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Other Kingdoms<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n For over half a century, Richard Matheson has enthralled and terrified readers with such timeless classics as I Am Legend<\/span>, The Incredible Shrinking Man<\/span>, Duel<\/span>, Somewhere in Time<\/span>, and What Dreams May Come<\/span>. Now the Grand Master returns with a bewitching tale of erotic suspense and enchantment.\u2026<\/p>\n 1918. A young American soldier, recently wounded in the Great War, Alex White comes to Gatford to escape his troubled past. The pastoral English village seems the perfect spot to heal his wounded body and soul. True, the neighboring woods are said to be haunted by capricious, even malevolent spirits, but surely those are just old wives\u2019 tales.<\/p>\n Aren\u2019t they?<\/p>\n A frightening encounter in the forest leads Alex into the arms of Magda Variel, an alluring red-haired widow rumored to be a witch. She warns him to steer clear of the wood and the perilous faerie kingdom it borders, but Alex cannot help himself. Drawn to its verdant mysteries, he finds love, danger\u2026and wonders that will forever change his view of the world.<\/p>\n Other Kingdoms casts a magical spell, as conjured by a truly legendary storyteller.<\/p>\n Matheson has crafted some of all time favorite books and short stories. A new novel from him is always a thrill.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Shadowfever<\/span> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEvil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever. <\/p>\n Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister\u2019s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years. <\/p>\n What follows is a shocking chain of events with devastating consequences, and now Mac struggles to cope with grief while continuing her mission to acquire and control the Sinsar Dubh<\/span>\u2014a book of dark, forbidden magic scribed by the mythical Unseelie King, containing the power to create and destroy worlds. <\/p>\n In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the hunter becomes the hunted when the Sinsar Dubh<\/span> turns on Mac and begins mowing a deadly path through those she loves. From the luxury of the Lord Master\u2019s penthouse to the sordid depths of an Unseelie nightclub, from the erotic bed of her lover to the terrifying bed of the Unseelie King, Mac\u2019s journey will force her to face the truth of her exile, and to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.<\/p>\n Beautifully designed book.<\/span><\/p>\n \n The Alchemist in the Shadows<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Welcome to Paris, in 1633, where dragons menace the realm. Cardinal Richelieu, the most powerful and most feared man in France, is on his guard. He knows France is under threat, and that a secret society known as the Black Claw is conspiring against him from the heart of the greatest courts in Europe. They will strike from the shadows, and when they do the blow will be both terrible and deadly. To counter the threat, Richelieu has put his most trusted men into play: the Cardinal’s Blades, led by Captain la Fargue. Six men and a woman, all of exceptional abilities and all ready to risk their lives on his command. They have saved France before, and the Cardinal is relying on them to do it again. So when la Fargue hears from a beautiful, infamous, deadly Italian spy claiming to have valuable information, he has to listen …and when La Donna demands Cardinal Richelieu’s protection before she will talk, la Fargue is even prepared to consider it. Because La Donna can name their enemy. It’s a man as elusive as he is manipulative, as subtle as Richelieu himself, an exceptionally dangerous adversary: the Alchemist in the shadows …<\/p>\n \n The Super Hero Squad Show: Quest For The Infinity Sword Volume Three<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Can the world\u2019s greatest superheroes keep Super Hero City safe by preventing Dr. Doom and his hysterically evil minions from collecting all the fragments of the legendary Infinity Sword? Find out as Iron Man, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Silver Surfer, Thor, the Falcon and their friends return to face Super Hero City\u2019s zaniest villains in Quest For The Infinity Sword\u2019s third fun-filled volume! <\/p>\n Features the guest voices of Taye Diggs (Daybreak<\/span>), Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy The Vampire Slayer<\/span>), Adrian Pasdar (Heroes<\/span>), LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/span>), Kevin Sorbo (The Legendary Adventures Of Hercules<\/span>) and Shawn Ashmore (X-Men<\/span>).<\/p>\n \nMore in Part II<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Other Kingdoms by Richard Matheson Promo copy: For over half a century, Richard Matheson has enthralled and terrified readers with such timeless classics as I Am Legend, … Continue reading
\nby Richard Matheson<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51IYcsOMZOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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\nby Karen Marie Moning<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWho can she turn to? Who can she trust? Who is the woman haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself and what is the destiny she glimpses in the black and crimson designs of an ancient tarot card? <\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51wTQBNqLHL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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\nby Pierre Pevel
\nTranslation by Tom Clegg
\nCover by Jon Sullivan<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Gv0qxLjsL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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