The Qwillery

Happy Tuesday!

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

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

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

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

#HeroFail (Superheroes Anonymous 4) by Lexie Dunne;

Infernal Machines by John Hornor Jacobs;

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

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

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

and

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

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

November 26, 2018

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

November 27, 2018

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

November 28, 2018

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

November 30, 2018

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

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



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

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

Seth Dickinson (2015)

The Traitor Baru Cormorant
Tor Books, November 29, 2016
Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Hardcover and eBook, September 15, 2015

Tomorrow, on the beach, Baru Cormorant will look up and see red sails on the horizon.

The Empire of Masks is coming, armed with coin and ink, doctrine and compass, soap and lies. They will conquer Baru’s island, rewrite her culture, criminalize her customs, and dispose of one of her fathers. But Baru is patient. She'll swallow her hate, join the Masquerade, and claw her way high enough up the rungs of power to set her people free.

To test her loyalty, the Masquerade will send Baru to bring order to distant Aurdwynn, a snakepit of rebels, informants, and seditious dukes. But Baru is a savant in games of power, as ruthless in her tactics as she is fixated on her goals. In the calculus of her schemes, all ledgers must be balanced, and the price of liberation paid in full.

The Traitor Baru Cormorant is the critically-acclaimed debut novel from Seth Dickinson, one of the rising new stars in fantasy.

Betsy Dornbusch (2013)

Enemy
The Seven Eyes 3
Night Shade Books, February 7, 2017
Hardcover, 352 pages

The Thrilling Conclusion to a Prince’s Quest for Revenge and Honor.

Everything Draken thinks he knows is wrong.

The last time Draken traveled Akrasia, he was the highest lord in the land. His journey before that was eased by royal favor and the grace of the gods. This time is different. His adopted country buckling under attack from religious fanatics and his Queen presumed dead, Draken must flee a deadly coup by an upstart lord. Bitter from fighting an insurmountable war and losing the life he’s built, he lets the ghosts of past mistakes drive him into vigilante revenge. But Draken is about to learn gods and wars have a way of catching up to a man.

In the thrilling conclusion to Dornbush’s Book of the Seven Eyes trilogy, follow Draken as he tries to find peace solace in a life that has been surrounded by bloodshed. Will he avenge those he cares about, while striking down those that stand in his way? Enemy covers all this and more in this epic fantasy series.

Lexie Dunne (2014)

How to Save the World
Superheroes Anonymous 3
Harper Voyager Impulse, October 4, 2016
     eBook, 336 pages
Harper Voyager Impulse, November 1, 2016
     Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages

“Packed to the brim with charming characters, zippy action, and a refreshing can-do spirit, the Superheroes Anonymous series never fails to delight.”

—Sarah Kuhn, author of Heroine Complex

Gail Godwin—once so famous for being kidnapped by supervillains, the media still calls her Hostage Girl—is done with superheroes and their shadowy schemes. She’s got a cute boyfriend, a great roommate, and she’s even returned to her old job. For the first time in years, life is exactly what she wants it to be.

But when a figure from her past resurfaces, he brings with him a plague that changes the game for every superhero and villain out there. Now Gail must team up with both friend and foe to help save the world she thought she had left behind.

It won’t be easy, but for Gail Godwin, nothing ever is.

S. K. Dunstall (2015)

Confluence
A Linesman Novel 3
Ace, November 29, 2016
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 400 pages

From the national bestselling author of Alliance, linesman Ean Lambert finds himself caught in a dangerous fight for political power…

The lines. Mysterious yet familiar: the key to controlling every ship in the galaxy. Once they were thought of as tools, but since linesman Ean Lambert discovered strange new lines in an alien vessel, they have become so much more—symbols of a power too great to ignore.

While the Crown Princess of Lancia seeks to share the new technology, her father, the Emperor, has other plans. His latest political maneuverings seem to be tilting the balance of control to Lancia’s favor—a move that not all members of the New Alliance are looking upon favorably.

As tensions mount, Ean and his former shipmates must unite to avert a disastrous conflict: the princess working within the tumultuous Alliance, Ean seeking the help of the impatient alien ships, and Ean’s close friend and bodyguard, Radko, embarking on a mysterious and perilous mission.

But the biggest threat comes from an unexpected source. Someone is trying to take down the New Alliance from within—and will use anything, even the lines themselves, to ensure its destruction…

Dianne Duvall (2011)

Phantom Embrace
An Immortal Guardians Novella
Zebra, June 28, 2016
eBook, 118 pages

Across dimensions . . .

A gifted one, Yuri Sokolov was born with the ability to see spirits, but he knows better than to make contact with them. Yet he’s never seen one as lovely as Cat Seddon, the woman who haunts his home and his dreams. But amid their star-crossed love, a new danger may have Yuri facing a different kind of eternity.

Rendezvous With Yesterday
The Gifted Ones 2
Dianne Duvall (October 17, 2016)
Trade Paperback and eBook, 406 pages

Modern-day bounty hunter Bethany Bennett helps her brother track two fugitives to a forest outside of Houston, Texas. But what should have been a routine apprehension of two bail skippers spirals out of control and ends in violence. After Beth and her brother are both seriously injured, a mysterious figure suddenly looms over her. And, when the smoke clears, Beth finds herself not only in another place, but in another time.

As Lord Robert, Earl of Fosterly, attempts to identify and track down the nameless enemy who has been plaguing his lands and people with violence, the most peculiar woman stumbles into his path. Small, vulnerable, yet possessed of a bold, fiery spirit and wicked sense of humor, she persists in dubbing Robert and his men members of something called a medieval reenactment group . . . until she sees his castle and labels herself mad. It seems bounty hunter Bethany Bennett has come to him from the future, bringing with her laughter and chaos, swiftly winning the hearts of his people and inspiring within him a love he thought he would never experience again. But when Robert discovers a way for her to return to her time, will the love they share be enough to keep them together?

October 4, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Savant	Nik Abnett	SF
All Your Wishes	Cat Adams	UF - The Blood Singer Novels 7
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (e)	Douglas Adams	SF/M
The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories	Robert Aickman	GH/Occ/H - Valancourt 20th Century Classics
Otherworld Chills	Kelley Armstrong	CF - An Otherworld Anthology
Beatlebone (h2tp)	Kevin Barry	LF/Psy/AH
Level Grind: Justice Calling; Murder of Crows; Pack of Lies; Hunting Season	Annie Bellet	UF - The Twenty-Sided Sorceress Omnibus 1
Dangerously Charming	Deborah Blake	PNR - A Broken Riders Novel 1
The Witch and the Dead	Heather Blake	PCM - Wishcraft Mystery 7
The Tau Empire	Braden Campbell Peter Fehervari Phill Kelly Joe Parrino Andy Smillie	SF - Legends of the Dark Millennium Anthology
The Rise of Io	Wesley Chu	SF - Io 1
Camelot Rising	Michael Clary	SF/TT - The Camelot Wars 2
Our Lives Became Unmanageable	Jackie Craven	F/SF - The Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Prize
Sirius: A Novel About the Little Dog Who Almost Changed History (D)	Jonathan Crown	LF
Undead and Done	MaryJanice Davidson	PNR - Queen Betsy 15
Into the Guns	William C. Dietz	AH/PA/SF - America Rising 1
The Motion of Puppets	Keith Donohue	H
Air and Darkness (h2mm)	David Drake	HistF - The Books of the Elements 4
How to Save the World (e)	Lexie Dunne	UF - Superheroes Anonymous 3
The Devil You Know	Erin M. Evans	F - Brimstone Angels 6
Castaway Odyssey	Eric Flint Ryk E. Spoor	SF/SO - Boundary 5
The Rift Uprising	Amy S. Foster	SF - The Rift Uprising Trilogy 1
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016	Karen Fowler (Ed) John Joseph Adams (Series Ed)	SF - Anthology
This Shared Dream	Kathleen Ann Goonan	AH - Dance Family 2
Feedback	Mira Grant	SF/AP/PA - Newsflesh 4
The Apartment	S. L. Grey	H/GH/Th
Ascendant's Rite	David Hair	F - The Moontide Quartet 4
Ghost Times Two	Carolyn Hart	PCM - A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel 4
Ghost to the Rescue (h2mm)	Carolyn Hart	PCM - A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel 3
The Color of Evil (ri)	David G. Hartwell (Ed)	H - Dark Descent 1 Anthology
An Ancient Peace (h2mm)	Tanya Huff	SF - Peacekeeper 1
This Is How You Die	David Jester	H
Paws and Effect	Sofie Kelly	PCM - Magical Cats 8
A Hard Day's Night Searcher (e)	Sherrilyn Kenyon	PNR - A Dark-Hunter Story
Ashley Bell (h2mm)	Dean Koontz	Sus/LF/F
The White Spell	Lynn Kurland	FR/F - A Novel of the Nine Kingdoms 10
Closer to the Chest	Mercedes Lackey	F/DF - Valdemar: The Herald Spy 3
Closer to the Heart (h2mm)	Mercedes Lackey	F/DF - Valdemar: The Herald Spy 2
The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck (ri)	Alexander Laing	Occ/Sup - Valancourt 20th Century Classics
Wild	Eve Langlais Kate Douglas A.C. Arthur	PNR  - Stories
The Wall of Storms	Ken Liu	F - The Dandelion Dynasty 2
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (h2tp)	Ken Liu	SF - Collection
License to Shift	Kathy Lyons	FR - Grizzlies Gone Wild 2
Stranded	Bracken MacLeod	SupTh
Tower of Thorns (h2mm)	Juliet Marillier	HistF - Blacthorn & Grim 2
The Steampunk Tarot: Wisdom from the Gods of the Machine	John Matthews Caitlin Matthews	Tarot
Fleet Inquisitor	Susan R. Matthews	SF/SO - Under Jurisdiction Omnibus
Eternal Sonata: A Thriller of the Near Future	Jamie Metzl	Th
Solar Express (h2mm)	L. E. Modesitt, Jr.	SF
Angels of Music	Kim Newman	F
Break the Chains	Megan E. O'Keefe	F - Scorched Continent 2
A City Dreaming	Daniel Polansky	CF
Book of the Night: The Black Musketeers	Oliver Pötzsch	HistF
Invisible Planets	Hannu Rajaniemi	F - Collection
Legacy of the Demon	Diana Rowland	CF/UF - Demon Novels/Kara Gillian 8
Shadows of Self (h2mm)	Brandon Sanderson	F - Mistborn 5
A Feast of Sorrows: Stories	Angela Slatter	F - Collection
A Very Jaguar Christmas	Terry Spear	PNR - Heart of the Jaguar 5
Viscera	Gabriel Squailia	F
The Great Game	Lavie Tidhar	SP
Cursed (e)	Sue Tingey	CF - The Soulseer Chronicles 2
The Failed Fellowship	Michael R. Underwood	SF/F - Genrenauts Ep 5 & 6
Eye of Terra	Various	SF - The Horus Heresy Anthology
Kurt Vonnegut: The Complete Novels	Kurt Vonnegut Siney Offit (Ed)	SF/F/Satire
Gold Fame Citrus (h2tp)	Claire Vaye Watkins	Dys/Political/LF
Impersonations	Walter Jon Williams	SF - A Story of the Praxis
Crosstalk	Connie Willis	SF/GenEng/R
Yesternight	Cat Winters	Hist/Occ
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (h2tp)	David Wong	SF
Forever After (e)(ri)	Roger Zelazny (Ed)	SF - Anthology

October 7, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Imagining Urban Futures: Cities in Science Fiction and What We Might Learn from Them	Carl Abbott	LC/SF/F
Swift to Chase	Laird Barron	H - Collection

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



AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CW - Contemporary Women
CyberP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F _ Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
Fict - Fiction
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghosts
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
Hu - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
M - Mystery
Meta - Metaphysical
MR - Magical Realism
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
ParaTh - Paranormal Thriller
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Psy - Psychological
R - Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
TV - Television
UF - Urban Fantasy


Note: Not all of these genres and formats are represented in the books above.

Lexie Dunne (2014)

Supervillains Anonymous
Superheroes Anonymous 2
Harper Voyager Impulse, August 4, 2015
Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages
eBook, June 30, 2015

The stakes are huge and the hero is short when Hostage Girl returns snarkier than ever in Lexie Dunne's urban superhero fantasy Supervillains Anonymous

New superhero Gail Godwin, the one and only Hostage Girl, is in big trouble: her nemesis Chelsea is loose, her trainer Angélica is dead, and everybody thinks Gail did it. To make matters worse, Davenport Industries has thrown her into a prison that just happens to be full of the very same supervillains who used to kidnap her on an almost daily basis.

Outside, things aren't going all that great either. There's a conspiracy that runs all the way to the bedrock of the superhero community, and it's affecting everybody Gail loves. With her friends in the crosshairs, it's up to her to escape and get to the bottom of things. Subterfuge, crime-fighting, and running away from everybody you know should be a cinch, right?

Wrong. Gail faces off against hero and villain alike just to stay alive. And you know what they say about supervillains: if you can't beat them…join them.

Katherine Harbour (2014)

Bones and Heart
A Night and Nothing Short Tale
Harper Voyager, March 10, 2015
eBook, 22 pages

Before Finn's arrival in Fair Hollow, Jack and Phouka are sent by Reiko Fata to New Orleans, and Mr. Bones, a creator of Grindylow. As disturbing events unfold, Jack remembers his mother's mysterious death, working with his exorcist/coachman father, and how he became Reiko's Jack in Victorian-era London.

Nettle King
A Night and Nothing Novel 3
Harper Voyager, April 19, 2016
Trade Paperback and eBook, 320 pages

The mesmerizing conclusion to the Night and Nothing series—part Buffy the Vampire Slayer and part Alice in Wonderland—finds Finn fighting against the land of the dead.

When her beloved Jack disappears, Finn vows to find him—even if it means a daring odyssey into the land of the dead. But saving Jack comes at a terrible price: a dangerous fissure has opened, giving the dead access to the true world.

The lines between worlds are more blurred than ever. Finn’s sister, Lily, recently returned from the Ghostlands, seems to bear no scars from her time there. But then their friend Moth returns from Sombrus, the magical house once owned by Seth Lot, bearing shocking news. Something evil—a fearsome creature bearing a striking resemblance to Jack—has escaped Sombrus and is now stalking Fair Hollow, killing everyone it encounters, transforming them into terrifying Jacks and Jills and recruiting the Unseelie.

It will not stop until it gets what it wants . . .

Finn.

Aidan Harte (2014)

The Warring States
The Wave Trilogy 2
Jo Fletcher Books, March 8, 2016
Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Hardcover and eBook, April 7, 2015

Interzone raved that "Harte is a brilliant new voice is historical fantasy." In The Warring States, Aidan Harte continues his high fantasy adventure began in Irenicon.

After the rout at Rasenna, Concord faces enemies on all fronts, and nobody believes that the last surviving Apprentice is equal to these crises--but Torbidda didn't become Apprentice by letting himself be manipulated.

While Sofia is struggling to understand her miraculous pregnancy, the City of Towers grows wealthy. But it's not long before the people of Rasenna start arguing again, and as the city falls apart once more, Sofia realises she must escape Etruria to save her baby. When prophecy leads her to another cesspit of treachery, the decadent Crusader kingdom of Oltremare, Sofia begins to despair, for this time she can see no way out.

Sylvia Izzo Hunter (2014)

Lady of Magick
A Noctis Magicae Novel 2
Ace, September 1, 2015
Trade Paperback and eBook, 448 pages

Sylvia Izzo Hunter brought “both rural Brittany and an alternative Regency England to vivid life”* in The Midnight Queen, her debut novel of history, magic, and myth. Now, in her new Noctis Magicae novel, Sophie and Gray Marshall are ensnared in an arcane plot that threatens to undo them both.

In her second year of studies at Merlin College, Oxford, Sophie Marshall is feeling alienated among fellow students who fail to welcome a woman to their ranks. So when her husband, Gray, is invited north as a visiting lecturer at the University in Din Edin, they leap at the chance. There, Sophie’s hunger for magical knowledge can finally be nourished. But soon, Sophie must put her newly learned skills to the test.

Sophie returns home one day to find a note from Gray—he’s been summoned urgently to London. But when he doesn’t return, and none of her spells can find a trace of him, she realizes something sinister has befallen him. With the help of her sister, Joanna, she delves into Gray’s disappearance, and soon finds herself in a web of magick and intrigue that threatens not just Gray, but the entire kingdom.

*National Bestselling Author Juliet Marillier

Emmi Itäranta (2014)

The Weaver
Harper Voyager, May 24, 2016
Trade Paperback and eBook, 304 pages

The author of the critically acclaimed Memory of Water returns with this literary ecological tale in the vein of Ursula K. Le Guin and Sheri S. Tepper, in which an innocent young woman becomes entangled in a web of ancient secrets and deadly lies that lie at the dark center of her prosperous island world.

Eliana is a model citizen of the island, a weaver in the prestigious House of Webs. She also harbors a dangerous secret—she can dream, an ability forbidden by the island’s elusive council of elders. No one talks about the dreamers, the undesirables ostracized from society.

But the web of protection Eliana has woven around herself begins to unravel when a young girl is found lying unconscious in a pool of blood on the stones outside the house. Robbed of speech by her attackers, the only clue to her identity is one word tattooed in invisible ink across her palm: Eliana. Why does this mysterious girl bear her name? What links her to the weaver—and could she hold Eliana’s fate in her hand?

As Eliana finds herself growing closer to this injured girl she is bound to in ways she doesn’t understand, the enchanting lies of the island begin to crumble, revealing a deep and ancient corruption. Joining a band of brave rebels determined to expose the island’s dark secrets, Eliana becomes a target of ruthless forces determined to destroy her. To save herself and those she loves, she must call on the power within her she thought was her greatest weakness: her dreams.

Happy first Monday in August. It's a very full release week with 4 debuts:

The Daughters by Adrienne Celt;

The Norma Gene by M.E. Roufa;

The Casualties by Nick Holdstock;

and

The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks.

You can read more about these debuts here: 2015 Debut Author Challenge Update - August 2015 Debuts.


From formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors:

The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl (The Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq. 2) by Ishbelle Bee;

Dark Ascension (Generation V #4) by M.L. Brennan;

Devil's Pocket (Phoenix Island 2) by John Dixon;

Supervillains Anonymous (Superheroes Anonymous 2) by Lexie Dunne;

Veiled (Alex Verus 6) by Benedict Jacka;

Waterborne Exile (Waterborne Blade 2) by Susan Murray;

and

Dawnbreaker (Legends of the Duskwalker 3) by Jay Posey.

August 3, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Daughters (D)	Adrienne Celt	LF
A Better Way to Die: The Collected Short Stories (Ke)	Paul Cornell	SF - Collection
The Returned, Part II (e)	Peter David	SF - Star Trek: New Frontier
The Law of Chaos: The Multiverse of Michael Moorcock	Jeff Gardiner	SF/H&C
The Norma Gene (D)	M.E. Roufa	SF/AH/Hu
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany	Nisi Shawl (ed) Bill Campbell (ed)	SF - Anthology
Legends 2: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell (Ke)	Ian Whates (ed)	F/DF - Anthology

August 4, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Necropolis	Dan Abnett	SF - Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts 3
Murder in the Paperback Parlor	Ellery Adams	PM - A Book Retreat Mystery 2
The Barter (h2tp)	Siobhan Adcock	Psy/Th
Finches of Mars	Brian W. Aldiss	SF
Frozen in Amber	Phyllis Ames	UF/PNR
Magic Shifts	Ilona Andrews	UF - Kate Daniels 8
Primal Heat: A Paranormal Shapeshifter Werejaguar Romance	A. C. Arthur	PNR - The Shadow Shifters 6
Primal Heat Part 4: A Paranormal Shapeshifter Werejaguar Romance (e)	A. C. Arthur	PNR - The SHadow Shifters
Angel of Doom	James Axler	SF - Outlanders 74
Dark Screams: Volume Four (e)	Brian James Freeman (ed) Richard Chizmar (ed)	H
Ultima	Stephen Baxter	SF - Proxima 2
Proxima (h2mm)	Stephen Baxter	SF - Proxima 1
Crossways	Jacey Bedford	SF/SO - Psi-Tech 2
The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl	Ishbelle Bee	HistF - The Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq. 2
Energized	Mary Behre	PRS - Tidewater 3
Lamp Black, Wolf Grey	Paula Brackston	HistF
Dark Ascension	M.L. Brennan	UF - Generation V #4
Skin of the Wolf	Sam Cabot	AA -A Novel of Secrets 2
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday	Italo Calvino (ed)	F - Anthology
Sweetness #9 (h2tp)	Stephan Eirik Clark	Dys
His Father's Eyes	David B. Coe	CF - Case Files of Justis Fearsson 2
Love, Lattes and Danger (e)	Sarah Cox	UF - Mutants 2
Devil's Pocket	John Dixon	AA/Th/SF - Phoenix Island 2
The Song of Synth	Seb Doubinsky	Dys
Supervillains Anonymous	Lexie Dunne	CF - Superheroes Anonymous 2
Fire in the Blood (h2mm)	Erin M. Evans	F - Forgotten Realms: Neverwinter: Brimstone Angels 3
The Eternal World	Christopher Farnsworth	Th/P
Edge of Darkness	Christine Feehan Maggie Shayne Lori Herter	PNR - Anthology
The Mountain	David L. Golemon	AA - Event Group Thrillers 10
Exo (h2mm)	Steven Gould	SF - Jumper 4
Smoke on the Water	Lori Handeland	FR - Sisters of the Craft 3
Alice	Christina Henry	DF
Fable: Blood of Heroes	Jim C. Hines	F - Fable Tie-In
The Casualties (D)	Nick Holdstock	LF/PA
Sing the Four Quarters (e) (ri)	Tanya Huff	F - Quarters 1
The Storm Lord (e)	M. K. Hume	F - Twilight of the Celts 2
Veiled	Benedict Jacka	UF - Alex Verus 6
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings	Shirley Jackson Laurence Hyman (ed) Sarah Hyman DeWitt (ed)	Collection
Enchantress of Paris: A Novel of the Sun King’s Court	Marci Jefferson	HistF
The Fifth Season	N. K. Jemisin	F - The Broken Earth 1
Dragonbane	Sherrilyn Kenyon	CF - Dark-Hunter Novels 19
The Complete Arrows Trilogy	Mercedes Lackey	F - The Arrows Trilogy
After the Saucers Landed	Douglas Lain	SF - Short Stories
Liaden Universe Constellation	Sharon Lee Steve Miller	SF - Liaden Universe Constellation 3
The Dragon Factory (ri)	Jonathan Maberry	Th/H - Joe Ledger 2
Starry Knight	Nina Mason	PNR - Knights of Avalon 1
The Twice and Future Caesar	R. M. Meluch	SF - Tour of the Merrimack 6
Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories	China Miéville	LF/F/CF - Collection
The Aftermath	Michela Montgomery	SF/AP/PA - Wind Cave 2
The Bull and the Spear	Michael Moorcock	F - Corum / The Eternal Champion 4
Creatures of the Storm (e)	Brad Munson	PA/SF - Rain Triptych 1
Wind/Pinball: Two novels	Haruki Murakami	MR
Waterborne Exile	Susan Murray	F - Waterborne Blade 2
The Veil	Chloe Neill	UF - Devil's Isle 2
A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd (ri)	Patrick Ness	F/FairyT/FolkT/L&M
Dawnbreaker	Jay Posey	SF/AP/PA - Legends of the Duskwalker 3
Revenant (h2mm)	Kat Richardson	UF - Greywalker 9
Your Face in Mine (h2tp)	Jess Row	LF/Dys
Blood Call	Lilith Saintcrow	Th/Sup
Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf (h2mm)	R. A. Salvatore	F - Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms: Companions Codex III
The Madagaskar Plan	Guy Saville	Th/AH
Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future (h2mm)	John Scalzi	SF
Twilight Vendetta (e)(ri)	Maggie Shayne	PNR - Wings in the Night: Reborn 2
If Onions Could Spring Leeks	Paige Shelton	PM - Country Cooking School Mystery 5
Rage	Ken Shufeldt	Th
Mother of Demons	Maynard Sims	H - Department 18 #5
The Raven's Child	Thomas E. Sniegoski	GN/SF
The Edge of Dawn	Melinda Snodgrass	CF - Edge 3
The Doorway	Alan Spencer	H
The Way of Sorrows	Jon Steele	Sus/ Oc/Sup/Th - The Angelus Trilogy 3
The Moreau Quartet: Volume One	S. Andrew Swann	SF/CyP/R - The Moreau Quartet 1
Robin Hood - Mark of the Black Arrow	Debbie Viguie James R. Tuck	HistF/DF - Robin Hood: Demon Bane 1
Chase the Darkness	J.D. Tyler	PNR - Alpha Pack 7
Wolf Trouble	Paige Tyler	PRS - SWAT 2
Kitty Saves the World	Carrie Vaughn	CF - Kitty Norville 14
The Sword of the South	David Weber	F - Sword of the South 1
Undying Hope	Emma Weylin	PNR - Undying Chronicles 1
Soldiers Out of Time	Steve White	SF/TT - Temporal Regulatory Authority 5
The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster (D)	Scott Wilbanks	HistF

August 5, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Night of the Salamander: A Tor.com Original (e)	Michael Swanwick	F

August 6, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2015	Paula Guran (ed)	SF/F - Anthology
A City Called Smoke	Justin Woolley	Dys - The Territory 2

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


AA - Action Adventure
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CyP - Cyber Punk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT -Fairy Tale
FolkT - Folk Tale
FR - Fantasy Romance
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
H&C - History and Criticism
HistF - Historical Fantasy
Hu - Humor
L&M - Legends and Myth
LF - Literary Fiction
MR - Magical Realism
Oc - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PRS - Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Psy - Psychological
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
Sup - Supernatural
Sus - Suspense
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

Happy last Monday in June. Sadly I've not been doing much reading lately. I've been spending most of my time dealing with a house issue that requires things being ripped out and insurance. The extent of damage keeps getting worse and worse as they remove more floor and walls. Hopefully things will calm down soon and I can refocus on reading and writing and not be so incredibly behind. Apologies to all!


There are 3 debuts this week:

The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath (Notebooks of John Loveheart, Esq 1) by Ishbelle Bee;

The Linesman (Linesman 1) by S.K. Dunstall;

and

The Dragons of Heaven (Dragons of Heaven 1) by Alyc Helms.



And from formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors:

American Craftsmen (American Craftsmen 1) by Tom Doyle is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Supervillains Anonymous (Superheroes Anonymous 2) by Lexie Dunne;

Luck of the Irish (Leprechaun's Gold 1) by Sara Humphreys;

and

Provoked (Dark Protectors 5) by Rebecca Zanetti.

June 29, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Indelible Ink (e)	Matt Betts	SP/H/Th
The Adventures of Cassius Flynn and Molly McGuire (e)	Eleri Stone	Dys/PNR - Reapers Novella

June 30, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath (D)	Ishbelle Bee	HistF - Notebooks of John Loveheart, Esq 1
Ascendance: Dave vs. the Monsters	John Birmingham	UF - David Hooper Trilogy 3
Tomorrow War	J. L. Bourne	TechTh - The Chronicles of Max (Redacted)
New Frontiers: A Collection of Tales About the Past, the Present, and the Future (h2mm)	Ben Bova	SF - Short Stories
Working for Bigfoot	Jim Butcher	UF - Dresden Files Novellas
Terminator Genisys: Resetting the Future	David S Cohen	SF - Media Tie-In
Virtues of War	Bennett R. Coles	SF - Virtues of War 1
Prize of Night	Bailey Cunningham	CF - Parallel Parks 3
Undead and Unwary (h2mm)	MaryJanice Davidson	PNR - Undead/Queen Betsy 13
American Craftsmen (h2mm)	Tom Doyle	CF - American Craftsmen 1
Supervillains Anonymous (e)	Lexie Dunne	UF/SH - Superheroes Anonymous 2
Linesman (D)	S. K. Dunstall	SF - Linesman 1
Follow You Home	Mark Edwards	Th/H
Of Bone and Thunder (h2mm)	Chris Evans	F
The Sea of Trolls (ri)	Nancy Farmer	F - The Sea of Trolls Trilogy 1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sacraments of Fire	David R. George III	SF - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Severed Souls (h2mm)	Terry Goodkind	F - Richard and Kahlan 14
The Silenced	Heather Graham	Sus/P - Krewe of Hunters 15
Soul Scorched	Donna Grant	PNR - Dark Kings 6
Soul Scorched: Part 4 (e)	Donna Grant	PNR - Dark Kings
The Undying Legion	Clay and Susan Griffith	HistF - Crown & Key 2
The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who	Simon Guerrier Dr. Marek Kukula	SF - Doctor Who
Heat of the Moment	Lori Handeland	FR - Sisters of the Craft 2
The Hollow Queen	Elizabeth Haydon	F - The Symphony of Ages 8
The Dragons of Heaven (D)	Alyc Helms	UF - Dragons of Heaven 1
Brothers in Valor	H. Paul Honsinger	SF - Man of War 3
Luck of the Irish (e)	Sara Humphreys	PNR  - Leprechaun's Gold 1
The Rods & The Axe (h2mm)	Tom Kratman	SF - Carerra 6
The House of the Four Winds (h2mm)	Mercedes Lackey	F - One Dozen Daughters 1
Wolf with Benefits	Shelly Laurenston	PNR - Pride 8
Artemis Invaded	Jane Lindskold	SF - Artemis Awakening 2
Little Girls	Ronald Malfi	H
The Baba Yaga	Eric Brown Una McCormack	SF - Weird Space
The Red: First Light	Linda Nagata	Th/SF - Red Trilogy 1
The Map of Chaos	Félix J. Palma	SF - Map of Time 3
Zoo: The Graphic Novel	James Patterson Michael Ledwidge	SF
All Dressed Up and No Place to Haunt	Rose Pressey	PM - A Haunted Vintage Mystery 2
Islands of Rage and Hope (h2mm)	John Ringo	SF - Black Tide Rising 3
The Ripple Effect	J.A. Saare	UF - Rhiannon's Law 3
The End of All Things #4: To Stand or Fall: The End of All Things	John Scalzi	SF - Old Man's War
Alien Hunter: Underworld (h2mm)	Whitley Strieber	Th/SF - Alien Hunter 2
The Rhesus Chart (h2mm)	Charles Stross	SF - Laundry Files 5
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club (h2tp)	Genevieve Valentine	LF/FairyT
The Philosopher Kings	Jo Walton	F - Thessaly 2
The Isle of Blood (ri)	Rick Yancey	H/Go - The Monstrumologist 3
Provoked (ri)	Rebecca Zanetti	PNR - Dark Protectors 5

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


CF - Contemporary Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT -Fairy Tale
FR - Fantasy Romance
Go - Gothic
H - Horror
HistF - Historical Fantasy
LF - Literary Fiction
P - Paranormal
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superhero
SP - Steampunk
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy

Lexie Dunne

Superheroes Anonymous
Superheroes Anonymous 1
Harper Voyager Impulse, November 25, 2014
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 336 pages
(eBook available November 18, 2014)

Everybody in Chicago has a "superhero sighting" story. So when a villain attacks editorial assistant Gail Godwin and she's rescued by superhero Blaze, it's a great story, and nothing more. Until it happens again. And again. Now the media has dubbed her Hostage Girl, nobody remembers her real name, and people are convinced that Blaze is just her boyfriend, Jeremy, in disguise.

Gail's not so sure. All she knows is that when both Jeremy and Blaze leave town in the same week, she's probably doomed. Who will save her now?

Yet, miraculously, the villains lose interest. Gail is able to return to her life … until she wakes up strapped to a metal table by a mad scientist who hasn't read the news. After escaping—now more than human herself—she's drawn into a secret underground world of superheroes. She'll have to come to terms with her powers (and weaknesses) to make it in the new society, and it's not easy. After all, there's a new villain on the rise, and she has her sights set on the one and only Hostage Girl.

Lexie Dunne

Superheroes Anonymous
Superheroes Anonymous 1
Harper Voyager Impulse, November 25, 2014
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 336 pages
(eBook available November 18, 2014)

Everybody in Chicago has a "superhero sighting" story. So when a villain attacks editorial assistant Gail Godwin and she's rescued by superhero Blaze, it's a great story, and nothing more. Until it happens again. And again. Now the media has dubbed her Hostage Girl, nobody remembers her real name, and people are convinced that Blaze is just her boyfriend, Jeremy, in disguise.

Gail's not so sure. All she knows is that when both Jeremy and Blaze leave town in the same week, she's probably doomed. Who will save her now?

Yet, miraculously, the villains lose interest. Gail is able to return to her life … until she wakes up strapped to a metal table by a mad scientist who hasn't read the news. After escaping—now more than human herself—she's drawn into a secret underground world of superheroes. She'll have to come to terms with her powers (and weaknesses) to make it in the new society, and it's not easy. After all, there's a new villain on the rise, and she has her sights set on the one and only Hostage Girl.

Jessica Leake

Arcana
Talos, November 11, 2014
Hardcover and eBook, 288 pages

A romantic, suspenseful, genre-bending debut set in Edwardian London.

Amid the sumptuous backdrop of the London season in 1905, headstrong Katherine Sinclair must join the ranks of debutantes vying for suitors. Unfortunately for Katherine, she cannot imagine anything more loathsome-or dangerous. To help ease her entrance into society, Katherine's family has elicited the assistance of the Earl of Thornewood, a friend and London's most eligible bachelor, to be her constant companion at the endless fetes and balls. But upon her arrival in London, Katherine realizes there will be more to this season than just white gowns and husband hunting.

Through her late mother's enchanted diary, Katherine receives warning to keep hidden her otherworldly ability to perform arcana, a magic fueled by the power of the sun. Any misstep could mean ruin-and not just for her family name. The Order of the Eternal Sun is everywhere-hunting for those like her, able to feed on arcana with only a touch of the hand.

But society intrigue can be just as perilous as the Order. The machinations of the fashionable elite are a constant threat, and those who covet Katherine's arcana, seeking the power of her birthright, could be hiding behind the façade of every suitor-even the darkly handsome Earl of Thornewood.

With so much danger and suspicion, can she give her heart to the one who captivates her, or is he just another after her power?

Scott James Magner

Homefront
Arche Press, November 11, 2014
Hardcover and eBook, 392 pages

In the 27th century, the Transgenic virus has redefined what it means to be human. The exiles of Earth’s Outer Colonies have evolved distinct genetic advantages over their ancestors, and are coming home to claim their birthright.

Commander Jantine leads an infiltration force of soldiers, scientists, and engineers on a mission to establish a new colony—a beachhead—on the planet that cast them forth so many years before.

Lieutenant Mira Harlan of the System Defense Force is part of a clandestine fleet stationed just outside Earth’s orbit. She doesn’t know it yet, but on board her ship is a priceless secret—a young girl whose genetic code might unlock the mysteries of the Transgenic virus.

When Jantine and the crew of Streamship Seven emerge from hyperspace, they reignite a centuries-old conflict that could tear the home system apart. Harlan and her captain must both defend themselves and protect their charge, or humanity’s next war may well be its last.

Fredrik T. Olsson

Chain of Events
Little, Brown and Company, November November 4, 2014
Hardcover and eBook, 432 pages
(US Debut)

A stunning debut thriller about a code that threatens humanity - and the only man can crack it.

William Sandberg, once a well-respected military cryptologist pursuing cutting-edge research, is a ruined man. His career is in shambles, his marriage is over, and he's succumbed to a dark depression.

But William's talents haven't gone unnoticed. A nameless, top-secret organization abducts him and tasks him with a daunting mission: decode a message that will reveal the disastrous prophecies hidden in our DNA before it is too late.

Meanwhile, William's ex-wife Christina is haunted by his absence and suspects there is more to his disappearance than just the reclusive impulse of a depressed man. Driven by her hunch, she sets out to find him and joins an eclectic cast of characters all drawn to a mysterious chateau in the Alps where the secret organization is plotting something-but is it revenge? Or a rescue mission? What is the organization hiding? What does the code have to do with the potent virus suddenly spreading around the world? And can William uncover the truth before it's too late?

A thrilling novel about humanity on the verge of crisis, taking readers from the streets of Berlin and Stockholm to a chateau in the Alps, Chain of Events explodes and then reconfigures the ties that bind us to one another: marriage, politics, and our DNA.

Fred Venturini

The Heart Does Not Grow Back
Picador, November 4, 2014
Trade Paperback and eBook, 320 pages

EVERY SUPERHERO NEEDS TO START SOMEWHERE...

Dale Sampson is used to being a nonperson at his small-town Midwestern high school, picking up the scraps of his charismatic lothario of a best friend, Mack. He comforts himself with the certainty that his stellar academic record and brains will bring him the adulation that has evaded him in high school. But when an unthinkable catastrophe tears away the one girl he ever had a chance with, his life takes a bizarre turn as he discovers an inexplicable power: He can regenerate his organs and limbs.

When a chance encounter brings him face to face with a girl from his past, he decides that he must use his gift to save her from a violent husband and dismal future. His quest takes him to the glitz and greed of Hollywood, and into the crosshairs of shadowy forces bent on using and abusing his gift. Can Dale use his power to redeem himself and those he loves, or will the one thing that finally makes him special be his demise? The Heart Does Not Grow Back is a darkly comic, starkly original take on the superhero tale, introducing an exceptional new literary voice in Fred Venturini.

Ernie Wood

One Red Thread
Tyrus Books, November 3, 2014
Hardcover and eBook, 336 pages
(Fiction Debut)

When architect Eddy McBride, a fortysomething self-absorbed noticer of details and self-appointed seeker of truths, stumbles upon a way to visit, watch and ultimately participate in events from his family history, he finds answers to long-ago tragedies and mysteries. But each time Eddy returns to the present, he unleashes the unhappy consequences of exploring history on his family and friends. And as Eddy’s knowledge of the past grows, he turns from curious seeker of truths to frantic fixer of mistakes—present, past and by those from the present who would change the past—as he follows a devastating trail of hurt, disappearance and death.