The Qwillery

Happy not Monday! I had a big RL thing yesterday so didn't get to this week's release list. But here it is today.

There are 3 debuts out today:

Love Is Red (The Nightsong Trilogy 1) by Sophie Jaff;

Apex by Aer-ki Jyr;

and

Archangel by Marguerite Reed.



And this week from formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors:

Mother of Eden (Dark Eden 2) by Chris Beckett;

Strange Country (Hallie Michaels 3) by Deborah Coates is out in Trade Paperback;

The Big Fix (Ciel Halligan 3) by Linda Grimes;

Nightlife: Hazardous Material by Matthew Quinn Martin;

The Undying: Shades: An Apocalyptic Thriller by Ethan Reid;

and

Defiant (Towers Trilogy 2) by Karina Sumner-Smith.

May 11, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Nightlife: Hazardous Material (e)	Matthew Quinn Martin	H - Nightlife novella

May 12, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel: Volume Four	Daniel Abraham	F/GN
Mother of Eden	Chris Beckett	SF - Dark Eden 2
The Forgotten Room	Lincoln Child	Th - Dr. Jeremy Logan 4
Strange Country (h2tp)	Deborah Coates	CF - Hallie Michaels 3
The Outer Harbour	Wayde Compton	SpecFic - Collection
A Dance of Chaos	David Dalglish	F - Shadowdance 6
Under a Blood Moon (e)	Delilah Devlin	PNR - Beaux Rève Coven
Dreams of Shreds and Tatters	Amanda Downum	UF
Dark Screams: Volume Three (e)	Brian James Freeman (ed) Richard Chizmar (ed)	H- Anthology
The Midnight Order (Ke)	Christopher Fulbright	H
The Confabulist (h2tp)	Steven Galloway	LF
The Big Fix	Linda Grimes	UF - Ciel Halligan 3
Gotrek & Felix: Slayer	David Guymer	F - The Doom of Gotrek Gurnisson 2
The Rise of the Horned Rat	Guy Haley	F - Warhammer: The End Times 4
The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (ri)	Russell Hoban	F
Love Is Red (D)	Sophie Jaff	LF/Su/RS/H - The Nightsong Trilogy 1
Apex (D)	Aer-ki Jyr	SF/SO
Born of Defiance	Sherrilyn Kenyon	CF - The League 9
Goddess of Buttercups & Daisies	Martin Millar	F
Apex	Ramez Naam	SF - Nexus Arc 3
The Two of Swords: Part Four (e)	K. J. Parker	F - Two of Swords
The Bees (h2tp)	Laline Paull	LF
Where	Kit Reed	SF
Archangel (D)	Marguerite Reed	SF
The Undying: Shades: An Apocalyptic Thriller (e)	Ethan Reid	Ap/Th/Z - Undying Series
Retribution (e)	Katie Reus	PNR
Starbase Human (Ke)	Kristine Kathryn Rusch	SF - Retrieval Artist Universe: Anniversary Day Saga 7
The Guild of Saint Cooper	Shya Scanlon	LF/Ap/AH
Boo	Neil Smith	LF/CoA/Gh
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Nine	Jonathan Strahan (ed)	SF - Anthology
Defiant	Karina Sumner-Smith	F/P - Towers Trilogy 2
Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven	Antoine Volodine	LF/PA
Highlander Redeemed	Laurin Wittig	HistR - Guardians of the Targe 3
Points of Departure: Liavek Stories	Patricia C. Wrede Pamela Dean	SF - Short Stories

May 13, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Firestorm Forever (e)	Deborah Cooke	PNR - Dragonfire 11
Elephants and Corpses: A Tor.Com Original (e)	Kameron Hurley	F

May 14, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Equilibrium: Episode 3	CS Sealey	F

May 15, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Giallo Fantastique	Ross E. Lockhart (ed)	Cr/H/Su
Expiration Date	Nancy Kilpatrick (ed)	F - Anthology

May 16, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Star Trek Universe: Franchising the Final Frontier	Douglas Brode (ed) Shea T. Brode (ed)	HC/SF - Anthology
Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek: The Original Cast Adventures	Douglas Brode (ed) Shea T. Brode (ed)	HC/SF - Anthology

D - Debut
e - eBook
ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
Ke - Kindle eBook only
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade to Mass Market Paperback


AH - Alternate History
Ap - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
F - Fantasy
Gh - Ghost
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
HistR - Historical Romance
LF - Literary Fiction
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PNR - Paranormal Romance
RS - Romantic Suspense
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
Su - Supernatural
UF - Urban Fantasy
Z - Zombies

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Carol J. Perry

Tails, You Lose
A Witch City Mystery 2
Kensington, March 31, 2015
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

Her instincts may be killer--but can she catch one this wicked?

After losing her job as a TV psychic, Lee Barrett has decided to volunteer her talents as an instructor at the Tabitha Trumbull Academy of the Arts--known as "The Tabby"--in her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts. But when the school's handyman turns up dead under seemingly inexplicable circumstances on Christmas night, Lee's clairvoyant capabilities begin bubbling to the surface once again.

The Tabby is housed in the long-vacant Trumbull's Department Store. As Lee and her intrepid students begin work on a documentary charting the store's history, they unravel a century of family secrets, deathbed whispers--and a mysterious labyrinth of tunnels hidden right below the streets of Salem. Even the witches in town are spooked, and when Lee begins seeing visions in the large black patent leather pump in her classroom, she's certain something evil is afoot. But ghosts in the store's attic are the least of her worries with a killer on the loose. . .

David Ramirez

The Forever Watch
St. Martin's Griffin, March 24, 2015
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Previously published in Hardcover and eBook, April 2014

An exciting new novel from a bold up-and-coming sci fi talent, The Forever Watch is so full of twists and surprises it's impossible to put down.

All that is left of humanity is on a thousand-year journey to a new planet aboard one ship, The Noah, which is also carrying a dangerous serial killer...

As a City Planner on the Noah, Hana Dempsey is a gifted psychic, economist, hacker and bureaucrat and is considered "mission critical." She is non-replaceable, important, essential, but after serving her mandatory Breeding Duty, the impregnation and birthing that all women are obligated to undergo, her life loses purpose as she privately mourns the child she will never be permitted to know.

When Policeman Leonard Barrens enlists her and her hacking skills in the unofficial investigation of his mentor's violent death, Dempsey finds herself increasingly captivated by both the case and Barrens himself. According to Information Security, the missing man has simply "Retired," nothing unusual. Together they follow the trail left by the mutilated remains. Their investigation takes them through lost dataspaces and deep into the uninhabited regions of the ship, where they discover that the answer may not be as simple as a serial killer after all.

What they do with that answer will determine the fate of all humanity in David Ramirez's thrilling page turner.

Ethan Reid

The Undying: Shades
An Apocalyptic Thriller
Simon451, May 12, 2015
eBook, 272 pages

The Undying “screams for a sequel” (Publishers Weekly)—and Ethan Reid delivers, in this riveting follow-up to “a thriller that brings a genuinely fresh take to a monstrous mythology” (Andrew Pyper, #1 bestselling author of The Demonologist).

THE FATE OF THE WORLD IS IN HIS HANDS.

The Undying: SHADES finds American student Jeanie and her young charge, Ren, fifteen years after the EMP that wiped out Paris and sent them on the run from the undying. Walking the highways and hiding out in abandoned buildings across France, they eventually find their way to Spain and the walled city of Ronda where a few dozen survivors have gathered—safe enough from the hunting undying, but facing a new threat on the scorched planet: starvation.

With their main resource—humans—bordering on extinction, the undying have weakened, retreating to their hives and slowly withering away. But not for long. A dark presence arrives, casting its shadow across Spain, reawakening the hives and creating a new breed of monster. Driven by some alien intelligence, these Shades not only reanimate the undying, but can possess the living, turning survivors against one another.

When Ronda comes under attack, Ren saves the day. As the youngest human left on earth, he has been blessed with a special gift that makes him a perfect killing machine—and the last hope of humanity. Forced to leave the safety of the barricades, he takes to the highways with a company of Spaniards who intend to eradicate the undying from Europe, hive by hive, using Ren as their secret weapon. But as they approach Sevilla to face the most powerful Shade yet, Ren learns some in his company aren’t all they appear to be…

Lauren M. Roy

Grave Matters
Night Owls 2
Ace, February 24, 2015
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 304 pages

Night Owls bookstore always keeps a light on and evil creatures out. But, as Lauren M. Roy’s thrilling sequel continues, even its supernatural staff isn’t prepared for the dead to come back to life…

Elly grew up training to kill things that go bump in the night, so she’s still getting used to working alongside them. While she’s learned to trust the eclectic group of vampires, Renfields, and succubi at Night Owls bookstore, her new job guarding Boston’s most powerful vampire has her on edge—especially when she realizes something strange is going on with her employer, something even deadlier than usual…

Cavale isn’t thrilled that his sister works for vampires, but he’s determined to repair their relationship, and that means trusting her choices—until Elly’s job lands all of the Night Owls in deep trouble with a vengeful necromancer. And even their collective paranormal skills might not be enough to keep them from becoming part of the necromancer’s undead army…

Stephanie Saulter

Binary
(R)Evolution  2
Jo Fletcher Books, May 5, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 416 pages

Zavcka Klist has reinvented herself: no longer the ruthless gemtech enforcer determined to keep the gems they created enslaved, she's now all about transparency and sharing the fruits of Bel'Natur's research to help gems and norms alike.

Neither Aryel Morningstar nor Dr. Eli Walker are convinced that Klist or Bel'Natur can have changed so dramatically, but the gems have problems that only a gemtech can solve. In exchange for their help, digital savant Herran agrees to work on Klist's latest project: reviving the science that drove mankind to the brink of extinction.

Then confiscated genestock disappears from a secure government facility, and the more DI Varsi investigates, the closer she comes to the dark heart of Bel'Natur and what Zavcka Klist is really after-not to mention the secrets of Aryel Morningstar's own past...

Cover art and design: Scott Biel; (boy’s face) Masterfile

Cover Art by Chris McGrath

TQ:  Welcome to The Qwillery. When and why did you start writing?

Ethan:  As a kid, to be honest. This may sound corny, but I remember my mother helping me set up a lemonade stand when I was about seven. She baked cookies, helped get the table going, and then I spent the afternoon crafting comic books for sale alongside the treats. I only sold one, but I remember the gentleman to this day. Later, I was a bit of a punk in high school. I had an English teacher who wasn’t overly fond of me until we started with the writing portion of his class. He took me aside and told me I should think about being a writer. That continued through undergrad, and later in graduate school. I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t writing. I don’t know how I would exist without it.



TQ:  Are you a plotter or a pantser?

Ethan:  Oh, do I have to chose? I love the idea of being a pantser. Or maybe I just love the naughtiness of the word. I’m probably a plotter. My wife laughed at me when I replied to another interview saying I was meticulous in my plot creation. Obsessed was the term she used. I spend a lot of time plotting the manuscript out before I start writing. Besides really needing to know the end, I have certain elements each book part and chapter must contain before I sit down and start cranking away.



TQ:  What is the most challenging thing for you about writing?

Ethan:  Finding the time to shut out the rest of the world and just write? I love every aspect of writing, from creation to revision to getting notes from my editor and starting the process all over again. But the way a writing career works in today’s world, so much time gets spent in social media, etc, that I feel it interferes with writing. I rarely even find the time to blog, sadly.



TQ:  Who are some of your literary influences? Favorite authors?

Ethan:  I love this question! I have so many. Stephen King was huge for me when I was younger. Clive Barker. Anne Rice. Richard Matheson is one of my favorites. Such craft. Michael Crichton. Ray Bradbury. H.P. Lovecraft was a great inspiration. William Gibson. Joe R. Lansdale. Scott Smith. Of late I’ve been enjoying Andrew Pyper. Of course I also read the current biggies -- Susan Collins, George R.R. Martin.



TQ:  Describe The Undying.

Ethan:  After a mysterious event plunges Paris into darkness, a young American must lead her friends to safety—and escape the ravenous undying who roam the crumbling city.

Jeanie arrives in Paris for New Year’s Eve, partying until midnight when the lights go out. By morning, fireballs rain from the sky and temperatures rise. Hearing word of a comet strike, her journey takes her from the Latin Quarter to the catacombs and the Louvre. Yet she knows the worst is yet to come as she’s the only person who has witnessed the pale, vampiric survivors.

These cunning beings are known as les moribund and their numbers increase by the hour. When fate places a newborn boy in her care, Jeanie stops at nothing to keep the infant safe and escape Paris—even if she must leave all hope of rescue behind.



TQ:  Tell us something about The Undying that is not in the book description.

Ethan:  Jeanie travels to Paris from Seattle with her good friend, Ben. A lot of the book centers around their relationship, and how they deal with the horrible events they are witnessing. They make their journey in the book with a group of friends they’ve met in Paris, one being an exchange student who lived with Jeanie for a short while. There is also a little bit of a love story.



TQ:  What inspired you to write The Undying? Why did you set the novel in Paris, France?

Ethan:  I have family living in the Latin Quarter and have been lucky enough to travel to the city many times. I simply adore Paris. In part I wanted to convey that feeling of discovery one gets when they reach a new city in a foreign country for the first time. And then have it all come crashing down, when the you-know-what hits the fan.



TQ:  What sort of research did you do for The Undying?

Ethan:  I had to research the catacombs, which isn’t as easy as one might think. And the history of Paris. I love adding little tidbits of history here and there. Jeanie is an Art History major, so she gets to give her own outlook on the city, and its fabulous history, as it is literally blown to bits before her. I enjoyed doing the technical research, too . I won’t give anything away, but after a worldwide electromagnetic pulse, communication – and how quickly humanity can reestablish those links – is paramount to survival.



TQ:  In The Undying who was the easiest character to write and why? The hardest and why?

Ethan:  At first I wanted to say Zou Zou, Jeanie’s Parisian exchange student. She has a lot of fire in her, born from a difficult life. She is also the yin to Jeanie’s yang early on, and as the story progresses, must lean more and more on Jeanie to try and live through the day. When I just read that last part aloud to my wife, she told me I was way off and that my voice is better within Ben. I guess Ben is in some ways my hardest yet easiest character to write, given how complicated he is. I’ve found Ben can also be a lynchpin for readers. In the end, Ben is Ben. He can’t change who he is.



TQ:  Give us one or two of your favorite non-spoilery lines from The Undying.

Ethan:  Can I start with the top? Here’s the first paragraph in Chapter One:

Her flight from Seattle arrived in Paris on New Year’s Eve, touching down at Charles de Gaulle Airport shortly after noon. Enough time to negotiate customs, catch the train to the Latin Quarter, find the hotel and unpack -- even split a bottle of red wine with her travel companion, Ben Rosenfeld, before heading out for the party. After the last twelve months, saying goodbye to a shit year was exactly what the doctor ordered. 

And the next few lines come from the morning after New Year’s, when Jeanie awakes after the city-wide blackout to find the power still out:

Jeanie awoke to a headache and the rolling sound of crashing waves.

The hotel room was so dark, she thought it was still night. With a groan, she sat up, her temples throbbing in protest. Stupid, she thought, not downing her mandatory three glasses of water after an evening of indulging, afraid of what may lurk in Parisian pipes. 

Guessing the odd noise was the morning commute, she grabbed her father’s watch from the nightstand. 8:42 a.m. Jeanie sighed. She should ring Ben, meet for the hotel’s complimentary continental breakfast before ten. Instead, she fell back and pulled the duvet tight. Being on vacation meant she could do what she wanted, when she wanted, darn it. 

Everything heats up rather quickly after that.



TQ:  What's next?

Ethan:  I’m off to the NY Comic Con in New York, appearing on a panel two days after The Undying‘s release date. I’ll be at the Simon451 booth, if anyone wants to drop by! I’m also editing the second book in The Undying series, set for a 2015 release, while writing the third.



TQ:  Thank you for joining us at The Qwillery.

Ethan:  You bet, thanks for sharing!

The Undying: An Apocalyptic Thriller
The Undying 1
Simon451, October 7, 2014
eBook, 272 pages

THEY HAVE COME FROM THE STARS…
In this riveting apocalyptic thriller for fans of The Passage and The Walking Dead, a mysterious event plunges Paris into darkness and a young American must lead her friends to safety—and escape the ravenous “undying” who now roam the crumbling city.

Jeanie and Ben arrive in Paris just in time for a festive New Year’s Eve celebration with local friends. They eat and drink and carry on until suddenly, at midnight, all the lights go out. Everywhere they look, buildings and streets are dark, as though the legendary Parisian revelry has somehow short circuited the entire city.

By the next morning, all hell has broken loose. Fireballs rain down from the sky, the temperatures are rising, and people run screaming through the streets. Whatever has happened in Paris—rumors are of a comet striking the earth—Jeanie and Ben have no way of knowing how far it has spread, or how much worse it will get. As they attempt to flee the burning Latin Quarter—a harrowing journey that takes them across the city, descending deep into the catacombs, and eventually to a makeshift barracks at the Louvre Museum—Jeanie knows the worst is yet to come. So far, only she has witnessed pale, vampiric survivors who seem to exert a powerful hold on her whenever she catches them in her sights.

These cunning, ravenous beings will come to be known as les moribund—the undying—and their numbers increase by the hour. When fate places a newborn boy in her care, Jeanie will stop at nothing to keep the infant safe and get out of Paris—even if it means facing off against the moribund and leaving Ben—and any hope of rescue—behind.

About Ethan

Photo by Mitja Arzenšek

Ethan Reid received his BA in English with Writing Emphasis from the University of Washington and his MFA from the University of Southern California’s MPW Program, where he studied under author S.L. Stebel, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sy Gomberg, and Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Tarloff. Ethan is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the International Thriller Writers and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Ethan currently lives in Seattle.





Website ~ Twitter @WriterEthanReid ~ Facebook

Happy 1st Monday in October! Only 25 days until Halloween! I'm heading off to New York Comic Con this weekend so look for posts about that. The kitchen renovation (for those of you keeping track) is nearing the pause point - countertops will be measured for this week and then I wait for them to be ready (2 to 3 weeks). After the countertops are in, the finishing touches are completed and I have a kitchen again. I can't wait.




This week is full of debuts (6 of the 9 out this month):

Heraclix and Pomp: A Novel of the Fabricated and the Fey by Forrest Aguirre;

The Secrets of Life and Death by Rebecca Alexander;

Liesmith (Wyrd 1) by Alis Franklin;

Lemongrass Hope by Amy Impellizzeri;

Falling Sky by Rajan Khanna;

and

The Undying: An Apocalyptic Thriller by Ethan Reid.


From formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors:

The Shotgun Arcana by R.S. Belcher;

The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman;

Silverblind (Ironskin 3) by Tina Connolly;

Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch 2) by Ann Leckie;

and

Knife Sworn (Tower and Knife Trilogy 2) by Mazarkis Williams is out in Trade Paperback.

October 6, 2014

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Mine Tomorrow (e)	Jackie Braun	PNR
Channeling Wonder: Fairy Tales on Television	Pauline Greenhill Jill Terry Rudy	LC/F
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q are Cordially Uninvited... (e)	Rudy Josephs	SF - Star Trek
Reap & Redeem (e)	Lisa Medley	UF - Reaper 3
In the Void (e)	Sheryl Nantus	SFR - Tales from the Edge 2
Helmut Goes Abroad (e)	Matt Sheehan	UF/AH - Helmut Haase 2

October 7, 2014

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (ri)	Douglas Adams	SF
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (ri)	Douglas Adams	SF
Heraclix and Pomp: A Novel of the Fabricated and the Fey (D)	Forrest Aguirre	HistF
The Secrets of Life and Death (D - US)	Rebecca Alexander	HistF
The Night Garden: A Novel	Lisa Van Allen	R/Magic
Unseaming	Mike Allen	H/DF - Collection
A Vision of Fire	Gillian Anderson Jeff Rovin	SF
The Shotgun Arcana	R. S. Belcher	WW
One Potion in the Grave	Heather Blake	PM - A Magic Potion Mystery 2
Hawk	Steven Brust	F - Vlad Taltos14
The Lesser Dead	Christopher Buehlman	H
The Lost Stars: Imperfect Sword	Jack Campbell	SF - The Lost Stars 3
Ship of the Dead	John L. Campbell	H - Omega Days 2
Autumn Bones (h2mm)	Jacqueline Carey	UF - Agent of Hel 2
Poison Fruit	Jacqueline Carey	UF - Agent of Hel 3
Silverblind	Tina Connolly	HistF - Ironskin 3
Nightmare Carnival	Ellen Datlow (ed)	H - Anthology
Undead and Unwary	MaryJanice Davidson	PNR - Undead/Queen Betsy 13
The Baen Big Book of Monsters	Hank Davis (ed)	SF - Anthology
The Sentinel (h2tp)	Troy Denning	F - D&D: The Sundering
The Protectors (e)	Trey Dowell	SH
Midkemia: The Chronicles of Pug (h2tp)	Raymond E. Feist Stephen Abrams	F - Art
Liesmith (D)	Alis Franklin	UF - Wyrd 1
The Tess Noncoiré Chronicles: Volume I	P. R. Frost	F - Omnibus
Parasite (h2tp)	Mira Grant	SF - Parasitology 1
Gotrek & Felix: Kinslayer	David Guymer	F - Gotrek & Felix 16
Scarlet Tides	David Hair	F - Moontide Quartet 2
Reckoning	S.J. Harper	UF - Fallen Siren 2
Ghost Gone Wild (h2mm)	Carolyn Hart	PM - A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel 4
Ghost Wanted	Carolyn Hart	PM - A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel 5
Spark: A Novel	John Twelve Hawks	Th
Beyond This Horizon (ri)	Robert A. Heinlein	SF
Blood Debt (ri)	Tanya Huff	UF - Blood Books 5
Witch Lights (e)	Michael M. Hughes	H - Blackwater Lights Trilogy 2
Broken Soul	Faith Hunter	UF - Jane Yellowrock 8
To Love a King	Shona Husk	PNR - Court of Annwyn 3
The Madness of Cthulhu Anthology	S.T. Joshi (ed)	H - Anthology
A Midwinter's Tail	Sofie Kelly	PM - Magical Cats 6
Falling Sky (D)	Rajan Khanna	SF/Ap/PA
Bastion (h2mm)	Mercedes Lackey	F - Collegium Chronicles 5 / Valdemar
Closer to Home	Mercedes Lackey	F - Herald Spy 1
Ghost Phoenix (e)	Corrina Lawson	PNR - The Phoenix Institute 3
Ancillary Sword	Ann Leckie	SF - Imperial Radch 2
The Last Man Standing (h2tp)	Davide Longo	Dys
Princess Mononoke: The First Story	Hayao Miyazaki	F - Princess Mononoke
Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets : An Anthology of Holmesian Tales Across Time and Space	David Thomas Moore (ed)	SF/F - Anthology
The Dark Defiles	Richard K. Morgan	F - Land Fit for Heroes 3
Above (h2tp)	Isla Morley	Sus/H
The Wolves of London: The Obsidian Heart	Mark Morris	F - Obsidian Heart 1
Citadel (h2tp)	Kate Mosse	Th - Languedoc Trilogy 3
Valhalla	Robert J. Mrazek	Th
Brood	Chase Novak	Gothic
Living Language Dothraki: A Conversational Language Course Based on the Hit Original HBO Series Game of Thrones	David J. Peterson	F - Game of Thrones
The Undying (D)	Ethan Reid	Ap/Th
Orbs II: Stranded: A Science Fiction Thriller	Nicholas Sansbury Smith	SF/Th - Orbs 2
White Sands: An Orbs Prequel	Nicholas Sansbury Smith	SF - Orbs
We Are Not Good People	Jeff Somers	F - Ustari Cycle 2
Fearsome Magics: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy	Jonathan Strahan (ed)	F - Anthology
The Chaplain's War	Brad R Torgersen	SF - Chaplain's War 1
The Steampunk User's Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams	Jeff VanderMeer Desirina Boskovich	SP
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures	Sean Wallace (ed)	SP
Immorta1	J.R. Ward	PNR - Fallen Angels 6
A Call to Duty	David Weber Timothy Zahn	SF - Honorverse: Manticore Ascendant 1
The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel	Brent Weeks Ivan Brandon Andy MacDonald	F/GN - Night Angel Trilogy 1
Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural	Rick Wilber	F - Anthology
Unbinding	Eileen Wilks	UF - World of the Lupi 11
Knife Sworn (h2tp)	Mazarkis Williams	F - Tower and Knife Trilogy 2

October 8, 2014

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Lemongrass Hope (D)	Amy Impellizzeri	R/TT/MR
Lost Under a Ladder	Linda O. Johnston	PCM - A Superstition Mystery 1

October 9, 2014

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Timebomb (e)	Scott K. Andrews	TT - Timebomb Trilogy 1

D - Debut
e - eBook
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
K e - Kindle eBook
ri - reissue or reprint


AH - Alternate History
Ap - Apocalyptic
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
H - Horror
HistF - Historical Fantasy
LC - Literary Criticism
MR - Magical Realism
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
R - Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SP - Steampunk
Sus - Suspense
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

James Tadd Adcox

Does Not Love
Curbside Splendor Publishing, October 14, 2014
Trade Paperback and eBook, 200 pages

Set in an archly comedic, alternate-reality Indianapolis that is completely overrun by Big Pharma, James Tadd Adcox's debut novel chronicles Robert and Viola's attempts to overcome loss through the miracles of modern pharmaceuticals. Their marriage crumbling after a series of miscarriages, Viola finds herself in an affair with the FBI agent who has recently appeared at her workplace, while her husband Robert becomes enmeshed in an elaborate conspiracy designed to look like a drug study.

Forrest Aguirre

Heraclix and Pomp: A Novel of the Fabricated and the Fey
Underland Press, October 7, 20114
Hardcover and eBook, 280 pages

Heraclix and Pomp, Aguirre’s first full-length novel, explores the ideas of identity and immortality through the eyes of a man-like golem and a time-bending fairy who can barely grasp the idea of now, much less the dangers of what’s to come.

Before being sewn-together, Heraclix was dead—merely a pile of mismatched pieces, collected from the corpses of many troubled men. And Pomp was immortal—at least, so she thought. That was before her impossible near-murder at the hands of the necromancer, Heraclix’s creator. But when playing God, even the smallest error is a gargantuan weakness. When the necromancer makes his, Heraclix and Pomp begin their epic flight.

As they travel from Vienna to Prague to Istanbul and, even, to Hell itself, they struggle to understand who and what they are: who was Heraclix before his death and rebirth? What is mortality, and why does it suddenly concern Pomp? As they journey through an unruly eighteenth century, they discover that the necromancer they thought dead might not be quite so after all. In fact, he may have sealed his immortality at the expense of everyone alive . . .

Heraclix and Pomp is a richly textured and decadent read, filled with Baroque ideology and Byzantine political intrigue. Fans of fantasy and historical fiction alike will revel in Aguirre’s layered prose and vivid characterizations. Heraclix and Pomp brings the surreal and the macabre to one of history’s most violent eras, and it does so in a voice sure to resonate among this season’s best new releases.

Rebecca Alexander

The Secrets of Life and Death
Broadway Books, October 7, 2014
Trade Paperback and eBook, 384 pages
(US Debut)

In modern day England, Professor Felix Guichard is called in to identify occult symbols found on the corpse of a young girl. His investigation brings him in contact with a mysterious woman, Jackdaw Hammond, who guards a monumental secret--She's Dead. Or she would be, were it not for magic which has artificially extended her life. But someone else knows her secret. Someone very old and very powerful, who won't rest until they've taken the magic that keeps her alive....

In Krakow in 1585, Dr John Dee, the Elizabethan Alchemist and Occultist, and his assistant Edward Kelley have been summoned by the King of Poland to save the life of his niece, the infamous Countess Elisabeth Bathory. But they soon realize that the only thing worse than the Countess' malady, is the magic that might be able to save her...

As Jackdaw and Felix race to uncover the truth about the person hunting her, it becomes clear that the answers they seek can only be found in the ancient diary of John Dee's assistant, Edward Kelley. Together they must solve a mystery centuries in the making, or die trying.

Trey Dowell

The Protectors
Simon 451, October 7, 2014
eBook, 240 pages

An enthralling debut, The Protectors offers a dark twist on the classic superhero story as fallen hero Scott McAlister embarks on a globe-hopping chase to stop his former teammate—and ex-lover—gone rogue.

Don’t call him a superhero.

Heroes change the world. Scott McAlister? On a good day, he manages to change out of sweatpants.

It wasn’t always like this. Scott used to be leader of the Protectors, the world’s one and only squad of superheroes. It was a decent gig, but far from the shiny force for good the UN advertised. He could abide the publicity stunts, the lies, the ham-fisted government handlers—but when one of the Protectors died under his command, it was too much. Wracked with guilt, Scott stepped down and into an early retirement.

Now, five years later, a desperate CIA chief shows up on Scott’s doorstep with a polite request and a cadre of shock troops to ensure that Scott accepts. His ex-teammate and ex-lover, Lyla Ravzi, has gone rogue. The former Protector has the ability to control minds, and she’s no longer interested in “protecting.” She wants world domination.

Scott’s mission is simple: Find Lyla and stop her. The messy little details are up to him. It’s the last thing Scott needs after five years spent trying to forget the Protectors and to get over Lyla, but the alternative is worse.

As he closes in on his target, Scott is forced to confront his past and face a chilling reality: Can he save the world and the woman he once loved? Or will he have to choose?

Alis Franklin

Liesmith
Wyrd 1
Hydra, October 7, 2014
eBook, 308 pages

At the intersection of the magical and the mundane, Alis Franklin’s thrilling debut novel reimagines mythology for a modern world—where gods and mortals walk side by side.

Working in low-level IT support for a company that’s the toast of the tech world, Sigmund Sussman finds himself content, if not particularly inspired. As compensation for telling people to restart their computer a few times a day, Sigmund earns enough disposable income to gorge on comics and has plenty of free time to devote to his gaming group.

Then in walks the new guy with the unpronounceable last name who immediately becomes IT’s most popular team member. Lain Laufeyjarson is charming and good-looking, with a story for any occasion; shy, awkward Sigmund is none of those things, which is why he finds it odd when Lain flirts with him. But Lain seems cool, even if he’s a little different—though Sigmund never suspects just how different he could be. After all, who would expect a Norse god to be doing server reboots?

As Sigmund gets to know his mysterious new boyfriend, fate—in the form of an ancient force known as the Wyrd—begins to reveal the threads that weave their lives together. Sigmund doesn’t have the first clue where this adventure will take him, but as Lain says, only fools mess with the Wyrd. Why? Because the Wyrd messes back.

Amy Impellizzeri

Lemongrass Hope
Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, October 8, 2014
Trade Paperback and eBook, 302 pages

Set in the past, and present, Lemongrass Hope is a captivating and unpredictable love story, with a dose of magical realism and time travel.

Lemongrass Hope weaves together ordinary lives and events to tell an extraordinary tale of connection, loss, renewal, and of course, hope.

As Kate Sutton’s decade-long marriage to Rob erodes and unravels, Kate fears that the secrets she guards from the world, including Rob’s emergency room proposal, and a whirlwind love affair from her past, have always doomed her fate. When she unwittingly receives a glimpse at what her life could have been like had she made different choices all those years ago, it is indeed all she could have ever wanted. A confirmation of her greatest hope, and her greatest fears.

Lemongrass Hope will draw you in with characters so relatable and real, you will cheer for them one moment and flinch the next. A tale that invites you to suspend disbelief—or perhaps decide to believe once and for all—in the potent power of love and connection over time and choice.

Oh, and the dress. There’s this lemongrass dress . . .

Rajan Khanna

Falling Sky
Pyr, October 7, 2014
Trade Paperback and eBook, 260 pages
Cover Artist: Chris McGrath

Ben Gold lives in dangerous times. Two generations ago, a virulent disease turned the population of most of North America into little more than beasts called Ferals. Some of those who survived took to the air, scratching out a living on airships and dirigibles soaring over the dangerous ground.

Ben has his own airship, a family heirloom, and has signed up to help a group of scientists looking for a cure. But that's not as easy as it sounds, especially with a power-hungry air city looking to raid any nearby settlements. To make matters worse, his airship, the only home he's ever known, is stolen. Ben must try to survive on the ground while trying to get his ship back.

This brings him to Gastown, a city in the air recently conquered by belligerent and expansionist pirates. When events turn deadly, Ben must decide what really matters-whether to risk it all on a desperate chance for a better future or to truly remain on his own.

Mike Meginnis

Fat Man and Little Boy
Black Balloon Publishing, October 14, 2014
Trade Paperback and eBook, 416 pages

Two bombs over Japan. Two shells.

One called Little Boy, one called Fat Man. Three days apart. The one implicit in the other.

Brothers.

The winner of the 2013 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize, Fat Man and Little Boy pulses with magical realism in an unprecedented approach to its tragic subject matter.

In this powerful debut novel, the atomic bombs dropped on Japan are personified, born on impact as human beings—as a Fat Man and a Little Boy. Their small measure of humanity is a cruelty the brother bombs must suffer. Given life from death, they travel west from Japan to France and later to America. Their journey is one of surreal and unsettling discovery, and author Mike Meginnis transforms these symbols of mass destruction into beacons of longing and hope.

Ethan Reid

The Undying: An Apocalyptic Thriller
Simon451, October 7, 2014
eBook, 272 pages

THEY HAVE COME FROM THE STARS…
In this riveting apocalyptic thriller for fans of The Passage and The Walking Dead, a mysterious event plunges Paris into darkness and a young American must lead her friends to safety—and escape the ravenous “undying” who now roam the crumbling city.

Jeanie and Ben arrive in Paris just in time for a festive New Year’s Eve celebration with local friends. They eat and drink and carry on until suddenly, at midnight, all the lights go out. Everywhere they look, buildings and streets are dark, as though the legendary Parisian revelry has somehow short circuited the entire city.

By the next morning, all hell has broken loose. Fireballs rain down from the sky, the temperatures are rising, and people run screaming through the streets. Whatever has happened in Paris—rumors are of a comet striking the earth—Jeanie and Ben have no way of knowing how far it has spread, or how much worse it will get. As they attempt to flee the burning Latin Quarter—a harrowing journey that takes them across the city, descending deep into the catacombs, and eventually to a makeshift barracks at the Louvre Museum—Jeanie knows the worst is yet to come. So far, only she has witnessed pale, vampiric survivors who seem to exert a powerful hold on her whenever she catches them in her sights.

These cunning, ravenous beings will come to be known as les moribund—the undying—and their numbers increase by the hour. When fate places a newborn boy in her care, Jeanie will stop at nothing to keep the infant safe and get out of Paris—even if it means facing off against the moribund and leaving Ben—and any hope of rescue—behind.

Martin Rose

Bring Me Flesh, I'll Bring Hell: A Horror Novel
Talos, October 28, 2014
Trade Paperback and eBook, 232 pages

Vitus Adamson is falling apart. As a pre-deceased private investigator, he takes the prescription Atroxipine hourly to keep his undead body upright and functioning. Whenever he is injured, he seeks Niko, a bombshell mortician with bedroom eyes and a way with corpses, to piece him back together. Decomposition, however, is the least of his worries when two clients posing his most dangerous job yet appear at his door looking for their lost son.

Vitus is horrified to discover the photo of the couple's missing son is a picture-perfect reproduction of his long dead son. This leads him to question the events of his tormented past; he must face the possibility that the wife and child he believed he murdered ten years ago in a zombie-fugue have somehow survived . . . or is it just wishful thinking designed to pull him into an elaborate trap?

Unfolding like a classic film noir mixed with elements of a B-movie, Bring Me Flesh, I'll Bring Hell is an imaginative spin on the hard-boiled detective genre and a new twist on the zombie novel. In Vitus Adamson, you will find a protagonist you can care about and invest in as he takes you through his emotional journey of betrayal and quest for redemption.