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The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard House Silverspires, previously the leader of those power games, lies in disarray. Its magic is ailing; its founder, Morningstar, has been missing for decades; and now something from  the shadows stalks its people inside their very own walls. Within the House, three very different people must come together: a naive but powerful Fallen, a alchemist with a self-destructive addiction, and a resentful young man wielding spells from the Far East. They may be Silverspires’ salvation. They may be the architects of its last, irreversible fall… Paris has survived the Great Houses War – just. Its streets are lined with haunted ruins, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine runs black with ashes and rubble. Yet life continues among the wreckage. The citizens continue to live, love, fight and survive in their war-torn city, and The Great Houses still vie for dominion over the once grand capital. Ever since reading Blood and Feath...

Cover Reveal: Mythmaker by Marianne de Pierres Last year Marianne de Pierres' Peacemaker was released by Angry Robot. Which proved to be a very interesting crossover story, it had the science fiction promises of megacities and flying cars, contrasting to that there was a "bush" and western feel to the story. This all gave a very unique sense to the story. Better even was how well these elements worked and the story that Marianne de Pierres told in Peacemaker.  For more detail on Peacemaker you can read my review here Below I have some very cool new for you! The cover to the sequel of Peacemaker which is called Mythmaker . Feast your eyes on what Joey HiFi once again did! You can find out more information on the amazing Joey HiFi and all the amazing covers he did on this website:  http://www. alexandersband.com/joey-hifi Quote:  Marianne -  “Joey HiFi has captured the essence of the MYTHMAKER story in his cover. The fox is a surprise spiritual...

Hallow Point by Ari Marmell, Mick Oberon #2 The Spear of Lugh, one of the four Kingly Hallows of Ireland is in Chicago. And everyone,  everyone  wants it, for it is said that he who carries the spear into battle cannot be defeated. Among those who seek it are an agent of the infamous Wild Hunt; a mobster who knows far more about these things than he should; and of course both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts – the  last  people PI Mick Oberon would want getting hold of the spear... Last year Titan books unexpectedly published the first book, Hot Lead, Cold Iron  in Ari Marmell's latest series, Mick Oberon. Before this I read Ari Marmell's Widdershins adventures. A young adult sword and sorcery and thiefing series. Which compared to this Mick Oberon series is quite something different. If you read my review of Hot Lead, Cold Iron , you know I liked the book and when I was offered to read Hallow Point. How could I say no? Hallow Poi...

Ghost Champagne by Charlie Jane Anders, Uncanny Magazine #5   [no synopsis provided]  When Looking for a story to feature in my SFF I once again ended up with Uncanny Magazine and this time around I found the story of Charlie Jane Anders called Ghost Champagne . What caught my attention was actually the first sentence." 1. Comedy . You know what I wish? I wish I could just reach into someone’s chest and pull out their beating heart and show it to them, like a movie villain". I read some similar stories with such a layout, from dairies entries with retelling events etcetera. Plus the sort of graphic image I got with pulling out a persons heart... well. Ghost Champagne is quite a story. A bit different but when you think about it... As I already mentioned the story picks up with quite the teaser at hand "You know what I wish? I wish I could just reach into someone’s chest and pull out their beating heart and show it to them, like a movie villain" and tha...

Excerpt: Nightwise                                                                                                         Chapter One The banker was crucified on the wall of his Wall Street office, fountain pens rammed through both wrists, an Armani Jesus. The pens are Montblancs, very nice. Each one is custom-made, decorated with emeralds, sapphires, and rubies, and then hundreds of tiny diamonds just for good measure. They run for a hair under a million dollars each. They’re sturdy too, obviously. I doubt that their current function would be of much use in a marketing campaign, but still, a fun fact to know. I left the shitty meth-lab-trailer-on-cinder-blocks I called home when I was thirteen. I remember writing ...

Cover Reveal: The Stolen Thief by Hugo Negron. When I first started reviewing one of the first authors I found was Hugo Negron and his Forging of a Knight debut. It was truly stellar and over the years I have enjoyed the sequel and the conclusion of the third book as well. Hugo Negron always mentioned to me that there was more in the offing and this year, somewhere in October the fourth book in the series will be published. The Stolen Thief.  Synopsis:  Legend has called them the Ruinous Ones. The Dokahlfar and the Vartahlfar, evil elves and their darfish minions that contolled an unknown technological magic, daring to seek power beyond that of the three and the root. They Warred against their own kin, the High  elves and were defeated, fleeing into the dark, driven from light they had wished to corrupt.  Glaive has gone missing - a secret assignment for the King has fone awry. Qualtan decides to search for his half-orcne friend, and in the proves uncovers ...

Lost Souls by Seth Patrick, Reviver Trilogy #2 After the life-altering events of Reviver, Jonah Miller, the world’s most powerful forensic revivalist, is caught between standing up for what he knows is right, and protecting the job he loves. But the tide is turning. Those who campaign against revival have redoubled their efforts. Better funded, their polemic is working. Public opinion, usually supportive of the revivers, is becoming uneasy. Then a bizarrely mutilated body is found. The cause of death baffles police, but Jonah suspects that there are other forces at work, forces just as destructive as those he has already faced. When research efforts begin again to explore the source of revival, old faces reappear and Jonah’s world starts to unravel. As the research closes in on dangerous truths, Jonah and his friends find there’s nowhere left to go; no-one left to trust. And in the darkness, something is coming. Has it already been two years since I first read Seth Patrick's d...