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new for december! Gift guide: Making the holidays happy with these amazing books! LAST CHANCE: The Strange Lands Correspondent Contest ends December 15th! Enter for a chance to win a trip to New York Comic-con

DEADLINE DECEMBER 15TH! Enter the 2009 Strange Lands Correspondent Contest If you have what it takes to be a Strange Lands Correspondent you could win a trip to interview Tamora Pierce—author of the Beka Cooper series—at New York City Comic-Con in 2009 and have your interview published in Strange Lands! ENTER NOW Fantastic books by Tamora Pierce Bloodhound Trickster's Choice Read the first chapter Trickster's Queen Read the first chapter     Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Erin Misrahe wants to be like everyone else in her new school. But Erin has more to worry about than passing AP Chemistry or making friends. In times of stress, she has always been overcome by her alter ego, Shevaun, whose violent behavior wreaks havoc on those around her... Read more Read the first chapter Watch the Persistence of Memory book trailer   Inheritance Cycle Three-Book Boxed Set by Christopher Paolini With the highly anticipated publication of Book Three in the Inheritance cycle, the hardcover editions of all three books (Eragon, Eldest & Brisingr) are now available in a handsome boxed set! Read more Last chance! Order the Brisingr Limited Signed First Edition Visit Alagaesia.com   The Books of Ember by Jeanne Duprau For as long as anyone can remember, the great lights of Ember have kept the endless darkness that surrounds the city at bay. But now the lights are starting to flicker. Lina Mayfleet and, her friend, Doon Harrow find fragments of an ancient parchment, that they put together to discover a message that seems to be directions out of the city. Read more Play the Expedition to Ember Game   Sally Lockhart Mysteries by Philip Pullman From Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass, comes the story of Sally Lockhart's terrifying journey in search of clues to her father’s mysterious death. Read more Visit HisDarkMaterials.com The Navigator Trilogy One day the world around Owen shifts oddly: Time flows backwards, and the world and family he knew disappear. Read more Play the Harsh Battle Game Look for the final book in The Navigator Trilogy— The Frost Child—coming June 2009! Copyright © 2008 Random House, Inc. All Rights Reserved. To sign up for the Strange Lands Newsletter click here. To unsubscribe, send a email to this address or email unsub_scifi_fantasy@info.randomhouse.com The Strange Lands Newsletter is owned and operated by Random House, Inc. Subscribers must be 13 years or older. Members’ e-mail addresses and information collected via this club will only be used by Random House, Inc. internally and will not be sold or distributed. For the complete Privacy Policy of Random House, Inc., please click here.