The Qwillery

It is the last Monday in July!

There are 3 debuts this week:

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline;

Gray Matters by John Gastil;

and

Crossings by Alex Landragin.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Reaping Willow (Grim Reality 4) by Boone Brux;

William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Part the Ninth (William Shakespeare's Star Wars 9) by Ian Doescher;

A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by John Hornor Jacobs is out in Trade Paperback;

Tyger Burning by T. C. McCarthy is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Chaos Vector (Protectorate 2) by Megan E. O'Keefe;

Demon in White (Sun Eater 3) by Christopher Ruocchio;

Automatic Reload by Ferrett Steinmetz;

and

The Worst of All Possible Worlds (Salvagers 3) by Alex White.

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

July 27, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
House of the Rising Sun	Richard Cox	SF/AP/PA
The Best of Greg Egan: 20 Stories of Hard Science Fiction	Greg Egan	SF/HSF

July 28, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Technician (tp2mm)	Neal Asher	SF/SO - Polity 4
The Butterfly Lampshade	Aimee Bender	LF/MR/FL
Afterland	Lauren Beukes	Sus/Dys
The Baron of Magister Valley	Steven Brust	F - Dragaera 4
Reaping Willow (e)	Boone Brux	UF - Grim Reality 4
Lies of Descent (h2mm)	Troy Carrol Bucher	F/DF - Fallen Gods' War 1
My Enemy's Enemy (tp2mm)	Robert Buettner	SF
Kushiel's Chosen (ri)	Jacqueline Carey	RF/F - Kushiel's Legacy 2
The Perfect Wife (h2tp)	JP Delaney	Sus/Psy/GenEng
Empire of Wild (D - US)	Cherie Dimaline	Native American & Aboriginal/STR/SupTh
William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Part the Ninth	Ian Doescher	SF/SO - William Shakespeare's Star Wars 9
The Imago Stage	Karoline Georges Rhonda Mullins (Tr)	LF/Dys/FL
Spells for the Dead	Faith Hunter	UF - Soulwood 5
A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror (h2tp)	John Hornor Jacobs	H
Flyaway	Kathleen Jennings	CF/DF/Gothic
At Death's Door (hmm)	Sherrilyn Kenyon	HistF/FR/PNR - Deadman's Cross 3
Cold Storage (h2mm)	David Koepp	Sus
Kinsman's Oath (e)(ri)	Susan Krinard	PNR - The Kinsman  2
Prince of Shadows (e)(ri)	Susan Krinard	PNR - Val Cache 3
The Forest Lord (e)(ri)	Susan Krinard	PNR - Fane 1
Star-Crossed (e)(ri)	Susan Krinard	SF
Prince of Dreams (e)(ri)	Susan Krinard	PNR - Val Cache 2
Prince of Wolves (e)(ri)	Susan Krinard	PNR - Val Cache 1
Twice a Hero (e)(ri)	Susan Krinard	PNR
Body & Soul (e)(ri)	Susan Krinard	PNR
Crossings (D)	Alex Landragin	LF/MR
Sabella (ri)	Tanith Lee	SF/SO
Bound by Shadows (ri)	Kathy Lyons	PNR - Grizzlies Gone Wild  1
The Dawn of a Nazi Moon	Douglas MacKinnon	SF - Dawn of the Nazi Moon 1
Tyger Burning (tp2mm)	T. C. McCarthy	SF
The Five Books of (Robert) Moses	Arthur Nersesian	AH/LF/AB/Sagas
Chaos Vector	Megan E. O'Keefe	SF/SO/SE/GenEng- Protectorate 2
The Memory Police (h2tp)	Yoko Ogawa Stephen Snyder (Tr)	LF/SF/Dys
River of Night (h2mm)	John Ringo Mike Massa	SF/AP/PA - Black Tide Rising 8
Deal with the Devil	Kit Rocha	SF/SFR - Mercenary Librarians 1
Demon in White	Christopher Ruocchio	SF/SO/HSF/AC - Sun Eater 3
Relentless: A Drizzt Novel	R. A. Salvatore	F - Generations  3
Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds (h2mm)	Brandon Sanderson	SF - Collection
Automatic Reload	Ferrett Steinmetz	SF/CyP/HSF
Privateer (h2mm)	Margaret Weis Robert Krammes	F - The Dragon Corsairs 2
The Worst of All Possible Worlds	Alex White	SF/GenEng/SO - Salvagers 3
Master of the World (tp2mm)	Edward Willett	F - Worldshapers 2

July 31, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Gray Matters (D)	John Webster Gastil	SF/CyP/Medical/PolTh
Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3	William Schafer (Ed)	DF - Anthology

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
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
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)
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistTh - Historical Thriller
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
LMF - Legends, Myths, Fables
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
RF - Romantic Fantasy
ScF - Science Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

Ian Doescher (2013)

William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars Part the Ninth
Quirk Books, July 28, 2020
Hardcover and eBook, 176 pages

Complete your collection of the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars® series and experience the blockbuster finale to the Star Wars® saga in a brand-new way, here reimagined as though it had been penned by the Bard of Avon.

As our story opens, a sea of troubles threatens the valiant Resistance, who are pursued by the sound and fury of the vile First Order. Can Rey, Poe, Finn, Rose, BB-8, Chewbacca, and their allies overcome such toil and trouble? Shall Kylo Ren be proven fortune’s fool or master of his fate? What will become of the House of Skywalker? And is all well that ends well?

Authentic meter, stage directions, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs will entertain and impress fans of Star Wars® and Shakespeare alike. Every scene and character from the film appears in the book, along with twenty woodcut-style illustrations that depict an Elizabethan version of the Star Wars® galaxy.

Michael R. Underwood (2012)

Annihilation Aria
The Space Operas 1
Parvus Press, July 21, 2020
Trade Paperback and eBook, 400 pages

Max is cheery xeno-archeologist from Earth, stranded and trying to find a way home. Lahra is a stern warrior of a nearly extinct race searching for her people’s heir. Wheel is the couple’s cybernetic pilot running from her past and toward an unknown future.

On Wheel’s ship, the Kettle, the trio traverses the galaxy, dodging Imperial patrols and searching ancient ruins for anything they can sell. The crew of the Kettle are deeply in debt to their home base’s most powerful gangster, and she wants her money back.  

So when a dangerous, but promising job comes their way, Max, Lahra, and Wheel have little choice but to take it. However, the crew of the Kettle gets more than they bargained for when they find themselves in possession of a powerful artifact, one that puts them in the crosshairs of the Vsenk, the galaxy’s ruthless and oppressive imperial overlords. 

Max, Lahra, and Wheel are pulled into a web of galactic subterfuge, ancient alien weaponry, a secret resistance force, lost civilizations, and giant space turtles.  The Vsenk will stop at nothing to recover what the crew of the Kettle has found and Max’s brains, Lahra’s muscle, and Wheel’s skills may be all that stands between entire planets and annihilation.  

Can they evade space fascists, kick-start a rebellion, and save the galaxy all while they each try to find their own way home?

Alex White (2016)

The Worst of All Possible Worlds
The Salvagers 3
Orbit, July 28, 2020
Trade Paperback and eBook, 432 pages

The rag-tag crew of the Capricious is hunting down rogue AI, ancient colony ships, and the biggest treasure the universe has ever seen in the final book of this pulse-pounding space adventure series for fans of Firefly and The Expanse.

The crew of the Capricious seems to leave a trail of devastation wherever they go. But with powerful enemies in pursuit and family and friends under attack planetside, there’s no time to worry about all that. Ensnared by the legend of Origin, humanity’s birthplace, and a long-dead form of magic, the Capricious takes off on a journey to find the first colony ship…and magic that could bring down gods.

Read the incredible space-fantasy series that V. E. Schwab calls “A total blast!”

Happy Monday!

There is one debut this week:

Emily Eterrnal by M.G. Wheaton.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

William Shakespeare's Get Thee... Back to the Future! by Ian Doescher;

The Poppy War (The Poppy War 1) by R. F. Kuang is out in Trade Paperback;

and

Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World 2) by Rebecca Roanhorse.

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

April 23, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Elfsorrow	James Barclay	F/SF/AP/PA - Legends of the Raven  1
The Prophet of the Termite God	Clark Thomas Carlton	F - Antasy 2
William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!	Ian Doescher	SF/TT/MU/Parody
The Book of Flora	Meg Elison	SF/AP/PA - Road to Nowhere 3
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World	C. A. Fletcher	Dys/LF/CoA/SF/AP/PA/CF
The Pandora Room	Christopher Golden	SupTh/H
Soul Remains	Sam Hooker	H/Occ/Sup - Terribly Serious Darkness 2
The Poppy War (h2tp)	R. F. Kuang	HistF - Poppy War 1
Machines Like Me	Ian McEwan	LF/Psy/AH
Ragged Alice	Gareth L. Powell	DF/SupTh/H
Storm of Locusts	Rebecca Roanhorse	SF/AP/PA - Sixth World 2
The Trouble With Vampires	Lynsay Sands	PNR - Argeneau Vampire 29
Delta-V	Daniel Suarez	TechTh/SF/SE
Ravnica: War of the Spark	Greg Weisman	F - Magic the Gathering
Emily Eternal (D)	M. G. Wheaton	SF/LF/AP/PA/TechTh

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



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
BH - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
Esp - Espionage
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistTh - Historical Thriller
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - Mash Up
NF - Near Future
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PopCul - Popular Culture
Pol - Political
PP - Police Procedural
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
VisM - Visionary & Metaphysical

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

R. S. Belcher (2013)

Men In Black International: The Official Movie Novelization
Titan Books, June 18, 2019
Mass Market Paperback and eBooks, 320 pages

THE GLOBAL MEN IN BLACK AGENCY is in the midst of an existential crisis. A mole in the agency’s ranks is helping an agressive race of aliens known as the Hive put the universe in danger.

THE MISSION will send agents across the globe, from London, to Morocco, to the Eiffel Tower.

IT WILL TAKE TWO AGENTS, with the ability to see the truth where others do not, to defeat the Hive, uncover the mole, and save the universe.

Ian Doescher (2013)

William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!
Quirk Books, April 23, 2019
Trade Paperback and eBook, 176 pages

In the iconic film by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, teenaged Marty McFly travels back in time from the 1980s to the 1950s, changing the path of his parents’ destiny . . . as well as his own. Now fans of the movie can journey back even further—to the 16th century, when the Bard of Avon unveils his latest masterpiece: William Shakespeare’s Get Thee Back to the Future! Every scene and line of dialogue from the hit movie is re-created with authentic Shakespearean rhyme, meter, and stage directions. This reimagining also includes jokes and Easter eggs for movie fans, from Huey Lewis call-outs to the inner thoughts of Einstein (the dog). By the time you’ve finished reading, you’ll be convinced that Shakespeare had a time-traveling DeLorean of his own, speeding to our era so he could pen this time-tossed tale.

William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls
Quirk Books, April 23, 2019
Trade Paperback and eBook, 176 pages

Power struggles. Bitter rivalries. Jealousy. Betrayals. Star-crossed lovers. When you consider all these plot points, it’s pretty surprising William Shakespeare didn’t write Mean Girls. But now fans can treat themselves to the epic drama—and heroic hilarity—of the classic teen comedy rendered with the wit, flair, and iambic pentameter of the Bard. Our heroine Cady disguises herself to infiltrate the conniving Plastics, falls for off-limits Aaron, struggles with her allegiance to newfound friends Damian and Janis, and stirs up age-old vendettas among the factions of her high school. Best-selling author Ian Doescher brings his signature Shakespearean wordsmithing to this cult classic beloved by generations of teen girls and other fans. Now, on the 15th anniversary of its release, Mean Girls is a recognized cultural phenomenon, and it’s more than ready for an Elizabethan makeover.

Nicky Drayden (2017)

Escaping Exodus
Harper Voyager, October 8, 2019
Trade Paperback and eBook, 368 pages

The Compton Crook award–winning author of The Prey of Gods and Temper returns with a dazzling stand-alone novel, set in deep space, in which the fate of humanity rests on the slender shoulders of an idealistic and untested young woman—a blend of science fiction, dark humor, and magical realism that will appeal to fans of Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, and Nnedi Okorafor.

Earth is a distant memory. Habitable extrasolar planets are still out of reach. For generations, humanity has been clinging to survival by establishing colonies within enormous vacuum-breathing space beasts and mining their resources to the point of depletion.

Rash, dreamy, and unconventional, Seske Kaleigh should be preparing for her future role as clan leader, but her people have just culled their latest beast, and she’s eager to find the cause of the violent tremors plaguing their new home. Defying social barriers, Seske teams up with her best friend, a beast worker, and ventures into restricted areas for answers to end the mounting fear and rumors. Instead, they discover grim truths about the price of life in the void.

Then, Seske is unexpectedly thrust into the role of clan matriarch, responsible for thousands of lives in a harsh universe where a single mistake can be fatal. Her claim to the throne is challenged by a rival determined to overthrow her and take control—her intelligent, cunning, and confident sister.

Seske may not be a born leader like her sister, yet her unorthodox outlook and incorruptible idealism may be what the clan needs to save themselves and their world.

Happy Monday!

There are 3 debuts this week:

Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng;

An Ocean of Minutes by Theodora Lim;

and

Game of the Gods by Jay Schiffman.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

I Only Killed Him Once (Ray Electromatic Mysteries 3) by Adam Christopher;

William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth by Ian Doescher;

Awaken the Darkness (Immortal Guardians 8) by Dianne Duvall;

Deep Roots (The Innsmouth Legacy 2) by Ruthanna Emrys;

Provenance by Ann Leckie is out in Trade Paperback;

The Truants by Lee Markham is out in Trade Paperback;

Rogue Souls (Soul Charmer 2) by Chelsea Mueller;

and

Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore is out in Trade Paperback;

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

July 9, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Rogue Souls (e)	Chelsea Mueller	UF - Soul Charmer 2

July 10, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
River of Bones	Taylor Anderson	AH/SF - Destroyermen 13
Paternus: Wrath of Gods	Dyrk Ashton	F - The Paternus Trilogy 2
Heart of Granite	James Barclay	SF/F - Blood & Fire 1
A Grand Tour Collection: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Tales of the Grand Tour, Powersat, Mercury, Titan, Mars Life, Leviathans of Jupiter, Farside, New Earth (e)	Ben Bova	SF/SO - Grand Tour Series
The Naming of the Beasts	Mike Carey	SupTh/Occ/Sup/UF/GH - Felix Castor 5
I Only Killed Him Once	Adam Christopher	SF/PI/Noir - Ray Electromatic Mysteries 3
Crusade	Andy Clark	SF - Black Library Summer Reading
The Final Frontier: Stories of Exploring Space, Colonizing the Universe, and First Contact	Neil Clarke (Ed)	SF - Anthology
The Rat Catchers' Olympics (h2tp)	Colin Cotterill	M/Cr/Hist/MR - A Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery 12
Black Legion (h2tp)	Aaron Dembski-Bowden	SF - Black Legion 2
William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth	Ian Doescher	SF/SO - William Shakespeare's Star Wars 8
Awaken the Darkness	Dianne Duvall	PNR - Immortal Guardians Series 8
Deep Roots	Ruthanna Emrys	SF/HistF - The Innsmouth Legacy 2
Resurrection (h2tp)	John French	SF - The Horusian Wars 1
The Lost Country	William Gay	Southern Gothic
Graveyard Mind	Chadwick Ginther	H/DF/GH/CF
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman	Theodora Goss	F - The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club 2
Suicide Club: A Novel About Living (D)	Rachel Heng	LF/Dys/FL
City of Secrets	Nick Horth	F - Black Library Summer Reading
Assault on Black Reach	Nick Kyme	SF - Black Library Summer Reading
Provenance (h2tp)	Ann Leckie	SF/HSF/SO
An Ocean of Minutes (D)	Thea Lim	LF
Ulrika the Vampire	Nathan Long	F - Warhammer Chronicles 7
The Truants (h2tp)	Lee Markham	H
A Wild Cards Collection: The Fort Freak Triad: Fort Freak, Lowball, High Stakes (e)	George R. R. Martin	SF/SH - Wild Cards
Metamorphica: Fiction	Zachary Mason	LF/LM
It's Not the End and Other Lies	Matt Moore	SF - Collection
Spinning Silver	Naomi Novik	F/FairyT
Reincarnation Blues (h2tp)	Michael Poore	CF/LF/FR
Hammerhal	Josh Reynolds	F - Black Library Summer Reading
Soul Wars	Josh Reynolds	F - Soul Wars 1
The Life and Adventures of Joaquí­n Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit	John Rollin Ridge	Hispanic & Latino Fiction/FolkT/LM
Game of the Gods (D)	Jay Schiffman	SF/Dys
Infinity's End	Jonathan Strahan (Ed)	SF - Anthology
Death Of A Clone	Alex Thomson	SF
Sin of Damnation	Gav Thorpe	SF - Black Library Summer Reading
The Spin Saga Trilogy (e)	Robert Charles Wilson	SF/HSF/PA - Spin
Schisms	James Wolanyk	SF - Scribe Cycle 1
Wolf King	Chris Wraight	SF - Black Library Summer Reading
Halcyon	Rio Yours	SupTh

July 11, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Nothing Really Matters in Life More Than Love	Agustí­n Fernández Paz Pablo Auladell (Tr)	F - Anthology - Small Stations Fiction 14

July 12, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Steam Pump Jump (e)	Jodi Taylor	SF/TT - The Chronicles of St. Mary's

July 13, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Promise of Air/The Garden of Survival	Algernon Blackwood	LF/F

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
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
Fict - Fiction
FL - Family Life
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
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humor
HuF - Humorous Fantasy
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - Mash Up
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PI - Private Investigator
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
RF - Romantic Fantasy
RS - Romantic Suspense
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SS - Short Stories
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
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 October!

There are 6 debuts this week:

The Bloodprint (The Khorasan Archives 1) by Ausma Zehanat Khan;

Blackwing (Raven's Mark 1) by Ed McDonald;

Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng;

The Tiger's Daughter (Their Bright Ascendancy 1) by K Arsenault Rivera;

Orthogonal Procedures by Adam Rothstein;

and

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Mageborn (The Age of Dread 1) by Stephen Aryan;

William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh by Ian Doescher;

The Trials of Solomon Parker by Eric Scott Fischl;

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

The Imposters of Aventil (Maradaine 3) by Marshall Ryan Maresca;

The Seven (Vagrant Trilogy 3) by Peter Newman;

and

The Tower and Knife Trilogy (eBundle) by Mazarkis William.

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

October 1, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Haunted Blade	J.C. Daniels	DF - Colbana Files 6
Brimstone Prince (e)	Barbara J. Hancock	PNR
The Witch's Quest (e)	Michele Hauf	PNR - Decadent Dames 3
Harlequin Nocturne October 2017 Box Set: The Witch's Quest\Brimstone Prince (e)	Michele Hauf Barbara J. Hancock	PNR

October 2, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Her Vampire Husband (e)	Michele Hauf	PNR - Wicked Games 4
Tanith By Choice: The Best of Tanith Lee	Tanith Lee	DF/H
Blackwater: The Complete Saga	Michael McDowell	Gothic/Occ
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Two	James D. Jenkins (Ed) Ryan Cagle (Ed)	H - Anthology

October 3, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
From a Certain Point of View	Various	SF/SO - Star Wars
Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, and Lore (e)	Skye Alexander	FairyT/FolkT/LM
The Complete Psychotechnic League, Vol. 1	Poul Anderson	SF
Monster: The Early Life of Mary Shelley	Mark Arnold	Hist/SFR/Gothic/LF/Fem
Mageborn	Stephen Aryan	F - The Age of Dread 1
The Scarlet Gospels (tp2mm)	Clive Barker	H
Nimbus	Jacey Bedford	SF/SO - A Psi-Tech Novel 3
Star Trek Beyond - The Makeup Artistry of Joel Harlow	Titan Books	Film - Star Trek
Apes and Angels (h2mm)	Ben Bova	SF - Star Quest Trilogy 2
The Core	Peter V. Brett	F - The Demon Cycle 5
The Baron in the Trees	Italo Calvino Ann Goldstein (Tr)	LF
Chain of Command	Frank Chadwick	SF
Virtues of War - March of War	Bennett R. Coles	SF - Virtues of War 3
Leviathan Wakes (Signed)	James S. A. Corey	SF - The Expanse 1
The Monster Hunter Files	Larry Correia (Ed) Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Ed)	CF - Monster Hunter Anthology
Haunted Nights	Ellen Datlow (Ed) Lisa Morton (Ed)	H/Occ/Sup - Anthology
Colonial Horrors: Sleepy Hollow and Beyond	Graeme Davis (Ed)	H - Anthology
William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh	Ian Doescher	SF - William Shakespeare's Star Wars 7
The Motion of Puppets (h2tp)	Keith Donohue	LF/CF/H
Catacombs of Terror! (h2tp)	Stanley Donwood	Noir/Gothic/H
The Trials of Solomon Parker	Eric Scott Fischl	F/HistF/Occ/Sup
The Light That Binds (e)	Nathan Garrison	DF - The Sundered World Trilogy 3
The Long Past and Other Stories	Ginn Hale	HistF
Brimstone Prince	Barbara J. Hancock	PNR
Ghost Times Two (h2mm)	Carolyn Hart	PCM - A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel 7
The Witch's Quest	Michele Hauf	PNR - Decadent Dames 3
For the Winner: A Novel of Jason and the Argonauts	Emily Hauser	Hist
Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories	Hugh Howey	SF - Collection
In the Footsteps of Dracula: Tales of the Un-Dead Count	Stephen Jones (Ed)	H - Anthology
The Lovecraft Squad: Waiting	Stephen Jones (Creator)	Occ/Sup
Treachery's Tools (h2mm)	L. E. Modesitt Jr.	F - The Imager Portfolio 10
The Bloodprint ( D - SpecfFic)	Ausma Zehanat Khan	F - The Khorasan Archives 1
Closer to the Chest (h2mm)	Mercedes Lackey	F - Valdemar: The Herald Spy 3
Moonbath	Yanick Lahens Emily Gogolak (Tr)	LF/Hist/CW/MR
Picnic at Hanging Rock (ri)	Joan Lindsay	LF/Gothic/H
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories	Carmen Maria Machado	SF - Collection
Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker	Nick Mamatas (Ed) Molly Tanzer (Ed)	Beverages - Anthology
The Imposters of Aventil	Marshall Ryan Maresca	UF/F - Maradaine 3
Den of Wolves (h2mm)	Juliet Marillier	HistF/FR - Blackthorn & Grim 3
Halloween Carnival Volume 1 (e)	Brian James Freeman (Ed)	H - Anthology
Blackwing (D)	Ed McDonald	DF/F - Raven's Mark 1
The Seven	Peter Newman	F - Vagrant Trilogy 3
Under the Pendulum Sun (D)	Jeannette Ng	F/DF/FairyT/FolkT/LM
Aftertaste	Andrew Post	UF/HU/H/P
The Tiger's Daughter (D)	K Arsenault Rivera	F/HistF - Their Bright Ascendency 1
The Name of the Wind: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition	Patrick Rothfuss	CF/DF - Kingkiller Chronicle 1
Orthogonal Procedures (D)	Adam Rothstein	SF/TT
Hero	R.A. Salvatore	F - Homecoming 3
The Witcher Boxed Set: Blood of Elves, The Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire	Andrzej Sapkowski	F - Witcher
Money Back Guarantee (e)	Hunter Shea	H - Mail Order Massacres 3
Alone (h2tp)	Scott Sigler	SF - The Generations Trilogy 3
An Unkindness of Ghosts (D)	Rivers Solomon	SF/SO/LF/PA/AP
Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas	Terry Spear	PNR - White Wolf 1
The Murders of Molly Southbourne	Tade Thompson	H/DF
Doctor Who: Time Trips (h2mm)	Various	SF - Anthology
The Genius Plague	David Walton	SF/Th
To Fall Among Vultures (e)	Scott Warren	SF - Union Earth Privateers 2
The Tower & Knife Trilogy (e)	Mazarkis Williams	F
Quillifer	Walter Jon Williams	F - Quillifer 1
What the Hell Did I Just Read: A Novel of Cosmic Horror	David Wong	H/HU/Th - John Dies at the End 3
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017	Charles Yu (Ed) John Joseph Adams (Series Ed)	SF - Anthology

October 4, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Crispin's Model: A Tor.com Original (e)	Max Gladstone	H
Broken Vessels (e)	Brian Francis Slattery	UF/M - Bookburners Season 3 #12

October 6, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Wilderness Within	John Claude Smith	PsyTh/H

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



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CB - Coloring Book
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
Fem - Feminist
FL - Family Life
Folklore - Folklore
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
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MF - Military Fantasy
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Noir - Noir
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
Phil - Philosophy
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
Sc - Science
SH -Superheroes
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
SocHis - Social History
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
UFR - Urban Fantasy Romance
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

Myke Cole (2012)

The Armored Saint
The Sacred Throne 1
Tor.com, February 20, 2018
Hardcover and eBook, 208 pages

"Cole weaves a fantasy world that feels comfortably familiar, then goes to places you’d never expect. You won’t stop turning pages until the stunning finish." —Peter V. Brett

Myke Cole, star of CBS's Hunted and author of the Shadow Ops series, debuts the Sacred Throne epic fantasy trilogy with The Armored Saint, a story of religious tyrants, arcane war-machines, and underground resistance that will enthrall epic fantasy readers of all ages.

In a world where any act of magic could open a portal to hell, the Order insures that no wizard will live to summon devils, and will kill as many innocent people as they must to prevent that greater horror. After witnessing a horrendous slaughter, the village girl Heloise opposes the Order, and risks bringing their wrath down on herself, her family, and her village.

Ian Doescher (2013)

William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken
Star Wars Part the Seventh
Quirk Books, October 3, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 176 pages

Experience The Force Awakens as a Shakespeare play, complete with Elizabethan verse, Shakespearian monologues, and theatrical stage directions! As the noble Resistance clashes with the vile First Order, Rey, Finn, Poe Damaron, Kylo Ren, and BB-8 are pulled into a galaxy-wide drama—in iambic pentameter! Star Wars fans and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike will enjoy the authentic meter, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout. Chewbacca speaks! Leader Snoke gives a soliloquy! And the romance of Han Solo and Leia Organa takes a tragic turn that Shakespeare would approve of. All with woodcut-style illustrations that place Star Wars characters into an Elizabethan galaxy. The story may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but you’ll be convinced it was written by the Bard.

Betsy Dornbusch (2013)

Enemy
The Seven Eyes 3
Night Shade Books, November 7, 2017
Trade Paperback,308 pages
Hardcover and eBook, February 21, 2017

The Thrilling Conclusion to a Prince’s Quest for Revenge and Honor.

Everything Draken thinks he knows is wrong.

The last time Draken traveled Akrasia, he was the highest lord in the land. His journey before that was eased by royal favor and the grace of the gods. This time is different. His adopted country buckling under attack from religious fanatics and his Queen presumed dead, Draken must flee a deadly coup by an upstart lord. Bitter from fighting an insurmountable war and losing the life he’s built, he lets the ghosts of past mistakes drive him into vigilante revenge. But Draken is about to learn gods and wars have a way of catching up to a man.

In the thrilling conclusion to Dornbush’s Book of the Seven Eyes trilogy, follow Draken as he tries to find peace solace in a life that has been surrounded by bloodshed. Will he avenge those he cares about, while striking down those that stand in his way? Enemy covers all this and more in this epic fantasy series.

Tracey / Trinitytwo caught up with Ian Doescher at New York Comic Con last year. Ian is the author of the William Shakespeare's Star Wars® series, which number six volumes. In honor of the Bard, we give you an interview with Ian Doescher.

William Shakespeare's Star Wars®
Quirk Books, July 2, 2013
Hardcover and eBook, 176 pages

Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearstome stormtroopers, signifying...pretty much everything.

Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter—and complete with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations--William Shakespeare’s Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike. Zounds! This is the book you’re looking for.

William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back
     Star Wars® Part the Fifth
Quirk Books, March 18, 2014
Hardcover and eBook, 176 pages

The saga that began with the interstellar best seller William Shakespeare’s Star Wars continues with this merry reimagining of George Lucas's enduring classic The Empire Strikes Back.

Many a fortnight have passed since the destruction of the Death Star. Young Luke Skywalker and his friends have taken refuge on the ice planet of Hoth, where the evil Darth Vader has hatched a cold-blooded plan to capture them. Only with the help of a little green Jedi Master—and a swaggering rascal named Lando Calrissian—can our heroes escape the Empire's wrath. And only then will Lord Vader learn how sharper than a tauntaun's tooth it is to have a Jedi child.

What light through Yoda's window breaks? Methinks you'll find out in the pages of The Empire Striketh Back!

William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return
     Star Wars® Part the Sixth
Quirk Books, July 1, 2014
Hardcover and eBook, 176 pages

Hot on the heels of the New York Times best seller William Shakespeare’s Star Wars comes the next two installments of the original trilogy: William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back and William Shakespeare’s The Jed Doth Return. Return to the star-crossed galaxy far, far away as the brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor, and their jesting droids match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize in elegant and impeccable iambic pentameter.

Illustrated with beautiful black-and-white Elizabethan-style artwork, these two plays offer essential reading for all ages. Something Wookiee this way comes!

William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace
     Star Wars® Part the First
Quirk Books, April 7, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 176 pages

Join us, good gentles, for a merry reimagining of Star Wars: episode 1 as only Shakespeare could have written it. The entire saga starts here, with a thrilling tale featuring a disguised queen, a young hero, and two fearless knights facing a hidden, vengeful enemy.

’Tis a true Shakespearean drama, filled with sword fights, soliloquies, and doomed romance . . . all in glorious iambic pentameter and coupled with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations. Hold on to your midi-chlorians:
 The play’s the thing, wherein you’ll catch the rise of Anakin!

William Shakespeare’s The Clone Army Attacketh
     Star Wars® Part the Second
Quirk Books, July 7, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 176 pages

In time so long ago begins our play,
In clash-strewn galaxy far, far away.

To Shmi or not to Shmi? Torn between duty to the Jedi, attraction to Padmé, and concern for his beloved mother, yeoman Jedi Anakin Skywalker struggles to be master of his fate. The path he chooses will determine not just his own destiny, but that of the entire Republic. And thereby hangs a tale.

Alack the day! A noble lady in danger. A knight and squire in battle. And a forbidden love that’s written in the stars. Once again, the quill of William Shakespeare meets the galaxy of George Lucas in an insightful reimagining that sets the Star Wars saga on the Elizabethan stage. The characters are familiar, but the masterful meter, insightful soliloquies, and period illustrations will convince you that the Bard himself penned this epic adventure.

William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of the Sith’s Revenge
     Star Wars® Part the Third
Quirk Books, September 8, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 168 pages

The curtain rises once again on that star-crossed galaxy far, faraway—this time, to chronicle a once-heroic knight’s transformation into the darkest of villains. William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of the Sith’s Revenge is the climactic conclusion to the fall of the house of Skywalker, a collaboration between William Shakespeare and George Lucas that’s filled with masterful meter, stirring soliloquies, inside jokes, and intricate Elizabethan illustrations. You’ll fall in love with Star Wars—and Shakespeare—all over again. At the same time!

M.L. Brennan (2013)

Dark Ascension
Generation V #4
Roc, August 4, 2015
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 320 pages

As the “wickedly clever” (Publishers Weekly) series continues, reluctant, slacker vampire Fortitude Scott learns that nothing is more important than family—or more deadly….

After a lifetime of avoiding his family, Fort has discovered that working for them isn’t half bad—even if his mother, Madeline, is a terrifying, murderous vampire. His newfound career has given him a purpose and a paycheck and has even helped him get his partner, foxy kitsune Suzume, to agree to be his girlfriend. All in all, things are looking up.

Only, just as Fort is getting comfortable managing a supernatural empire that stretches from New Jersey to Ontario, Madeline’s health starts failing, throwing Fort into the middle of an uncomfortable and dangerous battle for succession. His older sister, Prudence, is determined to take over the territory. But Fort isn’t the only one wary of her sociopathic tendencies, and allies, old and new, are turning to him to keep Prudence from gaining power.

Now, as Fort fights against his impending transition into vampire adulthood, he must also battle to keep Prudence from destroying their mother’s kingdom—before she takes him down with it….

J. Kathleen Cheney (2013)

The Seer's Choice
A Novella of the Golden City
September 30, 2015
eBook, 121 pages

Genoveva Jardim's father was a monster—a defrocked priest who used his healer's gift to murder instead. Determined to make amends for the deaths her father brought to the Golden City, she turned her back on her life among the aristocracy. She's chosen to work for the Special Police, learning how to use the healer's gift she'd never even known she had. She wants to save lives instead of killing like her father.

Rafael Pinheiro has kept an eye on Miss Jardim for some time now. The very first time he met her, his seer's gift told him he would someday marry her. What he can't figure out is why he would choose her. She's young and an aristocrat—hardly a match for a mere police captain raised in an orphanage. They don't seem to have anything in common.

But when Miss Jardim's life is threatened, everything changes…

Wesley Chu (2013)

Time Salvager
Time Salvager 1
Tor Books, April 26, 2016
Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Hardcover and eBook, July 7, 2015
Published by Angry Robot (UK/Australia/NZ)

Time Salvager: a fast-paced time travel adventure from Wesley Chu, the John W. Campbell award-winning author of The Lives of Tao.

In a future when Earth is a toxic, abandoned world and humanity has spread into the outer solar system to survive, the tightly controlled use of time travel holds the key maintaining a fragile existence among the other planets and their moons. James Griffin-Mars is a chronman--a convicted criminal recruited for his unique psychological makeup to undertake the most dangerous job there is: missions into Earth's past to recover resources and treasure without altering the timeline. Most chronmen never reach old age, and James is reaching his breaking point.

On a final mission that is to secure his retirement, James meets an intriguing woman from a previous century, scientist Elise Kim, who is fated to die during the destruction of an oceanic rig. Against his training and his common sense, James brings her back to the future with him, saving her life, but turning them both into fugitives. Remaining free means losing themselves in the wild and poisonous wastes of Earth, and discovering what hope may yet remain for humanity's home world.

[description from Hardcover]

Wesley Chu has signed with Angry Robot Books for a new series starting with The Rise of Io which is presently slated for publication in August 2016.  Read the announcement here.

Here is the description from Angry Robot:

Ella Patel – thief, con-artist and smuggler – is in the wrong place at the wrong time. One night, on the border of a demilitarized zone run by the body-swapping alien invaders, she happens upon a man and woman being chased by a group of assailants. The man freezes, leaving the woman to fight off five attackers at once, before succumbing. As she dies, to both Ella and the man’s surprise, the sparkling light that rises from the woman enters Ella, instead of the man. She soon realizes she’s been inhabited by Io, a low-ranking Quasing who was involved in some of the worst decisions in history. Now Ella must now help the alien presence to complete her mission and investigate a rash of murders in the border states that maintain the frail peace.

With the Prophus assigned to help her seemingly wanting to stab her in the back, and the enemy Genjix hunting her, Ella must also deal with Io’s annoying inferiority complex. To top it all off, Ella thinks the damn alien voice in her head is trying to get her killed. And if you can’t trust the voices in your head, who can you trust?

File Under: Science Fiction

Jan DeLima (2013)

Autumn Moon
Celtic Wolves 3
Ace, September 29, 2015
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 304 pages

The author of Summer Moon returns to her “great werewolf world,”* where war looms and love may be the key to saving all of shifter kind…

For centuries, Cormack has lived between worlds—a man trapped in the body of a wolf, shunned by humans and shifters alike. Only one person has ever welcomed his company: Elen, a kindred outcast who is feared by others of her ancient Celtic race for her strange healing abilities. Cormack has always valued Elen’s kindness and understanding, but after a desperate act of friendship causes Elen to free him from his curse, he realizes he wants more. He wants all of her—completely and forever.

Except before Cormack can win Elen’s heart, Pendaran, the evil leader of the Guardians, captures her, determined to manipulate her incredible power to aid him in his twisted war against the shapeshifting tribes. Now Cormack must use all of his skills as a warrior and a wolf to save the woman he loves—before Pendaran’s vile schemes destroy them all…

*USAToday.com

Ian Doescher (2013)

William Shakespeare's Christmas Carol
A Kindle Single, December 8, 2015
Kindle eBook, 95 pages

Humbug, forsooth! In William Shakespeare’s Christmas Carol, you’ll experience Dickens’ classic tale with a new (Oliver) twist. Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy theater owner with a stingy heart, until he’s visited by his old partner Marlowe. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future become Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Falstaff (the Henry V plays), and the Ghost of King Hamlet. Benedick and Beatrice Cratchit worry about their child Tiny Tim, and other familiar characters fill out the cast in this Shakespearean adaptation of your holiday favorite, all in iambic pentameter. Bard bless us, every one!

Ian Doescher - author of the William Shakespeare Star Wars series - has a B.A. in Music from Yale University, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in Ethics from Union Theological Seminary. Ian lives in Portland, Oregon, with his spouse and two sons. Visit Ian online at www.iandoescher.com.

Cover design by Evan Twohy

William Shakespeare’s The Clone Army Attacketh
     Star Wars Part the Second
Author:  Ian Doescher
Publisher:  Quirk Books, July 7, 2015
Format:  Hardcover and eBook, 176 pages
List Price:  $14.95 (print and eBook)
ISBN:  9781594748073 (print); 9781594748202 (eBook)
Review Copy: Provided by the Publisher

In time so long ago begins our play,
In clash-strewn galaxy far, far away.

To Shmi or not to Shmi? Torn between duty to the Jedi, attraction to Padmé, and concern for his beloved mother, yeoman Jedi Anakin Skywalker struggles to be master of his fate. The path he chooses will determine not just his own destiny, but that of the entire Republic. And thereby hangs a tale.

Alack the day! A noble lady in danger. A knight and squire in battle. And a forbidden love that’s written in the stars. Once again, the quill of William Shakespeare meets the galaxy of George Lucas in an insightful reimagining that sets the Star Wars saga on the Elizabethan stage. The characters are familiar, but the masterful meter, insightful soliloquies, and period illustrations will convince you that the Bard himself penned this epic adventure.

Trinitytwo's Point of View

Prerequisite reading: William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace (review)

In a galaxy far, far away, Padawan learner, Anakin Skywalker plays the part of Romeo to the fair Senator Padmé Amidala's Juliet. Their forbidden love slowly blossoms amid assassination attempts and ill-fated rescue missions. Obi-Wan Kenobi is sent to the mysterious planet of Kamino where he discovers an army of clones commissioned by the Jedi and encounters Jango and Boba Fett. William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh is the second installment in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

At this point in my review, I think I should insert a personal disclaimer: I love all things Star Wars with the exception of the prequels. However, author Ian Doescher does a fantastic job of making me rethink my stance. I have never been a fan of the romance between Anakin and Padmé and that hasn't changed. Yet, I did enjoy Doescher's spin; painting the tragic couple as Romeo and Juliet actually gave their love scenes a sense of grandeur and sacrifice that I felt was missing from the film version. Doescher adds new material in the form of asides and soliloquies that readers should pay special attention to as they never fail to delight. In my opinion, the coolest part of the book was Yoda's kick ass battle scene with Count Dooku. Although the results are the same, it adds so much to the sequence to be allowed the insight of both combatants' thoughts.

With still a few months left in 2015, I am voting The Clone Army Attacketh's cover as my favorite of the year. Nicholas Delort's delightful artwork featuring the nefarious Jango Fett is absolutely stunning.

William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of the Sith’s Revenge
     Star Wars Part the Third
Author:  Ian Doescher
Publisher:  Quirk Books, September 8, 2015
Format:  Hardcover and eBook, 168 pages
List Price:  $14.95 (print and eBook)
ISBN:  9781594748080 (print); 9781594748219 (eBook)
Review Copy: Provided by the Publisher

The curtain rises once again on that star-crossed galaxy far, faraway—this time, to chronicle a once-heroic knight’s transformation into the darkest of villains. William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of the Sith’s Revenge is the climactic conclusion to the fall of the house of Skywalker, a collaboration between William Shakespeare and George Lucas that’s filled with masterful meter, stirring soliloquies, inside jokes, and intricate Elizabethan illustrations. You’ll fall in love with Star Wars—and Shakespeare—all over again. At the same time!

Trinitytwo's Point of View

Grab a cold glass of blue bantha milk and snuggle up with your favorite Wookie for the thrilling conclusion to Ian Doescher's delightful, must-read series, William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge. True to its source material, it's the tale of an impressionable young Jedi corrupted by the diabolical machinations of a master Sith. Anakin Skywalker's spiral to the Dark Side of the Force by the malevolent orchestrations of the diabolical Chancellor Palpatine is heartrending. Doescher's version serves to emphasize the Sith's corrupt and violence-ridden brand of evil more than the movie ever could. Another key element to this tragic tale is that Doescher was able to poignantly articulate Padmé's and Obi-Wan's despair and loss at Anakin's transformation.

What's so great about this book and its predecessors is that the reader is allowed insight into situations and characters that can actually change perceptions, or deepen emotional attachments. Doescher's pairing of Shakespeare and Lucas continues to captivate and entertain. Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge, along with the rest of the series is seriously clever, and truly a bright star in the galaxy of mash-ups. I recommend it wholeheartedly to Star Wars fans, Shakespeare fans, educators looking for a way to hook their students, and also art lovers. Art lovers? Yes, because Nicolas Delort's illustrations and covers are amazing.

Honestly, I'm hoping that someone makes these into actual plays because I'll be the first in line screaming "Take my money!"