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Happy Monday!

There are no debuts this week.


From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London 7) by Ben Aaronovitch is out in Mass Market Paperback;

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

Arabella and the Battle of Venus (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby 2) by David D. Levine is out in Mass Market Paperback;

The Name of All Things (A Chorus of Dragons 2) by Jenn Lyons;

Shield of the People (Maradaine Elite 2) by Marshall Ryan Maresca;

and

Carpe Glitter by Cat Rambo.

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

October 29, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Lies Sleeping (h2mm)	Ben Aaronovitch	UF/CF - Rivers of London 7
When the Earth Had Two Moons: Cannibal Planets, Icy Giants, Dirty Comets, Dreadful Orbits, and the Origins of the Night Sky	Erik Asphaug	Science/Space Science
The Queen of Swords (tp2mm)	R. S. Belcher	HistF/SF/SP - Golgotha 3
Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents Boxed Set	Octavia Butler	SF/LF
The Friend of the Desert	Pablo D'Ors David Shook (tr)	MR/Zen/LF
Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants (h2tp)	Mathias Énard Chalotte Mandell (Tr)	LF
Rejoice, a Knife to the Heart (h2tp)	Steven Erikson	SF/AC
Fever	Donna Grant	PNR - Dark Kings 16
Inferno! Volume 4	Guy Haley George Mann et al.	F - Inferno! Series 4
Salvation Lost	Peter F. Hamilton	SF/SP/SE - The Salvation Sequence 2
Ghosts	William Huggins	SF
Shattered Bonds	Faith Hunter	UF/CF/P - Jane Yellowrock 13
Wheel of Time Premium Boxed Set I: Books 1-3 (The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn)	Robert Jordan	F - Wheel of Time
The Dragon Reborn (ri)	Robert Jordan	F - Wheel of Time 3
The Great Hunt (ri)	Robert Jordan	F - Wheel of Time 2
The Eye of the World (ri)	Robert Jordan	F - Wheel of Time 1
Conflict of Honors (ri)	Sharon Lee Steve Miller	SF/SO - Liaden Universe 6
Arabella and the Battle of Venus (h2mm)	David D. Levine	SF/SP - The Adventures of Arabella Ashby 2
The Name of All Things	Jenn Lyons	F - A Chorus of Dragons 2
Shield of the People	Marshall Ryan Maresca	UF/F - Maradaine Elite 2
The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek	Rhett McLaughlin Link Neal	HU/SF
The Death House	Sarah Pinborough	Dys/FC
Carpe Glitter	Cat Rambo	UF
Sisters of the Vast Black	Lina Rather	SF/SO
Of Blood and Bone (h2tp)	Nora Roberts	P/PNR/SupTh/SF/AP/PA - Chronicles of The One 2
The Well of Ascension (ri)	Brandon Sanderson	F - Mistborn 2
Captain Marvel: Liberation Run Prose Novel (h2mm)	Tess Sharpe	SH - Marvel Novels
Alien Archives: Eighteen Stories of Extraterrestrial Encounters	Robert Silverberg	SF/AC/HU/SS
The Red Feast	Gav Thorpe	F - Warhammer: Age of Sigmar 1
Odsburg	Matt Tompkins	AB/SF/HU/LF
Alien: Prototype	Tim Waggoner	MTI/SF/AC

October 31, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Best of Greg Egan	Greg Egan	SF - Collection
Laughter at the Academy	Seanan McGuire	F/H - Collection
Sideways in Time: Critical Essays on Alternate History Fiction	Glyn Morgan (Ed) Charul Palmer-Patel (Ed)	LC - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP

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.

Happy Monday!

There are 3 debuts this week:

All City by Alex DiFrancesco;

The Record Keeper by Agnes Gomillion;


and

The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Men In Black International: The Official Movie Novelization by R.S. Belcher;

Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone;

Chaos Queen - Fear the Stars (Chaos Queen 4) by Christopher Husberg;

The Poison Thread by Laura Purcell;

and

Coil by Ren Warom.

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

June 18, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Men In Black International: The Official Movie Novelization	R. S. Belcher	SF/HU/MTI
Mystic Dragon (h2tp)	Jason Denzel	F - Mystic Trilogy 2
All City (D)	Alex DiFrancesco	SF/AP/PA
The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind	Jackson Ford	SF/GenEng/CyP
Hangman's Gate	R.S. Ford	F - War of the Archons 2
Empress of Forever	Max Gladstone	SF/SO
The Record Keeper (D)	Agnes Gomillion	Dys/SF
Homer's Daughter	Robert Graves	FairyT/FolkT/LM/LF
The Porpoise	Mark Haddon	LF/Hist/MR
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter	Alexis Hall	HistF/DF/M
The Girl in Red	Christina Henry	SF/AP/PA/FairyT/FolkT/LM/F
The Final Days of Magic	J. D. Horn	UF/P/Occ/Sup - Witches of New Orleans 3
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition	Rich Horton (Ed)	SF/F - Anthology
Chaos Queen - Fear the Stars	Christopher Husberg	DF/F - Chaos Queen 4
Kingdoms of the Cursed	Greg Keyes	F - High and Faraway 2
FKA USA	Reed King	SF/Dys/Satire
The Brink	James S. Murray Darren Wearmouth	SupTh - Awakened 2
Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected	Nnedi Okorafor	Memoir - TED Books
The Poison Thread	Laura Purcell	HistF/Gothic/GH
The Sisters of the Winter Wood (h2tp)	Rena Rossner	HistF/FairyT/FolkT/LM
All the Names They Used for God: Stories (h2tp)	Anjali Sachdeva	MR/SS/LF - Collection
The Crimson Shadow: The Complete Series (e)	R. A. Salvatore	F - The Crimson Shadow
The Sword of Bedwyr (ri)	R. A. Salvatore	F - Crimson Shadow 1
Stealing Worlds	Karl Schroeder	SF/HSF
Silver in the Wood	Emily Tesh	Gaslamp/FR
The Lesson (D)	Cadwell Turnbull	SF
Coil (e)	Ren Warom	SF/Noir
War	Michelle West	F - House War 8

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



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
BH - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
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 - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
SocSci - Social Science
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy

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

Happy Monday!

There is one debut this week:

Last Day by Domenica Ruta.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Shotgun Arcana (Golgotha 2) by R.S. Belcher is out in Mass Market Paperback;

The Captain's Oath (Star Trek) by Christopher L. Bennett;

Five Unicorn Flush (The Reason 2) by T.J. Berry;

Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town (An Official Stranger Things Novel) by Adam Christopher;

The Darkest Time of Night by Jeremy Finley in out in Mass Market Paperback;

and

Limited Wish (Impossible Times 2) by Mark Lawrence.

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

May 28, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Red-Stained Wings	Elizabeth Bear	F - The Lotus Kingdoms 2
The Shotgun Arcana (mm)	R. S. Belcher	HistF/DF/SP - Golgotha 2
The Captain's Oath	Christopher L. Bennett	SF - Star Trek
Five Unicorn Flush	T.J. Berry	SF/AC/SO - The Reason 2
Longer	Michael Blumlein	SF/SE/GenEng
The Stiehl Assassin	Terry Brooks	F - Fall of Shannara 3
Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town	Adam Christopher	SupTh/SF/MTI - An Official Stranger Things Novel
The Darkest Time of Night (h2mm)	Jeremy Finley	Sus/SF/AC
1637: The Volga Rules (h2mm)	Eric Flint Paula Goodlett Gorg Huff	SDRing of Fire 25
The Siege of Terra: Solar War	John French	SF - Horus Heresy 1
The Sandman Vol. 8: World's End 30th Anniversary Edition	Neil Gaiman Bryan Talbot (Illustrator)	GN/F
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (ri)	Brian Herbert Kevin J. Anderson	SF/SO - Legends of Dune Trilogy 1
The Footprints of God (ri)	Greg Iles	Th
Time's Demon	D. B. Jackson	F/TT/DF - Islevale Cylce 2
Sweet Heart (ri)	Peter James	H/GH/Sus
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization	Greg Keyes	MTI/SF
Marvel Novels - Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (ri)	Neil Kleid	MTI/SH
Limited Wish	Mark Lawrence	SF/TT - Impossible Times 2
Genevieve Undead	Kim Newman	H
The Gameshouse	Claire North	SF/Sus/LF - Gameshouse
Expiration Date (tp2mm)	Tim Powers	UF
The Immortal Renshai (h2mm)	Mickey Zucker Reichert	FairyT/FolkT/LM/DF/F - Renshai Saga 3
The Rulers of the Dead	Josh Reynolds David Annandale	F - Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Last Day (D)	Domenica Ruta	LF/CoA/SF/AP/PA
Timeless (h2mm)	R. A. Salvatore	F - Drizzt 1
Fuzzy Nation (ri)	John Scalzi	SF/AC/HSF
Agent to the Stars (ri)	John Scalzi	SF/AC/HU
The Android's Dream (ri)	John Scalzi	SF/AC/HU
The Gallows Black (e)	Sam Sykes	F - The Grave of Empires Novella
Walking to Aldebaran	Adrian Tchaikovsky	SF
Wild Rider	Gav Thorpe	SF - Rise of the Ynnari 2
Four Dominions (h2mm)	Eric Van Lustbader	SupTh/Sus - The Testament 3
Lent	Jo Walton	HistF/AH/FairyT/FolkT/LM
Conventions of War (ri)	Walter Jon Williams	SF - Dread Empire's Fall 3

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
BH - Black Humor
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
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistTh - Historical Thriller
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
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SFTh - Science Fiction Thriller
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SocSci - Social Science
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
VM - 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 4 debuts this week:

If, Then by Kate Hope Day;

The Widening Gyre by Michael R. Johnston;

The Woman in the Dark by Vanessa Savage;

and

Titanshade (The Carter Archives 1) by Dan Stout.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

A Veil of Spears by Bradley P. Beaulieu is out in Trade Paperback;

The Golgotha Series: The Six-Gun Tarot, The Shotgun Arcana, The Queen of Swords by R. S. Belcher is out in eBook Bundle;

Semiosis (Semiosis Duology 1) by Sue Burke is out in Trade Paperback;

The True Queen (A Sorcerer to the Crown 2) by Zen Cho;

Mr. Flood's Last Resort by Jess Kidd is out in Trade Paperback;

Will Haunt You by Brian Kirk;

The Near Witch by V. E. Schwab;

A Gathering of Shadows Collector's Edition (Shade of Magic 2) by V. E. Schwab;

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color edited by Nisi Shawl;

and

The Forbidden City (Dragon's Legacy 2) by Deborah A. Wolf.

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

March 11, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Nightwalker (e)(ri)	Heather Graham	GH/Sus
Harrison Investigation Series Volume 3: An Anthology (e)	Heather Graham	H - Harrison Investigation

March 12, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Mars: Stories	Asja Bakić Jennifer Zoble (Tr)	SF/HU/SF/AP/PA/AB/SS - Collection
Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories (h2tp)	Kelly Barnhill	F/SS - Collection
A Veil of Spears (h2tp)	Bradley P. Beaulieu	F/DF - Song of Shattered Sands 3
The Golgotha Series: The Six-Gun Tarot, The Shotgun Arcana, The Queen of Swords (e)	R. S. Belcher	HistF/DF/SP - Golgotha
Semiosis (h2tp)	Sue Burke	SF/AC/HSF - Semiosis Duology 1
The True Queen	Zen Cho	HistF/F - A Sorcerer to the Crown Novel 2
Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #3: A Selection of Novellas (e)	Ellen Datlow (Ed)	SpecFic
If, Then (D)	Kate Hope Day	LF/VisM/SF/AP/PA
Ruin's Wake	Patrick Edwards	CF/SF
The Willful Child Series: Willful Child, Wrath of Betty, The Search for Spark (e)	Steven Erikson	SF - Willful Child
Winter's Web (e)	Jennifer Estep	UF - Elemental Assassin Novella
Toxic Game	Christine Feehan	PNR/GenEng - GhostWalker 15
The Dazzle of Day	Molly Gloss	SF/HSF
Blood of the Four (h2tp)	Christopher Golden Tim Lebbon	F
Dawn of the Exile	Mitchell Hogan	F - Infernal Guardian 2
If Cats Disappeared from the World	Genki Kawamura Eric Selland (Tr)	LF/MR
Mr. Flood's Last Resort (h2tp)	Jess Kidd	LF
AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the Doctor Who Universe (Fourth Edition Vol. 3)	Lars Pearson Lance Parkin	PerfArts/TV/HC
White Light (ri)	Rudy Rucker	SF
Saucer Wisdom (ri)	Rudy Rucker	SF/AC
The Woman in the Dark (D)	Vanessa Savage	PsyTh/H/Sus
The Near Witch (ri)	V. E. Schwab	RF/FairyT/FolkT/LM/HistF
A Gathering of Shadows Collector's Edition	V. E. Schwab	HistF/Gaslamp - Shades of Magic 2
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color	Nisi Shawl (Ed)	SpecFic - Anthology
Titanshade (D)	Dan Stout	UF/DF - The Carter Archives 1
The Rosewater Insurrection	Tade Thompson	SF/AC/AP/PA - Wormwood Trilogy  2
The Spirit Photographer (h2tp)	JonMichael Varese	HistF/GH/Occ/Sup
A Pathfinder Tales Collection: Lord of Runes, Liar's Island, Beyond the Pool of Stars, Bloodbound, Pirate's Prophecy, Hellknight, Liar's Bargain, Starspawn, ... Through the Gate in the Sea, Gears of Faith (e)	Various	F - Pathfinder Tales
The Bird King	G. Willow Wilson	HistF
The Forbidden City (h2tp)	Deborah A. Wolf	F - Dragon's Legacy 2

March 13, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
To Catch a Witch (h2tp)	Heather Blake	PCM - A Wishcraft Mystery 8

March 14, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Wolf Land	Jonathan Janz	H - Fiction Without Frontiers
The Widening Gyre  (D)	Michael R. Johnston	SF/SO - Fiction Without Frontiers
Will Haunt You	Brian Kirk	H/DF - Fiction Without Frontiers
Child Of Thunder (e)(ri)	Mickey Zucker Reichert	F - Renshai Chronicles 3
Beyond Ragnarok (e)(ri)	Mickey Zucker Reichert	F - Renshai Chronicles 4

March 15, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Sins of the Lost (e)	Lydia M. Hawke	SupTh - The Grigori Legacy 3

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
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CyP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humor
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Parnormal Cozy Mystery
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
Spec - Speculative
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
VisM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

Happy Tuesday!

There is one debut this week:

The Frame-Up (Golden Arrow Mysteries 1) by Meghan Scott Molin




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

King of the Road (Brotherhood of the Wheel 2) by R.S. Belcher;

The Mansion by Ezekiel Boone;

Soulbinder (Spellslinger 4) by Sebastien de Castell;

The Shattered Sun (Bound Gods 3) by Rachel Dunne;

The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson is out in Trade Paperback;

Blood of Ten Kings (Guardians of Aandor 3) by Edward Lazellari;

Wrath of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder 2) by Brian McClellan is out in Trade Paperback;

Bigger Than Biggs (Judge Anderson 4) by Danie Ware;

and

Horizon (Bone Universe 3) by Fran Wilde is out in Trade Paperback.

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

December 1, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Shotguns & Sorcery Omnibus	Matt Forbeck	F
Murder in the Dark: A paranormal mystery	Simon R. Green	SupM - An Ishmael Jones Mystery 6
AfroSFv3	Ivor W. Hartmann (Ed)	SF - AfroSF 3
Ghost Virus	Graham Masterton	H/MedTh
The Frame-Up (D)	Meghan Scott Molin	M - Golden Arrow Mysteries Series 1
Kaiju Rising II: Reign of Monsters	N.X. Sharps (Ed) Alana Abbott (Ed)	SF - Kaiju Rising 2

December 3, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Sunspot Jungle: The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction (e)	Bill Campbell (Ed)	SF/F/H - Anthology
Tell Me Like You Done Before: And Other Stories Written on the Shoulders of Giants	Scott Edelman	F/H - Collection
Owned by Fate (e)	Sean Michael	PNR - Dragon Soul 5
Bigger Than Biggs (e)	Danie Ware	PA/SF - Judge Anderson 4

December 4, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Daughter of the Dragon Tree	Susanne Aernecke	Occ/Sup
Doctor Who: TARDIS Type Forty Instruction Manual	Richard Atkinson Mike Tucker	SF - Doctor Who
King of the Road	R. S. Belcher	UF/CF - Brotherhood of the Wheel 2
The Absolved	Matthew Binder	Dys
Bikes Not Rockets: Intersectional Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories	Elly Blue (Ed)	SF - Bikes in Space
The Mansion	Ezekiel Boone	H
Book of Adria: A Diablo Bestiary	Robert Brooks Matt Burns	F
Soulbinder	Sebastien de Castell	F - Spellslinger 4
Splintered Suns	Michael Cobley	SF/HSF/SO
The Clan Chronicles: Tales from Plexis	Julie E. Czerneda (Ed)	SF/HSF/AC/SO - Trade Pact Universe
The Magnificent Wilf (ri)	Gordon R. Dickson	SF/SO
The Shattered Sun	Rachel Dunne	F - Bound Gods 3
Death Knell (e)	Hailey Edwards	UF - The Foundling 3
All the Plagues of Hell	Eric Flint Dave Freer	HistF - Heirs of Alexandria 6
The Shadow Men (ri)	Christopher Golden Tim Lebbon	DF/UF - Hidden Cities 4
The Chamber of Ten (ri)	Christopher Golden Tim Lebbon	DF/UF - Hidden Cities 3
Mind the Gap (ri)	Christopher Golden Tim Lebbon	DF/UF - Hidden Cities 1
Gnomon (h2tp)	Nick Harkaway	Dys/Th/SF
The Wolves of Winter (h2tp)	Tyrell Johnson	Dys
A King in Cobwebs	David Keck	F - The Tales of Durand 3
Pet Sematary (ri)	Stephen King	H
The Sun Dog (ri)	Stephen King	H
Blood of Ten Kings	Edward Lazellari	F/CF - Guardians of Aandor 3
Wrath of Empire (h2tp)	Brian McClellan	F/HistF - Gods of Blood and Powder 2
The Three Secret Cities	Matthew Reilly	Th - Jack West Jr. Series 5
Of Blood and Bone	Nora Roberts	P/PNR/SupTh/SF/PA/SP/Dys - Chronicles of the One 2
A Star-Wheeled Sky	Brad R. Torgersen	SF
Horizon (h2tp)	Fran Wilde	F - Bone Universe 3

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



AC - Alien Contact
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Woman
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
LF - Literary Fiction
M - Mystery
MedTh - Medical Thriller
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Parnormal Cozy Mystery
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PopCul - Popular Culture
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
Sc - Science
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy

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

Happy Tuesday!

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

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

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

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

#HeroFail (Superheroes Anonymous 4) by Lexie Dunne;

Infernal Machines by John Hornor Jacobs;

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

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

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

and

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

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

November 26, 2018

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

November 27, 2018

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

November 28, 2018

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

November 30, 2018

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

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



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

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

Previously

The Brotherhood of the Wheel
Brotherhood of the Wheel 1
Tor Books, March 21, 2017
Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Hardcover and eBook, March 1, 2016

R.S. Belcher, the acclaimed author of The Six-Gun Tarot and The Shotgun Arcana launches a gritty new urban fantasy series about the mysterious society of truckers known only as, The Brotherhood of The Wheel.

In 1119 A.D., a group of nine crusaders became known as the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon--a militant monastic order charged with protecting pilgrims and caravans traveling on the roads to and from the Holy Land. In time, the Knights Templar would grow in power and, ultimately, be laid low. But a small offshoot of the Templars endure and have returned to the order's original mission: to defend the roads of the world and guard those who travel on them.

Theirs is a secret line of knights: truckers, bikers, taxi hacks, state troopers, bus drivers, RV gypsies--any of the folks who live and work on the asphalt arteries of America. They call themselves the Brotherhood of the Wheel.

Jimmy Aussapile is one such knight. He's driving a big rig down South when a promise to a ghostly hitchhiker sets him on a quest to find out the terrible truth behind a string of children gone missing all across the country. The road leads him to Lovina Hewitt, a skeptical Louisiana State Police investigator working the same case and, eventually, to a forgotten town that's not on any map--and to the secret behind the eerie Black-Eyed Kids said to prowl the highways.

Nightwise

Nightwise
Nightwise 1
Tor Books, January 16, 2018 (New Cover & Additional Content)
Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Trade Paperback, September 20, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, August 18, 2015

R.S. Belcher, the acclaimed author of The Six-Gun Tarot and The Shotgun Arcana launches a gritty new urban fantasy series set in today's seedy occult underworld in Nightwise.

In the more shadowy corners of the world, frequented by angels and demons and everything in-between, Laytham Ballard is a legend. It's said he raised the dead at the age of ten, stole the Philosopher's Stone in Vegas back in 1999, and survived the bloodsucking kiss of the Mosquito Queen. Wise in the hidden ways of the night, he's also a cynical bastard who stopped thinking of himself as the good guy a long time ago.

Now a promise to a dying friend has Ballard on the trail of an escaped Serbian war criminal with friends in both high and low places-and a sinister history of blood sacrifices. Ballard is hell-bent on making Dusan Slorzack pay for his numerous atrocities, but Slorzack seems to have literally dropped off the face of the Earth, beyond the reach of his enemies, the Illuminati, and maybe even the Devil himself. To find Slorzack, Ballard must follow a winding, treacherous path that stretches from Wall Street and Washington, D.C. to backwoods hollows and truckstops, while risking what's left of his very soul . . . .

The Night Dahlia
Laytham Ballard 2
Tor Books, April 3, 2018
Trade Paperback and eBook, 400 pages

Laytham Ballard once protected humanity as part of the Nightwise, a secret order of modern-day mages dedicated to holding hellish supernatural forces at bay, but that was before a string of sadistic ritual murders shook everything he believed in—and sent him down a much darker path. One that has already cost him most of his soul, as well as everything he once held dear.

Now a powerful faerie mob boss has hired Ballard to find his lost-lost daughter, who went missing several years ago. The long-cold trail leads him across the globe, from the luxurious playgrounds of the rich and famous to the seedy occult underbelly of Los Angeles, where creatures of myth and legend mingle with street gangs and sex clubs, and where Ballard finds his own guilty past waiting for him around every shadowy corner. To find Caern Ankou, he will have to confront old enemies, former friends and allies, and a grisly cold case that has haunted him for years.

But is Caern still alive? And, perhaps more importantly, does she even want to be found?

Golgotha

The Six-Gun Tarot
Golgotha 1
Tor Fantasy, March 25, 2014
Mass Market Paperback, 480 pages
Hardcover and eBook, January 22, 2013

Six-Gun Tarot is the first book in the twisted weird west world of the Golgotha series by R.S. Belcher.

Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he is a dead man whose time has not yet come. His half-human deputy is kin to coyotes. The mayor guards a hoard of mythical treasures. A banker’s wife belongs to a secret order of assassins. And a shady saloon owner, whose fingers are in everyone’s business, may know more about the town’s true origins than he’s letting on.

A haven for the blessed and the damned, Golgotha has known many strange events, but nothing like the primordial darkness stirring in the abandoned silver mine overlooking the town. Bleeding midnight, an ancient evil is spilling into the world, and unless the sheriff and his posse can saddle up in time, Golgotha will have seen its last dawn…and so will all of Creation.

R.S. Belcher’s The Six-Gun Tarot is “an astonishing blend of first-rate steampunk fantasy and Western adventure.” (Library Journal, Starred Review)

The Shotgun Arcana
Golgotha 2
Tor Books, October 20, 2015
Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Hardcover and eBook, October 7, 2014

R. S. Belcher's debut novel, The Six-Gun Tarot, was enthusiastically greeted by critics and readers, who praised its wildly inventive mixture of dark fantasy, steampunk, and the Wild West. Now Belcher returns to Golgotha, Nevada, a bustling frontier town that hides more than its fair share of unnatural secrets.

1870. A haven for the blessed and the damned, including a fallen angel, a mad scientist, a pirate queen, and a deputy who is kin to coyotes, Golgotha has come through many nightmarish trials, but now an army of thirty-two outlaws, lunatics, serial killers, and cannibals are converging on the town, drawn by a grisly relic that dates back to the Donner Party...and the dawn of humanity.

Sheriff Jon Highfather and his deputies already have their hands full dealing with train robbers, a mysterious series of brutal murders, and the usual outbreaks of weirdness. But with thirty-two of the most vicious killers on Earth riding into Golgotha in just a few day's time, the town and its people will be tested as never before-and some of them will never be the same.

The Shotgun Arcana is even more spectacularly ambitious and imaginative than The Six-Gun Tarot, and confirms R. S. Belcher's status as a rising star.

The Queen of Swords
Golgotha 3
Tor Books, June 27, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 352 pages
Trade Paperback, November 27, 2018

1720. Escaping the gallows, Anne Bonney, the infamous pirate queen, sets sail in search of a fabulous treasure said to be hiding in a lost city of bones somewhere in the heart of Africa. But what she finds is a destiny she never expected . . . .

1870. Maude Stapleton is a respectable widow raising a daughter on her own. Few know, however, that Maude belongs to an ancient order of assassins, the Daughters of Lilith, and heir to the legacy of Anne Bonney, whose swashbuckling exploits blazed a trail that Maude must now follow—if she ever wants to see her kidnapped daughter again!

Searching for her missing child, come hell or high water, Maude finds herself caught in the middle of a secret war between the Daughters of Lilith and their ancestral enemies, the monstrous Sons of Typhon, inhuman creatures spawned by primordial darkness, she embarks on a perilous voyage that will ultimately lead her to the long-lost secret of Anne Bonney—and the Father of All Monsters.

Oneof the most popular characters from The Six-Gun Tarot and The Shotgun Arcana now ventures beyond the Weird Weston a boldly imaginative, globe-spanning adventure of her own!

Happy Monday!

There are 5 debuts this week.

The Wolf (Under the Northern Sky 1) by Leo Carew;

The Waters & the Wild by DeSales Harrison;

The Oracle Year by Charles Soule;

Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic;

and

Wonderblood by Julia Whicker.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Night Dahlia (Nightwise 2) by R.S. Belcher;

Archangel (Spectre War 2) by Margaret Fortune is out in Trade Paperback;

Scourge (The Iron Druid Chronicles 9) by Kevin Hearne;

Radiate (The Lightless Trilogy 3) by C.A. Higgins is out in Trade Paperback;

The World Awakening (Gateways to Alissia 2) by Dan Koboldt is out in Mass Market Paperback;

and

Grey Sister (Book of the Ancestor 2) by Mark Lawrence.

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

April 3, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Ruinstorm	David Annandale	SF - The Horus Heresy 46
Warlord: Fury of the God-Machine	David Annandale	SF - Adeptus Titanicus 1
School for Psychics	K.C. Archer	Occ/Sup - School for Psychics 1
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories	Lesley Nneka Arimah	CulH/MR/LF
Origamy	Rachel Armstrong	SF
The City Where We Once Lived	Eric Barnes	Dys/SF/AP/PA/LF
The Night Dahlia	R. S. Belcher	UF/H - Nightwise 2
A Magical Match	Juliet Blackwell	PCM - Witchcraft Mystery 9
Box Office Poison	Phillipa Bornikova	CF/DF/UF - A Linnet Ellery Novel 2
Witchy Winter	D.J. Butler	HistF
The Wolf (D)	Leo Carew	F - Under the Northern Sky 1
The Wounded Shadow	Patrick W. Carr	F - The Darkwater Saga 3
Star Trek: Light-and-Sound Borg Cube	Chip Carter	PopCul
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Three	Neil Clarke (Ed)	SF - Anthology
Sodom Road Exit	Amber Dawn	SupTh
Sleepwalker's World	Gordon R. Dickson	SF/SO
Though Hell Should Bar the Way	David Drake	SF - RCN 12
Archangel (h2tp)	Margaret Fortune	SF - Spectre War 2
Bottom of the Sky	Rodrigo Fresán Will Vanderhyden (Tr.)	LF/SF/Future Studies
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing	Ursula K. Le Guin David Naimon	LC
Ferrus Manus: The Gorgon of Medusa	David Guymer	SF - The Horus Heresy: Primarchs 7
Legendary Shifter	Barbara J. Hancock	PNR
The Waters & The Wild (D)	DeSales Harrison	LF/PsyTh/FL
Scourged	Kevin Hearne	CF/P - The Iron Druid Chronicles 9
Shattered Roads	Alice Henderson	SF/PA
Radiate (h2tp)	C.A. Higgins	SF/SO - The Lightless Trilogy 3
The Barrow Will Send What It May	Margaret Killjoy	CF/DF/H - Danielle Cain 2
Seducing the Dark Prince	Jane Kindred	PNR
Dutchman	Richard A. Knaak	UF
The World Awakening	Dan Koboldt	SF/TT - Gateways to Alissia 2
Grey Sister	Mark Lawrence	F - Book of the Ancestor 2
The Beloveds	Maureen Lindley	PsyTh
The Unforeseen	Dorothy Macardle	GH
The Body Library	Jeff Noon	SF/TT/VisM/MR
The Dark Angel	Seabury Quinn	P/Occ/Sup - The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin 3
The Nightfall Duology	Mickey Zucker Reichert	F/DF - Nightfall
The Queen of Storm and Shadow	Jenna Rhodes	DF/FairyT/FolkT/LM/F - Elven Ways 4
Firewalkers	Chris Roberson	UF/P/SupTh/H - A Recondito Novel 2
The Sisters Mederos	Patrice Sarath	HistF
River's Child	Mark Daniel Seiler	SF/F
The Tale of Genji: The Authentic First Translation of the World's Earliest Novel	Murasaki Shikibu Kencho Suematsu (Tr)	F
Earthcore (ri)	Scott Sigler	TechTh
The Oracle Year (D)	Charles Soule	Fict/Sup
A Fistful of Elven Gold	Alex Stewart	F
Change Agent (h2tp)	Daniel Suarez	TechTh/GenEng/SF
Fair Rebel	Steph Swainston	F
Resurrection Bay (D-US)	Emma Viskic	PsyTh/Sus
Wonderblood (D)	Julia Whicker	SF/AP/PA/Dys

April 5, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time: 12th Doctor Novelisation (e)	Paul Cornell	SF/MTI
Doctor Who: City of Death (e)	James Goss	SF/MTI

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
CulH - Cultural Heritage
CW - Contemporary Woman
CyP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
Fict - Fiction
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
Psy Th - Psychological Thriller
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
VisM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

The Night Dahlia
Author:  R.S. Belcher
Series:  Nightwise 2
Publisher:  Tor Books, April 3, 2018
Format:  Trade Paperback and eBook, 400 pages
List Price:  US$18.99 (print); US$9.99 (eBook)
ISBN:  9780765390127 (print); 9780765390141 (eBook)

Laytham Ballard once protected humanity as part of the Nightwise, a secret order of modern-day mages dedicated to holding hellish supernatural forces at bay, but that was before a string of sadistic ritual murders shook everything he believed in—and sent him down a much darker path. One that has already cost him most of his soul, as well as everything he once held dear.

Now a powerful faerie mob boss has hired Ballard to find his lost-lost daughter, who went missing several years ago. The long-cold trail leads him across the globe, from the luxurious playgrounds of the rich and famous to the seedy occult underbelly of Los Angeles, where creatures of myth and legend mingle with street gangs and sex clubs, and where Ballard finds his own guilty past waiting for him around every shadowy corner. To find Caern Ankou, he will have to confront old enemies, former friends and allies, and a grisly cold case that has haunted him for years.

But is Caern still alive? And, perhaps more importantly, does she even want to be found?

Qwill's Thoughts

What can I say about Laytham Ballard, the anti-hero of the Nightwise novels by R.S. Belcher? He has a great capacity to do bad things. He's a powerful wizard, god-like in his strength. He's brilliant, selfish, egotistical, often violent. He's made terrible mistakes. He keeps everyone at arm's length preferring not to let anyone know that he is capable of any tender emotions. He's someone that will do whatever it takes to survive. He knows all of this about himself. And yet, he often does the right thing; often for the wrong reasons. In The Night Dahlia, Belcher dives deeply into Laytham's psyche and past while telling a fantastic story of Laytham's hunt for Lord Ankou's daughter, Caern, who disappeared years ago. He takes the job for selfish reasons - so can he reverse a mistake he made in the past.

The novel is primarily set in Los Angeles, California. Laytham is not welcome in LA. He was expelled from the Nightwise (supernatural police) in L.A. years ago though he claims he quit. He is haunted by a case he could not solve and the love he could not except and had abruptly left. There is a huge trail of hurt and pain Laytham has left behind. He is accompanied on this job by a retainer of Lord Ankou - Vigil Burris. Burris is there to make sure that Laytham does the job.

Belcher introduces a fascinating and wonderfully developed cast of characters from Laytham's past in L.A - Dragon, Anna, Dwayne and his dog Gretchen , and members of the Nightwise. Grinner, who we've met before, returns. Laytham gives us a tour of L.A.'s supernatural community while working to solve the mystery of Caern's disappearance and ditch Vigil Burris whenever he can. There is much dark, seedy and violent in this novel. That's Laytham's world and where he is most comfortable.

The novel moves at an almost breathtaking pace as Laytham tries to find the missing woman. He has a deep and eclectic understanding of magic which makes for some exotic rituals and incredible magical fights.  

The Night Dahlia is wonderfully written. It's a sheer pleasure to read - even the parts that are bloody and rough. This is a deeply layered novel on many levels. The mystery of Caern's disappearance is as tangled and intricate as Laytham himself. He still does things he shouldn't. He still makes bad decisions. However, he has a capacity to do good that I think may rival his capacity for evil - if only he'd believe it.

Laytham Ballard may not be the hero we want, but he is certainly the badass anti-hero we need. The Night Dahlia is a fabulous, entertaining and intricately wrought novel. Outstanding!

Nightwise
Nightwise 1
Tor Books, January 16, 2018 (New Cover & Additional Content)
Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Trade Paperback, September 20, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, August 18, 2015

R.S. Belcher, the acclaimed author of The Six-Gun Tarot and The Shotgun Arcana launches a gritty new urban fantasy series set in today's seedy occult underworld in Nightwise.

In the more shadowy corners of the world, frequented by angels and demons and everything in-between, Laytham Ballard is a legend. It's said he raised the dead at the age of ten, stole the Philosopher's Stone in Vegas back in 1999, and survived the bloodsucking kiss of the Mosquito Queen. Wise in the hidden ways of the night, he's also a cynical bastard who stopped thinking of himself as the good guy a long time ago.

Now a promise to a dying friend has Ballard on the trail of an escaped Serbian war criminal with friends in both high and low places-and a sinister history of blood sacrifices. Ballard is hell-bent on making Dusan Slorzack pay for his numerous atrocities, but Slorzack seems to have literally dropped off the face of the Earth, beyond the reach of his enemies, the Illuminati, and maybe even the Devil himself. To find Slorzack, Ballard must follow a winding, treacherous path that stretches from Wall Street and Washington, D.C. to backwoods hollows and truckstops, while risking what's left of his very soul . . . .

See Qwill's review here.

The Giveaway

What:  1 Trade Paperback copy of The Night Dahlia by R.S. Belcher. US / CANADA ONLY

How:

• Send an email to theqwillery . contests @ gmail.com [remove the spaces]
• In the subject line, enter “Ballard“ with or without the quotation marks.
• In the body of the email, please provide your name and full mailing address. The winning address is used only to mail the novel(s) and is provided The Qwillery only for that purpose. All other address information will be deleted by The Qwillery once the giveaway ends.

Who:  The giveaway is open to all humans on the planet earth with a United States or Canadian mailing address.

When:  The giveaway ends at 11:59 PM US Eastern Time on April 13, 2018. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 years old or older to enter.