Tainted Blood – M.L. Brennan

About the Book In the third Generation V novel, Fortitude Scott proves that working with family can be deadly… Former film student Fortitude Scott is finally gainfully employed. Unfortunately, said employment happens to be with a group of sociopathic vampires—his family. And as much as Fort is loath to get too deep into the family…

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A Discussion of Disability in Lock In

Lock In is going to be a hard book for me to talk about. On the one hand, it is a fairly typical if well done police procedural/murder mystery. On the other hand, and probably the part that really made its impact on me, is the fascinating exploration of disability and evolving technology. It is…

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[Guest Post] Max Gladstone on Halloween and Identity

Max Gladstone has taught in southern Anhui, wrecked a bicycle in Angkor Wat, and been thrown from a horse in Mongolia.  Max graduated from Yale University, where he studied Chinese. Max’s novel Three Parts Dead was published by Tor Books in October 2012.  Two Serpents Rise, the next book in the Craft Sequence, is due out in October…

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The Broken Road – Teresa Frohock

About the Book The world of Lehbet is under siege. The threads that divide Lehbet from the mirror world of Heled are fraying, opening the way for an invasion by an alien enemy that feeds on human flesh. Travys, the youngest of the queen’s twin sons, was born mute. He is a prince of the…

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Premonitions – Jamie Schultz

About the Book TWO MILLION DOLLARS…  It’s the kind of score Karyn Ames has always dreamed of—enough to set her crew up pretty well and, more important, enough to keep her safely stocked on a very rare, very expensive black market drug. Without it, Karyn hallucinates slices of the future until they totally overwhelm her,…

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Books I’m Eyeing

Due to surgery and life it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. I don’t have much to report that wasn’t already reported here. I was interviewed on the Adventures in SciFi Publishing Podcast, which is live. You can listen to me geek out for about an hour here. I talk about all…

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Ancillary Sword – Ann Leckie

About the Book What if you once had thousands of bodies and near god-like technology at your disposal? And what if all of it were ripped away?  The Lord of the Radch has given Breq command of the ship Mercy of Kalr and sent her to the only place she would have agreed to go…

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The Accidental Highwayman – Ben Tripp

About the Book The Accidental Highwayman is the first swashbuckling adventure for young adults by talented author and illustrator, Ben Tripp. This thrilling tale of dark magic and true love is the perfect story for fans of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride. In eighteenth-century England, young Christopher “Kit” Bristol is the unwitting servant of notorious highwayman Whistling Jack….

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My epic post-surgery update

As you have probably realized, these past few weeks my website has been flooded with (very kind) people who were willing to write guest posts or guest reviews for me. The reason is because I’ve been recovering from my surgery. I don’t go back to work until November 4, and the doctor won’t see me…

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