Kirkus, Starred Review: The long-awaited fourth and penultimate installment of the sci-fi/fantasy saga The Psalms of Isaak (Antiphon, 2010, etc.) takes off running and doesn’t stop.
A generations-spanning plan has borne its violent fruit, and the Y’Zirites, an empire of religious zealots who believe that ritual bloodletting and scarification “heal the world,” are on the verge of conquering the Named Lands. Continue reading »
Kirkus, Starred Review: Running away from home never sounded so good, especially when it involves stowing away on a ritzy, cloaked-in-magic ship. Under the conservative tyranny of guardians who are convinced she’ll become a harlot, 16-year-old Emilie decides it’s time to run away. Inspired by her cherished serial adventure books, she delights in the romance of escape—until she forms blisters, gets hungry and, after spending too much on snacks, can’t afford the ferry ticket to reach her cousin’s home. There’s only one logical thing to do: jump off the docks, swim to the nearest boat and hope for the best. Continue reading »
While running away from home for reasons that are eminently defensible, Emilie’s plans to stow away on the steamship Merry Bell and reach her cousin in the big city go awry, landing her on the wrong ship and at the beginning of a fantastic adventure. Taken under the protection of Lady Marlende, Emilie learns that the crew hopes to use the aether currents and an experimental engine, and with the assistance of Lord Engal, journey to the interior of the planet in search of Marlende’s missing father. Continue reading »
Up-and-coming fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal enchanted fans with her novels Shades of Milk and Honey and Glamour in Glass, which introduced Regency glamourists Jane and David Vincent. In Without a Summer, Jane and Vincent take a break from their international travels. But in a world where magic is real, nothing—even the domestic sphere—is quite what it seems. Continue reading »
New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s THE AERONAUT’S WINDLASS, beginning a new series “The Cinder Spires”, to Anne Sowards at Roc, in a seven-figure deal, in a three-book deal, by Jennifer Jackson.
Cherie Priest’s MAPLECROFT, a reinvention of the infamous legend of Lizzie Borden in which she and her scientist sister continue to investigate the monsters behind their parents’ death and build their defenses, little knowing that soon they and a few companions will be all that stands between humanity and the creatures that may destroy them, to Anne Sowards at Roc, in a two-book deal, by Jennifer Jackson.
Three DMLA clients have been nominated in the 2012 Nebula Awards:
Congratulations to Saladin, Mary, and Jay!