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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Beyond the mighty Opal mountains and the civilized worlds of the kingdoms of Koenigswald and Juddua, lies the Half-Made World, where reality is still fluid, and in the uttermost west, turns toward formlessness and lack of definition. Here, two arcane powers, the technological remorseless of The Line, and the chaotic nature of The Gun, compete […]
You may have noticed that I’ve tweaked my Functional Nerds bio because as of earlier this month, I have been “subsisting on Red Eyes and gallows humor for forty years.” That’s right. I’m a 40-year-old nerd, and I’m proud of it! You might not be able to immediately glean that from my outward appearance because […]
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, […]
In the humorous adventure novel, The Shambling Guide to New York City, Mur Lafferty (@mightymur) shows us that the publishing business can be murder. Zoë is an accomplished writer, fleeing a scandal in her hometown to make a new life for herself in New York City. However, when she takes a job as managing editor […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Apologies to all for the unintentional month-long hiatus–wait, what? Two months? Wow, damn. Sorry about that. Well I’m back, so let’s dive right in! In the last article, I referenced masterless samurai. Not a new concept in film and television, but there’s a sub-class of this loner-type hero I want to look at which I’ll […]
“ all things good of this Earth flow into the city because of the city’s greatness. “–Pericles of Athens Cities are one of the most enduring and peculiar of human inventions. We’ve had cities for ten thousand years, as soon as humans started gathering together in groups larger than villages. We’ve built cities on canals, […]
As I said in my last post, the Game Master is the most pivotal person at the table, but the collection of players looking to the GM for fun are more potent than the man (or woman) running the world. Even the best GM with the most preparation can have a game derailed by players […]
In PORTAL 2212 Thadd Evans tells a survival story of humans, raised aboard an alien vessel, trying to survive on a strange planet. The humans on board the ship travel great distances in chambers designed to slow their aging during their long journey. Cared for by android attendants, growing up together on the ship, they […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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