New releases for the week of December 25

Spotlight:

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The Firstborn -- the mysterious race of aliens who first became known to science fiction fans as the builders of the iconic black monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey -- have inhabited legendary master of science fiction Sir Arthur C. Clarke's writing for decades. With Time's Eye and Sunstorm, the first two books in their acclaimed Time Odyssey series, Clarke and his brilliant co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future in which the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization by employing a technology indistinguishable from magic.


Hardcover:
Thunderer, Felix Gilman
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Star Wars: Darth Bane: Rule of Two, Drew Karpyshyn
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Dragon Harper, Anne McCaffrey, Todd J. McCaffrey
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Rise of the Blood Royal, Robert Newcomb
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Paperback:
Mistress of Winter, Giles Carwyn, Todd Fahnestock
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Prayers for the Assassin, Robert Ferrigno
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Rumble in the Jungle, Matt Forbeck
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Shield of Thunder, David Gemmell
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Dark River, Erin Hunter
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Defenders of Ulthuan, Graham McNeill
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March into Darkness, Robert Newcomb
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Oath of Fealty, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
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Moonsinger, Andre Norton
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The Complete Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show, Chris Ryall, Gabriel Rodriguez
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