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Review: Shadowed Souls by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes

Nov 092016
 

Cover for Shadowed Souls edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes.RT Book Reviews: Most times heroes/heroines are in the good-rather-than-evil camp, but what if behavior that is considered “good vs. evil” is in the eye of the beholder? Eleven of today’s most talented authors take on this theme and serve up a variety of intriguing, if sometimes dark, short stories. Most of the stories feature characters from the various author’s ongoing series, so readers will enjoy another glimpse into the worlds they have created. A must-read anthology for UF fans!

Review: Shadowed Souls by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes

Nov 072016
 

Cover for Shadowed Souls edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes.Locus: This anthology of 11 original stories explores the “idea that good and evil are just two aspects of a complicated and very human story.” The authors all bring their own notions of what that means, with rather varied results, though overall the stories are on the dark side. Among the standout stories is Butcher’s own “Cold Case”, which finds Harry Dresden’s former apprentice Molly Carpenter, now a Queen of Faerie as the Winter Lady, on a mission for Mab to Alaska ­ where her heroic efforts to help the local fae end up having an unexpected result that really mixes good and evil. […T]his is a solid selection for those who like their urban fantasy a little on the dark side.

Deal: Jim Butcher

Nov 042016
 

Photo of author Jim Butcher. Photo credit: Julie Woodman-Schneider.Rights to a tabletop card game based on the New York Times best-selling Cinder Spires series by Jim Butcher to Fred Hicks at Evil Hat Productions LLC by Jennifer Jackson.

2016 Goodreads Choice Award Nominations

Nov 032016
 

Congratulations to the DMLA clients nominated for a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award!

Best Fantasy: Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop

Best Science Fiction: Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer

Best Young Adult SF&F: We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

Review: Wild Card by Jim Butcher

Nov 022016
 

Cover for Jim Butcher's Wild Card, a Dresden Files graphic novel.Kirkus: Packed with action and mystery, this is a good Dresden story with plenty for new and old fans alike. Molly’s power is growing, and if you’ve read the books, you know where that is heading, and it adds tension to those scenes. Murphy, too, is growing and we get to see a lot of her in this installment. The art is amazing, per usual – done by Carlos Gomez and Sean Izaakse.

Read Kirkus’ full review of Wild Card here.

Shadowed Souls edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes

Nov 012016
 

Cover for Shadowed Souls edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes.In this dark and gritty collection—featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman—nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil..

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what makes it so easy to cross the line.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s Cold Case, Molly Carpenter—Harry Dresden’s apprentice-turned-Winter Lady—must collect a tribute from a remote Fae colony and discovers that even if you’re a good girl, sometimes you have to be bad…

New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire’s Sleepover finds half-succubus Elsie Harrington kidnapped by a group of desperate teenage boys. Not for anything “weird.” They just need her to rescue a little girl from the boogeyman. No biggie.

In New York Times bestselling Kevin J. Anderson’s Eye of Newt, Zombie P.I. Dan Shamble’s latest client is a panicky lizard missing an eye who thinks someone wants him dead. But the truth is that someone only wants him for a very special dinner…

And New York Times bestselling author Rob Thurman’s infernally heroic Caliban Leandros takes a trip down memory lane as he deals wih some overdue—and nightmarish—vengeance involving some quite nasty Impossible Monsters .

ALSO INCLUDES STORIES BY

Tanya Huff * Kat Richardson * Jim C. Hines * Anton Strout * Lucy A. Snyder * Kristine Kathryn Rusch * Erik Scott de Bie *

Deal: Martha Wells

Oct 282016
 

Photo of author Martha WellsMartha Wells THE MURDERBOT DIARIES: ALL SYSTEMS RED, in which a security droid, that has for its own reasons hacked its Company governor chip, may be the only hope for a small team of scientists that discovers a neighboring mission has been sabotaged, and a sequel, in a two-book deal to Lee Harris at Tor.com by Jennifer Jackson.

Kris Longknife: Bold by Mike Shepherd

Oct 252016
 

Cover for Mike Shepherd's Bold, a Kris Longknife book.Despite her role as a fleet Admiral and protector of a planetary system, Kris is still beholden to her great grandfather King Raymond’s commands. She has been personally selected for a mission that, should she succeed, will save millions of lives.

The Peterwald Empire is in the midst of civil war. On one side is the tyrannical Empress, on the other is the last person Kris ever wants to see again—Grand Duchess Vicky Peterwald. Due to their shared history, the Emperor believes Kris can mediate between the factions and bring about peace.

But before Kris even begins her mission, she survives two assassination attempts on her family home world. Someone doesn’t want her interfering in the Empire’s affairs. Kris immediately suspects Vicky or the Empress, only to learn that it could also be a traitor among her own people…

Wild Card by Jim Butcher

Oct 252016
 

Cover for Jim Butcher's Wild Card, a Dresden Files graphic novel.Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files saga continues in this original and in-continuity graphic novel, featuring a never-before-told story set after the bestselling novel White Night and graphic novel Down Town! A bizarre double murder draws the interest of Chicago’s only wizard-for-hire. But as Harry Dresden begins his investigation, the clues lead to troubling conclusions about the possible perpetrator, and set him on a path that will place him in the middle of a conflict between the city’s three most powerful factions — a conflict that could engulf all of Chicago!

Deal: Anne Bishop

Oct 212016
 

anne-bishopNew York Times best-seller Anne Bishop’s untitled novel set in the world of the Others series but featuring new characters, in which they find themselves caught up in a chilling mystery, after a series of vicious murders rock a small community, and a second Others novel, to Anne Sowards at Ace in a six-figure deal by Jennifer Jackson.

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