{"id":571,"date":"2009-05-18T22:22:15","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T22:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/05\/18\/books-received-51809\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:27","slug":"books-received-51809","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/05\/18\/books-received-51809\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 5\/18\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51jypQ20UVL._SL500_AA240_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snakeskin-Road-Novel-James-Braziel\/dp\/0553385038\/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1242680809&amp;amp;sr=11-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Snakeskin Road<\/span><\/a> by James Braziel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After losing her husband to the merciless desert of southeast Alabama, Jennifer Harrison vows to flee with her unborn child intact. But safe passage to the fabled North may be nothing more than an illusion, as life-threatening dust storms brutally take down travelers, friends, and family. It is under these conditions that a young girl named Mazy, abandoned by her mother, comes under Jennifer&#8217;s care.<\/p>\n<p>Their only hope may be a smuggler willing to transport them to the free zones of the Midwestern Territories&#8230;if they&#8217;re willing to sell themselves into indentured servitude for three years. But can anyone guarantee Mazy&#8217;s freedom? Or a place for Jennifer&#8217;s child? Or will it again lead to a life on the run, hunted by lawmen desperate to bring them back from where they came?<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51WIRcgFYOL._SL500_AA240_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/No-Prisoners-Star-Wars-Clone\/dp\/0345508998\/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1242681523&amp;amp;sr=11-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">No Prisoners (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)<\/span><\/a> by Karen Traviss<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Clone Wars rage on. As insurgent Separatists fight furiously to wrest control of the galaxy from the Republic, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine cunningly manipulates both sides for his own sinister purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Torrent Company\u2019s Captain Rex agrees to temporarily relieve Anakin Skywalker of Ahsoka, his ubiquitous\u2013and insatiably curious\u2013Padawan, by bringing her along on a routine three-day shakedown cruise aboard Captain Gilad Pellaeon\u2019s newly refitted assault ship. But the training run becomes an active\u2013and dangerous\u2013rescue mission when Republic undercover agent Hallena Devis goes missing in the middle of a Separatist invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Dispatched to a distant world to aid a local dictator facing a revolution, Hallena finds herself surrounded by angry freedom fighters and questioning the Republic\u2019s methods\u2013and motives. Summoned to rescue the missing operative who is also his secret love, Pellaeon\u2013sworn to protect the Republic over all\u2013is torn between duty and desire. And Ahsoka, sent in with Rex and six untested clone troopers to extract Hallena, encounters a new and different Jedi philosophy, which shakes the foundation of her upbringing to the core. As danger and intrigue intensify, the loyalties and convictions of all involved will be tested. . . .<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/510-EEejLVL._SL500_AA240_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dresden-Files-Storm-Front-del\/dp\/0345506391\/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1242681748&amp;amp;sr=11-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Dresden Files: Storm Front<\/span><\/a> by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers (Adapter), and Ardian Syaf (Illustrator)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. 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