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Last Exit

Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Max Gladstone weaves American myths- the muscle car, the open road, the white-hatted cowboy- into a deeply emotional tale. When Zelda and her friends first met, in college, they believed they had all the answers. They had figured out a big secret about how the world worked and they thought […]

Empress of Forever

Wildly successful entrepreneur Vivian Liao is prone to radical thinking, quick decision-making, and reckless action—until on the eve of her greatest achievement, she disappears, going deep undercover to outrun sinister forces out to steal everything she has built. In the chilly darkness of a Boston server farm, Viv sets her ultimate plan into motion. A […]

Dead Country

Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down monsters, averted wars, and saved a city, twice. She thought she’d left her dusty little hometown forever. But that was before her father died.

As she makes her way home to bury him, she finds a girl, as powerful and vulnerable and lost as she once was. Saving her from raiders twisted by the God Wars, Tara changes the course of the world…