Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- February 2013

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Stone Maidens by Lloyd Devereux Richards from Thomas & Mercer (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (February 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Chief forensic anthropologist Christine Prusik narrowly escaped an attack by a primitive tribe of Papua New Guinea. A decade on, a serial killer leaves stone figurines carved like the spirit stones found amongst that tribe. Is the connection real or have Prusik's nightmares finally wormed their way into her waking life?

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Dead Asleep by Jamie Freveletti from Harper ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (February 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Tough-as-nails biochemist Emma Caldridge plunges into a Caribbean-island nightmare of voodoo superstition, terrorist plots, and deadly plague.

Whole Lotta Trouble by Stephanie Bond from NeedtoRead Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (February 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Three Manhattan mystery-book editors and a bad-boy agent make for a masterful mix of friendship, flirtation, and felony.

The Investigation by Stanislaw Lem from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (February 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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From sci-fi master Stanislaw Lem comes the tale of a Scotland Yard officer assigned to investigate a puzzling case of missing (and apparently resurrected) bodies.

Touch (A Denazen Novel) by Jus Accardo from Entangled Teen ($0.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (February 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Jus Accardo's debut fantasy novel features pulse-pounding action, attitude, charm, romance, suspense, and witty dialogue to spare. (Denazen series: Book 1 of 4)

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Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck from Penguin Group ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (February 27)

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Ernest Hemingway, the great lion of literature, stands revealed as never before in this exquisite, sensitive novel from Erika Robuck.

FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck also $2.99

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Kapitoil: A Novel by Teddy Wayne (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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With a fresh and singular voice, Teddy Wayne marks his literary debut with the story of one 26 year old Middle Eastern man’s attempt to live the American Dream in New York City.

“Sometimes you do not truly observe something until you study it in reverse,” writes Karim Issar upon arrival to New York City from Qatar in 1999. Fluent in numbers, logic, and business jargon yet often baffled by human connection, the young financial wizard soon creates a computer program named Kapitoil that predicts oil futures and reaps record profits for his company.

At first an introspective loner adrift in New York’s social scenes, he anchors himself to his legendary boss Derek Schrub and Rebecca, a sensitive, disillusioned colleague who may understand him better than he does himself. Her influence, and his father’s disapproval of Karim’s Americanization, cause him to question the moral implications of Kapitoil, moving him toward a decision that will determine his future, his firm’s, and to whom —and where— his loyalties lie.

Like the award-winning Netherland and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Kapitoil provides an absorbing look into American culture and New York finance from an outsider’s perspective.

A Stainless Steel Trio (Stainless Steel Rat Series) by Harry Harrison (Tor Books) is $10.99 (3-books-in-1)

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One of SF’s most beloved rogues: the Stainless Steel Rat!

Slippery Jim DiGriz is the Stainless Steel Rat: the galaxy’s greatest interstellar thief and con artist. For novel upon novel, the Rat has outfoxed the forces of conventionality, cutting a stylish swathe through dozens of star systems-and stealing the hearts of thousands of readers.

Now three of the Rat’s greatest exploits are collected in a single volume.

In A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born, we see the origin and early days of Jim DiGriz’s brilliant criminal career, as our underworld hero is forced to work for the Good Guys. Conscripted again in The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, this time into a planetary army, the Rat must avenge the murder of his mentor-in-crime. And in The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues, Slippery Jim must retrieve a missing alien artifact, while disguised as a futuristic rock-and-roller…or forfeit his life.

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From Tor Books, $1.99 each

Impulse (Jumper) by Steven Gould

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Cent has a secret. She lives in isolation, with her parents, hiding from the people who took her father captive and tortured him to gain control over his ability to teleport, and from the government agencies who want to use his talent. Cent has seen the world, but only from the safety of her parents’ arms. She’s teleported more than anyone on Earth, except for her mother and father, but she’s never been able to do it herself. Her life has never been in danger.

Until the day when she went snowboarding without permission and triggered an avalanche. When the snow and ice thundered down on her, she suddenly found herself in her own bedroom. That was the first time.

Farside by Ben Bova

Book Description:

Six-time Hugo-Award winner Ben Bova presents Farside.

Farside, the side of the Moon that never faces Earth, is the ideal location for an astronomical observatory. It is also the setting for a tangled web of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder.
Telescopes on Earth have detected an Earth-sized planet circling a star some thirty light-years away. Now the race is on to get pictures of that distant world, photographs and spectra that will show whether or not the planet is truly like Earth, and if it bears life.

Farside will include the largest optical telescope in the solar system as well as a vast array of radio antennas, the most sensitive radio telescope possible, insulated from the interference of Earth’s radio chatter by a thousand kilometers of the Moon’s solid body.

Building the Farside observatory is a complex, often dangerous task. On the airless surface of the Moon, under constant bombardment of hard radiation and infalling micrometeoroids, builders must work in cumbersome spacesuits and use robotic machines as much as possible. Breakdowns—mechanical and emotional—are commonplace. Accidents happen, some of them fatal.

What they find stuns everyone, and the human race will never be the same.

The Hermetic Millennia by John C. Wright

Book Description:

Continuing from Count to a Trillion, Menelaus Illation Montrose — Texas gunslinger, idealist, and posthuman genius — has gone into cryo-suspension following the discovery that, in 8,000 years, a powerful alien intelligence will reach Earth to assess humanity’s value as slaves. Montrose intends to be alive to meet that threat, but he is awakened repeatedly throughout the centuries to confront the woes of an ever-changing and violent world, witnessing millennia of change compressed into a few years of subjective time.

The result is a breathtaking vision of future history like nothing before imagined: sweeping, tumultuous, and evermore alien, as Montrose’s immortal enemies and former shipmates from the starship Hermetic harness the forces of evolution and social engineering to continuously reshape the Earth in their image, seeking to create a version of man the approaching slavers will find worthy.

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This is a pre-order:

The Chronicles of Narnia (Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen) by C. S. Lewis is $12.00

Book Description

Features new introductions for each book in the series!

Narnia . . . a new world . . . where loyalty is tested . . . where anything can happen . . . where destiny awaits.

In the never-ending war between good and evil, The Chronicles of Narnia set the stage for battles of epic proportions. Some take place in vast fields, where the forces of light and darkness clash. But other battles occur within the small chambers of the heart and are equally decisive.

Journeys to the ends of the world, fantastic creatures, betrayals, heroic deeds and friendships won and lost—all come together in an unforgettable world of magic. Experience The Chronicles of Narnia in its entirety, now with special tributes by C. S. Lewis’s stepson, Douglas Gresham:

The Magician’s Nephew
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle

And then, discover the world before Narnia. When C. S. Lewis was a child, he and his brother Warnie created stories about “Animal-Land,” exploring hits history, geography, and the colorful exploits of its inhabitants. Boxen is a collection of all of these stories, with the authors’ own delightful illustrations. For every reader who has been captivated by the magic of Narnia, Boxen will open a window on to another enchanted land.

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Just an FYI - the first day's reports on % of free books and totals are now available (for the 25th).

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Originally Posted by koland

Just an FYI - the first day's reports on % of free books and totals are now available (for the 25th).

Thanks, great to have the stats from the remaining days in February to better decide how best to go forward.

Just based on the two days total so far, looks like I can continue business as usual. But we'll see...

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Gardens of Water: A Novel by Alan Drew from Bloomsbury Paperbacks (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (February 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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A devastating earthquake brings Istanbul crumbling to the ground, ripping apart the fragile stability of Sinan's world. His family is moved into a camp run by Western missionaries whom he distrusts, and he soon finds himself struggling to protect his family's honour and values. In this powerful novel, cultures clash, political and religious tensions mount and Sinan's actions spiral into a heartbreaking conclusion.

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Guilt by Degrees (A Rachel Knight Novel) by Marcia Clark from Mulholland Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (February 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Harrowing, smart, and riotously entertaining, Guilt by Degress is a thrilling ride through the world of L.A. courts with unforgettable heroine Rachel Knight.

Falling in Love...Again: TruLove Collection from BroadLit ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (February 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Collected from the pages of True Romance and True Love magazines, these timeless love stories from various authors will appeal to fans of engaging, funny romance.

All three books in Richard Phillips's trilogy The Rho Agenda from 47North ($0.99 each) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (February 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, save on all three books in Richard Phillips's action-packed science-fiction trilogy, The Rho Agenda.

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson from Penguin Publishing ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (February 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls is a New York Times best-selling tale of friendship held between life and death.

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In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez from Algonquin Books ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (February 28)

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The most masterful novels of acclaimed author Julia Alvarez are now available in ebook for the first time. Start with the tragic, desperate courage of In the Time of the Butterflies and experience for yourself the skillful power of her voice.

FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez also $1.99

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The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor (The Walking Dead Series) by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga (Thomas Dunne Books) is $1.99

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Winner of the 2011 Diamond Gem Award for Trade Book of the Year

In the Walking Dead universe, there is no greater villain than The Governor. The despot who runs the walled-off town of Woodbury, he has his own sick sense of justice: whether it’s forcing prisoners to battle zombies in an arena for the townspeople’s amusement, or chopping off the appendages of those who cross him.

The Governor was voted “Villain of the Year” by Wizard magazine the year he debuted, and his story arc was the most controversial in the history of the Walking Dead comic book series.

Now, for the first time, fans of The Walking Dead will discover how The Governor became the man he is, and what drove him to such extremes.

Nexus by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot) is $1.99

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Mankind gets an upgrade

In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link humans together, mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it.

When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage – for there is far more at stake than anyone realizes.

From the halls of academe to the halls of power, from the headquarters of an elite US agency in Washington DC to a secret lab beneath a top university in Shanghai, from the underground parties of San Francisco to the illegal biotech markets of Bangkok, from an international neuroscience conference to a remote monastery in the mountains of Thailand – Nexus is a thrill ride through a future on the brink of explosion.

“Good. Scary good.” – Wired

File Under: Science Fiction [ Humanity 2.0 | Mind Matters | Hive | This Will Happen ]

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To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Sandra Byrd (Simon and Schuster) is $2.99

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Sandra Byrd takes readers back to the court of Henry the Eighth in a novel that imagines the life of Anne Boleyn’s best friend, a young woman whose fortunes depend on the queen’s.

When Anne Boleyn’s star begins to ascend, of course she takes her best friend Meg Wyatt along for the ride. Life in the court of Henry VIII is thrilling at first, but as Anne’s favor rises and falls, so does Meg’s. And though she’s pledged her loyalty to Anne no matter what the test, Meg just might lose her greatest love—and her own life—because of it.

Meg’s childhood flirtation with a boy on a neighboring estate turns to true love early on. When he is called to follow the Lord, she turns her back on both the man and his God. Slowly, both woo her back through the heady times of the English reformation. In the midst of drama and intrigue, Meg finds her place in history and follows her own calling to the Lord. Meg and Anne must determine what love really means and what, in this life, is worth dying for.

Readers continue to be captivated by the Tudors, that most famous of English ruling families. To Die For seamlessly blends fact and fiction in an unforgettable tale of two fascinating lives and one unshakable faith.

The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius edited by John Joseph Adams (Tor Books) is $1.99

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From Victor Frankenstein to Lex Luthor, from Dr. Moreau to Dr. Doom, readers have long been fascinated by insane plans for world domination and the madmen who devise them. Typically, we see these villains through the eyes of good guys. This anthology, however, explores the world of mad scientists and evil geniuses—from their own wonderfully twisted point of view.

An all-star roster of bestselling authors—including Diana Gabaldon, Daniel Wilson, Austin Grossman, Naomi Novik, and Seanan McGuire…twenty-two great storytellers all told—have produced a fabulous assortment of stories guaranteed to provide readers with hour after hour of high-octane entertainment born of the most megalomaniacal mayhem imaginable.

Everybody loves villains. They’re bad; they always stir the pot; they’re much more fun than the good guys, even if we want to see the good guys win. Their fiendish schemes, maniacal laughter, and limitless ambition are legendary, but what lies behind those crazy eyes and wicked grins? How—and why—do they commit these nefarious deeds? And why are they so set on taking over the world?

If you’ve ever asked yourself any of these questions, you’re in luck: It’s finally time for the madmen’s side of the story.

Everneath by Brodi Ashton (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins) is $2.99

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Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s returned—to her old life, her family, her boyfriend—before she’s banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever. She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can’t find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.

Nikki longs to spend these precious months forgetting the Everneath and trying to reconnect with her boyfriend, Jack, the person most devastated by her disappearance—and the one person she loves more than anything. But there’s just one problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who enticed her to the Everneath in the first place, has followed Nikki home. Cole wants to take over the throne in the underworld and is convinced Nikki is the key to making it happen. And he’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back, this time as his queen.

As Nikki’s time on the Surface draws to a close and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she is forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole’s queen.

Everneath is a captivating story of love, loss, and immortality from debut author Brodi Ashton.

Sketch a Falling Star (A Portrait of Crime Mystery #3) by Sharon Pape (Berkley/Penguin) is $1.99

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When the Way Off Broadway Players get swept up in a flash flood while sightseeing in Arizona, Rory McCain’s aunt Helene and her fellow amateur thespians survive – with the exception of Preston Wright. The victim was actually quite an actor – he was a womanizing scam artist who duped nearly everyone in the troupe, as well as an ex-con who operated under various aliases.

While Preston’s death was found to be an act of nature, Rory can’t discount the possibility that human nature may have contributed to his drowning. But even as she investigates the cast of characters to find out which one played the villain, Rory is finally on the verge of solving a very personal cold case: the murder of her ghost partner, Zeke.

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals . . . a used hangman’s noose . . . a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude can’t help but reach for his wallet.

For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man’s suit, said to be haunted by a restless spirit. He isn’t afraid. He has spent a lifetime coping with ghosts—of an abusive father, of the lovers he callously abandoned, of the bandmates he betrayed. What’s one more?

But what UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary or metaphorical ghost, no benign conversation piece. It’s the real thing.

And suddenly the suit’s previous owner is everywhere: behind the bedroom door . . . seated in Jude’s restored vintage Mustang . . . standing outside his window . . . staring out from his widescreen TV. Waiting—with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand. . . .

A multiple-award winner for his short fiction, author Joe Hill immediately vaults into the top echelon of dark fantasists with a blood-chilling roller-coaster ride of a novel, a masterwork brimming with relentless thrills and acid terror.

The Deep Zone: A Novel (with bonus short story Lethal Expedition) by James M. Tabor (Random House) is $0.99

Book Description:

“Deep-earth adventure, scintillating science, and cutthroat intrigue collide with thrilling results that left me breathless and awed. . . . Truly impressive.”—James Rollins

Burned by her own government in a trumped-up scandal, brilliant microbiologist Hallie Leland swore she’d never return to the world of cutting-edge science and dangerous secrets. But a shocking summons from the White House changes all that. A mysterious epidemic is killing American soldiers in Afghanistan—and poised for outbreak in the United States and beyond. Without the ultrarare organism needed to create an antidote, millions will die. Hallie knows more about “Moonmilk” than anyone—but it can be found only at the bottom of the deepest cave on Earth. To get there, she and her team of experts must brave a forbidding Mexican jungle crawling with drug cartels, federales, and murderous locals. And in the supercave await far greater terrors: flooded tunnels, acid lakes, bottomless chasms, mind-warping blackness—and a cunning assassin with orders to make the mission a journey of no return.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James M. Tabor’s Frozen Solid and the short story “Lethal Expedition.”

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes (HarperCollins) is $2.99

Book Description:

In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes, one of the nation’s most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression.

She traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers and the moving stories of individual citizens who through their brave perseverance helped establish the steadfast character we recognize as American today.

The Body in the Boudoir (Faith Fairchild Mysteries) by Katherine Hall Page (William Morrow) is $1.99

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Massachusetts minister’s wife, caterer, and sometime amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild returns in The Body in the Boudoir, the twentieth installment in the Agatha Award-winning mystery series by Katherine Hall Page that provides mystery, heart, wit, suspense, and mouthwatering recipes aplenty.

Page turns back the clock this time to 1990, as a young Faith Sibley prepares to wed the love of her life, Thomas Fairchild… if she can survive a malefactor who’s trying to disrupt the ceremony by doing away with the bride.

Fans of cozy culinary mysteries, like the bestselling Goldy Schultz novels of Diane Mott Davidson, will adore the tasty mayhem Katherine Hall Page cooks up in her Boudoir.

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The March 2013 thread is now up!