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Customer Picks
May/June 2008 Picks
The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
"Two hundred years ago, humans made a stunning discovery in the far reaches of the solar system: a huge statue of an alien creature, with an inscription that defied all efforts at translation. Now, as faster-than-light drive opens the stars to exploration, humans are finding other relics of the race they call the Monument-Makers - each different, and each heartbreakingly beautiful. But except for a set of footprints on Jupiter's moon Iapetus, there is no trace of the enigmatic race that has left them behind. Then a team of scientists working on a dead world discover an ominous new image of the Monument-Makers. Somehow it all fits with other lost civilizations, and possibly with Earth's own future. And distant past. But Earth itself is on the brink of ecological disaster - there is no time to search for answers. Even to a question that may hold the key to survival for the entire human race..."
Recommended by Roy Carroll
$7.50
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
"In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of BrontA's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career."
Recommended by Allison Herndon
$14.00
Legend of Drizzt #1: Homeland by R. A. Salvatore
"Travel back to strange and exotic Menzoberranzan, the vast city of the drow and homeland to Icewind Dale hero Drizzt Do'Urden. The young prince of a royal house, Drizzt grows to maturity in the vile world of his dark kin. Possessing honor beyond the scope of his unprincipled society, young Drizzt faces an inevitable dilemma. Can he live in a world that rejects integrity?"
Recommended by Drew Taylor
$7.99
Drown in Fear by Elizabeth Blue
"A deadly menace lurks in the depths of the James River. A woman, not human. She hunts men and feeds on them. When Jake and his best friend, Monty, go for a swim in the river, Monty becomes the creature's lunch. Jake is left to mourn the loss of his friend, but soon discovers grief is the least of his worries. He, too, is being hunted, and he must find a way to stay alive while he searches for the creature and a way to kill her."
Recommended by Pam Kinney
$14.95
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