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Our most recent fiction titles are listed below. Click on the titles or book covers to access the excerpts:

A Single Thread
Marie Bostwick
Kensington Books
November 2008

“Bostwick makes a seamless transition from historical fiction to the contemporary scene in this buoyant novel about the value of friendship among women . . . Bostwick’s polished style and command of plot make this story of bonding and sisterhood a tantalizing book club contender.” —Publishers Weekly

The Juvie Three
Gordon Korman
Hyperion Books
www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com

Gecko Fosse drove the getaway car.

Terence Florian ran with the worst gang in Chicago.

Arjay Moran killed someone.

All three boys are serving time in juvenile detention centers until they get a second chance.

SEA OF POPPIES
Amitav Ghosh
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Available in Hardcover
www.amitavghosh.com • us.macmillan.com

In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a freespirited French orphan. As their old family ties are washed away, they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais, or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span continents, races, and generations.

The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart
M. Glenn Taylor
Vandalia Press, an imprint of West Virginia University Press
Available Now in Paperback

Trenchmouth Taggart. A man born and orphaned in 1903. A man nicknamed for his lifelong oral affliction. In the hills of southern West Virginia, he grows up fast. Trenchmouth sips moonshine, handles snakes, pleases women, and masters the rifle—a skill that lands him in the middle of the West Virginia coal wars. But trouble will sniff a man down, and an outlaw will eventually run home. Here, Trenchmouth Taggart’s story, like the best ballads, etches its mark deep upon the memory.

WE, ROBOTS
Sue Lange
Aqueduct Press
Available in Paperback

A tale set in the not-so-distant future when robots with AI serve nearly every human household, We, Robots is the story of Avey, a robot who undergoes a forced transition from emotionless domestic servant to conflicted human companion.

“[...] in a genre where robot stories have been a dime-a-dozen since the New Wave days, We, Robots stands out and delivers an insight into the human condition that would’ve made Asimov proud.”—Tangent Online

THE COMMON BOND
Donigan Merritt
Other Press
Available in Paperback October 7

Reminiscent of both Hemingway’s great stories of the sea and Greene’s burnt-out cases, The Common Bond offers a riveting portrait of a man’s attempt to save his life and recover his desire for the future.

“Merritt goes to the Aloha State for his insightful latest foray into domestic upheaval…a thorough emotional examination of a couple who spend their lives side by side while managing to remain unknown to one another.” —Publishers Weekly

BLACK JACK, Vol. 1
Osamu Tezuka
Vertical, Inc.
Available in Paperback September 23

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations.

THE REINCARNATIONIST
M.J. Rose
Mira
Available in Paperback September 28

“The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose has got to be one of the most original and exciting novels I’ve read in a long time, with a premise so delicious I’m sick with envy I didn’t think of it myself. It will open your mind to some of the incredible mysteries of the past and the greatest secrets of existence. The Reincarnationist is more than a page-turner—it’s a page-burner. Don’t miss it.”
—Douglas Preston, The Book of the Dead

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