![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51m6UqCamcL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\"){kind=icon}
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Passage<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n MED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY TIME<\/span> AND LIBRARY JOURNAL<\/span>\u2014AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post<\/span> \u2022 Esquire<\/span> \u2022 U.S. News & World Report<\/span> \u2022 NPR\/On Point \u2022 St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/span> \u2022 BookPage<\/p>\n An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage<\/span> is the story of Amy\u2014abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape\u2014but he can\u2019t stop society\u2019s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world.<\/p>\n \n Chasing Magic<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n A DEADLY HIGH<\/p>\n Magic-wielding Churchwitch and secret addict Chess Putnam knows better than anyone just how high a price people are willing to pay for a chemical rush. But when someone with money to burn and a penchant for black magic starts tampering with Downside\u2019s drug supply, Chess realizes that the unlucky customers are paying with their souls\u2014and taking the innocent with them, as the magic-infused speed compels them to kill in the most gruesome ways possible.<\/p>\n As if the streets weren\u2019t scary enough, the looming war between the two men in her life explodes, taking even more casualties and putting Chess squarely in the middle. Downside could become a literal ghost town if Chess doesn\u2019t find a way to stop both the war and the dark wave of death-magic, and the only way to do that is to use both her addiction and her power to enter the spell and chase the magic all the way back to its malevolent source. Too bad that doing so will probably kill Chess\u2014if the war doesn\u2019t first destroy the man who\u2019s become her reason for living.<\/p>\n \n Pathfinder Tales: Blood of the City<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Luma is a cobblestone druid, a canny fighter and spellcaster who can read the chaos of Magnimar’s city streets like a scholar reads books. Together, she and her siblings in the powerful Derexhi family form one of the most infamous and effective mercenary companies in the city, solving problems for the city’s wealthy elite. Yet despite being the oldest child, Luma gets little respect – perhaps due to her half-elven heritage. When a job gone wrong lands Luma in the fearsome prison called the Hells, it’s only the start of Luma’s problems. For a new web of bloody power politics is growing in Magnimar, and it may be that those Luma trusts most have become her deadliest enemies! From visionary game designer and author Robin D. Laws comes a new urban fantasy adventure of murder, betrayal, and political intrigue set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game<\/span>.<\/p>\n \n Whispers Under Ground<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n A WHOLE NEW REASON TO MIND THE GAP<\/p>\n It begins with a dead body at the far end of Baker Street tube station, all that remains of American exchange student James Gallagher\u2014and the victim\u2019s wealthy, politically powerful family is understandably eager to get to the bottom of the gruesome murder. The trouble is, the bottom\u2014if it exists at all\u2014is deeper and more unnatural than anyone suspects . . . except, that is, for London constable and sorcerer\u2019s apprentice Peter Grant. With Inspector Nightingale, the last registered wizard in England, tied up in the hunt for the rogue magician known as \u201cthe Faceless Man,\u201d it\u2019s up to Peter to plumb the haunted depths of the oldest, largest, and\u2014as of now\u2014deadliest subway system in the world.<\/p>\n At least he won\u2019t be alone. No, the FBI has sent over a crack agent to help. She\u2019s young, ambitious, beautiful . . . and a born-again Christian apt to view any magic as the work of the devil. Oh yeah\u2014that\u2019s going to go well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. The Passage by Justin Cronin Cover by Tom Hallman Promo copy: MED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY TIME AND LIBRARY JOURNAL\u2014AND ONE … Continue reading
\nby Justin Cronin
\nCover by Tom Hallman<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Y1zrB8sJL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\"){kind=icon}
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\nby Stacia Kane
\nCover by Ipatov and Andrew C. Mace<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51TqxpinOCL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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\nby Robin D. Laws
\nCover by Adam Danger Cook<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61rEesizwcL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\"){kind=icon}
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\nby Ben Aaronovitch
\nCover by Stephen Walter<\/span><\/p>\n