New Books : 17 December 2019
Tarot-based noblemen on a modern-day Atlantis, intrigue in an underwater city off the coast of Florida, and Weird Is Other People!
New titles this week are by K.D. Edwards, Howard Fast, Scott Gable & C. Dombrowski, Timothy S. Johnston, and Jon Sprunk.
* Edwards, K. D. : The Hanged Man
(Pyr 978-1-63388-492-2, $17, 384pp, trade paperback, December 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Dec 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781633884939
• The Tarot Sequence #2
Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Last Sun (2018), about Tarot-based noblemen on a modern-day Atlantis.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Edwards conjures a believably dangerous setting filled with tarot imagery and supernatural menaces. The strength of the story rests in the characters’ emotional bonds…”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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Fast, Howard : The General Zapped an Angel
(Ecco 978-0-06-290844-5, $16.99, 160pp, trade paperback, December 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Dec 2019
(First edition: William Morrow, 1970)
Collection of 9 stories, first published by William Morrow and Ace in 1970 (isfdb), by the author best known for the novel Spartacus in 1951.
• This edition is part of the publisher’s “Art of the Story” series, and has a new introduction by Mark Harris.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Fast’s insights and acute analysis of human nature keep these half-century-old stories fresh and exciting.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Gable, Scott, & C. Dombrowski, eds. : Nowhereville: Weird Is Other People
(Broken Eye 978-1-940372-48-8, $19.99, 302pp, trade paperback, December 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Dec 2019
Anthology of 19 stories, subtitled “Tales of the Urban Weird,” first published online from 2017 to 2019 at https://www.patreon.com/brokeneyebooks.
• Authors include Mike Allen, Ramsey Campbell, Kathe Koja, Cody Goodfellow, P. Djèli Clark, and Stephen Graham Jones.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Taken together, these stories create an uncanny, unpredictable hall of mirrors. These wonderfully strange takes on modern living are sure to resonate with fans of speculative fiction.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Johnston, Timothy S. : The Savage Deeps
(ChiZine Publications 978-1771485067, $17.99, 300pp, trade paperback, December 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Dec 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781771485074
• The Rise of Oceania #2
SF novel, second in a series following The War Beneath (2018), about intrigue in an underwater city off the coast of Florida.
• ChiZine’s site has this description. There’s also a hardcover edition (978-1771485333).
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Sprunk, Jon : Sun and Serpent
(Pyr 978-1645060024, $18, 316pp, trade paperback, December 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Dec 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781645060086
• The Book of the Black Earth #4
Sword and sorcery fantasy novel, fourth in a series following Blood and Iron (2014), Storm and Steel (2015), and Blade and Bone (2018).
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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