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DARK TOWER: TREACHERY #6 Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH Art and Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE Variant Cover by TBA Sketch Variant by JAE LEE In this final issue of the arc, Cort, the trainer of gunslingers announces that Gilead has been infiltrated. The man responsible is one of John Farson's spies and most likely has not been working alone. And the ultimate goal of the infiltration is the theft of the immensely powerful mystical object which Roland Deschain stole and brought to Gilead—Maerlyn's Grapefruit! 40 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory…$3.99 ©2008 Stephen King. All rights reserved.

DARK TOWER: GUIDE TO GILEAD Written by ANTHONY FLAMINI & ROBIN FURTH Illustrated by DAVID YARDIN and JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE Since the Golden Age of Eld — when Gilead was first named the capital of the fledgling Kingdom of All-World — the city has served as Mid-World's most influential urban center. In the latest DARK TOWER handbook, explore Gilead's seedy Lower Town and its affluent West End corridor! Learn about the religions of Buffalo Star and the Queen o' Green Days! Marvel at the legend of Lord Perth! Beware the threats posed by the Blue-Faced Barbarians and Kuvian Night Soldiers! The GUIDE TO GILEAD is the only way to navigate the past, present and future of this magnificent metropolis! 32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory…$3.99 ©2008 Stephen King. All rights reserved.

ENDER'S SHADOW: BATTLE SCHOOL #3 Creative Director ORSON SCOTT CARD Written by MIKE CAREY Penciled by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA Cover by TIMOTHY GREEN II Bean has traded the streets of Rotterdam for an environment that seems even more challenging—Battle School! And while he struggles to find his place, Sister Carlotta's search for Bean's parents lead her into the orbit of a psychopath. The adaptation of Orson Scott Card's best-selling companion to the classic Ender's Game continues here! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99 © 2008 Orson Scott Card. All rights reserved.

ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE - BOOK ONE #5 Written by LAURELL K. HAMILTON AND JESSICA RUFFNER Pencils and Cover by RON LIM The first arc of best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton's thriller concludes! Vampire hunter Anita Blake has learned a couple things in her short career. Staying on the good side of a powerful Voodoo priestess is definitely one of them. But Anita may have made a fatal mistake when she fell out of favor with Dominga Salvador. And now, the mistress of the dark arts is going to show Anita there's no place she can hide from her wrath… 32 pgs./Parental Advisory/$3.99

LORDS OF AVALON: KNIGHT OF DARKNESS #4 Written by SHERRILYN KENYON Adapted by ROBIN FURTH Art & Cover by TOMMY OHTSUKA King Arthur is dead, but his warriors fight on in this new take on the Arthurian legend by #1 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR SHERRILYN KENYON. Varian, Merlin's foremost assassin, is trying to survive the infamous Val Sans Retour where every minute is filled with threats and narrow escapes. As he fights to return to Merlin and save the grail knights, the questions about Varian's past continue to mount. Why is the son of Narishka, a supporter of the evil queen Morgen, an assassin for Avalon? Though some of these questions will be answered, an even bigger one comes when the ghost of Sagremor, a long-dead Knight from the Round Table, blocks his way, declaring Varian a TRAITOR! The adventure continues in LORDS OF AVALON: KNIGHT OF DARKNESS saga!! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

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