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BURNE HOGARTH TARZAN HC #5

ADVENTURERS

(W) Burne Hogarth

The final entry in the Complete Burne Hogarth Comic Strip Library, this volume collects his rarely seen daily comic strips in one volume for the first time as well as two exceptional adventures from the Sunday strips. Each strip has been carefully restored from the highest quality source material available, lavishly presented to emphasize the exceptional quality of one of the most influential illustrators to ever take on the Lord of the Jungle.

DISHONORED RETURN OF DAUD MMPB

(W) Adam Christopher

Daud - traitor and assassin - has returned to Dunwall, a city shaken by the overthrow of Empress Emily Kaldwin. He is seeking a mythical weapon, said to have the power to kill the Outsider, and will go to any lengths to find it. But there are those who are watching his every move. Travelling the Isles to complete his mission, Daud will soon discover that old enemies have been waiting for him, and new enemies are easy to make... Dishonored was the biggest launch of an original game in 2012, and sold 3/4 of a million units in less than a month This novel will weave into the storyline of Dishonored 2, and will be official canon A rich setting in an industrial steampunk version of Victorian London Author Adam Christopher is a huge fan of Dishonored, and worked closely with the game development team to tie the novels directly into the game's canon

DRAGONS LEGACY SC #1

(W) Deborah A. Wolf

In the heart of the singing desert, the people are fading from the world. Mothers bear few live children, the warriors and wardens are hard-pressed to protect those who remain, and the vash'ai-the great cats who have called the people kithren for as long as there have been stories- bond with fewer humans each year. High above, the Sun Dragon sings a song of life and love, while far below, the Earth Dragon slumbers as she has since the beginning of time. Her sleep is fitful, and from the darkness of her dreams come whispers of war... and death. Sulema is a newly minted warrior of the people and a true Ja'Akari-a daughter of the unforgiving desert. When a mysterious young man appears in her home of Aish Kalumm, she learns that the Dragon King is dying in distant Atualon. As the king fades, so does the magic that sings the Earth Dragon to sleep. There are those who wish to keep the dragon trapped in endless slumber. Others would tap her power to claim it for their own. And there are those who would have her wake, so they might laugh as the world burns.

HOLLOW TREE SC

(W) James Brogden

James Brogden is the author of The Narrows, Tourmaline and The Realt. His horror and fantasy stories have appeared in anthologies and periodicals ranging from The Big Issue to the British Fantasy Society Award-winning Alchemy Press. He spent many years living in Australia, but now lives in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire with his wife and two daughters. The new novel from the author of Hekla's Children. For readers of M.R. Carey, Tim Lebbon, Sarah Lotz and Lauren Beukes. "A satisfyingly complex, pacy imaginative novel." Den of Geek on The Realt "One of the finest books published this year: addictive, thrilling, fantastic, saturated with imagination and brimming with story." Birmingham Favourites on Tourmaline

LAST STAND HC

(W) Mickey Spillane

When legendary mystery writer Mickey Spillane died in 2006, he left behind the manuscript of one last novel he'd just completed: THE LAST STAND. He asked his friend and colleague (and fellow Mystery Writers of America Grand Master) Max Allan Collins to take responsibility for finding the right time and place to publish this final book. Now, on the hundredth anniversary of Spillane's birth, his millions of fans will at last get to read THE LAST STAND, together with a second never-before-published work, this one from early in Spillane's career: the feverish crime novella A BULLET FOR SATISFACTION. A tarnished former cop goes on a crusade to find a politician's killer and avoid the .45-caliber slug with his name on it. A pilot forced to make an emergency landing in the desert finds himself at the center of a struggle between FBI agents, unsavory fortune hunters, and members of the local Indian tribe to control a mysterious find that could mean wealth and power - or death. Two substantial new works filled with Spillane's muscular prose and the gorgeous women and two-fisted action the author was famous for, topped off by an introduction from Max Allan Collins describing the history of these lost manuscripts and his long relationship with the writer who was his mentor, his hero, and for much of the last century the bestselling author in the world.

MIKE HAMMER KILLING TOWN HC

(W) Mickey Spillane

While undercover in upstate New York, Hammer is accused by police of murdering a young woman near the freight yards. Roughed up by the cops and facing a murder charge, Hammer's fate is looking bleak until a beautiful blonde, Melba Charles, daughter of the influential Vernon Charles, gives him an unexpected alibi. But there is a price for clearing his name: he is to marry her.

MIKE HAMMER WILL TO KILL MMPB

(W) Mickey Spillane

Taking a midnight stroll along the Hudson River, Mike Hammer gets more than he bargained for: a partial corpse on an ice floe. The body is that of a butler to a millionaire-also now deceased. Were both master and servant murdered? Captain Pat Chambers thinks so. But to prove it Hammer must travel to upstate New York to investigate the dead man's family, all of whom have a motive for murder. The new Mike Hammer tale by masters of the hardboiled genre Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. Over 225 million copies of Spillane's books have sold internationally since first being published in 1947. He was the bestselling mystery writer of the 20th century (even out-selling Agatha Christie). Mike Hammer is his most famous creation and the precursor to characters like James Bond, Dirty Harry and Jack Bauer. "Mike Hammer is an icon of our culture." The New York Times.

NETHERSPACE MMPB

(W) Andrew Lane

Contact with an alien race, the Gliese, has been made, but communication is impossible. There is trade, but on seemingly inexplicable terms; anti-gravity technology was traded for a bicycle tyre. As we begin to colonize the stars, we're still dependant on the mysterious aliens who we still do not understand. It falls upon the unlikely team of a conceptual artist, Marc, and assassin, Kara, to embark on a mission that will unearth the mystery of the Gliese. Commercial, inventive epic space opera trilogy. Written by highly successful author and well-known journalist. Andy Lane has written Dr Who and Torchwood novels and has strong links with the SFF and crime community, including Dan Abnett and Charlie Higson. Will appeal to fans of Elizabeth Moon, Anne Leckie, Rachel Bach, James S. A. Corey, Adam Roberts, Michael Cobley, Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and the Star Wars and Star Trek universes.

OFF ROCK MMPB

(W) Keiran Shea

In the year 2778, Jimmy Vik is feeling dissatisfied. After busting his back for assorted interstellar mining outfits for close to two decades, downsizing is in the wind, his ex-girlfriend/supervisor is climbing up his back, and daily Jimmy wonders if he's played his last good hand. So when Jimmy stumbles upon a significant gold pocket during a routine procedure on Kardashev 7-A, he believes his luck may have changed-larcenously so. But smuggling the gold "off rock" won't be easy.

PACIFIC RIM UPRISING OFF MOVIE NOVELIZATION MMPB

(W) Mickey Spillane

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

RELICS MMPB

(W) Tim Lebbon

Beneath the surface of our world, mythological creatures still exist-people pay fortunes for a sliver of dragon bone, an angel's wing. Angela Gough is a criminology student whose fiancé Vince disappears. Her investigation leads her into a black market of arcane relics. Mary Rock is a criminal who also wants to find Vince, to kill him. Angela and her team must stop this horrific trade, yet they face a growing menace as the creatures begin to fight back. Tim Lebbon is an author who increasingly is becoming associated with Titan, thanks to his tie-in novels (especially Alien) and originals (incl. Coldbrook). Tim has a short story that has been filmed with star Nicholas Cage, a Star Wars novel to his credit, and an Alien-Predator trilogy for Titan. He was a New York Times bestseller with the adaptation of the film 30 Days of Night. This trilogy of tightly inter-related dark fantasies builds upon Tim's skills as a horror writer, and will build the Relics series into a brand of its own. Tim is a regular blogger and tweeter, and has won both the Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award.

SHERLOCK HOLMES VS CTHULHU ADV NEURAL PSYCHOSES SC

(W) Lois Gresh

Entities leak into the human realm and enter human minds. Two of the victims are Dr. Watson and leader of the cult, Prof. Henry Fitzgerald-who seeks to use human sacrifice to open the door to the Old Ones. As violence erupts in London, Holmes secludes himself in the Diogenes Club, developing an antidote to counter the neural psychoses. As Moriarty uses the drug to amass an army of addicts, Holmes discovers a link to a town in America. Innsmouth.

TALES FROM THE SEA OF THIEVES HC

(W) Tim Lebbon

Tales from the Sea of Thieves is a lavishly illustrated and thoughtfully created in-universe journal, chronicling the world of Sea of Thieves, Rare's hotly anticipated new pirate game. Narrated by three unique pirate captains the book will take a look at the world through their eyes and introduce you to the fantastical Sea of Thieves, home to krakens, mermaids and buried treasure.

VINYL DETECTIVE WRITTEN IN DEAD WAX MMPB

(W) Andrew Cartmel

He is a record collector - a connoisseur of vinyl, hunting out rare and elusive LPs. His business card describes him as the "Vinyl Detective" and some people take this more literally than others. Like the beautiful, mysterious woman who wants to pay him a large sum of money to find a priceless lost recording on behalf of an extremely wealthy, yet shadowy, client. So begins a painful and dangerous odyssey in search of the rarest jazz record of them all... A brand-new mystery series featuring the Vinyl Detective - where the search for a valuable record so often leads to murder... "An irresistible blend of murder, mystery and music"  Ben Aaronovitch "The Vinyl Detective is one of the sharpest and most original characters I've seen for a long time." David Quantick Appeal for fans of Colin Bateman, Malcolm Price, Declan Burke, Nick Hornby and Robert Lewis