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Romantic Times Award Nominees

Nov 132013
 

Congratulations to all the DMLA clients nominated for the RT Awards!

  • Career Achievement Award in Science Fiction/Fantasy: Elizabeth Bear and Anne Bishop
  • RT Book of the Year Nominee: Written in Red – Anne Bishop (ROC)
  • Innovative Historical Romance: A Lady’s Secret Weapon – Tracey Devlyn (Sourcebooks)
  • Sensual Historical Romance: Forever A Lord – Delilah Marvelle (HQN)
  • Historical Mystery: Midnight at Marble Arch – Anne Perry (Ballantine)
  • Shapeshifter Romance: Kinked – Thea Harrison (Berkley)
  • Urban Fantasy Novel: Written in Red – Anne Bishop (ROC)
  • Urban Fantasy Novel: The Shambling Guide to New York City – Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
  • Fantasy Novel: Without a Summer – Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
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Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest

Nov 122013
 

priest-fiddleheadYoung ex-slave Gideon Bardsley is a brilliant inventor, but the job is less glamorous than one might think, especially since the assassination attempts started. Worse yet, they’re trying to destroy his greatest achievement: a calculating engine called Fiddlehead, which provides undeniable proof of something awful enough to destroy the world. Continue reading »

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Trade Secrets by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller

Nov 052013
 

leemiller-tradesecretIn a universe full of interstellar intrigue and burgeoning commerce novice Terran trader Jethri Gobelyn, adopted by a Liaden clan after an ill-directed bow of honor insulted the scion of a major Liaden house, is alive and whole to tell the tale. Convinced that the adoption has saved his life and made his future he settles into a comfortable and even elite routine, a Trader’s Ring his goal. Continue reading »

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Publishers Weekly Best SF/F/H Books of 2013

Nov 042013
 

DMLA congratulates its authors whose work made Publishers Weekly’s Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Books of 2013 list:

  • American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
  • Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
  • 21st Century Science Fiction, including stories by Elizabeth Bear, Yoon Ha Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Karl Schroeder
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Kris Longknife: Defender by Mike Shepherd

Oct 292013
 

shepherd-defenderKris Longknife is back in the good graces of the brass—and to demonstrate that, they’ve promoted her to Admiral.  Now her mission is to find the home base of the space pirates who are plaguing the fringes of the galaxy.

But no mission is ever simple when your name is Longknife. And this time the complications range from the military to the personal, as Kris finds herself—reluctantly—having to make some command decisions about her future…

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Review: Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest

Oct 112013
 

priest-fiddleheadPublishers Weekly: Priest’s final Clockwork Century novel (after The Inexplicables) wraps things up nicely, once again turning a mash-up of too-worn genre tropes (steampunk, alternate Civil War, zombies) into a work of entertainment laced with social criticism. In 1879, as the Civil War continues to rage, scientist and ex-slave Gideon Bardsley’s invention, a massive computer called the Fiddlehead, has predicted that the zombie outbreak from the Northwest will overwhelm both sides if they don’t end the war. Continue reading »

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Deal: Jo Ann Brown

Oct 042013
 

jo-ann-brownJo Ann Brown’s inspirational trilogy “Precious Cargo” beginning with A Make-Believe Family, set in Porthlowen, a cove along the northern shore of Cornwall, to Tina James at Harlequin Love Inspired by Jennifer Jackson.

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Razor’s Edge: Star Wars (Empire and Rebellion) by Martha Wells

Sep 242013
 

wells-razorsedgeTimes are desperate for the Rebel Alliance. Harassment by the Empire and a shortage of vital supplies are hindering completion of a new secret base on the ice planet Hoth. So when Mid Rim merchants offer much-needed materials for sale, Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo lead an Alliance delegation to negotiate a deal. Continue reading »

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Congratulations to Jim Butcher!

Sep 232013
 

Butcher - Cold Days coverCOLD DAYS debuts at #9 on the New York Times Best Seller’s paperback list!

After being murdered and then brought back to life, Harry Dresden soon realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. Because he is no longer Chicago’s only professional wizard. He is now Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. Her word is his command. And her first command is the seemingly impossible: kill an immortal. Worse still, there is a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could mean the deaths of millions.

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