BOOK WHORE >> 4.8.08
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WHITECHAPEL GODS by S.M. Peters – Two gods; one chance for mankind. In Victorian London, the Whitechapel section is a mechanized, steam-driven hell, cut off and ruled by two mysterious, mechanical gods: Mama Engine and Grandfather Clock. Some years have passed since the Great Uprising, when humans rose up to fight against the machines, but a few brave veterans of the Uprising have formed their own Resistance – and are gathering for another attack. For now they have a secret weapon that may finally free them – or kill them all…
STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE – REVELATION by Karen Traviss – Jacen Solo’s shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and dangerous. Meanwhile, Ben Skywalker, still haunted by suspicions that Jacen killed his mother, Mara, decides he must know the truth, even if it costs him his life. And as Luke Skywalker contemplates once unthinkable strategies to dethrone his nephew, the hour of reckoning for those on both sides draws near. The galaxy becomes a battlefield where all must face their true nature and darkest secrets, and live – or die – with the consequences.
PERFECT FAMILY by Pam Lewis – Pony Carteret has always been a strong swimmer. So when she is discovered drowned at the family’s summer home on Lake Aral, Vermont, her red hair tangled in an anchor chain and her baby abandoned on shore, her family is stunned by disbelief. As the police conduct their investigation, neither sister has any information, and ultimately the police rule the drowning an accident. But William Carteret, Pony’s older brother, can’t accept the explanation that his favorite sister’s death was an accident. Determined to uncover the truth, he eventually learns the disturbing fact that a stranger had been present at the house the evening Pony died. Who was this man, what was he doing at the house, and why hasn’t he stepped forward?
WRATH OF A MAD GOD by Raymond E. Feist – The Darkwar rages upon Midkemia and Kelewan, bringing bleak days of destruction and despair. To save the future of both worlds, the powerful sorcerer Pug and select members of the secretive Conclave of Shadows must journey deep into the dangerous realm of the bloodthirsty Dasati, there to carry out an audacious mission that has little, if any, chance of succeeding. In Midkemia, young warriors Tad and Zane, and their fellow soldiers, protect the Kingdom from raiders. And Pug’s beloved wife, Miranda, finds herself a prisoner of the Dasati and, even more ominously, of Pug’s nemesis, the evil sorcerer Leso Varen.
SO HELP ME GOD by Larry D. Thompson – Miraculously awakening from a 12-year coma, television evangelist Thomas Jeremiah Luther eagerly resumes his worldwide ministry while secretly plotting to seize control of conservative Christian political power in America. When a teenage member of Luther’s congregation almost dies from an abortion, he convinces her family to file a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice case against the physician and abortion clinic. The right verdict will shut down abortion clinics all over the country and send the religious right and power brokers of all stripes flocking to his door.
THE GENIUS by Jesse Kellerman – Ethan Muller is struggling to establish his reputation as a dealer in the cutthroat world of contemporary art, when he stumbles onto a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: In a decaying New York slum, an elderly tenant named Victor Cracke has disappeared, leaving behind a staggeringly large trove of original artwork. Nobody can say anything for certain about Cracke, except that he lived in solitude for nearly 40 years, his genius hidden and unacknowledged. All that is about to change. So what if the art doesn’t belong to Ethan? He can sell it – and he does just that, mounting a wildly successful show. Buyers clamor. Critics sing. Museums are interested. Then things go to hell. Suddenly the police want to talk to him. It seems that Victor Cracke had a nasty past, and the drawings hanging in the Muller Gallery have begun to look a lot less like art and a lot more like evidence.



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