The Qwillery

Happy Monday!


There are no debuts this week.


From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Bone Ships (Tide Child Trilogy 1) by RJ Barker;

The Mansion by Ezekiel Boone is out in Trade Paperback;

The Monster Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade 2) by Seth Dickinson is out in Trade Paperback;

Fallen (Alex Verus 10) by Benedict Jacka;

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz;

Unearthed (A Death Seeker Novel 1) by Cecy Robson;

Grave Importance (A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel 3) by Vivian Shaw;

A Savage Generation (ri) by David Tallerman;

and

Venom: Lethal Protector Prose Novel by James R. Tuck is out in Mass Market Paperback.

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

September 23, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
A Fist or a Heart	Kristín Eiríksdóttir Larissa Kyer (Tr)	LF/CW/VisM
Maps of Utopia: H. G. Wells, Modernity and the End of Culture (ri)	Simon J. James	SF/HC

September 24, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Winter Vow (h2mmp)	Tim Akers	F - Hallowed War 3
Harpy Thyme (e)	Piers Anthony	F/HU - Magic of Xanth 17
Demons Don't Dream (e)	Piers Anthony	F/HU - Magic of Xanth 16
Geis of the Gargoyle (e)	Piers Anthony	F/HU - Magic of Xanth 18
The Bone Ships	RJ Barker	F - Tide Child Trilogy 1
The Mansion (h2tp)	Ezekiel Boone	H
The Kingdom of Copper (h2tp)	S. A Chakraborty	F - Daevabad Trilogy 2
The Water Dancer	Ta-Nehisi Coates	HistF/MR
Star Destroyers (tp2mm)	Tony Daniel (Ed) Christopher Ruocchio (Ed)	SF/SO - Anthology
The Monster Baru Cormorant (h2tp)	Seth Dickinson	F - The Masquerade 2
Gift of Griffins (h2mm)	V. M. Escalada	F/DF - Faraman Prophecy 2
Toxic Game (h2mm)	Christine Feehan	PNR/GenEng - GhostWalker 15
Shatter War (h2tp)	Dana Fredsti David Fitzgerald	SF/TT - Time Shards
The Monster of Elendhaven	Jennifer Giesbrecht	DF/H
Siege of Stone: Sister of Darkness (h2mm)	Terry Goodkind	F - Nicci Chronicles 3
The Late Great Wizard (tp2mm)	Sara Hanover	F - Wayward Mages 1
Japanese Ghost Stories	Lafcadio Hearn Paul Murray (Ed)	Occ/Sup/H/SupTh
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store	Keigo Higashino	MR
The World That We Knew	Alice Hoffman	LF
Fallen	Benedict Jacka	UF/CF - Alex Versus 10
The Orchid Throne	Jeffe Kennedy	FR - Forgotten Empires 1
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham	Leslie S. Klinger (Ed)	H/Classics
Heartsong	TJ Klune	PNR - Green Creek 3
Steel Crow Saga	Paul Krueger	F
The Bartered Brides (h2mm)	Mercedes Lackey	HistF/Gaslamp - Elemental Masters 13
Past Master	R. A. Lafferty	SF/HU/TT
Bright Morning Star	Simon Morden	HSF/AC
The Future of Another Timeline	Annalee Newitz	SF/TT
Only Some Can Hear My Voice	Brian O'Grady	SF/AP/PA/UF/TechTh/PolTh/SupTh
The Warrior Moon	K Arsenault Rivera	F/HistF - Ascendant 3
Year One (h2mm)	Nora Roberts	F/PNR/SupTh/SF/AP/PA/Dys - Chronicles of The One 1
Unearthed (e)	Cecy Robson	UF/DF - Death Seeker 1
The Secret of Life (ri)	Rudy Rucker	SF/CyP
The Sex Sphere (ri)	Rudy Rucker	SF/CyP
Mistborn: The Final Empire (ri)	Brandon Sanderson	F - Mistborn 1
Immortal Born	Lynsay Sands	PNR - An Argeneau Novel 30
The Consuming Fire (h2mm)	John Scalzi	SF/SO - Interdependency 2
The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr	Susan Holloway Scott	Hist/Bio/AH
The Fool and Other Moral Tales	Anne Serre Mark Hutchinson (Tr)	FairyT/FolkT/LM
Grave Importance	Vivian Shaw	CF/P/UF - A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel 3
Archangel's War	Nalini Singh	PNR - Guild Hunter 12
The Sky-Blue Wolves (h2mm)	S.M. Stirling	SF/AP/PA/AH -  Novel of the Change 15
The Riyria Revelations: Theft of Swords, Rise of Empire, Heir of Novron	Michael J. Sullivan	F
Split Tooth (h2tp)	Tanya Tagaq	LF/MR
Violet	Scott Thomas	GH/Sus/H
Venom: Lethal Protector Prose Novel (h2mm)	James R. Tuck	SH/CF
The Savior (h2mm)	J.R. Ward	PNR - Black Dagger Brotherhood 17
Uncompromising Honor (h2mm)	David Weber	SF/So - Honor Harrington 19
The Beauty (tp2mm)	Aliya Whiteley	SF/AP/PA
Sisters of the Fire (h2tp)	Kim Wilkins	F - Daughters of the Storm 2

September 26, 2019

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
One by One (ri)	D.W. Gillespie	H/DF - Fiction Without Frontiers
The Guardian (ri)	J.D. Moyer	SF/AP/PA/DF - Fiction Without Frontiers
A Savage Generation (ri)	David Tallerman	H - Fiction Without Frontiers

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
Bio - Biographical
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CulH - Cultural Heritage
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romane
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
HC - History & Criticism
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
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
RS - Romantic Suspense
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

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.

Ezekiel Boone (2016)

The Mansion
Atria / Emily Bestler Books, December 4, 2018
Hardcover and eBook, 432 pages

In this white-knuckle thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the “apocalyptic extravaganza” (Publishers Weekly) The Hatching series, a family moves into a home equipped with the world’s most intelligent, cutting-edge, and intuitive computer ever—but a buried secret leads to terrifying and catastrophic consequences.

After two years of living on cheap beer and little else in a bitterly cold tiny cabin outside an abandoned, crumbling mansion, young programmers Shawn Eagle and Billy Stafford have created something that could make them rich: a revolutionary computer they name Eagle Logic.

But the hard work and escalating tension have not been kind to their once solid friendship—Shawn’s girlfriend Emily has left him for Billy, and a third partner has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. While Billy walks away with Emily, Shawn takes Eagle Logic, which he uses to build a multi-billion-dollar company that eventually outshines Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined.

Years later, Billy is a failure, beset by poverty and addiction, and Shawn is the most famous man in the world. Unable to let the past be forgotten, Shawn decides to resurrect his and Billy’s biggest failure: a next-generation computer program named Nellie that can control a house’s every function. He decides to set it up in the abandoned mansion they worked near all those years ago. But something about Nellie isn’t right—and the reconstruction of the mansion is plagued by accidental deaths. Shawn is forced to bring Billy back, despite their longstanding mutual hatred, to discover and destroy the evil that lurks in the source code.

James L. Cambias (2014)

Arkad's World
Baen, January 1, 2019
Hardcover and eBook, 384 pages

Adventure and Excitement on an Alien World. Packed with exotic world-building and amazing characters, Arkad's World is a rollicking adventure story about growing up and the things we share that make us human, from celebrated author James L. Cambias.

Young Arkad is the only human on a distant world, on his own among beings from across the Galaxy. His struggle to survive on the lawless streets of an alien city is disrupted by the arrival of three humans: an eccentric historian named Jacob, a superhuman cyborg girl called Baichi, and a mysterious ex-spy known as Ree. They seek a priceless treasure which might free Earth from alien domination. Arkad risks everything to join them on an incredible quest halfway across the planet. With his help they cross the fantastic landscape, battling pirates, mercenaries, bizarre creatures, vicious bandits and the harsh environment. But the deadliest danger comes from treachery and betrayal within the group as dark secrets and hidden loyalties come to light.

Praise for the work of James L. Cambias:

"Beautifully written, with a story that captures the imagination the way SF should."—Booklist, Starred Review

“An engaging nail-biter that is exciting, fun and a satisfying read.” —The Qwillery

''An impressive debut by a gifted writer.''—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

''An exceptionally thoughtful, searching and intriguing debut.''—Kirkus, Starred Review

"James Cambias will be one of the century's major names in hard science fiction.''—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Red Planet Blues

'Fast-paced, pure quill hard science fiction.... Cambias delivers adroit plot pivots that keep the suspense coming.''—Gregory Benford, Nebula Award-winning author of Timescape

John Hornor Jacobs (2011)

The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky
   A Novella of Cosmic Horror
Harper Voyager, October 30, 2018
eBook, 304 pages

They had escaped their country, but they couldn’t escape the past

Having lost both her home and family to a brutal dictatorship, Isabel has fled to Spain, where she watches young, bronzed beauties and tries to forget the horrors that lie in her homeland.

Shadowing her always, attired in rumpled linen suits and an eyepatch, is “The Eye,” a fellow ex-pat and poet with a notorious reputation. An unlikely friendship blossoms, a kinship of shared grief. Then The Eye receives a mysterious note and suddenly returns home, his fate uncertain.

Left with the keys to The Eye’s apartment, Isabel finds two of his secret manuscripts: a halting translation of an ancient, profane work, and an evocative testament of his capture during the revolution. Both texts bear disturbing images of blood and torture, and the more Isabel reads the more she feels the inexplicable compulsion to go home.

It means a journey deep into a country torn by war, still ruled by a violent regime, but the idea of finding The Eye becomes ineluctable. Isabel feels the manuscripts pushing her to go. Her country is lost, and now her only friend is lost, too. What must she give to get them back? In the end, she has only herself left to sacrifice.

THE SEA DREAMS IT IS THE SKY asks:

How does someone simply give up their home...especially when their home won’t let them?

Happy last Monday in July! This post covers only the remainder of July. Look for the August release list and the 2018 DAC August Debuts on August 1st.


There is one debut this week:

Planetside by Michael Mammay




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Zero Day (The Hatching 3) by Ezekiel Boone is out in Trade Paperback;

Arabella The Traitor of Mars (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby 3) by David D. Levine;

Dreadful Company (A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel 2) by Vivian Shaw;

and

A Wolf Apart (The Legend of the All Wolves) by Maria Vale.

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

July 30, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Krewe of Hunters Collection Volume 7: Dying Breath\Dark Rites\Wicked Deeds (e)	Heather Graham	SupTh/PNR - Krewe of Hunters Series 21

July 31, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Portents: A Collection of Cainsville Tales	Kelley Armstrong	F - Cainsville Collection
Clementine: A Song for the End of the World	John T Biggs	MR/GenEng/PA - Clementine 1
Zero Day (h2tp)	Ezekiel Boone	H - The Hatching Series 3
The Core (h2mm)	Peter V. Brett	F - The Demon Cycle 5
Shadow's Bane	Karen Chance	UF - Dorina Basarab 4
Keepers	Brenda Cooper	SF/AP/PA - Project Earth 2
The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim	Marcia Douglas	LF/MR
Red Vengeance (tp2mm)	Brendan DuBois	SF - Dark Victory 2
Pale as Death	Heather Graham	RS/SupTh/PNR/GH - Krewe of Hunters 25
Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction (3rd Edition)	James Gunn	HC/SF
Stranger in a Strange Land (ri)	Robert A. Heinlein	SF/AC/LF
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (ri)	Robert A. Heinlein	SF/Pol
Punishment: A Thriller (h2tp)	Scott J. Holliday	PP - Detective Barnes 1
Dragonsworn (h2mm)	Sherrilyn Kenyon	FR/P/UF - Dark-Hunter Novels 21
Dark Light: Dawn (h2mm)	Jon Land Fabrizio Boccardi (Cr)	SupTh/SF/AP/PA
The Gathering Edge (h2mm)	Sharon Lee Steve Miller	SF - Liaden Universe 20
Swords Against Death (ri)	Fritz Leiber	F
Arabella The Traitor of Mars	David D. Levine	SF/SP - The Adventures of Arabella Ashby 3
Planetside (D)	Michael Mammay	SF
Wychwood (tp2mm)	George Mann	F/M
The Predator: Hunters And Hunted Official Movie Prequel	James A. Moore	MTI/SF/AC - Predator
A Study in Honor	Claire O'Dell	SF
A Dune Companion	Donald E. Palumbo (Ed) C.W. Sullivan III (Ed)	Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy 62
I Am Legend As American Myth: Race and Masculinity in the Novel and Its Film Adaptations	Amy J. Ransom	HC/SF/F
Dreadful Company	Vivian Shaw	CF/P/UF - A Dr. Greta Helsing Novel 2
Ant-Man: Natural Enemy: A Novel of the Marvel Universe	Jason Starr	MTI/SH - Marvel Novels 5
Armistice: The Hot War (h2mm)	Harry Turtledove	AH/SF - The Hot War 3
A Wolf Apart	Maria Vale	PNR/FR - The Legend of All Wolves 2
The Future Is Blue	Catherynne M. Valente	F - Collection
The Killing of Worlds (ri)	Scott Westerfeld	SF/SO - Succession 2
Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America	Nathaniel Williams	HC/SF
Quillifer (h2tp)	Walter Jon Williams	F - Quillifer 1
The Descent of Monsters	JY Yang	F - The Tensorate Series 3

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



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Woman
CyP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
Fict - Fiction
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humor
HuF - Humorous Fantasy
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - Mash Up
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PI - Private Investigator
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
RF - Romantic Fantasy
RS - Romantic Suspense
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SS - Short Stories
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

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

Happy Monday!

There are 2 debuts this week:

The Megarothke by Robert Ashcroft;

and

Echoes the Roger Arthur Smith.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Zero Day (The Hatching 3) by Ezekiel Boone;

The Hatching Ebook Box Set by Ezekiel Boone;

Starfire: Memory's Blade (The Starfire Trilogy 3) by Spencer Ellsworth;

The Trouble with Twelfth Grave (Charley Davidson 12) by Darynda Jones is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor 1) by Mark Lawrence is out in Mass Market Paperback;

and

It Takes a Coven (A Witch City Mystery 6) by Carol J. Perry.

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

February 27, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover: Stories	Michael Andreasen	LF
Planet of the Apes Omnibus 4	William Arrow	SF - Planet of the Apes
The Megarothke (D)	Robert Ashcroft	SF/AP/PA
Gridlinked (e)	Neal Asher	SF - Agent Cormac 1
The Skinner (e)	Neal Asher	SF - Spatterjay 1
Brass Man (e)	Neal Asher	SF - Agent Cormac 3
Hauntings of the Western Lunatic Asylum	Steve E. Asher	Sup
The Initiation	Chris Babu	Dys
The Tangled Lands	Paolo Bacigalupi Tobias S. Buckell	F
Witch Creek	Laura Bickle	UF - Wildlands 2
Zero Day	Ezekiel Boone	H - The Hatching 3
The Hatching Ebook Box Set: The Hatching, Skitter, and Zero Day (e)	Ezekiel Boone	H
The Black Elfstone: The Fall of Shannara (h2mm)	Terry Brooks	F - The Fall of Shannara 1
Witchy Eye	D.J. Butler	F
The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition	Robert W. Chambers	H/Sup
Starfire: Memory's Blade	Spencer Ellsworth	SF/SO - The Starfire Trilogy 3
Praetorian of Dorn (tp2mm)	John French	SF - The Horus Heresy 39
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (h2tp)	Theodora Goss	F - The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club 1
Eternity Gate	Traci Harding	F - Time Keeper Trilogy 2
Hawkyn: A Demonica Underworld Novella	Larissa Ione	PNR
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave (h2mm)	Darynda Jones	PM - Charley Davidson 12
The Kill Society (h2tp)	Richard Kadrey	UF - Sandman Slim 9
Fire in the Ocean	K.D. Keenan	CF- Gods of the New World 2
Red Sister (h2mm)	Mark Lawrence	F - Book of the Ancestor 1
Relics (tp2mm)	Tim Lebbon	DF
Deadland 2: Immortal	Paul Mannering	SF/AP/PA
The Listener	Robert McCammon	H
The Hyperspace Trap	Christopher Nuttall	SF/SO
The Dead Road	Seth Patrick	H - Reviver Trilogy 3
It Takes a Coven	Carol J. Perry	PCM - A Witch City Mystery 6
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (h2mm)	Brandon Sanderson	F
Echoes (D)	Roger Arthur Smith	H
Blade and Bone	Jon Sprunk	F - The Book of the Black Earth 3
Borne (h2tp)	Jeff VanderMeer	LF
The Strange Bird	Jeff VanderMeer	LF
Dark Masques	J.N. Williamson (Ed)	H - Anthology
Angeleyes (h2mm)	Michael Z. Williamson	SF - Freehold 7

February 28, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Hellraiser: The Toll	Mark Alan Miller	H
Penric's Fox	Lois McMaster Bujold	F
Widow's Point	Richard Chizmar Billy Chizmar	H

March 1, 2018

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Last Dragon Standing (Ke)	Rachel Aaron	CyP/UF Heartstrikers 3
Awakening the Shifter (e)	Jane Godman	PNR
Into the Thinnest of Air: A paranormal country house murder mystery	Simon R. Green	PM - An Ishmael Jones Mystery 5
An American Witch in Paris (e)	Michele Hauf	PNR
Harlequin Nocturne March 2018 Box Set: An American Witch in Paris\Awakening the Shifter (e)	Michele Hauf Jane Godman	PNR
H.P. Lovecraft: Selected Works, Critical Perspectives and Interviews on His Influence	H.P. Lovecraft Leverett Butts (Ed)	H - Collection

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



AC - Alien Contact
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CyP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GH - Ghost(s)
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
LF - Literary Fiction
LitCol - Literary Collection
LM - Legend and Mythology
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
NR - Near Future
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

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

Happy 1st Monday in November!

There are 4 debuts this week:

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

The End We Start From by Megan Hunter;

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

and

The Ruined House by Ruby Namdar.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Ship by Antonia Honeywell is out in Trade Paperback;

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

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

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

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

and

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

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

November 5, 2017

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

November 6, 2017

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

November 7, 2017

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

November 8, 2017

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

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



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

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

Ezekiel Boone (2016)

Skitter
The Hatching Series 2
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, November 7, 2017
Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Hardcover and eBook, May 9, 2017

"A globe-hopping, seriously creepy read." —Publishers Weekly

First, there was the black swarm that swallowed a man whole, the suspicious seismic irregularities in India that confounded scientists, the nuclear bomb China dropped on its own territory without any explanation. Then, scientist Melanie Guyer's lab received a package containing a mysterious egg sac; little did Dr. Guyer know that, almost overnight, Earth would be consumed by previously dormant spiders that suddenly wanted out.

Now, tens of millions of people around the world are dead. Half of China is a nuclear wasteland. Mysterious flesh-eating spiders are marching through Los Angeles, Oslo, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, and countless other cities. According to Dr. Guyer, the crisis may soon be over.

But in Japan, a giant, glowing egg sac gives a shocking preview of what is to come, even as survivors in Los Angeles panic and break the quarantine zone. Out in the desert, survivalists Gordo and Shotgun are trying to invent a weapon to fight back, but it may be too late, because President Stephanie Pilgrim has been forced to enact the plan of last resort.

America, you are on your own.

Zero Day
The Hatching Series 3
Ezekiel Boone
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, February 27, 2018
Hardcover and eBook, 336 pages

In the thrilling, nerve-wracking finale of Ezekiel Boone’s “hair-raising” (Parade) Hatching series, the United States goes to war against the queen spiders that threaten to overtake the human race forever.

The world is on the brink of apocalypse. Zero Day has come.

The only thing more terrifying than millions of spiders is the realization that those spiders work as one. But among the government, there is dissent: do we try to kill all of the spiders, or do we gamble on Professor Guyer’s theory that we need to kill only the queens?

For President Stephanie Pilgrim, it’s an easy answer. She’s gone as far as she can—more than two dozen American cities hit with tactical nukes, the country torn asunder—and the only answer is to believe in Professor Guyer. Unfortunately, Ben Broussard and the military men who follow him don’t agree, and Pilgrim, Guyer, and the loyal members of the government have to flee, leaving the question: what’s more dangerous, the spiders or ourselves?

Casey Doran (2017)

The Art of Murder
Jericho Sands 2
Polis Books, November 14, 2017
Trade Paperback and eBook, 288 pages

Jericho Sands has spent the past nine months in Mexico getting in bar fights with shark poachers, drinking tequila and listening to wolves howl outside the walls of the beachfront shack he’s been calling home. He’s living completely ‘off the grid’; no power, no phone, nothing but nagging questions about who he is and how far he allowed himself to fall for a woman who proved to be a serial killer hell-bent on revenge. He’s struggled with his decision to let Alyssa Jagger live. Was it because he realized that revenge does not equal justice? Or did he spare her life because deep down, in a dark place he doesn’t want to explore, he allowed himself to fall for her and could not bring himself to be her executioner.

Jericho’s self-imposed exile is ended when he learns about the murder of his best friend and father figure, Gus Tanner. Gunshots fired in a dark alley force Jericho back to the city he left behind and he soon discovers that a new killer is making himself known, a daring young painter who uses the blood of his victims as the medium for his works of art. The butcher who the media dubs ‘The DaVinci of Death’, leaves his handiwork on the front door of a new art gallery and demands that it be displayed, or else more macabre works will follow. Katrina Masters, the owner of the gallery and Jericho’s old flame, refuses to be blackmailed, enraging the killer who is determined to make the town appreciate his talents. Even if it kills them all.

While facing the fallout from everything he left behind, Jericho must also deal with a new police chief with a personal vendetta, detectives who prove incapable of stopping the killer, his resurrected feelings for Katrina Masters and his conflicted feelings for Alyssa Jagger. To find the killer, Jericho must continue going down roads he does not want travel. He must commit to choices that will forever determine who he truly is. And this time, there will be going back.

Fred Strydom (2016)

The Inside Out Man
Talos, November 14, 2017
Trade Paperback and eBook, 296 pages

A young musician receives an unusual offer from a wealthy stranger in this haunting story of psychological horror.

Bent is a jazz pianist living gig-to-gig in a dark city of dead-ends. With no family, and no friends, he has resigned himself to a life of quiet desolation. That is, until the night he meets the enigmatic Leonard Fry.

After accepting an invitation to his countryside mansion, where Leonard resides on his own, Bent is offered a deal of Faustian proportions.

“There is a room in this house. There’s only one way in and one way out . . . There’s one lock on the door, and only one key to that lock. Now, what I’m going to ask may seem strange to you. I don’t necessarily need you to understand, but what I do need is for you to agree to help me.”

Disillusioned with his life of excess, Leonard has decided to explore the final frontier of his existence, the margins of his mind, by locking himself in a small room in his mansion for a year. In exchange for Bent’s assistance, everything Leonard owns will be Bent’s for the duration of his self-imposed imprisonment.

But there are two sides to every locked door. As the days go by, and Leonard’s true intentions become clear, Bent will find himself venturing beyond the one terrifying boundary from which he can’t be sure he’ll ever return . . . the boundary of his own sanity.

Happy cold and snowy Monday!

There are 2 debuts this week:

Gilded Cage (Dark Gifts 1) by Vic James;

and

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Hatching (The Hatching Series 1) by Ezekiel Boone is out in Trade Paperback;

Winter of the Gods (Olympus Bound) by Jordanna Max Brodsky;

Extra-Curricular Activities: A Tor.com Original by Yoon Ha Lew;

Chains of the Heretic (Bloodsounders Arc 3) by Jeff Salyards is out in Trade Paperback;

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

February 14, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
In Calabria	Peter S. Beagle	F/FairyT/FolkT/LM/LF
The Hatching (h2tp)	Ezekiel Boone	H - The Hatching 1
The Case of the Fickle Mermaid (h2tp)	P. J. Brackston	M - Brothers Grimm Mysteries 3
The Return of the Witch (h2tp)	Paula Brackston	HistF - The Witch's Daughter 2
Winter of the Gods	Jordanna Max Brodsky	CF - Olympus Bound 2
Miranda and Caliban	Jacqueline Carey	HistF
Will Save the Galaxy for Food	Yahtzee Croshaw	SF/F/HU
Portal of a Thousand Worlds	Dave Duncan	HistF/AH
Shadowbahn	Steve Erickson	LF/Dys/AH
Firestorm: Volume 1: A Dragon Romance (e)	Donna Grant	PNR - Dark Kings
Semley's Necklace: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
A Trip to the Head: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
Things: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
Vaster than Empires and More Slow: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
Darkness Box: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
Winter's King: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Word of Unbinding: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Stars Below: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Day Before the Revolution: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Wind's Twelve Quarters: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
Direction of the Road: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
April in Paris: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Good Trip: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
Nine Lives: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Masters: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Rule of Names: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
The Field of Vision: A Story (e)	Ursula K. Le Guin	SF - A Wind's Twelve Quarters Story
Gilded Cage (D)	Vic James	F/CF/Dys/SF - Dark Gifts 1
Roboteer	Alex Lamb	SF
Shadowed Threads	Shannon Mayer	UF/FR - Rylee Adamson 4
Sitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South	Pamela Petro (Ed)	Travel/GH - Anthology
An Impossible War (e)	Andy Remic	HistF - A Song for No Man's Land Omnibus
Lovecraft Country (h2tp)	Matt Ruff	HistF
Chains of the Heretic (h2tp)	Jeff Salyards	F - Bloodsounders Arc 3
Lincoln in the Bardo (D)	George Saunders	LF/Hist/GH
Engaged to an Alien Pop Star	Kendra Saunders	SF - The Alien Pop Star 2
Arkwright (h2tp)	Allen Steele	SF
Ubo	Steve Rasnic Tem	H
The Lost Time Accidents (h2tp)	John Wray	LF/SF/TT

February 15, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Strangers No More: Tales of Alien Life by Science Fiction Masters Isaac Asimov, Philip José Farmer, Marion Zimmer Bradley and More!		SF
Extracurricular Activities: A Tor.com Original (e)	Yoon Ha Lee	SF
Time's Oldest Daughter	Susan W. Lyons	SF
Armageddon--2419 A.D. and The Airlords of Han	Philip Francis Nowlan	SF
In the Drift	Michael Swanwick	SF - Dover Doomsday Classics
Science Fiction, New Space Opera, and Neoliberal Globalism: Nostalgia for Infinity	Jerome Winter	LC/SF/F
Oracles (ri)	Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel	SF

February 16, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Master (e)	Miles Cameron	HistF - Masters & Mages

February 17, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Rupert Wong and the Ends of the Earth (e)	Cassandra Khaw	UF - Gods and Monsters: Rupert Wong 2

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



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GB - Genre Bender
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghosts
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
Meta - Metaphysical
MR - Magical Realism
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
UFR - Urban Fantasy Romance
Vis - Visionary


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

Christopher L. Bennett (2012)

Department of Temporal Investigations: Time Lock
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Pocket Books/Star Trek, September 2016
eBook, 112 pages

An all new Star Trek e-novella from the world of Deep Space Nine, featuring the fan-favorite Federation bureau the Department of Temporal Investigations!

The dedicated agents of the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations have their work cut out for them protecting the course of history from the dangers of time travel. But the galaxy is littered with artifacts that, in the wrong hands, could threaten reality. One of the DTI's most crucial jobs is to track down these objects and lock them safely away in the Federation’s most secret and secure facility. As it happens, Agent Gariff Lucsly and his supervisor, DTI director Laarin Andos, are charged with handling a mysterious space-time portal device discovered by Starfleet. But this device turns out to be a Trojan horse, linking to a pocket dimension and a dangerous group of raiders determined to steal some of the most powerful temporal artifacts ever known...

The Face of the Unknown
Star Trek: The Original Series
Pocket Books/Star Trek, December 27, 2016
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

Continuing the milestone 50th anniversary celebration of Star Trek—a brand-new novel of The Original Series featuring James T. Kirk, Spock, and the crew of the USS Enterprise!

Investigating a series of violent raids by a mysterious predatory species, Captain James T. Kirk discovers that these events share a startling connection with the First Federation, a friendly but secretive civilization contacted early in the USS Enterprise’s five-year mission. Traveling to the First Federation in search of answers, the Enterprise suddenly comes under attack from these strange marauders. Seeking refuge, the starship finds its way to the true home of the First Federation, an astonishing collection of worlds hidden from the galaxy beyond. The inhabitants of this isolated realm are wary of outsiders, and some accuse Kirk and his crew for bringing the wrath of their ancient enemy down upon them. When an attempt to stave off disaster goes tragically wrong, Kirk is held fully accountable, and Commander Spock learns there are even deeper forces that threaten this civilization. If Kirk and Spock cannot convince the First Federation's leaders to overcome their fears, the resulting catastrophe could doom them all!

Stephen Blackmoore (2012)

Hungry Ghosts
Eric Carter 3
DAW, February 7, 2017
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 320 pages

Necromancer Eric Carter’s problems keep getting bigger. Bad enough he’s the unwilling husband to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte, but now her ex, the Aztec King of the dead, Mictlantecuhtli, has come back — and it turns out that Carter and he are swapping places. As Mictlantecuhtli breaks loose of his prison of jade, Carter is slowly turning to stone. To make matters worse, both gods are trying to get Carter to assassinate the other. But only one of them can be telling him the truth and he can’t trust either one. Carter’s solution? Kill them both.

If he wants to get out of this situation with his soul intact he’ll have to go to Mictlan, the Aztec land of the dead, and take down a couple of death gods while facing down the worst trials the place has to offer him: his own sins.

Elizabeth Bonesteel (2016)

Remnants of Trust
A Central Corps Novel 2
Harper Voyager, November 8, 2016
Trade Paperback and eBook, 528 pages

In this follow-up to the acclaimed military science fiction thriller The Cold Between, a young soldier finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a deadly conspiracy in deep space.

Six weeks ago, Commander Elena Shaw and Captain Greg Foster were court-martialed for their role in an event Central Gov denies ever happened. Yet instead of a dishonorable discharge or time in a military prison, Shaw and Foster and are now back together on Galileo. As punishment, they’ve been assigned to patrol the nearly empty space of the Third Sector.

But their mundane mission quickly turns treacherous when the Galileo picks up a distress call: Exeter, a sister ship, is under attack from raiders. A PSI generation ship—the same one that recently broke off negotiations with Foster—is also in the sector and joins in the desperate battle that leaves ninety-seven of Exeter’s crew dead.

An investigation of the disaster points to sabotage. And Exeter is only the beginning. When the PSI ship and Galileo suffer their own "accidents," it becomes clear that someone is willing to set off a war in the Third Sector to keep their secrets, and the clues point to the highest echelons of power . . . and deep into Shaw’s past.

Ezekiel Boone (2016)

The Hatching
The Hatching Series 1
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, February 14, 2017
Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Hardcover and eBook, July 5, 2016

An astonishingly inventive and terrifying debut novel about the emergence of an ancient species, dormant for over a thousand years, and now on the march in this “apocalyptic extravaganza of doom and heroism" (Publishers Weekly).

Deep in the jungle of Peru, where so much remains unknown, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist whole. Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and makes a gruesome discovery. Unusual seismic patterns register in a Kanpur, India earthquake lab, confounding the scientists there. During the same week, the Chinese government “accidentally” drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country. As these incidents begin to sweep the globe, a mysterious package from South America arrives at a Washington, D.C. laboratory. Something wants out.

The world is on the brink of an apocalyptic disaster. An ancient species, long dormant, is now very much awake.

Skitter
The Hatching Series 2
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, May 9, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 352 pages

Ezekiel Boone follows up his terrifying “apocalyptic extravaganza of doom and heroism” (Publishers Weekly) The Hatching with Skitter, the horrifying sequel in which the carnivorous spiders are running rampant—but for what’s left of humanity, the worst is yet to come.

Tens of millions of people around the world are dead. Half of China is a nuclear wasteland. Mysterious flesh-eating spiders are marching through Los Angeles, Oslo, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, and countless other cities. According to scientist Melanie Gruyer, however, the spider situation seems to be looking up. Yet in Japan, a giant, truck-sized, glowing egg sack gives a shocking preview of what is to come, even as survivors in Los Angeles panic and break the quarantine zone. Out in the desert, survivalists Gordo and Shotgun are trying to invent a spider super weapon, but it’s not clear if it’s too late, because President Stephanie Pilgrim has been forced to enact the plan of last resort: The Spanish Protocol. America, you are on your own.

M.H. Boroson (2015)

The Girl With Ghost Eyes
Talos, October 11, 2016
Mass Market Paperback, 304 pages
Hardcover and eBook, November 3, 2015

"A brilliant tale of magic, monsters, and kung fu in the San Francisco Chinatown of 1898" —Publishers Weekly, starred review

It’s the end of the nineteenth century in San Francisco’s Chinatown, and ghost hunters from the Maoshan traditions of Daoism keep malevolent spiritual forces at bay. Li-lin, the daughter of a renowned Daoshi exorcist, is a young widow burdened with yin eyes—the unique ability to see the spirit world. Her spiritual visions and the death of her husband bring shame to Li-lin and her father—and shame is not something this immigrant family can afford.

When a sorcerer cripples her father, terrible plans are set in motion, and only Li-lin can stop them. To aid her are her martial arts and a peachwood sword, her burning paper talismans, and a wisecracking spirit in the form of a human eyeball tucked away in her pocket. Navigating the dangerous alleys and backrooms of a male-dominated Chinatown, Li-lin must confront evil spirits, gangsters, and soulstealers before the sorcerer’s ritual summons an ancient evil that could burn Chinatown to the ground.

With a rich and inventive historical setting, nonstop martial arts action, authentic Chinese magic, and bizarre monsters from Asian folklore, The Girl with Ghost Eyes is also the poignant story of a young immigrant searching to find her place beside the long shadow of a demanding father and the stigma of widowhood. In a Chinatown caught between tradition and modernity, one woman may be the key to holding everything together.

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

Ezekiel:  I started writing seriously about ten years ago. Before that, I wanted to be a writer, but I hadn’t yet realized that meant I actually had to work at writing. I was a stay-at-home dad, so writing time was hard to come by. We invested in a babysitter to come by for two hours, twice a week. Back then, the fifty dollars a week we paid for those four hours felt like a lot of money, and I didn’t want to waste it. Like a lot of writers, I started because I was a serious reader. Always have been. I don’t care what the genre is, good writing is good writing, and the best books feel like a sort of magic. I guess I was hoping I could capture some of that.



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

Ezekiel:  I’m a hybrid. Depends on the book and the project. With The Hatching, particularly since it’s the first book in a series, I’ve been planning out more and more before I start writing. It’s easier to keep the reader in suspense if I know what’s coming next. That being said, there’s a certain freedom to leaving yourself some discovery as a writer. Sometimes you think you are going one way, but if you’re open to change, your writing can lead you somewhere even better.



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

Ezekiel:  The most challenging thing is remembering to treat something that is an incredible privilege like the job that it is. Some days I roll out of bed and can’t wait to get to the computer, and other days there are distractions. But the days I can force myself past the distractions — errands to run, friends who want to meet for lunch, the internet — end up being the best writing days. It’s easier now, because writing is my job, but it was harder when I first started.



TQ:  What has influenced / influences your writing?

Ezekiel:  My kids. The way they can get lost in a book is inspiring, and I’m trying to recreate that feeling for my readers. More than anything, I want these books to be fun. Sure, The Hatching is scary, but only scary enough that you’re afraid to put it down. I wanted the book to be a kind of thrill ride that makes you remember that reading is supposed to be a joy.



TQ:  Describe The Hatching in 140 characters or less.

Ezekiel:  The Hatching is Jurassic Park meets World War Z. It’s as if Stephen King and James Patterson had a baby and that baby was a swarm of spiders that ate everything in its path.



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

Ezekiel:  Well, I know that in advanced reading copies, we didn’t indicate that The Hatching was the first book in a series, and I think that took some people by surprise. But that’s not a very fun answer. How about this: for a scary book, there’s really a decent amount of humor.



TQ:  What inspired you to write The Hatching? What appeals to you about writing Horror?

Ezekiel:  I didn’t want to write the book at first. It’s about an ancient form of spiders that hatch in a meat-munching frenzy, and I’m absolutely terrified of spiders. I had the idea and set it aside, but then I started having crazy nightmares about spiders. I figured the best thing to do was write it to get it out of my system. As for horror, I think the appeal is that we live in a world and a time when real life can be truly frightening, but scary books give readers a safe place to be afraid. Plus, it’s fun.



TQ:  What sort of research did you do for The Hatching? Why spiders?

The spiders in The Hatching are fictional, but I tried to keep them grounded in fact. My editor had a question about the eggs hatching after such a long period of stasis, and I was able to point her to a university professor who’s hatching eggs that have been in wait for seven hundred years. It’s a bit like Michael Crichton: fiction grounded in fact. As for why spiders, the answer’s easy: there’s a reason we’re afraid of spiders.



TQ:  In The Hatching who was the easiest character to write and why? The hardest and why?

Ezekiel:  Tough question. The Hatching has a big cast, and I loved all of them. If I didn’t, they wouldn’t have made it past revision. But easiest? How about the spiders? Just kidding. I think the answer that is probably agent Mike Rich. He would have done well in a stand-alone crime thriller, and it was fun to see him instead dealing with spiders. The hardest was the trio of Scottish characters. The character part wasn’t hard, but their connection to the story may not be as obvious as some of the other threads.



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

Ezekiel:

Q: Do you have any interest in doing a photo shoot with spiders crawling all over you?
A: Hell, no!



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

Ezekiel:

1) As it got closer, Miguel took another step back, but by the time he realized that it wasn't actually a river, that it was not water of any kind, it was too late.

2) “You were right,” Julie said.
“Of course I was right,” Melanie said. “About what?”



TQ:  What's next?

Ezekiel:  Book two, Skitter, comes out in 2017, but I also just finished a new book that I’m hoping to be able to talk about soon. No spiders, but some good scares.



TQ:  Thank you for joining us at The Qwillery.

Ezekiel:  Thank you for having me. Now go read The Hatching!

The Hatching
The Hatching Series 1
Atria/Emily Bestler Book, July 5, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, 352 pages

“An apocalyptic extravaganza of doom and heroism…addictive.” —Publishers Weekly

“It’s been too long since someone reminded us that spiders are not just to be feared, but also may well spell doom for mankind. Fortunately, Ezekiel Boone has upped the ante on arachnophobia. This is a fresh take on classic horror, thoroughly enjoyable and guaranteed to leave your skin crawling.” —Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead

An astonishingly inventive and terrifying debut novel about the emergence of an ancient species, dormant for over a thousand years, and now on the march.

Deep in the jungle of Peru, where so much remains unknown, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist whole. Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and makes a gruesome discovery. Unusual seismic patterns register in a Kanpur, India earthquake lab, confounding the scientists there. During the same week, the Chinese government “accidentally” drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country. As these incidents begin to sweep the globe, a mysterious package from South America arrives at a Washington, D.C. laboratory. Something wants out.

The world is on the brink of an apocalyptic disaster. An ancient species, long dormant, is now very much awake.

About Ezekiel

Photograph by Laurie Willick

Ezekiel Boone lives in upstate New York with his wife and children.






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