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The View From Monday - March 5, 2018


Happy 1st Monday in March!


There are 7 debuts this week:

The Coincidence Makers by Yoav Blum;

Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan;

Smoke Eaters by Sean Grigsby;

Quietus by Tristan Palmgren;

Mr. Neutron by Joe Ponepinto;

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell;

and

The Glass Blade (Hunters of Infinity 1) by Ryan Wieser.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Highland Dragon Master (Dawn of the Highland Dragon 3) by Isabel Cooper;

Queen of Struggle (The Memory Thief 2) by Nik Korpon;

Lady Henterman's Wardrobe ( Streets of Maradaine 2) by Marshall Ryan Maresca;

and

The Song Rising (The Bone Season 3) by Samantha Shannon is out in Trade Paperback.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - March 5, 2018



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

March 5, 2018
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Silver Stag (e) Yasmine Galenorn DF - The Wild Hunt 1



March 6, 2018
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Magos Dan Abnett SF - Eisenhorn 4
Awayland: Stories Ramona Ausubel LF - Collection
Census Jesse Ball LF/SF
Lake Silence Anne Bishop DF/CF/FR - World of the Others, The 1
The Coincidence Makers (D) Yoav Blum LF/F/MR
Burn Bright Patricia Briggs RF/UF - Alpha and Omega 5
Firebrand Kristen Britain F/DF - Green Rider 6
Hooked on a Phoenix Ashlyn Chase PNR - Phoenix Brothers 1
Highland Dragon Master Isabel Cooper Hist/PNR - Dawn of the Highland Dragon 3
Star Destroyers Tony Daniel (Ed)
Christopher Ruocchio (Ed)
SF/SO - Anthology
Blackout (tp2mm) Marc Elsberg TechTh
The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition Jason Fry SF/SO/MTI - Star Wars
The Cold Eye (h2tp) Laura Anne Gilman HistF - The Devil's West 2
Awakening the Shifter Jane Godman PNR
Rainbirds (D) Clarissa Goenawan Psy/Cr/MR
Blood of the Four Christopher Golden
Tim Lebbon
F
Killing in C Sharp Alexia Gordon SupM - A Gethsemane Brown Mystery 3
Dark Alpha's Night (e) Donna Grant PNR - Reapers 5
Smoke Eaters (D) Sean Grigsby SF
Doctor Who: The Book of Whoniversal Records: Official Timey-Wimey Edition (e) Simon Guerrier SF - Doctor Who
Forbidden Stranger (e) Megan Hart SFR - The Protector 3
An American Witch in Paris Michele Hauf PNR
Cadia Stands Justin D. Hill SF - Astra Militarum
Queen of the Struggle Nik Korpon SF/AP/PA - The Memory Thief 2
If Tomorrow Comes Nancy Kress HSF/AC/GenEng - Yesterday's Kin Trilogy 2
Sins of Her Father Mike Kupari SF/SO
The Changeling (h2tp) Victor LaValle LF/F/CF
Princess of Blood Tom Lloyd F - God Fragments 2
Alpha Unleashed Kathy Lyons PNR - Grizzlies Gone Wild 4
Lady Henterman's Wardrobe Marshall Ryan Maresca F/UF - Streets of Maradaine 2
The Burning World (h2tp) Isaac Marion LF - Warm Bodies  2
Tricks for Free Seanan McGuire DF/P/UF - InCryptid 7
The Warrior Within Angus McIntyre SF/SO
High Voltage Karen Marie Moning PNR/P/FR - Fever 10
Man-Kzin Wars IV (e)(ri) Larry Niven SF - Man-Kzin Wars 4
Quietus (D) Tristan Palmgren HSF/HistF/Rel
Typescript of the Second Origin Manuel De Pedrolo
Sara Martin (Tr)
SF
The Silent Companions (D-US) Laura Purcell Hist/Gothic/GH
Master Assassins Robert V.S. Redick F - The Fire Sacraments 1
The Spear of Shadows Josh Reynolds F - Eight Lamentations 1
New York 2140 (h2tp) Kim Stanley Robinson HSF
Fever Dream (h2tp) Samanta Schweblin
Megan McDowell (Tr)
LF/Psy/H
The Song Rising (h2tp) Samantha Shannon F - The Bone Season 3
Flight of the White Wolf Terry Spear PNR - White Wolf 2
The Ashes of Prospero Gav Thorpe SF - Space Marine Conquests 2
Beren and Lúthien (h2tp) J.R.R. Tolkien
Christopher Tolkien (Ed)
F
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro Daniel Kraus FR/MR/Hist
The Refrigerator Monologues (h2tp) Catherynne M. Valente CF
A Call to Vengeance David Weber
Timothy Zahn
Thomas Pope
SF - Manticore Ascendant 3
The Glass Blade (D) Ryan Wieser F - Hunters of Infinity 1
Daughters of the Storm Kim Wilkins F - Daughters of the Storm 1
Guardian Angels and Other Monsters Daniel H. Wilson SF/HSF - Collection



March 7, 2018
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Mr. Neutron (D) Joe Ponepinto LF/Satire



March 9, 2018
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Bridges to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Outstanding Essays from the J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences Gregory Benford (Ed)
Gary Westfahl (Ed)
Howard V. Hendrix (Ed)
Joseph D. Miller (Ed)
SF/F/HC
Somnium Steve Moore Hist



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
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)
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
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
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PoliSci - Political Science
Psy - Psychological
Rel - Religious
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
SocSci - Social Science
SoGothic - Southern Gothic
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

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

The View From Monday - November 6, 2017


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.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



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.


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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - November 6, 2017



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

November 5, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Romancing the Werewolf (e) Gail Carriger SP - Supernatural Society Novella 2



November 6, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Hitchhiker: Stories from the Kentucky Homefront Bob Thompson FairyT/FolkT/LM/Occ/Sup - Collection



November 7, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
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
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
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.

The View From Monday - September 4, 2017

Happy 1st Monday in September!

I'm including books from September 1st in this Monday's post since they were not included in last Monday's post.

There are 6 debuts:

Clade by James Bradley;

Skyfarer by Joseph Brassey;

Song of Edmon ( The Fracture Worlds 1) by Adam Burch;

Beforelife: A Likely Story by Randal Graham;

The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones;

and

The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



And from formerly featured DAC Authors:

Highland Dragon Warrior (Dawn of the Highland Dragon 1) by Isabel Cooper;

Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson;

Ruin of Angels (A Craft Sequence Novel) by Max Gladstone;

Godsgrave (Nevernight Chronicles 2)  by Jay Kristoff;

Making Amends (Bookburners Season 3 #8) by Mur Lafferty;

MJ-12: Shadows (Majestic-12 #2) by Michael J. Martinez;

The Uploaded by Ferrett Steinmetz;

and

Cloudbound by Fran Wilde is out in Trade Paperback.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - September 4, 2017


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

September 1, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Daughter of Eden Chris Beckett SF - The Eden Trilogy 3
Black Jesus and Other Superheroes: Stories Venita Blackburn SS - Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction
Song of Edmon (D) Adam Burch SF - The Fracture Worlds 1
Phasma Delilah S. Dawson SF/SO - Star Wars
The Death of All Things (e) Laura Anne Gilman  (Ed)
Kat Richardson (Ed)
SF/F - Anthology
One Night with the Valkyrie (e) Jane Godman PNR
Charmed by the Wolf (e) Kristal Hollis PNR
Servant of the Forest (e) Shona Husk PNR/FairyT
The Master of Time David Wingrove SF/TT - Roads to Moscow 3



September 5, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Ravenor Rogue Dan Abnett SF - Ravenor 3
Ashes Reborn Keri Arthur UF - Souls of Fire 4
The Bronze Skies Catherine Asaro SF - Skolian Empire 8
Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Search and Destroy (h2tp) Jay Bonansinga H - The Walking Dead 7
Clade (D) James Bradley SF/AP/PA
Skyfarer (D - Solo) Joseph Brassey F/SF/SO
Sea of Rust C. Robert Cargill SF/AP/PA
Highland Dragon Warrior Isabel Cooper Hist/PNR - Dawn of the Highland Dragon 1
The Gates to Futures Past (h2mm) Julie E. Czerneda SF - Reunification Series 2
The Last to See Me M Dressler Hist/LF/GH
Eye of Ezekiel C Z Dunn SF - Space Marine Battles Series
The Devil You Know (h2mm) Erin M. Evans F
Dark Legacy Christine Feehan PNR - Carpathian 31
Iron Angels Eric Flint
Alistair Kimble
UF
Ruin of Angels Max Gladstone F/UF/CF - A Craft Sequence Novel
Time Travel: A History (h2tp) James Gleick Hist/PopCul/Sc
One Night with the Valkyrie Jane Godman PNR
Beforelife: A Likely Story (D) Randal Graham F/SF/HU
Doctor Who: Paper Dolls Simon Guerrier
Christel Dee
SF - Doctor Who
Ursula K. Le Guin: The Hainish Novels and Stories Ursula K. Le Guin SF - Library of America 
Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories, Vol. 1 Ursula K. Le Guin SF - Library of America
Ursula K. Le Guin: Hainish Novels and Stories, Vol. 2 Ursula K. Le Guin SF - Library of America
Five Ways to Forgiveness (e) Ursula K. Le Guin SF - Library of America E-Book Classics 
The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" and Other Nautical Adventures William Hodgson F  - Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Vol. 1
Charmed by the Wolf Kristal Hollis PNR
Battlefield Earth (ri) L. Ron Hubbard SF
Acadie Dave Hutchinson SF/GenEng
The Salt Line (D - SpecFic) Holly Goddard Jones LF/SF/AP/AP
Godsgrave Jay Kristoff F/SP/HistF - The Nevernight Chronicle 2
Who's Afraid? Maria Lewis FR - Tommi Grayson 1
Death's End (h2tp) Cixin Liu
Ken Liu (Tr)
SF - Remembrance of Earth's Past 3
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (h2tp) James Lovegrove M/PI - Cthulhu Casebooks 1
MJ-12: Shadows Michael J. Martinez SF/Th - Majestic-12 #2
The Brightest Fell Seanan McGuire UF - October Daye 11
The Legend of Sigmar Graham McNeill F - Warhammer Chronicles
Fever Deon Meyer Dys/LF/Th
Gloriana: Or, The Unfulfill'd Queen (h2tp) Michael Moorcock HistF
A Secret History of Witches Louisa Morgan MR
Circle's End Lisanne Norman SF/SO/AC - Sholan Alliance 9
Norma Sofi Oksanen CW/F/Sleuths
Star Trek The Next Generation: The Art of Juan Ortiz Juan Oritz PopCul/Art - Star Trek
Immortal Architects Paige Orwin SF/AP/PA/SH/F/UF - Interminables 2
The Two of Swords: Part Sixteen (e) K. J. Parker F - Two of Swords
The Family Plot (h2tp) Cherie Priest UF/Occ/Sup/Gothic/GH
The Devil's Rosary Seabury Quinn F/H/DF/P - The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin 2
Star Wars: The Blueprints J.W. Rinzler Film
Secrets in Death J.D. Robb In Death 45
White Trash Zombie Unchained Diana Rowland P/UF/CF - White Trash Zombie  6
The Golden House Salman Rushdie LF/Satire
Clockwork Futures: The Science of Steampunk and the Reinvention of the Modern World Brandy Schillace History
Frankenstein Dreams Michael Sims (Ed) SF - Anthology
Sourdough Robin Sloan LF/UF/F
The Uploaded Ferrett Steinmetz SF/CyP
Her Dark Half Paige Tyler PRS - X-Ops 7
The End of the World Running Club (D) Adrian J. Walker Dys
Cloudbound (h2tp) Fran Wilde F - Bone Universe 2
Forged in Blood Michael Z. Williamson SF - Freehold Anthology



September 6, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Angel of the Blockade: A Tor.com Original Alex Acks SF
Making Amends (e) Mur Lafferty UF/M - Bookburners Season 3 #8



September 7, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
In the Dark: Tales of Terror by E. Nesbit (e) Hugh Lamb (Ed) GH - HarperCollins Chillers



September 8, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound (e) Susan Forest (Ed)
Lucas K. Law (Ed)
SF - Laksa Anthology Series: Speculative Fiction 2



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



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CB - Coloring Book
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
CulH - Cultural Heritage
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
H - Horror
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
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PI - Private Investigator
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PopCul - Popular Culture
PRS - Paranormal Romantic Suspense
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
RSus - Romantic Suspense
Satire - Satire
Sc - Science
SH -Superheroes
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
UFR - Urban Fantasy Romance
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

Covers Revealed - Recent and Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors



Here are some of the recent and upcoming novels by formerly featured DAC Authors! The year in parentheses is the year the author was featured in the DAC.


Katherine Arden (2017)

The Bear and the Nightingale
Del Rey, June 27, 2017
Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Hardcover and eBook, January 10, 2017

Covers Revealed - Recent and Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A magical debut novel for readers of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, and Neil Gaiman’s myth-rich fantasies, The Bear and the Nightingale spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice.

At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil.

After Vasilisa’s mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa’s new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened, sensing that more hinges upon their rituals than anyone knows.

And indeed, crops begin to fail, evil creatures of the forest creep nearer, and misfortune stalks the village. All the while, Vasilisa’s stepmother grows ever harsher in her determination to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for either marriage or confinement in a convent.

As danger circles, Vasilisa must defy even the people she loves and call on dangerous gifts she has long concealed—this, in order to protect her family from a threat that seems to have stepped from her nurse’s most frightening tales.



The Girl in the Tower
Del Rey, December 5, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 384 pages

Covers Revealed - Recent and Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors
The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingale continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home—but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under siege.





Isabel Cooper (2011)

Highland Dragon Warrior
Dawn of the Highland Dragon 1
Sourcebooks Casablanca, September 5, 2017
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 320 pages

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"Another incredible, unique romance from the ingenious Cooper. Smartly written, fast-paced and brimming over with magic and surprises, this is exactly what readers crave and what Cooper continues to deliver."-RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ stars on Night of the Highland Dragon

Dragon shapeshifter Cathal MacAlasdair is on the brink of losing a dangerous power to his enemy when a whip-smart alchemist strikes a bargain...and lights a fire inside his heart.

Legend claims
When Scotland fell to English rule
The Highland dragons took a vow:
Freedom at any price.

The war may be over, but so long as English magic controls the Highlands, not even a dragon laird can keep his clan safe. What Cathal MacAlasdair needs is a warrior fierce enough to risk everything, yet gifted enough to outwit an enemy more monster than man.

What he needs is Sophia.

Alchemist Sophia Metzger traveled to Loch Arach in search of knowledge. She never dreamed she'd learn to do battle, ride through the stars on the back of a dragon, or catch the eye of a Highland laird. But as her quest turns to sizzling chemistry and inescapable danger, she'll soon discover the thrill of being caught in a dragon's claws...

Dawn of the Highland Dragon Series:
Highland Dragon Warrior (Book 1)
Highland Dragon Rebel (Book 2)
Highland Dragon Unleashed (Book 3)



Highland Dragon Rebel
Dawn of the Highland Dragon 2
Sourcebooks Casablanca, November 7, 2017
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

Covers Revealed - Recent and Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors
Madoc of Avandos is on a journey to cement alliances. Targeted by an assassin, he needs a companion who can fight. When dragon shifter Moiread MacAlasdair returns from war, he knows she's the best woman for the job. Duty and political strength compel Moiread to agree, but when they cross into the otherworld and Madoc's life is threatened, Moiread jumps into protection mode-and will do whatever it takes to keep the man of her dreams alive.

Dawn of the Highland Dragon Series:
Highland Dragon Warrior (Book 1)
Highland Dragon Rebel (Book 2)
Highland Dragon Unleashed (Book3)





Emma Newman (2013)

Weaver's Lament
Industrial Magic 2
Tor.com, October 17, 2017
Trade Paperback and eBook, 192 pages


Covers Revealed - Recent and Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors


Charlotte's magical adventures continue in Weaver's Lament, the sequel to Emma Newman's Brother's Ruin.

Charlotte is learning to control her emerging magical powers under the secret tutelage of Magus Hopkins.

Her first covert mission takes her to a textile mill where the disgruntled workers are apparently destroying expensive equipment.

And if she can’t identify the culprits before it’s too late, her brother will be exiled, and her family dishonoured…

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2


This is the second in a series of updates about formerly featured Debut Author Challenge authors and their 2015 works published since the last update and any upcoming works for 2016. The year in parentheses after the author's name is the year she/he was featured in the Debut Author Challenge.

Part 1 here.


Boone Brux (2011)

Styx and Stoned
Grim Reality 2
The Painted Raven, May 15, 2015
Trade Paperback and eBook, 219 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2
Las Vegas! All expenses paid!

Normally, a trip like that would be a dream come true for a widowed, mother of three, who just happens to be grim reaper. Here’s the thing though, situations rarely work out as I imagine they should. And usually not in my favor.

This time isn’t any different. Instead of the endless free drinks and gambling I’d been hoping for, I get the opposite—demons, water zombies, and a bimbo ghost roommate, who gives new meaning to the phrase dead drunk.

But it’s not all bad. I’m making new friends, learning spectacular reaper skills, and saving souls. I just hope I don’t lose mine before I can get the Underworld all sorted out.



Bridesmaid Blues
Wedding Favors 1
Entangled Lovestruck, June 30, 2015
Trade Paperback and eBook, 194 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2
A wedding. An ex. And a secret.

Maid-of-Honor Dani Brown can handle anything that comes her way when it comes to her best friend's wedding. That is, until the bride asks for a huge favor-Dani needs to distract the best man, who happens to be Dani's ex. The ex she has fantasized dismembering for a year now. The ex she'll have to suck it up and play nice with if this wedding is to go off without a hitch.

Businessman Jamie Kingsland is back in Seattle for a wedding. There's just one problem - the maid of honor wants him dead. Except she doesn't. Even though he knows he broke her heart last year when things got too serious and he panicked and left, she's being way too nice about it now. And it scares him.

Something is up with his favorite bridesmaid, and he's determined to find out what...




Christopher Buehlman (2011)

The Lesser Dead
Berkley, October 6, 2015
Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Hardcover and eBook, October 7, 2014

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2
Christopher Buehlman’s Those Across the River delivered “an unsettling brew of growing menace spiked with flashes of genuine terror.”* Now, the World Fantasy Award-nominated author stakes a bloody claim on vampire mythology…

The secret is, vampires are real and I am one.
The secret is, I’m stealing from you what is most truly yours and I’m not sorry…

New York City in 1978 is a dirty, dangerous place to live. And die. Joey Peacock knows this as well as anybody—he has spent the last forty years as an adolescent vampire, perfecting the routine he now enjoys: womanizing in punk clubs and discotheques, feeding by night, and sleeping by day with others of his kind in the macabre labyrinth under the city’s sidewalks.

The subways are his playground and his highway, shuttling him throughout Manhattan to bleed the unsuspecting in the Sheep Meadow of Central Park or in the backseats of Checker cabs, or even those in their own apartments who are too hypnotized by sitcoms to notice him opening their windows. It’s almost too easy.

Until one night he sees them hunting on his beloved subway. The children with the merry eyes. Vampires, like him…or not like him. Whatever they are, whatever their appearance means, the undead in the tunnels of Manhattan are not as safe as they once were.

And neither are the rest of us.

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S BEST HORROR NOVEL OF THE YEAR

*New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson



The Suicide Motor Club
Berkley, June 7, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, 368 pages

[more information when it's available from the publisher]






Adam Christopher (2011)

The Machine Awakes
Spider War 2
Tor Books, March 15, 2016
Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Hardcover and eBook, April 21, 2015

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2
Adam Christopher's The Machine Awakes is a far future space opera set in the universe of Burning Dark. In the decades since the human race first made contact with the Spiders—a machine race capable of tearing planets apart—the two groups have fought over interstellar territory. But the war has not been going well for humankind, and with the failure of the Fleet Admiral's secret plan in the Shadow system, the commander is overthrown by a group of hardliners determined to get the war back on track.

When the deposed Fleet Admiral is assassinated, Special Agent Von Kodiak suspects the new guard is eliminating the old. But when the Admiral's replacement is likewise murdered, all bets are off as Kodiak discovers the prime suspect is one of the Fleet's own, a psi-marine and decorated hero—a hero killed in action, months ago, at the same time his twin sister vanished from the Fleet Academy, where she was training to join her brother on the front.

As Kodiak investigates, he uncovers a conspiracy that stretches from the slums of Salt City to the floating gas mines of Jupiter. There, deep in the roiling clouds of the planet, the Jovian Mining Corporation is hiding something, a secret that will tear the Fleet apart and that the Morning Star, a group of militarized pilgrims searching for their lost god, is determined to uncover.

But there is something else hiding in Jovian system. Something insidious and intelligent, machine-like and hungry.

The Spiders are near.
[description from Hardcover]



Blood and Ink
Elementary 2
Titan Books, April 26, 2016
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 320 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2
A brand-new novel tie-in to the popular Elementary TV series.

The CFO of a secretive NYC hedge fund is found murdered—stabbed through the eye with an expensive fountain pen. Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson discover a link between the victim and a charismatic touring management guru with a doubtful past. But is the solution so clear-cut or is the guru being framed?

As secrets are revealed and another victim is found murdered in the same grisly fashion, Holmes and Watson begin to uncover a murky world of money and deceit…



The Shield, Vol 1: Daughter of Revolution
   Written by Adam Christopher and Chuck Wendig
Dark Circle Comics, June 7, 2015
Trade Paperback, 144 pages

[cover to be revealed]
Over the centuries, in our nation's times of need, a supernatural force appears to battle back the enemies of the United States: THE SHIELD.

Today, the country--the whole world--is on the edge of chaos. The middle class is dying as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Global warming's effects on the environment are drastic and dramatic, with superstorms and deadly droughts a common occurrence. The government increases its grip on the lives of ordinary people, controlling information and curtailing freedoms and privacy. For some, the government itself has become an enemy of the people, and revolution is on the minds of Americans all across the country.

The Shield returns--but what happens when she's not sure who the enemy is?

A modern action and conspiracy thriller by bestselling novelists Adam Christopher and Chuck Wendig featuring the dynamic artwork of David Williams, THE SHIELD: DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION gives readers a topical, relevant and jarring new take on the classic hero.

THE SHIELD, VOL. 1: DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION collects the first story arc of the ongoing THE SHIELD comic book series.




Isabel Cooper (2011)

Night of the Highland Dragon
Highland Dragon 3
Sourcebooks Casablanca, June 2, 2015
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2
“They say,” said the girl, “that people disappear up there. And I heard that the lady doesna’ ever grow any older.”
“The lady?” William asked.
“Lady MacAlasdair. She lives in the castle, and she’s been there years, but she stays young and beautiful forever.”


In the Scottish Highlands, legend is as powerful as the sword—and nowhere is that more true than in the remote village of Loch Aranoch. Its mysterious ruler, Judith MacAlasdair, is fiercely protective of her land—and her secrets. If anyone were to find out what she really was, she and her entire clan would be hunted down as monsters.

William Arundell is on the trail of a killer. Special agent for an arcane branch of the English government, his latest assignment has led him to a remote Highland castle and the undeniably magnetic lady who rules there. Yet as lies begin to unravel and a dark threat gathers, William finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the mystery of the Highlands…and the woman he can neither trust nor deny.
He prays she isn’t the murderer; he never dreamed she was a dragon.




Virna DePaul (2011)

Filthy Rich
The Belladonna Agency 3
Bantam, October 27, 2015
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 384 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2
High finance and a sizzling office affair raise desire and passion to the boiling point in Virna DePaul’s seductive new contemporary romance—perfect for fans of Carly Phillips, Lori Foster, and Molly O’Keefe.

Cara Michal has had to fight every step of the way to earn her place in the glittering seven-figure world of Wall Street. Years ago her hardworking father, a small-time investment adviser, was wrongfully accused of fraud. Now Cara is at the top of her game, supporting not only herself but her mother and brother. The occasional night out dancing soothes Cara’s soul, even as a bitter need for revenge against the man who destroyed her father makes inner peace elusive.

Then, in a moment of heat, Cara kisses a sexy stranger at a party—only later to discover that the man is Branden Duke, her new boss, an infamous operator with a wicked reputation in bed and on the Street. Branden is a man who seemingly has it all—except a woman who connects with him on a physical and emotional level. Now that he’s found Cara, he’s not sure he can let her go, even if he should.

In spite of herself, Cara is drawn to this charismatic guy. He is a challenge like none she has ever faced in her life. Their passion for each other is unquenchable, surprising them both with its ferocity. Even as Cara wonders if she can trust this man with her heart and soul, the ecstasy of their love cannot be denied. But when the past threatens the present, the two are faced with a truth from which they may never recover.

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1


This is the first in a series of updates about formerly featured Debut Author Challenge authors and their upcoming books for late 2014 and the beginning of 2015. This update covers some of the 2011 Debut Author Challenge authors.What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 2  will cover more of the 2011 DAC authors.


What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1


Please note that publication dates are subject to change and that The Qwillery uses U.S. publications dates. In addition, some cover images are not yet available.


Ben Aaronovitch

Foxglove Summer
Peter Grant / Rivers of London 5
DAW, January 6, 2014
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 336 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1
When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London to check that nothing supernatural is involved.

It’s purely routine—Nightingale, Peter’s superior, thinks he’ll be done in less than a day. But Peter’s never been one to walk away from someone in trouble, so when nothing overtly magical turns up he volunteers his services to the local police, who need all the help they can get. But because the universe likes a joke as much as the next sadistic megalomaniac, Peter soon comes to realize that dark secrets underlie the picturesque fields and villages of the countryside and there might just be work for Britain’s most junior wizard after all.

Soon Peter’s in a vicious race against time, in a world where the boundaries between reality and fairy have never been less clear….





Jenn Bennett

Grave Phantoms
Roaring Twenties 3
Berkley, May 5, 2015
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 320 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1
From the author of Grim Shadows and Bitter Spirits comes the new Roaring Twenties novel in the series hailed as “Boardwalk Empire meets Ghost Hunters, but so much better” (Molly Harper, national bestselling author of the Jane Jameson series).

Feisty flapper Astrid Magnusson is home from college and yearning for the one thing that’s always been off limits: Bo Yeung, her notorious bootlegging brother’s second-in-command. Unfortunately her dream of an easy reunion proves difficult after a violent storm sends a mysterious yacht crashing into the Magnussons’ docks. What’s worse, the boat disappeared a year ago, and the survivors are acting strangely…

Bo has worked with the Magnusson family for years, doing whatever is needed, including keeping his boss’s younger sister out of trouble—and his hands to himself. Of course, that isn’t so easy after Astrid has a haunting vision about the yacht’s disappearance, plunging them into an underground world of old money and dark magic. Danger will drive them closer together, but surviving their own forbidden feelings could be the bigger risk.





Adam Christopher

The Burning Dark
Spider War 1
Tor Books, March 3, 2015
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Previously published in Hardcover and Digital

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1
Adam Christopher’s dazzling first novel, Empire State, was named the Best Book of 2012 by SciFi Now magazine. Now he explores new dimensions of time and space in The Burning Dark.

Back in the day, Captain Abraham Idaho Cleveland had led the Fleet into battle against an implacable machine intelligence capable of devouring entire worlds. After saving a planet, and getting a bum robot knee in the process, he finds himself relegated to one of the most remote backwaters in Fleetspace, overseeing the decommissioning of a semi-deserted space station.
The station’s reclusive commandant is nowhere to be seen. Persistent malfunctions plague the station’s systems while interference from a toxic purple star makes even ordinary communications problematic. Alien shadows and whispers seem to haunt the lonely corridors and airlocks, fraying the nerves of everyone aboard.

Isolated and friendless, Cleveland reaches out to the universe via an old-fashioned space radio, only to tune in to a strange, enigmatic signal: a woman’s voice that echoes across a thousand light-years of space. But is the transmission just a random bit of static from the past—or a warning of an undying menace beyond mortal comprehension?




The Machine Awakes
Spider War 2
Tor Books, April 21, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 416 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1
Adam Christopher's The Machine Awakes is a far future space opera set in the universe of Burning Dark. In the decades since the human race first made contact with the Spiders—a machine race capable of tearing planets apart—the two groups have fought over interstellar territory. But the war has not been going well for humankind, and with the failure of the Fleet Admiral’s secret plan in the Shadow system, the commander is overthrown by a group of hardliners determined to get the war back on track.

When the deposed Fleet Admiral is assassinated, Special Agent Von Kodiak suspects the new guard is eliminating the old. But when the Admiral’s replacement is likewise murdered, all bets are off as Kodiak discovers the prime suspect is one of the Fleet’s own, a psi-marine and decorated hero—a hero killed in action, months ago, at the same time his twin sister vanished from the Fleet Academy, where she was training to join her brother on the front.

As Kodiak investigates, he uncovers a conspiracy that stretches from the slums of Salt City to the floating gas mines of Jupiter. There, deep in the roiling clouds of the planet, the Jovian Mining Corporation is hiding something, a secret that will tear the Fleet apart and that the Morning Star, a group of militarized pilgrims searching for their lost god, is determined to uncover.

But there is something else hiding in Jovian system. Something insidious and intelligent, machine-like and hungry.

The Spiders are near.





Isabel Cooper

The Highland Dragon's Lady
Highland Dragon 2
Sourcebooks Casablanca, December 2, 2014
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 384 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1
Regina Talbot-Jones has always known her rambling family home was haunted. She also knows her brother has invited one of his friends to attend an ill-conceived séance. She didn’t count on that friend being so handsome…and she certainly didn’t expect him to be a dragon.

Scottish Highlander Colin MacAlasdair has hidden his true nature for his entire life, but the moment he sets eyes on Regina, he knows he has to have her. In his hundreds of years, he’s never met a woman who could understand him so thoroughly…or touch him so deeply. Bound by their mutual loneliness, drawn by the fire awakening inside of them, Colin and Regina must work together to defeat a vengeful spirit—and discover whether their growing love is powerful enough to defy convention.






Night of the Highland Dragon (Highland Dragon 3) is slated for publication in June 2015.




Karina Cooper

Transmuted
The St. Croix Chronicles 6
Carina Press, January 26, 2015
eBook 

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1
In this final installment of Cherry St. Croix’s adventures, only one thing could compel the disgraced countess to return to Society—the threat of immortality.

All is not peaceful in the wake of the Midnight Menagerie’s ruin. Although the Karakash Veil has been forced to flee its stronghold, the mysterious head of the criminal organization is not content to fade away.

Above the foggy drift, a priceless diamond vanishes. In the dangerous Underground, a murderous rampage demands retribution. The hunt for the mastermind behind these misdeeds sends me back to Society—and into the unforgiving embrace of the world I’d left behind.

Nothing is what it seems. Enemies, allies—and a man who struggles with a nature even devotion cannot tame. Torn between the scars of the past and fragile new beginnings, I must create balance in the world I have chosen—and with the people I have come to love. The game has changed; should the Veil achieve the immortality it craves, I will have nowhere left to run.



The View From Monday - December 2, 2013


Happy Monday! I hope that everyone who celebrated had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Happy Chanukah to those celebrating as well.  The Qwillery has a new About Us page (here), which I can tell you will expand by 1 shortly.




The View From Monday - December 2, 2013



There are a lot of books out this week including 2 debuts:

The White Lie by Andrea Gillies (a Gothic novel and a US Debut)

and

Darkwalker (Nicolas Lenoir  1) by E .L. Tettensor.


And from formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors:

Legend of the Highland Dragon by Isabel Cooper;

Prince of Shadows (Paladin Warriors 3) by Tes Hilaire;

Unclaimed (Amoveo Legend 5 ) by Sara Humpheys;

and

The Gravity of the Affair by Michael J. Martinez.




December 1, 2013
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
White Christmas Ros Baxter SFR
World War Z (ri) Max Brooks Z
The Christmas Show: A Tor.Com Original (e) Pat Cadigan F
Bitter Fruits (e) Sarah Daltry PNR
A Game of Battleships Toby Frost SF/Hu - Chronicles of Isambard Smith 4
Snow White and the Vampire Marina Myles PNR
The Chickens of Atlantis and Other Fowl and Filthy Fiends Robert Rankin SF/SP/Hu - Japanese Devil Fish Girl
Immortal Desire (e) Denise Tompkins PNR
Chaos Bound (e) Rebekah Turner PNR - Chaos Born Sequel
Tempted by His Wicked Kiss (e) Zoey Williams PNR



December 2, 2013
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Dark Descent Marlene Perez UF - Nyx Fortuna 2



December 3, 2013
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Flamebound Tessa Adams PNR -  Lone Star Witch 2
Under an Endless Sky Vivian Arend PNR - Granite Lake Wolves 5 and 6
Real Vampires Know Size Matters Gerry Bartlett PNR - Glory St. Claire 10
The Lost Testament James Becker Th - Chris Bronson 6
Home For the Haunting Juliet Blackwell PCM - Haunted Home Renovation Mystery 4
Mars, Inc. Ben Bova SF - Billionaire's Club 1
Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Oliver Bowden F - Assassin's Creed 6
Dark Wolf Running Rhyannon Byrd PNR - Bloodrunners 5
The Accidental Werewolf 2: Something About Harry Dakota Cassidy PNR - Accidentally Paranormal 8
1920: America's Great War Robert Conroy AH
Legend of the Highland Dragon Isabel Cooper PNR
Witches of East End (h2tp) Melissa de la Cruz UF - Beauchamp Family 1
Prince of Spies (ri) Bianca D'Arc PNR - Dragon Knights 4
Cloak and Spider (e) David Dalglish F - Shadowdance Novella
A Dance of Mirrors David Dalglish F - Shadowdance 3
Spellbound Sylvia Day PNR
Lightning Rod Vaughn R. Demont UF - Broken Mirrors 2
Andromeda's Choice William C. Dietz SF - Legion of the Damned 2
The Gift Dave Donovan SF
The Adversary Erin M. Evans F - Dungeons & Dragons: The Sundering 3
Barely Bewitched (tp2mm) Kimberly Frost PNR - Southern Witch 2
The White Lie (D - US) Andrea Gillies Go
Electra Kerry Greenwood HistF/M - Delphic Women Mystery 3
Malice (h2tp) John Gwynne F - Faithful and Fallen 1
Prince of Shadows Tes Hilaire PNR - Paladin Warriors 3
Unclaimed Sara Humphreys PNR - Amoveo Legend 5
Kicking It Faith Hunter (ed)
Kalayna Price (ed)
UF - Anthology
Darklove Elle Jasper PNR - Dark Ink Chronicles 5
The Grove Jean Johnson FR - Guardians of Destiny 2
Everlasting Enchantment Kathryne Kennedy FR - Relics of Merlin 4
Necromancing Nim Katriena Knights PNR
Alien Research Gini Koch SF - Katherine 'Kitty' Katt 8
Nightmaster Susan Krinard PNR - Nightsiders 2
Princess of the Sword (tp2mm) Lynn Kurland FR - Nine Kingdoms 3
Vulkan Lives Nick Kyme F - Warhammer: Horus Heresy 26
Dragon's Teeth Mercedes Lackey F - Martis 2
Elementary Mercedes Lackey F - Elemental Masters
Hero's Journey (e) J.J. Cook PCM - Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade eNovella
Phoenix Legacy Corrina Lawson PNR - Phoenix Institute 2
Dangerous Women George R.R. Martin (e)
Gardner Dozois (ed)
F/SF - Anthology
The Devil's Woods Brian Moreland H
Star Trek Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library Larry Nemecek SF - Star Trek
Man-Kzin Wars XIV Larry Niven SF - Man-Kzin 14
The Chosen Seed Sarah Pinborough Th/DF/M - The Forgotten Gods 3
A Cursed Moon (e) Cecy Robson UFR - Weird Girls Novella
Shannivar Deborah J. Ross F - The Seven-Petaled Shield 2
The Legend of Drizzt 25th Anniversary Edition, Book IV R. A. Salvatore F - Forgotten Realms: Legend of Driztt
Protect All Monsters Alan Spencer H
Darkwalker (D) E .L. Tettensor M/Su - Nicolas Lenoir 1
Something More Than Night Ian Tregillis Su/Noir/M
Supervolcano: All Fall Down (h2mm) Harry Turtledove SF - Supervolcano 2
Supervolcano: Things Fall Apart Harry Turtledove SF - Supervolcano 3
Invasive Species Joseph Wallace Ap/SF
Lover Unbound (Collector's Edition) J.R. Ward PNR - Black Dagger Brotherhood 5



December 4, 2013
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Ascension Jacqueline Koyanagi SF - Tangled Axon 1
In the Greenwood: A Tor.Com Original (e) Mari Ness F



December 5, 2013
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Doctor Who: The Death Pit (Kindle e) A. L. Kennedy SF - Doctor Who



December 6, 2013
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller: Vol. 2 Carol Emshwiller SF/F - Collection
The Gravity of the Affair (e) Michael J. Martinez HistF/SF/AH - Daedalus Novella


e - eBook
D - Debut
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp  - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
tp2mm - Trade Paperback to Mass Market Paperback

AH - Alternate History
Ap - Apocalyptic
DF - Dark Fantasy
F - Fantasy
FR- Fantasy Romance
Go  - Gothic
H - Horror
HistF - Historical Fantasy
Hu - Humor
M - Mystery
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SP  - Steampunk
Su - Supernatural
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy
UFR - Urban Fantasy Romance

Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012

And the winners are...

Lessons After Dark (Englefield 2) by Isabel Cooper - Ended May 6, 2012 - Read the Guest Blog here.

Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012

Question:  What are some or your favorite Paranormal Historical Romancesor Historical Romances?

books4me who said...

I hang my head in shame: I haven't read any parnormal historical romance...ever! But I absolutely LOVE paranormal romance and it's all I practically ever read so I want to expand my paranormal horizons to include historical romance too! So that is the best answer to the question instead of lying;)

AND

kara-karina@Nocturnal Book Reviews who said...

O_o_o! Great giveaway, I've read No Proper Lady and loved it! :)
There are quite a lot of historical paranormals I love:
all of Amanda Quick (she almost always has something paranormal in her novels), Diana Gabaldon, Libba Bray, The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges, Firelight by Kristen Callihan, Leanna Renee Hieber...


Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012


The Return Man by V.M. Zito - Ended May 7, 2012 - Read the interview here.

Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012

Question:  Favorite novel, movie or TV show featuring zombies?

rissatoo who said...

Hmmm... Zombie movie faves: Shaun of the Dead and Night of the Comet. Book faves, Mira Grant's Feed series, Mark Henry's Amanda Feral series, Diana Rowland's White Trash Zombie series, and Rachel Caine's Revivalist series. (Well, at least the 1 that's out & I've read, that is.) No TV faves come to mind...


Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012


Blackbirds (Miriam Black 1) by Chuck Wendig - Ended May 8, 2012 - Read the interview here.

Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012

Question: What book are you reading? or What is the last book you've finished reading?

aburgeraday who said...

Currently reading "The Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss.


Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012


Choice of Kindling the Moon (Arcadia Bell 1) or Summoning the Night (Arcadia Bell 2) by Jenn Bennett - Ended May 9, 2012 - Read the interview here. US/Canada ONLY.

Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012

Question: Last Urban Fantasy novel you've read or what is your favorite genre?

April who said

The last one I read was The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross - I love it when there is humor in the books I read because everyone needs more laughter! Next up is Scott Westerfeld's Midnighters.


Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012


Kiss of the Goblin Prince (Shadowlands 2) by Shona Husk - Ended May 10, 2012 - Read the interview here. US/Canada ONLY.

Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012

Question: Which mythological, fairytale or supernatural being would you like to see as a romantic hero?

Barbara E. who said

How about a troll, I've never seen one as a romantic hero. I think that would be a challenge and I'd love to see someone meet that challenge. I guess it would be a beauty and the beast kind of story. :D


Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012


The winners have been notified and have until Sunday, May 20, 2012 to respond or The Qwillery will very randomly choose a new winner or winners.

Thank you!

Guest Blog by Isabel Cooper - Surprising Characters

Please welcome Isabel Cooper to The Qwillery! Lessons After Dark, the second novel in the Englefield series, was published on April 3, 2012.


Surprising Characters

It’s always the minor characters who really surprise me.

See, because romance novels are mostly about the relationship between the hero and heroine, I generally start with a decent idea of who they are and what they want. I may find myself developing aspects of them that I didn’t expect, but there isn’t very much about them that comes completely out of nowhere, or that takes a major change in direction from where I think I’m going at the beginning of the story. What I end up having them do is often different; who they are really isn’t.

Secondary characters, on the other hand, are often complete blanks when I’m going in. At most, I have a couple of basic characteristics to develop; sometimes, as with Gillespie in No Proper Lady, I don’t even know that they’re going to appear at all. With Arthur Waite and William Fitzpatrick, two of the major secondary characters in Lessons After Dark, I had a rough idea of them when I started writing: the two oldest boys, troublemakers, one rich and one less so, both on the arrogant-and-sexist side, as per Victorian teenage boys.

I’d expected Arthur to be the villain of the piece, insofar as there is one. He’s older, he’s wealthier, and he starts out making some of the more obnoxiously sexist comments about Olivia. When I started writing, the book was going to involve him getting in considerably more trouble, causing considerably more hardship for his fellow students, and eventually setting in motion the final and more dangerous events of his own free will: not because he was evil or malicious, even then, but because he was arrogant and seventeen and dumb.

Except a couple of things happened. First of all, Arthur kept getting smacked down as the book progressed, to the point where I really couldn’t believe that he wouldn’t learn better. (I know—people don’t. But I’m far, far less cynical as a writer than I am as a human being.) And the qualities that I intended to make him just-not-villainous contributed to the notion that he could, and should, get over himself by about midway through the book.

At the same time, William, who had been more of a cipher when I started out, started showing some of his own issues: again, nothing overtly evil, but the sort of thing that would lead him to test boundaries and try to prove himself. I realized (with considerable help from my editor, Leah) that the story needed a somewhat more otherworldly force to really tie the plot together. And finally, the more I wrote about Englefield and the kids there, the more I remembered what it was like for me to be a teenager, saying and doing things I totally meant at the time and regretted like hell about six weeks later.

So William gained a somewhat more troubled personality; Arthur went from a proto-Chuck-Bass-style jerk to a kid who gets in over his head and (sort of) gains the good sense to realize it; and Olivia and Gareth ended up joining forces to deal with a far more supernatural opponent.

I’m rather fond of this kind of surprise.


About the Englefield series

Lessons After Dark
Englefield 2
Sourcebooks, April 3, 2012
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

Guest Blog by Isabel Cooper - Surprising Characters
A woman with an unspeakable past…
Olivia Brightmore didn't know what to expect when she took a position to teach at Englefield School, an academy for "gifted" children. But it wasn't having to rescue a young girl who levitated to the ceiling. Or battling a dark mystery in the surrounding woods. And nothing could have prepared her for Dr. Gareth St. John...

A man with exceptional talent…
He knew all about her history and scrutinized her every move because of it. But there was more than suspicion lurking in those luscious green eyes. Even with all the strange occurrences at the school, the most unsettling of all is the attraction pulling Olivia and Gareth together with a force that cannot be denied.


No Proper Lady
Englefield 1
Sourcebooks, September 6, 2011
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

Guest Blog by Isabel Cooper - Surprising Characters
•Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
•Library Journal Best Book of the Year
•RT Book Reviews Seal of Excellence and Finalist for Best Book of the Year

When a half-naked woman suddenly appears on his country estate, Simon Grenville doesn't have time to be shocked. Demonic beasts are hot on his heels until the beautiful stranger unsheathes several knives strapped to her skin-tight trousers and kills them. As he stares at her fierce, heart-stopping face, Simon knows he's in a hell of a lot of trouble…

Joan is from a time where demons run rampant and humanity is fighting for its existence. To prevent this terrible future, she is sent back to Victorian England to kill the magician responsible for unleashing the dark forces. But Joan is a soldier more used to sparring than dancing. To get close to her target, she'll need Simon to teach her how to fit into polite society. Joan doesn't mind practicing proper flirtation on Simon, but she can't allow herself to be distracted by his gentle hands or devilish smile—the very future depends on it.



About Isabel

Guest Blog by Isabel Cooper - Surprising Characters
Critically acclaimed author Isabel Cooper lives in Boston with her boyfriend and a houseplant she’s kept alive for over a year now. She maintains her guise as a mild-mannered project manager working in legal publishing; all the while, she’s writing dark, edgy and magical romance novels. Her debut novel, No Proper Lady, was named a 2011 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in the romance category, a 2011 Library Journal Best Romance of the Year and received an RT Book Reviews Seal of Excellence for the month of September 2011. For more information, please visit http://www.isabelcooper.org.




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The View From Monday - April 23, 2012

Happy April 23, 2012. On this day in history King Brian of Ireland was murdered by Vikings (1014) and William Shakespeare was born (1564). See if you can weave these fun historical facts into conversation today! [Facts courtesy of History.com]

This week at The Qwillery:

Monday - 2012 Debut Author Challenge Guest Post by Cassie AlexanderNightshifted (Edie Spence 1) Cassie's debut, will be published on May 22, 2012.

Tuesday -  Guest Blog by Gabi Stevens - Updating the Fairy Godmother for the 21st Century. Gabi's most recent novel, Wishful Thinking (Time of Transition Trilogy 3), will be published on April 24, 2012.

Wednesday - 2012 Debut Author Challenge Interview with Shawntelle Madison. Coveted (Coveted 1), Shawntelle's debut, will be published on April 24, 2012.

Thursday - Interview with Lyn Benedict. Lyn's most recent novel, Lies & Omens (Shadows Inquiries 4) will be published on April 24, 2012.


Saturday - Guest Blog by Erin Kellison. Shadow Play (an eNovella) will be published on April 24, 2012.

Sunday - Guest Blog by Isabel Cooper. Lessons After Dark (Englefield 2) Was published on April 3, 2012.


And because of the large number of books out this week - a book shopping list in PDF format may be found by clicking HERE. Click "File" on the left and then "Print (PDF).



April 23, 2012
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Gothicka: Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural
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Victoria Nelson Literary Criticism





April 24, 2012
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Sevin
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Elizabeth Amber PNR - Lords of Satyr 7
The High Crusade (ri)
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Poul Anderson SF
Lies & Omens
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Lyn Benedict UF - Shadows Inquiries 4
Star Trek: DTI: Forgotten History
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Christopher L. Bennett SF - Star Trek
Summoning the Night
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Jenn Bennett UF - Arcadia Bell 2
Passion Play (h2mm)
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Beth Bernobich F - River of Souls 1
Deadly Descendant
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Jenna Black UF - Nikki Glass 2
Dreadnaught (h2mm)
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Jack Campbell SF - Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier 1
The Burning Man
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Mark Chadbourn F - Kingdom of the Serpent 2
Hard Magic (h2mm)
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Larry Correia UF - Grimnoir Chronicles 1
Battleship
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Peter David SF
Undead and Undermined (h2mm)
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MaryJanice Davidson PNR - Queen Betsy 10
Void Stalker
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Aaron Dembski-Bowden SF - Warhammer 40,000: Night Lords
Warrior
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Kristina Douglas PNR - Fallen 3
Architect of Fate
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Christian Dunn SF - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Battles
The Crippled God (h2mm)
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Steven Erikson F - Malazan Book of the Fallen 10
Siege
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Rhiannon Frater H/PA/Z - As the World Dies 3
Scourge
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Jeff Grubb SF - Star Wars
Evil Dark
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Justin Gustainis UF - Occult Crime Unit Investigations 2
Champion of Mars
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Guy Haley SF
Tricked
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Kevin Hearne UF - Iron Druid Chronicles 4
Kiss of Pride
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Sandra Hill PNR - Deadly Angels 1
Lance of Earth and Sky
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Erin Hoffman F - The Chaos Knight 2
Second Grave on the Left (tp2mm)
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Darynda Jones UF - Charley Davidson 2
The Wind Through the Keyhole
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Stephen King F - Dark Tower 8
All for You
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Lynn Kurland PNR
The Night Sessions
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Ken MacLeod SF
Coveted (d)
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Shawntelle Madison UF - Coveted 1
Fevre Dream (ri)
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George R.R. Martin F
Fort Freak
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George R.R. Martin SF - Wild Cards 21
Into the Dreaming (ri)
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Karen Marie Moning PNR/TTR - Highlander
First Strike (tp2mm)
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Eric Nylund SF - Halo
Shadow Blizzard
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Alexey Pehov F - Chronicles of Siala 3
The Hot Gate (h2mm)
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John Ringo SF - Troy Rising 3
Obsidian Flame
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Caris Roane PNR - World of Ascension 5
Under a Vampire Moon
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Lynsay Sands PNR - Argeneau 16
The Pack (h2mm)
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Jason Starr PS - The Pack 1
Hex (h2mm)
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Allen Steele SF - Coyote 8
The Prophet
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Amanda Stevens UF - Graveyard Queen 3
Wishful Thinking
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Gabi Stevens PNR - Time of Transition Trilogy 3
Wicked Road to Hell
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Juliana Stone PNR - League of Guardians 1
Coalition's End (h2mm)
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Karen Traviss SF - Gears of War 4
Bitter Seeds (h2mm)
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Ian Tregillis HF/AH - Raybould Marsh 1
The Children of the Sky (h2mm)
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Vernor Vinge SF - Zones of Thought 3
The Nekropolis Archives
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Tim Waggoner UF - Matt Richter 1-3
On the Prowl
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Christine Warren UF - The Others 6
Night Angel
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Brent Weeks F - The Complete Night Angel Trilogy
Rage of the Dragon
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Margaret Weis
Tracy Hickman
F - Dragonships of Vindras 3
32 Fangs: A Final Vampire Tale
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David Wellington H - Laura Caxton 4
Blackbirds (d)
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Chuck Wendig UF - Miriam Black 1
Dead Winter
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CL Werner F - Time of Legends 11
Extremis (h2mm)
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Steve White
Charles E. Gannon
SF - Starfire 6
Hunted
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Rebecca Zanetti PNR - Dark Protectors 3





April 26, 2012
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch
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Nancy Atherton PCM - Aunt Dimity 17
Red, White and Blood
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Christopher Farnsworth ST- Nathaniel Cade 3



d - debut
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
ri - Reissue
tp2mm - Trade Paperback to Mass Market Paperback

AH - Alternate History
F - Fantasy
H - Horror
HF- Historical Fantasy
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PS - Paranormal Suspense
SF - Science Fiction
ST - Supernatural Thriller
TTR - Time Travel Romance
UF - Urban Fantasy
Z - Zombies
The View From Monday - March 5, 2018The View From Monday - November 6, 2017The View From Monday - September 4, 2017Covers Revealed - Recent and Upcoming Novels by DAC AuthorsWhat's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors? - Part 2What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors in 2015? - Part 1The View From Monday - December 2, 2013Winners x 6 - May 13, 2012Guest Blog by Isabel Cooper - Surprising CharactersThe View From Monday - April 23, 2012

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