NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New Novel From Award-Winning Master of Fantasy & Science Fiction Tim Powers A modern ghost story as only Tim Powers can write it Something weird is happening to the Los Angeles freeways—phantom cars lanes from nowhere & sometimes unmarked offramps that give glimpses of a desolate desert highway—and Sebastian Vickery disgraced ex-Secret Service agent is a driver for a covert supernatural-evasion car service But another government agency is using & perhaps causing the freeway anomalies & their chief is determined to have Vickery killed because of something he learned years ago at a halted Presidential motorcade Reluctantly aided by Ingrid Castine a member of that agency & a homeless Mexican boy & a woman who makes her living costumed as Supergirl on the sidewalk in front of the Chinese Theater Vickery learns what legendary hell it is that the desert highway leads to—and when Castine deliberately drives into it to save him from capture he must enter it himself to get her out Alternate Routes is a fast-paced supernatural adventure story that sweeps from the sun-blinded streets & labyrinthine freeways of Los Angeles to a horrifying other world out of Greek mythology & Vickery & Castine must learn to abandon old loyalties & learn loyalty to each other in order to survive as the world goes mad around them About Alternate Routes“ Powers continues his run of smashing expectations & then playing with the pieces in this entertaining urban fantasy this calculated frenetic novel ends with hope for redemption born from chaos Powers’ work is recommended for urban fantasy fans who enjoy more than a dash of the bizarre”— Publishers Weekly“ Alternate Routes is both a thrilling mash-up of science fiction fantasy & horror & a work of startling moral sophistication The horror packs a wallop & there’s as much in the way of suspense & tension as the reader can bear Powers takes us on one hell of a ride”— The Federalist About Tim Powers" Powers writes in a clean elegant style that illuminates without slowing down the tale He promises marvels & horrors & delivers them all"— Orson Scott Card" Other writers tell tales of magic in the twentieth century but no one does it like Powers"— The Orlando Sentinel" immensely clever stuff Powers& prose is often vivid & arresting All in all Powers& unique voice in science fiction continues to grow stronger”— Washington Post Book World“ Powers is at heart a storyteller & ruthlessly shapes his material into narrative form”— The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction“ On Stranger Tides immediately hooks you & drags you along in sympathy with one central character&s appalling misfortunes on the Spanish Main & escalates from there to closing mega-thrills so determinedly spiced that your palate is left almost jaded"— David Langford" On Stranger Tides was the inspiration for Monkey Island If you read this book you can really see where Guybrush & Le Chuck were -plagiarized- derived from plus the heavy influence of voodoo in the game the book had a lot of what made fantasy interesting ”—legendary game designer Ron Gilbert“ Powers&s strengths are his originality his action-crammed plots & his ventures into the mysterious dark & supernatural” Los Angeles Times Book Review" Powers’ work delivers an intense & intimate sense of period or realization of milieu; taut plotting with human development & destiny & looming above all an awareness of history itself as a merciless turning of supernatural wheels Powers& descriptions are breathtaking sublimely precise his status as one of fantasy&s major stylists can no longer be in doubt”—SF Site" Powers creates a mystical magical otherworld superimposed on our own & takes us on a marvelous guided tour of his vision"— Science Fiction Chronicle" The fantasy novels of Tim Powers are nothing if not ambitious Meticulously researched & intellectually adventurous his novels rarely fail to be strange & wholly original"— San Francisco Chronicle About the Author Tim Powers won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call & Declare Declare also received the International Horror Guild Award His novel On Stranger Tides inspired the Monkey Island video game series & was sold to Disney for the movie franchise installment Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides His book The Anubis Gates won the Philip K Dick award & is considered a modern science fiction classic & a progenitor of the Steampunk genre Powers won the Dick award again for straight science fiction post-apocalypse novel Dinner at Deviant’s Palace Many of his novels such as Last Call & Alternate Routes upcoming from Baen Books are so-called “secret histories” which use real historical events in which supernatural & metaphysical elements influence the story in weird & compelling manners Powers grew up in Southern California & studied English at Cal State Fullerton where he met frequent collaborators James Blaylock & K W Jeter as well as renowned science fiction author Philip K Dick who became a close friend & mentor Powers is a practicing Catholic who claims “stories are more effective & more truly represent the writer’s actual convictions when they manifest themselves without the writer’s conscious assistance I concern myself with my plots but I let my subconscious worry about my themes” Powers still resides in Southern California with his wife Serena ...

Philip Pullman garnered every accolade around with the breathtaking His Dark Materials trilogy Now he turns his storytelling gifts to one of the most famous of the Arabian Nights tales Aladdin & the Enchanted Lamp Aladdin is a shiftless good-for-nothing boy until he unwittingly acquires a magic lamp inhabited by a genie -- & the adventure that follows both makes his fortune & makes him a man Pullman tells the tale with his trademark crisp writing & fast-paced action while Sophy Williamss pastels shimmer with the heat & beauty of the Far East Terrific for reading aloud SCHOLASTIC ...

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The 2015 election result was a disaster for progressives in British politics delivering a majority Conservative government at Westminster & the outlook for the next election is not auspicious either particularly amid the aftershocks of the momentous 2016 EU referendum result & with possible boundary changes in the offing There is a growing recognition however that cross-party cooperation among the progressives could reinvigorate politics & inspire a credible alternative to the Conservatives Those who want a good society can & must work together
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With her nemesis Matter Man finally under control Chalice begins a new chapter of her life as spokeswoman & primary recruiter for the Gateway Army However when she encounters a brand new Alter living in extreme poverty she is forced to recognize that not everyone wants to be found giving her a new perspective on the complexity of her own situation From the writer of Wolverine Origin Sentry & Hellblazer About the Author Paul Jenkins teaches at Hampshire College & is an editor of The Massachusetts Review ...

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A traveler wanders through the South American highlands & brings the inhabitants new ideas from his travels Anyone who meets him can take advantage of these assets A public trading point makes it possible to obtain rare goods in exchange for opals & a variety of fortunes adds even more diversity to life among the mountain ranges in Bolivia & Peru With Altiplano The Traveler the planning of moves in Altiplano becomes more important & accessibility to resources becomes more interactive Above all the assets that may be purchased from the traveller open up completely new ways to increase one&s own wealth But unforeseen fortunes sometimes demand spontaneous decisions which influence planning Thus the drive for success in this inhospitable region turns into a completely new challenge! Who&s prepared for this? Players 2-5 Playing time 60-120 minutes Ages 12 ...

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