Micro
by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston
Release Date:
November 22
Publisher: Harper
Description: Three
men are found dead in the locked second-floor office of a Honolulu building,
with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering
their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly
invisible to the human eye.
In the lush
forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era
of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of
bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless
drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined.
In Cambridge,
Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are
recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Nanigen MicroTechnologies
dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised
access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier.
But once in
the Oahu rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that
reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. Armed only with their
knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of
radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces
of nature itself.
An instant
classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion.
Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing
thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet
another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.
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Explosive
Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
Release Date:
November 22
Publisher: Bantam
Description: Bounty
hunter Stephanie Plum’s life is set to blow sky high when international murder
hits dangerously close to home, in this dynamite novel by Janet Evanovich.
Before
Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she’s knee deep
in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and she’s flying back
to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after
the L.A. layover. Now he’s dead, in a garbage can, waiting for curbside pickup.
His killer could be anyone. And a ragtag collection of thugs and psychos, not
to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph the dead man was supposed
to be carrying.
Only one
other person has seen the missing photo—Stephanie Plum. Now she’s the target,
and she doesn’t intend to end up in a garbage can. With the help of an FBI
sketch artist Stephanie re-creates the person in the photo. Unfortunately the
first sketch turns out to look like Tom Cruise, and the second sketch like
Ashton Kutcher. Until Stephanie can improve her descriptive skills, she’ll need
to watch her back.
Over at the
bail bonds agency things are going from bad to worse. The bonds bus serving as
Vinnie’s temporary HQ goes up in smoke. Stephanie’s wheelman, Lula, falls in
love with their largest skip yet. Lifetime arch nemesis Joyce Barnhardt moves
into Stephanie’s apartment. And everyone wants to know what happened in Hawaii?
Morelli,
Trenton’s hottest cop, isn’t talking about Hawaii. Ranger, the man of mystery,
isn’t talking about Hawaii. And all
Stephanie is willing to say about her Hawaiian vacation is . . . It’s
complicated.
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Stirred
by Blake Crouch and J.A. Konrath
Release Date:
November 22
Publisher: Thomas
& Mercer
Description: Lt.
Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels has seen humanity at its most depraved and
terrifying. She's lost loved ones. Come close to death countless times. But she
always manages to triumph over evil. Luther Kite is humanity at its most
depraved and terrifying. He's committed unthinkable acts. Taken human life for
the sheer pleasure of it. He is a monster among monsters, and no one has ever
caught him. Each is the best at what they do. Peerless. Unmatched.
Until now...
In Luther's
experience, people are weak. Even the strong and fearless break too easily. He
wants a challenge, and sets his depraved sights on Jack. But with a baby on the
way, Jack is at her most vulnerable. She's always been a fighter, but she's
never had so much to fight for. So he's built something especially for Jack.
His own, private ninth circle of hell—a nightmare world in a forgotten place,
from which no one has ever escaped.
It's J.A.
Konrath's greatest heroine versus Blake Crouch's greatest villain in Stirred,
the stunning conclusion to both Konrath's Lt. Jacqueline "Jack"
Daniels thriller series and Crouch's Andrew Z. Thomas series.
Only one can
survive. And it won't be whom you think.
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Theft
of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
Release Date:
November 23
Publisher: Orbit
Description: They
killed the king. They pinned it on two men.
They chose
poorly.
There's no
ancient evil to defeat, no destined orphan, just two guys in the wrong place at
the wrong time...Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his ex-mercenary partner
Hadrian Blackwater make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments
for conspiring nobles until they become the unwitting scapegoats in a plot to
murder the king. Can a self-serving thief and an idealistic swordsman survive
long enough to unravel the first part of an ancient mystery that has toppled
kings and destroyed empires in order to keep a secret too terrible for the
world to know.
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Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper
Release Date: November 25
Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing
Description: Yara Jones
doesn’t believe in sea monsters—until she becomes one.
When a
hurricane hits her island home and she wakes up with fins, Yara finds herself
tangled up in an underwater world of mysterious merfolk and secretive selkies.
Both sides believe Yara can save them by fulfilling a broken promise and
opening the sealed gateway to their realm, but they are battling over how it
should be done. The selkies want to take her life. The merfolk want something
far more precious.
Treygan, the
stormy-eyed merman who turned Yara mer, will stop at nothing and sacrifice
everything to protect his people—until he falls for Yara. The tides turn as
Yara fights to save herself, hundreds of sea creatures, and the merman who has
her heart. She could lose her soul in the process—or she might open the gateway
to a love that’s deeper than the oceans.
Young Adult
fans of Mermaids, Selkies, Sirens and Gorgons will love this tale of the
sacrifice one makes for genuine love. Love that could be lost at any moment to
the ever-changing tides.
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