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SUCCESSFULLY KICKSTARTED COMIC SERIES “SLIGHTLY EXAGGERATED” GETS PAPERBACK EDITION FROM DARK HORSE

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Comics explorers craving the artistic depth and wonder of Studio Ghibli with the epic and daring of Tomb Raider will find their next adventure in Slightly Exaggerated. Initially available on their successful Kickstarter, writer Curtis Clow (Beastlands: Keepers of the Kingdom, Wild Cosmos), artist Pius Bak (Skull and Bones, Stranger Things), colorists Roman Titov (Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams) and Eva De La Cruz (Steam), and letterer Toben Racicot (Beastlands: Keepers of the Kingdom) partner with Dark Horse Comics to collect issues #1 through #4 together in a new paperback collection.

A dying treasure hunter must steal back a sacred artifact from a crazed cult leader to restore order before her sickness overcomes her, in a new, fantasy world where religion is the law.

Set in a land where Sky-whales and airships populate the horizon, this action-packed story follows Mia and her companion Winston, caught in a scheme well outside their comprehension. Mia’s talent for treasure-finding has dragged them into peril, with factions waging war to obtain three sacred relics capable of granting a person the power of a god. A terminally-ill adventurer in a race against everyone, Mia is prepared to sacrifice everything to save her friends.

Reviews for Slightly Exaggerated:

“What I can say though is that the first issue of Slightly Exaggerated was an absolutely thrilling ride from start to finish. The way Clow expands upon this beautiful world while still leaving aspects to mystery is absolutely brilliant. Every page I read I wanted to know more and more.”—PullBox.com

“Mia’s search for riches is as much a search for meaning, a chance to create her own story, a legend of her own that will not be forgotten. But too often the structures of our society leave us with little choice but to meander and flounder through expected courses. Clow’s engaging story is propelled into the stratosphere by the breathtaking art of his collaborator and co-creator Pius Bak, whose bright colors and imaginative world are eye-popping and demand full attention.”—UrbaneTurtle.com

“A heartfelt story about appreciating the time we have in life and living it to the fullest.”—Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black, Batman, Power Rangers)

Slightly Exaggerated arrives in trade paperback on bookstore shelves on July 9, 2024, and comic shops on July 10, 2024. Pre-order at your local comic shop, bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble for $19.99.

Praise for Curtis Clow and Beastlands:

“If you’re a fan of fantasy stories, amazing creatures, and great stories Beastland: Keepers of the Kingdom is not a book you want to miss out on.”—Set The Tape

“Beastlands is a comic that is made with both imagination and heart as it is built with the highest quality of production I’ve seen. The creators have clearly put their blood, sweat, and tears into a story that deserves every reader it can get.”—The Modern Gafa

SCHOLASTIC TO PUBLISH WHEN WE FLEW AWAY: A NOVEL OF ANNE FRANK BEFORE THE DIARY IN SEPTEMBER 2024

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Scholastic’s Groundbreaking Novel of Anne Frank, Before the Diary When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary by Alice Hoffman to be published internationally on September 17, 2024.

Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, announced today the publication of When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary—a novel exploring the little-known story of Anne Frank’s life before she went into hiding—from bestselling, award-winning author Alice Hoffman and published in cooperation with the Anne Frank House. Releasing on September 17, 2024 in the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand, World English rights were acquired for Scholastic Press by Miriam Farbey and Lisa Sandell in a deal with Amanda Urban of CAA.

In soaring prose, bestselling author Alice Hoffman brings Anne Frank to life on the page, drawing from her extensive research in Europe and the United States, to depict her experiences from the moment the Nazis invade the Netherlands until her family is forced into hiding in the annex of her father’s office building at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. As state-sponsored discrimination turns ordinary people into monsters, the Jews in the Netherlands are caught in an inescapable swell of violence and hate, and Anne is shaped as both a young woman and as a writer who will change the world. WHEN WE FLEW AWAY features archival content provided by the Anne Frank House, as well as information about Otto Frank’s desperate bids to get his family to safety in America gathered from correspondence between Otto Frank and Nathan Straus, Jr. from the Straus Historical Society’s Archives.

Says Hoffman, “In the year when I was twelve, I discovered many of the books that have meant the most to me, books that changed my life. The book that affected me more than any other was The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank. It changed the way I looked at the world. It changed the person I was and the person I would become. I wondered what Anne’s life had been like before the diary, and what had caused her to become the writer whose voice spoke for a generation of those whose lives were ruined or ended by the Nazi occupation, a voice that will never allow us to forget what had happened.”

“In this time of rising anti-Semitism, there was no author more suited to showing the real-life, heart-breaking consequences and devastation wrought by this prejudice than Alice Hoffman. In stunning, affecting language, Alice illuminates that period in Anne Frank’s life when her rights and freedoms diminished, as her voice grew louder and her choice became to write. While this novel is intended for readers ages 8-12, we know teens and adults—all of whom know the name Anne Frank—will want to more fully understand who she was and why her story is especially important today,” added Ellie Berger, President, Scholastic Trade Publishing.

Additionally, noted Farbey and Sandell, “We felt it was imperative to partner with the Anne Frank House, as they are the foremost researchers of the history of the Frank Family and would help us to ensure that the book, while a work of fiction, is very much grounded in fact.”

“We can highly recommend Alice Hoffman’s novel of Anne Frank’s life, set in the dramatic and terrible circumstances of those first war years. We hope it will persuade young readers that contributing to a better world is both necessary and possible,” says Ronald Leopold, Executive Director, Anne Frank House.

About WHEN WE FLEW AWAY: A NOVEL OF ANNE FRANK, BEFORE THE DIARY 

Upon the German army’s successful invasion of the Netherlands, the Nazis’ grip on the Jews in Amsterdam tightens. Anne Frank and her family find their lives turned inside out, blow by blow, restriction by restriction, as a tide of prejudice, terror, and violence washes over their city. Otto Frank, Anne’s beloved father, writes desperately to a friend in the U.S., hoping to secure his family safe passage to the shores of America. However, immigration to the U.S. is all but impossible, and even as Otto assures Anne that their escape is imminent, he begins preparations to hide his family.

And, all the while, eleven-year-old Anne, creative and fearless and bold, tries to find herself as the world crumbles around her. In the midst of impossible danger, Anne discovers who she truly is . . . and it shapes her as a young woman and as a writer. A writer who will go on to change the world as we know it.

Sneak Peek: Texas Ever After by Sherryl Woods

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Texas Ever After by Sherryl Woods

Love conquers all in this 2-in-1 classic from New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods

The Pint-Sized Secret

Geologist Brianna O’Ryan was beautiful, intelligent…and possibly a corporate spy! Yet the more Jeb Delacourt investigated what the single mom had tried to keep hidden, the more he felt her secret was not professional, but personal…and the faster she made his pulse race. Soon, stolen kisses and midnight embraces had Brianna wondering if it was time to risk everything for love…

MARRYING A DELACOURT

Once upon a time, Michael Delacourt’s tempting kisses had sent Grace Foster’s heartbeat ricocheting. Now here she was on an isolated Texas ranch with the only man she’d ever loved…the man she could never marry. So when a tidal wave of longing overcame her, she shifted her focus to the two vulnerable runaways who’d landed in Michael’s care. Clearly, the oil tycoon needed Grace’s parenting skills, so why the fire in his touch? Did he harbor a fierce desire for one more chance at love—this time forever?

Heartwarming Books Featuring Found Family

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The “found family” trope reminds us that family isn’t always determined by blood or DNA, but also by choice. If this is one of your favorite tropes to read, we’ve complied a list of books you’ll love! Explore this collection of heartwarming and emotional stories that celebrate the beauty of found families.

FAMILIA by Lauren E. Rico

When Gabby DiMarco completes a geneaology test for research purposes, her test yields an unexpected—and baffling—result: Gabby has a sister she never knew existed. When Gabby goes to Puerto Rico to meet Isabella for the first time, their union is anything but heartfelt. As Gabby explores her birthplace, she’ll uncover shocking truths about her past and find solace in the family she’s adopted along the way.

THE SECRET LIFE OF ALBERT ENTWISTLE by Matt Cain

Albert Entwistle lives a quiet, reserved life as a postman in a small English town. But when he’s unexpectedly forced into retirement, his simple life unravels. But now, Albert is determined to seek out the happiness he’s always denied himself. As Albert embarks on an incredible new adventure, he’ll embrace his true self and find new friends that become family.

GIGI, LISTENING by Chantel Guertin

As a romance bookstore owner, Gigi Rutherford loves love stories. But when it comes to her own love life, Gigi doesn’t have much luck on the dating scene. Instead, she dreams about her favorite audiobook narrator, Zane Wilkenson. So when Gigi gets the chance to meet Zane in person on an English bus tour, she jumps at the opportunity. And as Gigi embarks on her new adventure, an eclectic group of her fellow travelers will help her discover everything she’s been searching for.

THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE AND LOSS by Bart Yates

When Noah York’s mother summons him back to Oakland, New Hampshire, Noah knows he can’t refuse. But the sleepy little town Noah grew up in is full of memories he’d rather avoid, both good and bad. And when his mother delivers some shattering news, Noah will embark on an adventure to connect with the extended family he never knew existed, reunite with people from his past, and find his way back to the only truths that matter.

GEORGIE, ALL ALONG by Kate Clayborn

When Georgie leaves her hectic life in Los Angeles to return to her quiet hometown, she must confront an uncomfortable truth: Georgie’s own wants and needs have always been a blank page. But when she rediscovers a diary from her childhood, she’ll reunite with her best friend to see if fulfilling her childhood wishes will bring her one step closer to who she’s meant to be. And with a little help from the handsome town outcast, Georgie may just find a happy ending she wasn’t expecting…

THE DUELING DUCHESS by Minerva Spencer

When Cecile lost everyone she loved during the French Revolution, she never imagined she’d up and join the circus. As a markswoman in Farnham’s Fantastical Female Fayre, Cecile has found a new home with the other performers she’s come to regard as family. But when Cecile meets the man known as The Darling of the Ton, her life will be thrown into upheaval. And it will take a lot more than apologies to grant the handsome Darlington back into Cecile’s good graces.

THE SCAPEGRACERS by H.A. Clarke

Sideways Pike is a witch, lesbian, and a lifelong outsider. Nearing the bottom of West High’s social pyramid, she’s had a hard time making friends. But when three popular girls offer her forty dollars to cast a spell at their Halloween party, Sideways is swept into a new clique, and soon, a fierce and powerful coven. But Sideways will soon discover that maintaining friendships will be much more difficult than she imagined.

ROCK BOTTOM by Fern Michaels

When you’re one of the Sisterhood, you’re family. Across the world women from all walks of life are bound by friendship and years of adventure. With a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right. So when buildings and bridges start collapsing and causing hundreds of deaths, the Sisterhood must investigate a suspicious company and blow the whistle to reveal a startling truth.

Reprinted with permission from Kensington Books.

Sneak Peek: Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin

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Embers in the London Sky by Sarah Sundin

World War II Novelist Plunges Readers into the Heat of the London Blitz in Heart-Gripping Novel

Since 2010, Sarah Sundin has transported readers back to World War II with her mesmerizing and historically accurate novels. In her newest narrative, Embers in the London Sky, Sundin explores the war through the eyes of a mother who has been separated from her beloved child and through a BBC correspondent who knows that reporting the truth will take him deep into the flames. Filled with raw emotion, Embers in the London Sky will captivate, entertain, and educate readers as they plunge into the gritty realities of war.

As the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940, Aleida van der Zee Martens flees her homeland with her husband and her three- year-old son. But when her husband is killed and she is separated from her son, she must escape to London alone to wait out the occupation. She finds work with an agency responsible for evacuating children to the countryside and is determined to use her connections to help her find her son. This includes enlisting the aid of a handsome BBC correspondent.

BBC radio correspondent Hugh Collingwood is caught in the middle of the London Blitz. As German bombs set the city on fire, Hugh is determined to boost morale while walking the fine line between truth and censorship. But the Germans are not the only ones Londoners have to fear as a series of murders flame up amid the ashes.

As Aleida and Hugh work together to find her missing son and also uncover the culprit behind the murders, they continue to grow closer. But with bombs falling and continued killings, they may be running out of time.

Join Sundin in a breathtaking novel that seamlessly weaves together history, suspense, and romance in a tale that transcends time.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sarah Sundin is the bestselling author of When Twilight Breaks, Until Leaves Fall in Paris, The Sound of Light, and the popular WWII series Sunrise at Normandy, among others. She is a Christy Award winner and a Carol Award winner, and her novels have received starred reviews from Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly, and have appeared on Booklist’s “101 Best Romance Novels of the Last 10 Years.” Sarah lives in California.

It Came From The Trees New Horror From Joel McKay

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It Came From The Trees
And other violent Aberrations by Joel McKay

Tree planters on the run from parasitic insects. A physicist who has become the target of a murderous airline. Teenagers trapped in a museum with an eldritch horror. An escaped pit fighter thrust into a desperate stand at a sagging mountain fortress. And a luckless cowboy sailing across a sea of grass to the bloody resurrection of an elder god. Welcome to Joel McKay’s It Came from the Trees and Other Violent Aberrations, a collection of five page-turners as strange, disparate and bloody as their titles suggest.

So, grab a stiff drink, turn the lights down low, settle into your favorite reading nook and enjoy this brief but memorable collection of tales from one of the newest voices in Canadian pulp fiction.

It Came From the Trees: and Other Violent Aberrations eBook : McKay, Joel: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Joel McKay is an economic development professional, author and former public relations executive and journalist. He is based in Prince George, B.C. where he is the CEO of Northern Development, and sits on the boards of the University of Northern B.C. and Destination B.C.

Joel is passionate about British Columbia, especially its vast and relatively misunderstood north. His writing focuses on the people, places and issues relevant to northern and rural communities, typically with a healthy dose of the absurd or supernatural. His short story ‘Number Hunnerd’, a fish tale set in B.C.’s Cariboo, was published in Tyche Books anthology Water: Selkies, Sirens and Sea Monsters in 2021. His novella, Wolf at the Door, was published in the spring of 2022 and focuses on a disastrous family Thanksgiving dinner. His forthcoming fiction, a short western horror story titled ‘Hands’, will be published by Brigids Gate Press in the summer of 2022.
Joel was previously Director, Communications at Northern Development. During that time he led the creation and publication of the ‘Small Town PR Playbook’, a first-of-its-kind how-to book for rural public relations in Canada that won the Don Rennie Award from the Canadian Public Relations Society for excellence in government communications. Prior to that, he was Assignment Editor at Business in Vancouver Newspaper where his journalism earned him a Jack Webster Award for Business, Industry and Economics in 2011, and a nomination for a second Jack Webster Award for Multimedia Reporting in 2012.
He has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Kwantlen Polytechnic University for his professional achievements, and in 2021 was awarded the Chairman’s Award from the B.C. Economic Development Association for his contributions to rural development. He has been named a Top 40 Under 40 by the Prince George Chamber of Commerce, and in 2021 and 2022 was named one of the 500 most influential business leaders in British Columbia by Business in Vancouver Media Group.

Sneak Peek: Accidentally His by Sabrina Jeffries

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Accidentally His by Sabrina Jeffries

With a fresh new hook for readers of Regency romance by Julia Quinn, Lisa Kleypas, and Madeline Hunter, New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries returns to the Dazzling Debutantes series featuring a trio of ladies who defy social constraints by starting a business as party planners to the ton. The creative force behind London’s most dazzling events, these young women know plenty about fashion, food, and the perfect setting—but there is always more to learn about love…

As a viscount’s heir, Rafe Wolfford is obligated to take a wife someday. But she must be the right sort of wife—not too independent, and not inclined to delve into his escapades as a spy. The forthright, perceptive Lady Verity is altogether the wrong choice. But Rafe’s courtship is merely a ruse to discover whether Verity or anyone else associated with Elegant Occasions is leaking crucial information to the French. That mission is all that
matters—until fate, and desire, intervene.

After enduring one disastrous engagement, Verity won’t easily open her heart again, preferring to devote herself to Elegant Occasions. Rafe is charming, handsome, and kisses like the very devil, but she knows he’s harboring secrets. Still, when her ex-fiancé tries to ruin her reputation, Rafe offers his hand. For the sake of her family and business, Verity has little choice but to accept. Yet turning this arrangement into a true marriage will require daring and trust—which neither will embrace easily, making surrender all the sweeter . . .

Libraries Achieve Record-Breaking Circulation of Digital Media in 2023

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Reader demand for ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines and streaming video drives library lending to grow by 19 percent

Librarians and educators achieved new milestones in 2023 by providing increasingly robust streaming options to satisfy the interests of all ages and audiences. Readers worldwide borrowed 662 million ebooks, audiobooks and digital magazines, a 19 percent increase over 2022. This growth was driven by a regular cadence of new release blockbuster titles, as well as new Libby reading app features and cost-effective access models. Streaming video through libraries and colleges on Kanopy also reached a record 23 million plays. Aggregated data was reported by OverDrive, the leading digital content platform for 92,000 libraries and schools in 115 countries worldwide.

2023 also marked the award-winning Libby app’s one billionth digital book checkout. Due to the outreach efforts of 22,000 public libraries around the globe, more than 9 million people installed the Libby app in 2023 and became new library users, signaling the continued expansion of library services both inside and outside the branch. In addition, bestselling new titles like Spare, Verity, Lessons in Chemistry and Fourth Wing as well as Libby’s new Notify Me tag feature and the growing popularity of digital magazines fueled the record digital checkouts. Behind the scenes, the new “OverDrive Max” lending model provided greater flexibility and value for library budgets by providing “bundled checkouts” for 400,000 digital ebook and audiobook titles.

Kanopy’s growth was supported by their upgraded flexible program models, an expanded catalog with new and exclusive streaming titles, and the introduction of the highly anticipated Kanopy Kids subscription option.

2023 digital lending records from the OverDrive global network:

  • Total digital checkouts from libraries and schools: 662 million (+19% over 2022)
    • Ebooks borrowed: 370 million (+12%)
    • Audiobooks borrowed: 235 million (+23%)
    • Magazines borrowed: 56 million (+75%)
    • Comics and graphic novels: 37 million (+14%)
    • Ebook and audiobook holds/wait listed: 253 million (+19%)
  • Public library systems achieving more than 1 million digital book checkouts: 152 public library systems in seven countries (+13%)
    • Includes one system over 12 million digital book checkouts, one over 11 million and 73 other systems over 2 million checkouts (full list available soon).
  • Libby app checkouts grew 17 percent, and millions of first-time users installed the app (+22%)
  • Sora student reading platform checkouts grew 11 percent, and 4 school systems borrowed more than 1 million digital books through the Sora app
    • Digital books borrowed by students on Sora from public libraries through Public Library CONNECT: 5 million (+6%)
  • Kanopy streaming video achieved new records in 2023
    • 13 million hours watched (+14%)
    • Nearly 24 million plays (+9%)
    • 3.6 million new users (+6%)
  • OverDrive’s Marketplace also experienced a record year
    • More than 600,000 new titles added into the OverDrive catalog (+12%)

 

 

2023 top titles borrowed in the OverDrive global network. See full list.

  • Most popular ebooks borrowed from libraries in 2023:
    1. Verity by Colleen Hoover (Grand Central Publishing)
    2. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
    3. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books)
    4. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books)
    5. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Penguin Publishing Group)
  • Most popular audiobooks borrowed from libraries in 2023:
    1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Recorded Books, Inc.)
    2. Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Books on Tape)
    3. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster Audio)
    4. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Books on Tape)
    5. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Recorded Books, Inc.)
  • Most popular digital magazines borrowed from libraries in 2023:
    1. The New Yorker
    2. Us Weekly
    3. Woman’s World
    4. Prevention
    5. New Scientist
  • Most popular comics and graphic novels borrowed from libraries in 2023:
    1. Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
    2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)
    3. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix series by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic Inc.)
    4. Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic Inc.)
    5. Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman (Scholastic Inc.)
  • Top digital books borrowed from libraries by genre:
  • Top books used for digital book clubs by more than 14,000 public libraries (avg. 400 checkouts per club):
  • Top digital books requested from libraries via Notify Me tags
    1. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
    2. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
    3. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
    4. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
    5. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
  • Top films watched from libraries via Kanopy (full list):
    1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
    2. Triangle of Sadness (Neon)
    3. The YouTube Effect (Drafthouse Films)
    4. Minari (A24)
    5. The Green Knight (A24)
  • Top documentaries watched from libraries via Kanopy
    1. The YouTube Effect (Drafthouse Films)
    2. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (Kino Lorber)
    3. Kubrick by Kubrick (Level 33 Entertainment)
    4. Florence and the Uffizi Gallery (Film Movement)
    5. Some Kind of Heaven (Magnolia Pictures)
  • Top TV series watched from libraries via Kanopy
    1. Manhattan (Lionsgate)
    2. Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators (BBC Studios)
    3. SS-GB (BBC Studios)
    4. The Forsyte Saga (PBS)
    5. Alone (The History Channel)

To find a public library near you, download the Libby app (iOS, Android) or visit www.overdrive.com. Learn more about Kanopy.

About OverDrive
OverDrive is a mission-based company that stands with libraries. Named a Certified B Corp in 2017, OverDrive serves more than 92,000 libraries and schools in 115 countries with the industry’s largest digital catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, video and other content. OverDrive empowers libraries and schools by expanding access for all through tireless industry advocacy and consistent innovation. Award-winning apps and services include the Libby library reading app, the Sora student reading platform, Kanopy, the leading video streaming app for libraries and colleges, and TeachingBooks.net, which offers one of the largest catalogs of supplemental materials that enhance literacy outcomes. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, Ohio USA. www.overdrive.com

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LOOK UPON EARTH’S DARKEST PAST IN “H.P. LOVECRAFT’S AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS”

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Gou Tanabe’s Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness gets a much-requested, oversized hardcover Deluxe Edition treatment from Dark Horse Manga, following in the footsteps of Berserk, Hellsing, and Blade of the Immortal.

Originally presented in two paperback volumes from Dark Horse Manga, the complete story is now collected in one Deluxe volume, oversized at 7×10″, spanning 632 pages printed on premium paper, and including eight full color illustrations, a tip-in title page with silver ink, and a sewn-in bookmark ribbon. The fan-favorite Deluxe Edition format also introduces new features for this volume including wraparound cover art and soft touch lamination with spot gloss, giving Tanabe’s eerie cover imagery a tactile feel, as well as silver gilding on the page edges. Fans can now expand their collections of must-have manga with H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness Deluxe Edition.

In 1931, an expedition team arrives at a campsite in Antarctica to find its crew of men and sled dogs dead and strewn about. Some are hideously mangled, as if done in rage. Some have been dissected in a curious and cold-blooded manner. One man is missing. But a still more horrific sight is the star-shaped mound of snow nearby, for under its five points is another mass grave—and what lies there is not remotely human.

At the Mountains of Madness is a journey into the core of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos—into the deep caverns and even deeper time of the dead continent where the secret history of our planet is preserved. Since it was first published in Astounding Stories during the classic pulp era, At the Mountains of Madness has influenced both horror and science fiction worldwide. Now, fans of Lovecraft and of Gou Tanabe can experience the story in all its eerie, picturesque detail in this lovingly designed and beautifully presented Deluxe Edition manga collection.

H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness Deluxe Edition arrives on bookstore shelves on June 26, 2024 and in comic shops on June 27, 2024. Pre-order at your local comic shop, bookstore, Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $49.99.

Praise for Tanabe and H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness:

“His depictions of Lovecraft’s monsters have a scientific quality, as if they’re being drawn from photographs. The space-opera elements of the story are more emotionally tinged, but mostly the drama comes from Lovecraft, not Tanabe. That restraint is well done, since the original text has drama and to spare. Tanabe incorporates plenty of Lovecraft’s trademark descriptive prose, using a slightly curly typeface that blends nicely with the art.”—NPR

“The scenes in the mountain ranges feel isolating, alive, uninhabitable, and impossible to fully understand. The layouts become a series of fractal pentagrams, giving the structures a sense of purpose, but are still too fractured to assign a method. Visually, I can think of no better way to interpret what must have been an earth-shattering discovery for the characters as they come upon the grounds of a civilization that upends their very idea of human history.”—Anime News Network

“In the comics version, Tanabe succeeds by understanding the subtext of Lovecraft’s story, sometimes better than Lovecraft himself. The universe is big, scary, and greater than we can conceive, which makes all the prejudices of humanity pointless. In the end, we only have one another.”—The Comics Journal

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What Does God Have To Say? A Biblical Worldview from A to Z New Book by Times Square Church Pastor Tim Dilena

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A worldview is the lens through which one sees and defines life. Everyone has a worldview, but not every worldview has God in it. A biblical worldview is based on what the Bible says. A recent survey revealed that only slightly more than one-third of American Christian pastors possess a biblical worldview. Tim Dilena’s latest book, What Does God Have to Say? A Biblical Worldview from A to Z is a compelling call to embrace God’s perspective and rediscover the enduring truths of the Bible–God’s stormproof building code.

“Just as state codes offer clear instructions on how to build in preparation for storms, God has given us His stormproof building code. Jesus Himself spoke about the importance of building our lives according to that code, referring to those who do so as wise,” Dilena explains.

“We are all involved in building. The materials for storm proofing are found in obedience to the Word of God. Going to church and reading the Bible are good things, but obeying God is the key. The real test comes when the storms hit.”

Carter Conlon, General Overseer and Former Senior Pastor of Times Square Church, urged Dilena to write the book. “There is still Truth. Solid, proven, and directional truth. What Does God Have to Say? is about this kind of truth. Today, despite what anyone says, our future is in embracing what God has to say.”

As our society has moved away from God, the truth has become elusive and obfuscated. “We have removed the King of Kings from schools, public places, and the courts. We even want to take the King out of Christmas, says Dilena. “The result? When you remove the King, man becomes king. When man becomes king, truth becomes personal. When truth becomes personal, you get to choose how to define ‘your truth.'”

In the 26 chapters of What Does God Have to Say? Dilena pulls from scripture, Christian speakers and authors, as well as cultural references and personal stories, to dive into the essence of a biblical worldview and the consequences of a perspective devoid of God. Drawing parallels to state building codes that prepare for storms, Dilena illustrates the significance of adhering to God’s stormproof building code. Obedience to God’s Word becomes the foundational material for a life built to withstand the storms of our times.

Dilena believes the time is ripe to re-examine what constitutes a biblical worldview. “With one glance at today’s society, it is evident that a storm is already upon us. This storm is the majority calling evil “good” and good “evil”—and a battle ensues when the Church calls evil “evil” and good “good.” We are living in a critical hour when the Church must be equipped to stand and speak with one voice. We have lived long enough by “what seems right.” It is time to get right, to believe right and to do what is right. God has graciously given us his stormproof code. We need to build accordingly.”

For more information on “What Does God Have to Say? A Biblical Worldview from A to Z” visit tsc.nyc/

Tim Dilena is the senior pastor of Times Square Church and has over 40 years of pastoral leadership and experience. As the third senior pastor since the church’s founding in 1987 by David Wilkerson, Dilena has a rich history in ministry, including founding the Revival Tabernacle in Detroit and pastoring in Brooklyn, NY, and Lafayette, LA. He has been a featured speaker for MLB, NFL, and WNBA chapels and authored The 260 Journey, a daily devotional through the New Testament.

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