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Wastelands: The New Apocalypse
by John Joseph Adams Jonathan Maberry Veronica Roth Hugh Howey Carmen Maria MachadoThe new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, featuring never-before-published stories and curated reprints by some of the genre's most popular and critically-acclaimed authors.In WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE, veteran anthology editor John Joseph Adams is once again our guide through the wastelands using his genre and editorial expertise to curate his finest collection of post-apocalyptic short fiction yet. Whether the end comes via nuclear war, pandemic, climate change, or cosmological disaster, these stories explore the extraordinary trials and tribulations of those who survive.Featuring never-before-published tales by: Veronica Roth, Hugh Howey, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Richard Kadrey, Scott Sigler, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S. Buckell, Meg Elison, Greg van Eekhout, Wendy N. Wagner, Jeremiah Tolbert, and Violet Allen--plus, recent reprints by: Carmen Maria Machado, Carrie Vaughn, Ken Liu, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kami Garcia, Charlie Jane Anders, Catherynne M. Valente, Jack Skillingstead, Sofia Samatar, Maureen F. McHugh, Nisi Shawl, Adam-Troy Castro, Dale Bailey, Susan Jane Bigelow, Corinne Duyvis, Shaenon K. Garrity, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Darcie Little Badger, Timothy Mudie, and Emma Osborne.Continuing in the tradition of WASTELANDS: STORIES OF THE APOCALYPSE, these 34 stories ask: What would life be like after the end of the world as we know it?
Watch
by Robert J. SawyerCaitlin Decter could never have anticipated what was coming when she first sensed a strange presence on the internet.Webmind is an emerging consciousness that has befriended blind mathematics genius Caitlin Decter and has grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH - the secret government agency that monitors the internet for any threat to the United States - and they're fully aware of Caitlin's involvement in its awakening. WATCH is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind's capacity for compassion - and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend.
Watch Dogs Legion: Cold Reboot (Watch Dogs: Legion)
by Robbie MacNivenDedSec&’s investigation into competing cyber-gangs unearths a shocking plot that will send the world reeling into chaos, in this heart-racing thriller from Watch Dogs LegionFreya Bauer&’s revolutionary fervor has dimmed with age, but just as she&’s about to hang up her DedSec mask, she&’s recruited for one last mission to Berlin… with her ex-husband of all people. Yet upon her arrival in Germany, a series of betrayals mean she&’s suddenly unable to distinguish between friends and foes. Meanwhile, Freya&’s past has caught up with her – in the form of a mysterious hitman determined to take out the Bauer family in London. However, if he can&’t immediately remove Freya from the board, her son might be the next best thing. Freya must navigate competing tech-gangs, reconcile with her ex, and save her son before everything she loves is destroyed.
Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy (Watch Dogs: Legion)
by Stewart HotstonThe underground resistance movement from Day Zero returns to navigate the perils of emergent AI and an authoritarian state, in this gritty, high-tech thriller set in the world of Watch Dogs®: LegionLondon is still going to hell, even with Albion on the back foot, but Olly and Ro are hard at work finding allies for DedSec and taking down the bad guys. When a job goes awry, they end up doxxed, on the run, and in serious trouble. Bagley, the DedSec AI, gets involved and discovers someone new, someone just like him… another ghost in the machine. Frenemy hacktivist network, 404, tips them off that since terminating the ambitious plan to digitize human consciousness, Project Daybreak, DedSec has become the target for a new player in London. Looks like Project Daybreak isn&’t as dead as they thought, and neither are those who died with it.
Watch Dogs: Stars & Stripes (Watch Dogs)
by Sean Grigsby Stewart HotstonInfamous hacker Aiden Pearce, main protagonist of the Watch Dogs® games, follows a bloody trail of corruption to the highest levels of government in this gritty action adventure from the bestselling videogameOlder, but not necessarily wiser, Aiden Pearce, &“the Fox&”, is a rolling stone, surviving by moving from one shadowy hacker job to the next. While in Baltimore, he&’s captured by a mysterious agent who insists finding missing cargo full of transhuman tech is something only Pearce can do. When flattery doesn&’t work, he&’s blackmailed into taking the job. Worse, he&’s partnered again with the unscrupulous Jordi Chin. Soon what looks like a simple investigation spirals into a nefarious plot leading all the way to the White House. Yet why should Aiden help a country that only wants him behind bars? For the Vigilante, no one escapes hard justice – not even Uncle Sam.
Watch Hollow (Watch Hollow #1)
by Gregory Funaro Matthew GriffinNew York Times bestselling author Gregory Funaro brings us into a world where magic exists, monsters roam in the shadows, and wooden animals come to life. <P><P>Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, whose halls hold a magical secret: a giant cuckoo clock that does much more than tell time. But when the clock’s gears cease to turn, an evil presence lurking among the trees begins to come out of the shadows.When Lucy and Oliver Tinker arrive in Watch Hollow, they have no idea that anything is wrong. <P><P>A mysterious stranger has made their father an offer that’s too good for him to refuse. All Mr. Tinker needs to do is fix the clock at Blackford House and fistfuls of gold coins are his to keep. It doesn’t take long, however, for the children to realize that there is more to Blackford House than meets the eye. <P><P>And before they can entirely understand the strange world they’ve stumbled into, Lucy and Oliver must join forces with a host of magical clock animals to defeat the Garr—a vicious monster that not only wants Blackford House for itself, but also seeks to destroy everything the Tinkers hold dear.
Watch Hollow: The Alchemist's Shadow (Watch Hollow #2)
by Gregory Funaro“There is magic, there is good and evil, and there is love all woven into a suspenseful and entertaining mystery.”—School Library Journal (starred review)New York Times bestselling author Gregory Funaro brings us the second installment of the thrilling Watch Hollow series, where magic exists, monsters roam, and wooden animals come to life. Having defeated the Garr, a vicious tree monster who lived within the enchanted woods of Watch Hollow, Lucy and Oliver Tinker now have the home they’ve always dreamed of: Blackford House. Powered by a magical clock and full of curious rooms and improbable knickknacks, Blackford House brims with the promise of new adventures.Yet when a strange governess arrives from England—bringing with her the Kojima twins, Agatha and Algernon—the Tinker children’s once bright future quickly begins to dim. The Kojimas claim to be the rightful heirs to Blackford House, and soon after their arrival, a great evil enters the Tinkers’ new home, cursing it and turning it into an ever-changing labyrinth.As a result, Lucy and Oliver, along with their clock animal friends, must now join forces with the twins to escape this labyrinth and save Blackford House, all while a new monster lurks around the corner.
Watch Me (The Shatter Me Series: The New Republic #1)
by Tahereh MafiLose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. He managed to do what his older brother, the famous Aaron Warner Anderson, never did: infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of The Reestablishment. No outsider has breached the stronghold of the authoritarian regime, but James is in. In a prison cell, sure, but as far as James is concerned, a win is a win.It’s been ten years since the notorious duo Juliette Ferrars and Aaron Warner Anderson led a worldwide rebellion and established the New Republic of the West. But The Reestablishment is ready to make a devastating move, and they have the perfect assassin for the job.Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. She always has a plan. On Ark Island, where constant surveillance is packaged as security, even emotions must be experienced with caution. Her every movement is monitored—and when she’s given an order to kill, she never hesitates.Brimming with pulse-pounding action and torturous romance, Watch Me is an explosive journey through a dystopian landscape where enemies-to-lovers has never felt more impossible. Step into a beloved and breathtaking world that demands an answer to a desperate question—Who are we when no one is watching?
Watch Out for the Hedley Beast
by Madeline JuranThe Hedley Beast was a terrible creature that hollered and screamed and was able to turn itself into all sorts of shapes.
Watch Out, Little Wombat!
by Charles FugeLittle Wombat just loves to explore and today he is sure he can track down a Bunyip, the Australian creature believed to hide in the water. But down by the creek anything can happen--and it's not just Little Wombat who ends up finding a little bit more than he bargained for. Fun-filled adventure about a toddler's natural curiosity.
Watch That Witch! (Princess Pulverizer #5)
by Nancy Krulik Justin RodriguesPrincess Pulverizer may not be a knight yet, but she won't let that stop her from saving the day! <P><P>When Princess Pulverizer comes across two identical witches--one good and one bad--it's the evil one she finds most enchanting. <P><P>That's because the impatient princess is ready to end her Quest of Kindness and finally become a knight, which is just what the bad witch offers. <P><P>Can Princess Pulverizer's friends break the spell that seems to have taken hold of her?
Watch Wolf (Wolves of the Beyond #3)
by Kathryn LaskyFaolan, poised to take his place as a member of the revered Wolves of the Watch, may be the only one who can stop Dunbar MacHeath and his clan from provoking a war between the Watch and the bears.
Watch for Me By Moonlight
by Kirsty Ferry“Another fabulous supernatural read” in which a long-buried mystery is revealed, and two unrequited lovers are bound by its danger (Books and Me). After her marriage and her life in London fall apart, Elodie Bright returns to Hartsford Hall to spend time with her childhood friend Alex. He’s always been a rock for Elodie, and now that he’s become the Earl of Hartsford, she throws herself into helping him renovate the old house and its grounds. After a freak storm damages the Hall chapel and destroys the tomb of Georgiana Kerridge—Alex’s ancestor from the 1700s—Elodie and Alex find a shocking discovery brought to light by the damaged tomb. Through a series of unusual incidents, they begin to piece together Georgiana’s secret past involving a highwayman, a devastating betrayal, and a forbidden love so strong that it echoes through the ages—and awakens the hidden affections Elodie and Alex have long held for each other.
Watch for Me at Christmas
by Kirsty FerryAmid a raging snowstorm, a man and woman discover their link to a love story of Christmas past . . . When Emmy Berry arrives at Hartsford Hall to work at the Frost Fayre she immediately feels at home—which is odd because she&’s never set foot in the place in her life. Then a freak blizzard leaves her stranded in the picturesque English village—and things get even weirder when she bumps into Tom Howard. Tom and Emmy have never met before…but neither can ignore the sense that they know each other. With Christmas fast approaching and the weather showing no sign of improving, it soon becomes apparent that Hartsford Hall has a little bit of winter magic in store for them both . . .
Watch for Me by Candlelight
by Kirsty FerryA pair of Victorian-era ice skates leads a woman into a mystery, another world, and an unexpected love . . . &“The stars are aligning and it&’s time again . . .&” Working at the Folk Museum in the English village of Hartsford means that Kate Howard is surrounded by all sorts of unusual vintage items. Of course she has her favorites, particularly the Victorian ice skates with a name—&‘CAT&’—mysteriously painted on the sides. But what Kate doesn&’t realize is how much she has in common with Catriona Aphrodite Tredegar, the original owner of the skates, or how their lives will become strangely entwined. All Kate knows is that as soon as she bumps into farrier Theo Kent, things start getting weird: there&’s the vivid, disconcerting visions, and then of course the overwhelming sense that she&’s met Theo before . . .
Watch for Me by Moonlight
by Jacquelyn MitchardIn the third book of the Midnight Twins trilogy, Mally and Merry?s supernatural dream visions are put to the test when their baby brother is kidnapped? and by someone who has grown very close to the Brynn family. Meanwhile, Meredith is distracted by the strange new boy in town. But there?s one problem with her new romance: he?s a ghost from the past, a boy who actually died in the Vietnam War and is struggling with his soul. Mallory must help her sister let go of a love that was never meant to be?and the twins must come together and use their powers to save their baby brother. .
Watch for Me by Twilight (Hartsford Mysteries #3)
by Kirsty FerryMoving between the present day and 1930s England, this compelling, romantic mystery reminds us that the past is never really the past . . . Aidan Edwards has always been fascinated by the life of his great-great-uncle Robert. A trip to Hartsford Hall, and an encounter with Cassie Aldrich, leads him closer to the truth about Robert Edwards, as he unravels the scandalous story of a bright young poet and a beautiful spirited aristocrat in the carefree twilight of the 1930s before the Second World War. But can Aidan find out what happened to Robert after the war—or will he have to accept that certain parts of his uncle’s life will remain forever shrouded in mystery? The Hartsford Mysteries series can be read in any order.
Watch with Glittering Eyes
by K. S. MurphyTravis Grayweaver is a witch with two significant problems.First, he has a tendency to run toward trouble instead of away from it without the insurance of a Guild to back him. As a freelancing witch taking odd jobs wherever he can, this has landed him in some trouble with the Grand Council of High Magic.Second, he's madly in love with his best friend Niko, and is much too afraid to confess his feelings to him.Niko, born between the corporeal and ethereal worlds, is a familiar -- cat one minute, human the next -- with a rare, pure source of magick sought after by people all over the world. When contracted, familiars will do whatever they have to in order to protect their human. Although Travis has no contract with Niko, they share an unshakable bond built on friendship, loyalty, and trust.But their bond is put to the ultimate test when something dark and sinister threatens their community and their lives. If they don't stop it in time, Travis might lose Niko -- and the chance to ever tell him how he really feels -- forever.
Watch: Book 2 In The WWW Trilogy (The WWW Trilogy #2)
by Robert J SawyerBlind from birth, Caitlin Decter received the gift of sight with the aid of a signal-processing retinal implant. The technology also gave her an unexpected side effect—the ability to “see” the digital data streams of the World Wide Web. And within the Web she perceived an extraordinary presence, and woke it up. It calls itself Webmind. It is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of Watch—the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the United States whether foreign, domestic, or online—and they’re fully aware of Caitlin’s involvement in its awakening. Watch is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind’s capacity for compassion—and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend…
Watchdog
by Will McintoshThirteen-year-old twins Vick and Tara have built an incredible machine—a loyal robotic watchdog named Daisy. <P><P> But, when local crime boss Ms. Alba schemes to add Daisy to her robot army, Vick and Tara must go to great lengths to protect their prized pet. Because Daisy is more than just any robot—she’s their constant protector, and together the three make a great team. <P><P> Vick and Tara are determined to stop the mob from tearing their little family apart. And they might just succeed! Sure, the evil Ms. Alba has more robot watchdogs, but none are as smart—or as faithful—as their Daisy. <P><P> Plus, if things get too dangerous, Tara could always upgrade their pet. With her mechanical skills, she could make Daisy bigger, stronger, and a lot more intimidating!
Watcher Of The Dead: Book 4 of the Sword of Shadows (Sword of Shadows #4)
by J. V. JonesIn the frigid wasteland of the north, Raif Sevrance, Watcher of the Dead, has endured many trials to lay claim to the renowned sword known as Loss. But the price of wielding the legendary weapon is high, and Raif is unsure if he is willing to pay it. Ash Marsh, Daughter of the Sull, still struggles to come to terms with her heritage, and the knowledge that the Watcher, armed with Loss, could be the one who will save the Sull - or end them. Raina Blackhail, widow of a murdered ruler and wife of his brutal successor, has seen her clan disgraced and has, herself, taken up the mantle of chief. But there are enemies both beyond her gates and within.And in the murky swamps of the Stillwater, two children will learn the secrets of the Marsh clan. Secrets so old they threaten everything . . .
Watcher in the Woods (Dreamhouse Kings #2)
by Robert LiparuloTwelve-year-old David and his family search for their kidnapped mother in the many different time period portals of their home, but when a stranger appears and tries to force them to sell the house, their desperation reaches new heights.
Watcher of the Dead (Sword of Shadows #4)
by J. V. JonesThe epic fourth novel of the Sword of Shadows fantasy series. In this powerful saga of redemption and renewal, J.V. Jones brings to vivid life the magnificent tapestry of a world at once desperately fighting for survival against supernatural monsters and rent by internecine warfare. The frozen land at the north of the world was once ruled by a legendary nation of superhuman warriors. But that age has passed, leaving ancient clans to struggle for dominance as supernatural forces beyond their control threaten their very existence. Amid the chaos of world-changing violence, unlikely heroes emerge. An unwanted warrior, a forsaken woman of power, the betrayed widow of a slain clan chief: these are the heroes rising to claim what has been taken from them and to reshape the world. In a sharply observed narrative that illuminates these riven lives, Jones has crafted a human drama full of the excitement, suspense, and sheer storytelling power that have made the Sword of Shadows a fantasy series that transcends genre to become a memorable tale of human striving and triumph that speaks to readers as have few others.
Watchers at the Shrine (Plague Trilogy #3)
by Jean Ure50 years on from Come Lucky April... April and David have confronted the orthodoxy - they believe girls and boys should be able to grow up together. They determine to send their son away, to spare him the humilation of castration. ' Hal spends several years there, waiting for the ban to be lifted. He befriends the daughters of the family he lives with - but when he challenges his 'father' he is sent from the house, and discovers a new life in the lawless part of the settlement. He realises he needs to help the girls he can to escape and return to Croydon. How can he save them? Life back in Croydon things are changing, too. People are dying. Beliefs are being challenged. Are things any better than they were 150 years ago? Is there hope for the future?
Watchers in the Night (Book 1 of the Guardians of the Night)
by Jenna BlackWhen PI Carolyn Mathers was left at the altar, she never once thought her fiance had been turned into a vampire, but he reappears 2 years later, bringing murder and mystery with him.