Uncle Hugo's October Bestsellers
(alphabetical by author)
Anderson, Taylor
Destroyermen #5: Rising Tides
As Reddy and the crew of the destroyer USS Walker continue their battle for freedom and survival in a parallel universe, the stakes become much more personal, and much more perilous.
Novel, 480 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2011 HC
Roc - 2011 - ISBN: 0451464060 / 9780451464064
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015365
$7.99
Anvil, Christopher
The Power of Illusion
Includes the novel The Day the Machines Stopped, his stories of Richard Verner, who is called in to solve apparently insoluble problems, and more.
Contents
I. Research East
A Taste of Poison
The Gold of Galileo
The Day the Machines Stopped
II. Solver of Problems
The Missile Smasher
The Problem Solver and the Killer
The Hand from the Past
The Problem Solver and the Hostage
The Problem Solver and the Defector
Key to the Crime
The Problem Solver and the Burned Letter
III. Problems, Snafus, and Fubars
Warped Clue
The Coward
A Sense of Disaster
Destination Unknown
High Road to the East
A Tourist Named Death
The Knife and the Sheath
The Anomaly
In the Light of Further Data
Apron Chains
The Power of Illusion
Afterword == Eric Flint
Collection, 582 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 Trade PB
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1451637608 / 9781451637601
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015751
$7.99
Bujold, Lois McMaster
Vorkosigan #13: Cryoburn
Signed by the author on the title page. Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. When one of their cryocorps - a company whose job it is to shepherd its frozen patrons into an unknown future - attempts to expand into the Barrayaran Empire, the emperor sends Miles Vorkosigan to check things out. Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of generation past repair. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping - something is rotten on Kibou-daini. And Miles is in the middle - of trouble! (Includes the Baen CD-ROM Library Version 24.)
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Novel, 412 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1451637500 / 9781451637502
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015744
$7.99
Carriger, Gail
Parasol Protectorate #1: Soulless
A comedy of manners set in Victorian London, with werewolves, vampires, mad scientists, and a preternatural woman formidably armed with a parasol.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2010 Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel
Recommended by Don.
Novel, 357 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Orbit - 2009 - ISBN: 0316056634 / 9780316056632
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New004253
$7.99
Correia, Larry
Grimnoir Chronicles #1: Hard Magic
Signed by the author on the title page. Jake Sullivan is a war hero, a PI - and an ex-con, free only because the Feds need his magical talent to help apprehend magic-using criminals. But the last operation he was sent on went badly wrong - Delilah Jones, a friend of Jake's in happier times, had too much magical muscle with her. Now Jake has learned that the Feds have been lying to him, and that a secret war is being waged by opposing groups of magic-users. Worse, one side's ruthless leaders are of the opinion that Jake is far too dangerous to be permitted to live.
Publisher's signed edition with signature page tipped in. When a magical assassin makes an attempt on the life of President Franklin Roosevelt, the crime is pinned on the Grimnoir, and the knights become fugitives while they attempt to discover who framed them. Things get worse when Jake learns that the Power jumped universes because it was fleeing a magic-eating predator - a predator that has just landed on Earth.
Novel, 442 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1451637756 / 9781451637755
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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ID: #New015190
$25.00
Correia, Larry
Monster Hunter #3: Alpha
If you would like a signed Monster Hunter bookplate sent with your book, please mention that in the Special Instructions when you order. MHI leader Earl Harbinger has a secret - nearly a century ago, he was cursed to be a werewolf. When he receives word that one of his oldest foes, a vicious werewolf that worked for the KGB, has appeared in the Michigan woods, he decides to take care of some unfinished business. But another force is working to bring about the creation of a new species of werewolf. When darkness falls, the final hunt begins, and the only thing standing in their way is a handful of locals, a lot of firepower, and Earl.
Novel, 552 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1439134588 / 9781439134580
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New013244
$7.99
Correia, Larry / Kupari, Mike
Dead Six
If you would like a Dead Six bookplate (signed by both authors) sent with your book, please mention that in the Special Instructions when you order. Michael Valentine, veteran and former elite mercenary, is recruited by the government to conduct a secret counter-terror operation in the Persian Gulf. He runs afoul of assassin/thief Lorenzo, whose team has infiltrated the terrorist network to pull off a heist. Now Lorenzo has a new object: kill Valentine. (Military thriller, not sf.)
Novel, 723 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1451637586 / 9781451637588
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015745
$7.99
Elliott, Kate
Spiritwalker #2: Cold Fire
Cat and Bee are caught in an intricate web of subterfuge and politics. Everyone seems to want something from them: the warlord who wants to conquer Europa, the Cold Mages who stand against him, and the dangerous Master of the Wild Hunt.
Novel, 512 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Orbit - 2011 - ISBN: 0316080993 / 9780316080996
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015001
$14.99
Hamilton, Peter F.
Void #3: The Evolutionary Void
Araminta, the Second Dreamer, has become the target of a galaxy-wide search by those determined to prevent - or facilitate - the pilgrimage of the Living Dream cult into the heart of the Void. Meanwhile, the parallel story of Edeard, the Waterwalker - as told through a series of addictive dreams communicated via Inigo, the First Dreamer - continues to unfold, but his tale takes a darker and more troubling turn. With time running out, Inigo must decide whether to release Edeard's final dream, whose message is scarcely less dangerous than the pilgrimage promises to be.
Novel, 652 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Del Rey - 2011 - ISBN: 0345496582 / 9780345496584
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015444
$8.99
Huff, Tanya
Confederation #5: The Truth of Valor
Torin Kerr is attempting to adjust to civilian life with space salvage operator Craig Ryder. When they're attacked by pirates, Craig is captured and Torin left for dead. When she finds out why they needed Craig, she calls in the Marines to get him back - and stop the pirates from changing the balance of power in known space.
Novel, 404 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
DAW - 2011 - ISBN: 0756406846 / 9780756406844
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New014338
$7.99
Hughart, Barry
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox: The Bridge of Birds / The Story of the Stone / Eight Skilled Gentlemen
Meet Li Kao, an aged scholar with a slight flaw in his character, and his assistant, Number Ten Ox, an orphaned young man notable for his strength and his purity of heart. Together they embark on a series of quests set against ancient China's mythical landscape. They encounter gods, goddesses, demons, vampire-ghouls, puppeteers, poets, and ghosts. To find the truth they steal, scheme, deceive, and generally cause mayhem. Master Li's penchant for plotting elaborate hoaxes is matched only by Ox's determination and loyalty, and in the end Right does defeat Might, Good triumphs over Evil, and the innocent are indeed redeemed - if not quite in the manner that the reader might have expected.
Recommended by Don and Elizabeth: A lovely combination of humor, fantasy, adventure, and mystery.
Omnibus, 645 pages, Hardcover, Reprint (originally published in 1984 / 1988 / 1991)
For two thousand years, the Arameri family has ruled the world by enslaving the very gods who created mortalkind. Now the gods are free. Shahar, last scion of the Arameri family, must choose her loyalties. She yearns to trust Sieh, the godling she loves. When the Maelstrom is summoned forth, can Shahar and Sieh - mortal and god, lovers and enemies - face it together?
Novel, 582 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Orbit - 2011 - ISBN: 0316043931 / 9780316043939
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015004
$13.99
Jordan, Robert / Sanderson, Brandon
Wheel of Time #13: Towers of Midnight
The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past. To prevail, he must seek answers, and find a way at long last to master the wolf within him, or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.
Novel, 1245 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Tor - 2011 - ISBN: 0765364875 / 9780765364876
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New014398
$9.99
Lackey, Mercedes
Valdemar: Collegium #2: Intrigues
When he's recognized by foreign operatives, Mags comes under suspicion. Who are Magpie's parents - who is he really? Can he solve the riddle of his parentage and prove his loyalty before he's banished as a traitor?
Novel, 391 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
DAW - 2011 - ISBN: 0756406900 / 9780756406905
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015368
$7.99
Lee, Sharon / Miller, Steve
Liaden: Adventures in the Liaden Universe #16: Halfling Moon
Signed by both authors on the title page. Two original Liaden stories about Clan Korval's banishment from Liad.
Liaden: Adventures in the Liaden Universe #17: Skyblaze
Signed by both authors on the title page. One seemingly ordinary day a warning comes to Solcintra: turn away, close your eyes, duck your head, hide if you can - there's a Balance at hand, and Korval has gone mad. This is the day things change.
Signed by both authors on the title page.Plan B: Val Con, the head of Clan Korval, is a fugitive, wanted by Liad's covert Department of the Interior, whose rulers have declared unofficial war against the entire clan. With only his love Miri by his side, Val Con plans a desperate gamble by forming an alliance with Clan Erob on Miri's birth planet. But Val Con's cousin invokes Plan B, setting in motion a series of events that will have dire consequences for all of Liad.
I Dare: On the run from the agents of the Department of the Interior, Val Con has been separated from his love Miri. Val's cousin Shan and his life-mate Priscilla continue to search for him, believing that he's the Clan's last hope for survival. But the DOI is attacking Clan Korval in a more subtle fashion. Pat Rin - Val's disreputable, nearly identical cousin, gambler, and con artist - is offered control of the Clan. The DOI believes they can manipulate him into serving their agenda. Unfortunately for them - and everyone else - they're wrong.
Omnibus, 821 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1998 / 2002)
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1439134391 / 9781439134399
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New012264
$12.00
Lee, Sharon / Miller, Steve
Liaden: Mouse & Dragon
After enduring much, Aelliana Caylon appears to have won all: a spaceship, comrades, friends. Her lover is arguably the most powerful person on Liad, and he's agreed to sit as her co-pilot and her partner in a courier business. But there are a few snags. Her home clan isn't as agreeable to letting her go as it first seemed. Someone is stealing pilots in the Low Port. The man she loves isn't entirely the man she thought he was. And she discovers that the lift from Liad she so fervently desires is part of a larger plan that requires her to be someone she never thought she was, or could be.
Novel, 492 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1451637594 / 9781451637595
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015750
$7.99
Lee, Sharon / Miller, Steve
Liaden: Theo Waitley #3: Ghost Ship
Tipped-in signature page signed by both authors. Theo has survived the Academy and become one of the best pilots in the galaxy, but now the past is about to blast her. Her destiny as master pilot and leader of a powerful Liaden clan calls - and a lot of enemies are planning to make sure she's quite dead before she has the chance to reply.
Novel, 328 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1439134553 / 9781439134559
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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ID: #New013226
$25.00
Martin, George R.R.
Song of Ice and Fire #5: A Dance with Dragons
Signed by the author on the title page; 'Signed Copy' sticker on front of jacket. The Seven Kingdoms are once again beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, as the tides of destiny and politics lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.
Novel, 1016 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Bantam - 2011 - ISBN: 0553801473 / 9780553801477
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New005092
$35.00
Pratchett, Terry
Discworld #33: Snuff
Sam Vimes is going to take a vacation - at least, that was the plan.
Novel, 398 pages, Hardcover, 1st US Edition
Harper - 2011 - ISBN: 0062011847 / 9780062011848
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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ID: #New015085
$25.99
Pratchett, Terry
Discworld YA: Tiffany Aching #4: I Shall Wear Midnight
Ages 12 and up. Young witch Tiffany Aching faces an insidious new foe who whispers threats of violence and quietly unleashes havoc. Along with her allies, the Nac Mac Feegle, Tiffany may know evil when she sees it, but where does evil start, and where - and how - does it end?
Novel, 355 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
On a supply run for the Seattle Underground, Andan Cly is offered a peculiar piloting job once he arrives in New Orleans. Hidden in Lake Pontchartrain is an immense submersible. It could end the war, if anyone could figure out how to operate it and sneak it past the Southern forces at the mouth of the Mississippi. So far it's killed most of the men who have set foot inside it. Will Cly and his crew end up in the history books, or at the bottom of the sea?
Novel, 349 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Tor - 2011 - ISBN: 0765329468 / 9780765329462
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New014827
$14.99
Ringo, John
Troy Rising #2: Citadel
Using the Solar Array Pumped Laser and the Troy battlestation, Earth has managed to recapture the Sol system from the Horvath invaders. But as Earth begins to enter the galactic milieu, the Rangora Empire crushes humanity's only ally, and it becomes clear that the war is just beginning.
Novel, 510 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2011 HC
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1451637578 / 9781451637571
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New015748
$7.99
Riordan, Rick
Heroes of Olympus #2: The Son of Neptune
Ages 10 and up. At Camp Half-Blood, demigods Jason, Piper, and Leo inherited a quest. But who are the other four mentioned in the prophesy? The answer may lie in another camp miles away, where a new arrival appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea.
Novel, 521 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Disney Hyperion - 2011 - ISBN: 1423140591 / 9781423140597
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New015135
$19.99
Russell, Christine & Christopher
Warrior Sheep #1: The Quest of the Warrior Sheep
Ages 9 and up. An object falls mysteriously from the sky and lands on Sal, a matronly Southdown ewe who lives happily with her sheep friends on Eppingham Farm. The sheep are convinced that an ancient ovine prophecy is being fulfilled. They must go North (so to Scotland, perhaps?) on a mission to aid Lord Aries, Sheep of all Sheepdom, in his battle against the powers of darkness in the shape of Lambad the Bad. Thus the Eppingham Posse of Rare Breed Warriors is born. In fact, the silver object is a mobile phone, dropped from a hot air balloon by Luke and Neil, who have been stealing bank money over the internet. They need that phone back to hide the evidence. And no band of woolbags is going to stand in their way!
Ages 9 and up. A strange monster called Red Tongue has threatened all Rams, Ewes, and Lambs. The Warrior Sheep know it's up to them to stop him. And so the Warrior Sheep head to America, to the desert and the hot air of Las Vegas. But they have a crazy scientist following them, and Tod and Gran have been slung in jail by a overzealous sheriff. Can the Warriors give Professor Boomberg the slip and stop the sheep-killing monster?
Seven corpses are discovered in the streets of a Dragon's fief, all identical, down to their clothing. Kaylin Neya is assigned to discover who they were, who killed them, and why. Is the evil lurking at Elantra's borders preparing to cross over?
Novel, 457 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Luna - 2011 - ISBN: 0373803303 / 9780373803309
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New014200
$14.95
Shinn, Sharon
Troubled Waters
Unwilling to be the king's fifth wife, Zoe hides on the river shore, where she discovers she is the coru prime, ruled by the elemental sign of water. She returns to the palace as a woman of power, and must decide how to use her power to rise above the intrigues of the court.
Novel, 399 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Ace - 2011 - ISBN: 0441020895 / 9780441020898
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New015355
$7.99
Stephenson, Neal
Reamde
Richard Forthrast is a wealthy high-tech entrepreneur with a shady past, whose company owns a wildly popular online role-playing game. The line between fantasy and reality becomes dangerously blurred when a young gold farmer accidentally triggers a virtual war for dominance - and Richard is caught in the crossfire.
Novel, 1042 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
William Morrow - 2011 - ISBN: 0061977969 / 9780061977961
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New015084
$35.00
Turner, Megan Whalen
Eugenides #4: A Conspiracy of Kings
Ages 12 and up. Sophos, heir to the kingdom of Sounis, has been missing and is presumed dead. So when he turns up in Attolia, the obvious question becomes: where has he been all this time?
Recommended by Elizabeth: Another very enjoyable entry in a great series.
Novel, 316 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Ten years have passed on Tines World. Ravna and the pack animals have survived a war, and Ravna has saved more than one hundred children who were in cold-sleep aboard the vessel that brought them. But there are those among the Tines - and the humans - who seek power, and these malcontents are determined to overturn the fledgling civilization that has taken root since the humans landed.
Novel, 444 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Tor - 2011 - ISBN: 0312875622 / 9780312875626
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New014822
$25.99
Weber, David
Out of the Dark
The Shongairi have conquered Earth. Humanity's cities are radioactive ruins, and over half the population is dead. Instead of being rotated home from his latest tour of Afghanistan, Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky finds himself in the back country of the Balkans, dodging alien patrols, and trying to organize the scattered survivors. And unexpected allies present themselves to the ragtag human resistance, as Earth's vampires emerge from the mountains and forests of Eastern Europe.
Novel, 522 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Tor - 2011 - ISBN: 076536381X / 9780765363817
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New014387
$7.99
Weber, David
Stephanie Harrington #1: A Beautiful Friendship
Ages 13 and up. On the pioneer planet Sphinx, young Stephanie Harrington discovers an intelligent alien species, treecats, and forms the first telepathic bond with one. But a lot of powerful people are determined to make sure that Sphinx remains entirely in human hands - even if it means the extermination of another thinking species.
Novel, 361 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Baen - 2011 - ISBN: 1451637470 / 9781451637472
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New015732
$18.99
Williamson, Michael Z.
Freehold: Kenneth Chinran #2: Rogue
After his experiences in the recent war, a sociopathic member of the elite unit Chinran commanded is now highly trained, with the knowledge and firepower to take out entire tactical teams, evade security cordons, and change identity at will. Who do you send after a killer like that? The man who trained him.
