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ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The dark, gripping tale of a 1930’s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious god—from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders.  “Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality … this is as good as novels get.” —Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good IndiansIn 193...

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From the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders comes the gripping tale of a family's mysterious religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their god.In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the backwoods of Tennessee. These remote hills of the Smoky Mountains are home to dangerous secrets, and soon after she arrives, Stella wanders into a dark cavern where she encounters the family's personal god, an ent...

It's 2001, and the WyldBoyZ are the hottest boy band in the world, and definitely the only genetically engineered human-animal hybrid vocal group rescued from a secret science barge. When their producer, Dr. M, is found murdered, the "boyz" are the prime suspects. Was it Bobby the ocelot ("the bad boy"), Devin the bonobo ("the romantic one"), Matt the megabat ("the funny one"), or Tusk the elephant ("the smart one")? Las Vegas Detective Luce D...

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Taking place before the original 1968 Planet of the Apes films, Ape Society has reached a new golden age, but there are ripples of dissent in both ape and human ranks. Tensions will rise and soon all will be caught in the chaos! Taking place before the original Planet of the apes movies, Ape and Human societies have reached a new golden age, gut peace never lasts for long. Ripples of dissent are spreading in both the Ape and Human ranks and wh...

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USA, anni Sessanta. Teddy Telemachus, un affascinante truffatore con un dono per i «giochi di mano», entra con l'inganno in un segreto programma governativo sulle persone dotate di speciali «poteri», e qui incontra la bella e dolce Maureen McKinnon. E non sono solamente gli splendidi occhi blu di Maureen, ad affascinare inesorabilmente Teddy, ma soprattutto la mente di lei. Maureen, infatti, è davvero dotata di poteri psichici enormi e misteri...

WORLD FANTASY AWARD FINALIST • LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • NEBULA AWARD FINALIST ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROnce they were The Amazing Telemachus Family, performers blessed with clairvoyance, telekinesis, and other psychic abilities. But then a tragic event took the magic away, and the powers that briefly made them stars of daytime TV suddenly seem more like a curse. Since their fall from grace they've been trying to lead normal lives back ...

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A NEBULA AWARD FINALISTONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR"Hilarious, heartfelt and brimming with humanity." -Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest Teddy Telemachus is a charming con man with a gift for sleight of hand and some shady underground associates. In need of cash, he tricks his way into a classified government study about telekinesis and its possible role in intelligence gathering. There he meets Maureen McKinnon, and it's not ...

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Gott ist eine Droge - und wir sind auf Entzug. Mit >Afterparty< hat Daryl Gregory den Science-Fiction-Thriller zur Smart-Drug-Revolution geschrieben. Toronto, in der nahen Zukunft: Seit Kurzem kann sich jeder mit Chemjet und Internetverbindung seine Lieblingsdroge einfach zu Hause ausdrucken. Der Hit der Saison: Numen. Wer es einnimmt, findet seinen ganz persönlichen Gott ... Lyda Rose ist eine der Neurochemikerinnen, die Numen erfunden haben...

The short stories in this first collection by critically acclaimed writer Daryl Gregory run the gamut from science fiction to contemporary fantasy, with a few stories that defy easy classification. His characters may be neuroscientists, superhero sidekicks, middle-aged heroes of children's stories, or fantatics spreading a virus-borne religion, but they are all convincingly human. . Includes two never-before published short stories . Introduc...

From an award-winning author whom "Library Journal" called "(a) bright new voice of the 21st century, " comes a new breed of zombie novel--surprisingly funny, vividly frightening, and ultimately deeply moving.

Get your hands on these damn dirty Apes! Beginning an all new series that takes place before the original 1968 Planet of the Apes movie in the continuity of the first five films. Ape society has reached a new golden age. But there are ripples of dissent in both the ape and human ranks. Tensions will rise and soon all will be caught in chaos! And amidst all this uncertainty, what is the fate of...The Lawgiver? Written by award-winning novelist ...