The Qwillery

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.

Charlie Jane Anders (2016) Never Say You Can't Survive
Tordotcom, August 17, 2021
Hardcover and eBook, 240 pages

From Charlie Jane Anders, the award-winning author of novels such as All the Birds in the Sky and The City in the Middle of the Night, this is one of the most practical guides to storytelling that you will ever read.

The world is on fire.
So tell your story.

Things are scary right now. We’re all being swept along by a tidal wave of history, and it’s easy to feel helpless. But we’re not helpless: we have minds, and imaginations, and the ability to visualize other worlds and valiant struggles. And writing can be an act of resistance that reminds us that other futures and other ways of living are possible.

Full of memoir, personal anecdote, and insight about how to flourish during the present emergency, Never Say You Can’t Survive is the perfect manual for creativity in unprecedented times.

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Cameron Johnston (2018) The Maleficent Seven
Angry Robot, August 10, 2021
Trade Paperback and eBook, 400 pages

When you are all out of heroes, all that’s left are the villains…

Black Herran was a dread demonologist, and the most ruthless general in all Essoran. She assembled the six most fearsome warriors to captain her armies: a necromancer, a vampire lord, a demigod, an orcish warleader, a pirate queen, and a twisted alchemist. Together they brought the whole continent to its knees… Until the day she abandoned her army, on the eve of total victory.

40 years later, she must bring her former captains back together for one final stand, in the small town of Tarnbrooke – the last bastion against a fanatical new enemy tearing through the land, intent on finishing the job Black Herran started years before.

Seven bloodthirsty monsters. One town. Their last hope.

File Under: Fantasy [ Heroes or Horrors? | Flames and Faith | Blood and Guts | Hell Demons ]

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Marko Kloos (2014) Citadel
Palladium Wars 3
47North, August 10, 2021
Hardcover, Trade Paperback, and eBook, 332 pages

An interplanetary battle is renewed in an epic novel of a warring solar system by the author of Ballistic.

The war should have been over. But it’s not for a group of nationalists grabbing for control.

It’s been two weeks since a missile with a nuclear warhead tore through the planetary defenses in the most blistering large-scale attack ever committed in the history of the Gaia system. Commander Dunstan Park of the Rhodian navy has been handpicked to command an experimental cruiser that could dictate the course of the escalating conflict. All he has to do is keep the ship from falling into the wrong hands.

On Gretia, the powder keg is beyond control. A terrorist attack against civilians draws Idina Chaudhary into a costly battle. It also forces a cautious Aden Jansen back into the fray. Now dedicated to a just cause, he’s still keeping his past hidden. The risk of exposing his former alliance could twist not only his fate but also that of his sister, Solveig, heir to the family empire.

With no time to waste, Dunstan hits the ground running. But as insurgents threaten the unstable peace, what’s ahead for both sides could change the destiny of the Gaia system forever.

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Book One

Book Two

Happy Monday! There are no debuts this week. From formerly featured DAC Authors: Ivory's Story by Eugen Bacon; The Light of All That Falls (Licanus Trilogy 3) by James Islington is out in Trade Paperback; Orders of Battle (Frontlines 7) by Marko Kloos; Betrayal in Time by Julie McElwain is out in Trade Paperback; Memoria (Nova Vita Protocol 2) by Kristyn Merbeth; The Philosopher's War (Philosopher's 2) by Tom Miller is out in Trade Paperback; and The Seep by Chana Porter is out in Trade Paperback.

 

 

 

Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green. December 8, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Apex: World of Dinosaurs Anthology (e)	Alana Joli Abbott (Ed)	F/Anthology
Lone Wolves	Dan Abnett	SF - Warhammer 40,000
Ivory's Story	Eugen Bacon	Th/F
The Roach	Rhett C. Bruno	SF/Th
The Cinematic Art of Overwatch	Matt Burns	SF/Art
Helsreach	Aaron Dembski-Bowden	SF - Warhammer 40,000
D: A Tale of Two Worlds	Michel Faber	CF/MR/LF
Peach Blossom Paradise	Ge Fei Canaan Morse (Tr)	Pol/Dys/Hist
Crosshairs	Catherine Hernandez	Dys
Sexton Blake's Allies	Mark Hodder (Ed)	Cr - The Sexton Blake Library 3
Now Before the Dark	Sam Hooker	F/HU - Terribly Serious Darkness
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 Edition	Rich Horton (Ed)	SF/Anthology
The Light of All That Falls (h2tp)	James Islington	F - Licanius Trilogy 3
Zed (h2tp)	Joanna Kavenna	Satire/LF/Dys
The Stand	Stephen King	MTI/Sus/H/SF/AP/PA
Orders of Battle	Marko Kloos	SF/SO/AC - Frontlines 7
Wizard of the Pigeons: The 35th Anniversary Illustrated Edition	Megan Lindholm Robin Hobb	F/UF/CF
Betrayal in Time (h2tp)	Julie McElwain	M/TT - Kendra Donovan Mystery 4
Memoria	Kristyn Merbeth	SF/SO/AC/SE - Nova Vita Protocol 2
The Philosopher's War (h2tp)	Tom Miller	HistF - The Philosophers 2
Prophecy's End	Richard Phillips	F - Endarian Prophecy 6
The Seep (h2tp)	Chana Porter	LGBT/AB/SF/AP/PA
Exo-Hunter	Jeremy Robinson	AC/SF
Anyone (h2tp)	Charles Soule	SF
Armor (ri)	John Steakley	SF/HSF
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain	Nghi Vo	F/HistF - The Singing Hills Cycle 2
Fleet Elements	Walter Jon Williams	SF - A Novel of the Praxis 2

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.

Eugen Bacon (2019) The Road to Woop Woop and Other Stories
Meerkat Press, December 1, 2020
Trade Paperback and eBook, 202 pages

Eugen Bacon’s work is deemed cheeky with a fierce intelligence in text that’s resplendent, delicious, dark and evocative. NPR called her novel Claiming T-Mo ‘a confounding mysterious tour de force’. The Road to Woop Woop and Other Stories imbues the same lushness in a writerly language that is Bacon’s own. This peculiar hybrid of the untraditional, the extraordinary within, without and along the borders of normalcy will hypnotise and absorb the reader with tales that refuse to be labelled. The stories in this collection are dirges that cross genres in astounding ways. Over 20 provocative tales, with seven original to this collection, by an award-winning African Australian author.

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Black Moon: Graphic Speculative Flash Fiction
IFWG Publishing International
Trade Paperback, 72 pages
Elena Betti, Illustrator

Black Moon is an illustrated collection of speculative flash fiction interspersed with prose poetry. It carries themes of love and war, life and the afterlife, hope and despair. It is a philosophical assortment that questions normalcy, embraces opposition, and takes a keen interest on peculiarity. It will appeal to curious lovers of literary dark fantasy and all places in between.

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Ivory's Story
Newcon Press, December 8, 2020
Trade Paperback and eBook, 154 pages

Long ago, a good man transgressed and was brutally punished, his physical form killed and his soul split asunder. Now, one half of his ancient soul seeks to reunite with its lost twin, a search that leaves murder in its wake…

In the streets of modern day Sydney a killer stalks the night, slaughtering innocents, leaving bodies mutilated. The victims seem unconnected, yet Investigating Officer Ivory Tembo is convinced the killings are anything but random. The case soon leads Ivory into places she never imagined. In order to stop the killings and save the life of the man she loves, she must reach deep into her past, uncover secrets of her heritage, break a demon’s curse, and somehow unify two worlds.

Ivory's Story deftly combines the contemporary thriller with darker, older traditions, and marks the arrival of an exciting new voice on the genre fiction scene.

“Bacon masterfully blends myth, heritage, and self-discovery in this impressive, genre-defying work of speculative fiction... Writing with sharp, insightful prose, Bacon delivers a taut thriller that dives deep into its distinctive protagonist’s internal life and family history. Seasoned speculative fiction readers will be wowed by Bacon’s careful, layered worldbuilding, well-developed characters, and otherworldly atmosphere. This deserves a wide audience.” – Publisher’s Weekly [Starred Review]

“Eugen Bacon’s latest novel has a lot going for it. A lot… if the reader is adventurous enough, Ivory’s Story will both startle and seduce.” – Locus

“Not a word is wasted. This isn’t writing by rote, not a book surfing the expectancies of fantasy fiction, but one which brims with descriptive prose, where the movement of the words form the story, similar to the physical brushstrokes of a painting carrying the eye. Ivory’s Story is a fast-paced organic fantasy shone through a poet’s timbre and I loved it.” – Black Static

“A new star is born in the emerald skies of Fantasy, and its name is Eugen Bacon.” – Nuzo Onoh, author of The Reluctant Dead

“Bacon expertly weaves a speculative world with harsh and mundane realities to form a lush and magical tale about the importance of love and the courage needed to face the demons of this world and the next. Highly recommended.” – Nick Wood, author of Azanian Bridges

“Transformation and identity are the themes connecting chapters that dance and shift in each other’s light. The book’s final third revels in imaginative potential, where Bacon shows us sumptuous glens and hidden courts. She also reminds that nature and time live within us, and are capable of healing anything.” – Andromeda Spaceways Magazine

“If you're looking out for an epic tale that will certainly stand apart from your usual fare, that is written with great passion and feeling, this one may well hit the mark.” – Nerine Dorman Reviews

“Ivory's Story speaks of places and moments that bind us. The myths and mysteries that draw us in. A powerful blend of African and Australian speculative fiction.” – Dominique Hecq, award-winning poet, novelist, short story writer

“Eugen Bacon is a vital, vibrant voice.” – Lucy Sussex, author of The Scarlet Rider

"Twin-lore, bewitching entities, psychic investigation and urban murder mystery, juxtaposed against wilderness visions. Ivory’s Story is a savoury bouquet of wilderness flavours flash-fried in an offworld skin. An aromatic sense-delight. – Nikhil Singh, author of Club Ded

“A murder mystery, an adventure story and a spiritual journey all rolled up into one, which not only entertains but also leaves us pondering the deeper questions.” – Denise O'Hagan, author of The Beating Heart

Ivory's Story is available as a special edition hardback, signed by the author and limited to just 50 numbered copies, as well as in paperback and ebook editions.

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Marko Kloos (2014) Orders of Battle
Frontlines 7
47North, December 8, 2020
Trade Paperback and Kindle eBook, 271 pages

The battle against the Lankies has been won. Earth seems safe. Peacetime military? Not on your life.

It’s been four years since Earth threw its full military prowess against the Lanky incursion. Humanity has been yanked back from the abyss of extinction. The solar system is at peace. For now.

The future for Major Andrew Grayson of the Commonwealth Defense Corps and his wife, Halley? Flying desk duty on the front. No more nightmares of monstrous things. No more traumas to the mind and body. But when an offer comes down from above, Andrew has to make a choice: continue pushing papers into retirement, or jump right back into the fight? What’s a podhead to do?

The remaining Lankies may have retreated in fear, but the threat isn’t over. They need to be wiped out for good before they strike again. That’ll take a new offensive deployment. Aboard an Avenger warship, Andrew and the special tactics team under his command embark on the ultimate search-and-destroy mission. This time, it’ll be on Lanky turf.

No big heroics. No unnecessary risks. Just a swift hit-and-run raid in the hostile Capella system. Blow the alien seed ships into oblivion and get the hell back to Earth. At least, that’s the objective. But when does anything in war go according to plan?

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Michael Mammay (2018) Colonyside
Planetside 3
Harper Voyager, December 29, 2020
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 384 pages

A missing scientist and deep pockets pull Colonel Carl Butler out of retirement, investigating another mystery that puts him and his team--and the future of relations with alien species--in danger in COLONYSIDE, the exciting follow-up to Planetside and Spaceside.

A military hero is coming out of disgrace—straight into the line of fire…

Carl Butler was once a decorated colonel. Now he’s a disgraced recluse, hoping to live out the rest of his life on a backwater planet where no one cares about his “crimes” and everyone leaves him alone.

It’s never that easy.

A CEO’s daughter has gone missing and he thinks Butler is the only one who can find her. The government is only too happy to appease him. Butler isn’t so sure, but he knows the pain of losing a daughter, so he reluctantly signs on. Soon he’s on a military ship heading for a newly-formed colony where the dangerous jungle lurks just outside the domes where settlers live.

Paired with Mac, Ganos, and a government-assigned aide named Fader, Butler dives head-first into what should be an open and shut case. Then someone tries to blow him up. Faced with an incompetent local governor, a hamstrung military, and corporations playing fast and loose with the laws, Butler finds himself in familiar territory. He’s got nobody to trust but himself, but that’s where he works best. He’ll fight to get to the bottom of the mystery, but this time, he might not live to solve it.

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Another Monday and it's Memorial Day in the US.


There are no debuts this week.


From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Bone Mother by David Demchuk is reissued;

Ballistic (Palladium Wars 2) by Marko Kloos;

and

Sunshield by Emily B. Martin.

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

May 26, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Weight of the Heart	Susana Aikin	Sagas/CW/MR
Doctor Who: Scratchman (h2tp)	Tom Baker	SF
Witchy Kingdom (h2mm)	D. J. Butler	HistF
The Bone Mother (ri)	David Demchuk	DF
To Clear Away the Shadows (h2mm)	David Drake	SF/SO - RCN 13
Out of Body	Jeffrey Ford	DF/H
Marque of Caine (tp2mm)	Charles E. Gannon	SF - Caine Riordan 5
The Notch	Tom Holland	H
The Winter Sea (ri)	Susanna Kearsley	TTR/Hist/MR
The Fiery Crown	Jeffe Kennedy	FR - Forgotten Empires 2
Ballistic	Marko Kloos	SF/SO - Palladium Wars 2
Unraveling (h2tp)	Karen Lord	F/FairyT/FolkT/LM
Sunshield	Emily B. Martin	F
Quichotte (h2tp)	Salman Rushdie	LF/Sagas/MR
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution	P. W. Singer August Cole	TechTh
Night of the Billionaire Wolf	Terry Spear	PNR - Billionaire Wolf 3
Wolf Under Fire	Paige Tyler	PNR - STAT 1
War (h2mm)	Michelle West	F/FR - House War 8

May 27, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Of Roses and Kings: A Tor.com Original (e)	Melissa Marr	F/H
The Tourist: A Tor.com Original (e)	Alex Sherman	SF/SE

May 28, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Hell's Bells (Ke)	Lisa Quigley	Occ/H - Rewind or Die 8
The Kelping (Ke)	Jan Stinchcomb	DF/H - Rewind or Die 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
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
BlHu - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CH - Cultural Heritage
CM - Crime and Mystery
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
Esp - Espionage
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
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PerfArts - Performing Arts
Phil - Philosophy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SS - Short Stories
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
TTR - Time Travel Romance
VisM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

It's the first Monday in May. May the 4th be with you!


There are 2 debuts this week:

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo;

and

Vanishing Hour by Lisa King.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Westside Saints (A Gilda Carr Tiny Mystery 2) by W. M. Akers;

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey is out in Trade Paperback;

Berlin is Never Berlin: A Tor.com Original (Wild Cards) by Marko Kloos;

and

Goldilocks by Laura Lam.

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

May 5, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Westside Saints	W.M. Akers	HistF - A Gilda Carr Tiny Mystery 2
Soul Chasers: The Decomposition Comedy	Rachel Armstrong	F/HU
The Human	Neal Asher	SF/SO - Rise of the Jain 3
Penric's Travels	Lois McMaster Bujold	F
Rotherweird (h2tp)	Andrew Caldecott	HistF/P/CF - Rotherweird 1
Call It Magic	Janet Chapman	PNR - Spellbound Falls Romance 7
House of Secrets	Darcy Coates	H/F/Occ/Sup - House of Shadows
House of Shadows	Darcy Coates	H/Occ/Sup/Gothic - House of Shadows
The Folcroft Ghosts	Darcy Coates	H/GH/Occ/Sup/Gothic/SupTh
Shadow Flight	Christine Feehan	PNR - Shadow Riders 5
The Shaman of Karres	Eric Flint Dave Freer	SF - Witches of Karres 4
Magic for Liars (h2tp)	Sarah Gailey	CF/Sus
An Easy Death (h2tp)	Charlaine Harris	DF - Gunnie Rose 1
The Down Days (D)	Ilze Hugo	SF/AP/PA/CF/WS
A Brightness Long Ago (h2tp)	Guy Gavriel Kay	Hist/LF
Lake of Darkness	Scott Kenemore	SF
Vanishing Hour: A Novel of a Man, a Girl, and the End of the World	Lisa King	SF/AP/PA/LF/Dys
The Eleventh Gate	Nancy Kress	SF/SO
Steel Crow Saga (h2tp)	Paul Krueger	F
Goldilocks	Laura Lam	SF/SE/Dys/AP/PA
The Kingdom of Liars (e)	Nick Martell	F - The Legacy of the Mercenary King 1
Strange Hotel	Eimear McBride	LF/CW/VisM
Driving the Deep	Suzanne Palmer	SF/SO/AC - The Finder Chronicles 2
Orange World and Other Stories (h2tp)	Karen Russell	LF/SS/VisM
Lock Every Door (h2tp)	Riley Sager	Sus/PsyTh/H
Little Eyes	Samanta Schweblin Megan McDowell (Tr)	Psy/LF/VisM
Light from Other Stars (h2tp)	Erika Swyler	CoA/FL/LF/SF/SE
A Fire Upon The Deep (ri)	Vernor Vinge	SF/HSF/SE/AC - Zones of Thought 1
Network Effect	Martha Wells	SF/HSF - Murderbot Diaries 5

May 6, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Berlin Is Never Berlin: A Tor.com Original (e)	Marko Kloos	SH/SF - Wild Cards
Dark Angels Rising	Ian Whates	SO/SF - Dark Angels 3

May 7, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Command Performance: the Amazing Conroy Omnibus Edition	Lawrence M. Schoen	Satire/SF

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
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
BlHu - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CH - Cultural Heritage
CM - Crime and Mystery
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
Esp - Espionage
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
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PerfArts - Performing Arts
Phil - Philosophy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SS - Short Stories
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
TTR - Time Travel Romance
VisM - Visionary and Metaphysical
WS - Women Sleuths

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

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

May 1, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
A Girl From Nowhere	James Maxwell	SF/SE - Firewall Trilogy 1
The Best of Both Worlds	S. P. Miskowski	H

May 5, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Westside Saints	W.M. Akers	HistF - A Gilda Carr Tiny Mystery 2
Soul Chasers: The Decomposition Comedy	Rachel Armstrong	F/HU
The Human	Neal Asher	SF/SO - Rise of the Jain 3
Penric's Travels	Lois McMaster Bujold	F
Rotherweird (h2tp)	Andrew Caldecott	HistF/P/CF - Rotherweird 1
Call It Magic	Janet Chapman	PNR - Spellbound Falls Romance 7
House of Secrets	Darcy Coates	H/F/Occ/Sup - House of Shadows
House of Shadows	Darcy Coates	H/Occ/Sup/Gothic - House of Shadows
The Folcroft Ghosts	Darcy Coates	H/GH/Occ/Sup/Gothic/SupTh
Shadow Flight	Christine Feehan	PNR - Shadow Riders 5
The Shaman of Karres	Eric Flint Dave Freer	SF - Witches of Karres 4
Magic for Liars (h2tp)	Sarah Gailey	CF/Sus
An Easy Death (h2tp)	Charlaine Harris	DF - Gunnie Rose 1
The Down Days (D)	Ilze Hugo	SF/AP/PA/CF/WS
A Brightness Long Ago (h2tp)	Guy Gavriel Kay	Hist/LF
Lake of Darkness	Scott Kenemore	SF
Vanishing Hour: A Novel of a Man, a Girl, and the End of the World	Lisa King	SF/AP/PA/LF/Dys
The Eleventh Gate	Nancy Kress	SF/SO
Steel Crow Saga (h2tp)	Paul Krueger	F
Goldilocks	Laura Lam	SF/SE/Dys/AP/PA
The Kingdom of Liars (e)	Nick Martell	F - The Legacy of the Mercenary King 1
Strange Hotel	Eimear McBride	LF/CW/VisM
Driving the Deep	Suzanne Palmer	SF/SO/AC - The Finder Chronicles 2
Orange World and Other Stories (h2tp)	Karen Russell	LF/SS/VisM
Lock Every Door (h2tp)	Riley Sager	Sus/PsyTh/H
Little Eyes	Samanta Schweblin Megan McDowell (Tr)	Psy/LF/VisM
Light from Other Stars (h2tp)	Erika Swyler	CoA/FL/LF/SF/SE
A Fire Upon The Deep (ri)	Vernor Vinge	SF/HSF/SE/AC - Zones of Thought 1
Network Effect	Martha Wells	SF/HSF - Murderbot Diaries 5

May 6, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Berlin Is Never Berlin: A Tor.com Original (e)	Marko Kloos	SH/SF - Wild Cards
Dark Angels Rising	Ian Whates	SO/SF - Dark Angels 3

May 7, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Command Performance: the Amazing Conroy Omnibus Edition	Lawrence M. Schoen	Satire/SF

May 12, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Stealing Thunder (D)	Alina Boyden	F
Bone Harvest (e)	James Brogden	H/SupTh/Occ/Sup
Endland	Tim Etchells	LF/Dys/SS/BlHu
In/Half (h2tp)	Jasmin B. Frelih	SF
Unreconciled	W. Michael Gear	SF/HSF/SO - Donovan  4
Queen of the Unwanted	Jenna Glass	F - The Women's War 2
Armageddon House	Michael Griffin	Dys/H
The Porpoise (h2tp)	Mark Haddon	LF/Hist/MR -  Contemporaries
Ten Thousand Doors of January (h2tp)	Alix E. Harrow	MR/CoA/HistF/RF
Vaults Of Obsidian	Darius Hinks	SF/SE - Warhammer 40,000
T.I.M.E Stories: The Heiden File (e)	Christophe Lambert	SF/TT/MTI
Even the Dogs	Jon McGregor	MR/GH/STR/LF
My Mother's House (D)	Francesca Momplaisir	MR/CH/LF
Shakespeare For Squirrels	Christopher Moore	F/HU
Aleph Extraction (e)	Dan Moren	SF/SO/HSF
The Anthill	Julianne Pachico	LF/H
Firewalkers	Adrian Tchaikovsky	SF
Catherine House (D)	Elisabeth Thomas	LF
Sky of Water	Stacey L. Tucker	F/RF/CW/MR/VisM - Equal Night Trilogy 3
Gastronogeek: 42 Recipes from Your Favorite Imaginary Worlds	Thibaud Villanova Maxime Léonard	Cooking/MTI/SF/F/H
Empire of Grass (h2tp)	Tad Williams	F/DF - Last King of Osten Ard  2

May 13, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Benjamin 2073: A Tor.com Original (e)	Rjurik Davidson	SF
Strange Life of Ivan Osokin (ri)	P. D. Ouspensky	VisM/Occ/Sup/Phil

May 14, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Time of Changes (ri)	Robert Silverberg	SF

May 15, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Gender and Environment in Science Fiction (h2tp)	Christy Tidwell (Ed) Bridgette Barclay (Ed)	PopCul/SF/HC - Ecocritical Theory and Practice
The Cold Last Swim	Junior Burke	Noir/AH
Planet Auschwitz: Holocaust Representation in Science Fiction and Horror Film and Television	Brian E. Crim	Holocaust/LC/PerfArts/SF/F/H/Sup
In Our Own Worlds #2: Four LGBTQ+ Tor.com Novellas (e)	JY Neon Yang Kai Ashante Wilson Margaret Killjoy Ellen Klages	F

May 19, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People	Andrea D. Lobel (Ed) Mark Shainblum (Ed)	AH/Anthology
Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories	Raphael Bob-Waksberg	SS/LF/SF
Gather the Fortunes (h2tp)	Bryan Camp	CF - A Crescent City Novel
Maker's Curse	Trudi Canavan	F - Millennium's Rule 4
The Andromeda Evolution (h2mm)	Michael Crichton Daniel H. Wilson	SF
Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here	Nancy Wayson Dinan	LF/MR/STR
Seeing Darkness	Heather Graham	Sus/SupTh/GH/PNR - Krewe of Hunters 30
The Humours of Grub Street	Kate Heartfield	HistF/DF
Boys of Alabama (D)	Genevieve Hudson	Gay/CoA/MR
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo (h2tp)	Michael David Lukas	Hist/LF/MR
Selkie Summer (e)	Ken MacLeod	CF
Chaos Reigning	Jessie Mihalik	SF/SO - Consortium Rebellion 3
Rule	Rowenna Miller	F/RF - Unraveled Kingdom 3
Debt of Honor	Christopher G. Nuttall	SF/SO - Embers of War 1
From Divergent Suns	Sam Peters	SF/CM - From Darkest Skies3
Where the Ocean Meets the Sky	Barbara Stevenson	SS/F
Latitudes of Longing (D)	Shubhangi Swarup	LF/MR/FairyT/FolkT/LM
Impurity	Larry Tremblay Sheila Fischman (Tr)	LF/CF/PsyTh
Wanderers (h2tp)	Chuck Wendig	Sus/SF/AP/PA

May 20, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Beyond the Dragon's Gate: A Tor.com Original (e)	Yoon Ha Lee	SF

May 21, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The City Among the Stars	Francis Carsac Judith Sullivan (Tr) M. Schiff (Tr)	SF/SO/SE - Fiction Without Frontiers
Tomb of Gods	Brian Moreland	HistF/SupTh - Fiction Without Frontiers
Until Summer Comes Around	Glenn Rolfe	SupTh/Occ/Sup - Fiction Without Frontiers

May 22, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Sea Change	Nancy Kress	SF/GenEng/Esp/Dys/AP/PA

May 26, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Weight of the Heart	Susana Aikin	Sagas/CW/MR
Doctor Who: Scratchman (h2tp)	Tom Baker	SF
The Order	Mark Barber	F
Witchy Kingdom (h2mm)	D. J. Butler	HistF
The Bone Mother (ri)	David Demchuk	DF
To Clear Away the Shadows (h2mm)	David Drake	SF/SO - RCN 13
Out of Body	Jeffrey Ford	DF/H
Marque of Caine (tp2mm)	Charles E. Gannon	SF - Caine Riordan 5
Lion El'Jonson: Lord of the First	David Guymer	SF/SO - Horus Heresy: Primarchs
The Notch	Tom Holland	H
Feeling Less Wrong	Kolin Jordan	MR/SS
The Winter Sea (ri)	Susanna Kearsley	TTR/Hist/MR
The Fiery Crown	Jeffe Kennedy	FR - Forgotten Empires 2
Ballistic	Marko Kloos	SF/SO - Palladium Wars 2
Unraveling (h2tp)	Karen Lord	F/FairyT/FolkT/LM
Sunshield	Emily B. Martin	F
Elves	Graham McNeill	F - Warhammer Chronicles
Predator: Stalking Shadows	James A. Moore	MTI/SF/AC
Quichotte (h2tp)	Salman Rushdie	LF/Sagas/MR
Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution	P. W. Singer August Cole	TechTh
Night of the Billionaire Wolf	Terry Spear	PNR - Billionaire Wolf 3
Wolf Under Fire	Paige Tyler	PNR - STAT 1
Age of Empyre	Michael J. Sullivan	F - Legends of the First Empire 6
War (h2mm)	Michelle West	F/FR - House War 8

May 27, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Tourist: A Tor.com Original (e)	Alex Sherman	SF/SE

May 28, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Hell's Bells (Ke)	Lisa Quigley	Occ/H - Rewind or Die 8
The Kelping (Ke)	Jan Stinchcomb	DF/H - Rewind or Die 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
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
BlHu - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CH - Cultural Heritage
CM - Crime and Mystery
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
Esp - Espionage
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
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PerfArts - Performing Arts
Phil - Philosophy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SS - Short Stories
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
TTR - Time Travel Romance
VisM - Visionary and Metaphysical

Nigel Foster (2017)

Revelations
Netherspace 3
Titan Books, May 12, 2020
Trade Paperback and eBook, 400 pages

The epic SF trilogy concludes with a mind-blowing exploration of space as the truth of the Originators is revealed and the future of humanity is decided amongst the stars; a fate forged deep in the secret history of our past.

Pre-cog:
the ability to visualise a future outcome and how to achieve or avoid it. It is thought by some to be associated with quantum entanglement and possibility/probability fields.
Pre-cog based societies dislike any form of change. Their over-riding instinct is to control or destroy anything that affects the status quo.
This includes creativity in all its forms.

It wasn’t much of an army to save Earth from alien, pre-cog domination. Only three people: an heiress, a sociopathic artist and their leader, a female licensed assassin. But time has run out. The artificial intelligences - alien artefacts - that run Earth and its colonies are going mad. Long held human grudges, suspicions and fears have erupted in violence throughout the world.

Earth’s own pre-cogs have seen the trio victorious…maybe. For Kara Jones, the assassin, it is a time of chaos made worse by the absence of Tatia Nerein, the heiress now warrior who is following her own dangerous path across alien worlds, and Marc Keislack, who stepped into netherspace, the dimension that allows star travel. Kara searches for a way to snatch her people back from a hostile galaxy even as she is assailed by doubts. But loyalty is everything and she will sacrifice anything to find her comrades and complete a mission she barely understands.

And ultimately discover the truth about the aliens…a revelation no greater than the truth she learns about herself.

Netherspace 1

Netherspace 2

Marko Kloos (2014)

Berlin Is Never Berlin: A Tor.com Original
A Wild Cards Story
Tor Books, May 6, 2020
eBook, 56 pages

For over 25 years, the Wild Cards universe has been entertaining readers with stories of superpowered people in an alternate history. "Berlin is Never Berlin" by Marko Kloos draws upon the seedier side of the city, beyond the dance club lights and all-night parties, as one bodyguard with a certain feline distinction goes on the prowl....

Khan only had one job: chauffuer and guard an American weathly socialite and her friends. When his client Natalie Scuderi gets nabbed by the Georgian mafia, this joker-ace has no choice but to go underground and rescue her.

"Losing the man’s daughter on the job would be a fatal black mark on his professional resume. Khan had never lost a client, and he wasn’t about to start a habit."

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ballistic
The Palladium Wars 2
47North, May 26, 2020
Hardcover, Trade Paperback and Kindle eBook, 318 pages

“I gulped down Ballistic in one long read, staying awake half the night, and now I want the next one!” —George R. R. Martin

There is a personal price to pay for having aligned with the wrong side in a reckless war. For Aden Jansen it’s the need to adopt a new identity while keeping his past hidden. Now he’s integrated himself aboard the Zephyr, a merchant ship smuggling critical goods through dangerous space. But danger is imminent on planet Gretia, as well. Under occupation, torn between postwar reformers and loyalists, it’s a polestar for civil unrest.

Meanwhile an occupation forces officer is pulled right back into the fray when the battle alarm is raised, an ambitious heiress is entangled in a subversive political conspiracy, and an Allied captain is about to meet the enemy head-on.

As Aden discovers, the insurgents on Gretia—and in space—are connected, organized, and ready to break into full-scale rebellion. History is threatening to repeat itself. It’s time that Aden rediscovers who he is, whom he can trust, and what he must fight for now.

The Palladium Wars 1

Laura Lam (2016)

Goldilocks
Orbit, May 5, 2020
Hardcover and eBook, 352 pages

A gripping science fiction thriller where five women task themselves with ensuring the survival of the human race; perfect for readers of The Martian, The Power, and Station Eleven.

Despite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on Earth, Valerie Black is spearheading the first all-female mission to a planet in the Goldilocks Zone, where conditions are just right for human habitation.

It's humanity's last hope for survival, and Naomi, Valerie's surrogate daughter and the ship's botanist, has been waiting her whole life for an opportunity like this - to step out of Valerie's shadow and really make a difference.

But when things start going wrong on the ship, Naomi begins to suspect that someone on board is concealing a terrible secret - and realizes time for life on Earth may be running out faster than they feared . . .

Goldilocks is The Handmaid's Tale meets The Martian - a bold and thought-provoking new high-concept thriller.

Happy Monday!

There are 3 debuts this week:

The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce;

Happiness for Humans by P.Z. Reizin;

and

Sinless by (Eye of the Beholder 1) by Sarah Tarkoff.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin;

The Lost Plot (The Invisible Library 4) by Genevieve Cogman

Stranger Magics by Ash Fitzsimmons is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Storm Crossed (Grim 4) by Dani Harper;

Steadfast (Birth of Saints 3) by Michelle Hauck is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Points of Impact (Frontlines 6) by Marko Kloos;

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan is out in Trade Paperback;

The Chronicles of the Exile: (When the Heavens Fall, Dragon Hunters, Red Tide) by Marc Turner is out in a digital bundle;

and

The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss (A Dahlia Moss Mystery 3) by Max Wirestone.

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

January 7, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Psience Fiction: The Paranormal in Science Fiction Literature	Damien Broderick	HC
A Green and Pagan Land: Myth, Magic and Landscape in British Film and Television	David Huckvale	HC

January 8, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Revolution (e)	Alicia Michaels	SF/GenEng/Dys - Bionics Novels 3

January 9, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Infinity Engine	Neal Asher	SF/SO - Transformation 3
The Immortalists	Chloe Benjamin	LF
The Lost Plot	Genevieve Cogman	SF/TT - The Invisible Library  4
Sheltered	Jen Colly	PNR - The Cities Below
The Hostess With the Ghostess	E. J. Copperman	PCM - A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery
Stranger Magics	Ash Fitzsimmons	UF
Dark Screams: Volume Nine	Brian James Freeman (Ed) Richard Chizmar (Ed)	H - Anthology
Shroud of Eternity: Sister of Darkness	Terry Goodkind	F - The Nicci Chronicles 2
A Sword of Truth Set: The Chainfire Trilogy (Chainfire, Phantom, Confessor) (e)	Terry Goodkind	F - Sword of Truth Series
Gnomon	Nick Harkaway	Dys
Storm Crossed	Dani Harper	GothicR - Grim 4
Steadfast	Michelle Hauck	HistF - Birth of Saints 3
Through a Dark Glass	Barb Hendee	F/P
Imprinted (Ke)	Jim C. Hines	P - Magic ex Libris
The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places	William Hope Hodgson	F - Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson 2
Farsight: Crisis of Faith	Phil Kelly	SF - Farsight 1
The Eyes of the Dragon (ri)	Stephen King	F
Points of Impact	Marko Kloos	SF - Frontlines 6
Beneath the Sugar Sky	Seanan McGuire	CF - Wayward Children 3
Only the Devil is Here	Stephen Michell	H
Robots vs. Fairies	Dominik Parisien (Ed) Navah Wolfe (Ed)	SF/F - Anthology
Prophecy's Daughter	Richard Phillips	F - The Endarian Prophecy 2
The Afterlives (D)	Thomas Pierce	FL/GH/LF
Happiness for Humans (D)	P.Z. Reizin	CW/HU/SF
Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix	Josh Reynolds	SF - The Horus Heresy: Primarchs 6
A Meddle of Wizards	Alexandra Rushe	F
Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne Series: (Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning) (e)	Brandon Sanderson	F - Mistborn Series
Vampire Wars	Steven Savile	F - Warhammer Chronicles 3
If You Are There (h2tp)	Susan Sherman	LF
Dark State: A Novel of the Merchant Princes Multiverse	Charles Stross	SF/TT - Empire Games 2
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore (h2tp)	Matthew Sullivan	Psy
Sinless (D)	Sarah Tarkoff	Dys - Eye of the Beholder 1
The Chronicles of the Exile: (When the Heavens Fall, Dragon Hunters, Red Tide) (e)	Marc Turner	F - Chronicles of the Exile
Blood Fury	J.R. Ward	PNR - Black Dagger Legacy 3
The Infernal Battalion	Django Wexler	F - The Shadow Campaigns 5
The Poisoner's Enemy (Ke)	Jeff Wheeler	F - Kingfountain Prequel
The Job of the Wasp	Colin Winnette	LF/M/Gothic
The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss	Max Wirestone	M - A Dahlia Moss Mystery 3

January 10, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Bones of Sanctuary (e)	Amy Rose Capetta	SFTh - ReMade Season 2 #8
A City's Favor (e)	Racheline Maltese Ian Derfner Tessa Gratton Karen Lord	HistF - Tremontaine Season 3 #13

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



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FiaryT - Fairy Tales
Fict - Fiction
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
GB - Genre Bender
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
GothicR - Gothic Romance
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HU - Humor
LF - Literary Fiction
LM -  Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
Meta - Metaphysical
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Myth - Mythology
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
Ref - Reference
SH -Superheroes
SF - Science Fiction
SFTh - Science Fiction Thriller
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
SocSci - Social Science
SP - SteamPunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
UFR - Urban Fantasy Romance

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

Dianne Duvall (2011)

Blade of Darkness
Immortal Guardians 7
Dianne Duvall, September 19, 2017
Trade Paperback and eBook, 392 pages

Return to the "utterly addictive" (RT Book Reviews) world of New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall's Immortal Guardians.

Dana Pembroke has been able to glimpse the future of those she touches for as long as she can remember. But she never saw Aidan coming. When the tall, dark Celt with the charming grin yet world-weary eyes walks through her door, the future she sees for him is one full of violence, danger, deception... and passion. Because amidst the terrifying battles that unfold in her visions, she also sees herself in Aidan's arms and in his bed. Dana knows she should keep her distance, but the tender moments and laughter they share entice her even as she finds herself thrust into a world of vampires, immortals, and other preternatural beings.

Immortal Guardian Aidan O'Byrne has been hunting and slaying psychotic vampires for nearly three thousand years, so visions of bloody battles don't trouble him. The battles Dana foresees, however, show Aidan's brethren turning against him, so he can't help but feel alarmed. While he spends as much time as he can with Dana, struggling to decipher her dire predictions, Aidan finds himself utterly smitten. Hope rises that he has finally found a woman who can banish the darkness and loneliness that plague him. But when vampires begin targeting Dana and a powerful enemy spawns chaos, will fate grant them time to find happiness together?

Spencer Ellsworth (2017)

Shadow Sun Seven
The Starfire Trilogy 2
Tor.com, November 28, 2017
Trade Paperback and eBook, 336 pages

Shadow Sun Seven continues Spencer Ellsworth's Starfire trilogy, an action-packed space opera in which the oppressed half-Jorian crosses have risen up to supplant humanity.

Jaqi, Araskar and Z are on the run from everyone - the Resistance, the remnants of the Empire, the cyborg Suits, and right now from the Matakas - and the Matakas are the most pressing concern because the insectoid aliens have the drop on them. The Resistance has a big reward out for Araskar and the human children he and Jaqi are protecting. But Araskar has something to offer the mercenary aliens. He knows how to get to a huge supply of pure oxygen cells, something in short supply in the formerly human Empire, and that might be enough to buy their freedom. Araskar knows where it is, and Jaqi can take them there. With the Matakas as troops, they break into Shadow Sun Seven, on the edge of the Dark Zone.

Memory's Blade
The Starfire Trilogy 3
Tor.com, February 27, 2018
Trade Paperback and eBook, 232 pages

Spencer Ellsworth's Starfire space opera trilogy, a gritty, adult science-fiction adventure, concludes with Starfire: Memory's Blade

At the heart of the Dark Zone, a duel for the universe rages.

In an ancient Jorian temple, Jaqi faces John Starfire, the new ruler of the Empire. He has set all the worlds aflame in his quest to destroy humankind. Jaqi has sworn to stop him. Problem is, Jaqi isn't much of a fighter.

Meanwhile, the sun-eating cosmic spiders, the Shir, have moved out of the Dark Zone and are consuming the galaxy. Araskar knows that he must hold them back, but to do that, he has to give himself over to the Resistance, under the command of John Starfire's wife. And she wants him dead more than she wants the stars to live.

If Jaqi and Araskar can fight their way out, they can use a secret at the heart of the Dark Zone to free the galaxy, and end John Starfire's new tyranny. They lose, and every star in the sky will go dark.

Marko Kloos (2014)

Points of Impact
Frontlines 6
47North, January 9, 2018
Trade Paperback and Kindle eBook, 300 pages

Humankind may have won the battle, but a new threat looms larger than ever before…

Earth’s armed forces have stopped the Lanky advance and chased their ships out of the solar system, but for CDC officer Andrew Grayson, the war feels anything but won. On Mars, the grinding duty of flushing out the twenty-meter-tall alien invaders from their burrows underground is wearing down troops and equipment at an alarming rate. And for the remaining extrasolar colonies, the threat of a Lanky attack is ever present.

Earth’s game changer? New advanced ships and weapons, designed to hunt and kill Lankies and place humanity’s militaries on equal footing with their formidable foes. Andrew and his wife, Halley, both now burdened with command responsibilities and in charge of more lives than just their own, are once again in humanity’s vanguard as they prepare for this new phase in the war. But the Lankies have their own agenda…and in war, the enemy doesn’t usually wait until you are prepared. As Andrew is once again plunged into the chaos and violence of war with an unyielding species, he is forced to confront the toll this endless conflict is taking on them all, and the high price of survival…at any cost.