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Mr. Shivers<\/span><\/a> by Robert Jackson Bennett<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n It is the time of the Great Depression.<\/p>\n Thousands have left their homes looking for a better life, a new life. But Marcus Connelly is not one of them. He searches for one thing, and one thing only. Revenge.<\/p>\n Because out there, riding the rails, stalking the camps, is the scarred vagrant who murdered Connelly’s daughter. No one knows him, but everyone knows his name: Mr. Shivers.<\/p>\n In this extraordinary debut, Robert Jackson Bennett tells the story of an America haunted by murder and desperation. A world in which one man must face a dark truth and answer the question-how much is he willing to sacrifice for his satisfaction?<\/p>\n Bennett<\/a> is another one of that seemingly inexhaustible supply of Austin writers.<\/span><\/p>\n Sasha<\/span><\/a> (A Trial of Blood and Steel<\/span>, Book I) by Joel Shepherd<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n SASHA IS A FIGHTER, THE LIKE OF WHICH THE HIGHLAND COUNTRY OF LENAYIN HAS NEVER SEEN.<\/p>\n Spurning her royal heritage to be raised by the great warrior, Kessligh, her exquisite swordplay astonishes all who witness it. But Sasha is still young, untested in battle and often led by her rash temper. In the complex world of Lenayin loyalties, her defiant wilfulness is attracting the wrong kind of attention.<\/p>\n Lenayin is a land almost divided by its two faiths: the Verenthane of the ruling classes and the pagan Goeren-yai, amongst whom Sasha now lives. The Goeren-yai worship swordplay and honour and begin to see Sasha as the great spirit the Synnich who will unite them. But Sasha is still searching for what she believes and must choose her side carefully.<\/p>\n When the Udalyn people — the symbol of Goeren-yai pride and courage — are attacked, Sasha will face her moment of testing. How will she act? Is she ready to lead? Can she be the saviour they need her to be? <\/p>\n \n Legacy<\/span> by Tom Sniegoski<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n What if your deadbeat dad was a superhero?<\/p>\n What if you found out your deadbeat father is a superhero? Would you leave your small-town life to take up the mantle of a father you never knew? For 18-year-old Lucas, the choice is an easy one: he\u2019s not going to leave behind his mother and his comfortable life for a father who\u2019s never shown any interest in him. But his father\u2014known officially as billionaire Clayton Hartwell, and secretly as the vigilante superhero The Raptor\u2014tells Lucas that as he is dying, evil is growing, and the world needs Lucas to become the new Raptor. When Lucas\u2019s mother is killed by mysterious warriors, he realizes that his father is right. Once in Seraph City, Lucas is stunned by the amount of poverty and crime. But after observing his father\u2019s \u201cheroic\u201d behavior up close, Lucas is left wondering about the line between good and evil. And eventually, he must decide whether to take a stand against the one man who loves him in order to defend a world that desperately needs him.<\/p>\n \n In His Majesty’s Service<\/span><\/a> by Naomi Novik<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Together in one volume, here are the first three novels in Naomi Novik\u2019s New York Times bestselling Temeraire series<\/a>, combining the gripping history of the Napoleonic era, the thrill of Anne McCaffrey\u2019s Dragonriders of Pern books, and the excitement of Patrick O\u2019Brian\u2019s seafaring adventures. In His Majesty\u2019s Service<\/span> also includes an exclusive original Temeraire short story.<\/p>\n Capt. Will Laurence is serving with honor in the British Navy when his ship captures a French frigate harboring most a unusual cargo\u2013an incalculably valuable dragon egg. When the egg hatches, Laurence unexpectedly becomes the master of the young dragon Temeraire and finds himself on an extraordinary journey that will shatter his orderly, respectable life and alter the course of his nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n Thrust into England\u2019s Aerial Corps, Laurence and Temeraire undergo rigorous training while staving off French forces intent on breaching British soil. But the pair has more than France to contend with when China learns that an imperial dragon intended for Napoleon\u2013Temeraire himself\u2013 has fallen into British hands. The emperor summons the new pilot and his dragon to the Far East, a long voyage fraught with peril and intrigue. From England\u2019s shores to China\u2019s palaces, from the Silk Road\u2019s outer limits to the embattled borders of Prussia and Poland, Laurence and Temeraire must defend their partnership and their country from powerful adversaries around the globe. 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