kat's picks
The Bones were lucky to find the valley-- but between dragon, princess, ancient evil, and stupid, stupid rat creatures, they'll be luckier to leave.
Matty is a journalist abandoned behind the front lines of the war for New York City. So why does he feel more at home than he ever has?
When the aliens finally came, they were neither saviors nor destroyers, only refugees. And it's even easier to dehumanize aliens... easily the best sf movie of the decade.
Gritty near-future setting; crisp, witty dialogue; fantastic stuntwork; and a cast of characters I actually care about. Hollywood, the French have a thing or two to teach you about action films.
Jack Morgan has a ship full of trouble, a cool tattoo, and a new alien friend. The problem? They're one and the same....
Gale women cook, cast charms, and arrange marriages. To Alysha Gale, inheriting Gran's Calgary shop seems a lucky escape. But Gran was still a Gale, and she'd meddled in more than charmed pie will fix....
It's 2012, and orcs have just robbed an Avalon 4 bank. A deadbeat programmer, a sword-wielding accountant, and a very bewildered cop must join forces to catch them.
She lost name and freedom to slavery, sacrificed hopes and sight for kin she barely remembers. But can the Hawkspar eyes find a future to save them all?
The AIs protected mankind for centuries, as Aristide created them to. But now he, his magic sword, and his talking cat must save the world.... again.
Beautiful piano, bittersweet lyrics, and a voice so pure as to be almost painful. If you can't catch her in concert, do yourself a favor and get the CD.
Dust-dry and brutally truthful, McMurtry is a spinner of song-stories and a virtuoso of the heartstrings. Listen with care; lyrics can cause mental whiplash.
Sharp punk edge with clever lyrics and a backbeat to kill for. I picked this up after hearing 'URA Fever' as soundtrack on 'The Losers', and I'm glad I did.
Mau paddles home to find his village gone -- and a strange ghost girl washed up on the same tidal wave. What world will they build on the ruins of the old?
Alfred Vaz wants to save the world. Robert Gu just wants to make poetry again. Mr. Rabbit promises both what they want... but will they get what they deserve?
Dill is the last of his line, an angel forbidden to fly. Rachel is half an assassin. Both serve the Chained God -- but is the church all that it seems?
Take a helping of Dire Straits. Add vivid, evocative lyrics, a fascination with the sordid side of American culture, and a dash of blues growl, and what do you have? One hell of an album.
Mages control the current; wizzards are controlled by it. Wren stands on the razor edge between, a lonejack-for-hire with a killer agent. But some jobs make it hard to stay in the middle....
Just another citizenless halfbreed looking for a pretty slave on Gorthan Spit. But Blaze is far from ordinary, and as she'll find out, neither is her prey....
A immortal child isn't a child: she's a prize for science to win and business to sell. Grownups want to live forever. But children want to grow up....
To Tremaine, it's an enemy airship. To Illias, it's a wizard-ridden flying whale. Both want the same thing: stop it destroying their worlds....
An assassin. A godbotherer. A war criminal. The government. Who would you trust? (Hint: don't pick the government.)
An indentured, impoverished factory girl isn't much of a threat -- unless she has fae blood.But is Mina a greater danger to those she hates, or those she loves?
The holy women of Semay are dying. As a Moonchild, it's Drake's duty to find the killer, no matter what he may think of their religion. But pinning down the priestesses of Ava is harder than it looks...
