Liz Williams, Author . Bantam Spectra $5.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-553-58498-1
Gutsy Alivet Dee sets out to save her sister from alien slavery but ends up rescuing much more in this fantastic, whirlwind tale. A descendent of 16th-century mathematician and alchemist John Dee, Alivet resides on a planet known as Latent Emanation,
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Liz Williams, Author . Bantam Spectra $5.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-553-58499-8
A scientist and a mythological hero who is alive and well in the 21st century find new love and help alter two worlds in this character-driven, romantic sci-fi adventure. Elena, who was once in the Soviet space program and is now a janitor, lives in
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Liz Williams, Author . Spectra $6.99 (426p) ISBN 978-0-553-58676-3
Williams's (Nine Layers of Sky
) talent for intricately moody world-building may have taken her a bit too far in this postapocalyptic vision of the struggle to preserve what is human. In the far future, when the only males are dangerous "men-
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Liz Williams, Author . Night Shade $24.95 (267p) ISBN 978-1-59780-018-1
The shade of Charlie Chan hovers over Williams's entertaining supernatural mystery, the first in a new series starring Det. Insp. Wei Chen of Singapore Three's 13th precinct. In a near future that allows travel between Heaven and Hell and...
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Liz Williams, Author . Night Shade $24.95 (242p) ISBN 978-1-59780-045-7
The second Detective Inspector Chen novel (after 2005's Snake Agent
) traverses a wildly imaginative landscape based on Chinese mythology, with humans mingling with demons, Celestials and the deceased. When rich girl Deveth Sardai turns up dead,
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Liz Williams, Author . Night Shade $24.95 (242p) ISBN 978-1-59780-082-2
The pleasantly suspenseful third fantastical mystery (after The Demon and the City
) in Williams's Det. Insp. Chen series throws Chen and his demon partner, Zhu Irzh, into the heart of a deadly political storm. While investigating a chorus girl&
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Liz Williams, Author . Night Shade $24.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-59780-122-5
The fourth Det. Insp. Chen mystery (after 2007’s Precious Dragon
) adds a bit of Bollywood to the high-stakes intrigues of Celestials and demons in Williams’s clever mix of Chinese folklore and police procedural. Chen, of Singapore Three,
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Liz Williams. Prime (www.prime-books.com), $14.95 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-60701-295-5
Williams (Banner of Souls) explores the great nexus city of Worldsoul and its wondrous Library, which acts as a gateway to numerous worlds of the Liminality, in this disjointed series opener. Librarian Mercy Fane links up with the mysterious...
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Liz Williams, Author, Tom Kidd, Illustrator . Night Shade $27 (189p) ISBN 978-1-892389-93-0
As the 18 highly original and imaginative entries in her debut story collection reveal, Williams (The Poison Master
) has an astonishing ability to create strange worlds and complex characters with only a few words. She finds new tangents with...
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Liz Williams, Author, Jon Foster, Illustrator . Night Shade $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-59780-164-5
Det. Insp. Chen's fifth investigation (after 2009's The Shadow Pavilion
) takes him to the Gobi Desert and an ancient sorcerer who's assembling an army of demons and the undead. Chen's original task is to find an intelligent...
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