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by Tad Williams

King Simon and Queen Mirimele have ruled the High Ward of Osten Ard for three decades. But the world has reached a critical turning point once again. The realm is threatened by divisive forces, even as old allies are lost, and others are lured down darker paths. Perhaps most terrifying of all, the Norns-- the long-vanquished elvish foe-- are stirring once again. The Norn Queen Utuk'ku has awakened, and is preparing to reclaim the mortal-ruled lands that once were hers. The first step: recover the Witchwood Crown. -- adapted from back cover

Collector's Edition

by James S. A. Corey

We are not alone. On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system. In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante have been keeping the peace for the Outer Planets Alliance. When they agree to help a scientist search war-torn Ganymede for a missing child, the future of humanity rests on whether a single ship can prevent an alien invasion that may have already begun...