Mar 232015
 

Author Cherie Priest. Photo credit: Libby BulloffCherie Priest’s BRIMSTONE, in which a shellshocked WW1 survivor may be receiving via the ashes of burned buildings love letters from his dead wife and seeks the help of a friendly medium in a historic spiritualist community as inspired by a real place and a real set of bizarre (otherworldly?) incidents, to Anne Sowards at Penguin Random House by Jennifer Jackson.

Mar 202015
 

Cover for Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop. A white woman with black hair streaked with red looks at the reader, wearing a jean jacket and with bright yellow light shining behind her.Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop debuts at #16 on the New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover list, #20 on the NYT ebook list, and #40 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books List!

The Others freed the  cassandra sangue  to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before—both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes. In desperate need of answers, Simon Wolfgard, a shape-shifter leader among the Others, has no choice but to enlist blood prophet Meg Corbyn’s help, regardless of the risks she faces by aiding him.

Meg is still deep in the throes of her addiction to the euphoria she feels when she cuts and speaks prophecy. She knows each slice of her blade tempts death. But Others and humans alike need answers, and her visions may be Simon’s only hope of ending the conflict.

For the shadows of war are deepening across the Atlantik, and the prejudice of a fanatic faction is threatening to bring the battle right to Meg and Simon’s doorstep…

Mar 192015
 

Cover for Skin Game by Jim Butcher. Our hero stands in the middle, in his classic black trenchcoat and black cowboy hat, all action stance as he shoots a gun to the left, his wizard's staff in his right hand. The background is a bank vault, burning money floating around, the whole scene awash in a fiery light.The paperback of Skin Game by Jim Butcher debuts at #12 on the New York Times Best Seller list!

Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day… Because as Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful.

He doesn’t know the half of it… Continue reading »

Mar 172015
 

Cover for Last Plane to Heaven by Jake LakeTwo DMLA books were awarded a 2014 Earphones Award by AudioFile Magazine:

Mar 132015
 

priest-iamprincessxBooklist: May and Libby came up with Princess X, a katana-wielding cartoon girl with a crown and red Chucks, on the day they met in fifth grade, and for the next several years of their friendship, they wrote enough stories about her to fill a closet. But then Libby and her mother die in a car accident, and May tries to move on with her life, but she can’t shake the feeling that not everything adds up about Libby’s death. Three years later, May notices a faded vinyl sticker that is unmistakably Princess X. Then she discovers a webcomic about her, which includes characters that look alarmingly like Libby and May, and clues that only May can decipher. With the help of her tech-savvy neighbor, Trick, May looks all over (and under) Seattle to uncover the truth about her best friend. Interspersed with Ciesemier’s webcomic-style illustrations, Priest’s YA debut is an engrossing cyberthriller packed with a puzzling mystery, crackerjack detective work, and an eerie, atmospheric sense of place. The unembellished style is a perfect match for the noir-lite tone, and May and Trick, whose banter crackles with energy, rival any team of gumshoes out there. Teens who roll their eyes at adults out of touch with Internet culture will eat this up.

Mar 032015
 

Cover for Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop. A white woman with black hair streaked with red looks at the reader, wearing a jean jacket and with bright yellow light shining behind her.The Others freed the  cassandra sangue  to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before—both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes. In desperate need of answers, Simon Wolfgard, a shape-shifter leader among the Others, has no choice but to enlist blood prophet Meg Corbyn’s help, regardless of the risks she faces by aiding him.

Meg is still deep in the throes of her addiction to the euphoria she feels when she cuts and speaks prophecy. She knows each slice of her blade tempts death. But Others and humans alike need answers, and her visions may be Simon’s only hope of ending the conflict.

For the shadows of war are deepening across the Atlantik, and the prejudice of a fanatic faction is threatening to bring the battle right to Meg and Simon’s doorstep…

Feb 282015
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Cherie Priest’s THE FAMILY PLOT, a new standalone novel, and JACARANDA, a novella in the Clockwork Century series, to Steve Feldberg at Audible.com, by Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

On behalf of Prime Books, audio rights to Richard Parks’ Yamada Monogatari: The War God’s Son, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, by Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

Feb 172015
 

Cover for Jim Butcher's War Cry. Wizard Harry Dresden stands with his glowing staff lifted over his head, surrounded by grey cloaked wizards holding swords.Kirkus: To say I loved this book would be such an understatement. It’s a great, intensely fun, quick read that satisfied my Dresden Files itch in a year during which I’m not sure we’ll get a new novel in the series.

To read Kirkus’ full review of War Cry, click here.

Feb 062015
 

Congratulations to the DMLA authors who were named on Locus’ 2014 Recommended Reading List!

Novels – Science Fiction:

  • Lagoon, Nnedi Okorafor (Hodder; Saga 2015)

Novels – Fantasy:

  • Steles of the Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
  • City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway; Jo Fletcher)

Young Adult Books:

  • Lockstep, Karl Schroeder (Tor)

Collections:

  • Last Plane to Heaven, Jay Lake (Tor)

Novelettes:

  • “Kheldyu”, Karl Schroeder (Reach for Infinity)
  • “Wine”, Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld 1/14)
  • “The Hand Is Quicker”, Elizabeth Bear (The Book of Silverberg)

Short Stories:

  • “The Contemporary Foxwife”, Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld 7/14)
  • “Combustion Hour”, Yoon Ha Lee (Tor.com 6/18/14)
  • “West to East”, Jay Lake (Subterranean Summer ’14)
  • “Left Foot, Right”, Nalo Hopkinson (Monstrous Affections)
  • “Covenant”, Elizabeth Bear (Hieroglyph)
  • “This Chance Planet”, Elizabeth Bear (Tor.com 10/22/14)
Feb 052015
 

bear-karenmemoryLocus: Karen Memory is a delight, a tour-de-force of historical reimagining and character creation, and a ripping yarn full of surprises, and despite Karen’s opening line, I can’t imagine anyone not liking what she has to tell us.

Read the full review of Karen Memory at Locus here.