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: 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 […]

Book Received: Appalachian Overthrow

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

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover; 1 edition (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451414446 Official Description: E.E. Knight has proven “a master of his craft. His prose is controlled but interesting, and his characters are fully formed and come to life.”* In his latest Vampire Earth novel, the national bestselling author tells a tale about David […]

Book Received: The Dark Tower Companion

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

Paperback: 512 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; 1 edition (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451237994 Official Description: AN ALL-NEW COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY CONSTRUCTED WORLDS IN ALL OF FICTION Stephen King’s bestselling multi-volume Dark Tower series is the author’s most inspired and imaginative creation. The story of Roland Deschain of Gilead, the last […]

Book Received: A Matter of Blood

On April 26, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Ace Trade; Reprint edition (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425258467 Official Description: In a world steeped in darkness, a new breed of evil has fallen… London’s ruined economy has pushed everyone to the breaking point, and even the police rely on bribes and deals with criminals to survive. Detective Inspector Cass Jones […]

Book Received: The Beautiful Land

On April 25, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Ace Trade (June 4, 2013) ISBN-10: 0425265277 Official Description: An exciting debut novel, in the tradition of The Passage. The Beautiful Land is part science fiction, part horror–and, at its core, a love story, between a brilliant young computer genius and the fragile women he has loved since high school. Now, […]

Book Received: Sharp – A Mindspace Investigations Novel

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

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Roc (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465040 Official Description: HISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF, EVEN FOR TELEPATHS.… As a Level Eight telepath, I am the best police interrogator in the department. But I’m not a cop—I never will be—and my only friend on the force, Homicide Detective Isabella […]

Book Received: Iron Kin

On April 18, 2013, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Roc (April 2, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451465059 Official Description: Imagine a city divided. Fae and human mages on one side, vampire Blood Lords and shape-shifting Beast Kind on the other. Between these supernatural forces stands a peace treaty that threatens to shatter at the slightest provocation…. I was raised to […]

Book Received: The Last Grave

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

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Signet (March 5, 2013) ISBN-10: 0451239571 Official Description: Samantha Ryan—homicide detective by choice, witch hunter by necessity—has left Salem for San Francisco, hoping a move will help her forget the horrors of her past. But she’s about to discover that witches tempted by the dark side are everywhere…. Samantha […]

Book Received: Liar’s Blade, A Pathfinder Tale

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

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. (March 12, 2013) ISBN-10: 1601255152 Official Description: With strength, wit, rakish charm, and a talking sword named Hrym, Rodrick has all the makings of a classic hero – except for the conscience. Instead, he and Hrym live a high life as scoundrels, pulling cons and parting the weak […]

Book Received: King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

On August 30, 2012, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Ace Hardcover (August 7, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1937007472 Official Description: In Book One of the Broken Empire, Mark Lawrence brought to life the “morbidly gripping”* (Publishers Weekly) story of a boy in search of power and vengeance. Now, in King of Thorns, that boy’s journey into manhood takes him to […]

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Book Received: Clean by Alex Hughes

On August 29, 2012, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Roc (September 4, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0451464753 Release Date: September 4, 2012 Official Description: An unnamed telepathic hero battles bad guys and his addiction to super-drug Satin in this tightly written futuristic detective story set in an alternate Atlanta. After the devastating Tech Wars, Ameri­cans developed a healthy […]

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Book Received: Seawitch by Kat Richardson

On August 24, 2012, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover (August 7, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0451464559 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 […]

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Book Received: Precinct 13

On August 17, 2012, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Berkley Trade (August 7, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0425247791 Official Description: Recent college grad Alex Conner is thrilled to have landed a job as the Hughes County coroner/medical examiner in Pierre, South Dakota. But when her first day on the job ends with a missing corpse, Alex starts to wonder if […]

Book Received: Blood of the City

On August 10, 2012, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Paizo Publishing, LLC. (September 4, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1601254563 Official Description: Luma is a cobblestone druid, a canny fighter and spellcaster who can read the chaos of Magnimar’s city streets like a scholar reads books. Together, she and her siblings in the powerful Derexhi family form one of the most […]

Book Received: Darklands

On August 8, 2012, in Books Received, by Patrick Hester

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Ace (July 31, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1937007707 Official Description: They call it Deadtown: the city’s quarantined section for its inhuman and undead residents. Most humans stay far from its border—but Victory Vaughn, Boston’s only professional demon slayer, isn’t exactly human… Boston’s demons have been disappearing, and Vicky’s clients […]

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