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A. Corey's Expanse series has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 23 languages, establishing itself as a modern masterwork of science fiction. Now, the Hugo-award winning author returns with the second volume in their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling and critically acclaimed space opera trilogy, The Captive’s War. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Corey is always one of the most engaging voices in the genre.\" —Adrian Tchaikovsky, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChildren of Time \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran’s command in an endless, blood-soaked test: be useful in the eternal conflict or be slaughtered.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDafyd Alkhor, highest among their human captives, is feared and despised by the very people he champions. Ruthless in carving out his niche in the eternal war machine of the empire, he will reshape human nature itself as a tool for their alien masters’ use.  But Dafyd’s loyalty is not what it seems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Swarm, an agent of the Carryx’s deathless enemy, has been smuggled into the Carryx world-palace along with the human slaves. Its mission: discover a way to bring down the empire’s eternal reign. But the longer it lives among and within humanity, the more it forgets that it is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eweapon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs the human captives spread through the battlefronts of empire, the awesome power of the Carryx becomes clear. And with it, a desperate plan for their destruction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut empires hide secrets, and even the deathless enemy may not be what it appears … \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e★ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Stellar . . . The authors continue to expertly balance character and plot development, setting the stage effectively for the series’ denouement. This wows.\" —Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e★\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \"Grand-scale SF storytelling at its very best. In a word: mind-blowing.\" — Kirkus (starred review)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"The start of something truly epic.\"  ―Fonda Lee on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mercy of Gods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFor More from James S. A. Corey, check out:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Captive’s War\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mercy of Gods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Faith of Beasts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Expanse \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLeviathan Wakes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCaliban’s War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAbaddon’s Gate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCibola Burn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNemesis Games\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBabylon’s Ashes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePersepolis Rising\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTiamat’s Wrath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLeviathan Falls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMemory’s Legion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Expanse Short Fiction\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Butcher of Anderson Station\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGods of Risk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Churn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Vital Abyss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrange Dogs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAuberon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sins of Our Fathers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55543841489188,"sku":"0316525677","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0880\/2382\/6724\/files\/06ec422effb390c88ca28173e61d78310599d4d8156979b9c921ba622d1c42e6.jpg?v=1782838596"},{"product_id":"the-mercy-of-gods","title":"The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAN INSTANT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAND\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e USA TODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eExpanse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e comes a spectacular space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ “Masterful ... This is space opera at its best.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Carryx—part empire, part hive—have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaught up in academic intrigue and affairs of the heart, Dafyd Alkhor is pleased just to be an assistant to a brilliant scientist and his celebrated research team. Then the Carryx ships descend, decimating the human population and taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society away to serve on the Carryx homeworld, and Dafyd is swept along with them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey are dropped in the middle of a struggle they barely understand, set in a competition against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly Dafyd and a handful of his companions see past the Darwinian contest to the deeper game that they must play to survive: learning to understand—and manipulate—the Carryx themselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a noble but suicidal human rebellion on one hand and strange and murderous enemies on the other, the team pays a terrible price to become the trusted servants of their new rulers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDafyd Alkhor is a simple man swept up in events that are beyond his control and more vast than his imagination. 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Banks’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sixth Nik\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a galaxy spanning adventure from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAngel Down\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWhalefall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep into space, far past the triworld outposts, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet, soars \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sickness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its human crew. Sisilla, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arcane tech known as “niks,” has boarded to investigate the enigma of Fém—a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin, a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery, a peyote-addicted medic, and—most lethal of all—a rugged, NonModded captain with a score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is its daughter. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sickness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e itself is mutating, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fém is more horrific than anyone could have imagined. To survive, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55715725345060,"sku":"166807947X","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0880\/2382\/6724\/files\/00f3e040da57aa9714d93cb765f5665a67b40c0cbd7caa2fa65ddb12e91dfe02.jpg?v=1783608602"},{"product_id":"a-song-to-drown-rivers-deluxe-edition","title":"A Song to Drown Rivers: Deluxe Edition","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eINSTANT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e AND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOCTOBER 2024 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGOOD MORNING AMERICA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn October 2024 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIndie Next\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Pick • An October 2024 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLibraryReads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Pick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOrder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e―featuring a gold foiled cover, gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork, as well as exclusive metallic ink patterned endpapers and unique foiled front and back case stamps. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run, a must-have for any book lover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you.” ―Shelley Parker-Chan, #1 bestselling author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e She Who Became the Sun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA Song to Drown Rivers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis an epic novel steeped in myth about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds as the fate of two kingdoms hangs in a delicate balance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHer beauty hides a deadly purpose. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue―convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives of her people, and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy, seduce their immoral king, and weaken them from within.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrained by Fanli in everything from classical instruments to concealing emotion, Xishi hones her beauty into the perfect blade. But she knows Fanli can see through every deception she masters, the attraction between them burning away any falsehoods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce inside the enemy palace, Xishi finds herself under the hungry gaze of the king’s advisors while the king himself shows her great affection. Despite his gentleness, a brutality lurks and Xishi knows she can never let her guard down. 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