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Alan Smale is joining us today with his novel Eagle and Empire. Here’s the publisher’s description: The award-winning author of Clash of Eagles and Eagle in Exile concludes his masterly alternate-history saga of the Roman invasion of North America in this stunning novel. Roman Praetor Gaius Marcellinus came to North America as a conqueror, but after meeting with defeat […]

Carrie Patel is joining us today with her novel The Song of the Dead. Here’s the publisher’s description: Finally, the lost histories of the Catastrophe will be revealed and with them the ultimate fate of the buried city of Recoletta in the dramatic conclusion to Carrie Patel’s trilogy. With Ruthers dead and the Library Accord signed

Robyn Bennis is joining us today with her novel The Guns Above. Here’s the publisher’s description: In the tradition of Honor Harrington and the high-flying Temeraire series, Bennis’s THE GUNS ABOVE is an adventurous military fantasy debut about a nation’s first female airship captain. They say it’s not the fall that kills you. For Josette Dupre,

Marie Brennan is joining us today with her novel Within the Sanctuary of Wings. Here’s the publisher’s description: Within the Sanctuary of Wings is the conclusion to Marie Brennan’s thrilling Lady Trent Memoirs After nearly five decades (and, indeed, the same number of volumes), one might think they were well-acquainted with the Lady Isabella Trent–dragon naturalist,

Dan Koboldt is joining us today with his novel The Island Deception. Here’s the publisher’s description: What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas. But what happens after you step through a portal to another world, well… For stage magician Quinn Bradley, he thought his time in Alissia was over. He’d done his job for

Renee Patrick is joining us today with their novel Dangerous to Know. Here’s the publisher’s description: Los Angeles, 1938. Former aspiring actress Lillian Frost is adjusting to a new life of boldfaced names as social secretary to a movie-mad millionaire. Costume designer Edith Head is running Paramount Pictures’ wardrobe department, but only until a suitable replacement

Ruthanna Emrys is joining us today with her novel Winter Tide. Here’s the publisher’s description: “Winter Tide is a weird, lyrical mystery — truly strange and compellingly grim. It’s an innovative gem that turns Lovecraft on his head with cleverness and heart” —Cherie Priest After attacking Devil’s Reef in 1928, the U.S. government rounded up the

K. Bird Lincoln is joining us today with her novel Dream Eater. Here’s the publisher’s description: Koi Pierce dreams other peoples’ dreams. Her whole life she’s avoided other people. Any skin-to-skin contact—a hug from her sister, the hand of a barista at Stumptown coffee—transfers flashes of that person’s most intense dreams. It’s enough to make anyone

Aliette de Bodard is joining us today with her novel The House of Binding Thorns. Here’s the publisher’s description: The multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen saga as Paris endures the aftermath of a devastating arcane war…. As the city rebuilds from the onslaught of sorcery that nearly destroyed it,

Rosalyn Eves is joining us today to talk about her novel Blood Rose Rebellion. Here’s the publisher’s description: The thrilling first book in a YA fantasy trilogy for fans of Red Queen. In a world where social prestige derives from a trifecta of blood, money, and magic, one girl has the ability to break the spell

Stacey Berg is joining us today with her novel Regeneration. Here’s the publisher’s description: The world is ready to be reborn… Protected by the Church for four hundred years, the people of the City are the last of humanity—or so they thought. Echo Hunter 367, made to be faithful to the Church and its Saint at

Sherri Smith is joining us today to talk about her novel Follow Me Down. Here’s the publisher’s description: Mia Haas has built her life far from the North Dakota town where she grew up, but when she receives word that her twin brother is missing, she is forced to return home. Back to the people she

Randy Henderson is joining us today with his novel Smells Like Finn Spirit. Here’s the publisher’s description: Finn Gramaraye is back in the final installment of Randy Henderson’s Familia Arcana series, which began in Finn Fancy Necromancy, and Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free. Finn’s re-adaptation to the human world is not going so well. He’s got a

Gena Showalter is joining us today with her novel Lifeblood. Here’s the publisher’s description: “My Firstlife is over, but my Everlife is only now beginning.”  With her last living breath, Tenley “Ten” Lockwood made her choice and picked her realm in the Everlife. Now, as the war between Troika and Myriad rages, she must face the

Mishell Baker is joining us today with her novel Phantom Pains. Here’s the publisher’s description: In the second book to the “exciting, inventive, and brilliantly plotted” (Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author) Borderline, Millie unwillingly returns to the Arcadia Project when an impossible and deadly situation pulls her back in. Four months ago, Millie left