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Infinitas Bookshop, Shop 22 Civic Arcade, 48-50 George St, Parramatta NSW 2150 September 2012 Page 1 Tel: 02 9633 5682 mailto: [email protected]?subject=NewsletterEnquiry http:// www.infinitas.com.au Infinitas Bookshop science fiction, fantasy & horror Infinitas Newsletter Volume 21 No 9 September 2012 Featured Books David Weber Beautiful Friendship a Honorverse paperback. David Weber Midst Toil and Tribulation Safehold 6 in hardcover. S M Stirling Lord of the Mountains Change 9 in hardcover. Terry Pratchett Dodger in hardcover. Larry Correia Monster Hunter Legion Monster Hunter 4 in hardcover. Warhammer 40,000 Shadows of Treachery a Horus Heresy short story collection. Author Visit: Duncan Lay Duncan Lay will be visiting Infinitas Saturday 22 nd September at 10am to promote his new fantasy novel Bridge of Swords. This is the start of a new series set in the same world of his previous fantasy trilogy. See the short book review in this newsletter for the first book in his previous series, The Wounded Guardian. Duncan has visited us before and is quite enthusiastic about his books, so please come along and meet him. If you like heroic fantasy similar to David Gemmell, try Duncan’s books. Our website has more reader’s reviews of his books. See his book list at: http://www.infinitas.com.au/ProductsByAuthor.php?autid=30967 Author News Josepha Sherman died 23rd August. She had written many science fiction stories including several novels in the universes of Andromeda, Star Trek, Buffy and Xena. Hugo Awards 2012 have been announced. Best novel was awarded to Among Others by Jo Walton. There are many other category winners, for a full list see: https://chicon.org/

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Infinitas Bookshop, Shop 22 Civic Arcade, 48-50 George St, Parramatta NSW 2150 September 2012 Page 1 Tel: 02 9633 5682 mailto:[email protected]?subject=NewsletterEnquiry http://www.infinitas.com.au

Infinitas Bookshop

science fiction, fantasy & horror

Infinitas Newsletter Volume 21 No 9 September 2012

Featured Books

David Weber Beautiful Friendship a Honorverse paperback. David Weber Midst Toil and Tribulation Safehold 6 in hardcover. S M Stirling Lord of the Mountains Change 9 in hardcover. Terry Pratchett Dodger in hardcover. Larry Correia Monster Hunter Legion Monster Hunter 4 in hardcover. Warhammer 40,000 Shadows of Treachery a Horus Heresy short story collection.

Author Visit: Duncan Lay

Duncan Lay will be visiting Infinitas Saturday 22nd September at 10am to promote his new fantasy novel Bridge of Swords. This is the start of a new series set in the same world of his previous fantasy trilogy. See the short book review in this newsletter for the first book in his previous series, The Wounded Guardian. Duncan has visited us before and is quite enthusiastic about his books, so please come along and meet him. If you like heroic fantasy similar to David Gemmell, try Duncan’s books. Our website has more reader’s reviews of his books. See his book list at: http://www.infinitas.com.au/ProductsByAuthor.php?autid=30967

Author News

Josepha Sherman died 23rd August. She had written many science fiction stories including several novels in the universes of Andromeda, Star Trek, Buffy and Xena.

Hugo Awards 2012 have been announced. Best novel was awarded to Among Others by Jo Walton. There are many other category winners, for a full list see: https://chicon.org/

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Gamers Wanted

Classic Battletech: An Infinitas regular is looking for gamers to play the tabletop miniature game Classic Battletech. We are currently running some Saturday morning games at the shop, but more players are welcome. Ask at the shop for contact details.

Star Wars KOTOR RPG: We are looking for players to participate in a D&D style d20 game, set in the Star Wars universe Knights of the Old Republic era. Player characters will be provided. Ask at the shop for Justin’s contact details. The first game ran on Saturday 7th July with a table of 5 gamers.

Vampire Dark Ages: Recruiting 1 or 2 more players for a Vampire Dark Ages game (old school rules) in Epping, fortnightly, Weds nights. Send an email to the shop to be forwarded to the organiser.

External Events

Sydcon is a role playing convention run by The Sydney Rolplaying Gamers Association on the October long weekend at Glebe. 29th September to 1st October at St Scolastica’s College, 4 Avenue Road, Glebe. http://www.sydcon.info/

2012 FreeCon is a celebration of science fiction 26th, 27th and 28th October at the University of Technology Sydney, Broadway. There will be a short story competition with cash prizes and much discussion of things SF. More details at http://www.infinitas.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1627 We have the entry form at the shop – ask us to email it to you, or try Garry at [email protected]

Event organisers are welcome to contact us with information about their gaming or book event. We will try to include it here. We apologise to anyone who tells us of their event and we fail get it into our newsletter. Please post your news on our forums, which is where we look for listings in the newsletter, and all our customers and visitors can see it regardless of our editorial slip-ups.

Best Sellers for August 2012

General Release

Gunmetal Magic Ilona Andrews How Firm a Foundation David Weber Ascendant Stars Michael Cobley Queen of Wands John Ringo Warmaid's Choice David Weber The Long Earth Terry Pratchett

Media and Games Related Titles

Fear to Tread Warhammer 40,000 M2013 Core Set Booster Pack Magic the Gathering Heroes and Monsters Pathfinder miniatures Jedi Academy Boosters Star Wars miniatures Imperial Entanglements Star Wars miniatures

Readers’ Reviews

Feel free to submit a book review for us to publish. If you have read a book and have an opinion on it, share it with the other readers in our community. In the shop we have several books for which we are seeking reviewers, and would exchange for a review.

The Wounded Guardian by Duncan Lay, reviewed by Tim http://www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780732287689

The Wounded Guardian is a worthy recommendation as a Fathers' Day gift. Although a mainstream fantasy novel in the spirit of David Gemmell, it has as a central theme the parenting of a child. The protagonist is a man with flaws and a dark history who responds to a child in need and ends up raising her from precocious little girl to an empowered adult and major player in the world. This is an escapist adventure where the fantasy setting is alloyed with the truisms and challenges familiar to any father of a daughter.

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Bob Tuesday by Dennis J Pale, reviewed by Len Newland http://www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781609764159

Humorous SF, almost, but not entirely, quite unlike The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. In a twenty-fourth century human-populated galaxy, Bob is the worst piece of human scum ever born. “And you are cruel towards the guinea pig.”; “It bit me!”; “You should not have glued him to the urinal, regardless.” You get the idea. We start with Bob’s conception, then follow his adventures: a factory planet where child slaves produce stuffed toys used for hard drug smuggling, an enormous slug that farts its way around the galaxy eating planets, and many others (check out the cover blurb).

The novel is humorous throughout, with no coarse words other than “fart”. Oddly, it finishes with “To be continued”, but it stands alone and is well closed. It has a couple of incidents and some side excursions similar to those in the Guide, but the story is different. Bob is said to have the people skills of an Australian football player – author Pale apparently lives west of Sydney, and, like others out there, evidently prefers a game other than the One True Football; there are some other author attitude insertions as well. There is a small amount of Australian idiom that might confuse readers in, for example, America, where the novel was published. I think even a comedy novel would be better without the glitches in English. Point of view switches indiscriminately, although these characters aren’t deep. I’d give this novel three stars out of five.

Overall, the novel is quite entertaining. I remember when the Guide was the rage, it fascinated teenage boys. I imagine this novel will be as fascinating, and its readers will be pausing from their computer games to text each other their latest discoveries in the book.

Existence by David Brin, reviewed by Garry P Dalrymple http://www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780356501727

Read August 14 to 28, this review to be published in TBS&E No 50/51 Rarely will I begin a review of any book SF or mundane with the complaint of ‘too

much imagination’, but for this book it is I believe a reasonable suggestion. This is a book about SETI and consequently about Artificial Intelligence. It is set somewhat in the future, where humans are routinely assisted and informed by devices containing Artificial Intelligences. This is necessary as SETI contact is made via the collection from space of a ‘rock’, which turns out to be a nearly spherical artefact inhabited by the AI versions of Aliens. An Ipad with multiple personalities if you like.

David Brin then proceeds to go to town on the SETI issue, in the way that Isaac Asimov famously explored ‘Robotics’, leaving few if any unexplored possibilities on the SETI issue. However, this rather thick book also has appearances by uplifted dolphins, and ideas liberally ‘borrowed’ from Fred Saberhagen’s ‘Berserker’ series as well, what I meant by ‘too much imagination’. It is a multi-generational story, with first the discovery of the alien artefact, its interpretation and humanity’s reaction to the implications of this discovery, and finally, what humanity chooses to do with this information. After a lengthy process of investigation it turns out that these ovoids are in effect a malign cosmic form of junk mail of the chain letter variety, urging the beings who receive them to ‘copy and pass on’ the personalities inside the ovoid. The Major downer for me with this book is the cover. It is a concrete grey, with a pasted on ‘Three Dee’ panel, revealing – a cracked concrete path – or something. Surely some colour would have been better, possibly an ‘ovoid from space’ featuring an extended alien three fingered hand of welcome, visible from one perspective, could have been permitted? Why is Orion publishing presenting it’s books like this, it just doesn’t say ‘Science Fiction’ to me.

Conclusion – It is a pretty good book. It deserves to be a Ditmar / Hugo winner, as it contains a series worth of ideas are crammed into one thickish volume. Perhaps it would have been better presented as two or three novels, without the Dolphin stuff and the thoughts of the AI stuff. It is both a novel of ideas and of people’s reactions to a form of ‘First Contact’ and the realization of why we might be alone in the Universe. The ‘rise of the AI’ isn’t that well done and the uplifted dolphin bits just do not seem to be necessary to the greater story. I finished the book having no greater appreciation for the AI issue than after experiencing STNG’s Commander Data some decades ago.

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Expand your mind, Enter new worlds .

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New Release Information

The books listed in this catalogue are to be released during this month. All books listed are available for order. If there is something that you want and you cannot find listed, or it is not in the shop, please ask us to order it for you.

Many books have more extensive information available on our website.

Prices include GST and are correct at time of printing, but may change without notice.

Legend: PB = paperback HC = hardcover TP = trade paperback (C format) Cass = cassette CD = compact disc GN = Graphic Novel, usually TP or BPB APB = mass market paperback (A format paperback) BPB = B format paperback approx 20cm x 13cm

Information on the Infinitas Groups New members are always welcome at all of the groups. If you’re interested, just come along or ask us for details .

Urban Fantasy Book Club: Meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30pm. BYO wine and nibbles to share (not required, but we’ll love you for it ). Thursday 13th September 2012: Bring Your Current Book http://www.infinitas.com.au/UrbanFantasyBookClub.php

Review Group: The review group meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6.30pm. Two books are chosen by group members for each meeting, with participants encouraged to have read at least one title. The discussion is generally serious and insightful; we usually share a bottle or 2 of wine with cheese – contributions gratefully drunk. All welcome. http://www.infinitas.com.au/ReviewGroup.php Thursday 20th September 2012:

The Nemesis List by R J Frith

Writers’ Group: This group is for people who are currently writing (or even trying to write) science fiction, fantasy and horror related stories and pieces. Meetings are the 3rd Saturday of most months - get on the email list to confirm meetings. http://www.infinitas.com.au/WritersGroup.php

Board Games: First Thursday evening of each month (except January). Come play board games at the shop. If you prefer a particular game, bring it along and suggest it to the group. This does not run every month, so check with the shop to confirm.

Dungeon & Dragons: Play a short game of D&D, one or two encounters only. Most Saturday mornings starting at 9:30am. BYO dice. Ask the shop for details as there are currently 2 different games running fortnightly. http://www.infinitas.com.au/DungeonsAndDragonsAtInfinitas.php

Pathfinder: We are looking for players and GM to get some regular games on Saturday mornings. Talk to us if interested.

Magic the Gathering: Play Magic Cards at the shop. Current schedule is a limited booster draft on the fourth Thursday of the Month at 6pm. Please contact us if you are running late. http://www.infinitas.com.au/MTGatInfinitas.php

Infinitas Forums : Visit the forums behind our website to read or post genre news, gossip, find role playing games, or just meet other fans. If you have any news about authors or SF TV series, opinions on books, etc, please post it here. You will have to register online (it’s easy). http://forums.infinitas.com.au

You can also get updates from us on: Facebook : www.facebook.com/InfinitasBookshop

Twitter: www.twitter.com/InfinitasBooks

Ebooks: http://infinitas.readcloud.com

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and Horror

Locus 619 August 2012 (Locus 619) Magazine $15 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=19880

Locus Magazine • August 2012 • Issue 619 • Vol. 69 No. 2 The August issue features interviews with Jack Vance and with Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer, results of this year’s Locus Survey, more appreciations of the late Ray Bradbury, reports and photos from Locus Awards Weekend and Readercon, and reviews of short fiction and new books by Kij Johnson, Paula Brandon, Gregory Benford & Larry Niven, John Barnes, and many others.

Alexandra Adornetto Australian Author Heaven Paperback $24.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780732289911

Heaven must be missing an angel ... The angel Bethany and her mortal love, Xavier, have already pushed the boundaries of Heaven with their relationship. In this conclusion to the Halo trilogy, the two take their love to the next, forbidden, step: they marry. At a time when they believe nothing will come between them again, they are faced with their most daunting challenge yet - The Sevens, a military order of angels designed to maintain balance in the universe. These soldiers won't stop until their job is done - capture the wayward angel and send her home. Beth discovers there is only one way back to Earth, but the cost is higher than she ever imagined. If she can survive, she can prove to Heaven and Earth that there is nothing stronger than the power of love. Ages: 12+

Ann Aguirre Endgame (Jax) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781937007744

While on her final mission, Sirantha Jax, who has the J-gene, which permits her to "jump" faster-than-light ships through grimspace, joins a grassroots resistance to rid La'heng of the foreign conquerors who have invaded this planet.

G A Aiken How to Drive a Dragon Crazy A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781420108903

When Eibhear the Blue, who thinks the world - and she - belongs to him, comes crashing back into her life, an outspoken beauty decides to use this warrior who broke her heart to help her fulfill a blood debt to a pushy god while trying to resist his amorous advances.

Mitch Albom The Time Keeper Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781847442253

The Time Keeper Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781401322786

In Mitch Albom's newest work of fiction, the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more days, more years. Eventually, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time. He returns to our world - now dominated by the hour-counting he so innocently began - and commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so. Told in Albom's signature spare, evocative prose, this remarkably original tale will inspire readers everywhere to reconsider their own notions of time, how they spend it and how precious it truly is.

G T Almasi Blades of Winter (Shadowstorm 01) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780440423546

In one of the most exciting debuts in years, G. T. Almasi has fused the intricate cat-and-mouse games of a John le Carré novel with the brash style of comic book superheroes to create a kick-ass alternate history that reimagines the Cold War as a clash of spies with biological, chemical, and technological enhancements. Nineteen-year-old Alix Nico, a self-described “million-dollar murder machine,” is a rising star in ExOps, a covert-action agency that aggressively shields the United States from its three great enemies: the Soviet Union, Greater Germany, and the Nationalist Republic of China. Rather than risk another all-out war, the four superpowers have poured their resources into creating superspies known as Levels. Alix is one of the hottest young American Levels. That’s no surprise: Her dad was America’s top Level before he was captured and killed eight years ago. But when an impulsive decision explodes—literally—in her face, Alix uncovers a conspiracy that pushes her to her limits and could upset the global balance of power forever.

Kevin J Anderson Death Warmed Over Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780758277343

Zombie P.I. Dan Chambeaux, along with his human partner and ghost girlfriend, tries to juggle his unnatural caseload, including a resurrected mummy who is suing the museum that put him on display, while trying to figure out who killed him.

Piers Anthony Well-Tempered Clavicle (Xanth 35) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780765366863

Picka Bones and his sister Joy’nt are off in search of adventure with three creatures newly arrived from Mundania--and not the sort of creatures you might expect! Join them in a madcap quest, in this 35th tale of the land of Xanth.

Jill Archer Dark Light of Day (Noon Onyx) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780425257159

In a new world under demon rule, Noon Onyx, a descendant of Lucifer's warlords who is harboring a dangerous secret, is summoned to a school of demon law where she meets powerful Ari Carmine who suspects that she is hiding magic as deadly as his own.

Neal Asher Zero Point (Owner 02) Hardcover $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780230750708

The billions of Zero Asset citizens of Earth are free from their sectors, free from the prospect of extermination from orbit, for Alan Saul has all but annihilated the Committee by dropping the Argus satellite laser network on it. The shepherds, spiderguns and razorbirds are somnolent, govnet is down and Inspectorate HQs are smoking craters. But power abhors a vacuum and, scrambling from the ruins, comes Serene Galahad. She must act before the remnants of Committee power are overrun by the masses. And she has the means.

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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes All Just Glass Trade Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780385737531

Sarah Vida has given up everything for love. From a legendary family of vampire-hunting witches, Sarah was raised to never trust a vampire, to never let her guard down, and to avoid all tricky attachments of the heart. But now Sarah IS a vampire—changed by the boy she thought she loved. Her family has forsaken her, and Sarah herself is disgusted by her appetite for blood. Aida Vida is Sarah's older sister, the good, reliable sibling who always does her family proud. But when Aida's mother insists that Sarah be found and killed, Aida is given the one assignment that she may not be able to carry out. Taking place over just twenty-four hours, All Just Glass tells the story of a game-changing battle that will forever change the world of the Den of Shadows. And at its center is the story of two sisters who must choose between love and duty. Dark, fully-imagined, and hard to put down, All Just Glass will thrill Amelia's fans—old and new.

James Axler Crimson Waters (Death Lands) A Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780373626168

NUKE SPAWN Everyone who lives in Deathlands must endure the hellscape of a world mutilated by nukes and madness. Survival is a grim pursuit, achieved only by the most ruthless means. Yet Ryan Cawdor and his companions remain determined to persevere by doing whatever it takes to survive. DEATH INFESTATION When a mat-trans malfunction strands Ryan Cawdor and his friends in a gutted redoubt in the West Indies, the crystal waters offer them a tantalizing glimpse of untouched splendor. But the oasis is abruptly shattered by violent and ruthless pirates, and Ryan has to barter with a young guide, a teenage boy on a blood quest against a sadistic local warlord, to navigate a land teeming with predators-mutie, human and animal. The race is on to find a second redoubt, buried deep in the inhospitable heart of Monster Island. As pirates, mutie sec men and monsters converge, the kill zone widens, blood flows...and the group rushes to escape paradise before it destroys them. Because even paradise has claws in Deathlands.

Lee Battersby Australian Author The Corpse-Rat King A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857662873

Marius dos Hellespont and his apprentice, Gerd, are professional looters of battlefields. When they stumble upon the corpse of the King of Scorby and Gerd is killed, Marius is mistaken for the monarch by one of the dead soldiers, is transported down to the Kingdom of the Dead. The dead need a King--the King is God's representative, and someone needs to remind God where they are. Marius is banished to the surface with one message: if he wants to recover his life he must find the dead a King. Which he fully intends to do. Just as soon as he stops running.

Stephen Baxter Bronze Summer (Northland 02) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575089242

An epic wall has been built to keep the sea out. And the history of the world has been changed. A superb alternate history from an SF master. Centuries have passed. The wall that Ana's people built has long outlasted her and history has been changed. The British Isles are still one with the European mainland and Doggerland has become a vibrant and rich land. So rich that it has drawn the attention of the Greeks. An invasion is mounted and soon Greek Biremes are grinding ashore on a coastline we never knew and the world will be changed for ever. Stephen Baxter's new series catapults forward from pre-history into the ancient world and charts a new and wonderful story for our world. This is a superb example of Baxter's belief that anything is possible for mankind - even making a new world.

Iron Winter (Northland 03) Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575089280

Iron Winter (Northland 03) Hardcover $45 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575089266

The final volume in the milennia-spanning trilogy about an England with a very different history to our own... It is 1315. And darkness is falling... Many generations ago the Wall was first built to hold back the sea. Northland, a country of fertile plains and ancient forests rescued from the ocean, has become a thriving civilisation based on trade, technology and tradition, centred on the ancient home of the first builders, Etxelur. The whole of Europe, spanned by the Northlanders' steam caravan lines, has been changed in ways that could never have been predicted. But nothing can last forever, not even the Wall. The weather is changing, growing colder and in the wake of the long winters come famine, destruction and terror. And as whole nations are forced out of their lands and head for warmer climes, it seems that even Northland may not be able to endure. But there is one man, an elderly scholar, who believes he can calculate why the world is cooling and perhaps even salvage some scraps of the great civilisation of Etxelur. As he embarks on his grand quest across the world, as nations struggle for survival and the fires of war burn in the gloom, only one thing is certain. The Ice is coming... Stephen Baxter's epic series of a changed world reaches its chilling conclusion as the medieval world fights for survival in the cold of a winter without end.

Ned Beauman The Teleportation Accident Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780340998434

DON'T LET THIS BOOK DISTRACT YOU This dazzlingly ambitious, furiously original and deftly offensive new novel from author of the acclaimed Boxer, Beetle follows Egon Loeser - avant garde theatre set designer; sex-starved, lust-infused egotist; and all-round total prick. Beginning in 1930s Berlin and spanning the grubbiness and glamour of pre-War Paris and L.A., we follow Loeser's obsessive quest to re-create the perfect stage trick, the great Lavacini's Extraordinary Mechanism for the Almost Instantaneous Transport of Persons from Place to Place (better known as the Teleportation Device) - and to screw the perfect woman, one Adele Hitler. Aside from Loeser's olympically dull friends, we'll meet Scramsfield, a dissembling Bostonian recovering from a botched suicide pact; Colonel Gorge, who suffers from a bizarre condition known as ontological agnosia; and Bailey, a distinguished physicist working on a Teleportation Device of a different, and much more sinister, nature. The Teleportation Accident is a stunningly inventive novel about evasion and distraction; love, lust, sex and desire; transport, teleportation and time-travel; and the chilling disconnect between imagination and reality. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH READING THIS YOU MAY BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

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Alden Bell Exit Kingdom B Paperback $24.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780230768154

Exit Kingdom Hardcover $39.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780230766747

At the end of days, what price salvation? In a world where the undead outnumber the living, Moses Todd roams the post-apocalyptic plains of America. His reprobate brother, Abraham – his only companion – has known little else. Together, they journey because they have to; because they have nowhere to go, and no one to answer to other than themselves. Travelling the bloody wastelands of this ruined world, Moses is looking for a kernel of truth, and a reason to keep going. And a chance encounter presents him with the Vestal Amata, a beguiling and mysterious woman who may hold the key to salvation. But he is not the only one seeking the Vestal. For the Vestal has a gift: a gift that might help save what is left of humanity. And it may take everything he has to free her from the clutches of those who most desire her.

Adam Blake The Demon Code Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781847444660

Three years ago, Heather Kennedy left the Metropolitan police under a shadow that has followed her ever since. Now she has been called in to advise on a supposed burglary in the now-defunct British Museum reading room. Kennedy soon establishes that rather than steal anything, someone has broken into the stacks in order to photograph pages from books about Johann Toller, a crazed prophet of 17th century Europe. Toller believed that the end of days was at hand and he made a number of prophecies relating to the Apocalypse and the events that would precede it. None of them came true. Until now. One after another, the grotesque signs and wonders Toller predicted come to pass, no matter how unlikely they seem. The river Rhine runs bright red, the towers of London bow to kiss the ground and an angel with a fiery sword is seen over Jerusalem. With the help of a nineteen-year-old girl from a secretive tribe and ex-mercenary Leo Tillman, Kennedy must work to stop the next prophecy coming true - the destruction of an unnamed city…

James P Blaylock & Jon Foster (Illustrator) Zeuglodon Hardcover $49.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781596064546

Delusxe edition. A skeletal hand clutching an iron key lies hidden within a mermaid's wooden sarcophagus; a hand-drawn map is stolen from beneath the floorboards an old museum; an eccentric sleeping inventor dreams of a passage to the center of the hollow earth, and by dreaming of the passage, brings it into being. Pursued by kidnappers thinking of riches and murder, Katherine Perkins and her two cousins, junior members of The Guild of St. George, must descend into the depths of the hollow earth in order to return the Sleeper to his ancestral home on the shores of Lake Windermere. But to awaken him might mean the end of his dream, the closing of the Windermere Passage, and the three intrepid explorers marooned in a savage land forgotten by time itself. Zeuglodon, set in the world envisioned in James Blaylock's The Digging Leviathan, is a landscape of color, mystery, and adventure, in which reality and fantasy are shifting currents, and nothing is quite what it seems to be.

Michael Boccacino Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling B+ Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780062122612

We bid you welcome to the House of Darkling… When Nanny Prum, the nanny to the young Darrow boys, is found mysteriously murdered in the forest, Charlotte Markham, the recently hired governess, steps in to care for the children. During an outing in the forest, they find themselves crossing over into The Ending, the place for the things that cannot die, where Lily Darrow, the late mistress of Everton, has been waiting to pick up where she left off. She invites them into the ominous House of Darkling, a wondrous, dangerous place filled with enchantment, mystery and strange creatures that appear to be, but are not quite, human. Through repeated visits with Lily, Charlotte and the boys discover the wonders of the House of Darkling, careful to keep the place and their mother’s existence a secret from their father, Henry Darrow, lest the spell linking the two worlds together be broken. But when the boys and their mother become trapped in the enchanted house, Charlotte has no choice but to confide everything to Henry, whom she finds herself increasingly drawn to. Together they search to find a way to travel back into The Ending, but when they learn the cost demanded from the creatures who inhabit the strange netherworld, Charlotte and Henry must decide if the sacrifice is worth the danger, and if they’ll ever be able to reclaim what’s been ripped from them. Not since Coraline unlocked a door and discovered a distorted world through a mirror has the simple act of walking through a dense fog revealed such a fantastic journey that is so splendidly strange, frightening, and exhilarating.

Phillipa Bornikova This Case Is Gonna Kill Me Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780765333896

In a world where humans endure the laws and politics of long-lived vampires, werewolves and elves in order to avoid becoming prey, law-school graduate Linnet Ellery embarks on a career with a powerful "white fang" firm and is targeted by random violent attacks before making an astonishing discovery about her own abilities.

Sam Bowring Australian Author Lord of Lies (Strange Threads 02) Paperback $24.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780733628276

The spellbinding conclusion to the STRANGE THREADS duology ... The world is crumbling. Fissures crack the shaking ground, babes are born with twisted limbs and the taste of apples is just a memory. Rostigan and the Priestess Yalenna must face those Wardens who remain bent on steeping the land in ruin and, somehow, close the growing Wound in the Great Spell. Standing in their way is a pitiless army commanded by a madman, a sky full of silkjaws and, worst of all, an old friend, once betrayed, whom they must now convince to join them again. There is only one thing for it Rostigan must break an ancient oath and use powers he has dared not touch, powers that could tip the balance in favour of the spreading corruption. Caught in a web of his own deceit, he struggles to live the lies he has spun, for if he cannot, Aorn itself may well be doomed.

Meljean Brook Riveted (Iron Seas 03) Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780425256046

A century after a devastating volcanic eruption forced Iceland's inhabitants to abandon its shores, the island has become enshrouded in legend. Fishermen tell tales of giant trolls guarding the land and of seductive witches who steal men's hearts. But the truth behind the legends is mechanical, not magic - and the mystery of the island a matter of life and death for a community of women who once spilled noble blood to secure their freedom. Five years ago, Annika unwittingly endangered that secret, but her sister took the blame and was exiled. Now Annika serves on the airship, flying from port to port in search of her sister and longing to return home . . . but that home is threatened when expedition leader David Kentewess comes aboard. Determined to solve the mystery of his own origin, David will stop at nothing to expose Annika's secrets. But when disaster strikes, leaving David and Annika stranded on a glacier and pursued by a madman, their very survival depends on keeping the heat rising between them - and generating lots of steam . . .

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Terry Brooks Wards of Faerie Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781841499765

The start of a new Shannara series from the author who kickstarted the modern fantasy phenomenon. There was an age when the world was young. It was a time before the coming of humans, a time when magic was the dominant power - and it was named the age of Faerie. Ever since this time, a bitter war has been raging between the forces of good and evil. And it was during this age that the Elfstones protecting the Elven race disappeared. They have been missing for thousands of years. Now a clue to their location may have surfaced in the ancient diary of a princess and it will be the beginning of an adventure that no-one could have anticipated. This is the beginning of a breathtaking new series from the master of modern fantasy Terry Brooks. Returning to his core Shannara world, this spellbinding series will astound both seasoned Terry Brooks fans and those discovering his magical world for the first time.

Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars Trilogy: A Princess of Mars / The Gods of Mars / The Warlord of Mars (John Carter of Mars 01, 02, 03) Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781442423879

This bind-up of the first three John Carter of Mars books is an ideal 100th anniversary keepsake. Ever since "A Princess of Mars" was published in 1912, readers of all ages have read and loved Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series. Now, 100 years later, this brand-new bind-up contains the first three classic John Carter of Mars books: "A Princess of Mars," "The Gods of Mars," and "The Warlord of Mars." Featuring an Introduction by Bruce Coville and illustrations from three classic fantasy illustrators--Mark Zug, Scott Gustafson, and Scott Fischer--this collection is an incredible value and will be treasured by existing and new fans.

Jack Campbell Jag in Space: Rules of Evidence (Jag in Space) B Paperback $15.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857689429

When the USS Michaelson's sister ship, the USS Maury, is wracked by devastating explosions that destroy its engineering section, Paul Sinclair must find out what really caused the explosions. But the more he learns, the more he faces the terrible possibility that the woman he loves may be guilty of sabotage and murder.

Orson Scott Card Shadow Saga Omnibus (Ender Shadow Saga 01, 02, 03, 04, 05) B Paperback $32.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780356501604

An omnibus edition of the Shadow Saga from the mutliple award-winning author Orson Scott Card. The series which tells the story of Ender's Game from a new angle. Twice an alien race has attacked mankind and twice we have only barely survived. Now, the International Fleet is training exceptional children to command in the next war and defend against the threat of total destruction. The next candidate picked for the rigorous Battle School will be Bean, an orphaned runt surviving on the mean streets of Rotterdam. Displaying staggering tactical genius, Bean will soon become right-hand man to the legendary 'Ender' Wiggin. Together they will lead mankind into its final battle - and change the world in ways no one could have predicted. Intended as a parallel series to the compelling Ender Saga, this omnibus edition of THE SHADOW SAGA also stands on its own as a shining example of the best the science fiction genre has to offer. This omnibus edition contains: ENDER'S SHADOW, SHADOW OF THE HEGEMON, SHADOW PUPPETS and SHADOW OF THE GIANT.

Amanda Carlson Full Blooded (01) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780356501260

Born the only female in an all-male werewolf race, Jessica McClain isn't just different - she's feared. After living under the radar for the last twenty-six years, Jessica is thrust unexpectedly into her first change, a full ten years late. She wakes up and finds she's in the middle of a storm. Now that she's become the only female full-blooded werewolf in town, the supernatural world is already clamouring to take a bite out of her. Now her new Pack must rise up and protect her. But not everyone is on board. There are certain superstitious werewolves who think Jessica means an end to their race - and they're not about to go down without a fight.

Michael Carroll Stronger (Super Human Clash 03) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780399257612

The critically acclaimed Super Human series reaches its shocking conclusion All Gethin Rao wants is to be like every other boy his age. But normal twelve-year-olds aren't blue. And they certainly aren't thirteen feet tall. That's what happens when his superpowers kick in. And from that moment on, his life is never the same. Treated as a villain--a monster--Gethin spends the rest of his life on the run or as a prisoner in a secret military facility. When he finally escapes, he falls in with a group of superpowered teens and becomes the one thing he never thought he'd be: a hero. But as the years pass by and he takes the name Brawn, Gethin learns that being a good guy is a lot more difficult than he thought. Michael Carroll delves deeper into the life of one of his favorite characters and in the process gives readers his most satisfying, exciting adventure yet, which leads directly into his Quantum Prophecy trilogy.

Charlie Carter Time Theives (Omega Squad 01) B Paperback $12.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742610931

Thirteen-year-old Napoleon Augustus Smythe (Battle Boy 005) is now Battle Agent 005. Along with BA004 (a super smart boy but a real smarty pants too), BA009 (a girl with attitude and no time for a smarty pants) and super soldier TEX, he is a member of the Omega Squad, an elite team of Time Troopers sent back into history for Operation Battle Book. Professor Perdu, their mission controller, is worried. Someone is stealing the TIME and ENERGY bundles from the Battle Books. But who is behind these attacks? And why? Omega Squad is sent on a series of Master Missions to investigate these clandestine forces who seek to use Operation Battle Book for evil ends.

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Michael Cassutt & David S Goyer Heaven's Shadow (Heaven's 01) Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780330541374

In 2016 a pair of amateur astronomers spot an unidentified object – an object one hundred kilometres across and heading towards Earth. As it approaches, NASA and the Russian-Indian-Brazilian Coalition race to land vehicles on the unexplored surface. With power, money and politics behind each mission, both crews have orders to stop at nothing to get there first. Zack Stewart, NASA's team leader, is determined to succeed. But as they're about to land, violent explosions from the meteorite's surface propel it directly into Earth's orbit. Analysis shows the explosions were timed and deliberate – but by whom and why? As the world holds its breath, Zack makes a discovery that will change the course of humanity... forever.

Michael Cassutt & David S Goyer Heaven's War (Heaven's 02) Hardcover $39.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780230757035

When an unidentified object is spotted hurtling towards Earth, two rival teams race to claim it. But the affectionately-named Keanu conceals astonishing and dangerous secrets. Instead of barren rock, astronauts discover a giant ship with an extra-terrestrial crew. A ship that had headed to Earth with a mission and a message: Help Us. A brave new frontier beckons, but we are about to learn that it comes with a price. Without warning or explanation, small groups of humans are transported from the competing scientific communities of Houston and Bangalore to the vast interior habitats of Keanu. Their first task is to stay alive. Their second, to explore the potential of their strange new home and locate their keepers. But most significantly of all, as the ship starts to break down around them, they must figure out why they were brought here and forge a path home.

John Connolly The Wrath of Angels (Charlie Parker 11) Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781444756456

In the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. What the wreckage conceals is more important than money: it is power. Hidden in the plane is a list of names, a record of those who have struck a deal with the Devil. Now a battle is about to commence between those who want the list to remain secret and those who believe that it represents a crucial weapon in the struggle against the forces of darkness. The race to secure the prize draws in private detective Charlie Parker, a man who knows more than most about the nature of the terrible evil that seeks to impose itself on the world, and who fears that his own name may be on the list. It lures others too: a beautiful, scarred woman with a taste for killing; a silent child who remembers his own death; and the serial killer known as the Collector, who sees in the list new lambs for his slaughter. But as the rival forces descend upon this northern state, the woods prepare to meet them, for the forest depths hide other secrets. Someone has survived the crash. Some thing has survived the crash. And it is waiting . . .

Larry Correia Monster Hunter Legion (Monster Hunter 04) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451637960

Monster Hunter Legions (Signed) (Monster Hunter 04) Hardcover $49.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451637977

Monster Hunter International might be the premier monster eradication company in the business, but they've got competition. When hunters from around the world gather in Las Vegas for a conference, a creature left over from a World War Two weapons experiment wakes up and goes on a rampage across the desert. A not-so-friendly wager between the rival companies turns into a race to see who can bag the mysterious creature first. Only there is far more to this particular case than meets the eye, and as Hunters fall prey to their worst nightmares, Owen Zastava Pitt and the staff of Monster Hunter International have to stop an ancient god from turning Sin City into a literal hell on earth.

Michael Crichton & Richard Preston Micro B Paperback $16.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780732283612

Three men are found dead in the locked second floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultra-fine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier. But once in the Oahu rainforest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the innate powers of nature itself. An instant classic, MICRO pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion. Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.

Casey Daniels Supernatural Born Killers A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780425251522

While planning an annual party to attract new sponsors, Pepper Martin, Garden View Cemetery's new community relations manager and reluctant medium, must help a dead man, who happens to be her ex-boyfriend's former partner, solve the mystery of his death.

Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross Rapture of the Nerds, The Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780765329103

Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century. Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures t he sun. The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar-system has largely sworn off its pre-post-human cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander - and when that happens, it casually spams Earth's networks with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures, and spiritual systems. A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick schemes, but there's always someone who'll take a bite from the forbidden apple. So until the overminds bore of stirring Earth's anthill, there's Tech Jury Service: random humans, selected arbitrarily, charged with assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whether to let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic, misanthropic Welshman, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he does his best to perform despite an itchy technovirus, the apathy of the proletariat, and a couple of truly awful moments on bathroom floors.

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Ian Douglas Bloodstar (Star Corpsman) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780061894763

Arriving on Bloodworld--a nightmarish planet colonized by fanatical Salvationists who created an inhospitable world where they could suffer for humanity's sins--Navy Corpsman Elliot Carlyle and the Bravo Company hold the fate of Earth in their hands as they confront powerful enemies.

Janet Edwards Earth Girl B Paperback $16.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780007443499

2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. While everyone else portals between worlds, 18-year-old Jarra is among the one in a thousand people born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Sent to Earth at birth to save her life, she has been abandoned by her parents. She can’t travel to other worlds, but she can watch their vids, and she knows all the jokes they make. She’s an ‘ape’, a ‘throwback’, but this is one ape girl who won’t give in. Jarra invents a fake background for herself - as a normal child of Military parents - and joins a class of norms that is on Earth to excavate the ruins of the old cities. When an ancient skyscraper collapses, burying another research team, Jarra’s role in their rescue puts her in the spotlight. No hiding at back of class now. To make life more complicated, she finds herself falling in love with one of her classmates - a norm from another planet. Somehow, she has to keep the deception going. A freak solar storm strikes the atmosphere, and the class is ordered to portal off-world for safety - no problem for a real child of military parents, but fatal for Jarra. The storm is so bad that the crews of the orbiting solar arrays have to escape to planet below: the first landing from space in 600 years. And one is on collision course with their shelter.

Kate Elliott Cold Fire (Spiritwalker 02) B Paperback $22.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781841498843

Cold Fire (Spiritwalker 02) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780316080989

Cat and her cousin are key players in a drama of dragons and politics. Everyone wants something from them - including the warlord who's conquering all Europa and the Cold Mages who dare defy him. But the Master of the Wild Hunt is most dangerous of all. He will command Cat's loyalty using what she holds most dear. In a world where science and magic are at war, one girl must save those she loves, or lose everything.

Steven Erikson Forge of Darkness (Malazan Prequel 01) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780765323569

A first installment of a new trilogy set millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen introduces Kurald Galain, a Darkness leader whose fate is tied to the shaping of the Malazan Empire and a challenge between a consort and a commoner hero for the hand of Mother Dark. Now is the time to tell the story of an ancient realm, a tragic tale that sets the stage for all the tales yet to come and all those already told... It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power. and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold... Steven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut Gardens of the Moon. Now he returns with the first novel in a trilogy that takes place millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen and introduces readers to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness. It is the epic story of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in shaping the world of the Malazan Empire.

Jennifer Estep Widow's Web (Elemental Assassin 07) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451651775

Gin Blanco, an assassin known as the Spider, plays a dangerous game with her adversary, Salina, who, using her water-elemental magic, is involved with a shady local casino owner and wants Gin's lover Owen Grayson for herself.

Chris Evans Ashes of a Black Frost (Iron Elves Iron Elves 03) Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781439180679

In this third novel of musket and magic in the Iron Elves saga, Konowa’s ultimate journey is fraught with escalating danger. A vast, black forest finds a new source of dark power, spawning creatures even more monstrous than the blood trees from which they evolve. The maniacally unstable former emissary of the Shadow Monarch hungers for revenge, leading an army of ravenous beasts bent on utterly destroying the Iron Elves. A reluctant hero, Private Alwyn Renwar, struggles to maintain his connection to this world and that of the loyalty of the shades of the dead. And in a maze of underground tunnels, Visyna Tekoy, who Konowa thinks has died, fights for her life against the very elves he so desperately wants to find. And so Konowa sets off from this Canyon of Bones, pursuing his freedom from a curse that has cast his life in darkness. For though his long, violent trek may indeed lead him to his destiny, he is ill prepared for the discovery he will make…with the fate of the Iron Elves, and the world, hinging on the courage of one wrathful elf. Packed with wit, high adventure, and political intrigue, Ashes of a Black Frost is an exciting addition in the tradition of Tolkien’s best.

Christine Feehan Dark Predator (Dark Carpathian 19) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780749954840

Dark Predator (Carpathian) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780515151107

Hunter of the undead and master executioner Zacarias De La Cruz returns to Peru where he finds betrayal, vengeance and the consequences of his family's bloody legacy

Dark Storm (Dark Carpathian 20) Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780749957537

Return to the seductive world of Christine Feehan's New York Times bestselling Carpathian novels as roiling passions collide in a perfect storm of dangerous desire that only a precious few can hope to outrun... Awakening after all this time in a world of absolute darkness and oppressive heat, Dax wonders in how many ways the world above must have changed. But it is how he has changed that fills him with dread and loathing. Buried alive for hundreds of years in a volcano in the Carpathian Mountains, Dax fears that he has become the full-fledged abomination that every Carpathian male fears, a victim of the insidious evil that has crept relentlessly into his mind and body over the centuries. But there are some things that never change. His name is Mitro, the vampire Dax had hunted all these long centuries. Second in command to the prince of the Carpathian people he is the epitome of everything malevolent and perpetrator of one of the most shocking killing sprees known to man - and beast. Even his friends and family weren't safe from Mitro's bloodlust. Neither was Mitro's lifemate, Arabejila, an extraordinary woman with extraordinary gifts. But now that Dax has re-emerged, so too has Mitro. The ultimate battle between good and evil has been re-engaged. Between Dax and Mitro, a violent game has begun - one that has marked Riley Parker, the last descendent of Arabejila, as the reward.

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Brian Fies Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781419704413

This original graphic novel tells the story of a boy's relationship with his father. Spanning the period from the 1939 World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it depicts an optimistic and ambitious era fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets, middle-class pop culture, and the atom bomb. Award-winning author Brian Fies presents his story - an insightful look at relationships and the promise of the future - in a way that only comics and graphic novels can. A lively trip through a half century of technological evolution, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation - and the enduring promise of the future.

Max Frei The Stranger's Magic (Labyrinths of Echo 03) Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575089846

Max Frei has discovered that the one place he really fits in is the parallel world of Echo. In our world he's a loser, an insomniac with dubious social skills and an addiction to cigarettes. But in Echo, the reality is far stranger. There he is Sir Max, a superb magician and one of the powerful few chosen to defend the land against all possible enemies. And he's finally happy. But when one of his esteemed Knight colleagues tells Max of a strange dream - one that seems disturbingly familiar to Max - Max realises he will have to investigate. The subsequent series of events will remind our hero - and the people he protects - just how tenuous happiness can be. It could be his most dangerous mission yet, but The Stranger's Magic may win him through.

Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days Deluxe Edition Hardcover $34.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781401234577

Providing tantalizing glimpses into the fantastical worlds he would create and nurture, NEIL GAIMAN'S MIDNIGHT DAYS collects some of the accomplished author's earliest work, including tales featuring John Constantine, Swamp Thing and the first and only meeting between The Golden Age Sandman and The Sandman of the Endless.

Elizabeth George The Edge of Nowhere (01) Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781444719956

Becca King and her mother are on the run from her stepfather who has used Becca's talent for hearing 'whispers' to make a large and illegal sum of money. Now their options for safety are running out. In the town of Langley on Whidbey Island, Becca finds refuge in the home of her mother's childhood friend while her mother continues on to Canada in search of safety. But on her first day in town Becca meets sixteen years old Derric Nyombe Matheson a Ugandan orphan who was adopted as a ten-year-old by the town's Deputy Sheriff. Derric has a secret that no one on Whidbey Island knows. Derric and Becca form an un-severable bond. Becca is convinced that she's the only person who can truly help him, and just maybe Derric can convince Becca that life is too short to live on the run.

Carol Goodman Water Witch (Fairwick Chronicles 02) Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780091940201

“You have only to call my name to bring me back,” he whispered, his breath hot in my ear. “You have only to love me to make me human.” Callie McFay is the guardian of the last gateway between the world of Faerie and mankind. Seduced by a powerful Incubus demon, she has succeeded in banishing Liam to the Borderlands but he still haunts her dreams, tempting her with the knowledge of how to bring him back. But loving an Incubus usually ends in death for a human. For her own sake Callie must learn to control her desires and ensure Liam remains trapped for all eternity in his watery prison. Only there is a more dangerous creature than Liam in the Borderlands. The Water Witch is also looking for a way back…

Tessa Gratton Blood Keeper Trade Paperback $21.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857530943

The murder of her parents has left Silla damaged and lost, and Silla's insistence that her father is not to blame only alienates her further from her friends and family. When a mysterious spell book arrives, Silla hopes it will lead to some answers about her parents' killer. In her first attempt at magic, in an old graveyard near her home, Nick, the new boy in town spies on her; he recognizes the magic that Silla is performing as the same magic his mother performed with him, before she went mad. Before long, Silla and Nick connect, though Nick is unwilling to share his history with Blood Magic with Silla. When Silla's friends start showing signs of possession, Silla, Nick and Silla's brother, Reese, must contend with a deadly, immortal woman who will stop at nothing to take the book of spells from them.

Thomas Greanis The Atlantis Revelation (Atlantis 03) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781416589136

The adventure begins with the wreckage of a sunken Nazi submarine and a shocking legacy of Hitler’s quest for Atlantis. Archaeologist Conrad Yeats discovers in the ruins of the Third Reich the key to an ancient conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of every major government. Suddenly Yeats is plunged into a deadly race across the Mediterranean, hunted by the assassins of an international organization that will stop at nothing to ignite global Armageddon and revive an empire. And only Serena Serghetti, the beautiful Vatican linguist he loved and lost, can help him save the world from the Atlantis Revelation. ??Jam-packed with political and prophetic intrigue and praised by the biggest names in thrillers, The Atlantis Revelation is an unforgettable blockbuster.

Simon R Green Ghost of a Dream (Ghost Finder) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781937007737

While investigating a haunting at the long-abandoned Haybarn Theatre, the Ghost Finders, led by unbearably arrogant J. C. Chance, think this will be an easy assignment until they encounter an ancient evil whose ability to alter reality tests all of their skills.

Kate Griffin Stray Souls (Magicals Anonymous 01) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780356500645

London's soul has gone missing. Lost Kidnapped Murdered Nobody knows - but when Sharon Li unexpectedly discovers she's a shaman, she is immediately called upon to use her newfound powers of oneness with the City to rescue it from a slow but inevitable demise. The problem is, while everyone expects Sharon to have all the answers - from the Midnight Mayor to Sharon's magically-challenged self-help group - she doesn't have a clue where to start. But with London's soul missing and the Gate open, there are creatures loose that won't wait for her to catch up before they go hunting.

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Susan Griffith & Clay Griffith The Kingmakers (Vampire Earth 03) Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781616146740

A war to the death. Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, serves the Equatorian cause, fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But the human armies are pinned down, battered by harsh weather and merciless attacks from vampire packs. To even the odds, Adele unleashes the power of her geomancy, a fearsome weapon capable of slaughtering vampires in vast numbers. However, the power she expends threatens her own life even as she questions the morality of such a weapon. As the war turns ever bloodier and Adele is threatened by betrayal, Gareth faces a terrible choice. Their only hope is a desperate strike against the lord of the vampire clans—Gareth's brother, Cesare. It is a gamble that could win the war or signal the final days of the Greyfriar. The Vampire Empire trilogy rushes to a heart-wrenching conclusion of honor and love, hatred and vengeance, sacrifice and loss.

Richard E Gropp Bad Glass Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780345533937

Something has happened in Spokane. The military has evacuated the city and locked it down. Even so, disturbing rumors and images seep out, finding their way onto the Internet, spreading curiosity, skepticism, and panic. For what they show is - or should be - impossible: strange creatures that cannot exist, sudden disappearances that violate the laws of physics, human bodies fused with inanimate objects, trapped yet still half alive. . . . Dean Walker, an aspiring photographer, sneaks into the quarantined city in search of fame. What he finds will change him in unimaginable ways. Hooking up with a group of outcasts led by a beautiful young woman named Taylor, Dean embarks on a journey into the heart of a mystery whose philosophical implications are as terrifying as its physical manifestations. Even as he falls in love with Taylor - a woman as damaged and seductive as the city itself - his already tenuous hold on reality starts to come loose. Or perhaps it is Spokane's grip on the world that is coming undone. Now, caught up in a web of interlacing secrets and betrayals, Dean, Taylor, and their friends must make their way through this ever-shifting maze of a city, a city that is actively hunting them down, herding them toward a shocking destiny.

Carrie Harris Bad Taste in Boys Trade Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780385739696

Someone's been a very bad zombie. Kate Grable is horrified to find out that the football coach has given the team steroids. Worse yet, the steriods are having an unexpected effect, turning hot gridiron hunks into mindless flesh-eating zombies. No one is safe--not her cute crush Aaron, not her dorky brother, Jonah . . . not even Kate! She's got to find an antidote--before her entire high school ends up eating each other. So Kate, her best girlfriend, Rocky, and Aaron stage a frantic battle to save their town . . . and stay hormonally human.

Charlaine Harris The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (Sookie Stackhouse) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575097155

A Complete Guide to the Sookie Stackhouse Series THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE COMPANION is a unique guide to Sookie Stackhouse and her dark fantasy southern-Gothic world, as well as an in-depth look at the award-winning HBO series Trueblood. The book will feature a brand-new Sookie story and Charlaine's own map of Bon Temps, never before published, with every place of interest in the town, including Merlotte's bar and Sookie's home. Other treats include: An introduction by Charlaine about the impact Sookie Stackhouse has had on her writing career and the influence on the genre at large; A large section on the award-winning HBO series Trueblood; Detailed summaries of each novel and entries on every important character, event and setting in the series, in Sookie's voice; An overview of Sookie's world, including information on the vampires, shapeshifter/wereanimal and fairie factions; Interviews with Charlaine Harris and Alan Ball; and a selection of favourite Bon Temps recipes.

M John Harrison Empty Space: A Haunting Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575096318

EMPTY SPACE is a space adventure. We begin with the following dream: An alien research tool the size of a brown dwarf star hangs in the middle of nowhere, as a result of an attempt to place it equidistant from everything else in every possible universe. Somewhere in the fractal labyrinth beneath its surface, a woman lies on an allotropic carbon deck, a white paste of nanomachines oozing from the corner of her mouth. She is neither conscious nor unconscious, dead nor alive. There is something wrong with her cheekbones. At first you think she is changing from one thing into another - perhaps it's a cat, perhaps it's something that only looks like one - then you see that she is actually trying to be both things at once. She is waiting for you, she has been waiting for you for perhaps 10,000 years. She comes from the past, she comes from the future. She is about to speak... EMPTY SPACE is a sequel to LIGHT and NOVA SWING, three strands presented in alternating chapters which will work their way separately back to this image of frozen transformation.

Maria Dahvana Headley Queen of Kings (01) Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857500397

What if Cleopatra didn't die in 30 BC alongside her beloved Mark Antony? What if she couldn't die? What if she became immortal? Queen of Kings is the first instalment in an epic, epoch-spanning story of one woman's clash with the Roman Empire and the gods of Egypt in a quest to save everything she holds dear. As Octavian Caesar (later Augustus) and his legions march into Alexandria, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, summons Sekhmet, the goddess of Death and Destruction, in a desperate attempt to resurrect her husband, who has died by his own hand, and save her kingdom. But this deity demands something in return: Cleopatra's soul. Against her will, Egypt's queen becomes a blood-craving, shape-shifting immortal: a not-quite-human manifestation of a goddess who seeks to destroy the world. Battling to preserve something of her humanity, Cleopatra pursues Octavian back to Rome - she desires revenge, she yearns for her children - and she craves blood... It is a dangerous journey she must make. She will confront witches, mythic monsters, the gods of ancient Greece and Rome, and her own, warring nature. She will kill but she will also find mercy. She will raise an extraordinary army to fight her enemies, and she will see her beloved Antony again. But to save him from the endless torment of Hades, she must make a devastating sacrifice. Brutally authentic historical fiction meets the darkest of fantasy in Maria Dahvana Headley's extraordinary debut novel about the most famous woman in history: Cleopatra, Queen of Kings.

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Kevin Hearne Tricked (Iron Druid Chronicles 04) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780356501963

Druid Atticus O'Sullivan hasn't stayed alive for more than two millennia without a fair bit of Celtic cunning. So when vengeful thunder gods come Norse by Southwest looking for payback, Atticus, with a little help from the Navajo trickster god Coyote, lets them think that they've chopped up his body in the Arizona desert. But the mischievous Coyote is not above a little sleight of paw and Atticus soon finds that he's been duped into battling bloodthirsty desert shapeshifters called skinwalkers. Just when the Druid thinks he's got a handle on all the duplicity, betrayal comes from an unlikely source. If Atticus survives this time, he vows he won't be fooled again. Famous last words.

Peter Heller The Dog Stars Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780755392605

A novel about the end of the world which makes you happy to be alive. Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys, and saves his remaining fuel. But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually the temptation to find out who else is still alive becomes irresistible. So he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won't have enough fuel to get back. What follows is scarier and more life-affirming than he could have imagined. And his story, THE DOG STARS, is a book unlike any you have ever read.

Lynda Hilburn The Vampire Shrink Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857387288

As a rational scientist who knows full well that vampires are all hokum, Kismet Knight is the perfect choice to counsel troubled wannabe vamps. That is until she meets Devereux: a sexy, mysterious man who claims to be a real – and immensely powerful – 800-year-old vampire. Before she knows what's happening, she is pulled into a whirlwind of inexplicable events that start her questioning everything she once believed about the paranormal. Kismet Knight is about to achieve her dream job – but becoming the Vampire Shrink is going to change her life. Forever.

M K Hume Australian Author Death of an Empire (Prophecy 02) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780755371488

The second dramatic episode in the heroic life of Merlin. Merlin's epic quest continues as he journeys to Constantinople in search of his father. Myrddion Emrys of Segontium is the product of a brutal rape, but when King Vortigern hints at his father's identity, Myrddion embarks on a journey across France and Italy to Constantinople. It is a voyage that is to turn the young healer into a man of great renown. Serving under General Flavius Aetius at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, Myrddion saves the lives of thousands of warriors and, on his arrival in Rome, he heals many more, including Cleoxenes, Envoy to Emperor Theodosius of the East, on his way to a delegation with Attila the Hun. But a deadlier conflict between Emperor Valentinian of the West and Senator Petronius Maximus is still to come and Myrddion must use all his strength to carry out his work in a world that is evil.

Alexandra Ivy Fear the Darkness (Guardians of Eternity) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781420111378

Caine, a pure-blooded were in need of redemption, struggles to keep Cassie, a were prophet gifted with visions that portend the fate of the world, safe as her visions lead them to a deadly enemy bent on destroying the world.

Benedict Jacka Australian Author Taken (Alex Verus 03) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780356500263

Taken (Alex Verus 03) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781937007720

Welcome to Fountain Reach. Ancient seat of the Aubuchon dynasty. Majestic setting of the White Stone tournament. Alex Verus' (not necessarily reliable) reputation attracts all sorts. Most are plain bonkers. Yet there's one invitation he just can't refuse. At Fountain Reach, Alex is perfectly placed among the noted and notorious to figure out why apprentices have been vanishing. But the tournament is a minefield of ancient grudges and new threats and Alex can't afford to miss a trick as his elusive adversary stays one step ahead in this most dangerous of games.

Iris Johansen What Doesn't Kill You (Eve Duncan) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780312651299

In this breathtaking thriller, number-one bestselling author Iris Johansen showcases one of her most fascinating characters—pitted against one of the most ruthless killers… Abandoned on the streets of Hong Kong, Catherine Ling was schooled in the art of survival by the mysterious Hu Chang, a master assassin and poisoner. Now recruited by the CIA, Catherine finds herself caught between worlds when her mentor develops a formula that is extremely fatal, virtually untraceable—and highly coveted. On the hunt for this prize are a rogue operative, a band of criminals, and a man so evil he kills without remorse. Catherine will do anything to protect those she loves: Hu Chang and her son Luke. But she will have to use every deadly weapon, every double cross, every lethal lesson she ever learned—to prove that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Hillary Jordan When She Woke B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780007456727

Hannah Payne’s life has been devoted to church and family, but after her arrest, she awakens to a nightmare: she is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing new Chromes - criminals whose skin colour has been genetically altered to match the class of their crime - is a new and sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. The victim, according to the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she’s shared a fierce and forbidden love. WHEN SHE WOKE is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future - where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicises faith.

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Richard Kadrey Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim 02) $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780007460984

James Stark, a.k.a. Sandman Slim, crawled out of Hell, took bloody revenge for his girlfriend's murder, and saved the world along the way. After that, what do you do for an encore? You take a lousy job tracking down monsters for money. It's a depressing gig, but it pays for your beer and cigarettes. But in L.A., things can always get worse. Like when Lucifer comes to town to supervise his movie biography and drafts Stark as his bodyguard. Sandman Slim has to swim with the human and inhuman sharks of L.A.'s underground power elite. That's before the murders start. And before he runs into the Czech porn star who isn't quite what she seems. Even before all those murdered people start coming back from the dead and join a zombie army that will change our world and Stark's forever. Death bites. Life is worse. All things considered, Hell's not looking so bad.

Devil Said Bang (Sandman Slim) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780062094575

Trying to break out of Hell a second time, Sandman Slim, the new Lucifer, must figure out how to run his new domain and hold off a vast array of killers who want to take his place while a serial killer ghost and a secret cabal who can rewrite reality terrorize Los Angeles.

Taylor Keating Fair Game A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780765365491

Drawing on her Fae magic, video game designer River Weston creates a computer-generated program to protect humans during battle, only to discover that her creation has placed all of humankind in great danger and must convince Guardian Chase Hawkins that its not too late to save Earth.

Sherrilyn Kenyon Dance With the Devil (Dark Hunter) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781250009135

Zarek's Point of View: Dark-Hunter: A soulless guardian who stands between mankind and those who would see mankind destroyed. Yeah, right. The only part of that Code of Honor I got was eternity and solitude. Insanity: A condition many say I suffer from after being alone for so long. But I don't suffer from my insanity-I enjoy every minute of it. Trust: I can't trust anyone...not even myself. The only thing I trust in is my ability to do the wrong thing in any situation and to hurt anyone who gets in my way. Truth: I endured a lifetime as a Roman slave, and 900 years as an exiled Dark-Hunter. Now I'm tired of enduring. I want the truth about what happened the night I was exiled-I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Astrid (Greek, meaning star): An exceptional woman who can see straight to the truth. Brave and strong, she is a point of light in the darkness. She touches me and I tremble. She smiles and my cold heart shatters. Zarek: They say even the most damned man can be forgiven. I never believed that until the night Astrid opened her door to me and made this feral beast want to be human again. Made me want to love and be loved. But how can an ex-slave whose soul is owned by a Greek goddess ever dream of touching, let alone holding, a fiery star?

Sherrilyn Kenyon & Dianna Love The Curse (Belador Code 03) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451671988

When demonic Svart Trolls invade Atlanta, Evalle Kincaid seeks help from Black Ops specialist Isak Nyght, which further complicates her relationship with the mysterious Skinwalker, Storm, especially when she exposes a secret that endangers all she holds dear.

Stephen King & Peter Straub The Talisman A Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451697216

Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack’s dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world of the Territories. In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell a radish being pulled from the ground a mile away—and a life can be snuffed out instantly in the continuing struggle between good and evil. And Jack discovers “Twinners,” reflections of the people he knows on earth—most notably Queen Laura, the “Twinner” of Jack’s own imperiled mother. As Jack “flips” between worlds, making his way westward toward the redemptive Talisman, an array of heart-stopping encounters challenges him at every step. An unforgettable epic of adventure and resounding triumph, The Talisman is one of the most influential and highly praised works of fantasy ever written.

Caitlin Kittredge Soul Trade A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780312388256

When Pete Caldecott and her partner and boyfriend Jack Winter are "cordially" invited to a gathering of the Prometheus Club, they must face down an army of demons and discover that membership comes at a high price--and could bring about the end of the world.

Dean Koontz Odd Apocalypse (Odd Thomas 05) Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780007327003

Odd Thomas has seen danger and he has seen death. He lives between two worlds, communicating with the lingering dead. He stands between us and our darkest fears, never failing the tests that confront him, whatever the cost. Now he has found refuge in a crumbling mansion in Santa Barbara, along with his closest friends both living and dead. But the house is a place of terrible secrets, haunted by lingering spirits. And there is a stranger, more frightening presence still …

77 Shadow Street B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780007452989

The Pendleton stands on the summit of Shadow Hill, a palace built in the late 19th century as a tycoon’s dream home. But its grandeur has been scarred by episodes of madness, suicide and mass murder. Since being converted into luxury apartments in the 70s, however, the Pendleton has been at peace. For its fortunate residents -- among them ex-marine Bailey Hawk, songwriter Twyla Trahern and her young son Winny -- the Pendleton is a sanctuary, its dark past all but forgotten. But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, elevators plunge into unknown depths. It seems that whatever drove past occupants to their unspeakable fates is at work again. As nightmare visions become real, a group of extraordinary individuals hold the key to humanity’s destiny. Welcome to 77 Shadow Street.

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Jay Kristoff Australian Author Stormdancer (Lotus War 01) Hardcover $39.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780230759015

Griffins are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior father Masaru are sent to capture one for the Shogun, they fear that their lives are over. Everyone knows what happens to those who fail him, no matter how hopeless the task. But the mission proves far less impossible, and far more deadly, than anyone expects – and soon Yukiko finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in her country's last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled griffin for company. But trapped together in the forest, Yukiko and Buruu soon discover a friendship that neither of them expected.

Victoria Lamb Witchstruck Paperback $16.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780552566117

Meg Lytton has always known of her dark and powerful gift. Raised a student of the old magick by her Aunt Jane, casting the circle to see visions of the future and concocting spells from herbs and bones has always been as natural to Meg as breathing. But there has never been a more dangerous time to practise the craft, for it is 1554, and the sentence for any woman branded a witch is hanging, or burning at the stake. Sent to the ruined, isolated palace of Woodstock to serve the disgraced Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and half-sister of Queen Mary, Meg discovers her skills are of interest to the outcast princess, who is desperate to know if she will ever claim the throne. But Meg's existence becomes more dangerous every day, with the constant threat of exposure by the ruthless witchfinder Marcus Dent, and the arrival of a young Spanish priest, Alejandro de Castillo, to whom Meg is irresistibly drawn - despite their very different attitudes to her secret. Thrilling and fast-paced, this is the first unputdownable story in a bewitching new series.

Sharon Lee & Steve Miller Ghost Ship (Liaden Theo Waitley 03) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451637922

Hoping to leave her misfit past behind her, ace starship pilot Theo Waitley, the daughter of a renowned scholar mother and an interstellar aristocrat father, discovers her heritage as the leader of a powerful Liaden clan before she is targeted by influential enemies.

Dragon Ship (Liaden Universe) Hardcover $29.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451637984

Inheriting the precarious captaincy of a mysterious self-aware ship designed to serve a long-dead trader, maverick courier pilot Theo Waitley runs a trade route for Clan Korval while struggling to convince the ship that she is a worthy human half of their symbiotic relationship, a situation that is challenged by her lover's life-threatening illness and a hostile uprising that threatens hundreds of stranded crewmen.

Pittacus Lore Power of Six (Lorien Legacies 02) B Paperback $16.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780141047850

They killed Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in Engl and. And Number Three in Kenya. They tried to kill Number Four in Ohio . . . and failed. I am Number Seven. And I am ready. Six of us are left. We hide, blend in, avoid one another, but our Legacies are developing. And one day soon we'll be ready to fight back. Is the appearance of Number Four the sign we've been waiting for? And what about Numbers Five and Six? Is the raven-haired girl from my dreams one of them? A girl with powers beyond anything I have ever imagined. A girl strong enough to bring the six of us together . . . I am Number Seven. And I am ready to fight.

The Rise of Nine (Lorien Legacies 03) Trade Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780718159696

In the beginning we were a group of nine. Nine aliens who left our home planet of Lorien when it fell under attack from the deadly Mogodorians. We scattered on earth and went into hiding. We look like ordinary teenagers. We are not. Until I met John Smith, Number Four, I'd been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive. Together we are much more powerful. But it could only last so long before we had to separate. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They caught me in New York - but I escaped. I am Number Six. The Mogodorians want to finish what they started. But they'll have to fight us first.

Katie MacAlister A Tale of Two Vampires (Dark Ones 10) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780451237736

While spending the summer in Austria to indulge her photography hobby, Iolanthe Tennyson is transported back in time to the 18th century where she comes to the aid of dangerously sexy vampire Nikola Czerny, a cursed man who is forced by his half brothers to live forever as a Dark One.

Evan Mandery Q: A Love Story B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780007467945

Would you give up the love of your life on the advice of a stranger? A picturesque love story begins at the cinema when our hero - an unacclaimed writer, unorthodox professor and unmistakeable New Yorker - first meets Q, his one everlasting love. Over the following weeks, in the rowboats of Central Park, on the miniature golf courses of Lower Manhattan, under a pear tree in Q’s own inner-city Eden, their miraculous romance accelerates and blossoms. Nothing, it seems -- not even the hostilities of Q’s father or the impending destruction of Q’s garden -- can disturb the lovers, or obstruct their advancing wedding. They are destined to be together. Until one day a man claiming to be our hero’s future self tells him he must leave Q. In Q, Evan Mandery has fashiond an epic love story on quantum foundations. The novel wears its philosophical and narrative sophistication lightly: with exuberant, direct and witty prose, Mandery brings an essayist’s poise to this fabulous romance. And, finally, Q has an ending that will melt even the darkest heart.

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Evie Manieri Blood's Pride Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857389411

A generation has passed since the Norlanders' great ships bore down on Shadar, and the Dead Ones slashed and burned the city into submission, enslaving the Shadari people. Now the Norlander governor is dying and, as his three alienated children struggle against the crushing isolation of their lives, the Shadari rebels spot their opening and summon the Mongrel, a mysterious mercenary warrior who has never yet lost a battle. But her terms are unsettling: she will name her price only after the Norlanders have been defeated. A single question is left for the Shadari: is there any price too high for freedom?

Blood's Price Hardcover $39.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857389428

A generation has passed since the Norlanders' great ships bore down on Shadar, and the Dead Ones slashed and burned the city into submission, enslaving the Shadari people. Now the Norlander governor is dying and, as his three alienated children struggle against the crushing isolation of their lives, the Shadari rebels spot their opening and summon the Mongrel, a mysterious mercenary warrior who has never yet lost a battle. But her terms are unsettling: she will name her price only after the Norlanders have been defeated. A single question is left for the Shadari: is there any price too high for freedom?

George R R Martin (Inspired by), Chelsea Monroe-Cassel & Sariann Lehrer Feast Of Ice And Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook (Song of Ice and Fire) $39.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780007488506

You’ve seen the series now it’s time to feast on dishes straight from Westeros and the Free Cities. A Feast of Ice and Fire will delight fans of the books and award-winning HBO series alike. Includes a Foreword by George R. R. Martin. Ever wonder what it’s like to attend a feast at Winterfell? Wish you could split a lemon cake with Sansa Stark, scarf down a pork pie with the Night’s Watch, or indulge in honeyfingers with Daenerys Targaryen? George R. R. Martin’s bestselling saga A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE and the runaway hit HBO series GAME OF THRONES are renowned for bringing Westeros’s sights and sounds to vivid life. But one important ingredient has always been missing: the mouth-watering dishes that form the backdrop of this extraordinary world. Now, fresh out of the series that redefined fantasy, comes the cookbook that may just redefine dinner... and lunch, and breakfast. A passion project from superfans and amateur chefs Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer - and endorsed by George R. R. Martin himself - A FEAST OF ICE AND FIRE lovingly replicates a stunning range of cuisines from across the Seven Kingdoms and beyond. From the sumptuous delicacies enjoyed in the halls of power at King’s Landing, to the warm and smoky comfort foods of the frozen North, to the rich, exotic fare of the mysterious lands east of Westeros, there’s a flavour for every palate, and a treat for every chef. These easy-to-follow recipes have been refined for modern cooking techniques, but adventurous eaters can also attempt the authentic medieval meals that inspired them. There’s even a guide to dining and entertaining in the style of the Seven Kingdoms. Exhaustively researched and reverently detailed, accompanied by passages from all five books in the series and full-color photographs guaranteed to whet your appetite, this is the companion to the blockbuster phenomenon that millions of stomachs have been growling for. And remember, winter is coming-so don’t be afraid to put on a few pounds.

Megan McCafferty Bumped (Bumped 01) B Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780552565394

The Handmaid’s Tale meets Sweet Valley High; a sharp and sassy futuristic take on teen pregnancy which is completely readable and scarily believable. A virus has swept the world, making everyone over the age of eighteen infertile. Teenagers are now the most prized members of society, and would-be parents desperately bid for ‘conception contracts’ with the prettiest, healthiest and cleverest girls - cash, college tuition and liposuction in exchange for a baby.Sixteen-year-old Melody is gorgeous, athletic and has perfect grades, and has scored an amazing contract with a rich couple. And she’s been matched with one of the most desirable ‘bumping’ partners in the world - the incredibly hot, genetically flawless Jondoe.But Melody's luck is about to run out. She discovers she has a sister - an identical twin, Harmony, who has grown up in a religious community opposed to the idea of ‘pregging’. Harmony believes her calling is to save Melody from her sinful plans. Melody doesn’t have time for this – she can’t wait to meet Jondoe and seal the deal. But when he arrives and mistakes Harmony for Melody, everyone’s carefully-laid plans are swept out of control – and Melody and Harmony are about to realise they have so much more than just DNA in common. Sharp, original and sassy, this futuristic take on teen pregnancy is totally readable and scarily believable.

Joe McKinney Mutated A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780786029297

A a savage plague rages through the country, forcing survivors to band together, Bob Richardson and his friends find sanctuary on an abandoned farm until something strange and terrifying happens to the undead that changes the game.

Adam McOmber White Forest Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451664256

Jane Silverlake, a young woman from the wild heath regions of Victorian England, uses her paranormal ability to see the souls of handcrafted objects to infiltrate a mysterious dream-manipulation cult into which the man she loves has gone missing.

Richelle Mead Succubus Revealed (Georgina Kinkaid 06) B Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780553826081

Georgina Kincaid has had an eternity to figure out the opposite sex, but sometimes they still surprise her. Take Seth Mortensen. The man has risked his soul to become Georgina's boyfriend. Still, with Lucifer for a boss, Georgina can't just hang up her killer heels and settle down to domestic bliss. In fact, she's being forced to transfer operations...to Las Vegas.The City of Sin is a dream gig for a succubus, but Georgina's allies are suspicious. Why are the powers-that-be so eager to get her away from Seattle - and from Seth? Georgina is one of Hell's most valuable assets, but if there's any way out of the succubus business she plans to take it - no matter how much roadkill she leaves behind. She just hopes the casualties won’t include the one man she’s risking everything for…

Maile Meloy The Apothercary Paperback $16.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849395069

Fourteen-year-old Janie Scott is new to London and she meets Benjamin Burrows who dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father, the mysterious apothecary, is kidnapped he entrusts Janie and Benjamin with his sacred book, full of ancient spells and magical potions. Now the two new friends must uncover the book's secrets in order to find him.

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David Mitchell Cloud Atlas B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781444730876

The film tie-in edition of David Mitchell's prize-winning novel. The novel features six characters in interlocking stories, each interrupting the one before it: a reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a hig-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified dinery server on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation. The narrators of CLOUD ATLAS hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changes in ways great and small.

Mark Charan Newton The Book of Transformations (Legends of the Red Sun 03) Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780330521673

A new and corrupt Emperor seeks to rebuild the ancient structures of Villjamur to give the people of the city hope in the face of great upheaval and an oppressing ice age. But when a stranger called Shalev arrives, empowering a militant underground movement, crime and terror becomes rampant. The Inquisition is always one step behind, and military resources are spread thinly across the Empire. So Emperor Urtica calls upon cultists to help construct a group to eliminate those involved with the uprising, and calm the populace. But there's more to The Villjamur Knights than just phenomenal skills and abilities – each have a secret that, if exposed, could destroy everything they represent. Investigator Fulcrom of the Villjamur Inquisition is given the unenviable task of managing the Knights', but his own skills are tested when a mysterious priest, who has travelled from beyond the fringes of the Empire, seeks his help. The priest's existence threatens the church, and his quest promises to unweave the fabric of the world. And in a distant corner of the Empire, the enigmatic cultist Dartun S?r steps back into this world, having witnessed horrors beyond his imagination. Broken, altered, he and the remnants of his cultist order are heading back to Villjamur. And all eyes turn to the Sanctuary City, for Villjamur's ancient legends are about to be shattered…

Douglas Nicholas Something Red Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451660074

During the thirteenth century, in northwest England, in one of the coldest winters in living memory, a formidable middle-aged Irishwoman and her little troupe are trying to drive their three wagons across the Pennines before the heavy snows set in. Molly, her powerful and enigmatic lover Jack, her fey granddaughter Nemain, and the young apprentice Hob soon find that something terrible prowls the woods through which they must make their way. As they travel from refuge to refuge, it becomes apparent that the evil must be faced, and it is then that Hob learns how much more there is to his adopted family than he had ever imagined

Jana Oliver Foretold (Demon Trappers) B Paperback $16.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781447216063

Stand by as Riley prepares to kick some serious demon butt for the last time in this thrilling, dramatic and sexy conclusion to the Demon Trappers series. Riley's always known that Beck had a chequered history, but she's not prepared for what it actually means to be in love with a guy with this many dark secrets. Now that he's finally admitted to himself that he's in love with her too, there's no more hiding the truth about his past. And as it turns out, fending off a demon apocalypse is nothing compared to what's to come…

Robin D Owens Heart Secret Trade Paperback $17.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780425253144

On the faraway planet Celta, there are some things you can never tell—until someone discovers your Heart Secret . . . When a virulent disease killed the woman he loved and her baby, Garrett Primross was left alive, a reluctant survivor. Now, as a private eye, he strives to banish the memories of his past and rebuild his life. The Healers of Celta have something else in mind: Discover why he survived. He is monitored by Healer Artemisia Panax—his HeartMate, a love he never pursued. Still mourning his loss, he refuses to acknowledge her. Since her family was publicly disgraced, she's used to such treatment. She wants nothing more than to guard her livelihood and protect the secrets she's sworn to keep. Thrown together by duty, Garrett and Artemisia find the body of the last Black Magic Cultist who ruined her family. Suspicion flares, but they have little choice but to investigate the crime together. When their own lives are placed in danger, they realize that denying their HeartMates is only denying their own future.

Felix J Palma Map of the Sky (Map of the Sky 02) Trade Paperback $32.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781922070005

Casting H.G. Wells in a leading role, as the extraterrestrial invasion featured in The War of the Worlds is turned into a bizarre reality. A love story serves as backdrop for The Map of the Sky when New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry millionaire Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in Wells's War of the Worlds. What follows are three brilliantly interconnected plots to create a breathtaking tale of time travel and mystery, replete with cameos by a young Edgar Allan Poe, and Captain Shackleton and Charles Winslow from The Map of Time.

James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge Zoo Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780316097444

As coordinated attacks by animals against humans increase and escalate, young biologist Jackson Oz and ecologist Chloe Tousignant warn world leaders that soon there will be nowhere left for humans.

Stephan Petrucha Dead Man Running (Hessius Mann) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780451464743

When a mysterious briefcase arrives at his office with the arm still attached, Zombie P.I. Hessius Mann must figure out where it came from--a job that takes him to a very dark place and leads him to someone who knows more about his past life than he can remember.

Pierre Pevel The Dragon Arcana (Cardinal's Blades 03) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575107946

This is Paris. This is 1633. This is a world under attack from dragons. Cardinal Richelieu is on his guard against the greatest danger he, or France, has faced. A secret society known as the Black Claw is plotting in the shadows. They have already struck twice and with their third blow they mean to finish their task. Unless the Cardinal's Blades can stop them. They are all prepared to risk their lives for the Crown, this time the question is not whether they will need to...it's whether or not they will survive. Who are the Dragon Arcana, what secret are the Chatelaine nuns trying so hard to protect and if an ancient dragon is unleashed on Paris will the Blades really stand a chance against it...?

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Terry Pratchett Dodger Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780385619271

A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's . . . Dodger!

The Compleat Ankh-Morpork (Discworld) Map $49.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857520746

'THERE'S A SAYING THAT ALL ROADS LEAD TO ANKH-MORPORK. AND IT'S WRONG. ALL ROADS LEAD AWAY FROM ANKH-MORPORK, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST WALK ALONG THE WRONG WAY' from Moving Pictures Ankh-Morpork! City of One Thousand Surprises (according to the famous publication by the Guild of Merchants)! All human life is there! Although, if it walks down the wrong alley, often quite briefly! This is the city celebrated in the Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld series as you've never seen it before. It's all here - from Unseen University to the Shades, from major landmarks like the Patrician's Palace to little-known, er, nooks like Dwarf Bread Museum in Whirligig Alley. See the famous streets along which so many heroes have walked, in some cases quite hurriedly! As leading Ankh-Morpork entrepreneur C.M.O.T. Dibbler would say, A nip at any price - and that's cutting our own throat. Well, close.

Terry Pratchett (Inspired by) & Craig Cabell Inspired by Terry Pratchett: The Spirit of Fantasy Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781857826784

Terry Pratchett is one of the most loved writers in the world. With worldwide sales of over 65 million copies in 37 languages, his novels are eagerly awaited by his legions of fans year after year. His first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was released in 1983 and ever since then the series, with its whimsical heroes and fiendish foes, has delighted both young and old alike. In 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He has courageously faced the disease head-on, equalling the determination of his characters in his vivid and satirical novels. In Terry Pratchett - The Spirit of Fantasy, Craig Cabell's examines his extraordinary life, showcased against the backdrop of his irreverent works. With 2011 the 40th anniversary year of his first novel, The Carpet People, this is a fitting time to pay tribute to the author's artistic achievements and celebrate one of Britain's true national treasures. Featuring an in-depth look at the man and his work, as well as on-screen adaptations and a complete UK bibliography and collector's guide, this is essential reading for any fan.

Robert Rankin The Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern Age B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575086388

Chased out of 19th-century Arizona, where he was working to create a mechanical interpretation of a religious figure, Colonel Katterfelto returns to a London under the shadow of an uneasy interplanetary peace only to confront a murderous monster who he fears may be a returning Jack the Ripper.

James Wesley Rawles Survivors (Coming Collapse) A Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781439172810

What if the world as we know it ended tomorrow? The America we are accustomed to is no more. Practically overnight the stock market has plummeted, hyperinflation has crippled commerce, and the fragile chains of supply and high-technology infrastructure have fallen. The power grids are down. Brutal rioting and looting grip every major city. The volatile era known as “the Crunch” has begun, and this new period in our history will leave no one untouched. In this unfamiliar environment, only a handful of individuals are equipped to survive. Andrew Laine, a resourceful young U.S. Army officer stationed overseas in Afghanistan, wants nothing more than to return home to Bloomfield, New Mexico. With the world in turmoil and all air and sea traffic to America suspended, Laine must rely on his own ingenuity and the help of good Samaritans to reach his family. Andrew will do whatever it takes to make it home to his fiancée, no matter how difficult the circumstances. Major Ian Doyle is a U.S. Air Force pilot stationed in Arizona with his wife, Blanca. Their young daughter, Linda, is trapped in the Northeastern riots. Three teenage orphans, Shadrach, Reuben, and Matthew Phelps, have no choice but to set out on their own when their orphanage closes at the beginning of the Crunch. Then there is Ignacio Garcia, the ruthless leader of the criminal gang called La Fuerza, who will stop at nothing to amass an army capable of razing the countryside. And over everything looms the threat of a provisional government, determined to take over America and destroy the freedoms upon which it was built. The world of Survivors is a terrifyingly familiar one. Rawles has written a novel so close to the truth, readers will forget it’s fiction. If everything you thought you knew suddenly fell apart, would you survive?

Founders (Coming Collapse) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781439172827

it's the near future, and thanks to a perfect storm of reckless banking practices, hyperinflation, a stock market gone mad, and the negligence of our elected officials, the entire social, political, and economic infrastructure of America has collapsed. Chaos reigns in the streets, medical treatment is no longer available, and a silent coup has placed a dangerous group of men at the helm of a false government. America's fate is in the hands of those few individuals who have the survival skills, the faith, and the forethought to return this country to the state its founding fathers intended.

Robert V S Redick The Night of the Swarm (Chathrand 04) Hardcover $45 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575097773

The struggle to prevent the sorcerer Arunis from destroying the world with the Nilstone reaches its thunderous conclusion.

C J Redwine Defiance (Defiance 01) B Paperback $18.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781907411335

When Rachel Adams' father disappears, she is determined to go after him, even if it means breaking every rule and defying every authority. Her efforts catch the eye of the city's cruel ruler, the Commander, who grants Rachel permission to search the unprotected Wasteland beyond the city walls for her father. Her father's apprentice Logan convinces the Commander to allow him to accompany her; though Rachel is sure of her skills, Logan is all too well aware of the dangers that lurk along the roads and beneath the ground of the Wasteland. But the Wasteland is not the only place where dangers hide beneath the surface. Rachel was meant to be the Commander's pawn, her compliance bought by his relentless cruelty. But Rachel has never been like other girls. In the crucible of Baalboden, she has been transformed from a courier's daughter into a deadly weapon and she and Logan have forged a bond that even the Commander's iron fist cannot break.

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J D Robb Delusion in Death (Eve Dallas) Trade Paperback $32.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780749955120

The new Eve Dallas thriller in which Eve comes up against a terrifying and seemingly untouchable mass murderer. 'What would cause someone to want so many people, surely many of them strangers, to slaughter each other.' The scene that greets Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team one terrible evening in New York is more shocking than any of them have ever witnessed. The usually comfortable downtown bar is strewn with bodies - office workers who have been sliced, bludgeoned or hacked to death with the nearest weapon available. It appears they all turned on each other in a desperate blinding rage. As Eve and her husband Roarke - who owned the bar among his many properties - investigate the big-business workers of the city, they link the attacks back to the Urban Wars and the chemical warfare used all those years ago. With another slaughter imminent, Eve must turn to unexpected sources in order to stop a killer who is getting revenge by creating mass carnage…

Jennifer Roberson The Wild Road (Karavans 03) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780756404956

Alisanos, the deepwood, is more than just a forest... ...it is sentient, and predatory. Home to demons and worse, its mercurial boundaries can suddenly shift miles in any direction to encompass previously safe human lands - and those taken by the deepwood are forever changed. Audrun, a human woman trapped within the forest, is reunited with her four children, only to learn that each has been marked by the deepwood's wild magic. And her newly born fifth child, captured by a winged demon, is still missing. Audrun has sworn to find the infant, but can a mere human possibly hope to outwit the monstrous inhabitants of Alisanos...and the nightmarish deepwood itself?

Rhonda Roberts Australian Author Coyote (Time Stalker 03) A Paperback $22.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780732288570

A missing diary holding dark secrets, a lost Spanish royal treasure and a serial killer operating in the Wild Wild West… Kannon Dupree, the time travelling detective, is hired to go to New Mexico in 1867 to find the missing diary of a Wild West hero. Disguised as a bounty hunter, the chase takes Kannon from gunfights in Old Santa Fe, across hostile territory in the middle of an Indian War, via a mysterious convent of nuns banished to die in the desert and into an ancient pueblo city on a cursed mesa sacred to Coyote, the trickster god. But what she doesn’t know is that the diary holds a spine-chilling secret that someone in the present may be willing to do anything to hide…

Michelle Sagara Cast in Peril (Chronicles of Elantra 08) Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780373803507

It has been a busy few weeks for Private Kaylin Neva. In between angling for a promotion, sharing her room with the last living female Dragon and dealing with more refugees than anyone knew what to do with, the unusual egg she'd been given began to hatch. Actually, that turned out to be lucky, because it absorbed the energy from the bomb that went off in her quarters. So now might be the perfect time to leave Elantra and journey to the West March with the Barrani. If not for the disappearances of citizens in the fief of Tiamaris - disappearances traced to the very Barrani Kaylin is about to be traveling with.

Brandon Sanderson Alloy of Law (Mistborn) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575105836

The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action, his ability to create vivid characters made him a natural choice to complete Robert Jordan's epic wheel of time sequence. But with Mistborn, his stand-alone fantasies and his new series, The Stormlight Archive, Sanderson has shown his bountiful talents in his own fiction. Now he returns to the series that made his name with a new story set 300 years after the events of Hero of Ages. In a world recovering only slowly from evil, a world where allomancers wield immense power through their ability to unleash the magic bound up in common metals someone who can burn metals that no-one has burned before can tip the balance... Sanderson has the knack of giving the epic fantasy reader exactly what they want. This ability has thrown him to the forefront of the genre and the dramatic story within The Alloy of Law shows off this skill to its very best. hree hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history - or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice. One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs.

Ellen Schreiber Immortal Hearts (Vampire Kisses 09) Paperback $12.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781743361498

Raven longs for a future with Alexander but is she ready to say goodbye to mortal life forever? The last book of Ellen Schreiber's bestselling Vampire Kisses series begins with a new arrival. Alexander's younger sister 'Stormy' lives up to her name when she visits Dullsville. At first Raven's not sure of her, but then she'd got other things on her mind, like whether or not to commit to eternal life. Even though Raven has dreamed of it, is her and Alexanders's love strong enough to make their romance immortal?

Darren Shan Lady of Shades Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781409143611

Ed, an American author on the hunt for a story for his next book, arrives in London looking for inspiration. A stranger in a strange city, he's haunted by a deadly secret that refuses to stay buried and no matter how hard he tries he cannot escape the manifest sins of his past. What Ed wants is answers, what he finds is something he definitely didn't bargain for: the beautiful and untouchable Andeanna Menderes. Andeanna is a woman who is dangerously bound to one of London's most notorious crime lords and if they are caught together it could mean death for them both. Ensnared in an illicit affair that can only be conducted in the shadows, Ed's world is turned upside down as a series of shattering revelations blurs the line between what's real and what's not…

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Nalini Singh Archangel's Storm (Guild Hunter 05) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575119499

Archangel's Storm (Guild Hunter 05) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780425246580

Enter bestselling author Nalini Singh's darkly beautiful world of archangels and immortal power. Rich, dark, sumptuous and evocative ... bestselling author Nalini Singh is back with a stunning new tale in her deadly, beautiful world where angels rule and vampires serve. When the archangel Neha's consort is murdered, Jason, with wings of midnight and an affinity for shadows, must earn Neha's trust in order to catch a killer even if it means tying himself to her bloodline through the princess Mahiya, a women with secrets so dangerous, she trusts no one.

Jeanne C Stein Haunted (Anna Strong) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781937007768

Vampire bounty hunter Anna Strong joins her shape-shifting friend Culebra and her ex, DEA agent Max, on a jaunt to Mexico where drug cartel infighting, an old vendetta and missing girls may prove to be her hardest job yet.

S M Stirling Lord of Mountains (Change 09) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780451464767

Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. But still the war rages on, taking countless lives, ravaging the land once known as the United States of America. Artos and his Queen, Mat hilda, must unite the realms into a single kingdom to ensure a lasting peace. If the leaders of the Changed world are to accept Artos as their ruler, he will need to undertake a quest to the Lake at the Heart of the Mountains, and take part in a crowning ceremony--a ceremony binding him to his people, his ancestors, and his land. Then, once he has secured his place and allegiances, Artos can go forward, and lead his forces to the heart of the enemy's territory…

Anton Strout Alchemystic A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781937007799

When an attack on her life awakens her late great-great-grandfather's most trusted and fearsome creation--a gargoyle named Stanis--Alexandra Belarus discovers that she is bound to Stanis and they must work together to save New York City from dark forces.v

E J Swift Osiris (01) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781597804172

Nobody leaves Osiris. Osiris is a lost city. She has lost the world and world has lost her . . . Rising high above the frigid waters, the ocean city of Osiris has been cut off from the land since the Great Storm 50 years ago. Most believe that Osiris is the last city on Earth. Adelaide is the black-sheep granddaughter of the city's Architect. A jaded socialite, she wants little to do with her powerful relatives - until her troubled twin brother disappears mysteriously. Vikram, a third-generation storm refugee, sees his own people dying of cold and starvation. He hopes to use Adelaide to bring about much-needed reforms - but who is using whom? As another brutal winter brings Osiris closer to riot and revolution, two very different people attempt to bridge the gap dividing the city, only to find a future far more complicated than either of them ever imagined.

David Tallerman Crown Theif (Tales of Easie Damasco 02) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857662507

Meet Easie Damasco: Thief, swindler and lately, reluctant hero. But whatever good intentions Damasco may have are about to be tested to their limits, as the most valuable - and dangerous - object in the land comes within his light-fingered grasp. Add in some suicidally stubborn giants, an old enemy with dreams of empire and the deadliest killers in two kingdoms on his heels, and Damasco's chances of staying honest - or even just surviving - are getting slimmer by the hour.

Tricia Telep (Editor) Editor The Mammoth Book of Ghost Romance Paperback $12.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849014687

A fantastic collection of the very best in ghost romance. Seventeen tales of love after death, from Julia London, Dru Pagliassotti, Caridad Pineiro, Sharon Shinn and other acclaimed romance writers. Steadily growing in popularity, ghost romance is a perfect mix of everything popular right now: paranormal, time travel, fantasy, and a blend of the contemporary and the historical (a Regency heroine encounters a sexy kilted Highlander ghost living in her house, refusing to put on clothes because ... well, he's a ghost.) In happy-ever-after endings, ghosts come to life so that lovers can be united in the flesh

Doyce Testerman Hidden Things Trade Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780062108111

Private investigator Calliope Jenkins has just gotten the worst news of her life: her best friend, business partner, and former lover Josh is dead, killed at 3 AM the night before in a small town in Iowa. Except Josh called Calliope two hours after the police say he died. Now, Calliope finds herself on the road, headed back to the place Josh was last seen-- where she has some uncomfortable history of her own-- and accompanied by a stranger who knows too much about both her and Josh for comfort. She’s about to discover the darker underbelly of so-called “magi cal” Middle America... and what she had thought of as an investigation is about to become a chase. A debut novel in which a young woman takes an unexpected supernatural road trip across middle America with a mysterious stranger, trying to solve a murder while avoiding what lurks out of sight.

Jonathan Trigell Genus Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781780334400

A dystopian vision of perfection from the acclaimed author of Boy A In the Britain of a few tomorrows time, physical perfection is commonplace and self improvement has become an extinct expression: all the qualities men and women could aspire to can be purchased prior to birth. GENUS is a time of genetic selection and enrichment - life chances come on a sliding scale according to wealth. For some there is no money or choice, and an underclass has evolved; London's King's Cross, or The Kross as it is now known, has become a ghetto for the Unimproved. In The Kross, the natural, the dated, the cheap and the dull, live a brittle and unenviable existence. But unrest is growing; tension is mounting and a murderer is abroad in these dark quarters... Acclaimed author Jonathan Trigell's third novel is a breathtaking tour de force, exploring a dystopia of the not -too-distant-a future which will leave readers wondering not 'what if', as the original audience of Huxley's Brave New World did, but 'when'.

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John Varley Slow Apocalypse Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780441017577

John Varley has won multiple awards for his "imaginative and engaging" novels. Now the author of Millennium, Steel Beach, and Rolling Thunder speculates how people would survive in a world suddenly stripped of the fuel that makes it run... Despite warswith Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as 9/11, the United States' dependence on foreign oil has kept the nation tied to the Middle East. A scientist has developed a cure for America's addiction--a slow-acting virus that feeds on petroleum, turning it solid.But he didn't consider that his contagion of an Iraqi oil field could spread to infect the fuel supply of the entire world... In Los Angeles, screenwriter Dave Marshall heard this scenario from a retired US marine and government insider who acted as a consultant on Dave's last film. It sounded as implausible as many of his scripts, but the reality is much more frightening than anything he could have envisioned. An ordinary guy armed with extraordinary information, Dave hopes his survivor's instinct will kick in so he can protect his wife and daughter from the coming apocalypse that will alter the future of Earth--and humanity…

Jo Walton Among Others Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780765331724

Winner of the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novel Winner of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment. Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins. But her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closest companions. Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends, and Mori was forced to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippled--and her twin sister dead. Fleeing to her father whom she barely knew, Mori was sent to boarding school in England - a place all but devoid of true magic. There, outcast and alone, she tempted fate by doing magic herself, in an attempt to find a circle of like-minded friends. But her magic also drew the attention of her mother, bringing about a reckoning that could no longer be put off…

David Weber Midst Toil and Tribulation (Safehold 06) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780765321558

After centuries of stasis, the island kingdom of Charis began to defy the edicts of the Church of God Awaiting - egged on, some say, by the mysterious warrior-monk Merlin Athawes. Now, in the wars and intrigues that have cascaded from Charis's declaration of independence, the populous Republic of Siddermark is sliding into chaos. Vicar Clytahn of the Church of God at harvest time. King Cayleb of Charis, his queen Sharleyan, and Merlin Arthawes will have their hands full trying to stave off wholesale starvation in Siddermark while at the same time shipping in enough land combat units to fend off the "volunteers" from the Church's Temple Lands. And while Vicar Clyntahn is hailed in the Church for his boldness and audacity, there are those who remember how dependent Church power is on money from Siddermark...and who wonder what will happen if Siddermark starves.

David Weber A Beautiful Friendship (Honorverse) Trade Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451638264

Young Stephanie Harrington was intelligent and talented, with the curiosity typical of an adolescent, and after her family had emigrated to the human colony on Sphinx she wanted to explore. Of course, it was very frustrating that her father forebade her to go into the forest alone, but then she discovered something right at home. Some local wildlife had been eating the celery in the family garden, and when Stephanie lay in wait for the intruder, she encountered a six-legged cat-like creature. What’s more, the creature, known among his own kind as Climbs Quickly, was even more astonished, because he found that he could form a mental link with this strange two-legged young one. That was the first encounter between a human and the beings who would become known as treecats. Stephanie planned to make a second contact with the treecat, but her plans went disastrously awry and she was stranded in a wilderness full of deadly predators. She could not hope to survive without help—but help was on the way, from Climbs Quickly and his tribe . That was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. But it was only the beginning . . .

Brent Weeks The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer 02) Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780316079914

Learning that he has less than a year to live, Gavin Guile struggles to resolve problems in the form of refugee needs, an illegitimate son, and a treacherous ex-fiance in a world where out-of-control magic forces him to seek help from the brother he betrayed years earlier.

H G Wells The War of the Worlds (SF Masterworks) Hardcover $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780575115354

The classic SF novel rejoins the Masterwork list in an affordable hardback format, with an exciting new cover design and a new introduction by Adam Roberts. 'No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's...' So begins H.G Wells' classic novel in which Martian lifeforms take over planet Earth. As the Martians emerge, they construct giant killing machines - armed with heatrays - that are impervious to attack. Advancing upon London they destroy everything in their path. Everything, except the few humans they collect in metal traps. Victorian England is a place in which the steam engine is state-of-the-art technology and powered flight is just a dream. Mankind is helpless against the killing machines from Mars and soon the survivors are left living in a new stone age.

Chuck Wendig Mockingbird (Miriam 02) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780857662330

Miriam is trying. Really, she is. But this whole "settling down thing" that Louis has going for her just isn't working out. She lives on Long Beach Island all year around. Her home is a run-down double-wide trailer. She works at a grocery store as a check-out girl. And her relationship with Louis--who's on the road half the time in his truck--is subject to the piss and vinegar Miriam brings to everything she does. It just isn't going well. Still, she's keeping her psychic ability--to see when and how someone is going to die just by touching them--in check. But even that feels wrong somehow. Like she's keeping a tornado stoppered up in a tiny bottle. Then comes one bad day that turns it all on her ear.

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Steve White Wolf Among the Stars (Lokaron 02) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451638431

A near-future Earth has shaken off the devastating colonization by alien Lokaran invaders and totalitarian rule by the alien's human puppets. But now Earth is flung into galactic intrigue and war. The Lokaran empire teeters on the edge of a meltdown and a cabal of ancient enemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy the empire and rule over a new Galactic dark age. Captain Andrew Roark, the son of heroes of the rebellion and an officer trained in Lokaran space warfare tactics, joins with a highly capable Lokar who opposes the empire but wishes to see it transformed instead of destroyed. Together they must uncover a conspiracy to control Earth and then defeat it. Once more, the freedom of Earth swings in the balance.

Colson Whitehead Zone One Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780099570141

In this wry take on the post-apocalyptic horror novel, a pandemic has devastated the planet. The plague has sorted humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. Now the plague is receding, and Americans are busy rebuild­ing civilisation under orders from the provisional govern­ment based in Buffalo. Their top mission: the resettlement of Manhattan. Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street - aka Zone One - but pockets of plague-ridden squatters remain. While the army has eliminated the most dangerous of the infected, teams of civilian volunteers are tasked with clearing out a more innocuous variety - the 'malfunctioning' stragglers, who exist in a catatonic state, transfixed by their former lives. Mark Spitz is a member of one of the civilian teams work­ing in lower Manhattan. Alternating between flashbacks of Spitz’s desperate fight for survival during the worst of the outbreak and his present narrative, the novel unfolds over three surreal days, as it depicts the mundane mission of straggler removal, the rigours of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder, and the impossible job of coming to grips with the fallen world. And then things start to go wrong. Both spine chilling and playfully cerebral, Zone One bril­liantly subverts the genre’s conventions and deconstructs the zombie myth for the twenty-first century.

Tad Williams The Dirty Streets of Heaven Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780756407681

Bobby Dollar, an angel who has taken part in the long battle between Heaven and Hell, must figure out why there are suddenly an unprecedented number of souls missing from both sides and who summoned a Babylonian demon to kill him.

F Paul Wilson The Dark at the End (Repairman Jack) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780765362810

Repairman Jack finally makes his move to take out Rasalom, but must also safely retrieve Dawn Pickering's child.

Ben H Winters The Last Policeman (01) Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781594745768

When the Earth is doomed by an imminent and unavoidable asteroid collision, New Hampshire homicide detective Hank Palace considers the worth of his job in a world destined to end in six months and investigates a suspicious suicide that nobody else cares about.

Jeanette Winterson The Daylight Gate Hardcover $29.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780099561859

She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides' Muriel Spark, Vanity Fair An wonderfully atmospheric, intricating woven, magical modern-day tale of the Pendle Witches. The animosity and anger between the accused and the accusers - which tore the community apart in the seventeenth Century - is still going strong today.

Janny Wurts Initiate's Trial (Sword of the Canon 01) A Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780007217830

Half-brothers Arithon and Lysaer were laid under a curse of lifelong enmity when they defeated the Mistwraith and freed the world of Athera. Now Arithon has been magically imprisoned, his memories removed. He must spend 150 years fighting the vicious wraiths theat threaten Athera. Meanwhile his daughter is being raised and trained by his enemies, the Koriani enchantresses. When she eventually learns of her father’s existence she chooses her own destruction to secure his freedom. Still ruled by the Mistwraith’s curse, Lysaer will stop at nothing to find and destroy the newly freed Arithon. The race is on for Arithon to recover himself before Lysaer’s minions take him.

Rob Ziegler Seed Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781597803250

It's the dawn of the 22nd century, and the world has fallen apart. The United States has become a nation of migrants - starving masses of nomads who seek out a living in encampments outside government seed-distribution warehouses. In this new world, there is a new power. Satori is more than just a corporation; she is an intelligent, living city that grew out of the ruins of Denver. Satori bioengineers both the climate resistant seed that feeds a hungry nation and her own post-human genetic Designers, Advocates, and Laborers. What remains of the United States government now exists solely to distribute Satori seed; a defeated American military doles out bar-coded, single-use Satori seed to the nation's starving citizens. When one of Satori's Designers goes rogue, Agent Sienna Doss is tasked with bringing her in: the government wants to use the Designer to break Satori's stranglehold on seed production and reassert themselves as the center of power. As events spin out of control, Sienna finds herself at the heart of Satori, where an explosive climax promises to reshape the future of the world.

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Television, Movie and Comic Related Books

George Lucas: Masters of Cinema Series Paperback $12.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9782866429041 Katrina Longworth George Lucas (born 1944) is a producer, screenwriter and director, who played a major role in the anti-establishment New Hollywood movement of the 1970s and helped define the blockbuster era of the 1980s. He is best known as the creator of the Star Wars space opera and the producer of the iconic Indiana Jones adventure film series. Lucas had directed THX 1138 (1971) and American Graffiti (1973) before launching, in 1977, the first film in the Star Wars franchise. Rapidly a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, this was followed by two sequels: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). Sixteen years later a new trilogy, The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), were released. The Star Wars series has spawned a range of other media, including tv series, video games and comic books. With this simple yet powerful saga, lucas has created a brand, a business empire and a technological revolution.

Batman The All-New Batman Trade Paperback $18.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781401235246 Sholly Fisch Based on the hit animated TV series BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, this title guest-stars DC heroes including Green Lantern, Aquaman, Hawkman, Zatanna, Jonah Hex and more, as Batman and company deal with threats from the streets and from the stars!

Batman: Knightfall 3: Knightsend Vol 3 Paperback $36.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781401237219 In the final chapter of this series, Bruce Wayne completes his improbable recovery from his broken back and is ready to resume his role as Gotham's protector. But Jean Paul Valley, the man who now patrols the night as a vicious and violent Batman, is not willing to give up his new identity. Driven to the brink of madness by inner demons, the new Batman seeks to destroy Bruce as they meet in mortal combat. But in the end, Bruce defeats Jean Paul both mentally and physically and reclaims his legendary cape and cowl.This new edition includes many chapters of KNIGHTFALL never before collected.

Batman: Odyssey Hardcover $36.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781401236830 Neal Adams It's finally happened: Batman must kill or be killed. The threat is real and can't be stopped by man or hero. To combat it, Batman must bring time itself to a standstill so that he can embark on an odyssey of self-discovery to a place unknown to mankind, where he can find himself. Legendary Batman creator Neal Adams takes the Dark Knight on a strange and bizarre journey through time and the mind to unlock clues to a mystery

Doctor Who The Price of Paradise Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849905510 Colin Brake Laylora, the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where peace-loving aboriginals live in harmony with their environment. Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once-perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The paradise planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land Is there a connection between the human explorers who have crash-landed and the savage monsters? What secret lies at the heart of the natives ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known? When a planet itself becomes sick, can there be a cure? The Doctor and Rose find themselves in a race against time to find out. Featuring the Doctor and Rose as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the hit series from BBC Television.

Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781845138264 Elisabeth Sladen & Jeff Hudson A unique, insider's view of the world's longest running science fiction series, from one of the fans' favorite companions. David Tennant's foreword caps this warm, witty memoir a fitting tribute to a woman who will be sadly missed by legions of fans. When Elisabeth Sladen first appeared as plucky journalist Sarah Jane Smith in 1973 Doctor Who story "The Time Warrior," little did she know the character would become one of the most enduring and fondly remembered in the series' history. Here she shares the story of her years as Sarah Jane traversing time and space alongside classic Doctors Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, while a generation of children were terrified but transfixed as their heroine found herself menaced by Daleks, dinosaurs, Cybermen, man-eating alien flora, Egyptian mummies, extras in Bubble Wrap, and even the Loch Ness Monster. By the time she quit the TARDIS in 1976, making front page news, Elisabeth had become one of the most familiar faces of a TV golden age. But that wasn't the end of Sarah Jane. Elisabeth discusses the many times she has reprised her role anniversary specials, a 1981 spin-off pilot with robotic sidekick K-9, and radio plays. She discusses touring the weird, wide, and wonderful world of Doctor Who fandom. And lastly, she shares details of Sarah Jane's most recent incarnation when TV wunderkind Russell T. Davies approached her to come back again, this time to a Doctor Who backed by lavish budgets and garlanded with critical plaudits, how could she possibly say no? Funny, ridiculous, insightful, and entertaining, hers is the story of another girl, another planet, completed just months before she died.

Torchwood 09 Almost Perfect Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849905527 James Goss Emma is 30, single and frankly desperate. She woke up this morning with nothing to look forward to but another evening of unsuccessful speed-dating. But now she has a new weapon in her quest for Mr Right. And it's made her almost perfect. Gwen Cooper woke up this morning expecting the unexpected. As usual. She went to work and found a skeleton at a table for two and a colleague in a surprisingly glamorous dress. Perfect. Ianto Jones woke up this morning with no memory of last night. He went to work, where he caused amusement, suspicion and a little bit of jealousy. Because Ianto Jones woke up this morning in the body of a woman. And he's looking just about perfect. And Jack Harkness has always had his doubts about Perfection. Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoki Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

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Blake's 7 The Forgotten Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781844356263 Cavin Scott & Mark Wright After carrying out a successful attack against a Federation communications station on Xantos Beta, the Liberator is hounded by Travis into an area of negative space – an area that appears blank on all star charts. As the Liberator penetrates deeper into the sector, the journey become increasingly erratic, and Jenna struggles to keep the ship under control as Zen go es offline and all systems shut down. The abandoned space station they see looming ahead seems like the crew’s only chance of survival. But they don’t know what is waiting for them on board… or that their troubles have only just started.

Fourth World Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus 2 Trade Paperback $49.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781401234409 Jack Kirby Continuing the 4-book series collecting the work of Jack Kirby! DC collects four series -- THE NEW GODS, THE FOREVER PEOPLE, MISTER MIRACLE and SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN -- in chronological order as they originally appeared. These comics spanned galaxies, from the streets of Metropolis to the far-flung worlds of New Genesis and Apokolips, as cosmicpowered heroes and villains struggled for supremacy. In this second volume, collecting NEW GODS #4-6 ,FOREVER PEOPLE #4-6, JIMMY OLSEN #141-145 and MISTER MIRACLE #4-6 , the evil Darkseid's schemes continue to unfold while the New Gods, Forever People, Mr. Miracle and other heroes battle his many minions!

Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus 3 Trade Paperback $49.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781401235352 Jack Kirby Jack "King" Kirby's comics career began in 1937 and continued for nearly six decades. With partner Joe Simon, Kirby first made his mark in comics in the 1940s by drawing and/or creating numerous features for DC Comics including Captain America, the Young Allies, the Kid Commandos, Sandman, the Newsboy Legion and Manhunter. As the most valued team in comics, Simon and Kirby went on to create titles and concepts including Fighting American, Boys' Ranch and the creation of the romance comics genre.

Star Trek Brinkmanship (Typhon Pact) A Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451687828 Una McCormack An all-new novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which tensions escalate between two powerful forces in interstellar space. The Venette Convention has always remained independent, but it is about to become the flashpoint for a tense military standoff between the two power blocks now dominating interstellar space—the United Federation of Planets and the recently formed Typhon Pact. The Venetan government turns to the Typhon Pact’s Tzenkethi Coalition for protection in the new order and has agreed to allow three of their supply bases for Tzenkethi use. But these bases—if militarized—would put Tzenkethi weapons unacceptably close to Federation, Cardassian, and Ferengi space. While Captain Ezri Dax and the crew of the U.S.S. Aventine are sent to investigate exactly what is happening at one of the Venette bases, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the U.S.S. Enterprise are assigned to a diplomatic mission in order to broker a mutually acceptable resolution. But the Cardassian delegates don’t seem particularly keen on using diplomacy to resolve the situation, which soon spirals out of control toward all-out war….

The Eternal Tide (Voyager) A Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451668186 Kirsten Beyer As the critical mission to search for any remnants of the Borg or Caeliar begins, Fleet Commander Afsarah Eden begins to experience several more "awakenings" as she encounters artifacts and places that make her feel connected to her long-lost home--and could compromise her mission.

Star Wars Star Wars: Complete Visual Dictionary Hardcover $59.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781409374916 In a universe far, far away, the definitive guide to Star Wars was created This stunning reissue of the classic Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary has been brought up to warp speed into 2012, the 35th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: A New Hope, and to celebrate the release of all six films in a 3D format that would impress Yoda. Once again, we've storm-trooped our way around Lucasfilm to get the inside and the dark side of all six Star Wars films, including incredible behind-the-scenes stories. Meet and greet every character, droid, creature and alien from Obi-Wan, to Han Solo, from the Arena Beasts to Jabba-The-Hutt (and his entourage). Explore every star ship and get up close to a multitude of weapons in this stellar guide. Travel to every planet, from Coruscant to Mustafar, and take a look at Clone troopers equipment and battle tanks. With over 1,000 incredible shots plus exclusive material, Star Wars Complete Visual Dictionary transports you right inside the movies. See the original R2D2, study the fearsome Droidekas (watch out for their lasers!) and venture inside the Great Pit of Carkoon, if you dare. The only guide to every part of the Star Wars universe. If you love Star Wars, you'll love Star Wars Complete Visual Dictionary. May the force be with you.

Reven Paperback $13.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781781162040 Drew Karpyshyn Exploring what happened to Revan after "Knights of the Old Republic", this novel helps readers learn who the Sith Emperor is in the time of the Old Republic, where he came from and how he has held onto power for so long…

Conviction (Fate of the Jedi 07) A Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780099542773 Aaron Allston While Luke and Ben Skywalker continue their exploration of the mystery known as Abeloth with their unlikely Sith allies, the galaxy is abuzz with the trial of former Jedi Knight Tahiri Veila. This moment when the fate of the Jedi might be determined is close at hand, as the exiled Grand Master works to find a reason behind the madness afflicting the Jedi, while those charged with keeping the Order intact struggle against a Republic that seems to have already declared their verdict in the only court that matters: the court of public opinion. Conviction begins the mini-trilogy that will leave readers breathlessly waiting to see how the bestselling Fate of the Jedi series ends.

Superman Superman: Action Comics 1: Superman and the Men of Steel Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781401235468 Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert & Rags Morales (Illustrators) DC Comics took a bold step and renumbered the longest-running monthly comic, Action Comics, to #1 for the first time since 1938 as part of the DC Comics - The New 52 event. With this renumbering comes a new creative team featuring comics legend Grant Morrison and fan-favorite artist Rag Morales. Superman: Action Comics Vol. 1: Superman and the Men of Steel includes issues 1-8 of the monthly series.

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Anthologies and Short Story Collections

William Gibson Burning Chrome Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780060539825

Best-known for his seminal sf novel Neuromancer, William Gibson is actually best when writing short fiction. Tautly -written and suspenseful, Burning Chrome collects 10 of his best short stories with a preface from Bruce Sterling, now available for the first time in trade paperback. These brilliant, high-resolution stories show Gibson's characters and intensely-realized worlds at his absolute best, from the chip-enhanced couriers of "Johnny Mnemonic" to the street-tech melancholy of "Burning Chrome."

Charlaine Harris & Toni L Kelner (Editors), Ilona Andrews, Mike Carey, Thomas E Sniegoski (et al) An Apple for the Creature Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781780872575

An Apple for the Creature Hardcover $39.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781780872568

An Apple for the Creature Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780425256800

This collection of supernatural school stories from the New York Times best-selling authors and editors behind Home Improvement: Undead Edition includes new tales featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse and Boston's angelic private investigator, Remy Chandler. Includes stories by: ILONA ANDREWS, AMBER BENSON, RHYS BOWEN, MIKE CAREY, CHARLAINE HARRIS, DONALD HARSTAD, STEVE HOCKENSMITH, NANCY HOLDER, FAITH HUNTER, TONI L.P. KELNER, MARJORIE LIU, JONATHAN MABERRY, THOMAS SNIEGOSKI

C E Murphy & Thomas Canty (Illustrator) Baba Yaga's Daughter and Other Tales of the Old Races (Negotiator) Hardcover $59.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781596063822

Limited edition Ancient rivals, best of friends, best of enemies: dragonlord Janx and master vampire Eliseo Daisani are the threads upon which a tapestry of lives and loves are woven across the centuries. From the coldest Russian nights to the heat of Chicago's greatest fire, nothing brings the immortal adversaries together - or tears them apart - like a woman. And there is always a woman.Vanessa Grey has been at Daisani's side for decades, but the secrets borne by a witch may be her undoing. Baba Yaga's daughter has plots that are decades in the hatching, but they may only succeed if Margrit Knight, named "the Negotiator" by Daisani and Janx themselves, will work with her. And there are others: the greatest vampire hunter mankind has ever known, and a woman for whom the Old Races are a wonder to walk away from. Revisit C.E. Murphy's world of the Old Races with ten stories that delve into the past and future of the two most beloved characters from her urban fantasy trilogy The Negotiator! Limited: 1000 signed numbered copies, bound in cloth Table of Contents From Russia, with Love Five Card Draw Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight Baba Yaga's Daughter When in Rome Chicago Bang Bang The Age of Aquarius The Knight's Tale Last Hand Chimera

Felix J Palma The Map of the Sky Hardcover $39.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781451660319

A love story serves as backdrop for The Map of the Sky when New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry millionaire Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in Wells's War of the Worlds. What follows are three brilliantly interconnected plots to create a breathtaking tale of time travel and mystery, replete with cameos by a young Edgar Allan Poe, and Captain Shackleton and Charles Winslow from The Map of Time.

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe : Collected Stories and Poems Hardcover $59.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781907360527

This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting tales ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious and the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius of the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. The stories are so alive with compelling mysteries, vibrant images and unforgettably tormented characters, that it is easy to associate Edgar Allan Poe solely with entertainment and forget that he was also one of the greatest innovators in modern literature. This volume contains all of Poe's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" and "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque", and a selection of his poetry.

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Games Related Books

Borderlands 02 Borderlands: Unconquered A Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781439198483 John Shirley Roland, Mordecai, Brick and Daphne, who was once the galaxy's most effective assassin for organized crime, must join forces to stop the General Goddess, Gynella, a cunning maniac who, using the dark science of the vile Dr. Vialle to control a growing army of nightmarish creatures, plans to enslave all of the Borderlands. Original. Video game tie-in.

Dragonlance Dragonlance Chronicles Trade Paperback $55 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780140115406 Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman The books that began the best-selling Dragonlance saga are collected in their entirety in this special edition, along with all of the artwork from the trilogy. This collector's edition is a must for all those readers who fell in love with the fantasy world of Krynn. Contains: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning

Fable Edge of the World Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780345539373 Christie Golden In this companion book to the video game prequel, an ancient, evil force known as the Darkness threatens Albion several years after the monarch took the throne, disrupting an era of peace and prosperity and engulfing the kingdom in war.

Forgotten Realms Neverwinter (Neverwinter Night 02) A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780786960279 R A Salvatore With the last of his trusted companions having fallen, Drizzt is alone--and free--for the first time in almost a hundred years. Guilt mingles with relief, leaving Drizzt uniquely vulnerable to the persuasions of his newest companion--Dahlia, a darkly alluring elf and the only other member of their party to survive the cataclysm at Mount Hotenow. But traveling with Dahlia is challenging in more ways than one. As the two companions seek revenge on the one responsible for leveling Neverwinter--and nearly Luskan as well--Drizzt finds his usual moral certainty swept away by her unconventional views. Forced to see the dark deeds that the common man may be driven to by circumstance, Drizzt begins to find himself on the wrong side of the law in an effort to protect those the law has failed. Making new enemies, as his old enemies acquire deadly allies, Drizzt and Dahlia quickly find themselves embroiled in battle--a state he's coming to enjoy a little too much.

Bury Elminster Deep (Sage of the Shadowdale) A Paperback $12.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780786960248 Ed Greenwood Elminster's archenemy, the vampiric Lord Manshoon, thinks he has destroyed Elminster at last. But Elminster survives in the form of magical ash, and with the help of his scion, a fop who is growing into a true nobleman, and his longtime companion Storm, he still has a chance to counter Manshoon's insidious plots.

Hitman Hitman: Damnation A Paperback $18.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780345471345 Raymond Benson Since the devastating conclusion of Hitman: Blood Money, Agent 47 has been MIA. Now fans awaiting the return of the blockbuster videogame and film phenomenon can pinpoint the location of the world’s most brutal and effective killer-for-hire before he reemerges in Hitman: Absolution. When the Agency lures him back with a mission that will require every last ounce of his stealth, strength, and undercover tactics, they grossly underestimate the silent assassin’s own agenda. Because this time, Agent 47 isn’t just going to bite the hand that feeds him. He’s going tear it off and annihilate anyone who stands in his way. Prequel to the computer game Hitman Absolution

Magic the Gathering Path of the Planeswalker Volume II Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780786958528 Doug Beyer, Jenna Helland & Brady Dommermuth, and Arthur Suydam & Karl Kopinski (Illustrators) United by their ability to bridge the chaotic gap between worlds, and set apart by that same unfathomable power, Planeswalkers wander the Multiverse in an endless quest for knowledge and power. The life of a Planeswalker is one of infinite possibility, of self-determination free from the mundane boundaries of a single world, but sometimes the gift of choice can be the greatest burden.

Warhammer Swords Of The Emperor B Paperback $27 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849702393 Chris Wraight Rebellion consumes the province of Averland and civil war looms, while orcs threaten to sweep out of the mountains and devastate the land. Suspecting the taint of Chaos behind the uprising, the Emperor Karl Franz sends two of his greatest champions to defeat the greenskins, thwart the Dark Gods and restore Imperial rule to Averland. Omnibus volume of Sword of Justice and Sword of Vengence.

Time of Legends: The Sundering B Paperback $30 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849702416 Gav Thorpe Malekith, betrayer and usurper, architect of the great war that will forever divide the race of elves. Alith Anar, wrathful avenger whose spirit will forever haunt the traitorous druchii. Caledor, reluctant leader, the one elf who can hold back the darkness and restore peace to Ulthuan. Witch King, Shadow King and Phoenix King. Their deeds are legend. This is their story.

Orion: The Vaults of Winter (Orion) A Paperback $18 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849702003 Darius Hinks At the heart the wood elves' kingdom of Athel Loren, the forest-king Orion slumbers through the winter months to be reborn each spring and resume his arboreal throne. However, this year he awakens to discover a foul canker at the core of his eternal spirit - he has been cursed, though by whom and for what reason he does not know. In the grip of a furious rage he leads the asrai to war, but as the corruption spreads to the woodland realm around him, he feels his power waning and must rely upon his loyal subjects to help him unmask the traitor within their ranks.

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Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance: The Novel Hardcover $30 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849702515 C Z Dunn In the grim darkness of the far future, mankind fights a desperate battle for survival amongst the stars. Foremost among its protectors are the Space Marines, genetically engineered superhumans, trained to be the ultimate warriors. The Dark Angels are among the foremost Space Marines, the First Legion of old. Devastated millennia ago by a dreadful schism, the Dark Angels are constantly on the hunt for the mysterious Fallen, former brothers who have turned from the light of the immortal God-Emperor and embraced the dread powers of Chaos. Newly ordained Company Master Balthasar of the Dark Angels leads his forces to the world of Bane's Landing, the resting place of the ancient and powerful Hellfire Stone, in pursuit of the Chaos Space Marines of the Crimson Slaughter. Kranon the Relentless, the evil lord of the Crimson Slaughter, seeks to use the stone to summon forth his daemonic masters and usher in an age of darkness. As the Dark Angels race to stop him, the scene is set for a mighty conflict between the loyal Balthasar and the traitor Kranon. This is a novella, not a full length novel.

The Ascension of Balthazar (Dark Vengeance) CD $30 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849703628 C Z Dunn When the world of Stern's Remembrance comes under attack by the forces of Chaos, it draws the attention of the Dark Angels. Company Master Zadakiel leads a squad of the Chapter's deadliest warriors - the Terminator armour-clad Deathwing - to purge the traitors and their dark master. But a greater plan is in action, and it falls to Deathwing Sergeant Balthasar to defend his commander from the machinations of the Ruinous Powers. Sleeved 2 audio CD set. Approx 75 minutes running time (disc 1) plus additional content on disc 2.

Emperors Children: Perfection CD $25 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849702430 Nick Kyme Under siege from Chaos Space Marines of the Emperor’s Children, survival for the world of Vardask looks bleak. Matters worsen with the arrival of the World Eaters of Khorne, but when the Champions of Slaanesh are slowly murdered in mysterious circumstances the enmity of the rival warbands threatens to turn them on one another on a scale not seen since the aftermath of the Horus Heresy. Are there no depths to which the scions of Fulgrim will not stop in pursuit of true p erfection?

World Eaters: Chosen of Khorne CD $25 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849702454 Anthony Reynolds Deep within the Eye of Terror, the followers of the blood god Khorne war amongst themselves to win their patron’s favour, and for the right to lead a new crusade against the Imperium in his name. Argus Brond, berserker champion of the old World Eaters Legion, has called upon his old comrade Kharn for assistance – surely, this legendary warrior will break the deadlock and secure victory for him? But Kharn, known with good reason as ‘the Betrayer’, is far more than just a crazed killer, and his own agenda will always come first…

Shadows of Treachery (Horus Heresy) A Paperback $18 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849703468 Christian Dunn & Nick Kyme (Editors) From the battlefields of Phall and Isstvan, to the haunted shadows of Terra itself – the greatest war in the history of mankind rages on. While the traitor Legions continue their campaign of terror across the galaxy, preparations are made for the defence of the Imperial Palace and the final, inevitable reckoning that must yet come between Horus and the Emperor... This anthology spans the entire Horus Heresy, with short stories from Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill and Gav Thorpe, as well as two brand new novella-length tales. Learn the fate of Rogal Dorn’s fleet originally sent to Isstvan III in ‘The Crimson Fist’ by John French, and descend deeper into the darkness of the Night Lords Legion in ‘Prince of Crows’ by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

Treacheries of the Space Marines (Space Marines) A Paperback $18 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781849702119 Christian Dunn (Editor) The Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes are the defenders of mankind, the ultimate superhuman brotherhood standing against the evils of the galaxy. But even among their hallowed ranks, there are those who would turn their backs on their brothers and follow the path of the traitor. Gathered within these pages, you will find tales from the dark side of the Imperium – remember, that which can defend, can also betray...

White Dwarf #393 September 2012 Magazine $11.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=5011921032013 White Dwarf #394 October 2012 Magazine $11.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=5011921032020 White Dwarf is Games Workshop's monthly magazine, packed with the latest news, information on new releases, in-depth gaming advice, exciting battle reports and practical hobby advice. Each issue presents the month's new miniatures, painted by the world-famous 'Eavy Metal team and presented alongside interviews with the designers and painters themselves. 'Eavy Metal Masterclasses and stage-by-stage modelling and painting workshops help you to paint your miniatures, while thrilling battle reports and tactics articles show how to get the most from your armies on the tabletop.

World of Warcraft Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War Hardcover $29.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781416550761 Christie Golden Traces the downfall of a beloved peacekeeper who is pushed to a breaking point by an inconceivable horror that changes her in irrevocable, ethics-testing ways. The ashes of the Cataclysm have settled across Azeroth’s disparate kingdoms. As the broken world recovers from the disaster, the renowned sorceress Lady Jaina Proudmoore continues her long struggle to mend relations between the Horde and the Alliance. Yet of late, escalating tensions have pushed the two factions closer to open war, threatening to destroy what little stability remains in the . . . Dark news arrives in Jaina’s beloved city, Theramore. One of the blue dragonflight’s most powerful artifacts—the Focusing Iris—has been stolen. To unravel the item’s mysterious whereabouts, Jaina works with the former blue Dragon Aspect Kalecgos. The two brilliant heroes forge an unlikely bond during their investigation, but another disastrous turn of events looms on the horizon. . . . Garrosh Hellscream is mustering the Horde’s armies for an all-out invasion of Theramore. Despite mounting dissent within his faction, the brazen warchief aims to usher in a new era of Horde domination. His thirst for conquest leads him to take brutal measures against anyone who dares question his leadership. Alliance forces converge on Theramore to repel the Horde onslaught, but the brave defenders are unprepared for the true scope of Garrosh’s cunning and deceptive strategy. His attack will irrevocably transform Jaina, engulfing the ardent peacekeeper in the chaotic and all-consuming . . . TIDES OF WAR

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Crime, Mystery and Suspense

Linwood Barclay Trust Your Eyes Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781409115038

A schizophrenic man spends his days and nights on website called Whirl360, believing he's employed by the CIA to store the details of every town and city in the world in his head. Then one day, he sees something that shouldn't be there: a woman being murdered behind a window on a New York street. Suddenly Thomas has more to deal with than just his delusions, as he gets drawn into a deadly conspiracy.

Christopher Brookmyre Where the Bodies are Buried B Paperback $22.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780349123356

Detective Catherine McLeod was always taught that in Glasgow, they don't do whodunit. They do score-settling, vendettas and petty revenge. And however she looks at it, the discovery of a dead drug-dealer in a back alley means she's going to be busy. Meanwhile, aspiring actress Jasmine Sharp is reluctantly - and incompetently - working for her uncle Jim's private investigation business. When Jim goes missing, Jasmine has to take on the investigator mantle for real, and her only lead points to a professional assassin who has been dead for twenty years. Soon Jasmine stumbles into a web of corruption and secrets that leaves her running for her life.

Rory Clements Revenger (John Shakespeare 02) B Paperback $22.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781848540859

1592. England and Spain are at war, yet there is peril at home, too. The death of her trusted spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham has left Queen Elizabeth vulnerable. Conspiracies multiply. The quiet life of John Shakespeare is shattered by a summons from Robert Cecil, the cold but deadly young statesman who dominated the last years of the Queen s long reign, insisting Shakespeare re-enter government service. His mission: to find vital papers, now in the possession of the Earl of Essex. Essex is the brightest star in the firmament, a man of ambition. He woos the Queen, thirty-three years his senior, as if she were a girl his age. She is flattered by him despite her loathing for his mother, the beautiful, dangerous Lettice Knollys who presides over her own glittering court a dazzling array of the mad, bad, dangerous and disaffected. When John Shakespeare infiltrates this dissolute world he discovers not only that the Queen herself is in danger but that he and his family is also a target. With only his loyal footsoldier Boltfoot Cooper at his side, Shakespeare must face implacable forces who believe themselves above the law: men and women who kill without compunction. And in a world of shifting allegiances, just how far he can trust Robert Cecil, his devious new master?

Rory Clements Prince (John Shakespeare 03) B Paperback $22.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781848544284

Spring 1593. England is a powder keg of rumour and fear. Plague rages, famine is rife, the ageing Queen's couriers scheme: Elizabeth's Golden Age is truly tarnished. Meanwhile Spain watches and waits - and plots. Into this turmoil a small cart clatters through the streets of London, carrying a deadly load. It is the first in a wave of horrific bombing attacks on the Dutch immigrant community that will change John Shakespeare's life for ever. Driven on by cold rage, Shakespeare's investigations will take him from magnificent royal horseraces to the opulent chambers of Black Luce's brothel, from the theatrical underworld of Marlowe and Kyd to the pain-wracked torture cells of priest-hunter Richard Topcliffe, and from the elegant offices of master tactician Robert Cecil to the splintering timbers of an explosive encounter at sea. As Shakespeare delves ever deeper, he uncovers intricate layers of mystery and deception that threaten the heart not only of the realm, but of all that he holds dear.

Lyndsay Faye The Gods of Gotham B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780755386765

August 1845 in New York; enter the dark, unforgiving city underworld of the legendary Five Points... After a fire decimates a swathe of lower Manhattan, and following years of passionate political dispute, New York City at long last forms an official Police Department. That same summer, the great potato famine hits Ireland. These events will change the city of New York for ever. Timothy Wilde hadn't wanted to be a copper star. On the night of August 21st, on his way home from the Tombs defeated and disgusted, he is plotting his resignation, when a young girl who has escaped from a nearby brothel, crashes into him; she wears only a nightdress and is covered from head to toe in blood. Searching out the truth in the child's wild stories, Timothy soon finds himself on the trail of a brutal killer, seemingly hell bent on fanning the flames of anti-Irish immigrant sentiment and threatening chaos in a city already in the midst of social upheaval. But his fight for justice could cost him the woman he loves, his brother and ultimately his life…

Michelle Heeter Australian Author Riggs Crossing Trade Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781921665707

A girl is found in the wreckage of a car crash. Severely injured and psychologically damaged, the girl cannot or will not tell the authorities who she is or where she comes from. Her carers call her ‘Len’, after the name embroidered on the jumper she was wearing when she was found. Secretive, intelligent, and abrasive, Len is moved to a children’s shelter. Slowly, Len’s repressed memories fight their way to the surface of her troubled mind. And an evil figure from her shadowy past comes looking for her.

Anthony Horowitz House of Silk (Sherlock Holmes) B Paperback $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781409135982

It is November 1890 and London is gripped by a merciless winter. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are enjoying tea by the fire when an agitated gentleman arrives unannounced at 221b Baker Street. He begs Holmes for help, telling the unnerving story of a scar-faced man with piercing eyes who has stalked him in recent weeks. Intrigued, Holmes and Watson find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events, stretching from the gas-lit streets of London to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston and the mysterious 'House of Silk'…

Carla Neggers Saint's Gate A Paperback $17.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780778313687

Two people, isolated by their pasts. An obsessive killer who will force them together. Welcome to Saint's Gate. Emma Sharpe is summoned to a Maine convent, partly for her FBI art crimes work, partly because of her past with the Order. At issue is a mysterious painting of Irish lore and Viking legends. But when the nun who contacted her is murdered, it seems legend is becoming deadly reality. Colin Donovan is one of the FBI's most valuable deep-cover agents. Back home in Maine after his latest mission, a contact clues him in to an intrigue of murder, international art heists and long-held secrets that is too tempting to resist. As danger spirals ever closer, Colin is certain of only one thing?Emma Sharpe is at the center of it all.

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Optical Illusions Hardcover $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781405391412

More than 50 interactive, eye-watering illusions that will boggle your mind! Be warned: everything is not as it seems. From moving pictures to spectacular pop -ups and a 3D sculpture that follows you around the room; get ready to open to doors of perception with Optical Illusions. 50 incredible optical illusions are found within, covering impossible objects, distortions, ambiguities, illusions of brightness and much more. Even the cover will make your mind boggle as it defies you NOT to open this amazing book. Each flap or tab takes you to another level of illusion, allowing you to reveal the solution yourself. There are more tricks up its sleeve too - interactive elements on every page and explanations of the latest theories as to how illusions fool us all.

James Axler The Matador's Crown (Rogue Angle) A Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780373621583

While in Andalucia, Spain, archaeologist Annja Creed unearths a bronze bull statue, but when this discovery leads to murder, Annja must follow the clues through the colorful world of flamenco and bullfighting to a renowned matador and an illegal--and deadly--collection of Visigoth votive crowns.

Jon Duckett HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites Trade Paperback $35 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781118008188

A full-color introduction to the basics of HTML and CSS from the publishers of Wrox! Every day, more and more people want to learn some HTML and CSS. Joining the professional web designers and programmers are new audiences who need to know a little bit of code at work (update a content management system or e-commerce store) and those who want to make their personal blogs more attractive. Many books teaching HTML and CSS are dry and only written for those who want to become programmers, which is why this book takes an entirely new approach. Introduces HTML and CSS in a way that makes them accessible to everyone—hobbyists, students, and professionals—and it’s full-color throughout Utilizes information graphics and lifestyle photography to explain the topics in a simple way that is engaging Boasts a unique structure that allows you to progress through the chapters from beginning to end or just dip into topics of particular interest at your leisure This educational book is one that you will enjoy picking up, reading, then referring back to. It will make you wish other technical topics were presented in such a simple, attractive and engaging way!

Andy McDermott Return to Atlantis (Eddie Chase) A+ Paperback $19.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780553593662

A missing scrap of ancient parchment. Three polished purple stones. And from the sunken world of atlantis: The greatest power on earth. Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase have stunned the world with their discoveries, from the legendary sword Excalibur to the golden city of El Dorado. Now, by bringing together three ancient statues from three different continents, Nina is about to tap into a colossal energy source—one not felt since the days of Atlantis. But when the statues are stolen and Eddie is falsely accused of murder, forcing him to go on the run to hunt the man responsible, a violent struggle erupts among a secret, vastly powerful group that wants to control Nina and the earth energy. From a glittering, high-tech skyscraper in Japan to a harrowing chase beneath the Vatican and an underground military vault in Nevada, she and Eddie must piece together an astounding puzzle. For Nina Wilde is the key to a plot that will change the world forever. And Eddie is the key to keeping her alive.

Neil McDonald Australian Author Kokoda Front Line Trade Paperback $35 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780733629600

The story of Damien Parer Australia s greatest war photographer, whose legendary 1942 documentary on Kokoda broke the news to a shocked Australia of the desperate fighting to the north Damien Parer was without doubt Australia s greatest war photographer. He helped create the Anzac legend and many, many of our iconic war images are his photographs. He served his apprenticeship as a stills photographer on the famous Chauvel film, Forty Thousand Horsemen, and was appointed Official Photographer covering the Australian fighting in the early days of World War II in Greece and Syria, and Tobruk. His most famous documentary is Kokoda Front Line! , made during the darkest days of the campaign in mid-1942 (it went on to win Australia s first Academy Award). His photographs and films brought the war home to Australians and are now an integral part of our military history. He died in action shot by Japanese machine gun fire, as he filmed an American advance on Peleliu. This is a colourful and authoritative story of a great Australian and includes many of his most iconic photographs.

Arden Moore What Dogs Want Paperback $16.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742755380

A visual guide to understanding your dog's every move. A highly visual guide, What Dogs Want interprets all the postures, expressions, sounds, and actions exhibited by your dog. Discover what your dog is trying to say when his ears are down, when his tail is flicking, and when he is growling. For each of the 100 behaviours discussed in the book, there's an image of it, plus an explanation of why your dog is doing it, and what he is telling you about what he wants. Vet's Notes provide insight into potential medical causes, and breed boxes shed light on genetic predisposition to certain behaviour. Every behaviour is cross-referenced according to type-such as submissive, attention-seeking, compulsive, or fearful-and these are fully explained in an appendix at the back of the book. Suitable for all dog breeds, What Dogs Want will open your eyes to how dogs express themselves individually and in their interactions with other dogs and people.

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John Morris Jack the Ripper: The Hand of a Woman Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781854115669

The Compelling New Account The Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 continue to exert a macabre hold on the collective imagination of the masses more than a century later, and this book, the result of extensive research, sheds some light on them. Among the first serial murders, their brutality and bizarreness begged questions such as What kind of person could have performed such horrific deeds? and How could they not have been caught by the huge police effort? The book offers keen insight into Victorian London and its policing as it follows the investigations of the infamous murders. Arguing that many unresolved questions could be answered if Jack was in reality a woman, this bold account names a suspect and explains why the murders stopped.

Sharyn Munro Australian Author Rich Land, Wasteland: How Coal is Killing Australia Trade Paperback $29.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742610993

For nearly a year Sharyn Munro travelled through rural Australia, visiting the communities in coal-mining areas. She found a war zone. Here, literally at the coal-face, towns and districts are dying – homeowners and farmers forced out by mining, broken in spirit and in health, or else under threat, their lives and properties in limbo as they battle the might of huge mining companies developing ever larger mines and prospecting ever more widely for new coal deposits or coal seam gas. Incidences of asthma, cancers and heart attacks show alarming spikes in communities close to coal mines and coal power stations. Once reliable rivers and aquifers are drying up or becoming polluted. Once fertile agricultural land is becoming unusable. What was once a rich land is becoming a wasteland. But the big, mostly foreign-owned, mining companies continue to push on with their ever expanding coal rush and government continues to help and protect them at the expense of rural communities. Ever more mining licences are being granted, ever bigger mines are being opened. Sharyn Munro exposes the real story of coal in this life-changing book: how people are hurting, and rebelling, as coal pushes into hithero unthinkable areas; how the true costs really stack up against the benefits of our mining boom; and what's really happening to those individuals and communities who are ultimately paying the price.

Pamela Robson Australian Author Grown-Up and Gorgeous In Your 40s Paperback $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742758077

Grown-up & Gorgeous in Your 40s offers bewitching goddesses in the prime of their lives effortless tips and tricks to keep their look fresh and hip. The pretty pages are packed with compelling advice on everything from ... Lips to brows, jeans to heels, specs to teeth, underwear to skirt lengths, skincare to skin rejuvenators. And because it's not all about appearance, there are plenty of thoughtful suggestions on boosting confidence, feeling good on the inside and acquiring that all-important snese of self that money can't buy.

J K Rowling The Casual Vacancy Hardcover $39.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781408704202

The Casual Vacancy Hardcover $49.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780316228534

When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling s first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.

Goce Smilevski Freud's Sister Trade Paperback $24.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780143121459

The award-winning international sensation that poses the question: Was Sigmund Freud responsible for the death of his sister in a Nazi concentration camp? The boy in her memories who strokes her with the apple, who whispers to her the fairy tale, who gives her the knife, is her brother Sigmund. Vienna, 1938: With the Nazis closing in, Sigmund Freud is granted an exit visa and allowed to list the names of people to take with him. He lists his doctor and maids, his dog, and his wife's sister, but not any of his own sisters. The four Freud sisters are shuttled to the Terezín concentration camp, while their brother lives out his last days in London. Based on a true story, this searing novel gives haunting voice to Freud's sister Adolfina—“the sweetest and best of my sisters�—a gifted, sensitive woman who was spurned by her mother and never married. A witness to her brother's genius and to the cultural and artistic splendor of Vienna in the early twentieth century, she aspired to a life few women of her time could attain. From Adolfina's closeness with her brother in childhood, to her love for a fellow student, to her time with Gustav Klimt's sister in a Vienna psychiatric hospital, to her dream of one day living in Venice and having a family, Freud's Sister imagines with astonishing insight and deep feeling the life of a woman lost to the shadows of history.

Richard Brown 30-Second Maths (30-Second) Hardcover $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742668215

Most of us would confess to having a touch of dyscalculia (an inability to get to grips with numbers). So, how best to get our figures in trim? 30-Second Maths is here to bring you up to speed. It strips down the 50 most engaging math theories to a mere 200 words and one picture. Ranging through the history of numbers from Pythagoras to Game Theory and beyond.

Barry Loewer 30-Second Philosophies (30-Second) Hardcover $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742661773

Cogito ergo sum. Cynicism. Dialectical Materialism. Existentialism. The Socratic Method. Deconstructionism. Everybody knows what they mean. Or thinks they know what they mean. At least you have probably heard of them and like to bandy about them to impress your friends. But do you have the back up? What happens if you get trapped in the corner by a real hottie with a masters degree in phenomenology? 30-Second Philosophies takes a revolutionary approach to getting a grip on the 50 most important and significant schools of philosophy. It will challenge a half century of great thinkers to quit fretting about the meaning for a while and explain the most significant theories of philosophical thought in half a minute, using nothing more than two pages, 300 words and a metaphorical image. Here in one unique volume you have the opportunity to pick the potted brains of our leading philosophers and understand complex concepts such as "the categorical imperative" without ending up in a darkened room with an ice pack on your head.

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Russell Re Manning 30-Second Religion (30-Second) Hardcover $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742661797

30-Second Religion decants and demystifies the key beliefs, deities, origins, and iconography of the world's major religions, denominations, and less widespread sects and cults. Whether you wish to understand the key differences between Catholicism and Protestantism, to glimpse the many gods of Hinduism, or to digest a potted Buddhist philosophy, this book is the quickest way to walk the paths and recognise the key signposts of the world's diverse and fascinating faiths. Travelling from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism, and including features on the seven key religious texts, 30-Second Religion offers a revelation of 50 belief systems in less time than it takes to offer up a prayer

Donald Marron 30-Second Economics (30-Second) Hardcover $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742661766

In these times of financial crisis, the economic consensus of the past 15 years has been destroyed. It's clear that there's a problem, but what's the solution? Once again, different economic theories are being debated and names such as Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes are being bandied about. What once seemed like an esoteric discipline relevant only to bankers and academics is now in our everyday lives and important to every one of us. Does a truly free market exist and, if it did, what effect would that have on society? Is it possible to spend your way out of recession? What are our choices? 30-Second Economics takes the 50 most significant economic theories of the past 120 years, and challenges financial high-flyers to explain them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than two pages, 300 words, and one picture. Economics will suddenly seem a lot more fun than the economy, and make a lot more sense, and along the way we'll meet the founding fathers of modern economics such as Adam Smith, J.S. Mills, David Ricardo, and Alfred Marshall. From neo-liberalism to Marxism, plus everything in between, this is the ultimate "Crash" course in economic theory.

Robert A Segal 30-Second Mythology (30-Second) Hardcover $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781742669922

30-Second Mythology sets out the most significant details and unravels the underlying meaning of the greatest classical myths. Revealing the origins of the gods, heroes, and monsters of ancient Greece and Rome, the book outlines the key aspects of their stories for the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than two pages, 300 words, and one picture. Featuring detailed biographies of the seven greatest poets and playwrights of the Ancient world, 30-Second Mythology explains the enduring influence of ancient myth in the blink of a Cyclops' eye.

Stevan L Taylor 30-Second Politics (30-Second) Hardcover $19.99 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9781743361474

30-Second Politics will help dispel this fog of mistrust and paranoia. It challenges political theorists of all colours to come up with no-frill, no-spin, tell-it-like-it-is explanations of the 50 most important political -isms, -archies, and -ocracies that have pertained since the time of Periclean Athens. At no public expense, the book explains each political theory in nothing more than two pages, 300 words, and some propaganda-style imagery, for we all know that a picture opportunity is worth a thousand words of dull interview.

Blokey Stuff

Clip Case Cargo Magnet Small $24.95 www.blokeystuff.com.au/Product.php?bar=94664009691

Nylon belt pouch to hold a mobile phone, iPod or similar device. The Nite Ize Clip Case Cargo safeguards your phone in all conditions. Made of extremely durable ballistic polypropylene, it absorbs shocks and shields your items from the elements. With a patented flex clip that attaches securely over and under your belt, the Clip Case Cargo fully rotates for access at any angle, and even locks in eight different positions. Two pockets on the case - one inside and one in the back - hold identification, cash and credit cards. Additionally, the Tooth Ferry feature keeps your wireless headset or headphones safe and available. Perfect for the toughest work and hardest play, our Clip Case Cargo is an innovative accessory for high-tech devices in rugged environments. Universally sized - designed to fit nearly all small and flip-phones on the market. Features a strong magnetic lid closure Tooth Ferry™ universal headset carrier will keep your wireless headset or headphones easily accessible and secure. Strong flex-clip design rotates 360 degrees and locks in 8 positions for ultimate comfort and versatility Rotating flex-clip fits waistbands, belts, or straps up to 2 3/8" External Case Dimensions: 3.5" x 2.1" x 1"

Torch: P3 $24.95 www. blokeystuff.com.au/Product.php?bar=4029113840309

Cute little torch with performance. Led Lenser's Speed focussing system works very well, producing a tight spot or gentle spread. Torch comes with belt pouch, pocket clip and wrist lanyard, keyring, as well as the required single alkaline AAA battery. LED 1 x 5 mm Nichia Length 94,5 mm Weight 42 g

Luminous flux 13 lm Batteries 1 x AAA Energy tank 1,8 Wh

Burning life 40 h

Torch: P6 Titanium $79.95 www. blokeystuff.com.au/Product.php?bar=4029113840637

2AA high performance LED torch. Single hand speed focusing system. Rear cap button switch. LED 1 x Cree Length 167,7 mm

Weight 122 g Luminous 80 lm Batteries 2 x AA Energy tank 8.4 Wh Burning life 40 h

Comes with belt pouch, wrist lanyard and the required 2 AA batteries. Nicely made, focuses to down to a spot very well, compact and bright. Titanium in colour (dark gray) made from machined aluminum.

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Roleplaying Games, Wargames, Boardgames and Card Games

Dungeon Tiles Castle Grimstead $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780786960392 Your tabletop never looked better! With this pack of customizable terrain tiles, you can add a new dimension to your Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Easy to set up and infinitely expandable, this pack allows you to create the adventures you want to play. Pick up additional packs to create larger, more elaborate encounters. This pack contains six durable, double-sided card stock sheets of illustrated terrain, with die-cut tiles, with emphasis on castles and fortifications. Use this product and other Dungeon Tiles accessories to make great D&D encounters that enhance your roleplaying game experience.

Magic the Gathering MTG: M2013 Core Set Booster Battle Pack $14.95 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=653569791775 Inside, you'll find everything you need for two people to play Magic. As you open the Booster Battle Pack, you'll get two boxes. Each box will contain a Magic 2013 booster pack and two color-specific groups of cards. Each player therefore starts with a two-color deck, with five cards of each color and five of the appropraite lands. Then each player opens the booster and takes up to five cards for their deck. And then they battle!

Malifaux Malifaux 1.5 Trade Paperback $42 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780984150946 Wyrd Miniatures is proud to re-release the core Rulebook for its character driven skirmish game, Malifaux. The game book is soft covered, with 234 full colored pages inside. Malifaux is diceless, utilizing our eye catching illustrated Fate Deck, you play a unique card based system that encourages tactics, strategy and resource management over the random fall of dice. Based in an alternate Earth, Malifaux uses gothic, steampunk, victorian horror with a dose of the wild west to inject fun and depth into the magical lawlessness of a world rife with monsters, necropunks, manmachine hybrids, gunslingers, and power-hungry politicos. Actively using character-driven stories to define the world of Malifaux, seek your fortune in this fast paced and brutal 32mm tabletop miniature skirmish game. Assemble your crew and stake your claim! No longer do you have to trust the fickle fate of a dice roll, in Malifaux you use cards, a Fate Deck, as you lead your Crew to victory with strategy, tactics and resource management, and if that isn't enough, you can Cheat Fate. Looking for scalability? Malifaux has it. Jump directly into a Scrap with 4 - 6 miniatures, ensuring a quick and brutal fight with each character having unique skills and abilities. Want to escalate it? Take it to a Brawl, bring in additional members of your faction or hire out mercenaries to do your dirty work.

Malifaux Rising Powers Trade Paperback $42 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780984150915 The battles waged to control the Soulstone trade have created class divisions for mankind in Malifaux. While the Guild struggles to maintain peace and control the flow of Soulstones beneath an iron fist, Arcanists, mages basking in the glory of their found power, have bonded together to oppose those that would deny them the glory of their natural abilities. Resurrectionists practicing the necromantic art of rebirth and reanimation have shed the vestiges of their humanity with each accursed syllable of their unholy pacts. And the inhabitants of this world, the Neverborn, stand against them all, determined to drive them back through the Great Breach that spans the aether between worlds. Here, in Malifaux, the battle lines are drawn and allies and adversaries have risen to meet the escalation in power. More than the exploitation of coveted Soulstone is at stake. The balance of Life and Death stands against the twisting of Fate's forces. As the world of Malifaux expands, so do the opportunities for conflict. A growing encounter system gives players nearly limitless options to fight over. Also, you are no longer limited by the Master you choose to lead your Crew. Henchmen have appeared to take on additional roles unavailable before, and releasing the previously unknown power of the Special Forces. With the stories in this Malifaux expansion, characters are presented for every faction - Guild, Resurrectionists, Arcanists, Neverborn, and Outcasts, including a look at the Gremin Kin, one group of Special Forces.

Malifaux Twisting Fates Trade Paperback $42 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=9780984150939 This Malifaux expansion provides players with a new option for their Encounters - Avatars - as well as the next chapter in the engaging Malifaux storyline. Full rules on manifesting Avatars are included, along with Avatar statistics for every Master to date. New minions to aid each Faction in its struggle, including the curious Effigies, can also be found within. Put them to work, your Crew is counting on you.

Settlers of Catan Catan: Traders and Barbarians $54 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=29877030675 Game Expansion. Requires ownership of The Settlers of Catan to play. Delve deep into Catan! In Catan: Traders & Barbarians you'll find lots of cool new ways to explore Klaus Teuber's award-winning game series. You can now play with just 2 players! Add a harbormaster, a friendly robber, or special events. Play with a wealth of new wooden pieces and capabilities. You can even link your games to create an intriguing campaign. Use these 4 variants and 5 scenarios to reinvent your Catan experience! 5 Challenging New Scenarios: The Fishermen of Catan - Fish in the great lake or try casting in rich coastal shoals. A fresh, expanded, and updated version! The Rivers of Catan - Not one, but two, great rivers invite flourishing commerce. Bridge them en route to glory and wealth. The Caravans - Nomads of the oasis seek wool and grain. Camel caravans offer trade. Barbarian Attack - Eager for booty, vile barbarians land and occupy Catan's fertile shores. Brave knights unite and ride to battle. Traders & Barbarians - Your wagons transport fine marble, glass, tools, and sand to help restore Catan's castle to splendor. Combine these rich scenarios to create a compelling campaign!

Warhammer 40,000 Dark Vengeance Special Edition Box Set Figurine $180 www.infinitas.com.au/Product.php?bar=5011921034680 Warhammer 40,000: Dark Vengeance is one of the most incredible box sets that Games Workshop has ever produced. As soon as you lift up its blood-splattered lid, you'll be faced with two astonishingly detailed armies - Dark Angels and the Chaos Space Marines of the Crimson Slaughter - and everything you need to field your own Warhammer 40,000 force. Dark Vengeance contains 49 miniatures, all of which are snap-fit plastic models - this means that glue is optional. However, this beautiful limited edition includes an exclusive Dark Angels model, Interrogator-Chaplain Seraphicus.