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Neverwhere is the stunningly original first novel from neil gaiman, the bestselling and prizewinning author of the ocean at the end of the lane and american gods. wired called it ‘the sort of book terry pratchett might produce if he spent a month locked in a cellar with frank kafka’. this is a must-read for all those who loved susanna clarke’s jonathan strange and mr norrell or the magical world of j. k. rowling. under the streets of london there’s a world most people could never even dream of. a city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, and pale girls in black velvet. richard mayhew is a young businessman who is about to find out more than he bargained for about this other london. a single act of kindness catapults him out of his safe and predictable life and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and yet utterly bizarre. there’s a girl named door, an angel called islington, an earl who holds court on the carriage of a tube train, a beast in a labyrinth, and dangers and delights beyond imagining . . . and richard, who only wants to go home, is to find a strange destiny waiting for him below the streets of his native city. includes extra material exclusive to this headline review edition.

Neverwhere is the stunningly original first novel from neil gaiman, the bestselling and prizewinning author of the ocean at the end of the lane and american gods. wired called it ‘the sort of book terry pratchett might produce if he spent a month locked in a cellar with frank kafka’. this is a must-read for all those who loved susanna clarke’s jonathan strange and mr norrell or the magical world of j. k. rowling. under the streets of london there’s a world most people could never even dream of. a city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, and pale girls in black velvet. richard mayhew is a young businessman who is about to find out more than he bargained for about this other london. a single act of kindness catapults him out of his safe and predictable life and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and yet utterly bizarre. there’s a girl named door, an angel called islington, an earl who holds court on the carriage of a tube train, a beast in a labyrinth, and dangers and delights beyond imagining . . . and richard, who only wants to go home, is to find a strange destiny waiting for him below the streets of his native city. includes extra material exclusive to this headline review edition.

Vol.3: the trials are over. but something has happened that no one at wickedhas foreseen: thomas has remembered more than they think. andthe truth is more dangerous than anyone could have imagined … [payot. ch]

Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist matthew clairmont, and gradually warms up to him as their alliance deepens into an intimacy that violates age-old taboos. this smart, sophisticated story harks back to the novels of anne rice, but it is as contemporary and sensual as the twilight series-with an extra serving of historical realism. deep in the stacks of oxford’s bodleian library, young scholar diana bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. but her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.

Hbo’s hit series a game of thrones is based on george r r martin’s internationally bestselling series a song of ice and fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. a storm of swords: steel and snow is the first part of the third volume in the series. ‘martin has captured the imagination of millions’ guardian winter approaches westeros like an angry beast. the seven kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. in the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the kingdom of the north where robb stark wears his new-forged crown. and robb’s defences are ranged against the south, the land of the cunning and cruel lannisters, who have his younger sisters in their power. throughout westeros, the war for the iron throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the wall is breached, no king will live to claim it.

The third volume in george r. r. martin’s superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy a song of ice and fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since the lord of the rings.