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JL Curtis has a new one out: Ice is a SciFi novella
Revenge is a dish best served cold... but vengeance isn't the only thing that comes to he who waits.
Colin Graham and Lisbet Sarnov were kids when they witnessed their mining colony habitat's destruction and his father's murder while checking for survivors. Eighteen years later, his little payback list is almost finished when his command catches wind of unsanctioned justice, and sends him to a backwater a hundred light seconds from command HQ.
If only they'd known the coldest reaches of space held not only the last 'prize' he was looking for, but also a long-lost treasure he'd almost forgotten...
John van Stry has a new one out, Taking Ground, book 2 of the Wolfhounds, his MilSF saga.
With the Battle of Portlandia behind him, Chase is a hero now and the rank and file truly believes that he's the prince the Command Team claims he is. For his part, Chase has made his choice and now he's committed. As the face of the revolution he's 'in it to win it' because anything else will lead to his death. The twenty-five million-credit bounty on his head will see to that.
The problem he faces now is convincing Fleet Captain Witner, and his Command Team to trust him, when Chase still doesn't trust them enough to tell them who he truly is. Chase had been betrayed too many times in his past to come clean easily, and for all that he's doing everything they ask of him, until the Captain and his team gives him a seat at the table, he's not about to start trusting any of them.
So he's content to let them continue believing he's a fraud of their own creation to justify the search for a 'real' heir.
Alma Boykin’s latest Familiar Generations book is out, Harrier and Murder. So excited to read this one…
A murder lurks in Devon County—a murder of crows.
As winter slowly fades into spring, Jude Tainuit struggles to save money and to meet his new obligations to the Sheriff's Department. An accident in the night brings an unwelcome reminder—Aunt Martha O'Neil is not young. Even less welcome, perhaps, is a falconer who takes offense at Jude's Familiar, and who may not be quite what he seems.
When Aunt Martha returns, so does trouble. A second worker of twisted magic lurks in deeper shadow, perhaps. Combine growing danger with his hesitant courtship of Lucy Hoffman, and Jude may run out of strength, options, and time before March goes out with a murder—a murder of magic and malice.
Sam Robb is giving away a copy of One October Night, and the entry cost is a subscription to his excellent newsletter you should get anyway.
James Copley has a novel in the shared Fae Wars series, and we both have stories in the anthology set in that universe.
Three Ravens Publishing has an anthology out, with a bunch of people I know having stories or non-fiction essays in it. Hopeful hard science fiction, just what we all need. Tomorrow’s Hope!
At the cusp of the old year, Mel Dunay released the first book in a new series, Wolf’s Trail. A steampunk world of high intrigue, I’m eyeing this in the TBR stack and sighing for more time.
Liane Zane has a new novel recently out, The Harlequin Protocol, in her Unsanctioned Guardians series.
Ashley Bustamente has a series with an upcoming release, but you can read the first books while waiting on that, with Radiant and Vivid in her Color Theory world.
Full disclosure: I’m head of Design at Raconteur Press, so I may be a wee bit biased on the following. But the stories are superlative, so you should give them a try.
Moggies Back in Space is the second science fiction feline collection of stories from ten authors.
Full Steam Ahead! is a collection of steampunk stories, filled with exploration, invention, and an insufficient regard for safety in pursuit of innovation.
Happy Reading!
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