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Raising Stony Mayhall<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n From award-winning author Daryl Gregory, whom Library Journal<\/span> called \u201c[a] bright new voice of the twenty-first century,\u201d comes a new breed of zombie novel\u2014a surprisingly funny, vividly frightening, and ultimately deeply moving story of self-discovery and family love. <\/p>\n In 1968, after the first zombie outbreak, Wanda Mayhall and her three young daughters discover the body of a teenage mother during a snowstorm. Wrapped in the woman\u2019s arms is a baby, stone-cold, not breathing, and without a pulse. But then his eyes open and look up at Wanda\u2014and he begins to move.<\/p>\n The family hides the child\u2014whom they name Stony\u2014rather than turn him over to authorities that would destroy him. Against all scientific reason, the undead boy begins to grow. For years his adoptive mother and sisters manage to keep his existence a secret\u2014until one terrifying night when Stony is forced to run and he learns that he is not the only living dead boy left in the world.<\/p>\n A new Daryl Gregory is always a good thing, even if it is yet another novel in the overcrowded zombie subgenre.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Hammered: The Iron Druid Chronicles<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is worse than a blowhard and a bully\u2014he\u2019s ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents. After centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is ready to get his vengeance, and he\u2019s asked his friend Atticus O\u2019Sullivan, the last of the Druids, to help take down this Norse nightmare.<\/p>\n One survival strategy has worked for Atticus for more than two thousand years: stay away from the guy with the lightning bolts. But things are heating up in Atticus\u2019s home base of Tempe, Arizona. There\u2019s a vampire turf war brewing, and Russian demon hunters who call themselves the Hammers of God are running rampant. Despite multiple warnings and portents of dire consequences, Atticus and Leif journey to the Norse plain of Asgard, where they team up with a werewolf, a sorcerer, and an army of frost giants for an epic showdown against vicious Valkyries, angry gods, and the hammer-wielding Thunder Thug himself.<\/p>\n \n Star Wars: Choices of One<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n From #1 New York Times<\/span> bestselling author Timothy Zahn comes a brand-new Star Wars adventure, set in the time between A New Hope<\/span> and The Empire Strikes Back<\/span> and featuring the young Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, and the beloved Mara Jade.<\/p>\n The fate of the Rebellion rests on Luke Skywalker\u2019s next move.<\/p>\n But have the rebels entered a safe harbor or a death trap?<\/p>\n Eight months after the Battle of Yavin, the Rebellion is in desperate need of a new base. So when Governor Ferrouz of Candoras Sector proposes an alliance, offering the Rebels sanctuary in return for protection against the alien warlord Nuso Esva, Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are sent to evaluate the deal.<\/p>\n Mara Jade, the Emperor\u2019s Hand, is also heading for Candoras, along with the five renegade stormtroopers known as the Hand of Judgment. Their mission: to punish Ferrouz\u2019s treason and smash the Rebels for good. <\/p>\n But in this treacherous game of betrayals within betrayals, a wild card is waiting to be played.<\/p>\n \n Dragon\u2019s Time<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n For the first time in more than three years, bestselling authors Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey, mother and son, have teamed up again to do what they do best: add a fresh chapter to the most beloved science fiction series of all time, the Dragonriders of Pern.<\/p>\n Even though Lorana cured the plague that was killing the dragons of Pern, sacrificing her queen dragon in the process, the effects of the disease were so devastating that there are no longer enough dragons available to fight the fall of deadly Thread. And as the situation grows more dire, a pregnant Lorana decides that she must take drastic steps in the quest for help.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, back at Telgar Weyr, Weyrwoman Fiona, herself pregnant, and the harper Kindan must somehow keep morale from fading altogether in the face of the steadily mounting losses of dragons and their riders. But time weighs heavily against them\u2014until Lorana finds a way to use time itself in their favor.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a plan fraught with risk, however. For attempting time travel means tampering with the natural laws of the universe, which could drastically alter history\u2014and destiny\u2014forever. Or so it has always been thought. But Lorana discovers that if the laws of time can\u2019t be broken without consequences, it may still be possible to bend them. To ensure the future of Pern, she\u2019s willing to take the fateful chance\u2014even if it demands another, even greater, sacrifice.<\/p>\n Books received 6\/28\/11 Del Rey edition<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory Promo copy: From award-winning author Daryl Gregory, whom Library Journal called \u201c[a] bright new voice of the twenty-first century,\u201d comes a … Continue reading
\nby Daryl Gregory<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/518D4ISeWpL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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\nby Kevin Hearne
\nCover by Gene Mollica<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/511blgb5TpL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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\nby Timothy Zahn
\nCover by John Van Fleet<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51b9er6KszL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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\nby Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey
\nCover by Les Edwards<\/span><\/p>\n