Best Selling Books by Mike Carey

As old threats are still having their effects, new, more deadly threats emerge from the unlikeliest of places. Threats that spell doom for the X-Men. This volume collects "X-Men" issues #188-#199, "Annual." Young adult.

London punk, Joe Bulmer finds a mysterious black pearl which increases his telekinetic powers. Mysterious alien shape-shifters also want the pearl. He is joined by a beautiful Asian telepath and a mysterious alien warrior to keep the pearl from forces who would use it to destroy the earth.

To find the maanim, Sir Thomas must succeed where all other knights have failed. Which isn''t going to be easy when his own identity keeps shifting and when the story itself seemsdetermined to create a very different hero.

A mysterious orphan on the streets of Rotterdam, no bigger than a bean, will change the world. There''s only one student at Battle School smarter than Ender Wiggin - Bean. Come join X-Men scribe Mike Carey (X-Men: Legacy, Ultimate Fantastic Four) and drawn by the amazing Sebastian Fiumara (The Picture of Dorian Grey) for the adaptation of a sci-fi classic. Collects Ender''s Shadow: Battle School #1-5

Written by Mike Carey Art and cover by John Bolton GOD SAVE THE QUEEN is a new hardcover that reunites acclaimed writer Mike Carey (CROSSING MIDNIGHT, LUCIFER) with renowned fantasy painter John Bolton (FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL, THE SANDMAN PRESENTS: THE FURIES). Bolton''s lush palette perfectly captures both the lurid underbelly of modern London and the haunting elegance of Faerie in a dark, compelling tale of decadence and desire that echoes the epic scope of BOOKS OF MAGIC and THE SANDMAN. Set in both North London and the Faerie kingdom, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN tells the story of a rebellious teenager who falls in with a group of slacker faeries. She discovers that for faeries, the ultimate rush is Red Horse, a drug made from heroin and human blood. It''s a dangerous high, and when she gets hooked she''s drawn into a civil war that becomes a struggle to the death between Queen Titania and her predecessor, Queen Mab. Don''t miss this imaginative, thought-provoking collaboration from two acclaimed creators! Advance-solicited; on sale April 18 - 96 pg, FC, $19.99 US - MATURE READERS

The X-Men are heading west and founding a new home for themselves in San Francisco, California. There they find themselves tangling with Magneto and fighting the robotic Sentinels. Also, Pixie learns how dangerous bigotry is when she is confronted by the all-new Hellfire Cult.

Fleeing the dark reign of Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers, the X-Men have created a new home for themselves on the floating island of Utopia, where they begin to feel safe until they find themselves under attack by Emplate, an enemy from the past who is a vampiric mutant.

In The Stranded, the first Virgin/SciFi book, five ordinary people must face a terrifying question: What if your entire world - your childhood, your family, all your memories - was a lie? For the Stranded, it''s true; they''re all, secretly, from another world. And now a deadly, otherworldly force has returned to try and kill them, operating through a twisted, altered human called Janus. Their only hope: Tamree, a dark, mysterious woman sent to Earth as their protector. One by one, Tamree must awaken the buried memories of the Stranded - along with their powerful, unique psychic and physical abilities. But even if they can defeat Janus, they must also deal with a deadly threat from one of their own!

BACK IN THE OLD COUNTRY! Soon to be stepping from the shadows into his own live action movie (starring Keanu Reeves) comes a classic comics character: John Constantine, the enigmatic chain-smoking mystic! Having finally returned from his lengthy sojourn around the United States, John Constantine''s back in the UK, in Liverpool, to let his sister and niece know that he''s far from dead, as they had believed. But almost as soon as he arrives, Constatine finds himself caught up in a mysterious wave of killings - and the culprit has magic in mind! Written by cult favourite Mike Carey (Lucifer), with art from talented newcomer Marcelo Frusin, it''s Constantine at his best - on home ground, and in trouble!

The survivors of Fabletown have launched their final assault on Castle Dark--and been broken. Their king is dead and their champions defeated. But the battle''s not over until the wicked witch says it is, and Frau Totenkinder still has plans for Tom Taylor and Boy Blue. ''The Unwritten Fables'' part 5

Childhood ends. Children grow up. And young Alice is now a mother herself, raising her daughter alone in 1990s London. But the Dollhouse has never forgotten the promise that she made. The Dollhouse knows where sheÕs gone. And so does Jenny, the ghost of the girl who died in her orphanage...

Collects issues twenty-nine through thirty-five of "Lucifer" comics in which the retired Lord of Hell, having built a new Creation, populated it, and defended it from those who wished to take it from him, must now answer the challenge of combat with an angel of the Host and repay his debt to the half-angel Belloc.

Nothing stands between Mister Dark and the endless, nested worlds of reality and story--except a witch without a conscience, a prince crippled by grief and three schoolchildren who are starting to realize that they''re wearing the wrong faces. ''The Unwritten Fables'' part 4.

A magical force begins granting wishes to ordinary mortals, with sinister and unpredictable results. Heaven, forbidden to intervene directly, asks Lucifer to investigate and trace this mysterious power to its source. Despite himself, Lucifer agrees, embarking on a journey that will take him back to the Hell he abandoned and beyond.

A beautiful angel with an ancient score to settle puts out a contract on Lucifer Morningstar! Alerted by an attack on his L.A. bar, Lucifer follows a trail that leads him from the mercurial realm of the Dreaming to the luminous streets of Beijing. Featuring a guest-appearance by the new Sandman!