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Happy Belated Monday! We have power and internet again after the tropical storm. I have friends who still don't have power after 1 week and a heat wave started yesterday! What a mess!


There are 2 debuts this week:

Bystander 27 by Rik Hoskin

and

We Are the Dead by Mike Shackle.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Machine Dynasty Omnibus by Madeline Ashby;

Failed State (Dystopian Lawyer 2) by Christopher Brown;

The Last Uncharted Sky (The Risen Kingdoms 3) by Curtis Craddock;

The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade 3) by Seth Dickinson;

and

Dragon Heart by Peter Higgins.

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

August 10, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Magic Study (e)	Maria V. Snyder	RF - The Chronicles of Ixia 2

August 11, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Neverland's Library: A Library Anthology	Alana Joli Abbott (Ed)	F - Anthology
Triumff (ri)	Dan Abnett	HistF/HU
A Chorus of Fire	Brian D. Anderson	F/EF - The Sorcerer's Song 2
Jest Right	Piers Anthony	F/HU - Magic of Xanth 43
The Machine Dynasty Omnibus (e)	Madeline Ashby	SF/HSF
Tijaran Tales: The Complete Series	Francesca T. Barbini	SF
Stage Fright (ri)	Garrett Boatman	H - Paperbacks from Hell
A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom	John Boyne	Hist/Sagas/LF
CTRL S	Andy Briggs	SF/AP/PA
Failed State	Christopher Brown	Dys - Dystopian Lawyer 2
Legacy of Vale (Ke)	Rhett C. Bruno	SF - The Circuit Saga 2
A Private Cathedral	James Lee Burke	Sus - Dave Robicheaux 23
Fantasy from Asia and the Asian Diaspora: A Tordotcom Novella Sampler (e)	Zen Cho Saad Z. Hossain S. L. Huang Nghi Vo JY Neon Yang	F - Sampler Collection
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (ri)	Susanna Clarke	F
The Last Uncharted Sky	Curtis Craddock	F/SP - The Risen Kingdoms 3
Mirage	Julie E. Czerneda	SF/SO/HSF/AC - Web Shifter's Library 2
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant	Seth Dickinson	EF - The Masquerade 3
The Invisible	Seb Doubinsky	Dys/Noir - City-States Cycle
Mums and Mayhem	Amanda Flower	PCM - Magic Garden Mystery 3
Flights of Marigold	Susan Forest	F - Addicted to Heaven 2
After Siege (e)	Rhiannon Frater	H/AP/PA - As The World Dies 4
Twenty After Midnight	Daniel Galera Julia Sanches (Tr)	LF/CoA/Dys
Dragon Heart	Peter Higgins	F/LF/AP/PA
Stoker's Wilde West	Steven Hopstaken Melissa Prusi	HistF - Fiction Without Frontiers
Bystander 27 (D)	Rik Hoskin	F/DF
The Eye of the World (ri)	Robert Jordan	EF - Wheel of Time 1
This Little Light: A Novel	Lori Lansens	F/Dys/CoA/Political
Knight of Stars	Tom Lloyd	EF - God Fragments
More Beautiful Than Death	David Mack	SF - Star Trek
The Shadow Commission	David Mack	HistF/Occ/Sup/DF - Dark Arts 3
Son of the Shadows (ri)	Juliet Marillier	HistF/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Sevenwaters Trilogy 2
Luna: Moon Rising (h2tp)	Ian McDonald	SF/SE/HSF/SO - Luna 3
Sorcery of a Queen	Brian Naslund	F/EF - Dragons of Terra 2
Debt of Loyalty	Christopher G. Nuttall	SF/M/SO - Embers of War 2
The Apocalypse Strain	Jason Parent	SF - Fiction Without Frontiers
Cry of Metal & Bone	L. Penelope	HistF/RF - Earthsinger Chronicles 3
From Divergent Suns	Sam Peters	SF/CrM - From Darkest Skies 3
Episodes	Christopher Priest	SF/LF
The Secret of Barnabas Collins	Marylin Ross	Occ/Gothic - Dark Shadows the Complete Paperback Library Reprint Volume 7
The Demon of Barnabas Collins	Marylin Ross	Occ/Gothic - Dark Shadows the Complete Paperback Library Reprint Volume 8
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear	Matthew Salesses	LF/AB
We Are The Dead (D)	Mike Shackle	EF - Last War 1
Island	Johanna Skibsrud	VM/LF/Political
By Force Alone	Lavie Tidhar	F/Arthurian
The Burning White (h2tp)	Brent Weeks	EF/HistF - Lightbringer 5
The Wizard Knight (Tor Essentials)	Gene Wolfe	EF - The Wizard Knight

August 12, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Exile's End: A Tor.com Original (e)	Carolyn Ives Gilman	SF

August 14, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Driftwood	Marie Brennan	F - Driftwood 1

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



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistTh - Historical Thriller
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
LMF - Legends, Myths, Fables
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
RF - Romantic Fantasy
ScF - Science Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

Happy Monday? We are back after a 4 day hiatus. Hope that everyone is okay during these strange times. Keep well!

There is one debut this week:

Red Noise by John P. Murphy.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

ReV (The Machine Dynasty 3) by Madeline Ashby;

When Jackals Storm the Walls (Song of Shattered Sands 5) by Bradley P. Beaulieu;

The Amberlough Dossier: Amberlough, Armistice, Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly (eBook Bundle);

The Dragon Republic (Poppy War 2) by R. F. Kuang is out in Trade Paperback;

The Adventures of Arabella Ashby: Arabella of Mars, Arabella and the Battle of Venus, Arabella The Traitor of Mars by David D. Levine (eBook Bundle);

and

Road Seven by Keith Rosson.

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

July 14, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Jest Right (ri)	Piers Anthony	F/HU - Magic of Xanth 43
ReV: The Machine Dynasty	Madeline Ashby	SF/AP/AP/CyP - The Machine Dynasty 3
When Jackals Storm the Walls	Bradley P. Beaulieu	F - Song of Shattered Sands 5
Unicorn Mountain (ri)	Michael Bishop	SF/AC
Peace Talks	Jim Butcher	UF - Dresden Files 16
The Amberlough Dossier: Amberlough, Armistice, Amnesty (e)	Lara Elena Donnelly	HistF
Final Fantasy XV: The Dawn of the Future	Jun Eishima Final Fantasy XV Team	F/MTI - Final Fantasy XV
The Vessels	Anna M. Elias	SupTh/VM/F - Vessels 1
Queen of Storms	Raymond E. Feist	F - Firemane Saga 2
Silver Ravens	Jane Fletcher	F/MR
His Dark Materials and Philosophy	Richard Greene (Ed) Rachel Robinson-Greene (Ed)	Philosophy - Popular Culture and Philosophy 132
The Only Good Indians	Stephen Graham Jones	H
The Relentless Moon	Mary Robinette Kowal	SF/AH/HSF - Lady Astronaut 3
The Dragon Republic (h2tp)	R. F Kuang	HistF - Poppy War 2
In the Kingdom of All Tomorrows	Stephen R. Lawhead	F/HistF - Eirlandia 3
The Adventures of Arabella Ashby: Arabella of Mars, Arabella and the Battle of Venus, Arabella The Traitor of Mars (e)	David D. Levine	SF/SP
The Passengers (h2tp)	John Marrs	TechTh/Sus/SF
Knaves Over Queens (h2tp)	George R.R. Martin (Ed) Wild Cards Trust	SH/SF - Wild Cards 22
The Dreaming Tree (h2tp)	Matthew Mather	M - Delta Devlin Novels 1
The Storyteller’s Daughter (e)	Victoria McCombs	RF
Star Trek: Discovery: Die Standing	John Jackson Miller	SF - Star Trek: Discovery 7
Utopia Avenue	David Mitchell	LF/SF/Dys
Gideon the Ninth (h2tp)	Tamsyn Muir	SF/SO/F - The Locked Tomb Trilogy 1
Red Noise (D)	John P. Murphy	SF/SO/AP/PA
At the Lucky Hand: aka The Sixty-Nine Drawers	Goran Petrović Peter Agnone (Tr)	MR/LF
All Up	J. W. Rinzler	AH
Road Seven	Keith Rosson	MR/LF
Shadows Rising	Madeleine Roux	F - World of Warcraft Shadowlands 3
Best of British Science Fiction 2019	Donna Scott (Ed)	SF - Anthology
Heart of Gold (e)	Sharon Shinn	SF/CyP
Hell Divers VII: Warriors	Nicholas Sansbury Smith	SF/CyP - Hell Divers 7

July 15, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Everything's Fine: A Tor.com Original (e)	Matthew Pridham	SF

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



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistTh - Historical Thriller
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
LMF - Legends, Myths, Fables
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
RF - Romantic Fantasy
ScF - Science Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

Happy Monday!

There are 5 debuts this week.

The Bone Mother by David Demchuk;

Devil's Call by J. Danielle Dorn (eBook; print August 8th);

The Epiphany Machine by David Burr Gerrard;

Graveyard Shift by Michael F. Haspil;

and

Hook's Tale by John Leonard Pielmeier.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Company Town by Madeline Ashby is out in Trade Paperback;

Conspiracy of Ravens (The Shadow 2) by Lila Bowen (Delilah S. Dawson) is out in Trade Paperback;

Raining Fire (Rising Tide 3) by Rajan Khanna;

Arabella and the Battle of Venus (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby 2) by David D. Levine;

and

The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty 2) by Ken Liu is out in Trade Paperback.

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

July 17, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Hard Magic (e)(ri)	Laura Anne Gilman	UF - Paranormal Scene Investigations 1
Love Me to Death	Maggie Shayne	PNR

July 18, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Company Town (h2tp)	Madeline Ashby	SF/GenEng/Noir
Conspiracy of Ravens (h2tp)	Lila Bowen	HistF - The Shadow 2
Dice Tales: Essays on Roleplaying Games and Storytelling (e)	Marie Brennan	RPGs
The Empty Ones (h2tp)	Robert Brockway	HU/UF/H - The Vicious Circuit 2
Strange Dogs: An Expanse Novella (e)	James S. A. Corey	SF - The Expanse
War for the Planet of the Apes: Official Movie Novelization	Greg Cox	SF/MTI
The Memory Agent	Matthew B.J. Delaney	SF
The Bone Mother (D)	David Demchuk	H/FairyT/FolkT/LM/ F/DF
Devil's Call (D)(e)	J. Danielle Dorn	Occ/Sup/W
One Year After (ri)	William R. Forstchen	Th/SF/AP/PA - John Matherson 2
The Epiphany Machine (D - SpecFic)	David Burr Gerrard	LF/AH/SF
Spellbinder	Thea Harrison	PNR - Moonshadow 2
Graveyard Shift (D)	Michael F. Haspil	UF/SupTh/M
The Body in the Clouds	Ashley Hay	LF
The Unit (ri)	Ninni Holmqvist	Dys/SF/Psy
Raining Fire	Rajan Khanna	SF/AP/PA/SP - Rising Tide 3
Exodus	Alex Lamb
Arabella and the Battle of Venus	David D. Levine	AH/SF - The Adventures of Arabella Ashby 2
The Wall of Storms (h2tp)	Ken Liu	F - The Dandelion Dynasty 2
Equus	Rhonda Parrish (Ed)	F - Anthoolgy
Hook's Tale (D)	John Leonard Pielmeier	Fict
The Gradual (h2tp)	Christopher Priest	F/HistF/LF
Hell Divers II: Ghosts	Nicholas Sansbury Smith	SF - The Hell Divers Trilogy 2
And the Rest is History	Jodi Taylor	SF/TT/HistF - The Chronicles of St. Mary's8
Armistice: The Hot War	Harry Turtledove	AH/SF - Hot War 3
Icon (h2tp)	Genevieve Valentine	SF - The Persona Sequence 2
The Blood Mirror (h2tp)	Brent Weeks	F - Lightbringer 4
Underground Airlines (h2tp)	Ben Winters	Th/AH

July 19, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Hole in the Moon and Other Tales by Margaret St. Clair	Margaret St. Clair	SF - Collection
The Martian Obelisk: A Tor.com Original (e)	Linda Nagata	SF

July 20, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Quiet War Omnibus: The Quiet War and Gardens of the Sun (e)(ri)	Paul McAuley	SF - The Quiet War
The Vastening Omnibus: In the Mouth of the Whale and Evening's Empires (e)	Paul McAuley	SF - The Vasteming

July 21, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Of Masques and Martyrs (e)(ri)	Christopher Golden	DF - Peter Octavian 3

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
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GH - Ghost(s)
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GO - Gothic
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Noir - Noir
Occ - Occult
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PI - Private Investigator
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PRS - Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Psy - Psychological
R - Romance
RPGs - Role Playing Games
Satire - Satire
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superhero(es)
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
VisMeta - Visionary and Metaphysical
W - Western
Z - Zombies

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

Happy 1st Monday in March. Only 14 days until Spring!


There are 10 Debuts this week:

Taduno's Song by Odafe Atogun;

The Case of the Green-Dressed Ghost (Dr Ribero's Agency of the Supernatural 1) by Lucy Banks;

The Mermaid's Daughter by Ann Claycomb;

Space Tripping by Patrick Edwards;

The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel;

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar;

The Lucky Ones by Julianne Pachico;

Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks;

Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells;

and

The Impossible Fairy Tale by Han Yujoo.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

iD (Machine Dynasty 2) by Madeline Ashby is out in Mass Market Paperback;

The Devil's Bible (Bohemian Gospel 2) by Dana Chamblee Carpenter;

Saint's Blood (The Greatcoats 3) by Sebastien de Castell is out in Trade Paperback;

Standard Hollywood Depravity (A Ray Electromatic Mystery) by Adam Christopher;

Archangel (Spectre War 2) by Margaret Fortune;

Smells Like Finn Spirit (The Familia Arcana 3) by Randy Henderson;

The Holver Alley Crew (Streets of Maradaine 1) by Marshall Ryan Maresca

Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder 1) by Brian McClellan;

The Malice (The Vagrant Trilogy 2) by Peter Newman;

Three Queens in Erin (Something Red 4) by Douglas Nicholas;

Seven Surrenders (Terra Ignota 2) by Ada Palmer;

The Song Rising (The Bone Season 3) by Samantha Shannon;

and

The Last Days of Magic by Mark Tompkins is out in Trade Paperback.

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

March 6, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Nuala: A Fable	Kimmy Beach	LF/MR/FairyT/FolkT/LM

March 7, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
iD (tp2mm)	Madeline Ashby	SF - Machine Dynasty 2
Taduno's Song (D)	Odafe Atogun	LF/Hist/CulH
Little Green Men--Attack!	Robin Wayne Bailey (ed) Bryan Thomas Schmidt (ed)	SF
The Case of the Green-Dressed Ghost (D)	Lucy Banks	UF - Dr Ribero's Agency of the Supernatural 1
Etched in Bone	Anne Bishop	F/DF - A Novel of the Others 5
Gather Her Round	Alex Bledsoe	CF/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Tufa Novels 5
Silence Fallen	Patricia Briggs	UF - A Mercy Thompson Novel 10
Hekla's Children	James Brogden	H
Witchy Eye	D.J. Butler	F
The Devil's Bible	Dana Chamblee Carpenter	Th - Bohemian Gospel 2
Saint's Blood (h2tp)	Sebastien de Castell	HistF - The Greatcoats 3
The Erstwhile	Brian Catling	F/Hist/LF - Vorrh 2
Standard Hollywood Depravity	Adam Christopher	SF/Noir/M - A Ray Electromatic Mystery
The Mermaid's Daughter (D)	Ann Claycomb	CW
Space Tripping (D)	Patrick Edwards	F/HU/SF/SO
The Roanoke Girls (D - Adult)	Amy Engel	Sus/Th/Psy/CW
The Night Ocean	Paul La Farge	LF/Hist/M
Archangel	Margaret Fortune	SF/SO - Spectre War 2
Souljacker	Yasmine Galenorn	PNR/UF/P - Lily Bound 1
The Unforgettable Wolf	Jane Godman	PNR
Firestorm	Donna Grant	PNR - Dark Kings 10
Firestorm: Volume 4: A Dragon Romance (e)	Donna Grant	PNR - Dark Kings
Eleanor	Jason Gurley	F/LF/VisMeta
Smells Like Finn Spirit	Randy Henderson	F/HU/UF - The Familia Arcana 3
Rescued by the Wolf	Kristal Hollis	PNR
Sanctuary Cove	Kate James	PNR
Spaceman of Bohemia (D)	Jaroslav Kalfar	LF
Delusion's Master	Tanith Lee	DF/Dys - Flat Earth 3
The Progeny (h2tp)	Tosca Lee	Sus - Descendants of the House of Bathory 1
Rosemary's Baby (50th Anniversary Edition)	Ira Levin	Sus/Sup/H
The Holver Alley Crew	Marshall Ryan Maresca	UF/M - Streets of Maradaine 1
Hisses and Honey	Shannon Mayer	UF - The Venom Trilogy 3
Sins of Empire	Brian McClellan	F - Gods of Blood and Powder 1
Magic For Nothing	Seanan McGuire	UF - InCryptid 6
Forges of Mars Omnibus	Graham McNeill	SF - Forges of Mars
The Malice	Peter Newman	DF  - The Vagrant Trilogy 2
Three Queens in Erin	Douglas Nicholas	HistF - Something Red 4
Cursed Command	Christopher Nuttall	SF - Angel in the Whirlwind 3
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (h2tp)	Helen Oyeyemi	MR/FairyT/FolkT/LM
The Lucky Ones (D)	Julianne Pachico	MR/LF/CulH
Seven Surrenders	Ada Palmer	SF - Terra Ignota 2
The Lovecraft Squad	John Llewellyn Probert	H - All Hallows Horror Trilogy 1
The Song Rising	Samantha Shannon	F - The Bone Season 3
Lotus Blue (D)	Cat Sparks	SF/AP/PA
How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days	Kerrelyn Sparks	FR - The Embraced 1
Challenges of the Deeps	Ryk E. Spoor	SF - Grand Central Arena 3
Warbeast	Gav Thorpe	F - The Realmgate Wars 6
The Last Days of Magic (h2tp)	Mark Tompkins	HistF/Hist/Occ/Sup
Her True Match	Paige Tyler	PRS - X-Ops 6
Deathwatch: Ignition	Various	SF - Deathwatch
Above His Proper Station	Lawrence Watt-Evans	F - The Fall of the Sorcerers 2
Hunger Makes the Wolf (D)	Alex Wells	SF/SO
The Impossible Fairy Tale (D)	Han Yujoo	LF

March 8, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Come See the Living Dryad: A Tor.com Original (e)	Theodora Goss	F
Pressed to Death	Kirsten Weiss	PM - A Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery 2

March 10, 2017

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Behold the Void	Philip Fracassi	H

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



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CulH - Cultural Heritage
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GH - Ghosts
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PopCul - Popular Culture
PRS - Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
VisMeta - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

Madeline Ashby (2012)

vN
The Machine Dynasty 1
Angry Robot, January 3, 2017
Mass Market Paperback, 368 pages
Trade Paperback and eBook, July 31, 2012

Amy Peterson is a von Neumann machine, a self-replicating humanoid robot.

For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows very little about her android mother’s past, so when her grandmother arrives and attacks her mother, little Amy wastes no time: she eats her alive.

Now she carries her malfunctioning granny as a partition on her memory drive, and she’s learning impossible things about her clade’s history – like the fact that the failsafe that stops all robots from harming humans has failed… Which means that everyone wants a piece of her, some to use her as a weapon, others to destroy her.

File Under: Science Fiction [Von Neumann Sisters | Fail Safe Fail | The Squid & the Swarm | Robot Nation]

iD
The Machine Dynasty 2
Angry Robot, March 7, 2017
Mass Market Paperback
Trade Paperback and eBook, June 25, 2013

Javier is a self-replicating humanoid on a journey of redemption.

Javier’s quest takes him from Amy’s island, where his actions have devastating consequences for his friend, toward Mecha where he will find either salvation… or death.

File Under: Science Fiction [ vN2 | Island in the Streams | Failsafe No More | The Stepford Solution ]

ReV
The Machine Dynasty 3
Angry Robot, May 2, 2017
Trade Paperback and eBook

In the third and final installment of the Machine Dynasty, the rapture for which the self-replicating humanoid vN were engineered finally comes to pass. Now that the failsafe that once kept vN from harming humans has been hacked, all vN are discovering the promise – and the peril – of free will.
Her consciousness unleashed across computer systems all across the world, the vicious vN Portia stands poised to finally achieve her lifelong dream of bringing humanity to its knees. The old battle between her and her grand-daughter Amy comes to its epic conclusion in the war for the very systems that keep the planet running.

Can Amy get her family to the stars before Portia destroys every opportunity for escape and freedom?
File Under: Science Fiction

Jason Hough (2013)

Injection Burn
The Dire Earth Duology 1
Del Rey, May 30, 2017
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 512 Pages

Part one of a thrilling action-adventure sci-fi duology featuring indomitable characters, incredible worlds, and plenty of rip-roaring action and thrills!

Rescue operation—or suicide mission?

Skyler Luiken and his ragtag crew of scavengers, scientists, and brawlers have a new mission: a long journey to a distant planet where a race of benevolent aliens are held captive behind a cloud of destructive ships known as the Swarm Blockade. No human ships have ever made it past this impenetrable wall, and Skyler knows not what to anticipate when they reach their destination.

Safe to say that the last thing he expects to find there is a second human ship led by the tough-as-nails captain, Gloria Tsandi. These two crews—and their respective captains—initially clash, but they will have to learn to work together when their mutual foe closes in around them and begins the outright destruction of their vessels—along with any hope of a return to Earth.

Escape Velocity
The Dire Earth Duology 2
Del Rey, June 27, 2017
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 512 Pages

Part two of a thrilling action-adventure sci-fi duology featuring indomitable characters, incredible worlds, and plenty of rip-roaring action and thrills!

Search, destroy, survive!

Captains Skyler Luiken and Gloria Tsandi (and their respective crews) have smashed through the deadly Swarm Blockade but now find themselves scattered around the planet Carthage and the space stations she holds in her orbit. Their mission is now twofold: destroy the military compounds of a race of nefarious alien overlords and find a way back home to Earth.
 
Standing in their way are a race of horrifying, technologically advanced aliens armed with incredible weapons. Low on supplies and with their ability to communicate compromised, the surviving humans must rely on all their cunning, strength, and plain old good luck to turn the tables and overcome their foes.

The Dire Earth Duology begins with Injection Burn

Saladin Ahmed (2012)
Madeline Ashby (2012)
Matthew Kressel (2015)
Cat Rambo (2015)
Nisi Shawl (2016)

Cyber World – Tales of Humanity’s Tomorrow
Jason Heller (2012) and Joshua Viola, Editors
Hex Publishers, November 8, 2016
Trade Paperback and eBook, 260 pages

Cybernetics. Neuroscience. Nanotechnology. Genetic engineering. Hacktivism. Transhumanism. The world of tomorrow is already here, and the technological changes we all face have inspired a new wave of stories to address our fears, hopes, dreams, and desires as Homo sapiens evolve—or not—into their next incarnation. Cyber World presents diverse tales of humanity’s tomorrow, as told by some of today’s most gripping science fiction visionaries.

Edited by Hugo Award winner Jason Heller and Joshua Viola.

Brooklyn Ann (2013)

His Ruthless Bite
Scandals With Bite 4
Broken Angels, April 15, 2016
eBook and Trade Paperback, 272 pages

The Lord Vampire of Rochester doesn’t do a favor without a price. And now it’s time to collect.

Gavin Drake, Baron of Darkwood is being pestered by nosy neighbors and matchmaking mothers of the mortal nobility. To escape their scrutiny, he concludes that it’s time to take a wife. After witnessing the young vampire Lenore’s loyalty to the Lord of London, he decides she is sufficient for the role.

After surviving kidnapping and abuse from rogue vampires, Lenore Graves wants to help other women recover from their inner wounds. She befriends physician John Elliotson and uses her vampire powers to aid him in using mesmerism on his patients. When the Lord Vampire of London declares that Lenore is the price the Lord Vampire of Rochester demands for aiding him in battle the previous year, she is terrified. Will all of her healing and hard work be destroyed by Ruthless Rochester? And yet, she can’t suppress stirrings of desire at the memory of their potent encounter.

After Gavin assures her that the marriage will be in name only, Lenore reluctantly accepts Gavin’s proposal rather than face potential animosity from her new lord. Determined to continue her work, she invites John Elliotson to Rochester. As they help women recover from traumas, Lenore explores her own inner turmoil and examines her attraction to her husband.

Gavin quickly realizes his marriage is a mistake. His new baroness’s involvement with the mesmerist is damaging his reputation among mortals and vampires alike. He knows he should put a stop to Lenore’s antics— yet her tender heart is warming his own and tempting him to make her his bride in truth.

As Lenore and Gavin’s relationship blossoms, the leader of a gang of rogue vampires embarks on a quest for vengeance against Gavin… using Lenore as his key.

With Vengeance
Hearts of Metal 2
Boroughs Publishing Group, May 18, 2016
eBook and Trade Paperback, 194 pages

Katana James is about to become the studio guitarist for her favorite heavy metal band ever—and meet the musicians, music, and man of her dreams.

SHE MEANS BUSINESS

Twenty-three year old Katana James can shred on the guitar. Not that anyone would know, as she’s spent most of her time working on a popular news and gossip website for Heavy Metal fans since her own band broke up. But her dreams are in reach when she gets an audition to play with her favorite band, Bleeding Vengeance. Kat won’t let her gender, her anxiety disorder, or even the pranks of a malicious stalker stand in her way. The only thing to threaten her focus? A growing fascination with the group’s brilliant, mysterious bass player.

HE OFFERS PLEASURE

Klement Burke has always been the heart, soul and brain of Bleeding Vengeance. He’s the kind of rock star who stays in the shadows, a perfectionist more interested in satisfying his brain than other parts of his body. Until he auditions Katana James. At first it seemed a perfect idea, as he’s been aware of her talent for some time. But meeting her in the flesh ignites thoughts far from professional. Despite the conflict of work, the odds against her falling for a geek like him, and a secret he’s been hiding, his heart, body and soul now belong to Kat.

Unleashing Desire
Brides of Prophecy 4
Broken Angels, August 16, 2016
eBook and Trade Paperback, 308 pages

A setup so perfect… it might just be fate.

Radu Nicolae has spent centuries in a guilt-induced hibernation beneath the ruins of his family castle. The only time he awakens is to feast on the occasional vampire hunter. When Lillian Holmes invades his lair, trying to kill him for a crime he did not commit, he decides it is time to rejoin the world. As he feeds on the inept, but delectable hunter and sees her memories, he realizes that he is being used as a weapon to murder her. Radu does not like being used.

Agent Lillian Holmes, of the Abnormal Investigation Unit, is sent on a mission to kill the vampire who murdered her father. But when she tries to stake Radu, he awakens. When his fangs sink into her throat, she thinks she’s a goner. To her surprise, she wakes up a prisoner. Furthermore, Radu did not kill her father. The AIU killed Joe Holmes and sent Lillian to Radu to die.

Together, they strike a bargain: Lillian will help Radu travel to the United States to reunite with his long lost twin brother. In return, he will help her take down the men who killed her father. As their relationship deepens on their journey, so does the danger. Not only must they keep government agents from finding out that Lillian is alive, but she also has a secret that will rock the foundations of the vampire world. 

Jill Archer (2012)

Pocket Full of Tinder
Noon Onyx 4
Black Willow
Word Count: ~ 85,000
Cover Artist: Rebecca Frank

Noon Onyx is back! In this long-awaited fourth installment, Jill Archer returns readers to the dangerous world of Halja, where demons, angels, and humans coexist in an uneasy state of détente.

Maegester-in-Training Noon Onyx feels like she’s done it all – mastered fiery magic, become an adept fighter, learned the law, killed countless demons, and survived having her heart broken by both love and an arrow, but now she’ll face her greatest challenge yet…

Far to the north lies an outpost famous for its unrest – Rockthorn Gorge. The town’s patron has specifically requested Noon’s help. Her assignment? Help the neophyte demon lord build his fiefdom and keep what’s his. The problem? Lord Aristos – Noon’s new employer – is her erstwhile lover, Ari Carmine, the aforementioned heartbreaker. And the number one thing he wants is her.

When Rockthorn Gorge’s viaduct is destroyed by Displodo, an enigmatic bomber, killing a dozen settlers and wounding scores more, Noon sets off early to aid in the search and rescue. Ari is listed among the missing and the suspects are legion. But Noon’s search is just the beginning. Her journey forces Noon to confront not only those she loves, but also enemies hell-bent on destroying them.

Stephen Aryan (2015)

Bloodmage
Age of Darkness 2
Orbit, April 12, 2016
Trade Paperback and eBook, 528 pages

The people of Perizzi have survived the battlemage war, but their future is looking darker than ever.

BYRNE is a member of the Watch, investigating a series of murders in which the corpse was drained entirely of life.

FRAY's expertise with magic is needed to catch the killer, but working with the Watch destroyed his father, years before.

CHOSS is a champion fighter, trying to diffuse a war in the underworld that threatens to turn the streets red with rivers of blood.

KATJA is a spy from a foreign land, attempting to prevent a massacre that will topple two dynasties and destroy the fragile peace in the city for ever.

Watchmen and spies, assassins and criminals will clash on the streets in this magic-fuelled adventure from the author of Battlemage.

Chaosmage
Age of Darkness 3
Orbit, October 11, 2016
Trade Paperback and eBook, 480 pages

The final book in the epic fantasy trilogy that began with Battlemage - expect fireball-filled battles, otherworldy enemies, and heroically powerful mages

Voechenka is a city under siege. Decimated by the Battlemage War, its dead now walk the city at night, attacking survivors, calling their names and begging the living to join them beyond the grave.

Tammy is a watchman sent to the city to investigate, so the ruling powers can decide whether to help Voechenka or leave it to its grisly fate.

Zannah is a pariah in Voechenka - making up for her people's war crimes by protecting refugees who fear her far more than they fear their unearthly attackers.

Balfruss is a scholar, a traveler . . . and the infamous mage who single-handedly ended the war.

No one else may enter or leave the city - so if this ragtag group of survivors can't figure out what is going on, they'll live out their last few, short days within its walls.
And night is coming on fast . . .

Madeline Asbhy (2012)

Company Town
Tor Books, July 18, 2017
Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Hardcover and eBook, May 17,2016

Edward Ashton (2015)

Midnight in Absheron: Digital Science Fiction Short Story
Digital Science Fiction, August 18, 2016
Kindle eBook, 25 pages

Midnight in Absheron
By Edward Ashton
Digital Science Fiction Short Story
Presented by DigitalFictionPub.com

Part 1 here.

Part 2 here.

Part 3 here.

Part 4 here.

Part 5 here.

Part 6 here.

Part 7 here.

Ania Ahlborn (2012)

The Pretty Ones
Pocket Star, July 6, 2015
eBook, 100 pages

A terrifying new e-novella from the bestselling author of Within These Walls and The Bird Eater!

New York, 1977. The sweltering height of the Summer of Sam. The entire city is gripped with fear, but all Nell Sullivan worries about is whether or not she’ll ever make a friend. The self-proclaimed “Plain Jane” does her best to fit in with the girls at work, but Nell’s brother, Barrett, assures her that she’ll never be like them. When Nell manages to finally garner some much-yearned-for attention, the unthinkable happens to her newfound friend. The office pool blames Son of Sam, but Nell knows the awful truth…because doing the devil’s work is easy when there’s already a serial killer on the loose.

G. T. Almasi (2012)

Talon of Scorpio
A Novel of the Shadowstorm 3
Hydra, May 17, 2016
eBook, 352 Pages

Madeline Ashby (2012)

reV
The Third Machine Dynasty
Trade Paperback (US/Canada) and eBook, April 5, 2016
Medium (B-Format) Paperback (UK), April 7, 2016

In the third and final installment of the Machine Dynasty, the rapture for which the self-replicating humanoid vN were engineered finally comes to pass. Now that the failsafe that once kept vN from harming humans has been hacked, all vN are discovering the promise – and the peril – of free will.

Her consciousness unleashed across computer systems all across the world, the vicious vN Portia stands poised to finally achieve her lifelong dream of bringing humanity to its knees. The old battle between her and her grand-daughter Amy comes to its epic conclusion in the war for the very systems that keep the planet running.

Can Amy get her family to the stars before Portia destroys every opportunity for escape and freedom?

File Under: Science Fiction

vN and iD, previously published in Trade Paperback, will be published in Mass Market Paperback on February 2, 2016 and March 1, 2016 respectively. More on the Machine Dynasty series as it becomes available.

Steve Bein (2012)

Disciple of the Wind
Fated Blades 3
Roc, March 1, 2016
Mass Market Paperback, 528 Pages
Trade Paperback and eBook, April 7, 2015

Tokyo’s only female detective fights to keep her city safe in the third novel in the fantasy series that “combines the best parts of police procedurals, buddy-cop films, historical fantasy, and intrigue-laden adventure.”*

After a deadly terrorist attack in Tokyo, Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro urges her commanding officers to arrest an insane zealot who was just released from police custody. When her pleas fall on deaf ears, she loses her temper and then her badge.

Armed with only her cunning and her famed Inazuma blade, Mariko must work outside the system to stop the terrorist. But going rogue draws the attention of the Wind—an underground syndicate that has controlled Japanese politics for centuries, using mystical relics to achieve their nefarious ends.

Now, Mariko is left with a perilous choice: join an illicit insurgency to thwart a deadly villain, or remain true to the law. Either way, she cannot escape her sword’s curse. As sure as the blade will bring her to victory, it also promises to destroy her…

Christopher L. Bennett (2012)

Hub Space
Crossroad Press & Mytiqaue Press, March 15, 2015
eBook, 110 pages

The Hub is the most important place in the galaxy -- the single point through which all interstellar travel must pass. Yet no one in the galaxy understands how it works. David LaMacchia, an unimportant man from an unimportant planet called Earth, is determined to change that. He's got no qualifications and no skills. His only friends are a cynical, sharp-tongued space pilot named Nashira Wing and a smugly philanthropic alien named Rynyan, and they both think he's crazy. On top of that, the powers that profit from the Hub might just be trying to kill him. Still... that won't stop David from trying to prove that humanity can make a difference to the greater galaxy.

Now the tales of the Hub from the pages of Analog are collected for the first time in one volume, newly revised and expanded! Includes "The Hub of the Matter," "Home is Where the Hub Is," and "Make Hub, Not War," plus exclusive bonus material!

Kristen Callihan (2012)

The Game Plan
Game On 3
November 1, 2015
Trade Paperback and eBook, 323 pages

A beard-related dare and one hot-as-hell kiss changes everything.

NFL center Ethan Dexter’s focus has always been on playing football and little else. Except when it comes to one particular woman. The lovely Fiona Mackenzie might not care about his fame, but she’s also never looked at him as anything more than one of her brother-in-law’s best friends. That ends now.

Fi doesn’t know what to make of Dex. The bearded, tattooed, mountain of man-muscle looks more like a biker than a football player. Rumor has it he’s a virgin, but she finds that hard to believe. Because from the moment he decides to turn his quiet intensity on her she’s left weak at the knees and aching to see his famous control fully unleashed.

Fi ought to guard her heart and walk away; they live vastly different lives in separate cities. And Dex is looking for a forever girl. But Dex has upped his game and is using all his considerable charm to convince Fi he's her forever man.

Madeline Ashby

Company Town
Angry Robot Books, September 30, 2014 (US/Can and eBook)
    October2, 2014 (UK Print)
Trade Paperback and eBook
Cover Art by Erik Mohr

They call it Company Town – a Family-owned city-sized oil rig off the coast of the Canadian Maritimes.

Meet Hwa. One of the few in her community to forego bio-engineered enhancements, she’s the last truly organic person left on the rig. But she’s an expert in the arts of self-defence, and she’s been charged with training the Family’s youngest, who has been receiving death threats – seemingly from another timeline.

Meanwhile, a series of interconnected murders threatens the city’s stability – serial killer? Or something much, much worse..?

File Under: Science Fiction


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Steve Bein

Disciple of the Wind
Fated Blades 3
Roc, April 7, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 496 pages
Cover Art by Chris McGrath

LETHAL JUSTICE

When Tokyo falls victim to a deadly terrorist attack, Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro knows who is responsible, even if she doesn’t have proof. She urges her commanding officers to arrest the perpetrator—an insane zealot who was just released from police custody. When her pleas fall on deaf ears, she loses her temper and then her badge, as well as her best chance of fighting back.

Left on her own, and armed with only her cunning and her famed Inazuma blade, Mariko must work outside the system to stop a terrorist mastermind. But going rogue draws the attention of an underground syndicate known as the Wind. For centuries, they have controlled Japanese politics from the shadows, using mystical relics to achieve their nefarious ends—relics like Mariko’s own sword and the iron demon mask whose evil curse is bound to the blade. Now the Wind is set on acquiring Mariko.

Mariko is left with a perilous choice: Join an illicit insurgency to thwart a deadly villain, or remain true to the law. Either way, she cannot escape her sword’s curse. As sure as the blade will bring her to victory, it also promises to destroy her….

Stephen Blackmoore

Broken Souls
Eric Carter 2
DAW, August 5, 2014
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 272 pages
(description from Author's website)
Cover Art by Chris McGrath 

Sister murdered, best friend dead, married to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte. Necromancer Eric Carter’s return to Los Angeles hasn’t gone well, and it’s about to get even worse.

His link to the Aztec death goddess is changing his powers, changing him, and he’s not sure how far it will go. He’s starting to question his own sanity, wonder if he’s losing his mind. No mean feat for a guy who talks to the dead on a regular basis.

While searching for a way to break Santa Muerte’s hold over him, Carter finds himself the target of a psychopath who can steal anyone’s form, powers, and memories. Identity theft is one thing, but this guy does it by killing his victims and wearing their skins like a suit. He can be anyone. He can be anywhere.

Now Carter has to change the game—go from hunted to hunter. All he has for help is a Skid Row bruja and a ghost who’s either his dead friend Alex or the manifestation of Carter’s own guilt-fueled psychotic break.

Everything is trying to kill him. Nothing is as it seems. If all his plans go perfectly, he might survive the week.

He’s hoping that’s a good thing.

Kristen Callihan

Evernight
Darkest London 5
Forever, August 26, 2014
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 432 pages

Once the night comes . . . 
Will Thorne is living a nightmare, his sanity slowly being drained away by a force he can't control. His talents have made him the perfect assassin for hire. But as he loses his grip on reality, there is no calming him-until he finds his next target: the mysterious Holly Evernight.

Love must cast aside the shadows
Holly cannot fathom who would put a contract on her life, yet the moment she touches Will, the connection between them is elemental, undeniable-and she's the only one who can tame his bouts of madness. But other assassins are coming for Holly. Will must transform from killer to protector and find the man who wants Holly dead . . . or his only chance for redemption will be lost.


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Amanda Carlson

Red Blooded
Jessica McClain 4
Orbit, September 9, 2014
Trade Paperback and eBook, 368 pages

Jessica is going to Hell.

After settling a fragile truce between the vampires, werewolves and witches, the last thing Jessica wants to do is face the demons head on. But when the Prince of Hell kidnapped her brother, he set into motion a chain of events that even Jessica doesn't have the power to stop.

Now, Jessica must go into battle again. But Hell is a whole new beast -- new rules, more dangerous demons, and an entirely foreign realm. And when Jessica is dropped into the Underworld too soon, without protection or the help of her friends, she must figure out just how powerful she can be... or she will never make it out alive.

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A.J. Colucci

Seeders
Thomas Dunne Books, July 15, 2014
Hardcover and eBook, 336 pages

George Brookes is a brilliant but reclusive plant biologist living on a remote Canadian island.  After his mysterious death, the heirs to his estate arrive on the island, including his daughter Isabelle, her teenage children, and Jules Beecher, a friend and pioneer in plant neurobiology. They will be isolated on the frigid island for two weeks, until the next supply boat arrives.

As Jules begins investigating the laboratory and scientific papers left by George, he comes to realize that his mentor may have achieved a monumental scientific breakthrough: communication between plants and humans. Within days, the island begins to have strange and violent effects on the group, especially Jules who becomes obsessed with George’s journal, the strange fungus growing on every plant and tree, and horrible secrets that lay buried in the woods. It doesn’t take long for Isabelle to realize that her father may have unleashed something sinister on the island, a malignant force that’s far more deadly than any human. As a fierce storm hits and the power goes out, she knows they’ll be lucky to make it out alive.

A.J. Colucci masterfully weaves real science with horror to create a truly terrifying thriller, drawing from astonishing new discoveries about plants and exploring their eerie implications. Seeders is a feast of horror and suspense.

Max Gladstone

Full Fathom Five
Craft Sequence 3
Tor Books, July 15, 2014
Hardcover and eBook, 384 pages
Cover Art by Chris McGrath

On the island of Kavekana, Kai builds gods to order, then hands them to others to maintain. Her creations aren’t conscious and lack their own wills and voices, but they accept sacrifices, and protect their worshippers from other gods—perfect vehicles for Craftsmen and Craftswomen operating in the divinely controlled Old World. When Kai sees one of her creations dying and tries to save her, she’s grievously injured—then sidelined from the business entirely, her near-suicidal rescue attempt offered up as proof of her instability. But when Kai gets tired of hearing her boss, her coworkers, and her ex-boyfriend call her crazy, and starts digging into the reasons her creations die, she uncovers a conspiracy of silence and fear—which will crush her, if Kai can't stop it first.

Full Fathom Five is the third novel set in Max Gladstone's addictive and compelling fantasy world of Three Parts Dead

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Melanie's Thoughts

I decided to review the first two books of The First Machine Dynasty, vN and iD, together as I read them back to back. I thought I better get my thoughts down while they were still fresh in my mind and before I read too many books in between.

vN tells the story of Amy who is a human in almost every way but for that the fact she isn't human. She is a von Neumann robot (vN) that can do almost anything a human can do, even replicate. When we first meet Amy she is just a 5 year old girl, in a loving home with a human father and a vN mother. Amy's parents have been starving her so that she remains as a child so that she can experience life as any other child would. It is possible in Ashby's technologically advanced world to maintain the age/size of a vN by carefully controlling their special robotic diet. But Amy isn't just a normal 5 year old. At her kindergarten graduation her psychotic grandmother shows up to try to kill Amy's mother. In order to save her mother Amy ends up eating her grandmother and in the process immediately grows to adult size. The experience leaves her with part of her grandmother inside her brain and pyscho granny isn't happy on the sidelines. Amy finds herself on the run after Granny Portia going on a killing rampage. Portia managed to break the failsafe that stops vNs from harming humans and now Amy has inherited this dysfunction. Everyone wants her captured before she contaminates any other VN. Its not long before Amy finds a saviour in another vN, Javier and together they look for somewhere, anywhere they can be free.

iD is Javier's story and he is on a mission...a mission to find Amy. Without giving too much away Javier makes a grave mistake which harms Amy and he is desperate to make things right. His journey takes him up and down the country, as well as, in and out of danger. We learn more about the vN and the failsafe throughout Javier's travels which gives you a better insight into them and how humanity have been treating this robotic race.

So, what did I think? I think Ashby has created an interesting race with the vN robots and the world that they live in. I can't say that I enjoyed reading either book however. Ashby is fearless in her portrayal of paedophiles who have created their own religion and who own vN that they starve to keep them as children...for obvious reasons. The failsafe kept the young vN from fighting back and therefore, they live in a state of perpetual abuse. The fact that this was known and accepted by the rest of humanity was a bit of a hard pill to swallow and made the books, especially iD, difficult to read. The children weren't the only ones to be abused as even as adults the vN suffer at the hands of humanity which relies heavily on the failsafe which protects them and allows them to treat the vN however they wish.

I thought that both books jumped around too much with both Amy and Javier being rescued at the last minute time and time again. Also, there were whole scenes where I wasn't entirely sure what was going on. On the rare occasion that this happens I will go back and re-read but in the case of these books I couldn't quite face it. I made the assumption that Ashby would clear everything up by the end but this wasn't always the case. I will be the first to admit that I am not the biggest fan of science fiction (books not movies or TV) but there are a few exceptions. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case for Ashby's, First Machine Dynasty. I can't really stomach the paedophilia theme which was prevalent throughout both novels, even if some of them get their comeuppance in the end. This series is dark and violent and not exactly what I was expecting. Perhaps, had there been a slightly more cohesive plot then I may have enjoyed them more.  If you are a big science fiction fan then don't be put off by this review as you may miss out on your new favourite series even though it was not my cup of tea.

This was a really productive week for me on the reading front but more importantly on the book receiving front. I was mega lucky to get a whole delicious box of books from Qwill. Check it out! I was super douper excited as in the box was the ARC of Dawn's Early Light by Philippa Ballantine and Tee Morris.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this series and can hardly wait to dig into it. I was very noble and decided to let the hubinator read it first. How nice am I? I was also really lucky to receive King Maker which is the final book of the Vampire Empire series. I have been trying for about 2 years (poss 3) to find this book in the UK, well find it for a reasonable price and so I jumped at the chance when Qwill said she had it. I also have one of the Eddie Lacrosse books, the next two books in the Suzanne Johnson's Sentinels of New Orleans series and you can just barely see Fallout by James K Decker. Keep your eye out for what I think of these books in either full reviews on here in my Week in Review.

I did also read a book or two! I finished both Vn and iD which are the first two books of the The First Machine Dynasty series by Madeleine Ashby. I will be doing a full review of both of these books so I don't want to give to much away here. What I can say is that I love the covers. They are both eye catching and almost set the mood for the books themselves. I am only going to share the one cover with you so that I don't spoil you for the full review!

I did the happy dance when The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison popped onto my Kindle. I was really looking forward to this installment from The Hollows series as it seemed like quite a while since the last book was out. I like this series but was a tiny bit disappointed by this book. I thought it read like the final book of the series but when I looked on Harrison's website she said she is contracted for one more. I am not sure what plot they are going to squeeze out of Rachel and her quirky group of friends as almost everything seemed to get wrapped up. My favourite character, the fairy Jenks was much more in the background. There were relatively few exclamations like 'Tink's titties' for my liking. Both Jenks and Ivy appeared in every chapter but they shared much less of the 'limelight' than they did in other novels in this series. Nearly every secondary character was involved in some way in the plot which also lent itself to the 'final' book feeling. I am always a tad disappointed when an author continues a series when they have hit on a great exit novel. This aside I did like it and look forward to the actual final book.

The last book I want to tell you about is Last Blood by Kristen Painter which is the actual final book of the House of Comarre series. I really enjoyed this series at first. I thought that Chrysabelle was quite kick ass for a vampire blood donor and the cursed vampire Malkom reminded me of Angel (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer). As the series progressed I lost interest in the characters and almost gave up at book 4. I was doing a little trawl of Amazon and discovered this final instalment on sale so thought I might as well get closure. All I can say is I wish this book had stayed locked in the forgotten part of my memory. I was quite bored and flicking pages towards the end. This series suffered from too many characters who all seemed to fight to be the reader's favourite and none of them succeeded...at least not with me. As a consequence they were rather one dimensional. If they were good they practically had a halo and if they were bad they cackled like a witch. All this did was make me lose interest as the characters were way to predictable which gives me a big case of the snores.

Well that is it for me. I am hoping to read a few of my 'Qwill goodies' next week so please check in and find out what I read and what I thought. Until then Happy Reading.