Kirkus, Starred Review: Who would kill a sweet, elderly nursing home resident? That’s just one of the problems Rebecca Robbins has to solve now that she’s decided to remain in her hometown of Indian Falls and continue running her mother’s roller rink.
Cherie Priest’s Godbothering and an untitled contemporary fantasy to Liz Gorinsky at Tor Books by Jennifer Jackson.
Jacey Bedford’s two science fiction novels and one fantasy novel to Sheila Gilbert at DAW by Amy Boggs.
Publishers Weekly: Ex-con Roy Alison would like to go straight, but he can’t seem to make up for past mistakes, and his only options are just more bad choices. Weddle’s debut novel is a suspenseful series of interrelated stories of tragedy, despair, and hopelessness in a rural Southern town. There is no joy here, as Weddle paints a vivid, depressing picture of a blue-collar community crushed by economic collapse and endemic substance abuse with characters, events, and dialogue that seem […]
DMLA extends congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Hugo Awards and to the clients who took home a rocket in the following categories: Best Related Work: Mary Robinette Kowal, for her participation in Writing Excuses Season Seven Best Semiprozine: Jason Heller for his participation in Clarkesworld Best Fancast: Elizabeth Bear for her participation in SF Squeecast
French rights to Todd Robinson’s THE HARD BOUNCE to Gallmeister, by Anna Jarota at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure on behalf of Stacia Decker. French rights to Matthew McBride’s FRANK SINATRA IN A BLENDER to Gallmeister, by Anna Jarota at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure on behalf of Stacia Decker. German rights to Mike Shepherd’s KRIS LONGKNIFE: DEFIANT and KRIS LONGKNIFE: RESOLUTE to Bastei Lubbe by the Schlueck Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson. Japanese […]
Adam Christopher’s The Burning Dark, The Jovian Conspiracy, The Stars Below (Books 1-3 in the Spider Wars series) to Natalie Laverick at Titan Books by Stacia Decker.
Steve Bein’s Book 3 in the Fated Blades trilogy (to follow Daughter of the Sword and Year of the Demon) to Anne Sowards at Penguin (Ace/Roc) by Cameron McClure.
Publishers Weekly: In this gripping follow-up to 2012’s Daughter of the Sword, Tokyo police officer Oshiro Mariko is now working in the Narcotics division. In the aftermath of a raid, an ancient mask is stolen, and its Yakuza owner demands that Mariko retrieve it. Her search for the mask leads her to a cult with a deadly agenda and a centuries-old mystery connected to the legendary sword she now possesses.
Publishers Weekly: Adult author Wendig (The Blue Blazes) launches the dystopian Heartland trilogy featuring a group of teenage scavengers at odds with an oppressive government that dwells in luxury up in the sky. Cael McAvoy, leader of the Big Sky Scavengers, is dealt a severe setback when a rival crew led by the mayor’s son sabotages his land-boat, which he needs to safely navigate the hostile fields of genetically modified corn that hold the Heartland in a stranglehold.