There are rumours in Ashta - a new religion is rising, and Cinzia, one-time Cantic priestess, has escaped the Holy Crucible. Fleeing from Navone, Cinzia travels with Knot, a man of many parts, and Astrid, the child-like vampire. They are gathering followers, but the murderous Nazaniin are still on their trail.
Meanwhile, Winter is losing her grip on sanity, grappling with immense powers beyond her understanding. Where she goes, chaos and death follow.
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GUEST POST: What Inspired The Angel Alejandro? by Alistair Cross
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
- Category: Guest Post
Risingshadow has the honour of publishing a guest post by Alistair Cross.
About the author
Alistair Cross' debut novel, The Crimson Corset, a vampiric tale of terror and seduction, was an immediate bestseller earning praise from veteran vampire-lit author, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and New York Times bestseller, Jay Bonansinga, author of The Walking Dead series. In 2012, Alistair joined forces with international bestseller, Tamara Thorne, and as Thorne & Cross, they write - among other things - the successful Gothic series, The Ravencrest Saga. Their debut collaboration, The Cliffhouse Haunting, reached the bestseller’s list in its first week of release. They are currently at work on their next solo novels and a new collaborative project.
In 2014, Alistair and Tamara began the radio show, Thorne & Cross: Haunted Nights LIVE!, which has featured such guests as Charlaine Harris of the Southern Vampire Mysteries and basis of the HBO series True Blood, Jeff Lindsay, author of the Dexter novels, Jay Bonansinga of The Walking Dead series, Laurell K. Hamilton of the Anita Blake novels, Peter Atkins, screenwriter of HELLRAISER 2, 3, and 4, worldwide bestseller V.C. Andrews, and New York Times best sellers Preston & Child, Christopher Rice, and Christopher Moore.
Visit Alistair at: www.alistaircross.com.
Links
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Forthcoming books: http://www.alistaircross.com/Future-Works
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6517308.Alistair_Cross
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About The Angel Alejandro:
A Man without a Past
After a near-fatal accident, Madison O'Riley is faced with an astonishing problem: What to do with the man who saved her life. Naive and heartstoppingly handsome, he calls himself Alejandro... and he has no memory of his past. As they set out to recover his lost identity, Madison realizes he harbors deep - and otherworldly - secrets that will shatter her understanding of reality... secrets that may put her in grave danger.
The Devil in the Details
And now, there’s another stranger in town. Gremory Jones has something for everyone, and for a small price, he’s willing to make a deal. By day, he walks the streets of Prominence in top hat and trench coat, tempting the citizens with nefarious wares from his shiny black briefcase. By night, he and his legion of insatiable acolytes corrupt the locals at Club Mephistopheles, a den of unholy delights housed in an abandoned church.
The Battle has Begun...
The townspeople are changing in outrageous and appalling ways and it's up to Madison - with the help of a psychic, a local priest, and the new chief of police - to help Alejandro unlock his forgotten powers before an unspeakable evil tears apart the fabric of existence... and costs them their very souls...
Click here to read an excerpt from the novel.
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GUEST POST: What Inspired The Angel Alejandro? by Alistair Cross
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A review of Berit Ellingsen's Vessel and Solsvart
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
- Category: Reviews
Berit Ellingsen's Vessel and Solsvart will be published by Snuggly Books in March 2017.
Information about Berit Ellingsen:
Berit Ellingsen's novel Not Dark Yet was published by Two Dollar Radio in November 2015. She is the author of the short story collections Beneath the Liquid Skin and Vessel & Solsvart, and the novel Une Ville Vide (PublieMonde). Her work has appeared in W.W. Norton’s Flash Fiction International, SmokeLong Quarterly, Unstuck, Litro, Up Here - The North at the Center of the World, and other places, and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and the British Science Fiction Award. Berit divides her time between Norway and Svalbard in the Arctic.
Click here to visit her official website.
Information about Vessel and Solsvart:
Throughout history our fear of and desire to control death has raised empires and broken gods. What's dominated the past is sure to follow in the future. Even in the Anthropocene, the global epoch of humankind, the planet is in the throes of a sixth period of mass extinction. Here is a collection of dark fables and modern fairytales, inspired by Scandinavian folk tales and the work of H.C. Andersen, about death, the dead, and our relationship to both, to celebrate the living and remind us that only one thing is certain in life.
A REVIEW OF BERIT ELLINGSEN'S VESSEL AND SOLSVART
Read more: A review of Berit Ellingsen's Vessel and Solsvart
GUEST POST: Daily Rituals by Cat Rambo
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
- Category: Guest Post
Risingshadow has the honour of publishing a guest post by Cat Rambo.
Biography
Cat Rambo lives, writes, and teaches atop a hill in the Pacific Northwest. Her 200+ fiction publications include stories in Asimov’s, Clarkesworld Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. She is an Endeavour, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominee. Her second novel, Hearts of Tabat, appears in 2017 from Wordfire Press. She is a frequent volunteer with and current President of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. She teaches a series of online classes for the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. For more about her, as well as links to her fiction, see http://www.kittywumpus.net.
Cat Rambo's newest collection of short fiction, Neither Here Nor There, was published in December 2016. It includes some of her best fantasy works in the same format as her previous collection, Near + Far, a la the old Ace double-sided books.
Links
Website: http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/
List of and links to fiction: http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/fiction/
The Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers: http://classes.catrambo.com
Social Media Links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cat-Rambo-79388126929/
G+: https://plus.google.com/+CatRambo
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1014253.Cat_Rambo
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Catrambo
Book links
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Neither-Here-Nor-There-600207290114211/
Book on Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Neither-Here-Nor-There-Rambo/dp/0989082873/
Book on Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neither-Here-Nor-There-Rambo/dp/0989082873/
Book on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33280674-neither-here-nor-there
GUEST POST: Daily Rituals by Cat Rambo
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An interview with Tim Major
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
- Category: Interviews
Risingshadow has had the honour of interviewing Tim Major.
Tim's time-travel thriller novel, You Don't Belong Here (Snowbooks) is available now. He has also released two novellas, Blighters (Abaddon) and Carus & Mitch (Omnium Gatherum) - the latter was shortlisted for a This Is Horror Award. His short stories have featured in Interzone, the British Fantasy Society’s Horizons and numerous anthologies. He is the Editor of the UK SF magazine, The Singularity.
Click here to visit his official website.
AN INTERVIEW WITH TIM MAJOR
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A review of Jonathan Rivalland's Reimar Breaking
- Written by Seregil of Rhiminee
- Category: Reviews
Jonathan Rivalland's Reimar Breaking: The Prelude to the Iberan War was published by Elsewhen Press in August 2016 (e-book) and November 2016 (paperback).
Information about Jonathan Rivalland:
A sharp dislike of anything to do with the outside has greatly complemented Jonathan Rivalland’s intense desire to write novels and stories. Having finished his first book he is eagerly moving forward on to the other dozen or so titles that all deserve their turn (ability to complete them all in a standard lifetime notwithstanding). After incidentally being from South Africa, graduating university with majors in History and Psychology, moving to South Korea to teach ESL (and staying for four years), he moved to the US, where he primarily spends his time either writing or thinking about writing.
Reimar Breaking is both the beginning of a series (The Iberan War) as well as the first of a variety of titles, set in the same universe (The Fourth World), concerning an array of characters, locations, and events. None of these have any reliable completion dates because the author is vigorously allergic to deadlines.
Click here to visit his official website.
Information about Reimar Breaking: The Prelude to the Iberan War:
The prelude to The Iberan War
Reimar’s wealth and prestige flows from trade, especially cross-world trade through the Helion – a vast and ancient portal to other worlds. But there are signs of an imminent rebellion, especially among the younger members of more distant noble houses, and some rival nations are eager to take advantage of any internal distractions. Princess Siera du Tealdan has shown herself to be a strong and innovative military commander, while her older brother Ramiros enjoys life at the court of their father King Abarron du Tealdan.
When the situation in Reimar takes a shocking turn for the worse, Siera’s military expertise is desperately needed. With no mercenaries available for hire, Siera must pull off a miracle. Having only one skyship armed with ballistae and an under-strength Royal Guard, she must fend off the rebellion, while at the same time dealing with Reimar’s old enemy Iln, that has declared an opportunistic war in order to raid and pillage across the border. If the rebels gain control of the Helion, the kingdom will suffocate.
A REVIEW OF JONATHAN RIVALLAND'S REIMAR BREAKING
Read more: A review of Jonathan Rivalland's Reimar Breaking