New UK Books, 24 January
* Ings, Simon : Wolves
(UK: Gollancz 9780575119734, £14.99, 304pp, trade paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 16 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575119901
SF novel about a new technology, Augmented Reality, that overlays the real world with digital images.
• Orion’s site has this description, which calls it “A chilling literary dystopia for those who love Iain Banks and J.G. Ballard.”
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Ings has another novel, Painkillers, coming in May.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Leather, Stephen : Lastnight
(UK: Hodder & Stoughton 9781444742657, £19.99, hardcover, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 16 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781444742671
• Jack Nightingale #5
Supernatural thriller, fifth in a series following Nightfall (2010), Midnight (2011), Nightmare (2012), and Nightshade (2013), about a private detective.
• Hodder’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
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• (Directory Entry)
* McDermott, Andy : The Valhalla Prophecy
(UK: Headline 9780755380640, £19.99, 560pp, hardcover, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 16 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780755380671
• Nina Wild/Eddie Chase #9
Action adventure novel, ninth in a series about archaeologist Nina Wilde and her bodyguard Eddie Chase that began with The Hunt for Atlantis (2008).
• This book concerns a runestone that holds the key to an ancient evil.
• Headline’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Roberts, Adam, & Mahendra Singh : Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea
(UK: Gollancz 9780575134423, £16.99, 320pp, hardcover, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 16 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575134447
Pseudo-sequel to Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, about a French nuclear sub, in 1958, whose first dive descends infinitely into the depths of the ocean. The book includes 33 pen and ink full-page illustrations by Mahendra Singh.
• Orion’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Smythe, James : The Echo
(UK: Harper Voyager 978-0-00-745679-6, £16.99, 320pp, hardcover, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 16 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-00-745680-2
• Explorer #2
SF novel, sequel to The Explorer (2013), about a new spacecraft launched to explore the anomaly where the Ishiguro disappeared twenty years before.
• HarperCollin’s site has this description with quotes from reviews.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The US edition is due January 28.
• Purchase this book from Amazon
• (Directory Entry)
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