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Lily and Mark are banished from the avaricious city of Agora into Giseth, a land where equality rules. But sinister secrets stalk their lives, as well as rumours about their destiny...

A taut, compelling tale in the Samurai warrior tradition

Fifteen-year-old Willo has been left alone in the freezing and snow covered hills that have been his home for years.

Gerard Woodward’s memorable first collection of stories gives us his own peculiar fictional world, in which the surreal makes its incursions into everyday lives. Their comedy is generally of the painful kind, and the macabre is always threatening to overwhelm disaffected characters, often trapped in mundane marriages or occupations.

A curious and magical fantasy epic which explores boundaries of all kinds between myth and reality, human and beast, the temporal and spiritual and heaven and hell.

The penultimate book in Michael Grant's hard-hitting FAYZ series ratchets up the action as this gripping dystopian series sweeps towards an exciting conclusion.

A boy helps deliver a baby to a fantasy warrior queen; another finds courage from a mythical hero to confront a school bully; a terrified, sleepless girl is carried off by Wee Willie Winkie.

China Miéville is known for his brilliantly imaginative science-fiction and fantasy, and Railsea is no exception.

In Calcutta in 1916, after the deaths of both their parents in bizarre circumstances, two babies are separated at birth.

When he turns up for a routine hospital appointment, Robert Smith suspects nothing. By the time he leaves, in a stolen car with a gun in his hand, people are dead and he no longer has any idea who or what he really is.

Kita longs to escape from the brutish culture of life amongst the sheepmen on the hill fort - and makes up her mind to join the mysterious tribe of witches living on the sinister Witch Crag.

In a city ravaged by a devastating plague, wealthy 17-year-old Araby tries to escape reality at the infamous Debauchery Club. But even here she can't forget the horror of the dark streets outside - or her guilt about her brother's death.

Part classic country house novel, part surreal fantasy, The Uninvited Guests marks a very different approach for Sadie Jones

The evil warlord Derthsin will rule Avantia if he can locate all four pieces of the Mask of Death. Only the Chosen Riders and their mythical Beasts stand between him and total control.

Presenting a bleak and disturbing vision of the future, BZRK is a gripping, action-packed rollercoaster ride, which will not disappoint Grant's existing fan base. With strong language and scenes of violence and cruelty, it is not for the faint-hearted, but as well as hard-hitting action, there are some complex and thought- provoking ideas in play.

Set in two worlds, both real and fantasy, this intelligent and moving story of friendship, fear, misunderstanding and forgiveness, was awarded the Branford Boase Award.

Second in a series, this is a gripping, horrifyingly recognisable dystopian vision of a society re-inventing itself but with shaky rules and founded on fast-dwindling resources.

Since her death the day before her 18th birthday, Felicia has been stuck in Level 2 - an otherworldly waiting room between heaven and hell where she replays memories of her life on earth.

In the early hours of a summer morning, a young woman encounters a mysterious mobile library while walking down an empty suburban street.

Mab, keeper of the Blood Magic, and Will, a young man seeking direction find themselves drawn together in this dark, magical tale of romance and witchcraft

An original and fascinating book by a talented new writer, which explores themes of trust, redemption, forgiveness and natural justice in the context of a dark and gripping mystery.

Prisoner of war, optometrist, time-traveller - these are the life roles of Billy Pilgrim, hero of this miraculously moving, bitter and funny story of innocence faced with apocalypse.

A pilot marooned in the desert is visited by a little prince, and they become friends. This is a lovely book for children and adults alike to keep and revisit time and time again.

Luce has been falsely implicated in the mysterious death of a school friend, and much to her despair, has been sent to reform school. But one student, Daniel, seems curiously familiar.

One day Coraline unlocks a mysterious door that opens onto another world, a twisted parody of Coraline's own dimension.

An intriguing blend of psychological thriller and fantasy, this is an impressive and unusual debut.

Sarah Midnight has spent her life keeping secrets, but when her parents are murdered, she begins to discover just how many incredible secrets have been kept from her...

In the first installment of the Rephaim series, Gaby finds herself grappling with a supernatural world of fallen angels and demons.

Deirdre, a teenage, twenty-first century musician, discovers her supernatural Celtic background and finds she can see faeryfolk - but there are dangers ahead...

First published in the early 1930s, these stories reveal an author whose interests lay far beyond the Scottish and rural.

A hugely varied anthology of thrilling and inventive short stories

Intense, emotional and impressive

Sam Leith’s debut novel is an entertaining romp through a paranoid America, a paranoid tech-savvy packet of ideas, much like if Douglas Adams wrote The X Files.

The irrepressible Mosca Mye returns! Having departed Mandelion under a cloud, she and Eponymour Clent are running out of places to go.

Set in the not too distant future this book investigates the restrictions on freedom and individuality that are placed on society by an all-controlling government.

In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England.

When Simeon is taken in by the Cathedral school, we meet the sinister school Warden – Dr Dee, a real necromancer of the time, and the ghost of his collaborator Edward Kelly.

In this terrifying dystopia from Bali Rai, the young, the old and the sick have become the prey of horrifying demons that Fire City's wealthy employ to police the city.

After years of selfimposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates and a city he loathes.

In a world in which humans and dragons have come to an uneasy truce in order to live side-by-side, shy court musician Seraphina has a secret to hide.

As well as being a compelling tale of love and friendship, this is an outstanding and thought-provoking exploration of the futility of prejudice.

If William Burroughs wrote a graphic novel, it might look something like this. 

Seeking escape from their lives, two teenagers are drawn to follow a charismatic young man who is leading a Children’s Crusade through France to the Holy Land.

Jake Harker's obsession with all things grisly had begun as a child but did not prepare him for the day he witnessed the gruesome murder of his own mother.

Fourteen year old Sam Templeton is having a completely normal day until his teacher disappearsin the middle of a class. But he soon discovers that it isn't only their teacher who is gone - everyone over the age of fifteen has inexplicably disappeared from the small town of Perdido Beach.

In 21st century Manhattan, a good portion of the citizenry consists of freaks engendered by a nuclear accident on Long Island.

Ivo discovers that the victim of a brutal murder was a stranger who had earlier begged him to look after a small and mysterious object for him.

Nin must do what she can to save The Drift from destruction by uncovering the spell which hides the last of the Seven Sorcerers, Simeon Dark. But time and luck may be running out...

Set in small-town Minnesota, Stiefvater’s moving and poetic novel of human/wolf interaction and relationships is a werewolf story like no other.

These often thought-provoking stories look at the reactions ordinary people have to the unusual situations they find themselves in and feature a host of different illustrative styles ranging from collage to painterly Edward Hopper-esque scenes.