Risingshadow: February 2022 Edition

Vaugn Entwistle's Magnetic Sleep was published in 2021. [author_9261] [book_63490_quote_right] REVIEW: MAGNETIC SLEEP BY VAUGHN ENTWISTLE [read more]

Risingshadow has an opportunity to feature a Q&A with Dustin Cowell, who is the author of Flight of the Chosen. [author_11828] [book_63507_quote_right] Q&A with Dustin Cowell [read more]

(Immortals After Dark #19)

A human monster huntress. An immortal werewolf. Could any passion be more forbidden? The next stand-alone installment in the electrifying Immortals After Dark series by #1 New York Times best-selling author Kresley Cole. Venture deeper into the Lore, fierce realm of the immortals—if you dare ... TORMENTED IN UNIMAGINABLE WAYS Coming off torture at the hands of his warlock captors, Munro MacRieve never expected to find his mate, or to lose her just as abruptly. Driven to desperation, the ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal Romance

(Interference #1)

The grubby dance of politics didn’t end when we left the solar system, it followed us to the stars The god-like Iaens are infinitely more advanced than humankind, so why have they requested military assistance in a conflict they can surely win unaided? Torstein Danielson, Secretary for Interplanetary Affairs, is on a fact-finding mission to their home planet and headed straight into the heart of a war-zone. With him, onboard the Starship Kissinger, is a detachment of marines for ... [read more]

Science Fiction

(The Infinite World #4)

Life was simpler when someone was around to tell him what to do. With a band of Adventurers looking to him for direction, whether he likes it or not, Trent Embra needed to figure out how to lead them. But how was he supposed to lead when there were so many things Trent hadn’t figured out for himself? An unidentifiable seed in his Storage, and whispers in his head, Trent points his team west towards the wilds. It was as good a direction as any. Maybe in uncivilized lands, Trent would learn what it meant to be an Adventurer and sort through what mattered most. [read more]

Fantasy

(Moonfall #1)

An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins. A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death. Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts: A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he’s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home. A drunken prince, who ... [read more]

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(Wayward Children #7)

Hugo Award winner 2023 for novella. Welcome to the Whitethorn Institute. The first step is always admitting you need help, and you've already taken that step by requesting a transfer into our company. There is another school for children who fall through doors and fall back out again. It isn't as friendly as Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children. And it isn't as safe. When Eleanor West decided to open her school, her sanctuary, her Home for Wayward Children, she knew from the beginning ... [read more]

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(Never After #2)

Once Upon A Time,there was a king who passed.He left behind two sons,one beloved and one outcast.The older of the two was set to take the throne,but before he could he had to find a queen to call his own.The younger one was known to be unruly and unhinged.The chosen queen was warned to keep far away from him.Beautiful and cunning, in the light is where she stayed.But late at night, it was the shadowed lands in which she played.Mistakes were made and secrets forged;forgetting duty and her ... [read more]

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(The Ravens #2)

In this thrilling conclusion to New York Times best-selling authors Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige’s The Ravens duology, loyalty, love, and friendships are tested as sorority sisters Scarlett and Vivi must face the forces of hell itself when a rival sorority threatens to wreak havoc on campus. The ultra-exclusive Kappa Rho Nu — the Ravens — are determined to restore balance to the world. After destroying an ancient talisman and barely saving their sorority in the process, they’ll go ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

(Thousand Worlds #2)

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Yoon Ha Lee's companion to the best-selling and award-winning DRAGON PEARL, another space opera inspired by Korean mythology, this time told from the point of view of a nonbinary tiger spirit. "A zesty mix of Korean folklore, magic, and science fiction that will leave you longing for more adventures in the Thousand Worlds!" - Rick Riordan, intro to DRAGON PEARL "With crisp dialogue, a winning protagonist and a propulsive plot, this tale is enormously ... [read more]

Science FictionYoung AdultSpace Opera

They choose their laws to secure their power. Fellion is a Lamplighter, able to provide illumination through magic. A group of rebel Monarchists free her from indentured servitude and take her on a journey to rescue trapped compatriots from an underground complex of mines. Along the way they get caught up in a conspiracy to kill the latest royal child and wipe out the Monarchist movement for good. But Fellian has more than just her Lamplighting skills up her sleeve... [read more]

Fantasy

(The Perfect Run #3)

The Perfect Conclusion to the Perfect Run saga! It's one thing to go back to the beginning, and another to reach the perfect ending. Ryan Romano has done it. He has gathered information about all the villains threatening New Rome. He listed all the people he wants to protect. He knows which places he has to blow up and which car he has to steal. All that's left is going back in time one final time, achieve the perfect sequence of events, save everyone, get the girl, and defeat the ultimate enemy. It's time for the Perfect Run. [read more]

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(Legacy of the Nine Realms #4)

From USA Today Bestselling Author Amelia Hutchins comes a tale of love, war, and betrayal. A king who craves to possess her mind, body, and soul . . . A council who has deemed her too dangerous to live . . . And a fate she never asked for, but can’t escape from . . . What’s a girl to do? Within the Nine Realms, deception runs deep. War lingers on the horizon, as armies gather deeply within the shadows. The land has chosen its hero, but war demands a heavy price—one Aria may not ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal Romance

(Crescent City #2)

Sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller! Sarah J. Maas's sexy, groundbreaking CRESCENT CITY series continues with the second installment. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal ― they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds. The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceUrban Fantasy

(Starlight's Shadow #1)

The critically acclaimed author of Polaris Rising takes readers on an exciting journey with the start of her brand-new series about a female bounty hunter and the man who is her sworn enemy. “Jessie Mihalik is an author to watch.” — Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit bounty hunting crew together — even if it means accepting a job from Torran Fletcher, a ruthless former general and her sworn enemy. When ... [read more]

Science FictionRomanceSpace Opera

(Crave #4)

No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don’t recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I’m not sure I’ll ever break through. Now war is coming, and we’re not ready. We’re going to need an army to have any hope of winning. But first, there are questions about my ancestors that need answers. Answers that might just reveal who the real monster is among us. And that’s saying something in a world filled with bloodthirsty ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

(Conspiracy of Magic #1)

In Victorian England a witch and a detective are on the hunt for a serial killer in an enthralling novel of magic and murder. After a nearly fatal blow to the skull, traumatized private detective Ian Cameron is found dazed and confused on a muddy riverbank in Victorian London. Among his effects: a bloodstained business card bearing the name of a master wizard and a curious pocket watch that doesn’t seem to tell time. To retrieve his lost memories, Ian demands answers from Edwina and Mary ... [read more]

Fantasy

(The Kithamar Trilogy #1)

From New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author Daniel Abraham, co-author of The Expanse, comes an ambitious new fantasy trilogy where every story matters, and the fate of a city is woven from them all. Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countless thousands live and their stories unfold. This is Alys's. When her brother is murdered, a petty thief from the slums of Longhill sets out to discover who killed him and why. ... [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

(Tian Guan Ci Fu #2)

THE TOUCH OF A HAND, A ROLL OF THE DICE Xie Lian has confirmed that the bewitching youth San Lang is actually Hua Cheng, one of the Four Calamities and a supreme ghost despised by all heavenly officials. Still, he has trouble matching the terror of his companion's reputation with the charming, clever, and protective young man he's come to know. When a distress signal leads Xie Lian into Ghost City, a bustling metropolis containing all the horrors and delights of the dead, he sees Hua Cheng ... [read more]

FantasyRomance

(The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy. In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she ... [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

Mikhail lives in Russia in 1881. When a skeleton of a rare wild horse is brought to him, the zoologist plans an expedition to Mongolia to find the fabled Przewalski horse, a journey that tests not only his physicality, but his heart.In 1992, Karin, alongside her troubled son Mathias and several Przewalski horses, travels to Mongolia to re-introduce the magnificent horses to their native land. The veterinarian has dedicated her life to saving the breed from extinction, prioritizing the wild ... [read more]

Science FictionDystopiaTranslation

(Stranger Times #2)

Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester. Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life. And definitely not the people of Manchester, because there is nothing more irksome than being murdered by an allegory run amok. Somebody needs to sort this out fast before all ... [read more]

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