New Books : 21 August 2018
Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Fated Sky, Robert Jackson Bennett’s Foundryside, and titles by Tim Akers, P. Djéli Clark, Jason Hrivnak, Ed McDonald, David Mealing, Lilith Saintcrow, Steven Savile, Yoshiki Tanaka, and Drew Williams
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* Akers, Tim : The Winter Vow
(Titan 978-1783299522, $14.95, 512pp, trade paperback, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• The Hallowed War #3
Fantasy novel, third in a series following The Pagan Night (2016) and The Iron Hound (2017), about battles between the Celestial Church and people who follow pagan ways.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “Akers, an experienced hand at steampunk noir, succeeds in capturing the essence of historical fantasy. Readers familiar with the Scottish and English clashes exemplified by Braveheart will be comfortable with his handling of northern free folk striving to remain faithful to their nature gods and witch cults, struggling against the intrusions of more ecclesiastical southern religions.”
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* Bennett, Robert Jackson : Foundryside
(Crown 978-1-5247-6036-6, $27, 512pp, hardcover, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781524760373
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780525643722
• The Founders Trilogy #1
Fantasy novel, first in a trilogy, set in a city that runs by industrialized magic.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This is a crackling, wonderfully weird blend of science fiction, fantasy, heist adventure, and a pointed commentary on what it means to be human in a culture obsessed with technology, money, and power.”
• Lila Garrott reviews it in the August issue of Locus Magazine: “…it’s a thoughtful examination of the ways in which power can and might corrupt, with some spectacular action sequences in which a lot of things blow up, and a really thorough exploration of the nooks and crannies of its magic system.”
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* Clark, P. Djéli : The Black God’s Drums
(Tor.com 978-1250294715, $11.99, 112pp, trade paperback, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250294708
Fantasy novella set in a post-Civil War alternate New Orleans, about the crew of an airship on a mission to prevent a mysterious weapon from wiping out the city.
• Macmillan’s site has this description
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Clark employs fervent, emotive prose to construct an elaborate world populated by diverse, complex people. The story is thrillingly original and will enthrall fans of alternate histories.”
• Liz Bourke reviews it in the August issue of Locus Magazine: “This delightful novella is a breath of fresh air…”
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* Hrivnak, Jason : Mutilation Song
(ChiZine Publications 978-1771484619, $17.99, 250pp, trade paperback, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 15 Aug 2018
Horror novel about a mentally ill man taken over by a demon.
• ChiZine’s site has this description with blurbs by Brian Evenson and others.
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* Kowal, Mary Robinette : The Fated Sky
(Tor 978-0-7653-9894-9, $15.99, 384pp, trade paperback, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765398932
• Lady Astronaut #2
SF novel, second in a duology following The Calculating Stars (July 2018), in which Lady Astronaut Elma York considers joining an expedition to Mars.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it, as it did the previous book, a starred review: “Kowal continues her exquisite exploration of race and gender relations in an alternate 1961 that is still shockingly close to our own.”
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* McDonald, Ed : Ravencry
(Ace 978-0-399-58782-5, $16, 384pp, trade paperback, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780399587832
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780525498469
• Raven’s Mark #2
Fantasy novel, second in a series following Blackwing (2017), about a bounty hunter in a post-apocalyptic landscape called the Misery.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “McDonald continues to build on the strengths that made Blackwing compelling: tense and violent action, genuinely disturbing settings and creatures, and bursts of morbid humor.”
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* Mealing, David : Blood of the Gods
(Orbit 978-0-316-55234-9, $16.99, 736pp, trade paperback, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316552356
• The Ascension Cycle #2
Fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following Soul of the World (2017), about a battle between humans and gods for the fate of the world.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
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* Saintcrow, Lilith : The Collected Adventures of Bannon & Clare
(Orbit 978-0316419451, $19.99, 1280pp, trade paperback, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
Omnibus of four steampunk fantasy novels, The Iron Wyrm Affair (2012), The Red Plague Affair (2013), The Ripper Affair (2014), and The Damnation Affair (ebook 2012, print-on-demand 2013).
• Hachette’s site has this description.
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* Savile, Steven : Coldfall Wood
(St. Martin’s 978-1250077875, $26.99, 368pp, hardcover, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466890206
Fantasy novel about an ancient god that awakens from the last primeval woodland of London.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
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* Tanaka, Yoshiki : Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Volume 7: Tempest
(Haikasoru 978-1421585291, $15.99, 224pp, trade paperback, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes #7
Military SF novel, seventh in a series published in the 1980s and the basis of numerous manga and anime works. The new edition here is translated by Daniel Huddleston.
• Wikipedia has this entry about the seires.
• Haikasoru’s site has this description of the book with an excerpt.
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* Williams, Drew : The Stars Now Unclaimed
(Tor 978-1-250-18611-9, $24.99, 448pp, hardcover, August 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Aug 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250186126
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427297716
• The Universe After #1
SF novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about gifted children recruited to fight the Pulse, a threat that would destroy other weapons and leave planets without technoogy.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “Williams’s sarcastic, trope-filled debut is a science fiction adventure that never takes itself too seriously.”
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