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<\/a><\/p>\nUglies: Shay’s Story<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves.\u201d\u2014Shay <\/p>\n Uglies<\/span><\/a> told Tally Youngblood\u2019s version of life in Uglyville and the budding rebellion against the Specials. Now comes an exciting graphic novel revealing new adventures in the Uglies world\u2014as seen through the eyes of Shay, Tally\u2019s rebellious best friend who\u2019s not afraid to break the rules, no matter the cost.<\/p>\n A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, Shay eagerly awaits her turn to become a Pretty\u2014a rite-of-passage operation called \u201cthe Surge\u201d that transforms ordinary Uglies into paragons of beauty. Yet after befriending the Crims, a group of fellow teens who refuse to take anything in society at face value, Shay starts to question the whole concept. And as the Crims explore beyond the monitored borders of Uglyville into the forbidden, ungoverned wild, Shay must choose between the perks of being Pretty and the rewards of being real.<\/p>\n \n Caine’s Law<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n SOME LAWS YOU BREAK. SOME BREAK YOU. From the moment Caine first appeared in the pages of Heroes Die<\/span><\/a>, two things were clear. First, that Matthew Stover was one of the most gifted fantasy writers of his generation. And second, that Caine was a hero whose peers go by such names as Conan and Elric. Like them, Caine was something new: a civilized man who embraced savagery, an actor whose life was a lie, a force of destruction so potent that even gods thought twice about crossing him. Now Stover brings back his greatest creation for his most stunning performance yet.<\/p>\n Caine is washed up and hung out to dry, a crippled husk kept isolated and restrained by the studio that exploited him. Now they have dragged him back for one last deal. But Caine has other plans. Those plans take him back to Overworld, the alternate reality where gods are real and magic is the ultimate weapon. There, in a violent odyssey through time and space, Caine will face the demons of his past, find true love, and just possibly destroy the universe. <\/p>\n Hey, it\u2019s a crappy job, but somebody\u2019s got to do it.<\/p>\n \n Crucible of Gold<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Naomi Novik\u2019s beloved series returns, with Captain Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire once again taking to the air against the broadsides of Napoleon\u2019s forces and the friendly\u2014and sometimes not-so-friendly\u2014fire of British soldiers and politicians who continue to suspect them of divided loyalties, if not outright treason. <\/p>\n For Laurence and Temeraire, put out to pasture in Australia, it seems their part in the war has come to an end just when they are needed most. But perhaps they are no longer alone in this opinion. Newly allied with the powerful African empire of the Tswana, the French have occupied Spain and brought revolution and bloodshed to Brazil, threatening Britain\u2019s last desperate hope to defeat Napoleon.<\/p>\n And now the government that sidelined them has decided they have the best chance at negotiating a peace with the angry Tswana, who have besieged the Portuguese royal family in Rio\u2014and thus offer to reinstate Laurence to his former rank and seniority as a captain in the Aerial Corps. Temeraire is delighted by this sudden reversal of fortune, but Laurence is by no means sanguine, knowing from experience that personal honor and duty to one\u2019s country do not always run on parallel tracks.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, the pair embark for Brazil, only to meet with a string of unmitigated disasters that force them to make an unexpected landing in the hostile territory of the Incan empire, where they face new unanticipated dangers.<\/p>\n Now with the success of the mission balanced on a razor\u2019s edge, and failure looking more likely by the minute, the unexpected arrival of an old enemy will tip the scales toward ruin. Yet even in the midst of disaster, opportunity may lurk\u2014for one bold enough to grasp it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Uglies: Shay’s Story by Scott Westerfeld and Devin Grayson Art by Steven Cummings Promo copy: \u201cThis whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves.\u201d\u2014Shay Uglies … Continue reading
\nby Scott Westerfeld and Devin Grayson
\nArt by Steven Cummings<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51OqhbUM8QL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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\nby Matthew Stover<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAND THEN THERE\u2019S CAINE\u2019S LAW.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51thsWpNgnL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\"){kind=icon}
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\nby Naomi Novik
\nCover by Craig Howell<\/span><\/p>\n