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Last Snow (Jack McClure-Alli Carson Novels) by Eric Van Lustbader from Forge Books/Macmillan is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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The electrifying follow-up to the Jack McClure thriller First Daughter from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bourne Sanction and The Bourne Deception

Jack McClure, Special Advisor and closest friend to the new President of the United States, interprets the world very differently from the rest of us. It’s his greatest liability, and his greatest asset.

An American senator, supposedly on a political trip to the Ukraine, turns up dead on the island of Capri. When the President asks him to find out how and why, Jack sets out from Moscow across Eastern Europe, following a perilous trail of diplomats, criminals, and corrupt politicians. Thrust into the midst of a global jigsaw puzzle, Jack’s unique dyslexic mind allows him to put together the pieces that others can’t even see.

Still unreconciled to the recent death of his daughter and the dissolution of his marriage, Jack takes on a personal mission along with his official one: keeping safe from harm his two unlikely, unexpected, and incompatible companions—Annika Dementieva, a rogue Russian FSB agent, and Alli Carson, the President’s daughter. As he struggles to keep both young women safe and unearth the answers he seeks, hunted by everyone from the Russian mafia to the Ukrainian police to his own NSA, Jack learns just how far up the American and Russian political ladders corruption and treachery has reached.

In the vein of Eric Van Lustbader’s latest bestselling Jason Bourne novels, Lustbader takes us on an international adventure in this powerful page-turner that will keep you reading through the night.

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Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President by Edward Steers Jr. from The University Press of Kentucky is $4.30 (US Kindle)

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In the more than 140 years since his death, Abraham Lincoln has become America's most revered president. The mythmaking about this self-made man began early, some of it starting during his campaign for the presidency in 1860. As an American icon, Lincoln has been the subject of speculation and inquiry as authors and researchers have examined every aspect -- personal and professional -- of the president's life.

In Lincoln Legends, noted historian and Lincoln expert Edward Steers Jr. carefully scrutinizes some of the most notorious tall tales and distorted ideas about America's sixteenth president. These inaccuracies and speculations about Lincoln's personal and professional life abound. Did he write his greatest speech on the back of an envelope on the way to Gettysburg? Did Lincoln appear before a congressional committee to defend his wife against charges of treason? Was he an illegitimate child? Did Lincoln have romantic encounters with women other than his wife? Did he have love affairs with men? What really happened in the weeks leading up to April 14, 1865, and in the aftermath of Lincoln's tragic assassination?

Lincoln Legends evaluates the evidence on all sides of the many heated debates about the Great Emancipator. Not only does Steers weigh the merits of all relevant arguments and interpretations, but he also traces the often fascinating evolution of flawed theories about Lincoln and uncovers the motivations of the individuals -- occasionally sincere but more often cynical, self-serving, and nefarious -- who are responsible for their dispersal. Based on extensive primary research, the conclusions in Lincoln Legends will settle many of the enduring questions and persistent myths about Lincoln's life once and for all. Steers leaves us with a clearer image of Abraham Lincoln as a man, as an exceptionally effective president, and as a deserving recipient of the nation's admiration.

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Foal’s Bread by Gillian Mears from Allen & Unwin (£1.29) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Foal's Bread is a deeply moving novel from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers. When Noah Childs meets Roley Nancarrow at a country show, a union is forged which will last the length of their lives. Their story is one of impossible beauty--a chronicle of dreams turned inside out and miracles that never last.

Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley from Sourcebooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Aug 28)

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History comes achingly alive in this tale of past and present from fan-favorite author Susanna Kearsley. Contemplating how to restart her life, Eva travels to the Cornish coast she visited as a child. Suddenly transported to 1715, she meets and falls in love with widower Daniel Butler. Their love may just be the thing to have Eva become the take control of her life -- and just in time.

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Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley also $1.99

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass from Scholastic ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Aug 28)

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It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited---after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. When Amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. Or is it? Her birthday seems to be repeating iself. What is going on?! And how can she fix it?

Spitfire by Annette Sandoval from Thomas & Mercer ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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After 28-eight-year-old Tomi Reyes receives an unexpected promotion, her life goes totally insane. First, her boss becomes unbearable, and then two of her friends are found murdered and stuffed inside their refrigerators. Suspecting her boss and fearing she's next, Tomi doesn't wait for the authorities and seeks the killer herself.

My Monster Burrufu by Alberto Corral from Petite Grande Idée ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (Aug 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Seven-year-old Olivia has just moved to a new house where a lonely monster named Burrufu lives hidden in a secret attic. One night, unable to resist the smell of cookies, Burrufu sneaks out and is discovered by Olivia. The two soon learn that you can find friendship in unexpected places.

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Adrenaline (Sam Capra) by Jeff Abbott from Grand Central Publishing is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Amazon Best Books of the Month, July 2011

"If you knew this was our final day together, what would you say to me?"
"Anything but good-bye. I can't ever say good-bye to you."

ADRENALINE

Sam Capra is living the life of his dreams.

He's a brilliant young CIA agent, stationed in London. His wife Lucy is seven months pregnant with their first child. They have a wonderful home, and are deeply in love.

They have everything they could hope for...until they lose it all in one horrifying moment.

On a bright, sunny day, Sam receives a call from Lucy while he's at work. She tells him to leave the building immediately. He does...just before it explodes, killing everyone inside. Lucy vanishes, and Sam wakes up in a prison cell. As the lone survivor of the attack, he is branded by the CIA as a murderer and a traitor.

Escaping from the agency, Sam launches into a desperate hunt to save his kidnapped wife and child, and to reveal the unknown enemy who has set him up and stolen his family. But the destruction of Sam's life was only step on in an extraordinary plot-and now Sam must become a new kind of hero.

The Gathering of the Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two by Helen Lowe from Harper Voyager is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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Garrisoned by the Nine Houses of the Derai, the towering mountain range called the Wall of Night is all that separates the people of Haarth from the terrible Darkswarm.

Five years have passed since the Wall was breached and the Keep of Winds nearly overrun. Five years since the Heir of Night, Malian, and her friend and ally Kalan went missing in the wild lands of Jaransor.

Now, in Haarth's diverse southern realms, events are moving. From the wealthy River city of Ij to the isolated Emerian outpost of Normarch, rumors of dark forces and darker magics are growing. As the great Midsummer tournament at Caer Argent approaches, Haarth will have one opportunity to band together against an enemy in which few believe . . . or be lost forever.

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Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor.

Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor, Professor Specter, asks for help investigating the murder of a former student by a previously unknown Muslim extremist sect. The young man died carrying information about the group's terrorist activities, including an immediate plan to attack the United States.

The organization, the Black Legion, and its lethal plot have also popped up on the radar of Central Intelligence, where new director Veronica Hart is struggling to assert her authority. Sensing an opportunity to take control of CI by showing Hart's incompetence, National Security Agency operatives plan to accomplish what CI never could-hunt down and kill Bourne.

In Europe, Bourne's investigation into the Black Legion turns into one of the deadliest and most tangled operations of his double life-the pursuit of the leader of a murderous terrorist group with roots in the darkest days of World War II-all while an assassin as brilliant and damaged as himself is getting closer by the minute . . .

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Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley is $1.99 for US Kindle and B&N.

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Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, Book 1) by Lois McMaster Bujold from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family’s farm. But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier–sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret, ongoing war against the scourge of the "malices," immortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike.

It is Dag—a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and onerous present responsibilities—who must come to Fawn’s aid when she is taken captive by a malice. They prevail at a devastating cost—unexpectedly binding their fates as they embark upon a remarkable journey into danger and delight, prejudice and partnership . . . and perhaps even love.

About the Author
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD is one of the most honored writers in the fields of science fiction and fantasy, having won five Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards.

The Given Day by Dennis Lehane from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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1918. Boston. A city in turmoil as soldiers return home from World War One, bringing with them an epidemic of Spanish influenza. Danny Coughlin is the son of one of Boston's most powerful police captains. An undercover cop, he is hunting for revolutionaries and anarchists who, in the aftermath of war, are pledged to overthrow the city's ruling classes. But Danny soon finds his ideals compromised as, drawn into the conflict, his family starts to question where his loyalties really lie.

Luther Lawrence is on the run. Having survived a murderous confrontation with a crime boss, he lands a job in the Coughlin household. But it isn't long before his dangerous past and his tenuous present are on a life-threatening collision course.

As the city goes into meltdown, Danny and Luther must confront the storm of violence that threatens to engulf them if each is to survive...

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Greyhound by Steffan Piper from AmazonEncore (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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12-year-old Sebastian is put onto a Greyhound bus in California--the start of a 2,000 mile trip across the US. During the epic adventure he meets a young ex-con, Marcus, and an unlikely friendship is formed. Greyhound is a book about journeys: a three-day bus ride and the long road from youth into manhood.

The Edge of Desire (Bastion Club) by Stephanie Laurens from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Aug 29)

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From bestselling chronicler of historical romances Stephanie Laurens comes this novel of the Bastion Club, those brave soldiers fighting for king and country -- and brides of great beauty and breeding. Still, there's one member of the Bastion Club who has yet remained a bachelor. Until Lady Letitia Randall summons him to her aid, that is...

The House of Power (Atherton, Book 1) by Patrick Carman from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Aug 29)

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Edgar, a gifted climber, secretly scales the treacherous walls separating the three worlds of Atherton: the humble grove that is his home...a mysterious highland realm of untold beauty and sinister secrets ...and a vast wasteland below, where a monstrous danger lurks that could destroy them all.

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Innocent Monster (Moe Prager) by Reed Farrel Coleman from Tyrus Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Former cop and PI Moe Prager finds himself taking a break from his successful New York City wine business to help his estranged daughter search for a missing artist. This street-smart, compelling, and sophisticated read is the sixth novel of award-winning crime writer Reed Farrel Coleman's popular Moe Prager series.

The Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (Aug 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Calamity ensues when an elephant, a centipede, and a rhinoceros try finding a cure for hippo's colossal case of hiccups. Writer and illustrator Aaron Zenz's creativity shines through with his use of colored pencil in this off-the-wall children's picture book filled with engaging rhymes and funny situations.

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One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf from Mira is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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In her most emotionally charged novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf explores the unspoken events that shape a community, the ties between parents and their children and how the fragile normalcy of our everyday life is so easily shattered.

In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, an unknown man armed with a gun walks into an elementary school classroom. Outside the school, the town of Broken Branch watches and waits.

Officer Meg Barrett holds the responsibility for the town's children in her hands. Will Thwaite, reluctantly entrusted with the care of his two grandchildren by the daughter who left home years earlier, stands by helplessly and wonders if he has failed his child again. Trapped in her classroom, Evelyn Oliver watches for an opportunity to rescue the children in her care. And thirteen-year-old Augie Baker, already struggling with the aftermath of a terrible accident that has brought her to Broken Branch, will risk her own safety to protect her little brother.

As tension mounts with each passing minute, the hidden fears and grudges of the small town are revealed as the people of Broken Branch race to uncover the identity of the stranger who holds their children hostage.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom from ABC News is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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The phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, that has sold more than eight million copies

Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret.

Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever.

One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.

In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife -- and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.

This edition of The Five People You Meet in Heaven includes an excerpt of The Time Keeper, the new novel by Mitch Albom, available in September 2012.

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The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin) by M. C. Beaton from St. Martin's Paperbacks is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Beloved author M.C. Beaton has delighted readers and fans alike with her Agatha Raisin mysteries. Discover the first novel in the series that started it all…

TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE QUICHE…
Putting all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in the quiet village of Carsely. Bored, lonely and used to getting her way, she enters a local baking contest: Surely a blue ribbon for the best quiche will make her the toast of the town. But her recipe for social advancement sours when Judge Cummings-Browne not only snubs her entry--but falls over dead! After her quiche's secret ingredient turns out to be poison, she must reveal the unsavory truth…

Agatha has never baked a thing in her life! In fact, she bought her entry ready-made from an upper crust London quicherie. Grating on the nerves of several Carsely residents, she is soon receiving sinister notes. Has her cheating and meddling landed her in hot water, or are the threats related to the suspicious death? It may mean the difference between egg on her face and a coroner's tag on her toe…

The Dead of Summer: Volume 1 by Mari Jungstedt from Stockholm Text Publishing AB is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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In Mari Jungstedt’s spine-tingling novel, The Dead of Summer, the most isolated island in the Baltic Sea, Gotska Sandön, north of Gotland, serves as the setting for her perfect crime story. A husband and father of two is mysteriously murdered while on holiday, taking a morning jog. With no evidence of a motive or suspect, assistant commissioner Karin Jacobsson is assigned to her first major case to lead the investigation while her boss, Superintendent Anders Knutas is away on holiday. Meanwhile, TV reporter Johan Berg keeps pace with the police team, while at the same time distracted in trying to win back his former love and the mother of his child, Emma Winarve, who resides on the island.One of ten in her popular Anders Knutas series, Jungstedt weaves a crime story that raises the eerie question…are we ever truly alone? Or, is there always someone watching and waiting?

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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park from Clarion Books is $4.49 (US Kindle)

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A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the “lost boys” of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way.

About the Author
Linda Sue Park is the author of the Newbery Medal book A Single Shard, many other novels, several picture books, and most recently a book of poetry: Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems).

The Great Stink by Clare Clark from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Long-listed for the Orange Prize and named a Washington Post Best Book of the Year

It is 1855, and engineer William May has returned home to London and his beloved wife from the horrors of the Crimean War. When he secures a job transforming the city’s sewer system, he believes it will prove his salvation, as, in the subterranean world beneath the city, he begins to lay his ghosts to rest. But when the peace of the tunnels is shattered by a violent murder William loses his tenuous hold on his sanity. Implicated in the crime, plagued by nightmares and visions, he is no longer sure: Could he truly have committed it?

Long Arm Tom is a tosher who scavenges for anything of value in the old sewers, always accompanied by his beloved dog Lady. It is this business that brings him into contact with “The Captain,” a wealthy businessman with a weakness for gambling who asks Tom to use his knowledge of London’s underworld for an even less savory purpose. But Tom is also William’s only hope of salvation. Will he help William bring the truth aboveground?

With richly atmospheric prose of almost visceral power, The Great Stink transports us behind (and below) the glittering façades of Victorian England. Seamlessly combining fact with fiction, it marks the debut of an outstandingly talented writer in the tradition of the very best of historical novelists.

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A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road by Christopher Aslan Alexander from Icon Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Alexander's captivating journey along the ancient Silk Road is packed full of memorable encounters, including with silkworms, drug smugglers and anti-Western rioters in Kabul. Carpet Ride to Khiva is a mesmerising true account of a man's adventure bluffing and bartering his way across Asia.

Heroes and Monsters: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be Human by Josh James Riebock from Baker Publishing Group ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Aug 30)

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As Josh James Riebock writes in this powerful memoir, "Words are giants, able to lift people up, carry them to the stars, and tear planets apart." His account of the splendor and ugliness of his own life eloquently describes the fundamental human paradox -- that while we search for grace, there is hero and a monster within us all -- making for unforgettable reading.

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Grey Griffins: The Clockwork Chronicles #1: The Brimstone Key by Derek Benz from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Aug 30)

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A year ago, the Grey Griffins were just regular kids from Avalon, Minnesota. That was before they learned about the existence of evil fairies, werewolves, and other things that go bump in the night. Now they are monster-hunters, celebrated heroes, and allies to the legendary Templar knights---but even heroes have to go to school.

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The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy from Hyperion ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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As World War II closes on the small island of Guernsey, Vivienne faces sacrifices for her two young daughters, her mother-in-law, and herself. While her husband is off fighting the Nazis, Vivienne begins an unexpected love affair with a German soldier, greatly intensifying her struggle to keep her family safe.

A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb from Graphia ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (Aug 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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For the first time in 130 years Helen feels someone's eyes looking at her, and it's a boy sitting in the high school classroom she haunts. The unlikely lovers learn how to be together, discovering the secrets of their former lives and the lives of the young people they possess.

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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman from Ridan Publishing is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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**** ON SALE for just $3.99 Until Sept 15 AND ALWAYS DRM FREE ***

Winner of the 1975 Nebula Award and the 1975 Hugo Award

A THOUSAND YEAR CONFLICT. ONE SOLDIER LIVES THROUGH IT ALL. CAN HE MAINTAIN HIS HUMANITY?

The Forever War is a science fiction classic that chronicles the life of William Mandella. Due to the time distortion associated with deep space travel, he is present during both the first and the last battle of a thousand year old conflict with the alien Taurans. A masterpiece of not just science fiction, The Forever War illustrates the futility of all wars and their effect on the human soul.
The Forever War won all major science fiction awards including the Hugo, Nebula and Locus. Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, is currently adapting this classic for film.

This is the author's preferred version and includes a foreword by John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War.

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The Indian Bride (Inspector Sejer Mysteries) by Karin Fossum from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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When perpetual bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town. None of the "good people of Elvestad" can believe that anyone among them would be capable of such a brutal murder. But in his quiet, formal way, Inspector Konrad Sejer understands that good people can commit atrocious deeds, and that no one is altogether innocent—including the café owner who knows too much, the girl who wants to be a chief witness, and the bodybuilder with no outlet for his terrible strength.

Another brilliantly conceived, dark novel from one of Europe’s most successful crime writers.