Book Received: Pile of Bones: A Novel of the Parallel Parks

On August 12, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Ace (July 30, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425261069 Official Description: In one world, they’re ordinary university students. In another world, they are a company of heroes in a place of magic and myth called Anfractus… The Cree called the area Oscana, “pile of bones,” a fertile hunting ground where game abounded. […]

Book Received: Blood Song: A Raven’s Shadow Novel

On August 7, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 592 pages Publisher: Ace Hardcover; 1 edition (July 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 042526769 Official Description: From “a new master storyteller” comes the beginning of an epic fantasy saga of blood, honor, and destiny… “The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm.” Vaelin Al Sorna was […]

Book Received: Storm Surge: A Destroyermen Novel

On August 5, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover; 1 edition (July 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 045146513X Official Description: In Taylor Anderson’s acclaimed Destroyermen series, a parallel universe adds an extraordinary layer to the drama of World War II, as Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy and the crew of USS Walker, cast into that alternate earth, continue to fight the […]

Book Received: Possession: A Greywalker Novel

On August 2, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465121 Official Description: Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she died—for two minutes. Now Harper is a Greywalker, treading the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And she’s discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of […]

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Book Received: The Thousand Names

On July 31, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover; 1 edition (July 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465105 Official Description: Enter an epic fantasy world that echoes with the thunder of muskets and the clang of steel—but where the real battle is against a subtle and sinister magic…. Captain Marcus d’Ivoire, commander of one of the Vordanai empire’s colonial garrisons, […]

Book Received: Cold Copper: The Age of Steam

On July 29, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Roc Trade (July 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451418603 Official Description: In steam age America, men, monsters, machines, and magic battle to claim the same scrap of earth and sky. In this madness, one man struggles to keep his humanity, his honor, and his hell-bent mission intact…. Bounty hunter and lycanthrope Cedar Hunt […]

Book Received: The Wizard’s Mask

On July 24, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. (July 9, 2013) ISBN-10: 1601255306 Official Description: In the war-torn lands of Molthune and Nirmathas, where rebels fight an endless war of secession against an oppressive military government, the constant fighting can make for strange alliances. Such is the case for the man known only as the Masked, […]

Book Received: Beyond The Sun

On July 22, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 296 pages Publisher: Fairwood Press, Inc; 1st edition (August 1, 2013) ISBN-10: 1933846380 Official Description: Colonists take to the stars to discover new planets, new sentient beings, and build new lives for themselves and their families. Some travel years to find their destination, while others travel a year or less. Some discover a planet […]

Book Received: Fiery Edge of Steel: A Noon Onyx Novel

On June 19, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Ace (May 28, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425257169 Official Description: Lucifer and his army triumphed at Armageddon, leaving humans and demons living in uncertain peace based on sacrifice and strict laws. It is up to those with mixed demon and human blood, the Host, to prevent society from falling into anarchy. […]

Book Received: The Mist-Torn Witches

On June 17, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Roc (May 7, 2013) Language: English Official Description: National bestselling author Barb Hendee presents a dark, fascinating new world and the story of two sisters who will discover they have far more power than they ever envisioned…. In a small village in the nation of Droevinka, orphaned sisters Céline […]

Book Received: Darkness Unmasked: A Dark Angels Novel

On June 14, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Signet Select (June 4, 2013) ISBN-10: 9780451237132 Official Description:  Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones is beginning to believe that the only way to find the keys she’s been searching for and save her friends is by dying. And when Wolfgang Schmidt, the lover of her boss at the vampire council, […]

Book Received: The Havoc Machine

On June 12, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Roc (May 7, 2013) Language: English Official Description:  In a world riddled with the destruction of men and machines alike, Thaddeus Sharpe takes to the streets of St. Petersburg, geared toward the hunt of his life…. Thaddeus Sharpe’s life is dedicated to the hunting and killing of clockworkers. When […]

Book Received: Bronze Gods

On June 10, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Ace (April 30, 2013) Language: English Official Description: Danger stalks the city of steam and shadows. Janus Mikani and Celeste Ritsuko work all hours in the Criminal Investigation Division, keeping citizens safe. He’s a charming rogue with an uncanny sixth sense; she’s all logic–and the first female inspector. Between […]

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Book Received: Pirate’s Honor

On June 6, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. (May 14, 2013) Language: English Official Description:  Rough Seas A pirate captain of the Inner Sea, Torius Vin makes a living raiding wealthy merchant ships with his crew of loyal buccaneers. Few things matter more to Captain Torius than ill-gotten gold-but one of those is Celeste, his beautiful […]

Book Received: Generation V

On June 5, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Roc (May 7, 2013) Language: English Official Description: Reality Bites Fortitude Scott’s life is a mess. A degree in film theory has left him with zero marketable skills, his job revolves around pouring coffee, his roommate hasn’t paid rent in four months, and he’s also a vampire. Well, sort […]

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Book Received: The City

On June 3, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: Ace Hardcover (June 4, 2013) Language: English Official Description: In her debut solo novel, Stella Gemmell, coauthor of the “powerful” (Booklist) conclusion to David Gemmell’s Troy series, weaves a dark epic fantasy about a war-torn civilization and the immortal emperor who has it clutched in his evil grasp. The City is […]

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Book Received: Casino Infernale: A Secret Histories Novel

On May 31, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover (June 4, 2013) Language: English Official Description:  For “enjoyable, fast-paced, and fun entertainment” (SF Revu), New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green employs his license to thrill in the Secret Histories Novels featuring the first name in supernatural spy-craft… My name is Drood, Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond. […]

Book Received: Tales of Majipoor

On May 30, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Roc Trade (May 7, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451464982 Official Description: Hailed as “one of the most fully realized worlds of modern science fiction,”(Booklist) Majipoor is a planet unlike any other, with countless untold stories. Now, available for the first time in one volume, science fiction grand master Robert Silverberg presents seven tales […]

Book Received: Shadows of Falling Night

On May 29, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover (May 7, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451464516 At last, S. M. Stirling, the New York Times bestselling author of the Novels of the Change, presents the stunning climax to his Shadowspawn trilogy—the ultimate confrontation, in which the fate of all humanity hangs in the balance…. She’s back…. Near-purebred home nocturnus Adrian […]

Book Received: Of Shadow Born – A Novel of the Shadow World

On May 16, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Ace (March 26, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425259803 Official Description: Spread throughout the dark corners of our world lies the Shadow World, a society of vampires who feed off the living. In Austin, Texas, one woman must rise from the ashes of tragedy and confront an ancient evil before it destroys […]

Book Received: Blood Trade – A Jane Yellowbrick Novel

On May 10, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Roc (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465067 Official Description: Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker who’s always up for a fight—even if it means putting her life on the line… The Master of Natchez, Mississippi has a nasty problem on his hands. Rogue vampires—those who follow the Naturaleza and believe […]

Book Received: Red Planet Blues

On May 9, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Ace Hardcover; 1 edition (March 26, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425256820 Official Description: Robert J. Sawyer, the author of such “revelatory and thought-provoking”* novels as Triggers and The WWW Trilogy, presents a noir mystery expanded from his Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated novella “Identity Theft” and his Aurora Award-winning short story “Biding Time,” and […]

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