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"From Anthony Award-winning writer Alex Segura comes Secret Identity, a rollicking literary mystery set in the world of comic books. It's 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn't care. She's an assistant at Triumph Comics, which doesn't have the creative zeal of Marvel nor the buttoned-up efficiency of DC, but it doesn't matter. Carmen is tantalizingly close to fulfilling her dream of writing a superhero book. That...
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"Alex Segura, LA Times Book Prize-winning author of Secret Identity, returns with a clever and escapist mystery set in the world of comic books. In the present day, a comics legend is given the chance to revive a beloved but forgotten character. But at what price? Annie Bustamante is a cultural force like none other: an acclaimed filmmaker, an author, a comic book artist known for one of the all time best superhero comics in recent memory. But she's...
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Seventeen-year-old Bruno has never really fit in with his family--why can't he be as outgoing as his sister Pepa, or as friendly as his sister Julieta? Does he like being the awkward loaner who never seems to find where he can fit in? But it's hard to be popular when you have the power to tell the future and people don't always like what you are telling them. So Bruno devises an act, and begins to model the behavior he feels the town wants to see...
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Pete Fernandez is a mess. He's on the brink of being fired from his middle-management newspaper job. His fiancée has up and left him. Now, after the sudden death of his father, he's back in his hometown of Miami, slowly drinking himself into oblivion. But when a co-worker he barely knows asks Pete to locate a missing daughter, Pete finds himself dragged into a tale of murder, drugs, double-crosses and memories bursting from the black heart of the...
5) Free fall
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"It's been a few years since Poe's mother, who was a pilot for the Rebellion, passed away, and Poe and his father have had more and more trouble connecting. Not sure what he wants to do with his life, teenage Poe runs away from home to find adventure, and to figure out what kind of man he is meant to be."--Publisher.
Poe Dameron has always wanted to fly. His mother was an A-wing pilot for the Rebellion, and showed him everything she knew about flying....
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A year has passed since Pete Fernandez's latest, closest brush with death. After months of recovery, the newly sober Pete has managed to rebuild his life, contentedly running a small Miami bookstore and steering clear of the dangers of private eye work. So when an aging Cuban mobster asks Pete to find out who killed his drug-addicted, jazz pianist son and to locate his missing daughter-in-law, Pete balks. Until another victim suggests that the murder...
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"Welcome to Triumph City. A city plagued by corruption and crime, where every alleyway and dark corner holds a deadly secret. The lone figure, standing against the onslaught of crime, is a savvy crimefighter known as the Lynx - sworn to protect the city that forged her. By day, she's Claudia Calla, a quiet secretary at Triumph City's biggest paper. A woman haunted by a dark tragedy that has pushed her toward taking on the mantle of the Lynx - to prevent...
8) Tech Crash!
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DC Metal Force volume 1
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"Join Batman, Superman, and the Justice League as they armor up for a thrilling, hi-tech adventure where Super Heroes and Super-Villains must unite to battle for the ultimate power in the universe. This action-packed and Manga-style chapter book is perfect for young readers and DC fans alike. When a powerful alien entity is hacked by an Earth villain, the universe is in peril. Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman unite with DC's mightiest heroes and...
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The new book in Alex Segura's Pete Fernandez series, in which a cold case brings Pete back home, where he ends up in the crosshairs of a fanatical and dangerous cult leader, threatening his newfound sobriety and his life as well.
Startling new evidence in a cold case that's haunted Pete drags the exiled PI back to his hometown of Miami. But as Pete and his partner Kathy Bentley delve deeper into the unsolved murder, they become entangled in Miami's...
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Swing back into the Spider-Verse with the biggest gathering of Spider-Heroes ever seen! May the first meeting of the Spider-Society commence! That's right, all the Spider-heroes are in the same room for the craziest meeting the Multiverse has ever seen. These Spiders aren't all Peter Parker - but they all have that same Parker Luck, and you can bet this meeting won't end as peacefully as it started! Collecting: Spider-Society (2024) 1-4, Web of Spider-Man...
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Renee Montoya is the Question, a detective whose resolve and resilience are put to the ultimate test. After leaving the gritty streets of Gotham, she arrives at the Justice League's Watchtower, seeking a fresh start. But the sanctuary for heroes quickly turns into a crime scene when a murder casts suspicion on everyone--including those she might trust the most. Facing relentless foes, double-crosses, and her own inner demons, Renee dives deep into...
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"Six months after the events of the first arc we find Lara in a different spot. Sober and focused on her job at The Creighton Courier covering the increasingly corrupt CCPD. But that's all about to change. A letter from a dead man, Marco Nava, the original Black Ghost, and her brother Tomas's best friend-- derails Lara's plans, and sends her sprinting down a rabbit hole to find out more about the man who wore the Black Ghost mask before he was gunned...
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In the aftermath of World War II, the country stands frozen, waiting for the other shoe to drop. In The City, a brutal murder draws the attention of rising star detective Dick Tracy, who soon discovers the bloodshed is just the beginning of a complicated web that threatens to ensnare everything he cares about. - Amazon
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Set during and after the events of The Stand, this authorized anthology gathers original stories from acclaimed writers who expand on the novel's apocalyptic world, exploring survival, morality, and human resilience amid civilization's collapse and the uncertain rebuilding that follows.
Since its initial publication in 1978, The Stand has been considered Stephen King's seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, with millions of copies sold and adapted...
17) Dark space
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A sweeping sci-fi spy thriller that blends the epic scope and character-driven spark of Star Trek with the intrigue of John le Carré's Smiley novels: If life were fair, ace pilot Jose Carriles should have ended up a desk jockey like his former friend Corin Timony, back on the lunar colony of New Destiny. Instead, he's the pilot of the Mosaic--a massive ship taking the Interstellar Union's first-ever mission to outside our solar system. Timony should...
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There is a Spider-Verse filled with Spider-Heroes, each on their own world: Spider-Punk, as adept at the guitar as he is at fighting crime. Spider-UK, who's juggling Eid celebrations and a super-villain threat to her London neighborhood. And Web-Weaver, whose latest fashion event is threatened by a citywide storm of hallucinations. Some, like Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy, have already crossed from one universe to the next. Others are still discovering...
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Miss Marple meets John le Carre in these linked short stories of espionage and mystery, with two middle-aged British Intelligence agents (and a dog!) as sleuths. Game Without Rules features Samuel Behrens and Daniel Calder, two secret British Intelligence operatives who work in the "E" (External) Branch of the Joint Services Standing Intelligence Committee. Under the direction of Mr. Fortescue--a mild-mannered bank manager and secret spy-master--Behrens...
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"Here are ten original stories about the the valiant Jedi and the evil Sith. Larger-than-life characters clash in epic lightsaber battles that will appeal to young readers and to the young Star Wars fan in all of us! Ten acclaimed authors imagine new tales for some of the most iconic Star Wars characters ever, from Luke Skywalker to Darth Vader, from Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Maul, and beyond"-- Provided by publisher