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Happy Monday! There are 4 debuts this week: She Wouldn't Change a Thing by Sarah Adlakha; The Manningtree Witches by A. K. Blakemore; They Met in a Tavern by Elijah Menchaca; and The Shimmering State by Meredith Westgate. From formerly featured DAC Authors: Spirits Abroad: Stories by Zen Cho; Paper & Blood (Ink & Sigil 2) by Keven Hearne; The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston; and Citadel (Palladium Wars 3) by Marko Kloos.

Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green. August 8, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories	Susan Forest (Ed) Lucas K. Law (Ed)	SpecFic - Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction

August 10, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
She Wouldn't Change a Thing (D)	Sarah Adlakha	W/SF/TT
World Engines: Destroyer	Stephen Baxter	SF/HSF/SO
Afterland (h2tp)	Lauren Beukes	Sus/Dys
The Manningtree Witches (D)	A. K. Blakemore	Occ/Sup/Medieval/Feminist
Spirits Abroad: Stories	Zen Cho	F/SF/LF/GH - Collection
Quiet Village	Eden Darry	H
Daughter from the Dark (h2tp)	Marina & Sergey Dyachenko	DF
Axiom's End (h2tp)	Lindsay Ellis	SF/SC/Th - Noumena 1
The King of Infinite Space	Lyndsay Faye	LF/MR
Paper & Blood	Kevin Hearne	CF/P - Ink & Sigil 2
The Rookery	Deborah Hewitt	CF/P - The Nightjar Duology 2
The Other Me	Sarah Zachrich Jeng	Sus/W/SF/TT
Trouble the Saints (h2tp)	Alaya Dawn Johnson	HistF/LF
The Loop (h2tp)	Jeremy Robert Johnson	SupTh
The Maleficent Seven	Cameron Johnston	F/DF
Citadel	Marko Kloos	SF/SO - Palladium Wars 3
Madame Cruller's Couch and Other Dark and Bizarre Tales	Elizabeth Massie	Occ - Collection
War of the Maps	Paul McAuley	SF
They Met in a Tavern (D)	Elijah Menchaca	F
The Ankh-Morpork Archives: Volume One	Terry Pratchett	F
Jenny Villiers	J. B. Priestley	GH
From the Caves	Thea Prieto	Dys/CoA/SF/AP/PA
Plan for the Worst	Jodi Taylor	SF/TT/HistF/Hist/SF - Chronicles of St. Mary's 11
The Echoed Realm	A. J. Vrana	DF
The Shimmering State (D)	Meredith Westgate	LF
Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of The Book of the New Sun	Gene Wolfe	Science Fantasy - The Book of the New Sun 2

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
Illus - Illustrator
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
CrM - Crime and Mystery
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.

Zen Cho (2015) Spirits Abroad: Stories
Small Beer Press, August 10, 2021
Trade Paperback and eBook, 288 pages

A new expanded edition of Zen Cho’s award-winning debut collection.

Nineteen sparkling stories that weave between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho’s Crawford Award winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again.” A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people. An earth spirit gets entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord, and Chang E spins off into outer space, the ultimate metaphor for the Chinese diaspora.

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Google Play : iBooks : Kobo

Kevin Hearne (2011) Paper & Blood
Ink & Sigil 2
Del Rey, August 10, 2021
Hardcover and eBook, 304 pages

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes book two of an “action-packed, enchantingly fun” (Booklist) spin-off series, as an eccentric master of rare magic solves a supernatural mystery Down Under!

There’s only one Al MacBharrais: Though other Scotsmen may have dramatic mustaches and a taste for fancy cocktails, Al also has a unique talent. He’s a master of ink and sigil magic. In his gifted hands, paper and pen can work wondrous spells.

But Al isn’t quite alone: He is part of a global network of sigil agents who use their powers to protect the world from mischievous gods and strange monsters. So when a fellow agent disappears under sinister circumstances in Australia, Al leaves behind the cozy pubs and cafes of Glasgow and travels to the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria to solve the mystery.

The trail to his colleague begins to pile up with bodies at alarming speed, so Al is grateful his friends have come to help—especially Nadia, his accountant who moonlights as a pit fighter. Together with a whisky-loving hobgoblin known as Buck Foi and the ancient Druid Atticus O’Sullivan, along with his dogs, Oberon and Starbuck, Al and Nadia will face down the wildest wonders Australia—and the supernatural world—can throw at them, and confront a legendary monster not seen in centuries.

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Book One

Devin Madson (2020) We Cry For Blood
The Reborn Empire 3
Orbit, August 3, 2021
Trade Paperback and eBook, 624 pages

"A complex tale of war, politics, and lust for power." —The Guardian

Alliances fracture and hope wanes in a ravaged empire caught between three factions in the heart-pounding continuation of Devin Madson's bold epic fantasy series, The Reborn Empire.

Ambition and schemes have left the Kisian Empire in ashes. Empress Miko Ts’ai will have to move fast if she hopes to secure a foothold in its ruins. However, the line between enemies and allies may not be as clear-cut as it first appeared.

After failing to win back his Swords, former Captain Rah e’Torin finds shelter among the Levanti deserters. But his presence in the camp threatens to fracture the group, putting him on a collision course with their enigmatic leader.

Assassin Cassandra Marius knows Leo Villius’s secret—one that could thwart his ambitions to conquer Kisia. But her time in Empress Hana’s body is running out and each attempt they make to exploit Leo’s weakness may be playing into his plans.

And, as Leo’s control over the Levanti emperor grows, Dishiva e’Jaroven is caught in his web. She’ll have to decide how many of her people are worth sacrificing in order to win.

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Book One

Book Two

Kevin Hearne (2011) A Question of Navigation
Subterranean Press, January 31, 2021
Hardcover, 144 pages

The only favor the aliens do for Clint Beecham when they abduct him is give him a shirt that says DO NOT EAT on it in their language. He’s told that as a physicist, he is to be reserved, along with five other scientists, for a mysterious purpose.

But fifty thousand other humans on board the interstellar scout ship are scheduled to be butchered and frozen, a food supply for the long journey to the alien homeworld. Clint and the other Reserves can’t stand by and let that happen.

Ayesha is a biologist and Deepali a geologist; Oscar is a meteorologist and Gregory specializes in robotics; Hanh is a researcher in marine biology. Together they’re humanity’s last unlikely hope. Because if they don’t find a way to stop the ravenous aliens from reporting that they’ve found a planet full of delicious creatures to eat, the fifty thousand humans on board will only be the first of billions: the entire earth will become an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Samantha Shannon (2013) The Mask Falling
The Bone Season 4
Bloomsbury Publishing, January 26, 2021
Hardcover and eBook, 528 pages

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree, the stunning fourth novel set in the world of Scion.

Dreamwalker Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim's puppet empire.

The mysterious Domino Program has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus Mesarthim-her former enemy-at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles. Her risks promise high reward: the Parisian underworld could yield the means to escalate her rebellion to outright war.

As Scion widens its bounds and the free world trembles in its shadow, Paige must fight her own memories after her ordeal at the hands of Scion. Meanwhile, she strives to understand her bond with Arcturus, which grows stronger by the day. But there are those who know the revolution began with them-and could end with them . . .

The Mask Falling is a gripping, fantastical new addition to this “intoxicating urban-fantasy series” (NPR.org) that will leave readers begging for more.

Sandy Williams (2011) Shades of Allegiance
An Anomaly Novel 3
January 26, 2021
eBook, 361 pages

Lieutenant Ramie Ashdyn is going home--or rather, to the hellhole that is her home world. With vengeance driving her, she's intent on tracking down the criminal who can help her unravel the conspiracy that's threatening the Coalition. Unfortunately, old enemies are sabotaging her efforts, jeopardizing the lives of the few people she trusts. To accomplish her mission, she'll need to be cunning and ruthless, and that means scrapping her conscience and burying emotions are adversaries could exploit.

Of course, being cunning and ruthless would be easier if the Coalition hadn't sent "Rest in Peace" Rykus to retrieve her. Ash is the only person who can detect the telepaths who have infiltrated the government, and Rykus must keep her safe until they can escape the planet. But with secrets between them and Ash determined to contact the Known Universe's most feared crime lord, staying alive--and together--might be an insurmountable feat.

TQ:  Welcome back to The Qwillery! We last chatted in 2011. Since then you have completed The Iron Druid Chronicles, started new series, and now have returned the world of The Iron Druid Chronicles. How has your writing process changed since Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles 1) was published? 

New York Times bestselling author Kevin Hearne returns to the world of his beloved Iron Druid Chronicles in a spin-off series about an eccentric master of rare magic solving an uncanny mystery in Scotland. 

“Ink & Sigil is escape reading, and I loved every word.”—Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of A Longer Fall 

Al MacBharrais is both blessed and cursed. He is blessed with an extraordinary white moustache, an appreciation for craft cocktails—and a most unique magical talent. He can cast spells with magically enchanted ink and he uses his gifts to protect our world from rogue minions of various pantheons, especially the Fae. 

But he is also cursed. Anyone who hears his voice will begin to feel an inexplicable hatred for Al, so he can only communicate through the written word or speech apps. And his apprentices keep dying in peculiar freak accidents. As his personal life crumbles around him, he devotes his life to his work, all the while trying to crack the secret of his curse. 

But when his latest apprentice, Gordie, turns up dead in his Glasgow flat, Al discovers evidence that Gordie was living a secret life of crime. Now Al is forced to play detective—while avoiding actual detectives who are wondering why death seems to always follow Al. Investigating his apprentice’s death will take him through Scotland’s magical underworld, and he’ll need the help of a mischievous hobgoblin if he’s to survive.

Kevin Hearne hugs trees, pets doggies, and rocks out to heavy metal. He also thinks tacos are a pretty nifty idea. He is the author of The Seven Kennings series and the New York Times bestselling series The Iron Druid Chronicles, and co-author of The Tales of Pell with Delilah S. Dawson.

 

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

It is the last Monday in June!


There is one debut this week:

Scarlet Odyssey (Scarlet Odyssey 1) by C. T. Rwizi.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson it out in Mass Market Paperback;

The Princess Beard (Tales of Pell 3) by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne is out in Trade Paperback;

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia;

and

Howling Dark (Sun Eater 2) by Christopher Ruocchio is out in Mass Market Paperback.

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

June 29, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Cries to Kill the Corpse Flower	Ronald J. Murray	H

June 30, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Ignorance is Strength (Ke)	John Joseph Adams (Ed) Christie Yant (Ed) Hugh Howey (Ed)	SF - The Dystopia Triptych 1
Burn the Ashes (Ke)	John Joseph Adams (Ed) Christie Yant (Ed) Hugh Howey (Ed)	SF - The Dystopia Triptych 2
Or Else the Light (Ke)	John Joseph Adams (Ed) Christie Yant (Ed) Hugh Howey (Ed)	SF - The Dystopia Triptych 3
The Last Curtain Call	Juliet Blackwell	PCM - A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery 8
The Orphans of Raspay	Lois McMaster Bujold	F
Kushiel's Dart (ri)	Jacqueline Carey	RF/F - Kushiel's Legacy 1
The Empire of Gold	S. A Chakraborty	HistF - Daevabad Trilogy 3
Winds of Marque (tp2mm)	Bennett R. Coles	SF - Blackwood & Virtue
Witch Hunt	Cate Conte	PCM - Witch Hunt 1
Noir Fatale (h2mm)	Larry Correia (Ed) Kacey Ezell (Ed)	F - Anthology
Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (h2mm)	Delilah S. Dawson	SF/SO/MTI - Star Wars
Alien Secrets	Ian Douglas	SF/HSF - Solar Warden 1
The Lightest Object in the Universe (h2tp)	Kimi Eisele	Dys/SF/AP/PA/Disaster
1637: The Polish Maelstrom (h2mm)	Eric Flint	SF/TT - Ring of Fire 26
A Sprinkling of Murder	Daryl Wood Gerber	PCM - A Fairy Garden Mystery 1
Into Darkness	Terry Goodkind	F - Children of D'Hara 5
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (h2tp)	Theodora Goss	F - The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club 3
Flame	Donna Grant	PNR/FR/UF - Dark Kings 17
Salvation Lost (h2mm)	Peter F. Hamilton	SF/SO/SE - Salvation Sequence 2
The Princess Beard (h2tp)	Kevin Hearne Delilah S. Dawson	F/HU/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Tales of Pell 3
The Snakes (h2tp)	Sadie Jones	LF
Wheel of Time Premium Boxed Set V: Book Thirteen: Towers of Midnight, Book Fourteen: A Memory of Light, Prequel: New Spring	Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson	F - Wheel of Time
A Memory of Light (ri)	Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson	F - Wheel of Time 14
Towers of Midnight (ri)	Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson	F - Wheel of Time 13
Terra Nova: The Wars of Liberation (tp2mm)	Tom Kratman (Ed)	SF - Anthology
The Sum of All Shadows (h2mm)	Eric Van Lustbader	SupTh - The Testament 4
Blue Ticket	Sophie Mackintosh	Dys/FL/CW
Mexican Gothic	Silvia Moreno-Garcia	HistF/Gothic/Horror
The Warning (tp2mm)	James Patterson Robinson Wells	Sus/TechTh
The Properties of Rooftop Air	Tim Powers	F
The Best of Jules de Grandin: 20 Classic Occult Detective Stories	Seabury Quinn	SF - Collection
Howling Dark (h2mm)	Christopher Ruocchio	SF/SO/HSF/AC - Sun Eater 2
Best of British Fantasy 2019	Jared Shurin (Ed)	F - Anthology
A Sword Named Truth (h2mm)	Sherwood Smith	F/DF/HistF - Rise of the Alliance 1
Prisoner of Night	J.R. Ward	PNR - The Black Dagger Brotherhood World
Dark Black	Sam Weller	H/Gothic
Interlibrary Loan	Gene Wolfe	SF/GenEng/Noir - Borrowed  Man 2

July 1, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Ones Who Look: A Tor.com Original (e)	Katharine Duckett	SF
Memory and Utopian Agency in Utopian/Dystopian Literature: Memory of the Future	Carter F. Hanson	LC
Scarlet Odyssey (D)	C. T. Rwizi	F/CoA/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Scarlet Odyssey 1

July 2, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The House on Widows Hill	Simon R. Green	SupM - An Ishmael Jones Mystery 9

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



AC - Alien Contact
AF - Afrofuturism
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
BlHu - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
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
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
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
PF - Paranormal Fantasy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
TT - Time Travel

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

Happy 1st Monday in February. This month is chock full of debuts - 18 in total with 7 debuts this week!

The 7 debuts are:

Gravity's Heir by Sara Bond;

The Regrets by Amy Bonnaffons;

Witness X by S E Moorhead;

The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray;

The Town by Shaun Prescott;

The Baudelaire Fractal by Lisa Robertson;

and

Mazes of Power by Juliette Wade.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Initiate by James L. Cambias;

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey;

A Blight of Blackwings (Seven Kennings 2) by Kevin Hearne;

Things in Jars by Jess Kidd;

The Puzzler's War (Tarakan Chronicles 2) by Eyal Kless;

Paris Adrift by E.J. Swift is reissued with a new cover;

and

The Firmament of Flame (The Universe After 3) by Drew Williams.

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

February 4, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Out of the Attic	V.C. Andrews	Sagas - Dollanganger 10
Thieves' World Collection Volume One: Thieves' World, Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn, and Shadows of Sanctuary (e)	Robert Lynn Aspirin (Ed) Lynn Abbey (Ed)	F - Thieves' World®
Thieves' World© Collection Volume Two: Storm Season, The Face of Chaos, and Wings of Omen (e)	Robert Lynn Aspirin (Ed) Lynn Abbey (Editor)	F - Thieves' World®
Thieves' World (e)	Joe Haldeman John Brunner	F - Thieves' World® 1
Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn (e)	Robert Lynn Aspirin (Ed) Lynn Abbey (Ed)	F - Thieves' World® 2
Shadows of Sanctuary (e)	Robert Lynn Aspirin (Ed) Lynn Abbey (Ed)	F - Thieves' World® 3
Storm Season (e)	Robert Lynn Aspirin (Ed) Lynn Abbey (Ed)	F - Thieves' World® 4
The Face of Chaos (e)	Robert Lynn Aspirin (Ed) Lynn Abbey (Ed)	F - Thieves' World® 5
Wings of Omen (e)	Robert Lynn Aspirin (Ed) Lynn Abbey (Ed)	F - Thieves' World® 6
The Scent Keeper (h2tp)	Erica Bauermeister	CW
The Regrets (D)	Amy Bonnaffons	LF
Straight Outta Dodge City	David Boop (Ed)	F/WW/H - Anthology
Cry of the Raven	Morgan L Busse	F - The Ravenwood Saga 3
The Initiate	James L. Cambias	F
Reticence (h2tp)	Gail Carriger	F/Gaslamp - Custard Protocol 4
Space Marine Conquests: Fist of the Imperium	Andy Clark	F - Warhammer 40,000
Burn Cycle (e)	Joel Dane	SF - Cry Pilot 2
Our War (h2tp)	Craig DiLouie	Dys
The Deepest Blue (h2tp)	Sarah Beth Durst	F - Tales of Renthia
Death Knell	Hailey Edwards	UF - Foundling 3
Slaves to Darkness	John French	SF/SO - Horus Heresy
Upright Women Wanted	Sarah Gailey	SF
A Conjuring of Assassins	Cate Glass	F - Chimera 2
Moonbreaker (h2tp)	Simon R. Green	UF - Secret Histories 11
Murder in the Dark (h2tp)	Simon R. Green	PM - Ishmael Jones Mystery 6
Wolfsbane	Guy Haley	SF/SE - Horus Heresy 49
Prisoner of Midnight (h2tp)	Barbara Hambly	UF - A James Asher Vampire Novel 8
A Blight of Blackwings	Kevin Hearne	F - Seven Kennings 2
The Resisters	Gish Jen	Dys
Things in Jars	Jess Kidd	LF
The Puzzler's War	Eyal Kless	SF/HSF - Tarakan Chronicles 2
Breaking Silence	Mercedes Lackey Cody Martin	CF - Serrated Edge 10
Firefly - Big Damn Hero (h2tp)	James Lovegrove Nancy Holder	MTI/SF
China Mountain Zhang	Maureen F. McHugh	SF/CyP
The Gnome Stories	Ander Monson	SS
The Last Day (D)	Andrew Hunter Murray	SF/AP/PA
The Legacy of Heorot (ri)	Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle Steven Barnes	SF - Heorot 1
The Freedom Artist	Ben Okri	LF/Dys
The Town (D)	Shaun Prescott	LF
Bone Silence (e)	Alastair Reynolds	SF - Revenger Universe 3
Zombie Army: Fortress of the Dead	Chris Roberson	MTI
The Baudelaire Fractal (D)	Lisa Robertson	LF
Three Californias: The Wild Shore, The Gold Coast, and Pacific Edge	Kim Stanley Robinson	SF/AP/PA - Three Californias Trilogy
Jeweled Fire (h2tp)	Sharon Shinn	F - An Elemental Blessings Novel 3
Bloodshot - The Official Movie Novelization	Gavin G. Smith	MTI
The Inhabited Island	Arkady Strugatsky Boris Strugatsky Andrew Bromfeld (Tr)	SF
Paris Adrift (ri)	E.J. Swift	SF
A Heart of Blood and Ashes	Milla Vane	FR - A Gathering of Dragons 1
Mazes of Power (D)	Juliette Wade	SF - The Broken Trust 1
Lent: A Novel of Many Returns (h2tp)	Jo Walton	HistF
The Infernal Battalion (h2tp)	Django Wexler	F - The Shadow Campaigns 5
The Guns of Empire (h2tp)	Django Wexler	F - The Shadow Campaigns 4
The Firmament of Flame	Drew Williams	SF/SOThe Universe After 3
Valdor: Birth of the Imperium	Chris Wraight	SF/SO - The Horus Heresy
Heroes of the Empire	Chris Wraight	F - Warhammer Chronicles
Vaults of Terra: The Hollow Mountain	Chris Wraight	SF - Warhammer 40,000
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau	Michael Zapata	Fiction/Hispanic and Latino

February 6, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Gravity's Heir (D)	Sara Bond	SF
Witness X (D)	SE Moorhead	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



AC - Alien Contact
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - Cyperpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FR- Fantasy Romance
GothicM - Gothic Mystery
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy
W - Western
WW - Weird Western

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

Happy 1st Monday in January and 1st Monday in 2020.

There are 5 debuts this week:

The Heap by Sean Adams;

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar (English Language Debut);

The Schrödinger Girl by Laurel Brett;

Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling (English Language Debut);

and

Creatures by Crissy Van Meter.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Soul of Power (The Waking Land 3) by Callie Bates is out in Trade Paperback;

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo is out in Trade Paperback;

The Secret Chapter (The Invisible Library 6) by Genevieve Cogman;

No Country for Old Gnomes (The Tales of Pell 2) by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne is out in Trade Paperback;

The Shadow Saint (The Black Iron Legacy 2) by Gareth Hanrahan;

The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley is out in Trade Paperback;

and

Vengeful (Villains 2) by V. E. Schwab is out in Trade Paperback.

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

January 6, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Witch's Oath	Terry Goodkind	F - The Children of D'Hara 4

January 7, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Heap (D)	Sean Adams	LF
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (D - English)	Shokoofeh Azar Adrien Kijek (Tr)	LF/Sagas/FL/MR
The Soul of Power (h2tp)	Callie Bates	F - The Waking Land 3
The Schrödinger Girl (D)	Laurel Brett	LF/CL/SF/Psy
Penric's Progress	Lois McMaster Bujold	F - Omnibus
Wyntertide	Andrew Caldecott	HistF/P - Rotherweird 2
Resurgence	C. J. Cherryh	SF/AC/SO/SE - Foreigner 20
Frozen Orbit	Patrick Chiles	SF
The Night Tiger (h2tp)	Yangsze Choo	Hist/LF/FairyT/FolkT/LM
The Ice House	Tim Clare	F/LF
Gloomspite	Andy Clark	F - Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Voices in the Snow	Darcy Coates	H/Occ/Sup/AP/PA/SupTh/Dys - Black Winter 1
The Secret Chapter	Genevieve Cogman	SF/TT/HistF - The Invisible Library 6
No Country for Old Gnomes (h2tp)	Delilah S. Dawson Kevin Hearne	F/HU/FairyT/FolkT/LM - The Tales of Pell 2
Kipper's Game (ri)	Barbara Ehrenreich	LF/SF/Amateur Sleuth
48 Hours (h2tp)	William R. Forstchen	TechTh/SF/AP/PA
Lady Hotspur	Tessa Gratton	HistF
Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics	Sean Guynes (Ed) Martin Lund (Ed)	LC - New Suns: Race, Gender, and Sexuality
The Shadow Saint	Gareth Hanrahan	F - The Black Iron Legacy 2
Pandora: Resistance	Eric L. Harry	SF/PA - A Pandora Thriller 3
The Light Brigade (h2tp)	Kameron Hurley	SF/TT
Europe In Autumn	Dave Hutchinson	SF
Rising	Stephen Jones (Creator)	H - The Lovecraft Squad 4
Qualityland (D - English)	Marc-Uwe Kling Jamie Lee Searle (Tr)	SF/CyP/HU/Dys/Satire/LF
The Vanishing	Jayne Ann Krentz	RS - Fogg Lake 1
Hammer of the Emperor	Steve Lyons Steve Parker	SF - Warhammer 40,000
A Rush of Blood	David Mark	PsyTh
Come Tumbling Down	Seanan McGuire	CF/DF/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Wayward Children 5
Creatures (D)	Crissy Van Meter	LF/FL/CoA
Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters	Sarena Ulibarri (Ed)	SF/HSF - Anthology
Miraculum (h2tp)	Steph Post	Occ/Sup/Hist/HistM/MR
Gunpowder & Embers	John Ringo Kacey Ezell Christopher L. Smith	SF/AP/PA - Last Judgement's Fire 1
Vengeful (h2tp)	V. E. Schwab	SH/P - Villains 2
Mouthful of Birds: Stories (h2tp)	Samanta Schweblin	LF/SS/MR
The God Game	Danny Tobey	TechTh/SF/CyP/CoA
A Nest of Nightmares	Lisa Tuttle	H/SS - Paperbacks from Hell
Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe (h2tp)	Heather Webber	CW/MR

January 9, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Shades	Geoff Cooper Brian Keene	H

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 Paperback to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CL - City Life
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - Cyperpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR- Fantasy Romance
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
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 - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Polular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
RS - Romantic Suspense
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

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

Delilah S. Dawson (2012)
Kevin Hearne (2011)

No Country for Old Gnomes
The Tales of Pell 2
Del Rey, January 7, 2020
Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Hardcover and eBook, April 16, 2019

Go big or go gnome. The New York Times bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy welcome you to the world of Pell, the irreverent fantasy universe that recalls Monty Python and Terry Pratchett.

War is coming, and it’s gonna be Pell.

On one side stand the gnomes: smol, cheerful, possessing tidy cardigans and no taste for cruelty.

On the other side sit the halflings, proudly astride their war alpacas, carrying bags of grenades and hungry for a fight. And pretty much anything else.

It takes only one halfling bomb and Offi Numminen’s world is turned upside down—or downside up, really, since he lives in a hole in the ground. His goth cardigans and aggressive melancholy set him apart from the other gnomes, as does his decision to fight back against their halfling oppressors. Suddenly Offi is the leader of a band of lovable misfits and outcasts—from a gryphon who would literally kill for omelets to a young dwarf herbalist who is better with bees than with his cudgel to an assertive and cheerful teen witch with a beard as long as her book of curses—all on a journey to the Toot Towers to confront the dastardly villain intent on tearing Pell asunder. These adventurers never fit in anywhere else, but as they become friends, fight mermaids, and get really angry at this one raccoon, they learn that there’s nothing more heroic than being yourself.

In No Country for Old Gnomes, Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne lovingly tweak the tropes of fantasy and fairy tales. Here you’ll find goofy jokes and whimsical puns, but you’ll also find a diverse, feminist, and lighthearted approach to fantasy that will bring a smile to your face and many fine cheeses to your plate.

The Tales of Pell 1 Trade Paperback

The Tales of Pell 3 Hardcover

Kevin Hearne (2011)

A Blight of Blackwings
The Seven Kennings 2
Del Rey, February 4, 2020
Hardcover and eBook, 592 pages

From the New York Times bestselling creator of the Iron Druid Chronicles comes the story of a world-breaking war—an invasion of giant warriors—that inspires a movement to fight back.

SOLDIER AND AVENGER
Daryck is from a city that was devastated by the war with the Bone Giants, and now he and a band of warriors seek revenge against the giants for the loved ones they’ve lost. But will vengeance be enough to salve their grief?

DREAMER AND LEADER
Hanima is part of a new generation with extraordinary magical talents: She can speak to fantastical animals. But when this gift becomes a threat to the powers-that-be, Hanima becomes the leader of a movement to use this magic to bring power to the people.

SISTER AND SEEKER
Koesha is the captain of an all-female crew on a perilous voyage to explore unknown waters. Though her crew is seeking a path around the globe, Koesha is also looking for her sister, lost at sea two years ago. But what lies beyond the edges of the map is far more dangerous than storms and sea monsters. . . .

In this sequel to A Plague of Giants, these characters and more will become the voices of a new generation bringing hope and revolution to a war-torn world.

The Seven Kennings 1 Mass Market Paperback

Elle Katharine White (2017)

Flamebringer
A Heartstone Novel 3
Harper Voyager, November 12, 2019
Trade Paperback and eBook, 368 pages

Monsters, manners, and magic combine in this exciting final volume in the Heartstone Trilogy—an exhilarating blend of epic fantasy and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice—in which a fearless healer and her dragon-riding husband must stop a reawakened evil from destroying their world.

“The summons comes for the House of Edan Daired. Debts must be paid.”

Tristan Wydrick, sworn enemy of House Daired, is back from the dead. Possessed by a ghast and sharing its shadowy unlife, he commands not only the soul-sucked ghastradi, but also the monstrous Tekari forces bent on Arle’s destruction. As their enemies begin amassing, desperate Arleans look to their greatest defenders. But Aliza and Alastair Daired, along with their dragon Akarra, are far from home, trapped in the icy northern wastes by Wydrick’s treachery.

Fighting their way through blizzards, haunted forests, and their own growing fears, the Daireds find a new battle awaiting them in the capital, for the Tekari and ghastradi are not the only forces converging on the heart of the kingdom. Another moves toward Arle, riding the winds from the south: an ambassador from the Silent King of Els.

Unknown enemy? Or unexpected ally? Plunged into the dangerous world of royal intrigue and ancient grudges, Aliza and Alastair soon realize it will take more than steel and dragonfire to save their kingdom, for the silence of Els hides a secret that could shake House Daired to its foundations.

And silence, it seems, is about to be broken.

A Heartstone Novel 1

A Heartstone Novel 2

Happy 1st Monday in October!

There are 3 debuts this week:

salt slow by Julia Armfield;

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo;

and

The Furies by Katie Lowe.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles 1) by K. Eason;

The Oyster Thief by Sonia Faruqi out in Trade Paperback;

The True Bastards (The Lost Lands 2) by Jonathan French;

The Princess Beard (Tales of Pell 3) by Kevin Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson;

A Cathedral of Myth and Bone: Stories by Kat Howard is out in Trade Paperback;

A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by John Hornor Jacobs;

and

A Conjuring of Light Collector's Edition (Shade of Magic 3) by V. E. Schwab.

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

October 7, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Wasteland (ri)	Terry Goodkind	F - Children of D'Hara 3
Iron & Velvet	Alexis Hall	UF - Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator 1

October 8, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
salt slow (D)	Julia Armfield	SS/LF/SF/AP/PA
The Penguin Book of Mermaids	Cristina Bacchilega (Ed) Marie Alohalani Brown (Ed)	FairyT/FolkT/LM/Sup
Ninth House (D-Adult)	Leigh Bardugo	SupTh/Occ/Sup
The Remaking	Clay McLeod Chapman	H/SupTh/Occ/Sup
Metropolitan Stories	Christine Coulson	LF/SS
The Princess Beard	Delilah S. Dawson Kevin Hearne	F/HU/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Tales of Pell 3
Merlin Redux	Dave Duncan	HistF - Enchanter General 3
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse	K. Eason	SF/SO/HU - The Thorne Chronicles 1
The Oyster Thief (h2tp)	Sonia Faruqi	F
The True Bastards	Jonathan French	F/DF - The Lot Lands 2
Sudden Traveler: Stories	Sarah Hall	SS
Duchamp Versus Einstein	Christopher Hinz Etan Ilfeld	SF/AC/AP/PA
A Cathedral of Myth and Bone: Stories (h2tp)	Kat Howard	SS
A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror	John Hornor Jacobs	H
Warrior of the Altaii	Robert Jordan	F
Dark Ink	Gary Kemble	H/AH/SupTh
The Furies (D)	Katie Lowe	Th/CoA
Collateral Damage	David Mack	SF - Star Trek: The Next Generation
Hazards of Time Travel (h2tp)	Joyce Carol Oates	Dys
Before the Devil Fell	Neil Olson	LF/M&D/Cr
The Forbidden Stars	Tim Pratt	SF/HSF - The Axiom Series 3
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts	Kate Racculia	LF
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control	Stuart Russell	Tech & Eng/Robotics/Biotechnology
A Conjuring of Light Collector's Edition	V. E. Schwab	HistF/Gaslamp - Shades of Magic 3
Skin (ri)	Ilka Tampke	HistF
A Punk Rock Future	Steve Zisson (Ed)	SF/F - Anthology

October 9, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Afrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement	Isiah Lavender III	LC - New Suns: Race, Gender, and Sexuality

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 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
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M&D - Mystery & Detective
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

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