Robin Hobb In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma.Born on the wrong...

Neal Stephenson A novel of history, adventure, science, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death and alchemy that sweeps across continents and decades, upending kings, armies, religious beliefs and all expectations....

Angela Carter One of our most imaginative and accomplished writers, Angela Carter left behind a dazzling array of work: essays, citicism, and fiction. But it is in her short stories...

Hans Hellmut Kirst An extraordinary novel about the Officers' attempt on Hitler's life. August 1, 1967 by Bantam Books

Allan Massie 'David comes alive in this novel as a fascinating, divided self, but you also feel on finishing it that you have understood a little more about the extraordinary...

Nigel Tranter Once again Scotland was fighting for her survival as a free andindependent nation.Robert the Bruce's legacy, three years after his death in 1329, is indanger. With a five-year-old...

Peter Hoeg From the bestselling author of Smilla's Sense of Snow comes his first novel--an inspired and often hilarious Danish family saga suffused with satire and magical realism. January 1,...

Isaac Asimov The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesFor twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari...

Laline Paull A frozen corpse emerges from a melting glacier and after three years of uncertainty, Sean Cawson can finally put the past behind him. Tom Harding, Sean’s friend of...

Philippa Gregory In this enthralling, freestanding sequel to Earthly Joys, New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory combines a wealth of gardening knowledge with a haunting love story that spans two continents and two...

Iain M Banks There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the...

Patrick McCormack Ten years have passed since Arthur’s Empire of Albion died with him at Camlann. But before the last battle he entrusted the symbol of sovereignty, the chalice he...