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Metro Best New Books to Read in Spring Pick Glossary Magazine
Highly Anticipated Fiction Pick A road trip beneath clear blue
skies and a blazing sun: a reclusive artist is forced to abandon
his home and follow two young sisters across a post-pandemic Europe
in search of a safe place. Is this the end of the world? Meanwhile
two computer scientists have been educating their baby in a remote
location. Their baby is called Talos, and he is an advanced AI
program. Every week they feed him data, starting from the beginning
of written history, era by era, and ask him to predict what will
happen next to the human race. At the same time they're involved in
an increasingly fraught philosophical debate about why human life
is sacred and why the purpose for which he was built - to predict
threats to human life to help us avoid them - is a worthwhile and
ethical pursuit. These two strands come together in a way that is
always suspenseful, surprising and intellectually provocative: this
is an extraordinarily prescient and vital work of fiction - an
apocalyptic road novel to frighten and thrill.
A powerful new planeswalker has emerged, setting Liliana Vess on a
collision course with Tezzeret, the Master of Metal! After many
adventures, the powerful necromancer Liliana Vess returns to her
new home, but she doesn't return alone... Sensing the presence of a
distant planeswalker calling for help puts her on a collision
course with the diabolical machinations of Tezzeret, the Master of
Metal. When the unspeakably dangerous powers of this mysterious new
planeswalker are revealed, Liliana realizes that much more is at
stake than she could have possibly imagined. Will she be able to do
what's necessary, even if it makes her a villain in her people's
eyes? Delve even deeper into the Magic: The Gathering universe with
comic and screenwriter Mairghread Scott (Transformers, Guardians of
the Galaxy) and artist Fabiana Mascolo (Firefly: Brand New 'Verse)!
Collects Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #1-4 and Magic: Master of
Metal #1.
Soon to be a film from Netflix and Oscar-winning director of The
Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow. 'Fantastic story, a real page-turner.
Impossible to put down' Stephen King 'Forget a good night's sleep.
Aurora is epic' Linwood Barclay When the lights go out no one is
safe... A planet without power. When a solar storm hits the earth,
the lights go out across the planet. But this time the blackout
won't be over soon - it could last for years. Aubrey and her
stepson now face the biggest challenge of their lives. A society
without rules. Soon they hear rumours of riots, the struggle for
food becomes real, and even within their small communities, the
rule of law is collapsing. Aubrey's estranged brother Thom, a
self-made billionaire who abandoned her years ago, retreats to a
gilded desert bunker where he can ride out the crisis in perfect
luxury. A race to build a better world... But the complicated
history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like
the end of the world is just the beginning of a personal reckoning
long overdue...
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ***The explosive fifth novel in the Red
Rising Series*** The Number One New York Times bestselling author
of Morning Star returns to the Red Rising universe with the
thrilling sequel to Iron Gold. He broke the chains Then broke the
world.... A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the
foundations for a new world. Now he's an outlaw. Cast out of the
very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a
rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered, outgunned but not out thought.
Is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the
agent of the world's destruction? Is it time for another legend to
take his place? Lysander au Lune, the displaced heir to the old
empire, has returned to the Core. First he must survive Gold
backstabbing, then Darrow. Will he bring peace to mankind at the
edge of his sword? And on Luna, Mustang, the embattled sovereign of
the Republic, must save both democracy and her exiled husband
millions of kilometres away. The only thing certain in the Solar
System is treachery. And that the Rising is entering a new Dark
Age. PRAISE FOR THE RED RISING SERIES: 'Pierce Brown's
empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision . . . Ender, Katniss,
and now Darrow' - Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author
of Pandemic '[A] top-notch debut novel . . . Red Rising ascends
above a crowded dystopian field' - USA Today '[A] spectacular
adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown's
dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the
Flies, and Ender's Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs
to become meteoric' - Entertainment Weekly
A new novel from one of Britain's best-loved writer, Brian Aldiss
OBE, set in and around his home-town of Oxford. Set in contemporary
Oxford, this incisive novel charts the breakdown of a community. A
new mosque is to be built - on the site of a derelict pub - and
gradually, half-hidden prejudices begin to surface, and
relationships between the residents start to sour. Drawing closely
on current affairs, this novel investigates what it means to live
in a post 7/7 world, where paranoia, prejudice and fear compete
with tolerance and diversity.
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The Power
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Naomi Alderman
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Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for
in the triumphant conclusion to the Sunday Times bestselling
trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.
The one thing you never talk about while you're in the Scholomance
is what you'll do when you get out - not even the richest enclaver
would tempt fate that way. But that impossible dream has somehow
come true for El and her classmates. And what's more, she didn't
even have to become the monstrous dark witch she's prophesised to
become to make it happen. Instead of killing enclavers, she saved
them, and now the world is safe for all wizards. Peace and harmony
have enveloped all the enclaves of the world. Just kidding.
Instead, someone else has picked up the project of destroying
enclaves in El's stead, and everyone she saved is at risk again
with a full-scale enclave war on the horizon. And so, the first
thing El needs to do after miraculously escaping the Scholomance,
is to turn straight around and find a way back in.
DC Comics take on Mega-City One's toughest lawman! Launched in late
1994 to coincide with the release of the 1995 Judge Dredd movie,
Legends of The Law was a 13-issue series published by DC comics and
initially written by Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner and his
(then) writing partner, Alan Grant. This book collects the first
seven issues for the first time since their original publication.
The madness and majesty of Mega-City One are perfectly captured in
these full-colour, all new stories, Judge Dredd is presented with a
host of colourful villains, including the organ-harvesting,
musical-obsessed Dr. Bliss!
One year after the battle in the Sanctuary, a message arrives from
Anastasia-an invitation for Emilia and her supporters to visit the
city of Priestella. There, they will meet many familiar faces and
see many amazing sights. As they take in the sights and rekindle
old friendships, malevolent forces lurk behind the scenes. What new
tragedy does fate have in store for them?
"From its well-developed cast of characters to its innovative
worldbuilding and intriguing plot, Brian Trent has crafted an
ingenious masterpiece of military sci-fi." - Grimdark Magazine
"Trent works in some thought-provoking speculation on the
pliability of identity and technology's ability to change human
nature [...] It harkens back to pulp-era SF, and as such will most
please readers seeking anything-goes action." - Publisher's Weekly
Harris Alexander Pope is the man who ended the Partisan War on
Mars. All he seeks now is solitude and a return to the life that
was stolen from him. Yet when he learns that the worst war
criminals are hiding in other bodies, he is forced into an
interplanetary pursuit. Teaming up with other survivors eager for
their own brand of vengeance, Harris begins to suspect a darker
truth: Maybe what he remembers about the war isn't what happened at
all... FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent
Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in
the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime /
mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic
new authors and the more established; the award winners, and
exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at
www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.
Inception meets Metropolis, by way of The Great Gatsby, in a
deco-punk tale of unchecked technology, and the unforeseen costs of
utopia. The Great War has been over for years, and a brave new
world forged. Technology has delivered the future promised at the
turn of the century: automata provide, monorail trains flash
between mega-cities, medicine is nothing short of magical. Liam
grew up poor, but now working for one of the richest families in
Chicago, he reaps the benefits of his friendship with the family's
son and heir. That's why he's at Club Artemis. It's a palace of
art-deco delights and debauchery, filled to bursting with the rich
and beautiful - and tonight they're all drinking one thing.
Absynthe. The green liquor rumoured to cause hallucinations,
madness, even death. While the gilded youth sip the viridescent
liquid, their brave new world is crumbling beneath its perfect
surface. Their absynthe is no mere folly. Some it kills, others it
transforms. But in Liam something different has taken place. A veil
has lifted and he can see the world without its illusion - and it
isn't the perfect world the government want the people to believe.
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I'm Waiting For You
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Kim Bo-Young; Translated by Sophie Bowman, Sung Ryu
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THE TIMES SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Her fiction is a
breath-taking piece of a cinematic art ... powerful and graceful' -
Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of Parasite 'Dazzling' - The
Times A stunning collection of short fiction by one of South
Korea's most treasured writers, available in English for the first
time. In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant
corners of the galaxy plan to arrive on Earth simultaneously and
walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on
their vast journeys, pushing the date of their wedding far into the
future. As centuries pass on Earth and the land and climate change,
one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together.
Through two pairs of interlinked stories stories, Kim explores the
driving forces of humanity - love, hope, creation, destruction, and
the very meaning of existence.
The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts' collection,
discover the classic dystopian masterpiece beautifully reimagined
by renowned street artist Shepard Fairey Winston Smith works for
the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big
Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover
every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he
discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and
awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that
hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the
Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not
tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original
thoughts they invented Room 101. . . First published in 1949, 1984
is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in
which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime.
'Right up there among my favourite books . . . I read it again and
again' Margaret Atwood 'More relevant to today than almost any
other book that you can think of' Jo Brand COMPLETE THE TRIO WITH
SHEPARD FAIREY'S NEW-LOOK ANIMAL FARM AND DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND
LONDON.
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Maia, the youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his
entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the
deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three
sons in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he has no
choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir.
Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no
friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever
assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his
life at any moment. Surrounded by sycophants eager to curry favour
with the naive new emperor, and overwhelmed by the burdens of his
new life, he can trust nobody. Amid the swirl of plots to depose
him, offers of arranged marriages, and the spectre of the unknown
conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to
life as the Goblin Emperor.
The fate of the world rests in the hands of the worst person on it!
From New York Times bestselling writer RICK REMENDER and a
murderers' row of all-star artistic talent, comes the story of
Ernie Ray Clementine-a profane, illiterate, drug-addicted biker
with a fifth-grade education who accidentally received a
power-imbuing serum making him the world's most powerful super spy.
He is a relic of a bygone era, the living embodiment of sex, drugs,
and rock and roll-which doesn't make things easy for the spy
organization that needs his help as they bribe, cajole, and
manipulate him to choose between his own self-interests and doing
what's right. Collects THE SCUMBAG #1-14
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