Kirkus: Young roboticist Efi dreams of creating a better life for her community, where omnics and humans live peacefully, in this novel inspired by the video game “Overwatch.” Efi spends so many hours in her workshop ironing out bugs in her robots that her mother worries she isn’t connecting enough with best friends Naade and Hassana. But her work pays off when Efi wins the Genius Grant given out by her idol, Gabrielle Adawe, who founded both the organization Overwatch and […]
Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir for having Gideon the Ninth featured on ALA’s Top Ten Over the Rainbow List 2020!
Congratulations to Shaun David Hutchinson for having Brave Face and The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried on the 2020 Rainbow Book List!
Congratulations to our DMLA authors for their appearances on the 2019 Locus Recommended Reading List! NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION Ancestral Night, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz) Escaping Exodus, Nicky Drayden (Harper Voyager US) NOVELS – FANTASY The Red-Stained Wings, Elizabeth Bear (Tor) YOUNG ADULT NOVELS Dragon Pearl, Yoon Ha Lee (Disney Hyperion) FIRST NOVELS Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing) The Luminous Dead, Caitlin Starling (Harper Voyager) COLLECTIONS Hexarchate Stories, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US & UK) NON-FICTION Broken Places […]
Kirkus: A collection with 27 excellent stories showcasing the talent of one of the genre’s most versatile writers. “Covenant,” for example, is a suspenseful story about a serial killer who becomes a victim. The science fiction twist is that he undergoes a voluntary procedure called “rightminding,” which rewires his brain to reduce his psychopathic tendencies. He also becomes a woman in the process—and thus the target of another psychopath. Because the memories of her time as a serial killer remain, she […]
Publishers Weekly: Moral ambiguity abounds in this dark, captivating coming-of-age fantasy that expertly depicts the painful loneliness of growing up and apart
Publishers Weekly: The secrets that slowly emerge about Tessa, the Cookes, and the two elderly caretakers now tending Fallbrook will keep readers turning the pages. Suspense fans will be satisfied.
Farsi rights to Martha Wells’ Nebula and Hugo Award-winning The Murderbot Diaries series (ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, EXIT STRATEGY, and NETWORK EFFECT), to Porteghal Publishing House, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French rights to Ada Palmer’s THE WILL TO BATTLE, Book 3 of the Terra Ignota series, to du Belial, by Robin Batet at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure. French rights to World Fantasy, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author […]
Kirkus: Well-written, fun, and thoughtful tale of evil Nazi plots, body-snatching behind enemy lines, magical libraries, complicated parental relationships, deep-seated prejudices, and suspicious felines. An enticing genre mashup. Horror, sci-fi, and fantasy readers alike will find something to love and someone to root for.
Library Journal: Eyrien witch Jillian is finally coming of age, and her feelings are fraught with trauma and confusion. Lord Dillon’s attention is centered on her, how could she not love this handsome, engaging young man? Dillon would rather leave his past behind, and make sure he is in control of his future. Meanwhile, the marriage between Surreal SaDiablo and Daemon Sadi, warlord prince of Dhemlan, is starting to turn. The dual story lines in this tenth entry in the […]