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H E X P U B L I S H ER S T A K E O V ER O F T A T T ER ED CO V ER two grieving parents whose baby was stillborn. The meeting fills him with dread and anticipation because the baby’s father, Steve, was his high school crush, and they haven’t seen each other in almost thirty years. What Nathan doesn’t know is how the child’s death connects him to other people in town, especially Tim Sawyer, the local dentist and Nathan’s recent infatuation, and Sarah Lawrence, a retired high school biology teacher whose good intentions almost destroyed his life decades ago. These three people will face their own moment of crisis today, sparking self-reflection and self-doubt, despair and regret that drive them toward their own drastic resolutions and confessions. But in the end, is confession really good for the soul? DENVER MOON: THE THIRTEEN OF MARS BY WARREN HAMMOND AND JOSHUA VIOLA Book three in the Denver Moon series. It’s been more than two years since Denver Moon discovered that alien shapeshifters infiltrated Mars Colony. Their attempts at human mind-control have failed, but when Denver opens a vault beneath a terraforming facility, she discovers what they really want: to exterminate all inhabitants of the Red Planet. Tatsuo Moon — Denver’s grandfather and the co-founder of Mars City — has been gravely injured. To save him, Denver will need the help not only of her friends, Smith, Nigel and Navya, but also of humanity’s archenemy, Doctor Werner. To save Mars, she’ll need a miracle. THE NEW NEIGHBOR BY CARTER WILSON Aidan holds the winning Powerball numbers. Is today the best day of his life ... or the worst? Aidan Marlowe is the superstitious type — he’s been playing the same lottery numbers for fifteen years, never hitting the jackpot. Until now. On the day of his wife’s funeral. Aidan struggles to cope with these two sudden extremes: instant wealth beyond his imagination, and the loss of the only woman he’s ever loved, the mother of his twin children. But the money gives him and No. 109 his kids options they didn’t have before. They can leave everything behind. They can start a new life in a new town. So they do. But a huge new house and all the money in the world can't replace what they’ve lost, and it’s not long before Aidan realizes he’s merely trading old demons for new ones. Because someone is watching him and his family very closely. Someone who knows exactly who they are, where they’ve come from, and what they’re trying to hide. Someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want ... SHADOW ATLAS: DARK LANDSCAPES OF THE AMERICAS EDITED BY CARINA BISSETT, HILLARY DODGE AND JOSHUA VIOLA; SHORT STORIES BY MARIO ACEVEDO, SEAN EADS, WARREN HAMMOND, ANGIE HODAPP AND JEANNE C. STEIN; ILLUSTRATIONS BY AARON LOVETT (2022 COLORADO BOOK AWARD WINNER) Seeking to reclaim humanity’s early secrets, the Umbra Arca Society was forged. For centuries, this private league of explorers dedicated their lives to uncovering the oldest mysteries of the Americas. Armed with boldness and guile, and equipped with only a compass, a journal and devotion to truth, these adventurers braved cursed landscapes, dared unnatural adversaries, and exposed hidden civilizations. Many did not survive. None were forgotten. Their stories are maps revealing the topography and contours of landscapes unimaginable and dark. The Shadow Atlas collects their adventures. Head to our site to learn more about the authors and artists behind these featured books: www.birdymagazine.com/text/hex-publisherstakeover-tattered-cover HEX PUBLISHER TAKEOVER: THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 AT 6 P.M. TATTERED COVER: 2526 E COLFAX AVE, DENVER MORE INFO: WWW.HEXPUBLISHERS.COM

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