From Publishers WeeklyReaders will be fascinated by the setting of this slow-starting but compelling far-future debut. On a planet settled by Muslims and ravaged by constant war an...
SUMMARY: Dear Reader, The temperature's on "sizzle" again in Beaumont, South Carolina, where peach trees are in season and ripe for the picking. So is its newest entrepreneur, Anni...
SUMMARY:Every so often a character so captures the hearts and imaginations of readers that he seems to take on a life of his own long after the final page is turned. For suc...
From BooklistStarred Review Through the adventures of Robert Fortune, a nineteenth-century plant hunter, the reader learns a delicious brew of information on the history of tea cu....
Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys. You know it's going to be a rough summer when you sp...
SUMMARY: "Octavia E. Butler is one of the finest voices in fiction---period. . . . A master storyteller, Butler casts an unflinching eye on racism, sexism, poverty, and ignorance a...
SUMMARY: International bestselling author Stephen King is in terrifying top form with his collection of short stories in almost a decade.In this spine-chilling compilation,King tak...
SUMMARY: Every doctor dreaded recognizing someone in the emergency room--even coolheaded consultant James Morrell. But he was doubly shocked when the unconscious patient he had bee...