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The View From Monday - June 14, 2021

Happy Monday!

There are 2 debuts this week:

Shutterby Melissa Larsen;

and

The World Gives Wayby Marissa Levien.
Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

When Jackals Storm the Walls(Song of Shattered Sands 5) by Bradley P. Beaulieu is out in Trade Paperback;

Living Memoryby Christopher L. Bennett;

and

Mexican Gothicby Silvia Moreno-Garcia is out in Trade Paperback.

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



The View From Monday - June 14, 2021



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

June 14, 2021
TITLE AUTHOR SERIES
Dreams for the Dying (e)
Adam Light
H/SS



June 15, 2021
TITLE AUTHOR SERIES
When Jackals Storm the Walls (h2tp)
Bradley P. Beaulieu F/DF - Song of Shattered Sands 5
Living Memory Christopher L. Bennett SF - Star Trek: The Original
Power Challenges Ben Bova SF/CrM/HSF - Power 5
The Long Tomorrow (ri)
Leigh Brackett SF/HSF
Boundless Jack Campbell SF - The Lost Fleet: Outlands 1
Mountains Oceans Giants: An Epic of the 27th Century Alfred Doblin
Chris Godwin (Tr)
Dys/PA
Morhelion Dominic Dulley SF/SO - The Long Game
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories Flame Tree Studio GH - Anthology
Rook Song Naomi Foyle SF/AP/PA/Dys - Gaia Chronicles 2
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions Neil Gaiman SS
The Ice Lion Kathleen O'Neal Gear SF/GenEng/AP/PA/CoA - The Rewilding Reports 1
A Room Made of Leaves Kate Grenville AH/LF/Hist
Million Dollar Demon Kim Harrison UF/P/PNR - Hollows (Rachel Morgan) 15
The Year of the Witching (h2tp) Alexis Henderson H/Occ/Sup/DF
Velocity Blues Clifford Royal Johns SF/GenEng
Path of Destruction Drew Karpyshyn SF/SO - Star Wars: Darth Bane Trilogy - Legends 1
Wasteland Kristin Keppler
Allisa Bahney
Dys - The Badlands 1
Beyond Mercedes Lackey F/DF - The Founding of Valdemar 1
Shutter (D) Melissa Larsen Sus/PsyTh/H
The World Gives Way (D) Marissa Levien LF/Dys/Disaster
The Oath A.M. Linden HistF - The Druid Chronicles 1
Tatterdemalion (ri)
Sylvia Linsteadt F/AP/PA
The Tangleroot Palace: Stories Marjorie Liu UF/P/SF/AP/PA
Mexican Gothic (h2tp) Silvia Moreno-Garcia HistF/Gothic/H
The Hollywood Spiral Paul Neilan Sus
Inside Man K. J. Parker DF
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories Tia Ross (Ed) SF - Anthology
Shatterpoint: Star Wars Legends (ri)
Matthew Stover SF/SO - Star Wars Legends
Heir to the Empire: Star Wars Legends (ri)
Timothy Zahn SF/SO - Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy 1



June 16, 2021
TITLE AUTHOR SERIES
The Far Side of the Universe: A Tor.com Original (e) noc SF



June 17, 2021
TITLE AUTHOR SERIES
Sense8: Transcending Television Deborah Shaw (Ed) br Rob Stone (Ed) HC/SF



June 18, 2021
TITLE AUTHOR SERIES
Beneath a Pale Sky Philip Fracassi H/SS



D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
Il - Illustrator
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
BHU - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CM - Crime & Mystery
CoA - Coming of Age
CrM - Crime and Mystery
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)
GothicR - Gothic Romance
GW&CC - Global Warming and Climate Change
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HistR - Historical Romance
HistTh - Historical Thriller
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
Med - Medical
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - Mash-Up
NF - Near Future
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PF - Paranormal Fantasy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
PP - Police Porcedural
Psy - Psychological
R - Romance
RF - Romantic Fantasy
ScF - Science Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SFTh - Science Fiction Thriller
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
SS - Short Stories
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
TTR - Time Travel Romance
UF - Urban Fantasy
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical
WS - Women Sleuths

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

The View From Monday - June 29, 2020


It is the last Monday in June!


There is one debut this week:

Scarlet Odyssey (Scarlet Odyssey 1) by C. T. Rwizi.

The View From Monday - June 29, 2020
Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson it out in Mass Market Paperback;

The Princess Beard (Tales of Pell 3) by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne is out in Trade Paperback;

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia;

and

Howling Dark (Sun Eater 2) by Christopher Ruocchio is out in Mass Market Paperback.


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



The View From Monday - June 29, 2020



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

June 29, 2020
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Cries to Kill the Corpse Flower Ronald J. Murray H



June 30, 2020
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Ignorance is Strength (Ke) John Joseph Adams (Ed)
Christie Yant (Ed)
Hugh Howey (Ed)
SF - The Dystopia Triptych 1
Burn the Ashes (Ke) John Joseph Adams (Ed)
Christie Yant (Ed)
Hugh Howey (Ed)
SF - The Dystopia Triptych 2
Or Else the Light (Ke) John Joseph Adams (Ed)
Christie Yant (Ed)
Hugh Howey (Ed)
SF - The Dystopia Triptych 3
The Last Curtain Call Juliet Blackwell PCM - A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery 8
The Orphans of Raspay Lois McMaster Bujold F
Kushiel's Dart (ri) Jacqueline Carey RF/F - Kushiel's Legacy 1
The Empire of Gold S. A Chakraborty HistF - Daevabad Trilogy 3
Winds of Marque (tp2mm) Bennett R. Coles SF - Blackwood & Virtue
Witch Hunt Cate Conte PCM - Witch Hunt 1
Noir Fatale (h2mm) Larry Correia (Ed)
Kacey Ezell (Ed)
F - Anthology
Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (h2mm) Delilah S. Dawson SF/SO/MTI - Star Wars
Alien Secrets Ian Douglas SF/HSF - Solar Warden 1
The Lightest Object in the Universe (h2tp) Kimi Eisele Dys/SF/AP/PA/Disaster
1637: The Polish Maelstrom (h2mm) Eric Flint SF/TT - Ring of Fire 26
A Sprinkling of Murder Daryl Wood Gerber PCM - A Fairy Garden Mystery 1
Into Darkness Terry Goodkind F - Children of D'Hara 5
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (h2tp) Theodora Goss F - The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club 3
Flame Donna Grant PNR/FR/UF - Dark Kings 17
Salvation Lost (h2mm) Peter F. Hamilton SF/SO/SE - Salvation Sequence 2
The Princess Beard (h2tp) Kevin Hearne
Delilah S. Dawson
F/HU/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Tales of Pell 3
The Snakes (h2tp) Sadie Jones LF
Wheel of Time Premium Boxed Set V: Book Thirteen: Towers of Midnight, Book Fourteen: A Memory of Light, Prequel: New Spring Robert Jordan
Brandon Sanderson
F - Wheel of Time
A Memory of Light (ri) Robert Jordan
Brandon Sanderson
F - Wheel of Time 14
Towers of Midnight (ri) Robert Jordan
Brandon Sanderson
F - Wheel of Time 13
Terra Nova: The Wars of Liberation (tp2mm) Tom Kratman (Ed)  SF - Anthology
The Sum of All Shadows (h2mm) Eric Van Lustbader SupTh - The Testament 4
Blue Ticket Sophie Mackintosh Dys/FL/CW
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia HistF/Gothic/Horror
The Warning (tp2mm) James Patterson
Robinson Wells
Sus/TechTh
The Properties of Rooftop Air Tim Powers F
The Best of Jules de Grandin: 20 Classic Occult Detective Stories Seabury Quinn SF - Collection
Howling Dark (h2mm) Christopher Ruocchio SF/SO/HSF/AC - Sun Eater 2
Best of British Fantasy 2019 Jared Shurin (Ed) F - Anthology
A Sword Named Truth (h2mm) Sherwood Smith F/DF/HistF - Rise of the Alliance 1
Prisoner of Night J.R. Ward PNR - The Black Dagger Brotherhood World
Dark Black Sam Weller H/Gothic
Interlibrary Loan Gene Wolfe SF/GenEng/Noir - Borrowed  Man 2



July 1, 2020
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Ones Who Look: A Tor.com Original (e) Katharine Duckett SF
Memory and Utopian Agency in Utopian/Dystopian Literature: Memory of the FutureCarter F. HansonLC
Scarlet Odyssey (D) C. T. Rwizi F/CoA/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Scarlet Odyssey 1



July 2, 2020
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The House on Widows Hill Simon R. Green SupM - An Ishmael Jones Mystery 9



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



AC - Alien Contact
AF - Afrofuturism
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
BlHu - Black Humor
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
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
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
PF - Paranormal Fantasy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
TT - Time Travel

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

Covers Revealed: Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors


Here are some of the upcoming June 2020 novels by formerly featured Debut Author Challenge (DAC) Authors! The year in parentheses is the year the author was featured in the DAC.


Lauren A. Forry (2017)

The Did Bad Things
Arcade Crimewise, June 2, 2020
Hardcover and eBook, 288 pages

Covers Revealed: Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors
And Then There Were None meets The Last Time I Lied in this dark and twisty psychological thriller.

In 1995, six university students moved into the house at 215 Caldwell Street. Months later, one of them was found dead on the sofa the morning after their end-of-year party. His death was ruled an accident by the police. The remaining five all knew it wasn’t, and though they went on with their lives, the truth of what happened to their sixth housemate couldn’t stay buried forever.

Twenty years later, all five of them arrive—lured separately under various pretenses—at Wolfheather House, a crumbling, secluded mansion on the Scottish isle of Doon. Trapped inside with no way out and no signal to the outside world, the now forty-somethings fight each other—and the unknown mastermind behind their gathering—as they confront the role they played in their housemate’s death. They are given one choice: confess to their crimes or die.

They Did Bad Things is a deviously clever psychological thriller about the banality of evil and the human capacity for committing horror.





Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2015)

Mexican Gothic
Del Rey, June 30, 2020
Hardcover and eBook, 320 pages

Covers Revealed: Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors
An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic artistocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . .

From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes “a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror” (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico—“fans of classic novels like Jane Eyre and Rebecca are in for a suspenseful treat” (PopSugar).


After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.

Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.





H.G. Parry (2019)

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians
The Shadow Histories 1
Redhook, June 23, 2020
Hardcover and eBook, 544 pages

Covers Revealed: Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors
A sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is a genre-defying story of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom in the early modern world.

It is the Age of Enlightenment -- of new and magical political movements, from the necromancer Robespierre calling for revolution in France, to the weather mage Toussaint L'Ouverture leading the slaves of Haiti in their fight for freedom, to the bold new Prime Minister William Pitt weighing the legalization of magic amongst commoners in Britain and abolition throughout its colonies overseas.

But amidst all of the upheaval of the early modern world, there is an unknown force inciting all of human civilization into violent conflict. And it will require the combined efforts of revolutionaries, magicians, and abolitionists to unmask this hidden enemy before the whole world falls to darkness and chaos.

For more from H. G. Parry, check out The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep.

The View From Monday - February 17, 2020


Happy Monday!

There are 3 debuts this week:

The Goblets Immortal by Beth Overmyer;

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen 1) by K.S. Villoso;

and

The Golden Key by Marian Womack.

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



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Westside (A Gilda Carr Tiny Mystery 1) by W.M. Akers is out in Trade Paperback;

Voodoo Shanghai (Kincaid Strange 3) by Kristi Charish;

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is out in Trade Paperback;

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James;

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon is out in Trade Paperback;

and

Gravity of a Distant Sun (Shieldrunner Pirates 3) by R.E. Stearns.

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



The View From Monday - February 17, 2020



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

February 18, 2020
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Westside (h2tp) W.M. Akers HistF - A Gilda Carr Tiny Mystery 1
Voodoo Shanghai Kristi Charish UF - Kincaid Strange 3
Bridge 108 Anne Charnock Dys
The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films Meg Hafdahl
Kelly Florence
Science
Seven Devils Kenneth Mark Hoover W/H
The Last (ri) Hanna Jameson Th/PA
Machines in the Head: Selected Stories Anna Kavan SS
Sword of Fire Katharine Kerr F - Deverry 1
The Queen of Raiders Sarah Kozloff F - The Nine Realms 2
Gods of Jade and Shadow (h2tp) Silvia Moreno-Garcia HistF
Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors Doug Murano (Ed)
Michael Bailey (Ed)
H - Anthology
Twilight of the Gods Scott Oden HistF - Grimnir 2
Light of Impossible Stars Gareth L. Powell SF - Embers of War 3
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow Natasha Pulley HistF
The Sun Down Motel Simone St. James SupTh
The Priory of the Orange Tree (h2tp) Samantha Shannon F
Gravity of a Distant Sun R. E. Stearns SF - Shieldrunner Pirates 3
Star Trek: Voyager 25th Anniversary Special Book Titan PerfArts/TV - Star Trek
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (D) K. S. Villoso F - Chronicles of the Bitch Queen 1
The Bird King (h2tp) G. Willow Wilson HistF
The Golden Key (D) Marian Womack F/GothicM



February 19, 2020
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods: A Tor.com Original (e) Maria Dahvana Headley F



February 20, 2020
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Garden of Bewitchment Catherine Cavendish H - Fiction Without Frontiers
The Blood-Dimmed Tide Michael R. Johnston SF/SO - Fiction Without Frontiers
The Goblets Immortal (D - Fantasy) Beth Overmyer F - Fiction Without Frontiers



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



AC - Alien Contact
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - Cyperpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FR- Fantasy Romance
GothicM - Gothic Mystery
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy
W - Western
WW - Weird Western

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

The View From Monday - July 22, 2019


Happy Monday!

There are two debuts this week:

The Gomorrah Gambit by Tom Chatfield;

and

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry.

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



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

The Dark Above by Jeremy Finley;

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia;

The Damned (The Darkest Hand Trilogy 1) by Tarn Richardson;

The Fallen (The Darkest Hand Trilogy 2) by Tarn Richardson;

The Risen (The Darkest Hand Trilogy 3) by Tarn Richardson;

and

The Wolf's Call (A Raven's Blade Novel 1) by Anthony Ryan.

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



The View From Monday - July 22, 2019



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

July 22, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Hateful Things Terry Goodkind F



July 23, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Completionist (h2tp) Siobhan Adcock LF
The Gomorrah Gambit Tom Chatfield TechTh
Desdemona and the Deep C. S. E. Cooney F/DF
Medusa in the Graveyard Emily Devenport SF/GenEng - The Medusa Cycle 2
The Dark Above Jeremy Finley Sus/SF/AC
Incarnation John French SF - Horusian Wars 2
The Seekers Heather Graham SupTh/GH/PNR - Krewe of Hunters 28
The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations Lois H. Gresh Cr/Occ/Sup - Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu 3
Gods and Mortals Guy Haley et al. F - Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Jade War Fonda Lee F/Cr/Sagas - Green Bone Saga 2
Luna: Wolf Moon (h2tp) Ian McDonald SF/SE/HSF/SO - Luna 2
Gods of Jade and Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia HistF/FairyT/FolkT/LM/MR
Tortured Cardboard: How Great Board Games Arise from Chaos, Survive by Chance, Impart Wisdom, and Gain Immortality Philip E. Orbanes Board Games/History
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (D) H. G. Parry CoA/CF/Occ/Sup/FairyT/FolkT/LM
Verses for the Dead (h2tp) Douglas Preston
Lincoln Child
M/Occ/Sup/Sus - Special Agent Pendergast 18
The Making of Alien J.W. Rinzler PerfArts/H
A Conspiracy of Truths (h2tp) Alexandra Rowland F
The Wolf's Call Anthony Ryan F/DF - A Raven's Blade Novel 1
Sweet Dreams Tricia Sullivan SF/CyP/TechTh
The Violent Century (ri) Lavie Tidhar AH/SF/HistTh/SH
The Last Astronaut David Wellington SF/H/AC/SE
Thrawn: Treason Timothy Zahn SF/SO/MTI - Star Wars: Thrawn 3



July 25, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Japanese Ghost Stories (e)(ri) Lafcadio Hearn
Paul Murray (Ed)
Occ/Sup/SupTh
Castle of Sorrows (ri) Jonathan Janz H - Fiction Without Frontiers
The Damned (Ke) Tarn Richardson AH/H - The Darkest Hand Trilogy 1
The Risen (Ke) Tarn Richardson AH/H - The Darkest Hand Trilogy 3
The Fallen (Ke) Tarn Richardson AH/H - The Darkest Hand Trilogy 2
They Kill Tim Waggoner H/DF - Fiction Without Frontiers



July 26, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Doorways to the Deadeye Eric J. Guignard Hist/H



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



AA - Action and Adventure
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
Eng - Engineering
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
GothicR - Gothic Romance
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
Ke - Kindle eBook
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
SS - Short Stories
ST+R - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
Tech - Technology
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
WS - Women Sleuths

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

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors


Here are some of the upcoming works by formerly featured Debut Author Challenge (DAC) Authors. The year in parentheses is the year the author was featured in the DAC.


Myke Cole (2012)

The Killing Light
The Sacred Throne 3
Tor.com, October 1, 2019
Hardcover and eBook, 256 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
The thrilling conclusion to Myke Cole's Sacred Throne trilogy

Heloise and her allies are marching on the Imperial Capital. The villagers, the Kipti, and the Red Lords are only united in their loyalty to Heloise. They face both internal religious strife and devils pouring through the rent in the veil between worlds, but must overcome everything to topple an empire.

Praise for the Sacred Throne Trilogy

"A heart-wrenching, blood-racing, all-around page-turner. Spare, vivid and surprisingly sensual, with a small, fierce heroine who will stick in your mind and live in your soul."—Diana Gabaldon

"Ruthless and heartwrenching." —Robin Hobb

"Cole weaves... a fantasy world that feels comfortably familiar, then goes to places you’d never expect. You won’t stop turning pages until the stunning finish." —Peter V. Brett

"Brutal and lovely—an inventive and poignant fantasy that's rich with keen characters, set in a vivid, fascinating world." —Cherie Priest

“A dark fantasy tale with sharp teeth and a hard punch. Heloise is the hero we need.” —Chuck Wendig

The Sacred Throne Trilogy

The Armored Saint
The Queen of Crows
The Killing Light


Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
Book 1
Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
Book 2





Marshall Ryan Maresca (2015)

A Parliment of Bodies
The Maradaine Constabulary 3
DAW, March 26, 2019
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 400 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
Mixing high fantasy and mystery, the third book in the Maradaine Constabulary series follows Inspectors Satrine Rainey and Minox Welling as they track down a dangerous murderer.

The city of Maradaine is vexed by the Gearbox Murders: a series of gruesome deaths orchestrated by a twisted mechanical genius. With no motive and no pattern, Inspectors Satrine Rainey and Minox Welling–the retired spy and untrained mage–are at a loss to find a meaningful lead in the case. At least, until the killer makes his most audacious exhibit yet: over a dozen victims in a clockwork deathtrap on the floor of the Druth Parliament.

The crime scene is a madhouse, and political forces conspire to grind their investigation to a halt. The King’s Marshals claim jurisdiction of the case, corruption in the Constabulary thwarts their efforts, and a special Inquest threatens to end Minox’s career completely. Their only ally is Dayne Heldrin, a provisional member of the Tarian Order, elite warriors trained in the art of protection. But Dayne’s connection to the Gearbox Murders casts suspicion on his motives, as he might be obsessed with a phantom figure he believes is responsible.

While Satrine and Minox struggle to stop the Gearbox from claiming even more victims, the grinding gears of injustice might keep them from ever solving these murders, and threaten to dismantle their partnership forever.


Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
Book 1
Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
Book 2





Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2015)

Gods of Jade and Shadow
Del Rey, August 06, 2019
Hardcover and eBook, 352 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own.

Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it—and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopea’s demise, but success could make her dreams come true.

In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey, from the jungles of Yucatán to the bright lights of Mexico City—and deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld.

The View From Monday - October 23, 2017


Happy Monday!

There is one debut this week:

The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire 1) by Melissa Caruso.

The View From Monday - October 23, 2017
Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Danger's Vice (Holly Danger 2) by Amanda Carlson;

Magic of Wind and Mist: The Wizard's Promise; The Nobleman's Revenge by Cassandra Rose Clarke;

Path of Gods (The Valhalla Saga 3) bu Snorri Kristjansson is out in Trade Paperback;

The Gates of Hell (The Shards of Heaven 2) by Michael Livingston is out in Trade Paperback;

The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Morena-Garcia;

and

Switchback (Nightshades 2) by Melissa F. Olson.

The View From Monday - October 23, 2017 The View From Monday - October 23, 2017
The View From Monday - October 23, 2017 The View From Monday - October 23, 2017
The View From Monday - October 23, 2017 The View From Monday - October 23, 2017
Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - October 23, 2017



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

October 23, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Danger's Vice (e) Amanda Carlson SF/Dys/PA - Holly Danger 2



October 24, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Something Wicked This Way Comes (ri) Ray Bradbury H
The Tethered Mage (D) Melissa Caruso F - Swords and Fire 1
Wrath of the Ancients Catherine Cavendish H/Occ
Magic of Wind and Mist: The Wizard's Promise; The Nobleman's Revenge Cassandra Rose Clarke F
Ready Player One (ri) Ernest Cline SF/Dys/Th
Babylon's Ashes (h2tp) James S. A. Corey SF/SO - The Expanse 6
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr John Crowley MR/F
Hunter's Moon David Devereux F/DF
Leopard's Blood Christine Feehan PNR - A Leopard Novel 10
Halloween Carnival Volume 4 (e) Brian James Freeman (Ed) H - Anthology
Dragonfly in Amber (25th Anniversary Edition) Diana Gabaldon Hist/HistF/R/TT - Outlander 2
Strange Weather: Four Short Novels Joe Hill H
Nightblade's Vengeance Ryan Kirk HistF - Blades of the Fallen 1
Path of Gods (h2tp) Snorri Kristjansson HistF - The Valhalla Saga 3
Blade of Empire Mercedes Lackey
James Mallory
F - The Dragon Prophecy Trilogy 2
The Gates of Hell (h2tp) Michael Livingston HistF/AH - The Shards of Heaven 2
Tales from a Talking Board Ross E. Lockhart (Ed) H - Anthology
Tangled in Time Barbara Longley TTR
Above the Timberline Gregory Manchess SF
Doctor Who: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe George Mann
Justin Richards
TV - Doctor Who
Blood of the Lost Shannon Mayer UF - Rylee Adamson 10
The Beautiful Ones Silvia Moreno-Garcia HistF/FR
Anno Dracula - One Thousand Monsters Kim Newman HistF/H/DF - Anno Dracula
Switchback Melissa F. Olson UF - Nightshades 2
Firewalk (h2tp) Chris Roberson UF/SupTh/CF/P
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Official Grimoire: A Magickal History of Sunnydale A. M. Robinson
Willow Rosenberg
MTI
The Infinite Now Mindy Tarquini HistF/CoA/MR
The Apothecary's Shop: Venice 1118 A.D. Roberto Tiraboschi
Katherine Gregor (Tr)
Occ/Sup/R
Blue Plague: Sacrifice Thomas A. Watson F/DF - Blue Plague 3



October 27, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Doctor Who: A British Alien? Danny Nicol PerfArts



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



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CB - Coloring Book
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
Fem - Feminist
FL - Family Life
Folklore - Folklore
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MF - Military Fantasy
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Noir - Noir
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PerfArts - Performing Arts
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
Phil - Philosophy
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
Sc - Science
SH -Superheroes
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
SocHis - Social History
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
UFR - Urban Fantasy Romance
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical

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

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors

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


Antonia Honeywell (2017)

The Ship
Orbit, November 7, 2017
Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Hardcover and eBook, April 25, 2017

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
London is burning and Lalla has one hope for survival, a ship--a new Noah's Ark--that can only save 500 people, in this "Powerful, haunting, and beautiful" (M. R. Carey) debut novel.

London burned for three weeks. And then it got worse...

Young, naive Lalla has grown up in near-isolation in her parents' apartment, sheltered from the chaos of their collapsed civilization. But things are getting more dangerous outside. People are killing each other for husks of bread, and the police are detaining anyone without an identification card. On her sixteenth birthday, Lalla's father decides it's time to use their escape route--a ship he's built that is only big enough to save five hundred people.

But the utopia her father has created isn't everything it appears. There's more food than anyone can eat, but nothing grows; more clothes than anyone can wear, but no way to mend them; and no-one can tell her where they are going.





Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2015)

The Beautiful Ones
Thomas Dunne Books, October 24, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 336 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
"Truly one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time. This sweeping tale of love lost and found is told with old-world elegance and grace with just the right touch of magic." —M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author

In a world of etiquette and polite masks, no one is who they seem to be.

Antonina Beaulieu is in the glittering city of Loisail for her first Grand Season, where she will attend balls and mingle among high society. Under the tutelage of the beautiful but cold Valerie Beaulieu she hopes to find a suitable husband. However, the haphazard manifestations of Nina’s telekinetic powers make her the subject of malicious gossip.

Yet dazzling telekinetic performer and outsider Hector Auvray sees Nina’s powers as a gift, and he teaches her how to hone and control them. As they spend more and more time together, Nina falls in love and believes she’s found the great romance that she’s always dreamt of. But Hector’s courtship of Nina is deceptive.

The Beautiful Ones is a sweeping fantasy of manners set in a world inspired by the belle époque.





Chuck Wendig (2012)

Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative
Writer's Digest Books, October 18, 2017
Trade Paperback and eBook, 232 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
Hook Your Audience with Unforgettable Storytelling!

What do Luke Skywalker, John McClane, an da lonely dog on Ho'okipa Beach have in common?

Simply put, we care about them.

Great storytelling is making readers care about your characters, the choices they make, and what happens to them. It's making your audience feel the tension and emotion of a situation right alongside your protagonist. And to tell a damn fine story, you need to understand why and how that caring happens.

Using a mix of personal stories, pop fiction examples, and traditional storytelling terms, New York Times best-selling author Chuck Wendig will help you internalize the feel of powerful storytelling. In Damn Fine Story, you'll explore:
  • Fretytag's Pyramid for visualizing story structure--and when to break away from traditional storytelling forms
  • Character relationships and interactions as the basis of every strong plot—no matter the form or genre
  • Rising and falling tension that pulls the audience through to the climax and conclusion of the story
  • Developing themes as a way to craft characters with depth
Whether you're writing a novel, screenplay, video game, comic, or even if you just like to tell stories to your friends and family over dinner, this funny and informative guide is chock-full of examples about the art and craft of storytelling--and how to write a damn fine story of your own.


Star Wars: The Force Awakens Adaption
     Chuck Wendig (Author)
     Luke Ross (Illustrator)
Marvel, November 21, 2017
Paperback, 144 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
It's been three decades since the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star and toppled the Galactic Empire...but now, on the remote planet of Jakku...there is a stirring in the Force. A young scavenger named Rey...a deserting storm trooper named Finn...an ace pilot name Poe...and a dark apprentice named Kylo Ren... Their lives are about to collide as the awakening begins. Writer Chuck Wendig (Star Wars: Aftermath) and artist Luke Ross (Hercules) take us back into the saga of a lifetime!

COLLECTING: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS ADAPTATION 1-6


Thunderbird
Miriam Black 4
Saga Press, November 28, 2017
Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Hardcover, February 28, 2017

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
In the next installment of the suspenseful Miriam Black series, Miriam heads to the southwest in search of another psychic who may be able to help her understand her curse, but instead finds a cult of domestic terrorists and the worst vision of death she’s had yet.

Miriam is becoming addicted to seeing her death visions, but she is also trying out something new: Hope. She is in search of another psychic who can help her with her curse, but instead she experiences her deadliest vision to date in this latest “visceral and often brutal” (Publishers Weekly) series that is “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews).


The Raptor and the Wren
Miriam Black 5
Saga Press, January 23, 2018
Trade Paperback, Hardcover and eBook, 288 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
In the fifth book of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam continues her journey to find answers on how to change her fate and begin to make right some of what she’s done wrong.

Armed with new knowledge that suggests a great sacrifice must be made to change her fate, Miriam continues her quest and learns that she must undo the tragedies of her past to move forward.

One such tragedy is Wren, who is now a teen caught up in a bad relationship with the forces that haunt Miriam and has become a killer, just like Miriam. Black must try to save the girl, but what’s ahead is something she thought impossible…



Note: Cover revealed by author here.

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 24


This is the twenty-fourth in this new series of updates about formerly featured Debut Author Challenge authors and their works published since their last update. The year in parentheses after the author's name is the year that author was featured in the Debut Author Challenge.



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Part 4 here Part 14 here Part 24 here Part 34 here Part 44 here
Part 5 here Part 15 here Part 25 here Part 35 here Part 45 here
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Part 9 here Part 19 here Part 29 here Part 39 here Part 49 here
Part 10 here Part 20 here Part 30 here Part 40 here Part 50 here



Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2015)

Certain Dark Things
Thomas Dunne Books, October 25, 2016
Hardcover, 320 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 24
Welcome to Mexico City… An Oasis In A Sea Of Vampires…

Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is busy eeking out a living when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life.

Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, must feast on the young to survive and Domingo looks especially tasty. Smart, beautiful, and dangerous, Atl needs to escape to South America, far from the rival narco-vampire clan pursuing her. Domingo is smitten.

Her plan doesn’t include developing any real attachment to Domingo. Hell, the only living creature she loves is her trusty Doberman. Little by little, Atl finds herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his effervescent charm.

And then there’s Ana, a cop who suddenly finds herself following a trail of corpses and winds up smack in the middle of vampire gang rivalries.

Vampires, humans, cops, and gangsters collide in the dark streets of Mexico City. Do Atl and Domingo even stand a chance of making it out alive?





Sam Munson (2015)

The War Against the Assholes
Saga Press, April 5, 2016
Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Hardcover and eBook, June 16, 2015

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 24
Contemporary fantasy meets true crime when schools of ancient sorcery go up against the art of the long con in this stunningly entertaining debut fantasy novel.

Mike Wood is satisfied just being a guy with broad shoulders at a decidedly unprestigious Catholic school in Manhattan. But on the dirty streets of New York City he’s an everyman with a moral code who is unafraid of violence. And when Mike is unwittingly recruited into a secret cell of magicians by a fellow student, Mike’s role as a steadfast soldier begins. These magicians don’t use ritualized rote to work their magic, they use willpower in their clandestine war with the establishment: The Assholes.





Ilana C. Myer (2015)

Last Song Before Night
Tor Books, November 8, 2016
Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Hardcover and eBook, September 29, 2015

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 24
A high fantasy following a young woman's defiance of her culture as she undertakes a dangerous quest to restore her world's lost magic in Ilana C. Myer's Last Song Before Night.

Her name was Kimbralin Amaristoth: sister to a cruel brother, daughter of a hateful family. But that name she has forsworn, and now she is simply Lin, a musician and lyricist of uncommon ability in a land where women are forbidden to answer such callings-a fugitive who must conceal her identity or risk imprisonment and even death.

On the eve of a great festival, Lin learns that an ancient scourge has returned to the land of Eivar, a pandemic both deadly and unnatural. Its resurgence brings with it the memory of an apocalypse that transformed half a continent. Long ago, magic was everywhere, rising from artistic expression-from song, from verse, from stories. But in Eivar, where poets once wove enchantments from their words and harps, the power was lost. Forbidden experiments in blood divination unleashed the plague that is remembered as the Red Death, killing thousands before it was stopped, and Eivar's connection to the Otherworld from which all enchantment flowed, broken.

The Red Death's return can mean only one thing: someone is spilling innocent blood in order to master dark magic. Now poets who thought only to gain fame for their songs face a challenge much greater: galvanized by Valanir Ocune, greatest Seer of the age, Lin and several others set out to reclaim their legacy and reopen the way to the Otherworld-a quest that will test their deepest desires, imperil their lives, and decide the future.





David Nabhan (2015)

Earthquake Prediction: Dawn of the New Seismology
Skyhorse Publishing, June 6, 2017
Hardcover, 160 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 24
Each year the world faces thousands of earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater, resulting in devastating property destruction and tragic loss of life. To help avert these catastrophes, scientists have long searched for ways to predict when and where earthquakes will happen. The earth science establishment in the US says that earthquake prediction still lies outside the realm of possibility. But recent scientific developments across the globe suggest that seismic forecasting is on the horizon.

Earthquake Prediction: Dawn of the New Seismology examines the latest scientific clues in hopes of discovering seismic precursors which may shed light on real earthquake prediction in the future. It is destined to be nothing less than an epoch-changing work, addressing this ancient enigma by joining the parts of a scientific detective story that ranges from the steppes of Russia to the coast of Chile, bringing to light astounding breakthroughs by researchers in Italy, India and elsewhere.

Governments in countries such as China and Japan provide support for seismic forecasting, and it is time for our country to do the same. Earthquake Prediction makes the case, with an important message for the tens of millions of Americans on the US West Coast, the Mississippi River Valley, and other seismically active zones.





Sylvain Neuvel (2016)

Sleeping Giants
The Themis Files 1
Del Rey, January 24, 2017
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Hardcover and eBook, April 26, 2016

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 24
A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power.

A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand.

Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved—its origins, architects, and purpose unknown. Its carbon dating defies belief; military reports are redacted; theories are floated, then rejected.

But some can never stop searching for answers.

Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top secret team to crack the hand’s code. And along with her colleagues, she is being interviewed by a nameless interrogator whose power and purview are as enigmatic as the provenance of the relic. What’s clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unraveling history’s most perplexing discovery—and figuring out what it portends for humanity. But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result prove to be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction?


Waking Gods
The Themis Files 2
Del Rey, April 4, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 336 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 24
In the gripping sequel to Sleeping Giants, which was hailed by Pierce Brown as “a luminous conspiracy yarn . . . reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z,” Sylvain Neuvel’s innovative series about human-alien contact takes another giant step forward.

As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an adult, she’s dedicated her brilliant scientific career to solving the mystery that began that fateful day: Why was a titanic robot of unknown origin buried in pieces around the world? Years of investigation have produced intriguing answers—and even more perplexing questions. But the truth is closer now than ever before when a second robot, more massive than the first, materializes and lashes out with deadly force.

Now humankind faces a nightmare invasion scenario made real, as more colossal machines touch down across the globe. But Rose and her team at the Earth Defense Corps refuse to surrender. They can turn the tide if they can unlock the last secrets of an advanced alien technology. The greatest weapon humanity wields is knowledge in a do-or-die battle to inherit the Earth . . . and maybe even the stars.

The View From Monday - October 24, 2016


Happy Monday! One week until Halloween!


There are 2 debuts this week:

The Machine Society: Rich or Poor. They Want You To Be a Prisoner by Mike Brooks;

and

Every Mountain Made Low by Alex White.

The View From Monday - October 24, 2016 The View From Monday - October 24, 2016

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


From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Mortal Sins (A Shadowside Novella) by Michelle Belanger;

Bohemian Gospel (Bohemian Gospel 1) by Dana Chamblee Carpenter is out in Trade Paperback;

Our Lady of the Ice by Cassandra Rose Clarke is out in Trade Paperback;

The Shards of Heaven (The Shards of Heaven 1) by Michael Livingston is out in Trade Paperback;

Cloak of War (Empress Game Trilogy 2) by Rhonda Mason;

Faller by Will McIntosh;

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia;

and

A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson.

The View From Monday - October 24, 2016 The View From Monday - October 24, 2016
The View From Monday - October 24, 2016 The View From Monday - October 24, 2016
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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to that novel's Amazon page.



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



The View From Monday - October 24, 2016



October 25, 2016
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar David Annandale SF - The Horus Heresy: Primarchs 1
Mortal Sins (e) Michelle Belanger DF/UF - Shadowside Novella
Charlotte's Story (h2tp) Laura Benedict SupTh - Bliss House 2
The Terranauts T. C. Boyle Hist
Lost Gods Brom DF
The Last Days of Salton Academy Jennifer Brozek H
The Plague of Swords Miles Cameron F - The Traitor Son Cycle 4
Bohemian Gospel (h2tp) Dana Chamblee Carpenter Hist - Bohemian Gospel 1
2001: A Space Odyssey (ri) Arthur C. Clarke SF - Penguin Galaxy
Our Lady of the Ice (h2tp) Cassandra Rose Clarke SF
Goodnight Batcave Dave Croatto
Tom Richmond (Illus)
Hu/Comics/Parody
Doctor Who: Supreme Dalek and Illustrated Book: With Light and Sound Richard Dinnick SF - Doctor Who
Altered Starscape Ian Douglas SF - Andromedan Dark 1
Dracula vs. Hitler Patrick Sheane Duncan HistF/SupTh
Angel in Chains Cynthia Eden PNR - Fallen 3
The Hanged Man (h2tp) P. N. Elrod SP
Anansi Boys (ri) Neil Gaiman Fict/F
Neuromancer (ri) William Gibson CyberP - Penguin Galaxy
The Devil Will Come Justin Gustainis H - Collection
Shadowsword Guy Haley SF - Astra Militarum
Stranger in a Strange Land (ri) Robert A. Heinlein SF - Penguin Galaxy
Dune (ri) Frank Herbert SF - Penguin Galaxy
Not on Fire, but Burning (h2tp) Greg Hrbek Dys/LF/SF/AP/PA
Cat's Eye (e)(ri) William W. Johnstone H
Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries (tp2mm) Stephen Jones (Ed) F/DF/M - Anthology
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time Robert Jordan
Amy Romanczuk
F - Wheel of Time
Black Ice Burning A. R. Kahler UF - Pale Queen Series 3
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (ri) Stephen King Sus - The Dark Tower 1
The Left Hand of Darkness (ri) Ursula K. Le Guin SF - Penguin Galaxy
Coldbrook Tim Lebbon H/SF/AP/PA
The Shards of Heaven (h2tp) Michael Livingston HistF - The Shards of Heaven 1
Hallow Point (tp2mm) Ari Marmell UF/DF - A Mick Oberon Job 2
Cloak of War Rhonda Mason F/CF/SF/SO - Empress Game Trilogy 2
The Star of the Sea Una McCormack SF/SO - Weird Space 2
Faller Will McIntosh SF
Prey: Book Two: The Jackal's Trick John Jackson Miller SF - Star Trek
Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia CF
Onward, Drake! (h2tp) Mark L. Van Name (Ed) SF - Anthology
The Famished Road (e)(ri) Ben Okri MR/LF
The Immortal's Guide S.C. Parris DF - The Dark World 2
The Two Swords S.C. Parris DF - The Dark World 3
Doctor Who: The Whoniverse: The Untold History of Space and Time Justin Richards
George Mann
TV - Doctor Who
Cast in Flight Michelle Sagara F/M - Chronicles of Elantra 12
Hero: Homecoming, Book III R. A. Salvatore F - Homecoming 3
DemonWars: First Heroes: The Highwayman and The Ancient (e) R. A. Salvatore F - Saga of the First King 1
Shadow of Ullanor Rob Sanders SF - The Beast Arises 11
The Stairway to the Sun & Dance of the Comets: Four Fairy Tales of Home and One Astral Pantomime Paul Scheerbart SF/LF
The British Lion (h2tp) Tony Schumacher AH/Th
Kris Longknife: Bold Mike Shepherd SF - Kris Longknife 14
A Vampire's Hunger Carla Susan Smith PNR - Vampire's Promise 4
The Blood Mirror Brent Weeks F - Lightbringer 4
Every Mountain Made Low (D) Alex White F
The Once and Future King (ri) T. H. White F - Penguin Galaxy
A Taste of Honey Kai Ashante Wilson F
Dragon and Thief (ri) Timothy Zahn SF - Dragonback 1



October 28, 2016
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Machine Society: Rich or Poor. They Want You To Be a Prisoner (D) Mike Brooks Dys


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.

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