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Ed Ruggero is joining us today with his novel Blame the Dead. Here’s the publisher’s description: Set against the heroism and heartbreak of World War II, former Army officer Ed Ruggero brilliantly captures, with grace and authenticity, the evocative and timeless stories of ordinary people swept up in extraordinary times. Sicily, 1943. Eddie Harkins, former […]

Jeff Wheeler is joining us today to talk about his novel The Killing Fog. Here’s the publisher’s description: Survivor of a combat school, the orphaned Bingmei belongs to a band of mercenaries employed by a local ruler. Now the nobleman, and collector of rare artifacts, has entrusted Bingmei and the skilled team with a treacherous

Anne Charnock is joining us today with her novel Bridge 108. Here’s the publisher’s description: Late in the twenty-first century, drought and wildfires prompt an exodus from southern Europe. When twelve-year-old Caleb is separated from his mother during their trek north, he soon falls prey to traffickers. Enslaved in an enclave outside Manchester, the resourceful and

Kelly Braffet is joining us today to talk about her novel The Unwilling. Here’s the publisher’s description: A penetrating tale of magic, faith and pride… The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban’s vast empire. Judah

K.S. Villoso is joining us today to talk about her novel The Wolf of Oren-Yaro. Here’s the publisher’s description: Born under the crumbling towers of her kingdom, Queen Talyien was the shining jewel and legacy of the bloody War of the Wolves. It nearly tore her nation apart. But her arranged marriage to the son of

J.R.H. Lawless is joining us today to talk about his novel Always Greener. Here’s the publisher’s description: Life’s biggest victim, please step up and claim your prize! A smash-hit reality show is offering a lifetime of luxury to the one person living the world’s worst life, and now everyone is out to prove just how bad

Valentine Wheeler is joining us today with her novel No Parking. Here’s the publisher’s description: When Marianne Windmere’s bakery customers begin complaining that her parking lot is always full, she assumes it must be customers for the new restaurant next door. She’s never met her neighbor, and with the parking lot situation, she has no interest

R.W.W. Greene is joining us to talk about his novel The Light Years. Here’s the publisher’s description: The captain of a family-owned starship arranges a marriage for her son in hopes of achieving faster-than-light travel and maybe, just maybe, marital bliss. Before Hisako Saski is even born, her parents make a deal on her behalf. In

Nandi Taylor is joining us with her debut novel Given. Here’s the publisher’s description: Yenni has never been this far from home. With only her wits, her strength, and her sacred runelore, the fierce Yirba warrior princess is alone in the Empire of Cresh. It’s a land filled with strange magics and even stranger people—all of

Kameron Hurley is joining us today to talk about The Broken Heavens. Here’s the publisher’s description: The bloodsoaked conclusion to Kameron Hurley’s epic fantasy masterpiece – the Worldbreaker Saga – is unleashed. The Dhai nation has broken apart under the onslaught of the Tai Mora, invaders from a parallel world. With the Dhai in retreat,

  Rod Duncan is joining us with his novel The Fugitive and the Vanishing Man, the concluding chapter in the “Map of the Unknown Things” series. Here’s the publisher’s description: Ladies and gentlemen, for the very final time, Elizabeth and Edwin Barnabus will perform the grand illusion of the Vanishing Man. Elizabeth Barnabus is a

Parker Peevyhouse is joining us today to talk about her novel Strange Exit. Here’s the publisher’s description: Seventeen-year-old Lake spends her days searching a strange, post-apocalyptic landscape for people who have forgotten one very important thing: this isn’t reality. Everyone she meets is a passenger aboard a ship that’s been orbiting Earth since a nuclear event.

Niki Smith is joining us to talk about her graphic novel The Deep & Dark Blue. Here’s the publisher’s description: The Witch Boy meets The Legend of Korra in this breathtaking, epic graphic novel. After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation

Derek Künsken is joining us to talk about his novel The Quantum Garden. Here’s the publisher’s description: THE ULTIMATE CHASE Days ago, Belisarius pulled off the most audacious con job in history. He’s rich, he’s back with the love of his life, and he has the Time Gates, the most valuable things in existence. Nothing could