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Based on the award-winning short story, "The Frozen Sky" is a new full-length sci fi thriller novel from the international bestselling author of "Plague Year."

From the mind that brought you "Plague Year" and "The Frozen Sky."..

Sixteen stories about strange worlds, biotech, commandos, and the girl next door.

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First published in top venues such as "Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" and cult 'zines like "The Vampire's Crypt," these stories have been translated into fourteen languages worldwide. Several received honorable mentions in Gardner Dozois's "The Year's Best Science Fiction" or in Ellen Datlow's "Year's Best Fantasy and Horror." As part of the "Fast Forward 2" anthology, "Long Eyes" was also a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award.

The first complete collection from international bestselling author Jeff Carlson.

Set in present-day Raleigh, North Carolina, Shrike is the story of one young woman's overcoming tremendous physical, emotional and logistical adversity to defeat evil incarnate. When Taryn Spire and her best friend learn that some banking executives plan a cybercrime to embezzle funds from the North Carolina State Fair, the adventure begins. A botched attempt by the perpetrators to silence them permanently leads to a dramatic transformation for Taryn - watching a television program featuring a video clip of a shrike with its prey destines her to become a crime fighter. With the help and the love of an unlikely ally (a motorcycle salesman), Taryn, as her alter ego, dispenses a unique type of justice.