroyed her life. Supermarket security guard Jim Doyle has just started reading The Nothing Man — the true-crime memoir Eve has written about her efforts to track down her family’s killer. As he turns each page, his rage grows. Because Jim’s not just interested in reading about the Nothing Man. He is the Nothing Man. Jim soon beings to realize how dangerously close Eve is getting to the truth. He knows she won’t give up until she finds him. He has no choice but to stop her first …

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A Door between Us By Ehsaneh Sadr The dissident, the soldier, the bride: will the Green Wave save them or drown them all? Weddings always have their fair share of drama, but this one comes on the heels of the highly controversial 2009 Iranian election and ensuing Green Wave protests. When the matriarch of Sarah’s family arranged her marriage to Ali, it was with the intention of uniting two compatible families. However, as the 2009 election becomes contentious, political differences emerge and Sarah’s conservative family tries to call off the wedding. Sarah and Ali, however, have fallen in love and, against the wishes of their parents, insist on going through with the marriage. Sarah’s cousin, Sadegh, is a staunch supporter of the government and a member of the Baseej, the volunteer militia tasked with arresting protestors and shutting down speech against the regime. Meanwhile, Ali’s sister, Azar, is an activist, a divorce attorney, and a passionate Green Wave supporter, trying to enact change in a way that many Iranians see as in ammatory. When Sarah impulsively shelters a protestor in their car on the drive home from her wedding, she sets off a chain of events that can either unmask the government’s brutality or ruin them all. Sarah, Sadegh, and Azar’s stories weave together in an un inching, humorous, and at times terrifying story that demonstrates that, even as the world is falling apart around us, life goes on. EHSANEH SADR is an Iranian American novelist and social justice activist with a PhD in international relations. She has worked, in various capacities, on campaigns related to biking advocacy, Palestinian human rights, Iranian sanctions, access to credit for rural villagers, and safe spaces for children in crisis. She currently works with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to create the cultural and infrastructure changes needed to support a shift away from carbon-based modes of transportation. Ehsaneh lives in Northern California with her husband and two children but also considers Washington, DC; Salt Lake City; and Tehran to be home.

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Second Chance Angel The Last Stop Station Series, Book 1 By Griﬃn Barber and Kacey Ezell A war vet and an AI race to unravel a deadly conspiracy—before shadowy foes succeed in destroying both of them.

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After a devastating galactic war, disgraced veteran Ralston Muck ekes out a living as a bouncer at Last Stop Station’s premier nightclub, A Curtain of Stars. Night after night he listens to the club’s star performer, Siren, sing her memories and ease some of his aching loss. But when Siren goes missing, Muck ?nds himself drawn into a world of dirty cops, drug lords, and conspiracies that trace back to the war itself. The only person he can trust isn’t even human. Angel, Siren’s personal AI, was ripped from the singer’s mind the night Siren disappeared. With no idea what has happened to her human host, and pursued by a killer virus, Angel @ees to Muck for answers. Together they struggle to comprehend the conspiracy that entangles both their lives. Can Muck and the angel on his shoulder recover Siren before it’s too late? Or will he lose everything that matters to him one more time? GRIFFIN BARBER spent his youth in four diﬀerent countries, learning three languages while holding down jobs in marinas, bars, cafés, and, memorably, cold-calling casino guests. Finally settled in Northern California with a day job as a police oﬃcer in a major metropolitan department, he lives the good life with his wife and daughter. 1636: Mission to the Mughals, coauthored with Eric Flint, was his ?rst novel; he has also written numerous short stories. Second Chance Angel is what he hopes to be the ?rst of many collaborations with Kacey Ezell. KACEY EZELL is an active duty USAF helicopter pilot. When not teaching young pilots to beat the air into submission, she writes sci-?/fantasy/alt history. She was a Dragon Award ?nalist in 2018 and 2019 for her novels Minds of Men and The Worlds Asunder, and her stories have twice been featured in Baen Books’ Year’s Best Mil/Adventure SF compilation. In 2018, her story “Family Over Blood” won the 2018 Baen Reader’s Choice Award. She has books published by Baen, Chris Kennedy Publishing, and Blackstone Publishing. You can ?nd out more and join her mailing list at www.KaceyEzell.net.

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Adverse Eﬀects The Memory Thieves, Book 1 By Joel Shulkin, MD You’re not who you think you are. Determined to help her amnesiac patients recover their lives, Boston psychiatrist Cristina Silva is achieving near-miraculous results by prescribing Recognate, a revolutionary new memory-recovery drug now in trials. Take her patient, Carl Franklin. From all appearances, the handsome and successful accountant’s life was saved by Recognate—which is why his deadly plunge from an eight-story window is so very shocking and mysterious. What went wrong? Police detective Gary Wilson is less willing than his law enforcement colleagues to dismiss the grisly death of Cristina’s patient as a suicide. And then a violent break-in at her apartment leads the dogged detective to her doorstep. The con;uence of sinister events suddenly swirling around the gorgeous psychiatrist raise Wilson’s protective instincts— even as he’s unsure Cristina is telling him everything. But does she even know the whole truth? Cristina is also a recovering victim of trauma. The terrible hit and run car crash that killed her parents two years earlier remains shrouded in mystery. And as Cristina’s memories return, with them come violent visions and disturbing questions. When an enigmatic and possibly dangerous man appears at Cristina’s bus stop, he seems to know more about her life than she does, including alarming details about her parents’ murder. Perilously balanced between an unknown past and a terrifying future, Cristina becomes determined to uncover the truth about her parents’ deaths. She is unaware that revealing the painful details of her past may also expose a deadly international conspiracy involving billions of dollars. For moving even deeper in the shadows is a mysterious operative called Quinn. And part of his plan to pro:t from the misery of others involves the participation of Dr. Cristina Silva.

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JOEL SHULKIN, MD, is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and United States Air Force veteran with a master’s in public health. Having been lucky enough to be mentored by the legendary Michael Palmer, his short stories have appeared in various print and online journals, and he has won several national and local writing awards for :ction and poetry. He lives in Florida with his wife and twin daughters.

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Tim O’Connor is paid to be violent. He plays for the El Paso Storm in the West Texas Hockey League. People call him Oak. He’s been an enforcer for longer than his hip or shoulder or back have been able to hold together. He is a broken machine of gristle and rage. And he has been away from home for too long. He’s called back to Boston by his mother’s death. There he confronts a life he failed to live, a daughter he doesn’t know, and a body that is quickly breaking down. Still, he can’t conceive of a future without hockey, even as he chews oxycodone and Adderall to numb his injuries and steady his brain. When a brutal encounter with the police places him in the path of Joan Linney, a haunted public defender, and Kip, a boy with a brave face, Oak and his chance companions roam cold streets from Castle Island to Quincy Point, struggling to believe in a diﬀerent future. In spare, potent language, Jeﬀ W. Bens builds a remarkable character from the skates up. The Mighty Oak is a visceral and emotional experience. The fact of Oak’s physical existence is powerfully rendered, and the bone-deep transformation of his character is one you will not soon forget. JEFF W. BENS is the author of the novel Albert, Himself. He teaches at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York.

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Kingdom of Ice and Bone The Frozen Sun Saga, Book 2 By Jill Criswell In her veins, the blood of gods. In her heart, a thirst for vengeance.

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Lira and Reyker have lost everything. Including each other. Lira of Stone watched her home burn and her clan fall beneath the sword of the warlord known as the Dragon. She believes the man she loves, a warrior who defected from the Dragon’s army, is dead. Alongside her exiled brother and his band of refugees, she will <ght the forces that conquered her island. But the greatest danger may come from Lira herself—with the blood of banished gods running through her veins, she’s become a weapon, and no one is safe from the power of her wrath. Reyker Lagorsson thought he was done being a Dragonman. That was before he saw Lira leap from a cliﬀ and vanish into the sea. Determined to honor her memory by protecting her people, Reyker must feign loyalty to the warlord, undermine him at every turn, and seek alliances with renegade soldiers—without succumbing to the battle-madness that threatens to possess him once more. When the Fallen Ones oﬀer Lira a chance to defeat the Dragon, her quest leads her to a place she never expected—Iseneld, the warlord’s homeland. Her journey into the heart of the Frozen Sun will put her on a collision course with Reyker, costing both of them more than they ever imagined, and leaving her with a terrible choice: to save their countries, she must forsake everything she loves. JILL CRISWELL is a writer of young adult historical fantasy. Born and raised in the swamps of northeastern Florida, she earned degrees in English and psychology and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Florida. Her greatest passion, besides reading and writing, is traveling the world; she’s visited <fty countries across six continents, falling in love with places like Iceland, Namibia, and Cambodia. She works as a university English teacher and lives in South Carolina, near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with her husband and daughter (who is named after a volcano in Iceland). She is the author of Beasts of the Frozen Sun, the <rst book in the Frozen Sun Saga. For more information, visit JillCriswell.com.

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In the the 1950s, 1950s, tensions tensions remain In remain high high in in the the border border town town of of La La Frontera. Frontera. Penny loafers and sneakers clash with boots and huaraches. Bowling Penny loafers and sneakers clash with boots and huaraches. Bowling shirts and leather jackets compete with guayaberas. Convertibles fend shirts and leather jackets compete with guayaberas. Convertibles fend with motorcycles. Yet amidst the discord, young love blooms at >rst sight “Without love, we’re dead.” with motorcycles. Yet amidst the discord, young love blooms at <rst sight between Fulgencio Ramirez, the son of impoverished immigrants, and between Fulgencio Ramirez, the son of impoverished immigrants, and Carolina Mendelssohn, the local pharmacist’s daughter. But as they’ll In the 1950s, tensions remain high in theCarolina border Mendelssohn, town of La Frontera. the local pharmacist’s daughter. 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Seven years ago, an out-of-town reporter disappeared while investigating anonymous allegations of rape against a prominent politician. Back then, the police believed that the reporter drowned at a dangerous swimming hole called the Deeps … but the discovery of the body changes everything. Now Stride’s partner, Maggie Bei, is forced to ask Stride an uncomfortable question: Did you kill him? Stride is obviously hiding things. He was the last person to see the reporter alive. And he admits lying to Maggie about that meeting, but won’t tell her why. With suspicion in the murder pointing at him, Stride finds himself off the case and on leave from the Duluth Police. Someone was willing to kill rather than let those long-ago secrets come out, and the suspect with the strongest motive … is Stride.

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DEEP, DEEP SNOW Deputy Shelby Lake was abandoned as a baby, saved by a stranger who found her in the freezing cold. Now, years later, a young boy is missing—and Shelby is the one who must rescue a child. When a tantalizing clue finally comes to light, Shelby must confront the darkest lie of all. “Brian Freeman is, quite simply, a first-rate storyteller.” —Nelson DeMille

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Escaping Dreamland A Novel By Charlie Lovett In 1906 New York City a trio of young people come together to write a series of children’s books that echo down the generations in unexpected ways.

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Robert Parrish’s childhood obsession with series books like the Hardy Boys and Tom Swift inspired him to become an author. Just as his debut novel becomes a bestseller, his relationship with his girlfriend, Rebecca, begins to fall apart. Robert realizes he must confront his secret demons by ful lling a youthful promise to solve a mystery surrounding his favorite series—the Tremendous Trio. Guided by twelve tattered books and an unidenti ed but tantalizing fragment of a story, Robert journeys into the history of the books that changed his life, hoping they can help him once again. His odyssey takes him to 1906 Manhattan, a time of steamboats, boot blacks, and Fifth Avenue mansions, but every discovery he makes only leads to more questions. Robert’s quest intertwines with the stories of three young people trying to de ne their places in the world at the dawn of a new and exciting century. Magda, Gene, and Tom not only write the children’s books that Robert will one day love, together they explore the vibrant city on their doorstep, from the Polo Grounds to Coney Island’s Dreamland, drawing the reader into the Gilded Age as their own friendships deepen. The connections between the authors, their creations, and Robert’s redemptive journey make for a beautifully crafted novel that is an ode to the children’s series books of our past, to New York City, and above all, to the power of love and friendship. CHARLIE LOVETT is an award-winning playwright and author of the New York Times bestseller The Bookman’s Tale and other novels. His plays for children have been seen in over ve thousand productions worldwide. A former antiquarian bookseller, he collects books and memorabilia related to Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland and has written extensively on Carroll. He hosts the literary podcast Inside the Writer’s Studio. Charlie and his wife, Janice, live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and in Kingham, Oxfordshire.

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The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew A Novel By Denise Heinze

The remarkable story of America’s original colony, Jamestown, through the lens of two pioneering women who ensured its survival during those early treacherous years. Determined to set the historical record straight, and clear her conscience, Temperance Flowerdew—the wife of Virginia’s rst two governors—puts quill to paper, recounting the hardships that nearly brought the Jamestown colony to its knees, and the extraordinary sacri ce of her servant girl, Lily. When she stepped aboard the Falcon in 1609, Temperance is utterly illequipped to survive the wilderness; all she knows is how to live inside the pages of adventure and philosophy books. Loyally at her side, Lily helps Temperance weather pioneer life. A young woman running from lifelong accusations of witchcraft, Lily nds friendship with Temperance and an acceptance of her psychic gifts. Together, they forge paths within the community. But as the harsh winter approaches, Lily senses a darkness creep over the colony and the veneer of civilized life threatens to fall away. Lily struggles to keep food on the table by foraging in the woods and being resourceful. Famine could mean the end of days. It’s up to Lily to save them both, but what sacri ce will be enough to survive? A transporting and evocative story, The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew is a ercely hopeful novel—a portrait of two intrepid women who choose to live out their dreams of a future more free than the past. DENISE HEINZE, a former literature professor and a PhD graduate of Duke University, writes ction, non ction, and poetry. She is the author of the novel Sally St. Johns and her work has appeared in Now and Then, Thought and Action, Reunions, Wow! Women on Writing, THEMA literary journal, and Gemini Magazine; her story “The Grid,” was a quarter- nalist for the Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award. The Brief and True Report of Temperance Flowerdew is her second novel and was a nalist for the University of New Orleans Press Publishing Lab Prize. A descendant of Louisa May Alcott, she lives in North Carolina.

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The Cabin on Souder Hill By Lonnie Busch In the southern Appalachian Mountains, a woman stumbles into dark family secrets, backwoods justice, and seemingly impossible events that threaten to rip apart her world.

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Michelle and Cliff Stage bought their isolated vacation cabin in the mountains of North Carolina with hopes of repairing their eighteen-year marriage. But when Cliff disappears one night searching for the source of a mysterious light in the woods, Michelle’s life will change in unimaginable ways. After the sheriff’s department fails to :nd him, Michelle scrambles down the same dark mountainside alone, the strange, beckoning light her only guide. What she discovers is a cabin, identical to theirs, housing a life she barely recognizes—and a husband she hardly knows. Cliff is a changed man. Now caring and considerate, no longer a manipulative womanizer, he is also missing a :nger. He claims that Cassie, their teenage daughter, is dead, killed in a car accident over a year ago. Michelle knows that’s not possible—Cassie had phoned her from Atlanta only hours before. Even when shown Cassie’s grave, Michelle refuses to accept she’s gone. Michelle wants her daughter and her life back, and the only clue to what has happened is a man named Pink. A real estate agent and the man who years earlier built Michelle and Cliff’s cabin, Pink was rumored to have killed his wife and buried her on the property then vanished never to be seen again. But in Michelle’s new reality, Pink and his wife still reside in town and Pink’s smile-splashed billboards are everywhere. To get back to the world where her daughter exists, Michelle must unravel the mystery of Pink while questioning her very reality—and her sanity. Haunting, atmospheric, and deeply thought-provoking, The Cabin on Souder Hill questions the very nature of our existence and the choices we make to form it. LONNIE BUSCH is an award-winning author whose work has also appeared in Southwest Review, the Minnesota Review, the Baltimore Review, and others. His awards include the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize, :nalist for the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction, and the Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Award. He is also a painter, illustrator, and animator who has created artwork for many companies, including the “Greetings from America” stamps and “Wonders of America” for the USPS.

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Flying Free My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team By Cecilia Aragon A woman’s exhilarating journey from shy, fearful daughter of immigrants to champion pilot for the US Aerobatic Team The daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, timid child in a small midwestern town during the 1960s. Targeted by school bullies and dismissed by many of her teachers, she worried that people would <nd out the truth: that she was INTF. Incompetent. Nerd. Terri<ed. Failure. This feeling stayed with her well into her twenties when she was told that “girls can’t do science” or “women just don’t know how to handle machines.” Yet in the span of just six years, Cecilia became the <rst Latina pilot to secure a place on the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and earn the right to represent her country at the Olympics of aviation, the World Aerobatic Championships. How did she do it? Using mathematical techniques to overcome her fear, Cecilia performed at air shows in front of millions of people. She jumped out of airplanes and taught others how to =y. She learned how to fund-raise and earn money to compete at the world level. She worked as a test pilot and contributed to the design of experimental airplanes, crafting curves of metal and fabric that shaped air to lift inanimate objects high above the earth. And best of all, she surprised everyone by overcoming the prejudices people held about her because of her race and her gender. Flying Free is the story of how Cecilia Aragon broke free from expectations and rose above her own limits by combining math and logic with her passion for =ying in unexpected ways. You don’t have to be a math whiz or a science geek to learn from her story. You just have to want to soar. CECILIA ARAGON is an author, air-show pilot, and the <rst Latina full professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. She coauthored Writers in the Secret Garden, has worked with Nobel Prize winners, taught astronauts to =y, and created musical simulations of the universe with rock stars. Her major awards for research, and a stint at NASA designing software for Mars missions, led President Obama to call her “one of the top scientists and engineers in the country.”

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the

DANCE WITH ME

Series

Take the Lead

Shelley Shepard Gray takes us back to Bridgeport, Ohio, a town where family comes in all different shapes and sizes, love has no limits, and community means everyone deserves a little help when they’re lost.

Save the Last Dance

Shelley Shepard Gray brings us back to Bridgeport at Christmastime for an all-new romance. Kimber Klein is ready to make changes in her life, to search for a new career and a new purpose—but is she ready to leap into new love?

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Jubilee By Jennifer Givhan She should’ve been a college sophomore, a budding poet working toward her writing career. She should not have been bleeding. Not yet, not this much. When Bianca appears late one night at her brother’s house in Santa Ana, she is barely conscious, though not alone. Jubilee, wrapped in a fuzzy pink romper, is buckled into a car seat. Jubilee, who Bianca feeds and clothes and bathes and loves. Jubilee, who Bianca could not leave behind. Jubilee, a doll in her arms. Told in alternating points of view, Jubilee reveals both the haunting power of our lived experiences and the surreal possibility of the present to heal the past. The :rst thread, “Before Jubilee,” follows Bianca in her girlhood home on the Mexicali border as she struggles with her high school sweetheart, Gabe, and a secret they’ve shared since she was :fteen. The second thread, “With Jubilee,” is told from the point of view of her new love, Joshua, who along with Bianca’s family helps her cope with a mysterious trauma by accepting Jubilee as part of the family. As Joshua’s love for Bianca grows, he fears that Jubilee has the power to tear his tiny family apart. Alternating chapters give readers a unique perspective on Bianca’s present and on her relationship with Jubilee as her past life with Gabe comes to a catastrophic end. Jubilee is at once a darkly suspenseful psychological drama and a luminous re;ection on how beauty emerges from even the most traumatic of experiences. JENNIFER GIVHAN, a National Endowment for the Arts and PEN/Rosenthal Emerging Voices fellow, is a Mexican American writer and activist from the Southwestern desert. She is the author of four full-length poetry collections and her honors include the Frost Place Latinx Scholarship, the Pinch Poetry Prize, ten Pushcart nominations, and others. Givhan holds a master’s degree in English from California State University Fullerton and an MFA from Warren Wilson College, and she can be found discussing feminist motherhood at JenniferGivhan.com as well as on Facebook and Twitter @JennGivhan.

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Don’t Move From the authors of the bestselling awakeneD trilogy By James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth

Don’t Move

From the authors of the bestselling Awakened trilogy. Megan Forrester has barely survived the unthinkable. Six months ago, she witnessed a horri c accident that killed her husband and son, and lives with the guilt of knowing she could have done more to save them. Now, Megan hopes to mend the pieces of her broken spirit by attending a local church group’s annual camping trip. But the church group members—riddled with dark secrets of their own—make a catastrophic navigational mistake, leaving them stranded in an untouched canyon in Megan Forrester the has survived Westbarely Virginian national forest. • National features and reviews Isolated from any chanceshe of help or rescue, Megan and the others the unthinkable. Six months ago, quickly realize why this side of the canyon has never been surveyed by • Major digital advertising witnessed a horrific accident that mankind: it’s home to a killed terrifying prehistoric arachnid that patiently campaign stalks its preylives throughwith even the her husband and son, and theslightest movement or vibration in the forest. And it’s desperate for a meal. • Horror buzz mailing and guilt of knowing she could and have done Grief-stricken haunted by her tragic loss, Megan now faces her outreach ultimate of endurance. Can she outwit a bloodthirsty creature more to save them. Now,testMegan hopes (MAY NOT BE FINAL ART) hellbent on ensuring that no one gets out of alive? When a single wrong to mend the piecesturn of can hermean broken spirit byone option: • Social media death, she only has DON’T MOVE. campaign,

attending a local church group’s annual sweepstakes, and book trailers JAMES S. MURRAY is a writer, executive producer, and actor, best known camping trip. Butas “Murr” the on church group the hit television show Impractical Jokers on truTV and for • High-profile platform his comedy troupe, the Tenderloins. He also served as theauthor senior vice members—riddled with dark secrets mailing lista decade president of development for NorthSouthand Productions for over of their own—make a catastrophic and is owner of Impractical Productions, Inc. navigational mistake, leaving them • Bookseller and library show wnloads: Yes DARREN WEARMOUTH was born in Yorkshire and spent six years in the marketing M Required: No stranded in an untouched British Army’s Royal Signals division before pursuing a career in canyon in the tail Ship Date: 9/15/20 corporate technology. After fteen years working for West Virginian national forest. telecommunications rms and a startup, he decided to follow his passion

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is a writer, executive producer, and actor, best known as “Murr” on the hit television show Impractical Jokers on truTV and for his comedy troupe, the Tenderloins. He also served as the senior vice president of development for NorthSouth Productions for over a decade and is owner of Impractical Productions, Inc. Originally from Staten Island, he now lives in Manhattan.

DARREN WEARMOUTH

was born in Yorkshire and spent six years in the British Army’s Royal Signals division before pursuing a career in corporate technology. After fifteen years working for telecommunications firms and a startup, he decided to follow his passion for writing. He currently resides in Manchester, England.

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“This novel is chocked full of everything I love: strange creatures, a world teetering on the edge, and heroes who I’d want at my side during any firefight...Give me more!” —JAMES ROLLINS,

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My Favorites By Ben Bova

WINNER

“Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex ction.”

—Los Angeles Daily News

“The author’s excellence at combining hard science with believable characters and an attention-grabbing plot makes him one of our most accessible and entertaining storytellers.”

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I can hear you muttering, “Another anthology? Why?” After all, I’ve written more than a hundred works of short ction, and nearly 150 novels, anthologies, and books of non ction. Why another anthology? Because the stories I write are like my children. I want them to see the light of day, to sparkle in the sunshine, to please the men and women who read them. Is that too much to ask? I hope not. So here are fourteen stories. From among all the short ction I’ve written, these are my favorites. I wish that they please you. —Ben Bova BEN BOVA, six-time Hugo Award winner, is the author of over one hundred futuristic novels and non ction books. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and his novel Titan won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science ction novel of 2006.

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White Trash Warlock The Adam Binder Novels, Book 1 By David R. Slayton Not all magicians go to schools of magic. Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. But for much of Adam’s life, that power has been a curse, hindering friendships, worrying his backwoods family, and fueling his abusive father’s rage. Years after his brother Bobby had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to nd love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby’s wife. It isn’t long before Adam becomes the spirit’s next target. To survive the confrontation, save his sister-in-law, and learn the truth about his father, Adam will have to risk bargaining with very dangerous beings … including his rst love. DAVID R. SLAYTON grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where nding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and nding fantasy novels with diverse characters was downright impossible. Now he lives in Denver, Colorado, with his partner, Brian, and writes the books he always wanted to read. White Trash Warlock is his rst novel. In 2015, David founded Trick or Read, an annual initiative to give out books along with candy to children on Halloween as well as uplift lesser-known authors or those from marginalized backgrounds. Find him online at www.DavidRSlayton.com.

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The Key to Fear The Key Series, Book 1 By Kristin Cast

For fifty years, the Key Corporation has

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defended humanity Touch is lethal. Love is dangerous. Nobodyagainst is safe. a deadly plague For fty years, the spreads Key Corporation has defended humanity against a that through touch. Lovers don’t deadly plague hold that spreads through touch. Lovers don’t hold hands, or hands, or even kiss. Personal boundaries even kiss. Personal are valued above all. Break theand laws, and are boundaries valued above all. Break the laws, you’ll face execution. you’ll face execution. Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned thealaws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to Elodie, talented young nurse, believes break the rules to nd a terminal patient who’s gone missing while under in the mission of the Key and has never her care. questioned that control life. But From the outside, it seems the the laws Key has given Aiden her everything he forced to break rules to find a could want—a Elodie purpose,isan education, and a the future. But Aiden knows who’s gone whiletear more than he’sterminal letting on, patient and the dark secrets he’smissing keeping could the Key’s strict society underapart. her care. When Elodie and Aiden’s lives collide, the fallout will be devastating. thesystem outside, it seems the Keyonhas given What do you doFrom when the that kept you safe is now the hunt? Run. Aiden everything he could want—a purpose, an education, and a future. But Aiden knows

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The Raven Lady The Faery Rehistory Series, Book 2 By Sharon Lynn Fisher The fairy court is restored. Who will win the game of crowns? In the aftermath of Ireland’s battle with her ancient enemies, Queen Isolde orders her cousin, smuggler Duncan O’Malley, to assume the throne of fairy as King Finvara. He’s a 8sh out of water when it comes to nurturing the alliance between Ireland’s mortal and fairy peoples. And the queen wants him to wed the daughter of Ireland’s enemy, the king of Icelandic shadow elves, to help keep the peace. But the Irish think of the elves as goblins, and Finvara refuses. Elven princess Koli, aﬀronted by the king’s rejection—along with his decision to bring her to court as little more than a captive—vows vengeance. Shortly after her arrival, she uncovers a plot that would bring swift satisfaction. A dark and powerful fairy lord, Far Dorocha, wants to take Finvara’s crown and lead both the fairy and elven people to war against the Irish. And he wants Koli to help him. It’s the perfect setup for revenge, but Koli soon discovers that Finvara’s not the haughty lord she believed him to be. And as she navigates treacherous waters inside the court, she gets glimpses of the magic and passion that have been slumbering inside her. She must choose a side in the new battle for Ireland—will it be the fearsome father she has served for nearly a century, or the fairy king who has helped awaken her to herself? SHARON LYNN FISHER is the author of sci-8 romance, erotic fairy tales, and, most recently, the historical fantasy trilogy the Faery Rehistory, including the 8rst title in the series, The Absinthe Earl. She lives where it rains nine months of the year and is mom to two lovely tweens, two huge dogs, two ridiculous goats, an orange cat and orange mare, and a 9uctuating number of poultry.

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God Storm Shadow Frost Trilogy, Book 2 By Coco Ma

In the kingdom of Axaria, a darkness In has After defeating her evil newly coronated thefallen. kingdom of Axaria, a darkness has mother, fallen. After defeating her evil mother, coronated Queen Asterin Faelenhart shouldforbidden have every Queen Asterin Faelenhart should have everynewly reason to celebrate. Her kingdom is safe, reason celebrate. Her kingdom is safe, eradicated, magic eradicated, and her friends are alive.toExcept Asterin’s triumph hasforbidden come atmagic a devastating and her friends are alive. Except Asterin’s triumph has come at a cost—forced to choose between a lifelong friend and true love, she’s lost both. But the shadows devastating cost—forced to choose between a lifelong friend and true in Axaria have begun to stir once again, and nolost oneboth. is more starved forinvengeance … love, she’s But the shadows Axaria have than begunAsterin to stir once again, and no one is more starved for vengeance than Asterin … Yet it soon becomes clear that the shadows plaguing her kingdom are just the beginning. Another Yet it soon becomes clear that the shadows plaguing her kingdom are realm coexists with the mortal world—the nightmarish Immortal ruled by the just the beautiful, beginning. Another realm coexists withRealm the mortal world—the wicked God of Shadow, King Eoin. When their nightmarish paths entwine, Asterin realizes Eoin possesses beautiful, Immortal Realm ruled that by the wicked God of Shadow, When their paths entwine, Asterindear realizes that Eoin exactly what—and who—she seeks most. AndKing theEoin. fates of all those that she holds ultimately possesses exactly what—and who—she seeks most. And the fates of all rest in the god’s hands. those that she holds dear ultimately rest in the god’s hands.

But in a world of magic, not everyone is But always as they seem. not When shocking discoveries threaten in a world of magic, everyone is always as they seem. When shocking everyone that Asterin has everything and everyone that Asterin has sworndiscoveries her life to threaten protect,everything she won’t and be the only person forced (MAY NOT BE FINAL ART) sworn her lifemortal to protect, she forever. won’t be And the only person forced to make to make a choice … a choice that will change the world maybe even destroy it. a choice … a choice that will change the mortal world forever. And maybe

Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / General even destroy it. COCO MA is a Canadian author and pianist. She wrote her first novel, Shadow (YAF019000) Unabridged • Book #cp3h Frost, at the age of fifteen, since she began thewrote pianoher at ;rst the novel, age COCO MA isand a Canadian author and playing pianist. She ISBN-13: Shadow Frost, at the age of ;fteen, and world’s since shegreatest began playing the of five and a half, she has performed on some of the concert Hardcover 9781982527471 , $19.99 piano at the age of ;ve and a half, she has performed on some of the stages and graduated with a precollege diploma in piano performance from Library E-Book 9781982527457 , $29.99 world’s greatest concert stages and graduated with a precollege diploma Trade E-Book 9781982527464 , $9.99 the Juilliard School in New York City. Currently, she studies at Yale University.

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Brides of Rome A Novel of the Vestal Virgins The Vesta Shadows Series, Book 1 By Debra May Macleod

“Very intelligent and well-researched Roman historical ction, populated with very strong female lead characters…A ne start to a promising series.”

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It is a world of power and privilege, secrets and sacred duty. It is the world of ancient Rome. And it is the esteemed Vestal Virgins—priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the home and hearth—who protect the Eternal Flame that protects the Eternal City. Dedicated to a thirty-year vow of chaste service, Priestess Pomponia :nds herself swept up in the intrigue, violence, wars, and bedroom politics of Rome’s elite—Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian and his maneuvering wife, Livia—all the while guarding the secret aﬀection she has in her heart. But when a charge of incestum—a broken vow of chastity—is made against the Vestal order, the ultimate punishment looms: death by being buried alive in the “Evil Field.” In Brides of Rome, Book One in the Vesta Shadows series, Debra May Macleod skillfully recreates the world of ancient Rome with all its brutality and brilliance, all its rich history and even richer legend. A true page-turner that is as smart as it is compelling, this must-read novel brings the Vestal order to life like never before. DEBRA MAY MACLEOD is an author of historical :ction that focuses on the ancient Roman religion of Vesta and the Vestal Virgins. She lives in Canada with her husband and son, but visits Italy often for research (and sun).

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Nemesis and the Swan By Lindsay K. Bandy In revolutionary Paris, the secrets behind an eerie set of brooches will either send nineteen-year-old Hélène d’Aubign to the guillotine or save her life.

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From her prison cell in revolutionary Paris, nineteen-year-old aristocrat Hélène d’Aubign recalls the events that led her to choose between following in her parents’ unforgivable footsteps or abandoning the man she loves. Despite her world of privilege, Hélène is inspired early on by the radical ideas of her progressive governess. Though her family tries to intervene, the seeds of revolution have already been planted in Hélène’s heart, as are the seeds of love from an unlikely friendship with a young jeweler’s apprentice. Hélène’s determination to nd true love is as revolutionary as her attempt to unravel the truth behind a chilling set of eye-shaped brooches and the concealed murder that tore her family apart. As violence erupts in Paris, Hélène is forced into hiding with her estranged family, where the tangled secrets of their past become entwined with her own. When she nally returns to the blood-stained streets of Paris, she nds everything—and everyone—very much changed. In a city where alliances shift overnight, no one knows who to trust. Faced with looming war, the mystery of her family’s past, and the man she loves near death, Hélène will soon will nd out if doing one wrong thing will make everything right, or if it will simply push her closer to the guillotine. LINDSAY BANDY writes historical and contemporary young adult ction as well as poetry. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with her husband, two daughters, and two cats, and currently serves as the co–regional advisor of the Eastern Pennsylvania region of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

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By Sara Foster Arabella Lane, senior executive at a children’s publisher, is found

“Dark, compelling, and truly memorable. Foster is one of my favorite writers.” dead in the Thames on a frosty winter’s morning after the office

Christmas party. No one is sure whether she jumped or was pushed. The one person who may know the truth is the newest employee at Parker & Lane – the office temp, Eleanor.

travelled to London to escape the repercussions of her — Dervla McTiernan, bestselling author of TheEleanor Ruinhasand The Scholar, on You Don’t Know traumatic childhood in outback Australia. To her horror, she has no memory of the crucial hours leading up to Arabella’s death Me

the hi dde n ho ur s

The Hidden Hours

Arabella – young, beautiful and dead Eleanor – no memory of the night before

t h e h idden h ou rs

– memory that will either incriminate or absolve her.

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Caught in a crossfire of accusations and lies, Eleanor isn’t sure she can trust anyone – not even herself. As she races to uncover the

truth, she realises that someone is intent on stopping her. Someone

who, like Eleanor, knows just how deadly the darkest secrets can be.

—Emma Visic, award-winning author of And Fire Came Down and Resurrection Bay, on You Don’t Know Me Keeping her secret may save her family. But telling it may save her life.

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Arabella Lane is found dead in the Thames on a frosty winter’s morning after the oﬃce Christmas party. No one is sure whether she jumped or was pushed. The one person who may know the truth is the oﬃce temp, Eleanor. Having traveled to London to escape the repercussions of her traumatic childhood in Australia, tragedy seems to follow Eleanor wherever she goes. To her horror, she has no memory of the crucial hours leading up to Arabella’s death—memory that will either incriminate or absolve her. Caught in a cross re of accusations, Eleanor fears she can’t even trust herself, let alone the people around her. And soon, she’ll nd herself in a race against time to uncover what happened that night—and discover just how deadly some secrets can be.

University.

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SARA FOSTER was born and raised in England and moved to Australia in 2004. She has published ve other novels: Come Back to Me, Beneath the Shadows, Shallow Breath, All That Is Lost between Us, and The Hidden Hours. She lives near Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and two young daughters, and is a doctoral candidate with Curtin

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Last Dance By Jeﬀrey Fleishman The US election has been hacked, and a Russian prima ballerina is found dead in her downtown loft. LA detective Sam Carver pieces together evidence in a cold war that never really thawed.

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In a downtown LA loft, a famous Russian ballerina is found dead. No marks, no bruises. The suspects are many: spies, hit men, a gunrunner, and one of Hollywood’s most powerful and mysterious lm producers. Detective Sam Carver becomes entangled in a perilous reignited cold war between Moscow and Washington. He chases leads from Europe to Africa. But Carver faces other demons, too. He is haunted by Dylan Cross, a killer who got away a year ago. She knows his secrets, whispers to him in his dreams. His obsession with Dylan threatens his new case and also his relationship with Lily Hernandez, a uniform cop who wants to work as his partner. Last Dance explores dangers within and without, and how we reconcile the damage, love, and things lost, in a Los Angeles that is as tempting and alluring as it is cruel and sinister. JEFFREY FLEISHMAN is a Pulitzer Prize nalist and longtime foreign correspondent. He has had postings in Rome, Berlin, and Cairo and has covered wars in Iraq, Libya, and Kosovo. He now writes about culture and lm for the Los Angeles Times. He has written three other novels, My Detective (the rst Sam Carver book), Shadow Man, and Promised Virgins: A Novel of Jihad.

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Zanna’s Gift A Life in Christmases By Orson Scott Card When little Zanna’s oldest brother died just before Christmas, she was left with the gift she had made for him—a picture that only he would have understood. Every Christmas, Zanna’s gift was brought out and displayed as a way of including their lost brother in the celebration. This is the story of the life of that family, and of the many gifts they gave each other that could only be understood with love. ORSON SCOTT CARD, the author of the New York Times bestseller Ender’s Game, has won several Hugo and Nebula awards for his works of speculative ction. His Ender novels are widely read by adults and younger readers and are increasingly used in schools. Besides these and other science ction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy, American-frontier fantasy, biblical novels, poetry, plays, and scripts.

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JAMES CLAVELL NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The Children’s Story By James Clavell Read by Tom Taylorson

The Children’s Story

“One of the most chilling books I’ve ever read. Set in a “What does ‘allegiance’ mean?” the New Teacher asked, hand over classroom, it shows how susceptible young minds are, her heart. how vulnerable, how easy to control.”

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JAMES CLAVELL (1921–1994) was aThe novelist, screenwriter, director, and —GEMMA MALLEY, Guardian (London) World War II veteran and prisoner of war. He is best known for his epic Asian Saga novels, which launched with the 1962 bestseller King Rat, and • Hardcover 9781982537647 $9.99 AVAILABLE 11/3/20 their• Trade televised adaptations. He $1.99 also wrote screenplays for such lms as E-book 9781982537661 Fiction (FIC000000) • Book cpct • Unabridged The Great The Fly, and$4.99 was a writer, director, and producer • LibraryEscape E-book and 9781982537654 Available in print, e-book, and audio on To Sir, with Love. His books Shōgun, Noble House, Tai-Pan, and Whirlwind were #1 New York Times bestsellers.

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James Clavell (1921–1994) was a novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. He is best known for his epic Asian Saga novels, which launched with the 1962 bestseller King Rat, and their televised adaptations. He also wrote screenplays for such films as The Great Escape and The Fly, and was a writer, director, and producer on To Sir, with Love. His books Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan, and Whirlwind were #1 New York Times bestsellers. 42

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COMING SOON TO PAPERBACK Truth, by Omission by Daniel Beamish

A young Rwandan refugee is able to immigrate to America after helping a doctor with local language. But his new life comes to a screeching halt when his youth comes back to haunt him. “A riveting saga spanning continents with an important message for our troubled times.”

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The Dreaming Tree by Matthew Mather

Royce wakes up to find that he’s one of the first human patients to undergo a radical procedure: a full-body transplant. Years later, he tracks down the widow of the man whose body he inhabits. “The Dreaming Tree is a taut thriller injected with mesmerizing hard science. A walking lie detector makes an incredible detective— Delta Devlin is a franchise character worth losing your head over.”

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Greasy Bend

The Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond Mysteries, Book 2 by Kris Lackey Tribal policeman Bill Maytubby and Deputy Hannah Bond investigate two gruesome murders as the trail leads through the Oklahoma badlands to a remote airstrip and a planeload of drugs and weapons. “Mesmerizing. Kris Lackey’s prose is a siren song that worms its way into your soul. This story hooks you in the first chapter and never lets you go. Prepare to be up late reading— and loving every minute of it.” —William Bernhardt, bestselling author of the Ben Kincaid series

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COMING SOON TO PAPERBACK Beasts of the Frozen Sun The Frozen Sun Saga, Book 1 by Jill Criswell

When a warrior washes up on the shores of her homeland, Lira helps the wounded man. But as they form a forbidden bond, Lira finds herself facing the same tragic fate as her ancestor. “High stakes and a whirlwind adventure… This book is full of forbidden love, a world on the brink of war, and incredible magic like the ability to read someone’s soul…A story you could lose yourself in.”

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Rewind

by Catherine Ryan Howard Psycho meets Fatal Attraction in this explosive story about a murder caught on camera. You’ve already missed the start. To get the full picture you must rewind the tape and play it through to the end, no matter how shocking … “Compelling and suspenseful…A satisfying thriller.”

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A Mindful Year

by Dr. Aria Campbell-Danesh and Dr. Seth J. Gillihan Modern life can leave us exhausted and trapped in unhealthy patterns. A Mindful Year invites you to start a new pattern—reconnecting with what is most important, one day at a time. “This is more than a book. It is a companion, a wise guide that accompanies us each day. We find meditations here that… both challenge and comfort us, just the combination we need if we are to awaken fully.”

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COMING SOON TO PAPERBACK Lost and Found by Orson Scott Card

Teenager Ezekiel Blast has a talent for finding things. His friend Beth thinks there must be a way to use Ezekiel’s power for good, and so does a detective investigating a girl’s disappearance. “Only a few authors have the ability to create characters that seem like real friends by the end of a book. Prepare to meet several in this absorbing and heartwarming coming-of-age story by master storyteller Orson Scott Card.”

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Shadow Frost

Shadow Frost Trilogy, Book 1 by Coco Ma Princess Asterin Faelenhart of Axaria has one task: to hunt down a demon before it destroys her kingdom. Simple—except that no soldier sent to kill it has ever returned. “Shadow Frost is one of the best books of 2019 and needs to be on everyone’s mustread lists!”

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Trinity Sight A Novel by Jennifer Givhan

Calliope Santiago awakens to find herself in a strange and sinister wasteland, a shadow of the New Mexico she knew. Heavy-bellied with twins, she must make her way across this dangerous landscape with a group of fellow survivors. “A rocket-fueled, indigenous-culture inspired Mad Max—what a ride!…Fierce, wrenching, and written with a poet’s eye for transformation and grace.” —Brando Skyhorse, author of The Madonnas of Echo Park and Take This Man

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The House of Night Other World Series, Book 3 by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast

What happens when worlds clash and powers that should be left alone are awakened? Don’t miss this second to last volume in the House of Night Other World saga! “A fast-paced, suspenseful, magickal new world of adventure. Get ready for a wild ride with your beloved Nerd Herd.”

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Ash

A Novel by James Rayburn Agents of the state murdered his wife and took his son. Now they’re coming for Danny Ash. As he tracks his son through the American heartland, Ash has to confront a dark secret from his past. “Fans of action-packed, cinematic thrillers will best appreciate this one.”

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The Twenty-Ninth Day

Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra by Alex Messenger

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This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger’s near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. Left for dead, he wakes to find that his summer adventure has become a struggle to stay alive.

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CANADIAN RED by R. W. Stone

For years Jack Emerson has eluded capture in the vast Canadian wilderness. Lucas Donovan has vowed that nothing on earth will stop him from seeing this man caught and punished. The oath is both personal and professional, since one of the men Emerson ruthlessly killed was Constable Jamie Donovan, Lucas’s twin brother.

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HUNTED WOLF

A WESTERN QUARTET by T. T. Flynn

“Gold, greed, and revenge are the basic themes of these five bloody tales from the prolific Flynn…Simple western entertainment true to pulp formula.”

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THREE TRAILS TO TRIANGLE A WESTERN STORY by Robert J. Horton

Expert investigator Mel Davitt is brought in when the new State Bank of Milton is robbed. Just outside of town, Davitt joins up with Buck Granger, a young cowpuncher who helps him catch the bank robber known as the Crow. This is the beginning of a partnership that will apprehend rustlers and thieves.

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TERROR IN GUNSIGHT by Lauran Paine

Pete Knight, a cowhand looking for work, heads for the town of Gunsight, Wyoming, just when a long-standing feud between the townsmen and the range men has reached the boiling point.

“Excellent examples of Paine’s careful attention to detail and suspenseful, convincing plots.”

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SUNSET WINS A WESTERN TRIO by Max Brand

This literary trio by well-known Western author Max Brand features a rodeo starring a killer horse, a robbery turned reunion, and prison escapee who finds space in his tough heart for a horse.

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MACKINNON by Johnny D. Boggs

Double-crossed by his partners after robbing a saloon and gambling hall, Sam MacKinnon is pursued by aging lawman Nelson Bookbinder and his Mescalero Apache scout, Nikita. Miraculously, MacKinnon escapes the law, finds his horse and rifle, and, despite his injuries, sets out on the vengeance trail. But fate has something else in mind for Sam MacKinnon.

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Our Story In 1987, in a small garage in southern Oregon, Blackstone was born. With a fresh perspective on the reading experience, founders Craig and Michelle Black, and their trusted team, found new and innovative methods to not only produce and distribute audiobooks but also pioneer creative ways to collaborate with publishers, booksellers, and the audiobook listening community. Today we have over 14,750 audiobooks in our catalog and publish over 1,500 audiobooks a year. On the foundation of this thirty-plus year enterprise, we launched a print and e-book venture in 2015. In that first year, we published a handful of titles. In 2020, we will publish over eighty titles, and our list of projects continues to grow. This year also marks the opening of Blackstone Publishing’s New York City office, located in the Film Center Building, in Hell’s Kitchen. We’re thrilled to be working with bestselling and award-winning authors like Joe Kenda, James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth, Meg Gardiner, Eric Rickstad, Steve Hamilton, Reed Farrel Coleman, Catherine Ryan Howard, P.C. and Kristin Cast, Don Winslow, Adrian McKinty, Brian Freeman, and Charlie Lovett, as well as launching new, talented debut voices like Rudy Ruiz, Emily Adrian, Ehsaneh Sadr, Jotham Burrello, and Leila Rafei. As we continue to build the audiobook business and grow the print venture, Blackstone has strengthened its sales, marketing, production, library, and editorial teams, as well as increased its presence at BookExpo, BookCon, ALA, regional library conferences, and independent bookseller trade shows. Our goal is to publish groundbreaking books, both fiction and nonfiction, by the most talented writers and to forge long-term connections with readers, booksellers, librarians, and the overall publishing community. We are committed to bringing entertaining and thought-provoking stories to as many people as possible in the most creative and innovative ways imaginable.

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ADVERSE EFFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

GOD STORM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

ASH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

GREASY BEND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

BEASTS OF THE FROZEN SUN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

HELL DIVERS 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

BRIDES OF ROME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

HIDDEN HOURS, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF

HUNTED WOLF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

TEMPERANCE FLOWERDEW, THE. . . . . . . . . 25

JUBILEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

CABIN ON SOUDER HILL, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

KEY TO FEAR, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

CANADIAN RED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

KINGDOM OF ICE AND BONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

CHILDREN’S STORY, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

LAST DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

COOL BREEZE ON THE

LONG WALK UP THE WATER SLIDE, A. . . . . . . . 17

UNDERGROUND, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

LOST AND FOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

DARK FIGHTS, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

MACKINNON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

DEATH WAITS IN THE DARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MEET YOUR MAKER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

DEEP, DEEP SNOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

MIGHTY OAK, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

DOCTOR OF ALEPPO, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MINDFUL YEAR, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

DON’T MOVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

MY FAVORITES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

DOOR BETWEEN US, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

NEMESIS AND THE SWAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

DREAMING TREE, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

NOTHING MAN, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ESCAPING DREAMLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

RAVEN LADY, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

ETIQUETTE FOR RUNAWAYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

RESURRECTION OF

EVERYTHING HERE IS UNDER CONTROL. . . . . . . 3

FULGENCIO RAMIREZ, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

FLYING FREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

REWIND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

FORGOTTEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SAVE THE LAST DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

FOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

SECOND CHANCE ANGEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

SHADOW FROST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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SPINDLE CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SPRING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 SUNSET WINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 TAKE THE LEAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 TERROR IN GUNSIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 THREE TRAILS TO TRIANGLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 TRAIL TO BUDDHA’S MIRROR, THE. . . . . . . . . . 17 TRINITY SIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 TRUTH, BY OMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 TWENTY-NINTH DAY, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 WAY DOWN ON THE HIGH LONELY. . . . . . . . . . 17 WHILE DROWNING IN THE DESERT . . . . . . . . . 17 WHITE TRASH WARLOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ZANNA’S GIFT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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