As darkness falls each night, demons known as the corelings rise, and three young survivors of demon attacks risk everything to recover the secrets of the past to defeat the corelings and stop their relentless assault against humans. Followed by The Desert Spear (2010).

Harry must uncover a traitor within the Wizards of the White Council, keep a less-than-agreeable warden under wraps, and avoid coming under scrutiny himself. And a single mistake may cost someone his head--someone like Harry. The 11th book of The Dresden Files.

Carmen Dula and her pilot husband travel to a distant solar system in hopes of forging a truce with the Others, an advanced alien race that wants humanity exterminated. Sequel to Marsbound (2008).

Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, a tangle of serpents fights its way up the Rain Wild River to the cocooning grounds.  A band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers  help them find their true home--the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra. The first book of the Rain Wilds Chronicles, followed by Dragon Haven (2010). 

Wynter Moorehawke returns to court with her dying father to find the king has become a violent despot, his son, Alberon has fled into exile and Alberon's half-brother, Razi has been elevated to king. Wynter must choose between her father or her dreams, her friend or her king, her duty or her love. The first book of The Moorehawke Trilogy, followed by The Crowded Shadows (2010).

Le Guin retells the story of Virgil’s Aeneid from the point of view of Lavinia, whose fated marriage to Aeneas is both the cause of a war and the basis for the establishment of a new empire.

Shel and his friend Dave journey through time in search of Shel's missing physicist-father, but make a devastating discovery that changes their lives forever when Shel violates their agreement not to visit the future.

Echo the Crat, a talented cat-like creature, is a resident  of Malaisia, the unhappiest city in Zamonia. He has signed a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster, but now wishes to find a way out of the dark deal before he ends up as an ingredient in an immortality potion.

Scant years after a terrible war that shook empires, a 600-year-old ship sails for enemy lands and must deal with deadly assassins, treacherous mermaids, and monstrous slavers in order to deliver a young woman whose marriage will seal the peace.

he past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. Yet between his brief and jarring visitations to this future, Galileo must struggle against the ignorance and superstition of his own time.

As an ancient weapon destroys the city of Windwir, a young apprentice watches from a nearby hilltop, mourning the death of the city and his father. When Rudolfo, Lord of the Nine Forest Houses, realizes what has happened, he knows for certain that the land will soon be plunged into a devastating war. Followed by Canticle (2009).

In this collection of short stories, novelist Stross moves the U.S.-U.S.S.R. conflict onto a massive disk in another galaxy in "Missile Gap," offers a spam-filter solution to the Fermi paradox in "MAXOS," suggests clever bargains with the devil in a newly frozen Scotland in "Snowball's Chance," and sets the stage for appearances by Carl Sagan and Stephen Jay Gould in "The Colder War."

Detective John Finch must solve a double murder in the bizarre city of Ambergris, a human settlement currently controlled by the original inhabitants of the area - the mysterious underground-dwelling Gray Caps.