Check out the hot titles premiering this month from Del Rey, Spectra, and Lucas Books!
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Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon
978-0-345-50876-8
Del Rey Hardcover – 2/21/2012
The action continues fast and furious in this third installment of Elizabeth Moon’s celebrated return to the fantasy world of the paladin Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter. This award-winning author has firsthand military experience and an imagination that knows no bounds. Combine those qualities with an ability to craft flesh-and-blood characters, and the result is the kind of speculative fiction that engages both heart and mind.
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Star Wars: The Millennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual by Ryder Windham, Chris Reiff, and Chris Trevas
978-0-345-53304-3
LucasBooks Hardcover – 1/31/2012
The Millennium Falcon is a legendary spaceship, made famous by its adventures under the command of smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca, who made numerous special modifications to transform the beat-up Corellian light freighter into one of the fastest ships in the galaxy.
This Haynes Manual traces the model history of the Corellian Engineering Corporation’s YT series of spaceships and the development of the YT-1300 model line before focusing on the Millennium Falcon, itself a modified YT-1300. Onboard systems, controls, and their operation are described in detail and supported by a host of photographs, line art, floor plans, exploded diagrams, and stunning computer-generated artwork, all newly created by acknowledged Falcon experts Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas. Text is by Ryder Windham, author of more than fifty Star Wars books.
Covering operational history, piloting, propulsion, weapons, engineering systems, sensors, and crew facilities, this is the most thorough technical guide to the Millennium Falcon available.
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Mass Effect: Deception by William C. Dietz
978-0-345-52073-9
Del Rey Paperback – 1/31/2012
An all-new adventure inspired by the award-winning videogame from BioWare!
The universe is under siege. Every fifty thousand years, a race of sentient machines invades our galaxy to harvest all organic life-forms. They are the Reapers.
Two people who know the truth are desperately searching for a way to stop the cycle: Navy admiral David Anderson and his partner, Kahlee Sanders. They have uncovered grisly evidence proving that the Reaper threat is real. But in so doing they have exposed the machinations of Cerberus, a secretive paramilitary organization, and its mysterious leader, the Illusive Man—putting David and Kahlee in mortal danger, for Cerberus will stop at nothing to protect its secrets.
But along the way, they find an unlikely ally in Gillian Grayson, a young woman with extraordinary powers. Once the subject of horrifying scientific experiments, Gillian is now free—and beginning to master her deadly abilities. But after learning that Cerberus was responsible for the death of her father, Gillian swears vengeance against the group and the Illusive Man—threatening to unravel everything Kahlee and David are fighting for.
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Kings of the North by Elizabeth Moon
978-0-345-52417-1
Del Rey Paperback – 1/31/2012
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Peace and order have been restored to the kingdoms of Tsaia and Lyonya, thanks to the crowning of Mikeli of Tsaia and the half-elven mercenary Kieri Phelan as their respective kings. But trouble is brewing. Mikeli cannot rule safely as long as the few remaining Verrakaien magelords are at large. And a strange rift has developed between Kieri and his grandmother and co-ruler, the immortal elven queen known as the Lady. Meanwhile, both monarchs are targets of the ex-pirate Alured, who plots to seize their thrones for himself—and to the north, the aggressive kingdom of Pargun seems poised to invade. As threats of war, from without and within, divide the two kings, old alliances and the bonds of friendship will be tested as never before. And a shocking discovery will change everything.
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Embassytown by China Mieville
978-0-345-52450-8
Del Rey Trade Paperback – 1/31/2012
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language. When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties: to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak—but which speaks through her, whether she likes it or not.
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xxxHOLiC 19 by CLAMP
978-0-345-53126-1
Del Rey Trade Paperback – 2/21/2012
FINAL VOLUME
Kimihiro Watanuki has passed through many trials by fire. Once an indentured servant, he has matured and become the poised and skilled keeper of the shop that grants wishes. But Watanuki’s final wish is for himself: to meet the witch Yûko one more time. With Yûko long vanished from our world, is it even possible? That question and others are answered now in the concluding volume of the bestselling manga xxxHOLiC!
xxxHOLiC crosses over with Tsubasa, also by CLAMP. Don’t miss it!
Available on DVD from FUNimation Entertainment
Includes special extras after the story!
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The following backlist e-book titles also go on sale this month:
Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century Edited byHarry Turtledove and Martin Greenberg
978-0-307-80973-5
Del Rey – 2/8/2012
Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
978-0-307-81000-7
Del Rey - 2/1/2012
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
978-0-307-81038-0
Del Rey – 2/8/2012
Bearing an Hourglass by Piers Anthony
978-0-307-81562-0
Del Rey – 2/14/2012
Wielding a Red Sword by Piers Anthony
978-0-307-81563-7
Del Rey – 2/15/2012
Being a Green Mother by Piers Anthony
978-0-307-81564-4
Del Rey – 2/14/2012
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
978-0-307-81565-1
Del Rey – 2/14/2012
Juxtaposition by Piers Anthony
978-0-307-81566-8
Del Rey – 2/14/2012
Split Infinity by Piers Anthony
978-0-307-81567-5
Del Rey – 2/14/2012
Blood Work by Kim Harrison; illustrated by Pedro Maia and Gemma Magno
978-0-345-53640-2
Del Rey – 2/22/2012
A Spell for Chameleon (The Parallel Edition… Simplified) by Piers Anthony
978-0-345-53644-0
Del Rey – 2/14/2012
Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov
978-0-553-90093-4
Spectra -2/22/2012
Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
978-0-553-90094-1
Spectra – 2/22/2012
Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov
978-0-553-90096-5
Spectra – 2/22/2012
