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New York Times: Eler’s book alights on the source of the selfie’s power: It is the easiest way to assert one’s humanity in our hyper-networked world.

All Systems Red, the first book in the Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells was awarded an Alex Award for being one of the best adult books that appeal to teen audiences! In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a […]

From debut author Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson, SHADOWS OF THE SHORT DAYS, a strikingly original Icelandic debut set in a strangely familiar alternate Reykjavík where wild and industrialised magic meet. Perfect for fans of China Miéville, Lev Grossman and Paulo Bacigalupi, this is a strange and wonderful tale of damaged characters forging a revolution against an oppressive government. Author Dan Vilhjálmsson, who lives in Reykjavík, writes in both Icelandic and English, translating back and forth as necessary, and is the founder […]

Booklist:…Peppered with plot twists that will keep readers on their toes. Conradt succeeds at creating well-rounded main characters that complement one another, filling their stories with drama reminiscent of quick-moving made-for-TV movies. Romance fans will gobble up Candace and Toby’s story, rooting for them to be together despite the odds stacked against them. A thrilling romance sure to entertain.

Publishers Weekly: This enjoyable latest installment of the long-running Liaden space adventure saga, featuring the ever-resourceful Clan Korval and their eclectic allies, picks up on the simultaneous and parallel story lines of ALLIANCE OF EQUALS (2016) and THE GATHERING EDGE (2017)… As always, this intelligent space opera focuses on matters of manners, honor, duty, and clever repartee; violence is rarely the solution, and subtlety wins out over overt force. For returning fans, it provides thoroughly satisfying progression or resolution for multiple threads and will feel comfortably familiar for […]

Georgina Kamsika’s GODDESS OF THE NORTH, an #OwnVoices contemporary fantasy about a bright young police detective who is secretly the Hindu goddess Saraswathi, who must solve a murder with repercussions in both the human world and the world of the gods, to Ashley Rugirello at Reuts by Jennie Goloboy.

Congratulations to all the DMLA authors who made the 2017 Locus Recommended Reading list! NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION Raven Stratagem, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK) Seven Surrenders, Ada Palmer (Tor; Head of Zeus) NOVELS – FANTASY The Stone in the Skull, Elizabeth Bear (Tor) City of Miracles, Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway; Jo Fletcher) Creatures of Will and Temper, Molly Tanzer (John Joseph Adams) NOVELS – HORROR Food of the Gods, Cassandra Khaw (Abaddon US; Abaddon UK) YOUNG ADULT […]

Kirkus: Ireland takes the [zombie] genre up a notch with her deft exploration of racial oppression in this alternative Reconstruction-Era America. With a shrewd, scythe-wielding protagonist of color, Dread Nation is an exciting must-read.

DMLA congratulates Lucy Taylor! Taylor’s Sweetlings is a finalist for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award! Superior Achievement in Long Fiction: Lucy Taylor – Sweetlings (Tor.com)

Publishers Weekly: The sixth installment of Bishop’s paranormal series (after 2017’s Etched in Bone), set in an alternate upstate New York, constitutes a fresh take on a series concept…It is a standalone thriller, set near a village called Sproing in the Finger Lakes. New to the cast is narrator Vicki DeVine, who, unlike past protagonists, is an ordinary human woman. Recently divorced from an abusive wheeler-dealer, she has come to Lake Silence to renovate the property that constituted her settlement. The Jumble is exactly that: a dilapidated sprawl […]