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The City & The City<\/span><\/a> by China Mi\u00e9ville<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n New York Times<\/span> bestselling author China Mi\u00e9ville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in an enthralling city that is unlike any other\u2014real or imagined<\/p>\n When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borl\u00fa of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger.<\/p>\n Borl\u00fa must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own, across a border like no other. It is a journey as psychic as it is physical, a shift in perception, a seeing of the unseen, a journey to Beszel\u2019s equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the rich and vibrant city of Ul Qoma.<\/p>\n With shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, The City & The City<\/span> is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights.<\/p>\n \n Buyout<\/span><\/a> by Alexander Irvine<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n From acclaimed author Alexander C. Irvine comes a gritty near-future thriller in the paranoid, prophetic vein of Philip K. Dick and Richard K. Morgan<\/p>\n \nOne hundred years from now, with Americans hooked into an Internet far more expansive and intrusive than today\u2019s, the world has become a seamless market-driven experience. In this culture of capitalism run amok, entrepreneurs and politicians faced with rampant overcrowding in the nation\u2019s penal system turn to a controversial new method of cutting costs: life-term buyouts. In theory, buyouts offer convicted murderers the chance to atone for their crimes by voluntarily allowing themselves to be put to death by the state in exchange for a one-time cash payment, shared among their heirs and victims, based on a percentage of what it would have cost taxpayers to house and feed them for the rest of their natural lives. It\u2019s a win-win situation.<\/p>\n At least that\u2019s what Martin Kindred believes. And Martin is a man who desperately needs something to believe in, especially with his marriage coming apart and the murder of his brother, an L.A. cop brutally gunned down in the line of duty, unsolved.<\/p>\n As the public face of the buyout program, Martin is a lightning rod for verbal and physical abuse\u2013but he embraces every challenge, knowing his motives are pure. But when evidence comes to light that a felon in line for a buyout may have been involved with his brother\u2019s death, Martin\u2019s professional detachment threatens to turn into a personal vendetta that will jeopardize everything\u2013and everyone\u2013he holds dear. Inspired by today\u2019s politics, Buyout<\/span> is an unforgettable look at an all-too-believable future . . . and one man\u2019s struggle to do the right thing.<\/p>\n \n The Red Wolf Conspiracy<\/span><\/a> by Robert V. S. Redick<\/span><\/p>\n Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n Scant years after a terrible war that shook empires, a six-hundred-year-old ship sets sail for enemy lands in an attempt to forge an enduring peace between the world\u2019s two greatest monarchies. A vast city afloat, the ancient vessel bears a royal bride-to-be; a stowaway tribe of foothigh warriors; an honest young tarboy with a heritage of treason; a rat with a magical secret; and a dark conspiracy centered around the Red Wolf, a legendary and dangerous artifact.<\/p>\n When the conspiracy is uncovered, the voyage takes a turn into perilous waters, and the sword-wielding young bride and her quick-witted tarboy companion must face deadly assassins, treacherous mermaids, and monstrous slavers to uncover secrets at the highest levels of power\u2014secrets that will send heroes and traitors alike careening towards a mysterious destination that could destroy both empires at a stroke.<\/p>\n A publishing sensation in England, The Red Wolf Conspiracy<\/span> marks the debut of a remarkably gifted young writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. The City & The City by China Mi\u00e9ville Promo copy: New York Times bestselling author China Mi\u00e9ville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51jWaSzcOaL._SL500_AA240_.jpg\")
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