Kevin Hearne, Lila Bowen, and Chuck Wendig. Subterranean, $45 (304p) ISBN 978-1-59606-914-5
In this blood-soaked collection of fantasy novellas tied to larger series, three otherwise unconnected tales are linked by the thematic inclusion of murder and bees. Kevin Hearne’s “The Buzz Kill” returns to the Iron Druid Chronicles after the...
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Chuck Wendig. Del Rey, $29.99 (640p) ISBN 978-0-593-15874-6
Bestseller Wendig (the Wanderers series) wows with this wildly unsettling horror tale set in Bucks County, Pa. When Calla Paxson was 12, her father, Dan, came home with a shriveled apple core that resembled a human finger, declaring that he would...
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Chuck Wendig. Del Rey, $29.99 (944p) ISBN 978-0-593-15877-7
Wendig’s sequel to 2019’s Wanderers disappoints, with the sprawling postapocalyptic epic hobbled by heavy-handed political satire—at one point, U.S. President Ed Creel, a cartoonish Trump stand-in, fights with a man calling himself White Jesus—that
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Chuck Wendig, illus. by Jensine Eckwall. Little, Brown, $16.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-316-70623-0
Wendig’s (The Book of Accidents) middle grade debut mingles age-appropriate horror with hard-won wisdom gleaned through the eyes of 13-year-old orphan Molly Grim. Molly’s always been pretty much on her own, but after her father’s death, she teams up
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Chuck Wendig. Del Rey, $28.99 (544) ISBN 978-0-399-18213-6
Philadelphia police officer Nate Graves, the protagonist of this creepy supernatural thriller from bestseller Wendig (Wanderers), initially rejects his much-hated, abusive father’s dying wish that he buy his childhood house for $1 and then live...
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Chuck Wendig. Del Rey, $28.99 (800p) ISBN 978-0-399-18210-5
Wendig (the Miriam Black series) pulls no punches in this blockbuster apocalyptic novel, which confronts some of the darkest and most divisive aspects of present-day America with urgency, humanity, and hope. The day after a comet blazes over the...
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Chuck Wendig. Abaddon, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-78108-615-5
Philly is a hotbed of supernatural activity in this reissue of Wendig’s excellent 2013 contribution to Abaddon’s Gods and Monsters series. For five years, former MMA fighter Cason Cole has been the bodyguard for a man named E. Rose, who’s actually...
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Chuck Wendig. Angry Robot, $7.99 mass market (320p) ISBN 978-0-85766-230-9
In this horror-tinged adventure, Wendig (Double Dead) plays with the concepts of predestination and free will. Miriam Black, cursed to know the destined death of anyone she touches, has resigned herself to acting as an agent of fate, facilitating...
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Chuck Wendig. Saga, $27.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4871-0
In Wendig’s explosive, long-awaited fourth book to feature Miriam Black (after 2013’s The Cormorant), Miriam hunts for a woman called Mary Scissors, who might be able to rid her of the power that has ruined her life: when Miriam touches someone, she
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Chuck Wendig. Fireside Fiction, $3.99 e-book (150p) ISBN 978-0-9861040-8-4
Wendig (Invasion) fills this macabre take on time travel with somewhat flat characters, redeeming it with a creative narrative and a sense for visceral action. Recovering drug addict Dale Gilooly finds a magic box that can transport someone 10...
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Chuck Wendig. Harper Voyager, $25.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-235157-9
Wendig (the Miriam Black series) pits a government agent with a survivalist background against killer ants in Hawaii in his latest novel, expanding the setting of his previous thriller, Zer0es. Futurist Hannah Stander is an FBI consultant whose job...
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Chuck Wendig. S&S/Saga, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4814-5700-2
Wendig sends his potty-mouthed dysfunctional psychic heroine, Miriam Black, out on her scathing second adventure (after 2012’s Blackbirds), equipped with the eerie ability to see the death of anyone she touches, except her long-suffering lover,...
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Chuck Wendig. Harper Voyager, $25.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-235155-5
Wendig (Blackbirds) piles on the thrills and chills in this fast-paced near-future novel about human frailty and inhuman ambition. Five American hackers grabbed by the Feds are given a choice: a jail sentence, or a job working on a secret NSA...
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Chuck Wendig. Amazon/Skyscape, $17.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-4778-1720-9
Adult author Wendig (The Blue Blazes) launches the dystopian Heartland trilogy featuring a group of teenage scavengers at odds with an oppressive government that dwells in luxury up in the sky. Cael McAvoy, leader of the Big Sky Scavengers, is dealt
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Chuck Wendig. Saga, $27.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4874-1
Wendig is in top form for his fifth horror-thriller (after 2017’s Thunderbird) featuring sharp-edged psychic Miriam Black, who has the power to learn how and when people will die. Miriam has discovered a new ability: she can control birds with her...
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Chuck Wendig. Little, Brown, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-316-57259-0
When 12-year-old Ethan feels overwhelmed by his anxiety, his best friends—devil-may-care goofball Harley and confident, pragmatic Olivia—help him overcome his fears. Such is the case when they convince him to attend a classmate’s viewing party of...
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