Book Chick City: In My Mailbox (#24)

Goodreads Summary:

Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be when love and hate - and gods and mortals - are bound inseparably together.

The Eternal Prison

Jeff Somers (Orbit)

Publication Date: 4 Feb 2010

Paperback: 387 pages

Genre: Science Fiction

Cover Summary:

After surviving the worst bioengineered disaster in history, Cates finds himself incarcerated - in Chengara Penitentiary. As Chengara has a survival rate of exactly zero, the System's most famous gunner must do some serious plotting. Ana a betrayal or so later, he achieves his goal. At a price. All he has to do next is defeat some new personal demons, forge some unlikely alliances, and figure out why the people he's killed lately just wont stay dead. Plus pull off the biggest assassination of his career...

Fall of Thanes

Brian Ruckley (Orbit)

Publication Date: 4 Feb 2010

Paperback: 494 pages

Genre: Fantasy

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Tension between the clans of the Black Road and the True Bloods is mounting, as each side in the conflict becomes ever more riven by internal dissent and disunity. And Aeglyss the na'kyrim continues to spread chaos in the world, exerting a dangerous, insidious influence over events both near and far. As events mount to a climax, the world will change and no side can anticipate the twisted pattern of what lies ahead.

Zombie: An Anthology of the Undead

Various Authors (Piatkus)

Publication Date: 18 Feb 2010

Paperback: 491 pages

Genre: Horror

Tags: Zombies

Press Release Summary:

The hungry dead have risen. They shamble down the street. They hide in backyards, car parks, shopping centres. They devour our neighbours, dogs and policemen. And they are here to stay. The real question is: what are you going to do about it? How will you survive? How will the world change when the dead begin to rise?

Bram Stoker award winning author Christopher Golden has assembled an original anthology of never before published zombie stories from an eclectic array of today's most popular horror, fantasy, thriller and literary writers. Inside are tales about military might in the wake of an outbreak, survival in a wasted wasteland, the ardour of falling in love with a zombie, and a family outing at the circus. Here is a collection of new views on death and resurrection.

Writers include: Joe Hill, John Connolly, Max Brooks, Kelley Armstrong, Ted Williams, David Wellington, David liss, Mike Carey, Jonathan Maberry and many others.

Silent Crossing

Ellen McCarthy (Poolbeg)

Publication Date: 20 Dec 2009

Paperback: 393 pages

Genre: Psychological Suspense