Odd Hours, the brand new novel featuring Dean Koontz’s most beloved hero, goes on sale May 20. Now you can view webisode #1 of “Odd Passenger,” a brand new Odd Thomas adventure.
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THE CRYSTAL SKULL ONLINE GAME
December 21, 2012. The world will end on this day. But is there hope for mankind? Test your wits in this highly-addictive game based on Manda Scott's suspense-filled novel, The Crystal Skull, on sale now.
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This month on Booked for Breakfast, our online mystery and thriller book club, the intensity grows with each book:
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- Dean Koontz’s The Good Guy: Suddenly, Tim Carrier, an ordinary guy, is at the center of a mystery of extraordinary proportions, the one man who can save an innocent life and stop a killer far more powerful than any cop . . . and as relentless as evil incarnate.
- J. F. Englert’s A Dog Among Diplomats: Murder has come to Manhattan’s East Village. And when detectives call twenty-something artist Harry to the scene, his Labrador, Randolph, instantly smells a rat. Why? Because Harry’s missing almost-fiancée—and Randolph’s beloved mistress—has been implicated in the murder, which has ties to the U.N.
- Lee Child’s Nothing to Lose: Two lonely towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher never turns back. It's not in his nature. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets is big trouble. So in Lee Child’s electrifying new novel, Reacher—a man with no fear, no illusions, and nothing to lose—goes to war against a town that not only wants him gone, it wants him dead.
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Every weekday morning you are given (via e-mail) a portion of that week’s book. It only takes five minutes to read the day's selection and by the end of the week you'll have sampled two to three chapters.
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BANTAM DELL PODCAST: THIS MONTH CHECK OUT FOUR NEW EPISODES!
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Listen each week to a new Bantam Dell author talking about books, the writing process, and the experiences of being a writer. Hear bestselling authors and exciting new writers sharing their insight with you, the reader. This month’s featured authors include:
- Manda Scott, author of The Crystal Skull
- Arthur Herman, author of Gandhi & Churchill
- Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart
- Dean Koontz, author of Odd Hours
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THE GOOD GUY Dean Koontz
An ordinary man mistaken for an assassin must outwit the deadly serious people who ordered the hit in this New York Times bestselling thriller from Dean Koontz.
Read Chapter One here
BONUS! Listen to the author's podcast.
BONUS! Watch The Good Guy trailer.
BONUS! Watch the video of Dean Koontz's Second Life event.
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A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES Diana Gabaldon
The acclaimed Outlander saga continues in this #1 New York Times bestseller that finds Jamie and his time-traveling family living in the American colonies on the eve of a revolution.
Read Chapter One here
BONUS! Listen to the author’s podcast.
BONUS! Watch the video of Diana Gabaldon’s Second Life event.
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EIGHT LIVES DOWN Chris Hunter
This first-person account of the minute-by-minute challenges of identifying and disposing of bombs brings readers face-to-face with the expertise, the uncertainty, and the iron will required to do this intense and dangerous job.
Read Chapter One here
BONUS! Check out the video interview of Chris Hunter.
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EDUCATION OF A WANDERING MAN Louis L’Amour
Celebrate the 100th birthday of America’s favorite storyteller with this Special Centennial Edition of Louis L’Amour’s mesmerizing memoir. “L’Amour’s books embody heroic virtues that seem to matter now more than ever” (The Wall Street Journal).
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THE CRYSTAL SKULL
Manda Scott
In this "nail-biting tour de force” (The Guardian, UK) from internationally bestselling author Manda Scott, a 21st century academic and an Elizabethan physician devise a plan across the centuries to save the world from a prophecy as old—and as deadly—as time itself.
Read Chapter One here
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BONUS! Don’t miss Manda Scott’s podcast episode on May 5th.
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FALLEN
Tim Lebbon
Set in the land of Noreela, 4,000 years before the events of Dusk and Dawn, Fallen follows two Voyagers on a quest to find what lies beyond the the Great Divide. “Tim Lebbon displays the sort of cool irony and uncanny mood-making that drive the ‘Twilight Zone’ stories” (The New York Times Book Review).
Read Chapter One here
For over twenty years, Bantam Spectra has been publishing the finest science fiction, fantasy, horror, and otherworldly novels from recognizable authors including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, George R. R. Martin, Kim Stanley Robinson, and M. John Harrison.
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ON LIBERTY AND UTILITARIANISM
John Stuart Mill
Two of the most influential essays by John Stuart Mill present a thought-provoking search for the true balance between the rights of the individual and the power of the state.
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From Shakespeare to Austen to Twain, Bantam Classics transcend age and time. Rediscover an old favorite or find a classic that you’re excited to explore for the first time.
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GANDHI & CHURCHILL
Arthur Herman
Bestselling author and noted historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century in this "fascinating . . . forceful portrait” (Publishers Weekly).
Read Chapter One here
BONUS! Don’t miss Arthur Herman’s podcast episode on May 12th.
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GARDEN SPELLS
Sarah Addison Allen
In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, the extraordinary Waverly women of Bascom, North Carolina tend an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very special kind of fruit. "Spell-bindingly charming" (Booklist, starred review).
Read Chapter One here
BONUS! Listen to the author’s podcast.
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Read a Q&A with the author here
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