The Qwillery

Happy Tuesday! There are 3 debuts this week: The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth; The Frozen Crown (Warrior Witch Duology 1) by Greta Kelly; and The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum. From formerly featured DAC Authors: Threader Origins (Quantum Empirica 1) by Gerald Brandt; We Lie With Death (Reborn Empire 2) by Devin Madson; and The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner.

Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green. January 12, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Threader Origins	Gerald Brandt	SF/AP/PA/TT - Quantum Empirica 1
The Brass Queen (D)	Elizabeth Chatsworth	HistF/Gaslamp/RF/FR
The Ankh-Morpork City Watch Discworld Journal	The Discworld Emporium	F - Journal
The Charmed Wife	Olga Grushin	LF/FairyT/FolkT/LM/MR
The Effort	Claire Holroyde	Disaster/SF/AP/PA
Europe at Midnight	Dave Hutchinson	SF - The Fractured Europe Sequence 2
The Resisters (h2tp)	Gish Jen	Dys/FL/Pol
The Last Exit	Michael Kaufman	PP/TechTh/Dys - A Jen Lu Mystery 1
The Frozen Crown (D)	Greta Kelly	F - Warrior Witch Duology 1
The Tool & the Butterflies	Dmitry Lipskerov Isaac Stakhouse Wheeler (Tr) Reilly Costigan (Tr)	AB/LF/Satire/MR
We Lie with Death	Devin Madson	F/DF - Reborn Empire 2
Across the Green Grass Fields	Seanan McGuire	CF/DF/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Wayward Children 6
The Theory of Flight	Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu	MR/Pol/CulH/AH
To Cook a Bear	Mikael Niemi	Hist/FairyT/FolkT/LM/LF
Doors of Sleep: Journals of Zaxony Delatree	Tim Pratt	SF/TT/AP/PA
The Unraveling (D)	Benjamin Rosenbaum	SF/GenEng/HSF/LF
Useless Miracle	Barry Schechter	HU/BHu
Bonds of Brass (h2tp)	Emily Skrutskie	SF/SO - The Bloodright Trilogy 1
The Conjurer	Luanne G. Smith	HistF/F/RF - Vine Witch 3
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry	C. M. Waggoner	F/HistF/RF
Into the Light	David Weber Chris Kennedy	SF/SO/AC - Out of the Dark 2
Universal Love: Stories (h2tp)	Alexander Weinstein	SS/AB

January 13, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Branch	Mike Resnick	SF

January 17, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia: Abandoning Babylon	Nathaniel Robert Walker	LC/SF/F

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



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
BHU - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CM - Crime & Mystery
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
GothicR - Gothic Romance
GW&CC - Global Warming and Climate Change
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HistR - Historical Romance
HistTh - Historical Thriller
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
Med - Medical
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - Mash-Up
NF - Near Future
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PF - Paranormal Fantasy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
PP - Police Porcedural
Psy - Psychological
R - Romance
RF - Romantic Fantasy
ScF - Science Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SFTh - Science Fiction Thriller
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
SS - Short Stories
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
TTR - Time Travel Romance
UF - Urban Fantasy
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical
WS - Women Sleuths

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

Gerald Brandt (2016) Threader Origins
Quantum Empirica 1
DAW, January 12, 2021
Hardcover and eBook, 384 pages

This first book of a new sci-fi series introduces an alternate earth where powerful Threads have the power to alter reality as we know it.

Pulled from his world by an experiment gone wrong, Darwin Lloyd is one of the few that can see the Threads—quantum strings that can be manipulated to change or control reality. On an alternate Earth ravaged by war, Darwin is torn between the Qabal and SafeHaven, his only goal to find a way back home and stop the same fate from happening in his time line.

Threads—thought of as a gift from the machine he helped his father create—and Threaders are both loved and hated, treated as gods by some and as criminals by others. Out of his element, Darwin must learn how to control the Threads and possibly join the hated Qabal to find the path back to his dad.

But Thread use comes at a price. Follow the possibilities and probabilities too far and the human mind shatters, leaving the Threader a mindless, drooling husk. Yet the Thread’s pull is almost irresistible, and a constant battle for those that can see them.

In this strange new world, Darwin discovers what he could never find on his own: friends, family, love, a mother he lost years before, and a younger sister he never had.

Dan Koboldt (2016) Domesticating Dragons
Baen, January 5, 2021
Trade Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP MEETS JURASSIC PARK WHEN A NEWLY GRADUATED GENETIC ENGINEER GOES TO WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT AIMS TO PRODUCE CUSTOM-MADE DRAGONS

Noah Parker, a newly minted Ph.D., is thrilled to land a dream job at Reptilian Corp., the hottest tech company in the American Southwest. He’s eager to put his genetic engineering expertise to use designing new lines of Reptilian’s feature product: living, breathing dragons.

Although highly specialized dragons have been used for industrial purposes for years, Reptilian is desperate to crack the general retail market. By creating a dragon that can be the perfect family pet, Reptilian hopes to put a dragon into every home.

While Noah’s research may help Reptilian create truly domesticated dragons, Noah has a secret goal. With his access to the company’s equipment and resources, Noah plans to slip changes into the dragons’ genetic code, bending the company’s products to another purpose entirely . . .

Stina Leicht (2011) Persephone Station
Gallery / Saga Press, January 5, 2021
Hardcover and eBook, 512 pages

Hugo award–nominated author Stina Leicht has created a take on space opera for fans of The Mandalorian and Cowboy Bebop in this high-stakes adventure.

Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has largely been ignored by the United Republic of Worlds becomes the focus for the Serrao-Orlov Corporation as the planet has a few secrets the corporation tenaciously wants to exploit.

Rosie—owner of Monk’s Bar, in the corporate town of West Brynner, caters to wannabe criminals and rich Earther tourists, of a sort, at the front bar. However, exactly two types of people drank at Monk’s back bar: members of a rather exclusive criminal class and those who sought to employ them.

Angel—ex-marine and head of a semi-organized band of beneficent criminals, wayward assassins, and washed up mercenaries with a penchant for doing the honorable thing is asked to perform a job for Rosie. What this job reveals will effect Persephone and put Angel and her squad up against an army. Despite the odds, they are rearing for a fight with the Serrao-Orlov Corporation. For Angel, she knows that once honor is lost, there is no regaining it. That doesn’t mean she can’t damned well try.

Happy Tuesday!

There are no debut novels this week. From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Queen of Swords (Golgotha 3) by R.S. Belcher is out in Trade Paperback;

The Rebel (San Angeles 3) by Gerald Brandt is out in Mass Market Paperback;

The Mortal Word (Invisible Library 5) by Genevieve Cogman;

#HeroFail (Superheroes Anonymous 4) by Lexie Dunne;

Infernal Machines by John Hornor Jacobs;

Song of the Soul (Muse Chronicles 7) by Lisa Kessler;

A Curse Awakened (Weird Girls 0.5) by Cecy Robson is reissued;

The Eternity War: Exodus (The Eternity War 2) by Jamie Sawyer;

and

Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom (Retropolis 1) by Bradley W. Schenck is out in Trade Paperback.

Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

November 26, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Last Unicorn The Lost Journey	Peter S. Beagle	F/FairyT/FolkT/LM
Song of the Soul (e)	Lisa Kessler	PNR - Muse Chronicles 7

November 27, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Victory: Part 1	Dan Abnett	SF - Gaunt's Ghosts
The Warmaster (h2tp)	Dan Abnett	SF - Gaunt's Ghosts
Rowankind	Jacey Bedford	HistF - Rowankind 3
The Queen of Swords (h2tp)	R. S. Belcher	HistF/DH/SP - Golgotha 3
The Speed of Sound (h2tp)	Eric Bernt	TechTh - Speed of Sound Thrillers 1
Mechanical Animals: Tales at the Crux of Creatures and Tech	Selena Chambers (Ed) Jason Heller (Ed)	SP - Anthology
The Rebel (h2mm)	Gerald Brandt	SF/CyP/AP/PA - San Angeles 3
The Mortal Word	Genevieve Cogman	SF/TT/HistF/P - The Invisible Library Novel 5
Space Pioneers	Hank Davis (Ed) Christopher Ruocchio (Ed)	SF - Anthology
Doctor Who: The Good Doctor	Juno Dawson	SF - Doctor Who
Bright Light	Ian Douglas	SF - Star Carrier 8
#HeroFail (e)	Lexie Dunne	SH/CF - Superheroes Anonymous 4
Iron Angels (h2mm)	Eric Flint Alistair Kimble	UF
The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (h2mm)	Jason Fry	SF/SO/MTI
Abandoned	W. Michael Gear	SF/HSF/TT/SO - Donovan 2
Before the Storm (h2mm)	Christie Golden	F/MTI - World of Warcraft
Shroud of Eternity: Sister of Darkness (h2mm)	Terry Goodkind	F - The Nicci Chronicles 2
The Beast Arises: Volume 2	Guy Haley David Guymer David Annandale Gav Thorpe	Warhammer 40,000 2
The Spectral City (e)	Leanna Renee Hieber	HistF - A Spectral City Novel 1
Aladdin: A New Translation	Paulo Lemos Horta (Ed) Yasmine Seale (Tr)	FairyT/FolkT/LM
Star Trek Prometheus - In the Heart of Chaos	Christian Humberg Bernd Perplies	MTI/SF/SE
Infernal Machines	John Hornor Jacobs	F - Incorruptibles 3
How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories	N. K. Jemisin	F/SF/AfricanAm/UF/AC/SE - Collection
Origin	J.A. Konrath	Sus/Th
A Pillar of Fire by Night	Tom Kratman	SF
Tiger's Claim	Celia Kyle	PNR - Shifter Rogues 2
Choices	Mercedes Lackey (Ed)	F - Valdemar
The Razor	J. Barton Mitchell	SF/Th
Star Trek: The Art of John Eaves	Joe Nazzaro	Art/SF/F/PerfArts
Hazards of Time Travel	Joyce Carol Oates	Dys
City of Endless Night (tp2mm)	Douglas Preston Lincoln Child	Sus/Cr/PP/Occ/Sup/H/Pol - Agent Pendergast 17
The Eternity War: Exodus	Jamie Sawyer	SF/AC/HSF/AC - The Eternity War 2
Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom (h2tp)	Bradley W. Schenck	SF/Hu - Retropolis 1
Daughters of the Storms (h2tp)	Kim Wilkins	F - Daughters of the Storm 1

November 28, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
A Curse Awakened (e)(ri)	Cecy Robson	PNR - Weird Girls Series .5
The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir: A Tor.com Original (e)	Karin Tidbeck	SF

November 30, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Dinosaur Tourist	Caitlin R. Kiernan	F - Collection
The Cambridge History of Science Fiction	Gerry Canavan (Ed) Eric Link (Ed)	LC/HC/SF

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
Il - Illustrator
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade Paperback to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Woman
CyP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
Hu - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Parnormal Cozy Mystery
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
Sc - Science
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SocHist - Social History
SocSc - Social Science
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
W - Western

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

Happy Monday!

There are 4 debuts this week:

The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy 1) by S. A. Chakrabotry;

The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover;

Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang;

and

The Nine (Thieves of Fate 1) by Tracy Townsend




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Rebel (San Angeles 3) by Gerald Brandt;

Star's End by Cassandra Rose Clarke is out in Trade Paperback;

The Art of Murder (Jericho Sands 2) by Casey Doran;

The Light the Binds (Sundered World 3) by Nathan Garrison;

The Exiled King (Bone Magic 4) by Sarah Remy;

The Inside Out Man by Fred Strydom;

Beyond the Empire (The Indranan War 3) by K. B. Wagers;

and

Artemis by Andy Weir.

Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

November 13, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
I, The Constable (e)	Paula M. Block Terry J. Erdmann	SF - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Night of the Hunter (e)	Susan Harris	PNR - Ever Chace Chronicles 4
Angel Slayer (e)(ri)	Michele Hauf	PNR - Of Angels and Demons Series 2

November 14, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Overneath	Peter S. Beagle	F - Collection
The Rebel	Gerald Brandt	SF/CyP/AP/PA - San Angeles 3
Dark Deeds	Mike Brooks	SF/SO - Keiko 3
The City of Brass (D)	S. A. Chakraborty	F/HistF - The Daevabad Trilogy 1
Star's End (h2tp)	Cassandra Rose Clarke	SF
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams	Philip K. Dick	SF - Collection
Seventh Decimate	Stephen R. Donaldson	F/DF - The Great God's War 1
The Art of Murder	Casey Doran	H/PsyTh - Jericho Sands 2
Future Home of the Living God	Louise Erdrich	Dys
Deadhouse Landing: A Novel of the Malazan Empire	Ian C. Esslemont	F - Path to Ascendancy 2
HALO: Legacy of Onyx	Matt Forbeck	SF - HALO
The Light That Binds	Nathan Garrison	F - Sundered World Trilogy 3
The Last Man in Europe (D)	Dennis Glover	F/Bio
Into the Drowning Deep	Mira Grant	CF
The Eye of Medusa	David Guymer	SF - Iron Hands 1
The Witch War of Fiddlehead Creek	C.L. Hernandez	DF - The Complicated Life of Deegie Tibbs 2
The Eterna Solution	Leanna Renee Hieber	HistF/UF  - The Eterna Files 3
After the End of the World	Jonathan L. Howard	H/AH/GH - Carter & Lovecraft 2
The Fall of the House of Cabal (h2tp)	Jonathan L. Howard	H/SP/GH - Johannes Cabal Novels 5
Ice: 50th Anniversary Edition	Anna Kavan	Dys/PA - Penguin Classics
The Secret Life of Souls (h2tp)	Jack Ketchum Lucky McKee	PsySus
From a Buick 8 (ri)	Stephen King	SF/AC
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance (D)	Ruth Emmie Lang	CF/MR/P
Strange Sight	Syd Moore	PM - An Essex Witch Museum Mystery 2
The Mountain of Kept Memory (h2tp)	Rachel Neumeier	F
The Throne of Amenkor	Joshua Palmatier	F/DF - Throne of Amenkor Omnibus
The Two of Swords: Volume Two	K. J. Parker	F - The Two of Swords 2
The Exiled King	Sarah Remy	F - Bone Magic 4
The Walworth Beauty	Michèle Roberts	Hist
Oathbringer	Brandon Sanderson	F - The Stormlight Archive 3
The Inside Out Man	Fred Strydom	H/Sus/PsyTh
Creatures of Will and Temper	Molly Tanzer	F/HistF
The Long and Short of It	Jodi Taylor	SF/TT - The Chronicles of St. Mary's Collection
Jain Zar: Storm of Silence	Gav Thorpe	SF - Phoenix Lords 2
The Nine (D)	Tracy Townsend	F/DF/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Thieves of Fate 1
The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects	Carolyn Turgeon The Editors of Faerie Magazine	FM
Beyond the Empire	K. B. Wagers	SF - The Indranan War 3
Artemis	Andy Weir	SF/Th
The Complete John Wayne Cleaver Series: (I Am Not a Serial Killer, Mr. Monster, I Don't Want to Kill You, Devil's Only Friend, Over Your Dead Body, Nothing Left to Lose) (e)	Dan Wells	SupTh/F/DF - John Cleaver
The Forsaken Throne	Jeff Wheeler	F/HistF - Kingfountain 6
Legacies (e)	F. Paul Wilson	SupTh - Repairman Jack 1
The Complete Book of the New Sun: (The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun) (e)	Gene Wolfe	F - New Sun
The Emerald Circus	Jane Yolen	FR/HistF/Clara at the Edge - Collection
Mandelbrot the Magnificent: A Novella	Liz Ziemska	Bio/F/HistF/MR

November 15, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Anomaly: The Rubicon	Skip Brittenham (Creator) Brian Haberlin (Creator)	SF - Anomaly
My Life for Your Life (e)	Tessa Gratton Karen Lord	HistF - Tremontaine Season 3 #6
J. G. Ballard	D. Harlan Wilson	SF/HC - Modern Masters of Science Fiction

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
Bio - Biography
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
Fict - Fiction
FM - Folklore and Mythology
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - MashUp
Noir - Noir
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PHR- Paramormal Historical Romance
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Psy - Psychological
PsySus - Psychological Suspense
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
Ref - Reference
RP - Role Playing
Sc - Science
SH -Superheroes
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
SP - SteamPunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

Happy 1st Monday in November!

There are 4 debuts this week:

This Book is Not For You by Daniel A. Hoyt;

The End We Start From by Megan Hunter;

Jade City (The Green Bone Saga 1) by Fonda Lee (Adult Debut);

and

The Ruined House by Ruby Namdar.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Black Goat Blues (The Mythos War 2) by Levi Black;

Skitter (The Hatching Series 2) by Ezekiel Boone is out in Trade Paperback;

The Operative (San Angeles 2) by Gerald Brandt is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Red Dust and Dancing Horses and Other Stories by Beth Cato;

The Rule of Luck (A Felicia Sevigny Novel 1) by Catherine Cerveny;

Highland Dragon Rebel (Dawn of the Highland Dragon 2) by Isabel Cooper;

The Ship by Antonia Honeywell is out in Trade Paperback;

The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley is out in Trade Paperback;

The Sisters of the Crescent Empress (The Waning Moon Duology 2) by Leena Likitalo;

The Realms of God (The Shards of Heaven 3) by Michael Livingston;

The Forbidden Heir (Four Arts 2) by M.J. Scott;

and

Communication Failure (Epic Failure Trilogy 2) by Joe Zieja.

Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

November 5, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Romancing the Werewolf (e)	Gail Carriger	SP - Supernatural Society Novella 2

November 6, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Hitchhiker: Stories from the Kentucky Homefront	Bob Thompson	FairyT/FolkT/LM/Occ/Sup - Collection

November 7, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Red Men	Matthew de Abaitua	SF/CyP/AP/PA/Dys
Nanoshock	K C Alexander	SF/CyP/GenEng - SINless 2
Valiant Dust	Richard Baker	SF - Breaker of Empires 1
Black Goat Blues	Levi Black	F/DF/H - The Mythos War 2
Skitter (h2tp)	Ezekiel Boone	H - The Hatching Series 2
The Sorcerer's Appendix	P. J. Brackston	F/SupM - Brothers Grimm Mysteries 4
The Operative (h2mm)	Gerald Brandt	SF/CyP/AP/PA - San Angeles 2
Places in the Darkness	Chris Brookmyre	SF
Star Trek: The Book of Lists	Chip Carter	TV/SF - Star Trek
Steal the Stars	Nat Cassidy	SF/AC/MTI
Potions and Pastries	Bailey Cates	PCM - A Magical Bakery Mystery 7
Red Dust and Dancing Horses and Other Stories	Beth Cato	SF/F - Collection
The Rule of Luck	Catherine Cerveny	SF - A Felicia Sevigny Novel 1
More Human than Human: Stories of Androids, Robots, and Manufactured Humanity	Neil Clarke	SF/CyP/GenEng - Anthology
Numenera: The Night Clave	Monte Cook Shanna Germain	SF/GenEng - Numenera 2
Highland Dragon Rebel	Isabel Cooper	PHR - Dawn of the Highland Dragon 2
Vampire Undone	Shannon Curtis	PNR
Snow Magic (e)	Bianca D'Arc	PNR - A Were-Fey Love Story 2
Shadowborn	David Dalglish	F - Seraphim 3
Deja New	MaryJanice Davidson	PNR - An Insighter Novel 2
None But Man (ri)	Gordon R. Dickson	SF
The Spark	David Drake	SF
Nights of the Dark Moon: Gothic Folktales from Asia and Africa	Tutu Dutta	FairyT/FolkT/LM/F/P/H/Gothic
Strange Music	Alan Dean Foster	SF/AC - Adventures of Pip & Flinx 15
Dreamweaver (h2mm)	C.S. Friedman	UF/CF/F - Dreamwalker 3
All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault	James Alan Gardner	CF/SH
Wolf Hunter: A Shifter Romance (e)	Jane Godman	PNR - Arctic Brotherhood 5
Wolf Leader: A Shifter Romance (e)	Jane Godman	PNR - Arctic Brotherhood 6
Childgrave	Ken Greenhall	H
The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin (h2tp)	Ursula K. Le Guin	F - Collection
The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin (h2tp)	Ursula K. Le Guin	F - Collection
The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin Boxed Set: The Found and the Lost; The Unreal and the Real (h2tp)	Ursula K. Le Guin	F - Collection
The Witch and the Werewolf	Michele Hauf	PNR - Decadent Dames 3
Terminal Alliance	Jim C. Hines	SF/AP/PA - Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse 1
The Ship (h2tp)	Antonia Honeywell	F/CoA/PA
This Book Is Not for You (D)	Daniel A. Hoyt	LF/MU
The Stealers' War	Stephen Hunt	F
The End We Start From (D)	Megan Hunter	LF/Dys
The Stars Are Legion (h2tp)	Kameron Hurley	SF/SO
Wonders Will Never Cease	Robert Irwin	HistF
Perfect Gravity	Vivien Jackson	SFR - Wanted and Wired 2
Down to No Good	Earl Javorsky	M/Occ/Sup/Th/Noir - Charlie Miner 2
Imaginarium 5: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing	Sandra Kasturi (Ed) Samantha Beiko (Ed)	SpecFic - Anthology 5
Frostwing	Richard A. Knaak	SF/AP/PA - City of Shadows 2
Pavlov's Dog	David Kurman	HU/Satire/Absurdist
Supernatural Psychology: Roads Less Traveled	Travis Langley (Ed) Lynn S. Zubernis (Ed)	Psychology
The Jim Baen Memorial Award: The First Decade	William Ledbetter (Ed)	SF - Anthology
Jade City (D - Adult)	Fonda Lee	F - The Green Bone Saga 1
The Rise of Nagash	Mike Lee	F - Warhammer Chronicles Omnibus
The Sisters of the Crescent Empress	Leena Likitalo	HistF/DF - The Waning Moon Duology 2
The Realms of God	Michael Livingston	HistF/AH - The Shards of Heaven 3
The Ruined House (D)	Ruby Namdar Hillel Halkin (Tr)	LF
The Experience Arcade and Other Stories	James Van Pelt	SF - Collection
Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers	Tim Powers	CF - Collection
The Wrong Stars	Tim Pratt	SF/SO
A Spoonful of Magic	Irene Radford	UF
Beyond Antares: Dimensional Gates	Brandon Rospond (Ed)	SF - Beyond Antares Anthology
The Forbidden Heir (e)	M.J. Scott	Gaslamp/HistF - Four Arts 2
Invaders From Beyond: First Wave	Colin Sinclair Tim Major Julian Benson	SF/AC
The Un-Discovered Islands: An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fakes	Malachy Tallack	History/Historical Geography
Ironclads	Adrian Tchaikovsky	SF
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun	J.R.R. Tolkien	F
Gluttony Bay	Matt Wallace	UF/HU - A Sin du Jour Affair 6
Perfect Shadow	Brent Weeks	F - Night Angel
Cult of the Warmason	C L Werner	SF - Genestealer Cults 1
The Keep (e)(ri)	F. Paul Wilson	SupTh - Adversary Cycle 1
Communication Failure	Joe Zieja	SF - Epic Failure Trilogy 2

November 8, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Threshold of Eternity	John Brunner Broderick Damiem	SF/SO
The World is Full of Monsters: A Tor.com Original	Jeff VanderMeer	SF
Deep Magic - First Collection (Ke)	Deep Magic Magazine	F/SF - Anthology
Every Face a Forgery (e)	Paul Witcover Liz Duffy Adams	HistF - Tremontaine Season 3 #5

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
Bio - Biography
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
Fict - Fiction
FM - Folklore and Mythology
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - MashUp
Noir - Noir
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PHR- Paramormal Historical Romance
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Psy - Psychological
PsySus - Psychological Suspense
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
Ref - Reference
RP - Role Playing
Sc - Science
SH -Superheroes
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
SP - SteamPunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

Gerald Brandt (2016)

The Rebel
San Angeles 3
DAW, November 14, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 304 pages

The third and final installment in the San Angeles trilogy, a thrilling near-future cyberpunk sci-fi series

Kris Merrill has lost everything. Her family when she was thirteen, her identity when she joined the anti-corporate movement, and now the man she loved. Living in a small room the resistance gave her, she feels alone. Abandoned.

A year ago, Kris’s life was torn apart when a delivery went wrong. The last year spent training with the anti-corporate movement had been the closest she’d ever gotten to normal.

Now, war has broken out between the corporations, and the lower levels of San Angeles are paying the price. Water and food are rationed. People are being ripped from their families in massive sweeps, drafted to fight. Those remaining live in a wasteland. The insurgents are trying to help, but Kris is being left out, given menial tasks instead of doing what she was trained for.

She is torn between working with the insurgents as they become more like the corporations they are fighting, and helping the people of the lower levels.

Caught in one of SoCal’s draft sweeps and being hunted by an enemy who will stop at nothing to have revenge are just the tip of the iceberg. Kris is pregnant, and she might have to choose between bringing down the corporations that destroyed her family or saving the life of her unborn son.

The Operative
San Angeles 2
DAW, November 7, 2017
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Hardcover and eBook, November 1, 2016

The second installment in the San Angeles trilogy, a thrilling near-future cyberpunk sci-fi series

Kris Merrill was a survivor. She’d lost her parents as a young girl, and she’d been forced to flee the dubious shelter of her aunt’s home at thirteen to escape the unwanted attentions of her uncle. She’d lived on the streets of San Angeles, finding refuge in the lowest level of the city. When she got the chance, Kris found a room to rent on Level 2, earning a precarious living as a motorcycle messenger, a courier delivering sensitive materials the megacorporations would not trust to any method that could be hacked.

A year ago, Kris’s life changed irrevocably when a delivery went terribly wrong, and she was targeted for termination by the Meridian corporation, one of the most powerful of the megaconglomerates that controlled the government. Salvation came in the form of Ian Miller, who rescued Kris from certain death, recruiting her for the underground resistance group of which he was a part.

Since then, Kris has been hidden with the resistance, training to become an operative. Just as her training with the anti-corporate movement is nearing its end, their compound is destroyed by surprise attack.

Ready or not, Kris and the other trainees are recalled to the dangerous metropolis of San Angeles. But their transport is shot down and Ian Miller, the man she loves, is captured. Someone, it seems, is using him to get to Kris.

With the help of a retired operative with PTSD, and the mysterious man who fled the scene when Kris’s parents were killed, Kris searches for any sign of Ian. As the corporations battle civil unrest—and each other—the city slowly shuts down. Kris and San Angeles are running out of time….

Pierce Brown (2014)

Iron Gold
Red Rising Saga 4
Del Rey, January 16, 2018
Hardcover and eBook, 480 pages

Pierce Brown expands the size and scope of his #1 New York Times bestselling Red Rising series with a brand-new adventure of revolution and betrayal among the stars.

Geoffrey Girard (2013)

Truthers
Carolrhoda Lab™, August 1, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 360 pages

Katie Wallace has never given much thought to 9/11. She was only a year old when terrorists struck American soil. But now her dad has landed in a mental institution after claiming to know what really happened. He insists the attacks were part of a government conspiracy. And he claims that Katie is living proof: the lone survivor of a massive cover-up. Hoping to free her dad, Katie sets out to investigate his bizarre claims. Soon she's drawn into the strange and secretive world of 9/11 conspiracy theorists known as the Truthers. What is fact and what is fiction? Katie no longer knows what to believe.

TQ:  Welcome back to The Qwillery. Your new novel, The Operative (San Angeles 2), was published on November 1st. Has your writing process changed (or not) from when you wrote The Courier (San Angeles 1) to The Operative?

Gerald:  It's great to be back! Things have definitely changed between The Courier and The Operative, but they are mostly based around time management rather than actual process. Things change once you're under contract and have a deadline, and the pressure quickly begins to mount. In the last interview, I mentioned I used Post-it notes on a white board to get my scenes organized. I did the same thing this time, but I really only hit the high points. Instead of having 65-75 scenes done in advance, I only had about 35 done. What was missing was the glue between the them. When I transferred from the white board to my spreadsheet is when I filled in the missing scenes and the details. I may slowly be leaving the white board and Post-it notes behind!



TQ:  What do you wish that you knew about book publishing when The Courier came out that you know now?

Gerald:  The short answer is everything! What I didn't know about book publishing could have fit into a library. The problem is, it still can. That being said, I know far more now than I did before. If I was to hit some high points, I'd say I wish I knew more about the editing process and timelines, from the initial editor's comments to the copyedits to the final page proofs. It is significantly easier to do edits at the early stages than at the later ones, but if serious issues arise (as they did for The Operative), it is still possible to do some big changes in the copyedit stage. For The Courier, I entered the publishing process with some trepidation. I wish I knew then that everyone (and there are quite a few) involved in the process wants to make the best book possible, and they are all on the author's side. Everyone from the editor to the copyeditor to the proof reader to the layout people and the artists and the publicists want the book to succeed as much as I do.



TQ:  Which character in the San Angeles series (so far) has surprised you the most? Do you have a favorite character?

Gerald:  Being in the middle of revisions for The Rebel, book three in the series, that's a tough question. At this point in time, there are really no surprises left for me. If I think back to when I wrote The Operative, I'd say there were two characters that took a slightly different path than I had envisioned for them. I won't say what role they play in the novel (no spoilers!), but I'll give you their names. Janice and Pat. They both grew into more than I had expected, especially Pat.

My favorite character still has to be Kris. She's the reason I wrote The Courier in the first place. A lot of fans have said that Kai is one of their favorites, and I really struggled with him in The Operative. I think the end result is something that does justice to both of them.



TQ:  San Angeles is a multi-level corporate controlled mega-city. How did you come to create San Angeles? Do you see any of the antecedents for such a mega-city happening now?

Gerald:  What a great question! When I created San Angeles, I wanted a place that physically reflected the social status of the people that lived there. I also wanted a background thread on over population and limited resources. Both of those points precluded any sort of sprawling city. When I first designed San Angeles, it was only three levels, and there were three basic social status's a person could be (minion, middle class, upper class). I soon realized that was far too simplistic of a model, and the city grew to seven levels with the addition of geosynchronous satellite cities. The physical difference between Level 2 and Level 3 is minor, but the people on Level 3 still think of themselves as better than those on lower levels.

One interesting piece I put in was the inversion of the social status inside buildings. In the city, a higher level equates to more status, in a building (on everything except Level 7), the higher the floor you work or live on, the lower your social status. I ended up doing that because I had to keep people alive. The lower levels are essentially enclosed spaces. Massive, but enclosed. I had to get air recycling and pollution removal into the city, and the best place to put them, where you wouldn't lose valuable real estate, was on the ceiling. So the closer you are the the infrastructure, the worse off you are. The reason the inversion rule doesn't apply to Level 7 is because it is open to the sky, there's no ventilation or plumbing or lights to avoid.

In many of today's larger cities, huge skyscrapers reach for the sky, and they are stacked side by side by side. Granted, every floor is roughly only three meters high, but it is still a proven method of getting a lot of people into a small foot print. I essentially extrapolated that idea into a full size city. As for the corporations running almost everything, you simply have to look at the power current corporation have with their lobbyists and support of politicians. That one wasn't as big a leap at the city itself.



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

Gerald:  Even though The Operative is as action packed as The Courier, it has a sadder tone to it. The novel delves a bit more into the flaws that make people who they are and influence what they do.



TQ:  Please give us one or two of your favorite non-spoilery lines from The Operative.

Gerald:

He laughed quietly to himself. He’d never thought being tied down and lying in his own excrement would be an improvement.

and

There were no tears. No more screams. The girl whispered a word. Pat twisted closer, her back shrieking.
“Pourquoi?” It was barely a whisper. “Pourquoi?”



TQ:  In our April interview you said that "Currently I spend my time standing in front of my white board with colored Post-It notes for THE REBEL..." Have you moved beyond the white board? Is there anything non-spoilery you can tell us about The Rebel?

Gerald:  I think I answered the first part of this in a previous question. I still use the whiteboard, but only for the major scenes and pivot points. The remainder of the scenes I now do in a spreadsheet.

Non-spoilery, eh? A tough one. I'm in revisions with The Rebel, and things are still changing slightly.

There is a person in The Courier that comes back and has Kris changing her opinion about them, and The Operative takes place almost a year after The Courier, while The Rebel leaves only a two week gap from when we last see Kris.



TQ:  Thank you for joining us at again The Qwillery.

Gerald:  Once again, some great questions that got me thinking! Thank you so much for having me.

The Operative
A San Angeles Novel 2
DAW, November 1, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, 320 pages

Kris Merrill was a survivor. She’d lost her parents as a young girl, and she’d been forced to flee the dubious shelter of her aunt’s home at thirteen to escape the unwanted attentions of her uncle. She’d lived on the streets of San Angeles, finding refuge in the lowest level of the city. When she got the chance, Kris found a room to rent on Level 2, earning a precarious living as a motorcycle messenger, a courier delivering sensitive materials the megacorporations would not trust to any method that could be hacked.

A year ago, Kris’s life changed irrevocably when a delivery went terribly wrong, and she was targeted for termination by the Meridian corporation, one of the most powerful of the megaconglomerates that controlled the government. Salvation came in the form of Ian Miller, who rescued Kris from certain death, recruiting her for the underground resistance group of which he was a part.

Since then, Kris has been hidden with the resistance, training to become an operative. Just as her training with the anti-corporate movement is nearing its end, their compound is destroyed by surprise attack. Ready or not, Kris and the other trainees are recalled to the dangerous metropolis of San Angeles. But their transport is shot down and Ian Miller, the man she loves, is captured. Someone, it seems, is using him to get to Kris.

With the help of a retired operative with PTSD, and the mysterious man who fled the scene when Kris’s parents were killed, Kris searches for any sign of Ian. As the corporations battle civil unrest—and each other—the city slowly shuts down. Kris and San Angeles are running out of time….

The Courier
A San Angeles Novel 1
DAW, November 1, 2016
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Hardcover and eBook, March 1, 2016

Kris Ballard is a motorcycle courier.  A nobody. Level 2 trash in a multi-level city that stretches from San Francisco to the Mexican border—a land where corporations make all the rules. A runaway since the age of fourteen, Kris struggled to set up her life, barely scraping by, working hard to make it without anyone’s help.

But a late day delivery changes everything when she walks in on the murder of one of her clients. Now she’s stuck with a mysterious package that everyone wants. It looks like the corporations want Kris gone, and are willing to go to almost any length to make it happen.

Hunted, scared, and alone, she retreats to the only place she knows she can hide: the Level 1 streets. Fleeing from people that seem to know her every move, she is rescued by Miller—a member of an underground resistance group—only to be pulled deeper into a world she doesn’t understand.

Together Kris and Miller barely manage to stay one step ahead of the corporate killers, but it’s only a matter of time until Miller’s resources and their luck run out….

About Gerald

Gerald Brandt’s short story “Storm” appeared in the 2013 Prix Aurora Award-winning anthology Blood & Water. By day, he’s an IT professional and coding guru. In his limited spare time, he enjoys riding his motorcycle, rock climbing, camping, and spending time with his family. He lives in Winnipeg with his wife and two sons.

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Twitter @GeraldBrandt

Happy Monday and Happy Halloween!!




There are 3 debuts this week:

The Facefaker's Game by Chandler Birch;

Death at First Sight (A Bay Island Psychic Mystery 1) by Lena Gregory;

and

The Burning Isle by Will Panzo.




And from formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Burning Light by Bradley P. Beaulieu and Rob Ziegler;

The Operative (San Angeles 2) by Gerald Brandt;

Reports on the Internet Apocalypse (Internet Apocalypse Trilogy 3) by Wayne Gladstone

The Weaver by Emmi Itäranta;

Invisible Planets edited by Ken Liu;

An Import of Intrigue (Maradaine Constabulary 2) by Marshall Ryan Maresca;

and

Dominion (Burned Man 2) by Peter McLean.


Of the Abyss by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is out in Mass Market Paperback;

The Courier (San Angeles 1) by Gerald Brandt is out in Trade Paperback;

How to Save the World (Superheroes Anonymous 3) by Lexie Dunne is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Staked (Iron Druid Chronicles 8) by Kevin Hearne is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Empire Ascendant (Worldbreaker Saga 2) by Kameron Hurley is out in Mass Market Paperback;

and

Arena (Arena 1) by Holly Jennings is out in Trade Paperback.



Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors are highlighted in green.






October 31, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
A Long December	Richard Chizmar	H - Collection
Six Scary Stories	Stephen King (Selected by)	H - Anthology
The Madness of Dr. Caligari	Joseph S. Pulver (Ed)	H - Anthology

November 1, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre	John Joseph Adams (Ed)	F - Anthology
Of the Abyss (mm)	Amelia Atwater-Rhodes	F - Mancer Trilogy Series 1
The Burning Light	Bradley P. Beaulieu Rob Ziegler	SF/AP/PA
The Facefaker's Game (D)	Chandler J. Birch	F
Twice Told Tail	Ali Brandon	CM - A Black Cat Bookshop Mystery 6
The Courier (h2mm)	Gerald Brandt	SF/CyberP/AP/PA - San Angeles 1
The Operative	Gerald Brandt	SF/CyberP/AP/PA - San Angeles 2
Decoherence	Liana Brooks	TechTh - Time & Shadows Mystery 3
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (h2tp)	Lois McMaster Bujold	SF/SO - Vorkosigan Saga 17
The Vor Game (ri)	Lois McMaster Bujold	SF/SO - Vorkosigan Saga 6
Congress of Secrets	Stephanie Burgis	HistF/AH
Shadowed Souls	Jim Butcher (Ed) Kerrie L. Hughes (Ed)	UF/CF - Anthology
Octavia E. Butler	Gerry Canavan	HC/SF -Modern Masters of Science Fiction Series
The Shattered Vigil	Patrick W. Carr	F - Darkwater Saga Series 2
Illicit	Cathy Clamp	P - Luna Lake 2
The Severed Streets (h2mm)	Paul Cornell	CF - Shadow Police 2
The Lost Child of Lychford	Paul Cornell	CF - Witches of Lychford 2
Beholder's Eye (ri)	Julie E. Czerneda	SF/SO - Web Shifters 1
Hidden in Sight (ri)	Julie E. Czerneda	SF/SO - Web Shifters 3
Changing Vision (ri)	Julie E. Czerneda	SF/SO - Web Shifters 2
Nightmares	Ellen Datlow (Ed)	H - Anthology
Empires: The First Battle	Gavin Deas	SF - Empires
The Right to Arm Bears (ri)	Gordon R Dickson	SF
How to Save the World (mm)	Lexie Dunne	UF - Superheroes Anonymous 3
Willful Child: Wrath of Betty	Steven Erikson	SF/SO - Willful Child 2
Pillar to the Sky (tp2mm)	William R. Forstchen	Th/SF
A Hunter Under the Mistletoe: All Is Bright \ Heat of a Helios (e)	Addison Fox Karen Whiddon	SFR/PNR
Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days	Neil Gaiman	F/GN
Survival Game	Gary Gibson	SF/AP/PA - Apocalypse Duology 2
Reports on the Internet Apocalypse	Wayne Gladstone	LF/TechTh/Dys/HU/AP/PA/SF - Internet Apocalypse Trilogy 3
Immortal Billionaire (e)	Jane Godman	PNR
Warheart (h2mm)	Terry Goodkind	F - Richard and Kahlan 4
Death at First Sight (D)	Lena Gregory	CM - A Bay Island Psychic Mystery 1
Ghal Maraz	Guy Haley Josh Reynolds	F - The Realmgate Wars 2
Christmas Magic	David G. Hartwell (Ed)	F - Anthology
Staked (h2mm)	Kevin Hearne	UF - Iron Druid Chronicles 8
The Dark Lord	Jack Heckel	FairyT/FolkT/LM/HU
Binary Storm	Christopher Hinz	SF/SO - Liege-Killer
Faithful	Alice Hoffman	CW
Curse on the Land	Faith Hunter	UF/CF/P - A Soulwood Novel 2
Empire Ascendant (h2mm)	Kameron Hurley	F - Worldbreaker Saga 2
The Weaver	Emmi Itäranta	Dys
Arena (h2tp)	Holly Jennings	SF - Arena 1
Saga of Recluce: Year 1-415 (e)	L. E. Modesitt Jr.	F - Recluce Omnibus
Konundrum: Selected Prose of Franz Kafka	Franz Kafka	LFSF - Collection
Illidan: World of Warcraft	William King	F - World of Warcraft
Death's Master (ri)	Tanith Lee	F/DF - Flat Earth 2
The Hidden People	Alison Littlewood	HistM
Invisible Planets	Ken Liu (Ed)	SF - Anthology
Old Man's Ghosts	Tom Lloyd	F - Empire of a Hundred Houses 2
Cosmonaut Keep: The Opening Novel in An Astonishing New Future History	Ken MacLeod	SF/AC - Engines of Light 1
An Import of Intrigue	Marshall Ryan Maresca	F/UF/DF - Maradaine Constabulary 2
Den of Wolves	Juliet Marillier	HistF - Blackthorn & Grim 3
Venom and Vanilla	Shannon Mayer	UF - Venom Trilogy 1
Dominion	Peter McLean	UF - Burned Man 2
The Burning Isle (D)	Will Panzo	F
Invisible Planets	Hannu Rajaniemi	F - Collection
The Memory of Whiteness: A Scientific Romance (ri)	Kim Stanley Robinson	SF
DemonWars: The First King: The Dame and The Bear (e)(ri)	R. A. Salvatore	F - Saga of the First King
Children of the Country (D)	Abigail R. Shaffer	LF/CoA/Occ/Sup
The Child to Come: Life after the Human Catastrophe	Rebekah Sheldon	LC/SF/F
Unquiet Land	Sharon Shinn	FR/F - Elemental Blessings 4
Archangel's Heart	Nalini Singh	PNR/F/UF - Guild Hunter 9
The Death of Dulgath	Michael J. Sullivan	F - Riyria Chronicles 3
The Beast (h2mm)	J. R. Ward	PNR - Black Dagger Brotherhood 14
Shadow of Victory	David Weber	SF - Honor Harrington 19
Angeleyes	Michael Z. Williamson	SF - Freehold Series 7
Once a Gypsy	Danica Winters	PNR - The Irish Traveller 1
The Path of Heaven	Chris Wraight	SF - The Horus Heresy
Burn	Suzanne Wright	FR - Dark in You 1
Living Spectres	Chelsea Quinn Yarbro	CM - A Chesterton Holte, Gentleman Haunt Mystery  2

November 2, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Loud Table: A Tor.com Original (e)	Jonathan Carroll	SF
Dune: Red Plague (e)	Brian Herbert Kevin J. Anderson	SF

November 3, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Jo Fletcher Books Anthology (e)	Various	SF/F - Anthology

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
mm - Mass Market Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade to Mass Market Paperback


AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CM - Cozy Mystery
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
CyberP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F _ Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PNR - Paranormal Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
Sup - Supernatural
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy

Amanda Bouchet (2016)

Breath of Fire
Kingmaker Chronicles 2
Sourcebooks Casablanca, August 2, 2016
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 448 pages

SHE’S DESTINED TO DESTROY THE WORLD…
“Cat” Catalia Fisa has been running from her destiny since she could crawl. But now, her newfound loved ones are caught between the shadow of Cat’s tortured past and the threat of her world-shattering future. So what’s a girl to do when she knows it’s her fate to be the harbinger of doom? Everything in her power.

BUT NOT IF SHE CAN HELP IT
Griffin knows Cat is destined to change the world—for the better. As the realms are descending into all-out war, Cat and Griffin must embrace their fate together. Gods willing, they will emerge side-by-side in the heart of their future kingdom…or not at all.

[description from Author's website]

Lila Bowen (Delilah S. Dawson) (2012)

Wake of Vultures
The Shadow 1
Orbit, September 20, 2016
Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Hardcover and eBook, October 27, 2015

"Wake of Vultures will kick your a** up one page and down the other." -- io9

Nettie Lonesome dreams of a greater life than toiling as a slave in the sandy desert. But when a stranger attacks her, Nettie wins more than the fight.

Now she's got friends, a good horse, and a better gun. But if she can't kill the thing haunting her nightmares and stealing children across the prairie, she'll lose it all -- and never find out what happened to her real family.

Wake of Vultures is the first novel of the Shadow series featuring the fearless Nettie Lonesome.

Conspiracy of Ravens
The Shadow 2
Orbit, October 11, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, 368 pages

The sequel to Wake of Vultures, where a rich, secret world is hiding beneath the surface.

Nettie Lonesome made a leap -- not knowing what she'd become. But now her destiny as the Shadow is calling.

A powerful alchemist is leaving a trail of dead across the prairie. And Nettie must face the ultimate challenge: side with her friends and the badge on her chest or take off alone on a dangerous mission that is pulling her inexorably toward the fight of her life.

When it comes to monsters and men, the world isn't black and white. What good are two wings and a gun when your enemy can command a conspiracy of ravens?

Gerald Brandt (2016)

The Courier
A San Angeles Novel 1
DAW, November 1, 2016
Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Hardcover and eBook, March 1, 2016

Kris Ballard is a motorcycle courier.  A nobody. Level 2 trash in a multi-level city that stretches from San Francisco to the Mexican border—a land where corporations make all the rules. A runaway since the age of fourteen, Kris struggled to set up her life, barely scraping by, working hard to make it without anyone’s help.

But a late day delivery changes everything when she walks in on the murder of one of her clients. Now she’s stuck with a mysterious package that everyone wants. It looks like the corporations want Kris gone, and are willing to go to almost any length to make it happen.

Hunted, scared, and alone, she retreats to the only place she knows she can hide: the Level 1 streets. Fleeing from people that seem to know her every move, she is rescued by Miller—a member of an underground resistance group—only to be pulled deeper into a world she doesn’t understand.

Together Kris and Miller barely manage to stay one step ahead of the corporate killers, but it’s only a matter of time until Miller’s resources and their luck run out….

The Operative
A San Angeles Novel 2
DAW, November 1, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, 320 pages

Kris Merrill was a survivor. She’d lost her parents as a young girl, and she’d been forced to flee the dubious shelter of her aunt’s home at thirteen to escape the unwanted attentions of her uncle. She’d lived on the streets of San Angeles, finding refuge in the lowest level of the city. When she got the chance, Kris found a room to rent on Level 2, earning a precarious living as a motorcycle messenger, a courier delivering sensitive materials the megacorporations would not trust to any method that could be hacked.

A year ago, Kris’s life changed irrevocably when a delivery went terribly wrong, and she was targeted for termination by the Meridian corporation, one of the most powerful of the megaconglomerates that controlled the government. Salvation came in the form of Ian Miller, who rescued Kris from certain death, recruiting her for the underground resistance group of which he was a part.

Since then, Kris has been hidden with the resistance, training to become an operative. Just as her training with the anti-corporate movement is nearing its end, their compound is destroyed by surprise attack. Ready or not, Kris and the other trainees are recalled to the dangerous metropolis of San Angeles. But their transport is shot down and Ian Miller, the man she loves, is captured. Someone, it seems, is using him to get to Kris.

With the help of a retired operative with PTSD, and the mysterious man who fled the scene when Kris’s parents were killed, Kris searches for any sign of Ian. As the corporations battle civil unrest—and each other—the city slowly shuts down. Kris and San Angeles are running out of time….

Jordanna Max Brodsky (2016)

The Immortals
Olympus Bound 1
Orbit, December 13, 2016
Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Hardcover and eBook, March 30, 2016

Manhattan has many secrets. Some are older than the city itself.


The city sleeps. Selene DiSilva walks her dog along the banks of the Hudson. She is alone -- just the way she likes it. She doesn't believe in friends, and she doesn't speak to her family. Most of them are simply too dangerous.

In the predawn calm, Selene finds the body of a young woman washed ashore, gruesomely mutilated and wreathed in laurel. Her ancient rage returns. And so does the memory of a promise she made long ago -- when her name was Artemis.

"The Immortals is a lively re-imagining of classical mythology with an engaging premise, a page-turning plot, and an eye for the arresting and uncanny in contemporary urban life."
--Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches


The Immortals is the first book in the exciting new Olympus Bound trilogy. Look out for the sequel, Winter of the Gods, out in February 2017!

Winter of the Gods
Olympus Bound 2
Orbit, February 14, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 480 pages

"The Immortals is a lively re-imagining of classical mythology with an engaging premise, a page-turning plot, and an eye for the arresting and uncanny in contemporary urban life."
--Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches

Manhattan has many secrets. Some are older than the city itself.

Winter in New York: snow falls, lights twinkle, and a very disgruntled Selene DiSilva prowls the streets looking for prey.

But when a dead body is discovered sprawled atop Wall Street's iconic Charging Bull statue, it's clear the NYPD can't solve the murder without help. The murder isn't just the work of another homicidal cult -- this time, someone's sacrificing the gods themselves.

While raising fundamental questions about the very existence of the gods, Selene must hunt down the perpetrators, tracking a conspiracy that will test the bonds of loyalty and love.

Winter of the Gods, the much anticipated sequel to The Immortals, is the second book in the exciting Olympus Bound trilogy.

Amanda Brooke (2013)

The Goodbye Gift
Harper, August 11, 2016
eBook, 432 pages

Three best friends. One tragic accident.
A heartbreaking novel about friendship, love and sacrifice from R&J bestseller, Amanda Brooke

Lucy has been desperate for a new heart for as long as she can remember. But getting the call to say a donor has been found will be a bittersweet relief: because for her to live, someone else must die.

Julia, Helen and Phoebe have been fast friends for all their lives, through Helen’s unplanned pregnancy, the sudden death of Phoebe’s mother, and Julia’s desperation to conceive with her much younger husband. Yet a deep friendship can hide many secrets, and as their relationship reaches crisis point, what has long been buried is going to come bubbling to the surface.

With one tragic accident, these four lives will converge and Lucy will get her new heart. But who has made the ultimate sacrifice?

The Affair
Harper, January 12, 2017
eBook, 432 pages

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

Gerald:  Thanks for having me! I remember writing when I was in Junior High, but not so much before that. I still have a notebook from those days, though I really should burn it before someone actually sees it. I was introduced to computers in High School, and dropped writing. Just over ten years ago, I decided to start again, and to take it seriously, and here I am. As for the why... if I could explain it, I would. It's just what I want to do.



TQ:  Are you a plotter, a pantser or a hybrid?

Gerald:  I'd say I'm a bit of a hybrid plotter. I start every novel with a big white board a multi-colored Post-It notes. I use one note per scene, and layout the novel on the whiteboard. Each Post-It contains a sentence, or sometimes even a single word summary of that scene. Each POV character gets a different color Post-It. Once I think I have enough scenes (usually over 65) I analyse what I have on the board, rearranging notes as necessary to get good POV distribution and good story flow. I continue to add scenes as needed. I also take some time to add detail to some of the scenes. Once I reach about 80 scenes, I move to an Excel spreadsheet. I transfer my Post-It notes to the spreadsheet and starting adding in details... who else is in the scene, where is it taking place, what time of day is, etc. Once the spreadsheet is done, I start writing, sequentially, until done. That sounds like a 100% plotter, but my spreadsheet isn't written in stone. As I go along, I'll still add or removes scenes, change their order, and even the POV character. So, hybrid.



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

Gerald:  All of it. But seriously, I'd have to say details and description. I always end up short on word count, and I can always add way more description and detail without changing the pacing of the story. Some of my first draft scenes can be 1000 words of talking heads. By the time I flesh the scene out with description and other details, it could easily double.



TQ:  What has influenced / influences your writing? You are "an IT professional and coding guru." How has that influenced (or not) your own writing?

Gerald:  The short answer is 'everything'. Every life experience, every setback, every joy, every pain, affects what I put on the page. How can it be any other way? That doesn't mean that every character on the page is me, or even a version of me. It means I can take my experiences, distill them, and kind of know what it's like to be a cold hearted killer, and never actually be one. THE COURIER's main character is a sixteen year old girl. I've never been one, but I can take my experiences and research, and make it work.

I think my background in computers gave me the need (the want?) to have most everything plotted before I begin writing. The part where I change things on the fly is just like the end-user changing program requirements, but I'm the end-user.

One thing I've learned recently is that, for me, writing and programming draw from the same well. I find it extremely difficult to do both, and if I have to, they both suffer. Luckily for me, most of my work now is in IT, so I don't have to code a lot.



TQ:  Describe The Courier in 140 characters or less.

Gerald:  A couriers life is destroyed when she witnesses a murder, and becomes the hunted.

(This one is from the front of the book)

Is there anyplace for a courier to run when she's targeted for termination?



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

Gerald:  Kris hates Christmas, but she has a pretty darn good reason!



TQ:  What inspired you to write The Courier? What appeals to you about writing Science Fiction?

Gerald:  The main character, Kris Ballard, popped into my head pretty much fully formed. I knew what kind of life she had, and how she was dealing with. What I didn't have was a story to fit her into. That took another couple of years. I'm going to have to say she was the inspiration for the story. Certainly to the reason the story even exists.

What appeals to me about Science Fiction are the possibilities. The possibility of creating new technology by building on what we already have. The possibility of taking a unique view of the problems in the world today, and mapping them into a different reality. Not necessarily to find solutions, but maybe make the reader look at things a different way.



TQ:  The Courier has been described Cyberpunk. Do you agree? What is Cyberpunk?

Gerald:  I didn't write THE COURIER as cyberpunk, but it certainly has that feeling to it. Traditionally, cyberpunk is all about code jockeys jacking into virtual worlds to do things (bad or good). THE COURIER doesn't have that, but it does have certain aspects of the world cyberpunk traditionally encapsulates. There are the massive corporations, the hyper-surveillance, weak governments, fast computers, and well defined class structures. So, is THE COURIER cyberpunk as defined by NUEROMANCER or SNOW CRASH? I'd have to say no. But you can't really get away with that kind of cyberpunk anymore. Computers have become such a commodity in today's world, that I don't think readers would believe it if you could just slip on a head band and interface with your computer.

So what, to me, is cyberpunk today? Is it still cyberpunk if the computers don't control everything, if there is no artificial intelligence? I'm not sure I'm the one to answer that.



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

Gerald:  Actually very little. I did a bit of research on Los Angeles, since that's where the story takes place (Los Angeles is a neighborhood or ward of San Angeles). When Kris is on Level 1, I wanted to make sure I had enough of the current Los Angeles in there so people might recognize it. I also have a character with Asperger's, so I did a fair amount of research in that area. I wanted to make sure I got the small details right for that, and not just gloss over it as a quirky character trait.



TQ:  Who was the easiest character to write and why? The hardest and why?

Gerald:  The easiest character to write would have to be Kris. Yes, she's a 16 year old girl runaway, and I most definitely am not, but she lived in my head for so long, I knew her. She's as tough as nails (you'd have to be after you went through what she did), but very kind hearted. Getting that balance right was fun.

The most difficult would have to have been Jeremy Adams. He's very single minded and goal oriented. How do I portray him as a human being and not just a caricature? I had to get the reader inside his head, to make them understand why he is the person they see. To make him human.



TQ:  Why have you chosen to include or not chosen to include social issues in The Courier?

Gerald:  I never actually come out and start talking about social issues, but the city itself is a statement. San Angeles is made up of seven levels, and each level reflects the social status of the person living there. If a denizen of Level 1 went up to Level 3, they would be looked down on and ostracized. Kris's status of a courier gets her past those kind of things, but what happens if she loses that anonymity?



TQ:  Which question about The Courier do you wish someone would ask? Ask it and answer it!

Gerald:  How did the world end up the way it is, where cities are multi-level megalopolis' (megalopoli?) and corporations even choose who is going to be the next president? The answer is, of course, right around you. I took the power of the lobby groups and the huge corporations, the ignoring of global warming, the military actions of the world and who is gaining from them, and simply extrapolated it out to its logical conclusion.



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

Gerald:  I crouched lower in the shadows and slid behind two green dumpsters used to hold the Fish Markets cast off garbage. A huge rat ran between my feet into the alley, dragging its fleshy tail through years of built up fish guts, scales, and oil, scared by the intruder into its domain.

I understood it.



TQ:  What's next?

Gerald:  THE COURIER will be out in March, 2016 in hard cover and ebook. An audio book will be available a short time later. I just handed in THE OPERATIVE, the sequel to THE COURIER, and am waiting for editorial comments. I believe that book is scheduled for November, 2016. Currently I spend my time standing in front of my white board with colored Post-It notes for THE REBEL, and I should start some actual writing on it shortly. I have a small book tour coming up, and am visiting a few conventions. (http://geraldbrandt.com/calendar)

After that, it's not quite clear. I have an alternate world fantasy almost finished, but there are a lot of stories in San Angeles -- not all of them Kris Ballard's.



TQ:  Thank you for joining us at The Qwillery.

Gerald:  This was fun! Thank-you for having me.

The Courier
A San Angeles Novel 1
DAW, March 1, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, 304 pages

Kris Ballard is a motorcycle courier.  A nobody.  Level 2 trash in a multi-level city that stretches from San Francisco to the Mexican border—a land where corporations make all the rules.  A runaway since the age of fourteen, Kris struggled to set up her life, barely scraping by, working hard to make it without anyone’s help. 

But a late day delivery changes everything when she walks in on the murder of one of her clients. Now she’s stuck with a mysterious package that everyone wants. It looks like the corporations want Kris gone, and are willing to go to almost any length to make it happen. 

Hunted, scared, and alone, she retreats to the only place she knows she can hide: the Level 1 streets.  Fleeing from people that seem to know her every move, she is rescued by Miller—a member of an underground resistance group—only to be pulled deeper into a world she doesn’t understand.

Together Kris and Miller barely manage to stay one step ahead of the corporate killers, but it’s only a matter of time until Miller’s resources and their luck run out….

About Gerald

Gerald Brandt’s short story “Storm” appeared in the 2013 Prix Aurora Award-winning anthology Blood & Water.  By day, he’s an IT professional and coding guru.  In his limited spare time, he enjoys riding his motorcycle, rock climbing, camping, and spending time with his family.  He lives in Winnipeg with his wife and two sons.

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