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here’s lots more books we couldn’t quite fit in. Stephenie Meyer’s (out now, Little Brown) retells the events of from Edward’s perspective. (If you’re thinking”, Meyer had the idea first, but paused work in 2008 after 12 chapters leaked). You’ll either buy this or not, and no critique we could offer would make a scrap of difference… author Emily St John Mandel’s latest is (out now, Picador). This tale of the lives impacted by the collapse of an investment scam has a hint of the paranormal (there are ghosts), but is probably not quite our bag. A boy who ekes a living picking treasures from the Living Mud is sold to the Master of Mordew, who derives his magical power from feeding on the corpse of God, in Alex Phelby’s dark fantasy (13 August, Galley Beggar Press). Peter Newman’s trilogy, set in a world of crystal castles and winged knights, concludes with (out now, HarperVoyager). Our reviewer called book one “compelling, vivid and skillfully crafted”. Kelvin Universe novel (20 August, Pocket Books) sees Kirk escorting Sarek to a dilithium-rich planet under siege from dark-energy “demons”. Finally, (out now, Chronicle) concludes Disney historian Didier Ghez’s coffee-table series. It includes art by and chats with creatives on the likes of and . Phew!

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