The Weird – Edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer

About the book A landmark, eclectic, leviathan-sized anthology of fiction’s wilder, stranger, darker shores. From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird and amongst its practitioners number some of the…

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Of Blood and Honey – Stina Leicht

About the book Liam never knew who his father was. The town of Derry had always assumed that he was the bastard of a protestant — his mother never spoke of him, and Liam assumed he was dead. But when the war between the fallen and the fey began to heat up, Liam and his…

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Mr. Shivers – Robert Jackson Bennett

About the book It is the time of the Great Depression. Thousands have left their homes looking for a better life, a new life. But Marcus Connelly is not one of them. He searches for one thing, and one thing only. Revenge. Because out there, riding the rails, stalking the camps, is the scarred vagrant…

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The Troupe – Robert Jackson Bennett

About the book   Vaudeville: mad,mercenary, dreamy, and absurd, a world of clashing cultures and ferociousshowmanship and wickedly delightful deceptions.   But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole hasjoined vaudeville for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be hisfather, the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father’s troupe,he begins to…

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Throne of the Crescent Moon – Saladin Ahmed

Aboutthe book From Saladin Ahmed,finalist for the Nebula and Campbell Awards, comes one of the year’s mostanticipated fantasy debuts, THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON, a fantasy adventurewith all the magic of The Arabian Nights.  The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, land of djenn andghuls, Khalifs and killers, is on the brink of civil war. To make things…

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Range of Ghosts – Elizabeth Bear

About the book Temur, grandson ofthe Great Khan, is walking away from a battlefield where he was left fordead. All around lie the fallen armies of his cousin and his brother, whomade war to rule the Khaganate. Temur is now the legitimate heir by bloodto his grandfather’s throne, but he is not the strongest. Going into exile…

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Not a review: Percepliquis – Michael J. Sullivan

About the book IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS…THE ELVES HAVE CROSSEDTHE NIDWALDEN. TWO THIEVES WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE  “I saw a great journey. Ten upon theroad, she who wears the light will lead the way. The road goes deep into theearth, and into despair. The voices of the dead guide your steps. You walk…

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Planesrunner – Ian McDonald + GIVEAWAY

This post has been updated with new cover art. About the book There is not one you. There are many yous. There isnot one world. There are many worlds. Ours is one of billions of parallelearths.  When Everett Singh’s scientist father iskidnapped from the streets of London, he leaves young Everett a mysterious appon his computer….

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Wintertide – Michael Sullivan

About the book A FORCED WEDDING. A DOUBLE EXECUTION. TWOTHIEVES HAVE OTHER PLANS.  The New Empire intends to celebrate its victoryover the Nationalists with a day that will never be forgotten. On the highholiday of Wintertide the empress will be married and Degan Gaunt and the Witchof Melengar will be publically executed. Then the empress…

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Palimpsest – Catherynne M. Valente

About the Book Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse—a voyage permitted only to those who’ve always believed there’s another world than the one that meets the…

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