New Releases by Sean Stewart

Jeune trentenaire installée dans le sud des Etats-Unis, Toni Beauchamp vient d''enterrer sa mère Elena, fameuse dans la région pour sa réputation de sorcière et sa propension à voir son esprit investi par quelques divinités mineures peu adaptées aux arcanes de notre monde contemporain. Rien de grave dans tout cela, sinon qu''enfant, Toni ne supportait pas de voir sa mère constamment montrée du doigt, et qu''elle a fini par développer un véritable blocage vis-à-vis de son ascendance. Comment, réagir, dès lors, en découvrant qu''avec le décès d''Elena, c''est à elle-même qu''échoient ces talents pour le moins singuliers ? Comment admettre, enfin, son héritage ? Par cette œuvre sensible et douce-amère, métaphore subtile de l''acceptation de ses racines, Sean Stewart s''impose en digne héritier des maîtres du réalisme magique, Calvino, Pynchon ou Garcia Marquez. Mais l''Oiseau Moqueur nous offre aussi le portrait magnifique d''une femme d''aujourd''hui face aux mystères de la maternité.

A novel about voodoo, motherhood, and Houston.

The hero of FIRECRACKER is a likeable, 32-year-old, slightly feckless divorced father-of-one who lives in Texas and is nicknamed ''Dead'' Kennedy, for the rather good reason that he can see dead people. We''re told this in a very matter of fact way - there''s nothing gothic or horror-like about this novel - it''s been something he''s had to live with all his life and, apart from the fact that it makes driving a car impossible for him (he keeps swerving to avoid the ghosts), it hasn''t really affected his life. DK is trying to put his life back on track, in part to do justice to the faith his daughter Megan - 12 years old, and very funny - continues to place in him, and in part because he''s still in love with his ex-wife and he can''t bear to prove her new ex-marine husband Don right. The trouble is, he keeps being distracted, first by a long-lost cousin with a weeping ghost in his garage and a terrible secret to hide, then by his all-too-alive mother who is planning a family reunion, and finally by a number of his dead relatives who all seem to want something from him. This isn''t trying to be the Sixth Sense - it''s far quirkier and funnier. It is a ghost story - with ghosts who are both living and dead - but it''s also a love story and the story of a man who loses his way and the people who try and help him find it once again.

A gripping Clone Wars–era adventure featuring a showdown between Grand Master Yoda and his former apprentice, the sinister Count Dooku. The savage Clone Wars have forced the Republic to the edge of collapse. During the height of the battle, one Jedi Knight escapes the carnage to deliver a message to Yoda on Coruscant. It appears that Dooku wants peace and demands a rendezvous. Chances are slim that the treacherous Count is sincere but, with a million lives at stake, Yoda has no choice. The meeting will take place on Vjun, a planet steeped in evil. The challenge could not be more difficult. Can Yoda win back his once promising pupil from the dark side or will Count Dooku unleash his sinister forces against his former mentor? Either way, Yoda is sure of one thing: this battle will be one of the fiercest he’ll ever face.

A dark, funny, fast-moving novel of Texas, family, and perfect pop songs.

After breaking a curse that has troubled the kingdom for years, Shielder''s Mark is rewarded with the hand of a princess only to find married life to be as difficult as any magical foe he''s ever faced.

A conflict between two worlds, one ruled by science, the other by magic. It is seen through the eyes of young Emily Thompson of Edmonton, Alberta, who discovers children are being offered as human sacrifice to appease magic.

Resurrection Man is the story of an angel raised among mortals, reluctant to use his powers but ultimately compelled to fulfill his fate. It is an ambitious story that confirms Sean Stewart''s growing reputation as "a new voice as distinctive as any in SF" (Robert Charles Wilson).