The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 2

8 best books like The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 2 (Jonathan Strahan): Children of Earth and Sky, Why Art?, The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley, Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 1 - Japanese Cuisine, Komodo, Extreme Faction, A Foreign Country, A History of Violence

Children of Earth and Sky
AuthorGuy Gavriel Kay
ISBN0451472969
The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new book, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands—where empires...
Why Art?
AuthorEleanor Davis
ISBN1683960823
What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent, goofy, serious, altruistic, evil, or expressive, or any number of other things....
The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0151004374
This melon collic story is about an old home where all the people are old or unwell. It goes on painting all the dreary and hopeless things around these people. Ponds full of eels beneath ice and people trapped in the snow. There is a panel about a dead orphan who escaped the wraith and that dark humor got a...
Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 1 - Japanese Cuisine
AuthorTetsu Kariya
ISBN1421521393
Follow journalist Yamaoka Shiro on a rich culinary adventure as he hunts for the "ultimate menu". To commemorate its 100th anniversary the heads of newspaper Tozai Shimbun come up with a plan to publish the “Ultimate Menu”. The assignment is given to journalist Yamaoka Shiro, the protagonist...
Komodo
AuthorJeff VanderMeer
Exclusive for StoryBundle readers: the first stand-alone e-book version of an incendiary speculative fiction novelette from the NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy. Meet your cast of characters: Angels and ghost frogs, transdimensional komodo dragons and secret forces using...
Extreme Faction
AuthorTrevor Scott
Guarding two agri-business honchos at a conference in Odessa, Ukraine, Jake Adams witnesses the strange death of a former Soviet biochemist. The problem is, Jake isn't the only one standing next to the biochemist when he is swiftly and cleverly assassinated. Under presidential orders, Jake is brought...
A Foreign Country
AuthorCharles Cumming
ISBN0312591330
From the internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of The Trinity Six, comes a compelling tale of deceit and betrayal, conspiracy and redemption


On the vacation of a lifetime in Egypt, an elderly French couple are brutally murdered. Days later, a meticulously-planned...
A History of Violence
AuthorJohn Wagner
ISBN1563893673
It's just another quiet day in small-town, USA, until a couple of wanted killers walk into Tom McKenna's diner looking for trouble. When Tom gives them more than they bargained for, he and his family are thrust into the kind of white-hot media spotlight that attracts a lot of attention - and questions...
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