Risingshadow: January 2018 Edition

Richard A. Knaak's Black City Saint was published by Pyr (Prometheus Books) in March 2016. Information about Richard A. Knaak: Richard A. Knaak is the New York Times- and USA Today-bestselling author of The Legend of Huma, WoW: Wolfheart, and nearly fifty other novels and numerous short stories, including works in such series as Warcraft, Diablo, Dragonlance, Age of Conan, and his own Dragonrealm. He has scripted a number of Warcraft manga with Tokyopop, such as the top-selling Sunwell ... [read more]

Risingshadow has the honour of publishing a guest post by the debut fantasy author Korbin Voss. Korbin Voss is the author of Revenant, which is the first book in The Terror of Trenon Trilogy. Korbin Voss has spent his whole life dedicating himself to the art and craft of writing. With years of freelancing under his belt, he's proud to say that he made the switch to full time ghostwriter for 3 years before getting tired of hearing just the voices in his head. Now, he works full time at the ... [read more]

Quentin S. Crisp's The Paris Notebooks was published by Snuggly Books in September 2017. Information about Quentin S. Crisp: Quentin S. Crisp was born in 1972, in North Devon, U.K. He studied Japanese at Durham University and graduated in 2000. He has had fiction published by Tartarus Press, PS Publishing, Eibonvale Press and others. He currently resides in Bexleyheath, and is editor for Chômu Press. Information about The Paris Notebooks: In 2007, Quentin S. Crisp visited Paris and kept ... [read more]

T.L. Branson's Midnight Blade was published in December 2017. Information about T.L. Branson: T.L. Branson is the author of the upcoming Soul Stones series. Branson started writing when he was eighteen and has contributed articles to several blogs and websites over the years. Soul Render is his debut novel in a planned trilogy. He finds his inspiration from the kings (and queen) of story, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, George Lucas, and J.K. Rowling. Born in Pennsylvania, he currently lives in ... [read more]

Chris Keaton and Rick Taubold's The Mosaic was published in 2016. Information about Chris Keaton and Rick Taubold: Chris Keaton is an Air Force veteran living with his family in sunny Arizona. He began his writing journey as a screenwriter, but to reach a wider audience he's made the transition to prose. His main genre of choice is fantasy, from monsters to science fiction. To learn more about his projects check out his website, Chris-Keaton.com. Rick serves on the board of directors of ... [read more]

Catherine Lundoff's Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories was published by Queen of Swords Press in January 2017. Information about Catherine Lundoff: Catherine is originally from Brooklyn, NYC, and currently lives in Minneapolis with her wife Jana, an amazingly talented book artist, and a couple of cats. When not writing, she works as a professional computer geek. In former lives, Catherine owned a feminist bookstore (Grassroots Books in Iowa City) and has lived in Nicaragua, ... [read more]

(The Expanse #7)

The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series - now a major television series. AN OLD ENEMY RETURNS In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and belt have ... [read more]

Science FictionSpace Opera

(Super Sales on Super Heroes #2)

In a world full of super powers, Felix had a pretty crappy one. After learning to harness his ability to modify any item he owns, he now runs a corporation that is rapidly expanding. Legion. After tangling with the local Heroes guild they’ve finally settled into a semblance of stability. Sounds great on paper. Run your company, make money, be your own boss, settle down. Except that with running a business, comes an inordinate amount of responsibilities. Like making sure everything ... [read more]

FantasyLitRPGHarem

(The Invisible Library #4)

Librarian spy Irene and her apprentice Kai go to Prohibition-era New York in their fourth adventure in the bibliophilic fantasy series from the author of The Burning Page. After unavoidably torching a number of priceless manuscripts in an effort to save the Library, Librarian Irene is in hot water. When Irene is approached by a dragon who wants her to find a copy of a very rare book to impress her superiors, Irene decides to kill two birds with one stone. Given that the Library itself ... [read more]

FantasyAlternate History

(Terra Ignota #3)

The Will to Battle ― the third book of 2017 John W. Campbell Award winner Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series ― a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity “A cornucopia of dazzling, sharp ideas set in rich, wry prose that rewards rumination with layers of delight. Provocative, erudite, inventive, resplendent.” ― Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and ... [read more]

Science Fiction

(Eibonvale Chapbook Line #2)

“The story missed a beat. It was sad. It never knew it could create such utter truth from such utter fantasy.”  These stories of D. F. Lewis are deeply rooted in both horror and dreams, yet told in a way that maybe comes closest to ‘outsider art’. These works are dreamlike in a true sense of the term, capturing that feeling of portentous yet seemingly random shifts in narrative, state and environment with complete ease. The results are both subtly unnerving in ways few horror stories ... [read more]

HorrorShort Stories

(Eibonvale Chapbook Line #3)

Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure of legend with a classic half-goat half-demonic appearance. The night of the 5th December is Krampusnacht, when this hairy devil appears on the streets – on his own or accompanying St. Nicholas, but always carrying a bundle of birch twigs ready to punish those who have misbehaved. At least, that’s how the folk-festivals that take place across Europe go. The truth may be stranger still. This is a sharp and intelligently written horror story that delves deep into seasonal mythology and folk legend. An atmospheric and chilling tale of the dark side of the winter season. [read more]

Horror

(Sigma Force #13)

To save mankind’s future, the members of Sigma Force must make a devil’s bargain as they join forces with their most hated enemy to stop an ancient threat in this gripping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins. THE DEMON CROWN Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious ... [read more]

Science FictionThrillerAdventure

(Stone #1)

Following the unexpected death of his father, Matthew Brandt is granted a scholarship at an exclusive high school in northern San Diego County, California. He is exceptionally bright and advanced in school so must deal with being over a year younger than the other students in his junior class. He tries to figure out how to fit in with the ultra-wealthy friends he makes during a class trip to France. Then he discovers a stone with strange powers one day while practicing his martial arts forms. He ... [read more]

FantasyYoung AdultUrban Fantasy

(Crystal Shards Online #1)

"There's only one rule...don't get hit." Ryan's life sucks. His brother is a jerk, his mom is sick, and his legs are next to useless thanks to a neurological disorder. Plus the world ended two centuries ago from nuclear war. Now, what's left of humanity live below ground, with the only escape from reality being the massive VR world of Crystal Shards Online. But even ingame, Ryan's life sucks. Unable to play a combat class due to his condition, he works as a miner, earning barely enough to ... [read more]

FantasyScience FictionLitRPG

(Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts: The Victory #3)

After the success of their desperate mission to Salvation's Reach, Colonel-Commisar Gaunt and the Tanith First race to the strategically vital forge world of Urdesh, besieged by the brutal armies of Anarch Sek. However, there may be more at stake than just a planet. The Imperial forces have made an attempt to divide and conquer their enemy, but with Warmaster Macaroth himself commanding the Urdesh campaign, it is possible that the Archenemy assault has a different purpose - to decapitate the ... [read more]

Science FictionMilitary Science Fiction

(Of Blood and Bone #1)

Set in the same world as the Faithful and the Fallen quartet, the first novel in John Gwynne's Blood and Bone series, A Time of Dread, takes place one hundred years after the end of Wrath. The Banished Lands are experiencing a new era of peace, imposed often forcibly by the angelic Ben-Elim. But this peace is fragile, and something rotten lurks at its heart. Young soldier Rae will do anything to join the White Wings, the Ben-Elim's peace keeping force. But a shocking betrayal shakes her view ... [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

(Red Rising Saga #4)

In the epic next chapter of the Red Rising Saga, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Morning Star pushes the boundaries of one of the boldest series in fiction. They call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the war-torn planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-third of his life. A decade ago Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the ... [read more]

Science FictionDystopia

(The Shadow Campaigns #5)

Military might and arcane power clash in Django Wexler’s thrilling new Shadow Campaigns novel. The Beast, the ancient demon imprisoned beneath the fortress-city of Elysium for a thousand years, has been loosed on the world. It absorbs mind after mind, spreading like a plague through the north. The fell army it has raised threatens the heart of Vordan, and it is under the command of the Beast’s greatest prize: legendary general Janus bet Vhalnich. As Queen Raesinia Orboan and soldiers ... [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

(Arc of a Scythe #2)

Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe from New York Times bestseller Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology. The Thunderhead cannot interfere in the affairs of the Scythedom. All it can do is observe — it does not like what it sees. A year has passed since Rowan had gone off grid. Since then, he has become an urban legend, a vigilante snuffing out corrupt scythes in a trial ... [read more]

Science FictionYoung AdultReaper

(Binti #3)

A novella. The thrilling conclusion to Nnedi Okorafor's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning afro-centric sci-fi Binti trilogy "Prepare to fall in love with Binti." — Neil Gaiman In the midst of war Binti discovers unimagined aspects of herself. Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush, who fan the flames of their ancient rivalry with ... [read more]

Science FictionNovella

(The Water Dragon's Bride #4)

Because the water dragon god wants to interact with Asahi more, he descends to the village in the guise of a human. Asahi’s friend Subaru has mixed feelings about this but joins them on a journey to the capital. What adventures are in store, and how will their fates change? [read more]

FantasyRomanceYoung AdultParanormal RomanceHistorical Fiction

(Liaden Universe #21)

Menace from Back Space Looming out of the Dust of Time The Complex Logic Laws were the result of a war waged hundreds of years in the past, when two human powers threw massive AI navies at each other and nearly annihilated themselves. Being human, they blamed their tools for this near miss; destroyed what was left of the sentient ships, and made it illegal to be, manufacture, or shelter an independent logic. Strangely, however, the Free Ships and other AIs did not turn themselves in or ... [read more]

Science FictionSpace Opera

(The Tides of War #2)

The gods are angry and only one man can fend off their apocalypse in the brutal sequel to The Last Sacrifice.Brogan McTyre and his compatriots are wanted, dead or alive. Preferably alive, so they can be sacrificed to the raging gods. All they can do is hire more mercenaries and turn them into a fearsome army. But warriors aren’t enough when the gods bring Armageddon to the world, unleashing storms and madness, and ceaseless attacks on Brogan’s men by increasingly demonic foes. Deep in the ... [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

Shadows on the Wall contains the very best of Paulsen's dark and weird tales, plus stunning new fiction written expressly for this volume. Glimpse a future where population controls force families into terrible choices. Visit Colonial British India and experience the awakening of an eldritch horror. Walk the steaming jungles of Vietnam alongside the spirits of the forest. Light an ancient oil lamp but beware, the shadows on the wall. Steven Paulsen's stories have appeared in award-winning anthologies, and have been published around the world. [read more]

HorrorShort Stories

(SPI Files #5)

The agents of Supernatural Protection & Investigations (SPI) protect people from predatory supernaturals. This time, we’re the ones who need protection. New York is one of the most popular convention destinations in the world — for humans and supernaturals. Every hundred years, rulers of the world’s supernatural races come together to negotiate and renew a peace treaty. Meeting in the same hotel are the governors of our world’s goblin and elf colonies. SPI is saddled with the security ... [read more]

FantasyUrban Fantasy