Blackstone Publishing Revised July - December 2020

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Dates, prices, titles, and manufacturing details of all books listed are subject to change or cancellation without notice. The listing of price for any title in this catalog is not intended to control the resale price thereof.

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

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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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Spindle City A Novel

By Jotham Burrello Read by Gary Galone 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, a thor o King Zeno and Odds against Tomorrow

On w ne u , —a s mmer day so magnitcent it seems as i od himsel has smiled on the town—Fall River, Massach setts, is reveling in its s ccess. The Cotton Centennial is in ll swing as woseph Bartlett takes his place among the local elite in the parade grandstand. The metic lo sly planned carnival has bro ght the thriving textile town to an nprecedented halt; rich and poor alike crowd the streets, welcoming President Ta t to America’s “Spindle City.�

Yet as he perches in the grandstand n rsing a nagging toothache, woseph Bartlett straddles the divide between Yankee mill owners and the nion bosses who tght them. Bartlett, a renegade owner, ears the town cannot long s rvive against the nion- ree So th. He rets over the everpresent threat o strikes and actory tres, knowing his own ort ne was changed by the drop o a kerosene lantern. hen the Cleveland Mill b rned, good men died, and immigrant’s son woseph Bartlett gained a li e o privilege he never wanted.

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Spindle City delves deep into the lives, loves, and ort nes o real and imagined mill owners, anarchists, and immigrants, rom the Highlands mansions to the tenements o the Cogsworth sl m, chronicling a mill town’s—and a generation’s—last days o glory.

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JULY 21, 2020

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Spindle City A Novel

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—Nathaniel Rich, a thor o King Zeno and Odds against Tomorrow

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P. C. CAST + KRISTIN CAST P. C. CAST is a #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author whose novels have been awarded the prestigious Oklahoma Book Award, as well as the Prism Award, Laurel Wreath, Holt Medallion, and more.

KRISTIN CAST is a #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author who teams with her mother, P. C. Cast, to write the wildly successful House of Night series. She has a passion for all things paranormal.

∙ Major prepublication buzz and outreach ∙ National features and reviews ∙ Major digital advertising campaign ∙ Social media campaign, sweepstakes, and book trailers ∙ High-profile author platforms and mailing list ∙ Bookstore and festival tour

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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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To save the vanguard of humanity, the Hell Divers must take the fight to their enemies …

“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

MARKETING POINTS • New York Times and USA Today bestselling series • Prepublication buzz and outreach • Print and digital advertising • Creative sci-fi and postapocalyptic fiction campaign • Featured author at major bookseller shows • Social media, newsletter, sweepstakes, and book trailer • Author website: NicholasSansburySmith.com

GET THE SERIES! HELL DIVERS HELL DIVERS II: GHOSTS HELL DIVERS III: DELIVERANCE HELL DIVERS IV: WOLVES HELL DIVERS V: CAPTIVES HELL DIVERS VI: ALLEGIANCE 7

JULY 21, 2020

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Meet our Maker The Delta Devlin Novels, Book 1

By Matthew Mather In this future, reality is what you make it.

“A mind-bending new series by the master of technothrillers‌Anyone that says there isn’t a truly unique story anymore hasn’t read Matthew Mather’s Delta Devlin novels.â€?

—Nicholas Sansbury Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Sons of War and the Hell Divers series

“Another home run from one of the genre’s top authors.

Mather once again artfully weaves nail-biting action and high-tech wizardry into a relentless thrill ride.�

—Steve Konkoly, Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller

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“Mather has crafted a whip-smart and quick-footed international thriller with a likable protagonist and a plot honed out of hardwood. Taut, tightly crafted, and thrilling.�

—Dana Haynes, author of St Ni ho as Sa age Wre king

In the Czar’s Suite of Kiev’s ve-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 astern urope. here, her worst nightmares materialize from the darkness. Something is coming for her, and it may not even be alive.

MATTHEW MATHER’S books have sold millions of copies, been translated and published in over twentyve 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.

MAR ET Prepublication buzz and outreach Print and digital ad campaign Targeted thriller outreach and buzz mailing High-pro le author platform and mailing list Social media, newsletter, sweepstakes, and book trailer Featured book at major bookseller and library trade shows

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JULY 28, 2020

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Everything Here Is under Control A Novel

By Emily Adrian

“A beautiful, bracing novel by an amazing, open-hearted writer.�

—Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here

“A sharp, thoughtful, poignant look at early motherhood, a small town, and the complex, challenging, and beautiful relationships that make up our families both biological and chosen.�

— ydia Kiesling, author of The Golden State

“Emily Adrian writes with such a keen and sensitive eye, and she/s funny, and she is an astute observer of human behavior.�

— dan epucki, New York Times bestselling author of California

“A book so honest and raw‌and yet so appealing and unputdownable and—dare I say, heartwarming‌Magic, addictive, brilliant fun.â€?

— uf horpe, author of The no kout ueen

Amanda is a new mother, and she is breaking. After a fght 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 frmly 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 Ohio2s 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 comple0ity, con8icting 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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AUGUST 4, 2020

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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.

“A gritty story of betrayal, deceit, and danger‌The tightly written noir plot moves from scene to scene like a thriller, building suspense in every page.*

—Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author

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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 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 his rst love, Margaret, 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 th A Wolf Pack Battalion. Feeling a deep and responsible obligation to help her, Arthur soon nds himself involved in the multi-billion-dollar world of the oil and gas industry and 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 Blackwater-type 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 become an unwilling piece on the reservation checkerboard. But 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.

“I was hooked by the second paragraph! Alexandra Vinarov’s powerful narrative sucks you in and never lets go‌A masterful book!â€?

—Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, author of On Combat, On Killing and Assassination Generation

“The Dark Fights is a Hunger Games for adults set in contemporary NYC that reveals how even the most dauntless of women too often have our strengths turned against us. And how we ght back. An enthralling and haunting read.�

— ennifer Givhan, author of Trinity Sight

Escaping a traumatic childhood, Sasha rnds peace, sanctuary, and purpose in a martial arts dono whose sensei teaches her the ways of the samurai warrior. n accomplished black belt rghter, she now happily dwells in the dono, tucked away from the streets of anhattan, until a midnight call sets her on a path into an underground world.

Struggling to pay o a gambling debt, her brother Danilo is severely innured in a no rules club rght run by unscrupulous ussian arosi. o settle the debt, Sasha volunteers to perform in one of these 3dark rghts,4 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 van)uished rivals. But she realizes how addictive the lure of brutality has become. s 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? wo fascinating men oer 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 ar ights 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, trained in Japanese jujutsu and aikido, and holds a seconddegree 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.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

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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 with a gripping story of hope and redemption against the backdrop of war

“Dan Mayland’s Doctor of Aleppo grips you from the start.

His keen storytelling lends insight into war and its brutality through this tale of hope and redemption.�

—Judy A. Bernstein, author of Disturbed in Their Nests

“The Doctor of Aleppo turns an un3inching ga*e on the reality of modern warfare‌A thriller that breaks your heart as it rockets toward its stunning conclusion.â€?

— wen lorio, author of Silent Hearts

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“ nforgettable imagery and comple( characters in a relentless plot. The Doctor of Aleppo streaks with urgency through a supremely crafted labyrinth of intrigue.�

—Daniel Beamish, author of Truth, by Omission

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 o7cer 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 o7cer’s crosshairs.

Both intimate and sweeping in scope, The Do tor o le o 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 nonpro t, private, and government organi1ations 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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Etiquette for Runaways

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 La Revue Nègre

“This is a great coming-of-age novel about life lessons, loyalty, and forgiveness in a fast-spinning, glittering world full of temptation and opportunity. Beautifully done!�

—Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House and Glory over Everything

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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 +oins her father’s illegal business. hen 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. hen 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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By Leila Rafei

“Rafei’s elegant and unsparing debut novel of family and revolution is as essential as it is breathtaking.”

—Hannah Lillith Assadi, author of Sonora

“ A captivating tale of a family caught in the midst of a revolution,Rafei’s gorgeous book is at once transporting and recognizable, both shocking and meditative, and replete with insight into how our dreams for our own lives are often mirrored in our dreams for the places we love.”

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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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THE NOTHING MAN 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.

“Gripping, beautifully written, and genuinely chilling, The Nothing Man had me from page one. Simply stellar.”

—MEG GARDINER, Edgar Award–winning author of The Dark Corners of the Night

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 …

“Catherine Ryan Howard is a gift to crime writing. Her characters are credible, her stories are original, and her plotting is ingenious.

Every book is a treat to look forward to.”

—LIZ NUGENT, bestselling author of Unraveling Oliver and Skin Deep

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was born in Cork, Ireland. Her debut thriller, Distress Signals, was an Irish Times and USA Today bestseller and was short-listed for the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey New Blood Dagger and the Irish Crime Novel of the Year. Her second novel, The Liar’s Girl, was a finalist for the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Novel. She lives in Dublin.

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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?

“A deeply compelling story‌brought vividly to life in this powerful and haunting tale.â€?

—Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of Among the Ruins

“A vivid, thrilling story of clashes and collisions, between tradition and civil liberties, between families, between individuals and institutions, between reform and reaction‌You will not forget these scenes and these characters.â€?

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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 dierences emerge and Sarah’s conservative family tries to call o 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 o 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 alley icycle Coalition to create the cultural and infrastructure changes needed to support a shift away from carbon8based modes of transportation. hsaneh lives in orthern 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 GriďŹƒn 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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AS SOCIETY COLLAPSES, ONE FAMILY WILL RISE TO CONTROL THE CHAOS. The civil war is over, but the struggle for power in the aftermath is just starting.

Continue the adventure in Sons of War 2: Saints, coming fall 2020.

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An engaging cast of characters you will root for—even when you shouldn’t.”

—DON WINSLOW on Sons of War 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, the Orbs series, and the new Sons of War series. When he isn’t writing or daydreaming about the apocalypse, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, and traveling the world. He lives in Iowa with his wife, their dogs, and a house full of books.

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Adverse Eects The Memory Thieves, Book 1

By Joel Shulkin, MD Some memories are meant to be forgotten—especially when they’re not yours.

“A riveting adventure into the world of memory control where nightmarish consequences await‌Certain to keep the reader turning pages deep into the night.â€?

—Leonard Goldberg, author of the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mysteries

“ ast5paced with nail5biting twists and turns‌ ive enthusiastic stars for Joel Shulkin’s medical thriller, a fascinating and gripping debut.â€?

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Determined to help her amnesiac patients recover their lives, Boston psychiatrist Cristina Silva is achieving near-miraculous results by prescribing ecognate, a revolutionary new memory-recovery drug now in trials. She understands her patients’ suering better than most, because she’s lost her memories, too. Desperate to become herself again, she pops the same experimental drug she prescribes to her patients.

And, like them, she remembers a little more each day.

Until one of her patients, a successful accountant, jumps from an eight-story window to his death. And as Cristina’s memories return, with them come violent visions and an incessant voice in her head. Maybe the drug isn’t safe after all. But discontinuing it would mean forgetting everything she’s recalled and losing herself.

Then an enigmatic, possibly dangerous man appears at Cristina’s bus stop. He seems to know more about her life than she does and says she holds a secret that puts her life in danger. Perilously balanced between an unknown past and a terrifying future, if she wants to survive, Cristina must stay on the medication and unlock those memories before it’s too late—even if the adverse eects of the drug could destroy her.

JOEL SHULKIN, MD, is a de e nfmenta -beha inra fediatriaian and United States Air anrae eteran with a master’s in fub ia hea th. ca ing been uak ennugh tn be mentnred b the egendar Miahae Pa mer, his shnrt stnries ha e affeared in arinus frint and nn ine jnurna s, and he has wnn se era natinna and naa writing awards nr atinn and fnetr . ce i es in a nrida with his wi e and twin daughters.

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The Mighty Oak

By Je W. Bens

“A knock-out! Je Bens tackles male violence, the complexities of parenthood, and the contrary draw to both numbness and connection in wholly alive and thrilling ways.â€?

—Lisa Muskat, producer of Joe and All the Real Girls

“A perfectly pitched hat trick of a book0 loved every page.�

—Scott Cheshire, author of High as the Horses’ Bridles

“An incisive and incandescent portrait0 alling to mind the work of ichard ord and enis Johnson, The Mighty Oak hits the reader like a hockey stick to the face.�

— avid Burr errard, author of The Epiphany Machine

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 uincy Point, struggling to believe in a dierent future.

In spare, potent language, Je W. Bens builds a remarkable character from the skates up. The Mighty a is a visceral and emotional experience. The fact of Oak’s physical existence is powerfully rendered, and the bone9deep transformation of his character is one you will not soon forget.

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JEFF W. BENS is the author of the novel Albert, Himself.

He teaches at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York.

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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.”

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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.

“Sweeps the reader into a lush and vivid world of magic and betrayal‌An amazing debut.â€?

—Erin Beaty, author of the Traitor’s Circle trilogy, on Beasts of the Frozen Sun

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 bght 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 cli 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 oer Lira a chance to defeat the Dragon, her quest leads her to a place she never expected—Iseneld, the warlord’s homeland. er #ourney into the heart of the Fro3en 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.

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The Resurrection of Fulgencio SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 Ramirez A Novel

The Resurrection ofBy Rudy Ruiz Fulgencio Ramirez “Without love, we’re dead.”

A Novel

By Ruby Ruiz

In the 1950s, tensions remain high in the border town of La Frontera.

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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 childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books that echo down the generations in unexpected ways.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lovett weaves two plots together in this well-designed, ingenious novel.â&#x20AC;?

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Robert Parrishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Tremendous Trio.

Guided by twelve tattered books and an unidenti ed but tantalizing fragment of a story, Robert &ourneys 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.

Robertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books that Robert will one day love, together they explore the vibrant city on their doorstep, from the Polo Grounds to oney slandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dreamland, drawing the reader into the Gilded Age as their own friendships deepen.

CHARLIE LOVETT is an award-winning playwright and author of the New York Times bestseller The Bookmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tale and other novels. is 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. e hosts the literary podcast Inside the Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studio. Charlie and his wife, Janice, live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and in Kingham, Oxfordshire.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

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The Brief and True Report of Temperance lowerdew A ovel

By Denise Heinze

The remarkable story of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original colony, amestown, through the lens of two pioneering women who ensured its survival during those early treacherous years.

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Determined to set the historical record straight, and clear her conscience, Temperance Flowerdewâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the wife of Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rst two governorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 steps 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 civili6ed 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. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to Lily to save them both, but what sacri ce will be enough to survive A transporting and evocative story, The ie an T e e o t o Te e ance Flo e e is a ercely hopeful novelâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 a scholarly work on Toni Morrison, and the eco-thriller Sally St. Johns. Her work has appeared in Now and Then, Thought and Action, Reunions, Gemini Magazine, and T MA. descendant of ouisa May lcott, she lives in orth arolina.

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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.

Michelle and CliďŹ&#x20AC; Stage bought their isolated vacation cabin in the mountains of North Carolina with hopes of repairing their eighteen-year marriage. But when CliďŹ&#x20AC; disappears one night searching for the source of a mysterious light in the woods, Michelleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life will change in unimaginable ways. fter the sheriďŹ&#x20AC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department fails to snd 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 recognizesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and a husband she hardly knows. CliďŹ&#x20AC; is a changed man. Now caring and considerate, no longer a manipulative womanizer, he is also missing a snger. He claims that Cassie, their teenage daughter, is dead, killed in a car accident over a year ago.

Michelle knows thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not possibleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cassie had phoned her from tlanta only hours before. Even when shown Cassieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grave, Michelle refuses to accept sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone.

Michelle wants her daughter and her life back, and the only clue to what has happened is a man named Pink. real estate agent and the man who years earlier built Michelle and CliďŹ&#x20AC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Michelleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new reality, Pink and his wife still reside in town and Pinkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 realityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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 lay deynolds o ella riye, Rnalist for the Tobias WolďŹ&#x20AC; 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 2Greetings from America3 stamps and 2Wonders of America3 for the S S.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

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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 +oman/s e,hilarating o)rney from shy0 fearf)l a)ghter of immigrants to champion pilot for the US Aerobatic Team

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The aughter of a Chilean father an a ilioina mother, Cecilia Ro riguez Aragon grew uo as a shy, timi chil in a small mi western town uring the 1960s. Targete by school bullies an ismisse by many of her teachers, she worrie that oeoole woul n out the truth that she was F T . Fncomoetent. er . Terri e . ailure. This feeling staye with her well into her twenties when she was tol that â&#x20AC;&#x153;girls cangt o scienceâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;women just ongt know how to han le machines.â&#x20AC;?

Yet in the soan of just si years, Cecilia became the rst atina oilot to secure a olace on the Unite tates Unlimite Aerobatic Team an earn the right to reoresent her country at the lymoics of aviation, the orl Aerobatic Chamoionshios. ow i she o it Using mathematical techniques to overcome her fear, Cecilia oerforme at air shows in front of millions of oeoole. he jumoe out of airolanes an taught others how to y. he learne how to fun raise an earn money to comoete at the worl level. he worke as a test oilot an contribute to the esign of e oerimental airolanes, crafting curves of metal an fabric that shaoe air to lift inanimate objects high above the earth. An best of all, she surorise everyone by overcoming the oreju ices oeoole hel about her because of her race an her gen er.

Flying Free is the story of how Cecilia Aragon broke free from e oectations an rose above her own limits by combining math an logic with her oassion for ying in une oecte ways. You ongt 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 pi ot, and the rrst atina fu professor in the ro ege of ngineering at the University of Washington in Seatt e. She coauthored Writers in the Secret Garden, has worked with No e ribe winners, taught astronauts to y, and created musica simu ations of the universe with rock stars. Her major awards for research, and a stint at NASA designing software for ars missions, ed resident ama to ca her 6one of the top scientists and engineers in the country.â&#x20AC;?

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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.

SHELLEY SHEPARD GRAY is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous romantic fiction series and mystery novels, including the Seasons of Sugarcreek series, the Sisters of the Heart series, the Families of Honor series, and others. She is a recipient of RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award.

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From the authors of the bestselling Awakened trilogy

Megan Forrester has barely survived the unthinkable. Six months ago, she witnessed a horrific 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 the West Virginian national forest.

Isolated from any chance of help or rescue, Megan and the others quickly realize why this side of the canyon has never been surveyed by mankind: it’s home to a terrifying prehistoric arachnid that patiently stalks its prey through even the slightest movement or vibration in the forest. And it’s desperate for a meal.

Grief-stricken and haunted by her tragic loss, Megan now faces her ultimate test of endurance. Can she outwit a bloodthirsty creature hellbent on ensuring that no one gets out of alive? When a single wrong turn can mean death, she only has one option: DON’T MOVE.

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JAMES S. MURRAY is a writer, executive producer, and actor, best known as 6Murr7 on the hit television show Impractical Jokers on tru V and for his comedy troupe, the enderloins. e also served as the senior vice president of development for NorthSouth Productions for over a decade and is owner of Impractical Productions, Inc. DARREN WEARM UT was born in orkshire and spent six years in the British Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Signals division before pursuing a career in corporate technology.

After fteen years working for telecommunications rms and a startup, he decided to follow his passion for writing. e currently resides in Manchester, ngland.

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Jubilee A Novel

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.

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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 vrst thread, 4Before Jubilee,5 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 vfteen.

The second thread, 4With Jubilee,5 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 fulllength 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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My Favorites An Anthology

By Ben Bova

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

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“ he author1s 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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In this new anthology, Ben Bova has compiled fourteen of his favorite short stories. Each story includes an all-new introduction with compelling insight into the narrative.

Exploring the boundaries of the genre, Bova not only writes of spaceships, aliens, and time travel in most of his titles, but also speculates on the beginnings of science Action in “Scheherazade and the Storytellers,” as well as the morality of man in “The Angel’s Gift.” Stories such as “The Café Coup” and “We’ll Always Have Paris” dip into speculative historical Action, as)ing /uestions about what would happen if someone could change history for the better. This expansive collection is a )ey addition for Bova fans and sci-A lovers ali)e

Stories included in this anthology “Monster Slayer,” “Muzhestvo,” “We’ll Always Have Paris,” “The Great Moon Hoax, or A Princess of Mars,” “Inspiration,” “Scheherazade and the Storytellers,” “The Supersonic Zeppelin,” “Mars Farts,” “The Man Who Hated Gravity,” “Sepulcher,” “The Café Coup,” “The Angel’s Gift,” “Waterbot,” and “Sam and the Flying Dutchman.”

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

“This contemporary fantasy is a smashing debut for David R. Slayton and, happily, the rst in a planned series.”

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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.

DA ID R. S A T N 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 , 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 eries2 Boo

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For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended “Immersive, chilling, and yet deliciously sweet, The Key to humanity against a deadly plague that spreads through touch. Lovers don’t Fear is a compelling story of forbidden love and hold hands, or even kiss. Personal boundaries dangerous secrets that explores a terrifying future with are valued above all. Break the laws, and an important message for our own world.” face —Emily Suvada, author ofyou’ll This Mortal Coil execution.

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The Raven Lady The Faery Rehistory Series6 Boo$

By Sharon Lynn Fisher The airy co-rt is restored8 ho /ill /in the ga&e o cro/ns

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In the aftermath of Ireland’s battle with her ancient enemies, Queen Isolde orders her cousin, smuggler Duncan ’ alley, to assume the throne of fairy as King Finvara. e’s a ish out of water when it comes to nurturing the alliance between Ireland’s mortal and fairy peoples. And the +ueen wants him to wed the daughter of Ireland’s enemy, the king of Icelandic shadow elves, to help keep the peace. ut 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?

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God Storm Shadow Frost Trilogy, Book 2

By Coco Ma In the of of A aria a darkness has fallen defeating her eail her evil mother, newly coronated In thekingdom kingdom Axaria, a darkness has After fallen.

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Brides of Rome A Novel of the Vestal Virgins The Vesta Shadows Series, Book 1 By e ra ay acleod

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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 Virginsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the home and hearthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who protect the Eternal Flame that protects the Eternal City.

Dedicated to a thirty-year vow of chaste service, Priestess Pomponia nnds herself swept up in the intrigue, violence, wars, and bedroom politics of Romeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eliteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian and his maneuvering wife, Liviaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all the while guarding the secret a:ection she has in her heart.

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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 oction focusing on the ancient Roman religion of Vesta and the Vestal Virgins. She is privileged to have been invited to participate in research e/cursions in the Forum Romanum, the Forum of Caesar and Imperial Fora, including places inaccessible to the general public, and informs her writing and wor# with this invaluable perspective. ebra has a bachelor of arts (English, classics) as well as a law degree. She lives in Canada with her husband and son, visiting 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 Hélène d’Aubign to the guillotine or save her life.

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 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. hen she nally returns to the blood-stained streets of Paris, she nds everything1and everyone1very much changed. In a city where alliances shift overnight, no one knows whom 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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Arabella â&#x20AC;&#x201C; young, beautiful and dead

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Arabella Lane is found dead in the Thames on a frosty winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s morning after the oďŹ&#x192;ce Christmas party. No one is sure whether she jumped or was pushed. The one person who may know the truth is the oďŹ&#x192;ce 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 Arabellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deathâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;memory that will either incriminate or absolve her.

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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 You Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know Me. She lives near Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and two young daughters, and is a doctoral candidate with Curtin University.

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Last Dance The Sam Carver Series

By Jeffrey Fleishman The S election has been hacked3 and a ussian prima ballerina is found dead in her downtown loft. LA detective Sam Carver pieces together evidence in a cold war that never really thawed.

“A lyrical crime debut that offers a haunting tête-à-tête between killer and cop … and a chilling reminder that cruelty never dies.”

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A famous Russian ballerina is found dead in a downtown LA loft. 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 earlier. She knows his secrets, whispers to him in his dreams. His obsession with Dylan threatens his new case and 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 6the rst am Carver boo$7, Shadow Man, and Promised Virgins: A Novel of Jihad.

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Zanna’s Gift A Life in Christmases

By Orson Scott Card

“Zanna’s Gift is a Christmas message for our time: a wise and poignant tale of love and faith.”

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“[ n] incredibly touching Christmas story… rson cott Card has written a completely heartfelt family story…

Heart-wrenching, heartwarming, and heartfelt, this book will remain my favorite Christmas story, and I highly recommend it.”

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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 is 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 The Children’s Story “What does ‘allegiance’ mean?” the New Teacher asked, hand over her heart.

In this classic and chilling tale about an elementary school classroom in post-war occupied America, James Clavell brings to light the vulnerability of children and the power educators have to shape and change young minds. Originally written in the era of the Cold War, Clavell’s enduringly relevant, extraordinary allegory on the impressionability of the human mind is still read in schools around the globe today, and is a call to every person to keep questioning and keep learning.

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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.

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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.

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TITLE INDEX TITLE

PAGE #

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ADVERSE EFFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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

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

MIGHTY OAK, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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

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

BRIDES OF ROME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

MY FAVORITES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF

NEMESIS AND THE SWAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

TEMPERANCE FLOWERDEW, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

NOTHING MAN, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

CABIN ON SOUDER HILL, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

RAVEN LADY, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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

RESURRECTION OF FULGENCIO RAMIREZ, THE . . . . . . . . 24

CHILDREN’S STORY, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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

DARK FIGHTS, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SAVE THE LAST DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

DEATH WAITS IN THE DARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SECOND CHANCE ANGEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

DEEP, DEEP SNOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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

DOCTOR OF ALEPPO, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

SONS OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

DON’T MOVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

SONS OF WAR 2: SAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

DOOR BETWEEN US, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

SPINDLE CITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

SPRING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ESCAPING DREAMLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

SUNSET WINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

ETIQUETTE FOR RUNAWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

TAKE THE LEAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

EVERYTHING HERE IS UNDER CONTROL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

TERROR IN GUNSIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

FLYING FREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

THREE TRAILS TO TRIANGLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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

TRINITY SIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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

TRUTH, BY OMISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

TWENTY-NINTH DAY, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

GOD STORM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

WHITE TRASH WARLOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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

ZANNA’S GIFT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

HELL DIVERS VII: WARRIORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 HIDDEN HOURS, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 HUNTED WOLF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 JUBILEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 KEY TO FEAR, THE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 KINGDOM OF ICE AND BONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 LAST DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 LOST AND FOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 MACKINNON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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