Mailbox Monday (10-05-09 edition)

Mailbox Monday is brought to us by The Printed Page. In my mailbox last week I got:

Winnings...

Fragment by Warren Fahy
Won from Carol's Notebook

In this powerhouse of suspense—as brilliantly imagined as Jurassic Park and The Ruins—scientists have made a startling discovery: a fragment of a lost continent, an island with an ecosystem unlike any they’ve seen before . . . an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards.

The time is now. The place is the Trident, a long-range research vessel hired by the reality TV show Sealife. Aboard is a cast of ambitious young scientists. With a director dying for drama, tiny Henders Island might be just what the show needs. Until the first scientist sets foot on Henders—and the ultimate test of survival begins . . .

For when they reach the island’s shores, scientists are utterly unprepared for what they find—creatures unlike any ever recorded in natural history. This is not a lost world frozen in time, an island of mutants, or a lab where science has gone mad: this is the Earth as it might have looked after evolving on a separate path for half a billion years.

Soon the scientists will stumble on something more shocking than anything humanity has ever encountered: because among the terrors of Henders Island, one life form defies any scientific theory—and must be saved at any cost.

I've actually won this book twice now, but only received it once. I never received the copy that I won through the Library Thing Members Giveaway.


I also won a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble from Martha's Bookshelf! How great is that? All of us bibliophiles love book gift cards, don't we?

Thanks so much to both Carol and Martha! That was a very nice week-- getting a book I've wanted for months, and a gift card to buy more books that I've been wanting!