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Michel Faber, author of The Book of Strange New Things

Michel Faber’s latest novel is about the search for comfort in the face of life’s tragedies. Peter Leigh is a Christian missionary recruited by an organization known as USIC to be the pastor on a distant planet called Oasis. He leaves behind his wife to work with both the USIC employees stationed on Oasis and the planet’s natives. THE BOOK OF STRANGE NEW THINGS is a meditation on the meaning of faith and the consequences of devotion.

Week of June 29, 2015

Releases for the week of June 29th include FLESH AND BLOOD by Patricia Cornwell, in which master forensic sleuth Kay Scarpetta finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper; BLUE LABYRINTH, a continuation of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Pendergast series, in which a long-buried family secret has come back to haunt the Special Agent; HER LAST WHISPER, Karen Robards'  third paranormal romantic thriller featuring Dr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone; and Martin Dugard's THE EXPLORERS, which shares the rich saga of the Burton and Speke expedition and guides readers through the seven traits that history’s most legendary explorers called on to survive their impossible journeys.