Publishers Weekly: Stories of the Raksura, Vol. 2: Wells (The Serpent Sea) fleshes out her Books of the Raksura series in this strong short story collection. As readers follow a shape-shifting Raksura called Moon through a series of encounters, plenty of vivid descriptions help newcomers get up to speed. Moon is always at the center of any conflict, whether it’s learning the secrets of a long-buried city (“The Dead City”) or defending his adoptive Raksura community of Indigo Cloud from a […]
Camille Griep’s second novel, a retelling of the Trojan War set in a modern post plague country, focusing on the historical characters of Cassandra and Cressida, tragic figures in Greek mythology and again in Shakespeare, where the two women are pitted against each other by the men in power, and each woman chafes against the expectations and limitations of her community, again to Jason Kirk at 47 North, for publication in Spring 2016, by Cameron McClure.
Publishers Weekly: Kowal’s tense conclusion to her highly praised Glamourist Histories magical Regency series (following Valour and Vanity) sees happily married Sir David and Lady Jane Vincent caught up in the intrigues of Sir David’s manipulative family. When they receive a letter indicating that Sir David’s father and eldest brother have died, the Vincents are askedto retrieve a new will from the family estates on Antigua. While en route, they discover Jane is pregnant and so must conclude their business quickly […]
Congratulations to DMLA authors included on the David Gemmell Longlists for 2015! Legend Award: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett (Jo Fletcher Books) The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs (Gollancz) Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor (Hodder & Stoughton) The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks (Orbit) Morningstar Award: The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs (Gollancz)
Publishers Weekly: In this disturbing and original fantasy, set in a dark world run by the Theocrats, perception is reality, and altered perceptions can alter reality. The most insane, labeled with Germanic diagnoses, are also the most powerful. Three adventurers–a scary, lethal Kleptic thief; a preening Gefahrgeist (sociopathic) duelist; and a scarred warrior forced to violate his few remaining scruples–stumble onto a Gefahrgeist Theocrat’s plot to raise the first designed god, and they decide to kidnap Morgen, the boy who’s intended […]
Congratulations to DMLA authors who received Hugo nominations! Best Novel: Skin Game by Jim Butcher Best Fancast: Tea and Jeopardy by Emma Newman and Peter Newman
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s next two novels in the popular Liaden series, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books by Jennifer Jackson.
Publishers Weekly: Downum (the Necromancer Chronicles) grounds this tale of friendship and love in a community of artists and magic users. When a ritual goes terribly wrong and leaves Vancouver artist Blake Enderly in a coma, his best friend, Liz Drake, and her stereotypically English boyfriend, Alex, travel to Vancouver to find out what happened to him. To save his life, Liz must navigate deadly magical peril in the waking world and undertake a quest in an equally dangerous dream world […]
Publishers Weekly: Fresh and contemporary, this hybrid novel/comic packs a lot of plot in a relatively short book, but its strongest suit may be Priest’s keen understanding of the chasmic gap between the way teens and adults engage in the landscape of the Internet. Back in fifth grade, best friends May and Libby created Princess X, a katana-wielding heroine who wears Converse sneakers with her ball gown. Ever since Libby and her mother died in a freak accident, May’s life has […]
Library Journal: VERDICT: Craft’s second novel (after 2014’sThe Art of Falling), this title is based on the author’s experience with a standoff involving her husband, which adds real, raw, emotion to the plot. Framing the novel within a 12-hour period keeps the pages turning. Ronnie Farnham is divorcing her husband, Jeff. She is tracking his excessive credit card spending; he is noting her numerous phone calls to Kevin, a man she is featuring in one of her freelance articles. On the day […]