Journal

Stina Leicht is joining us today with her novel Cold Iron. Here’s the publisher’s description: Fraternal twins Nels and Suvi move beyond their royal heritage and into military and magical dominion in this flintlock epic fantasy debut from a two-time Campbell Award finalist. Prince Nels is the scholarly runt of the ancient Kainen royal family of […]

David Nabhan is joining us today with his novel The Pilots of Borealis. Here’s the publisher’s description: Top Gun heads to outer space in this throwback to the classic science fiction of Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein. Strapped in to artificial wings spanning twenty-five feet across, your arms push a tenth of your body weight with each

Aliette de Bodard is joining us today with her novel The House of Shattered Wings. Here’s the publisher’s description: In the late twentieth century, the streets of Paris are lined with haunted ruins, the aftermath of a Great War between arcane powers. The Grand Magasins have been reduced to piles of debris, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell,

Stephen Moore is joining us today with his novel Graynelore. Here’s the publisher’s description: Rodrig Wishard is a killer, a thief and a liar. He’s a fighting man who prefers to solve his problems with his sword. In a world without government or law, where a man’s only loyalty is to his family and faerie tales

Tom Doyle is joining us today with his novel The Left-Hand Way. Here’s the publisher’s description: Poe’s Red Death returns, more powerful than ever. Can anyone stop him before he summons an apocalyptic nightmare even worse than himself? In The Left-Hand Way, the second book of Tom Doyle’s contemporary fantasy series, the American craftsmen are scattered

Ellen Datlow is joining us today with her book The Best Horror of the Year Volume Seven. Here’s the publisher’s description: A sin-eater plies the tools of her dangerous trade; a jealous husband takes his rival on a hunting trip; a student torments one of his teachers; a cheap grafter is selling artifacts form hell; something is

Stephanie A. Cain is joining us today with her novel Stormseer. Here’s the publisher’s description: The kingdoms of Tamnen and Strid have been at war for decades. Princess Azmei of Tamnen left her family for a treaty marriage to end that war–but an assassin’s blade destroyed her plans. Protected by her presumed death, Azmei hunts the

Zachary Jernigan is joining us today with his novel Shower of Stones. Here’s the publisher’s description: The follow-up to Zachary Jernigan’s critically-acclaimed literary debut No Return. At the moment of his greatest victory, before a crowd of thousands, the warrior Vedas Tezul renounced his faith, calling for revolt against the god Adrash, imploring mankind to unite