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THE DEVIL'S PITCHFORK by Mark Terry, Midnight Ink, 2006
""If you're morbidly fascinated by terrifying viruses like I am, you won't be able to stop reading Mark Terry's debut thriller. ... I get the sense that he also has first-hand knowledge of what it feels like to be in a smothering "spacesuit" amid the hazards of a Level 4 containment unit." David Morrell, co-founder of International Thriller Writers Association and bestselling author of Creepers

"Gripping. Unrelenting. Terrifying. Terry has created a bioterrorism thriller that will make you skip food, sex, and sleep to finish reading." J. A. Konrath, author of Whiskey Sour

"The Devil's Pitchfork is a terrific read, a mad-scientist nightmare that will keep you turning pages until the early morning . . . Read it in the closet, right next to your biohazard suit." Jay MacLarty, author of Live Wire

"Quick-witted, willful, but somehow vulnerable, Derek Stillwater is Jack Ryan before he lost a step. THE DEVIL's PITCHFORK is hands down one of the most gripping novels you'll read this year." Mystery Scene

CRAZY QUILT by Paula Paul, University of New Mexico Press, 2006
A story of life, love, and hope.

While trying to deal with the post-traumatic stress of ravaging cancer treatment, a chance detour introduces Flora Adams to Mac McIlhaney, an old man who both aggravates and mesmerizes her.

FORGING THE SWORD - Book 3 of THE FARSALA TRILOGY by Hilari Bell, Simon and Schuster, 2007
"Intrigue builds upon intrigue... once again Bell proves a master of crafting distinctive societies and characters." BOOKLIST starred review.

"Class and family issues, moral differences are interwoven so well with adventure and archetypal resonance that depth arrives unannounced." KIRKUS starred review.

DRAGON'S KEEP by Janet Lee Carey, Harcourt, 2007
"A rich midieval fantasy, a slendid weaving of bright and dark threads, constant surprises and startling turns of events; of brutalities and beauties, terrors and triumphs....A remarkable achievement." Lloyd Alexander

LAST DANCE AT THE FROSTY QUEEN by Richard Uhlig, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007
A magnificent young adult novel that offers a steamy, funny tale in which the heart tries to hide, only to be utterly exposed by love and lust, lost and found.

THE SHIELD OF STARS - Book One of The Shield, The Sword and The Crown Trilogy by Hilari Bell, Simon & Schuster, 2007
A reformed pickpocket must recruit a rebel leader to save his mentor from hanging for treason

THE BEAST OF NOOR by Janet Lee Carey, Atheneum, 2006
"...magical moments that will have your heart sing in one moment then shiver in the next. Highly recommended." Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine

THE WIZARD TEST by Hilari Bell, HarperCollins, 2005
Starred reviews from Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, and ALA Booklist.

"A dynamic combination of science fiction, thriller and mystery that will draw readers in from the start. One of the best youth SF tales to come along in many years."