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Harper , 2016. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Harper hardcover (navy boards) & dust jacket, first US edition, first printing. CONTENT: A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that intertwines the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. Róisín and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At first glance, the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Roisin, a daughter of Ireland and a peripatetic astronomer, joins the science team to observe the fracturing of a comet overhead. Francois, the base's chef, has just left his birthplace in Bayeux, France, for only the second time in his life. Yet devastating tragedy and the longing for a fresh start, which they share, as well as an indelible but unknown bond that stretches back… Read More

Harper , 2016. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2016 Harper hardcover (navy boards) & dust jacket, first US edition, first printing. Small remainder mark bottom edges make this book "as new." CONTENT: A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that intertwines the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. Róisín and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At first glance, the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Roisin, a daughter of Ireland and a peripatetic astronomer, joins the science team to observe the fracturing of a comet overhead. Francois, the base's chef, has just left his birthplace in Bayeux, France, for only the second time in his life. Yet devastating tragedy and the… Read More

Del Rey, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Larry Rostant jacket art; B&W map. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2017 Del Rey hardcover (black boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Deckle edges. Larry Rostant jacket art. Problem: small remainder dot bottom edges at spine. CONTENT: The award-winning author of Clash of Eagles and Eagle in Exile concludes his masterly alternate-history saga of the Roman invasion of North America in this stunning novel. Roman Praetor Gaius Marcellinus came to North America as a conqueror, but after meeting with defeat at the hands of the city-state of Cahokia, he has had to forge a new destiny in this strange land. In the decade since his arrival, he has managed to broker an unstable peace between the invading Romans and a loose affiliation of Native American tribes known as the League. But invaders from the west will shatter that peace and plunge the continent into war: The Mongol Horde has arrived and they are taking no… Read More

Mariner, 2022. 1 Movie Tie-In Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2022 Mariner Trade Paperback, first Movie Tie-in edition, first printing. Movie cover. CONTENT: London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne's brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was an unhappy one, and she never suited the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh air and open space, she leaves the metropolis for coastal Essex, accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive eleven-year-old son, Francis, and the boy's nanny, Martha, her fiercely protective friend. Once there, they hear rumors that after nearly three hundred years, the mythical Essex Serpent, a fearsome creature that once roamed the marshes, has returned. When a young man is mysteriously killed on New Year's Eve, the community's dread transforms to terror. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist with no patience for religion or superstition, is… Read More

Orbit Books, 2015. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2015 Orbit Books hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first American Edition, first printing. PROBLEM: Small remainder dot top edges at spine - that's it - all else perfect. CONTENT: Peter Higgins's superb and original creation, a perfect melding of fantasy, myth, SF and political thriller, reaches its extraordinary conclusion. The Vlast stands two hundred feet tall, four thousand tons of steel ready to be flung upwards on the fire of atom bombs. Ready to take the dream of President-Commander of the New Vlast General, Osip Rizhin, beyond the bounds of this world. But not everyone shares this vision. Vissarion Lom and Maroussia Shaumian have not reached the end of their story, and in Mirgorod a woman in a shabby dress carefully unwraps a sniper rifle. And all the while the Pollandore dreams its own dreams.

TOR, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Larry Rostant cover art. CONDITION: NEW 2020 TOR trade paperback, first edition stated, first printing. Cover art by Larry Rostant. Chapter decorations. CONTENT: The wizards of the Cold War must uncover a secret cabal responsible for the Kennedy assassination in The Shadow Commission,Mack's globe-spanning historical fantasy sequel to The Iron Codex. November 1963. Cade and Anja have lived in hiding for a decade, training new mages. Then the assassination of President Kennedy trigger a series of murders whose victims are all magicians?with Cade, Anja, and their allies as its prime targets. Their only hope of survival: learning how to fight back against the sinister cabal known as the Shadow Commission.

William Morrow, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Scott McKowan DJ and case illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "as new" - a short remainder mark bottom edges. UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2020 William Morrow hardcover (decorated boards) & dust jacket with die-cut window. Deckle edges. CONTENT: After brilliantly reimagining the worlds of Oz, Wonderland, Dickensian London, and the Nutcracker, the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked turns his unconventional genius to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans," transforming this classic tale into an Italian-American girl's poignant coming-of-age story, set amid the magic of Christmas in 1960s New York. Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet,… Read More