Risingshadow: May 2017 Edition

James Brogden's Hekla's Children was published by Titan Books in March 2017. Information about James Brogden: James Brogden is the author of The Narrows, Tourmaline and The Realt. His horror and fantasy stories have appeared in anthologies and periodicals ranging from The Big Issue to the British Fantasy Society Award-winning Alchemy Press. He spent many years living in Australia, but now lives in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire with his wife and two daughters. Click here to visit his official ... [read more]

Rebecca Lloyd's Oothangbart was published by Pillar International Publishing Ltd. in July 2016. Information about Rebecca Lloyd: Winning the 2008 Bristol Short Story Prize for her story 'The River', Rebecca Lloyd, a writer and editor from Bristol, UK, was shortlisted in the 2010 Dundee International Book Prize and was a semi-finalist in the Hudson Prize for a short story collection in the same year. Her novel Halfling was published by Walker Books in 2011, and in the following year she was ... [read more]

Keith Miller's The Sins of Angels was published by PS Publishing in July 2016. Information about Keith Miller: Keith Miller is an American citizen, but was born in Tanzania and has spent most of his life in East and North Africa. He is currently a U.S. resident. He is the author of three novels, The Book of Flying (Riverhead Books, 2004), The Book on Fire (Immanion Press, 2010), and The Sins of Angels (PS Publishing, 2016), as well as a translation of Arthur Rimbaud’s The Illuminations. ... [read more]

The finalists for the 2017 Hugo Awards have been announced. Best Novel: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books / Titan Books) A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager US) Death’s End by Cixin Liu (Tor Books / Head of Zeus) Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris Books) The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books) Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Tor Books) Best Novella: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor ... [read more]

Simon Bestwick's The Feast of All Souls was published by Solaris Books in December 2016. Information about Simon Bestwick: Simon Bestwick lives in Lancashire and is the author of Tide of Souls, two short story collections, A Hazy Shade of Winter and Pictures of The Dark, and a chapbook, Angels of The Silences. His short fiction has appeared most recently in the anthologies Where the Heart is, Never Again and The End of The Line. His novella, The Narrows, was shortlisted for the British ... [read more]

(The Foreigner Universe #18)

The eighteenth novel in Cherryh’s Foreigner space opera series, a groundbreaking tale of first contact and its consequences Alpha Station, orbiting the world of the atevi, has taken aboard five thousand human refugees from a destroyed station in a distant sector of space. With supplies and housing stretched to the breaking point, it is clear that the refugees must be relocated down to the planet, and soon. But not to the atevi mainland: rather to the territory reserved for human, the ... [read more]

Science FictionSpace Opera

(Warriors: A Vision of Shadows #3)

Erin Hunter’s #1 bestselling Warriors series continues! Discover more epic adventures in the third book in this sixth action-packed story arc. Each hardcover also includes a double-sided jacket with a bonus poster! ShadowClan has fallen. A group of rogues now rules the pine forest territory, and their cruel leader, Darktail, intends to conquer the rest of the Clans one by one. Alderheart is more certain than ever that their only hope is to fulfill StarClan’s prophecy. They must find ... [read more]

FantasyYoung AdultCatsAnimal Fantasy

(Bobiverse #2)

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe. Bob and his copies have been spreading out from Earth for 40 years now, looking for habitable planets. But that's the only part of the plan that's still in one piece. A system-wide war has killed off 99.9% of the human race; nuclear winter is slowly making the Earth ... [read more]

Science FictionSpace OperaArtificial Intelligence

(The Southern Vampire Mysteries)

Two to Tango Featuring characters who also appeared in All Together Dead, this exclusive double issue includes two novellas by #1 bestselling author, Charlaine Harris: Dancers in the Dark, and her brand new novella, Layla Steps Up. In Dancers in the Dark, a young woman on the run from a violent stalker finds protection - and temptation - in the arms of a brooding centuries-old vampire. In Layla Steps Up, a fragile new vampire must finally face and embrace her immortal powers in order ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceShort StoriesParanormal RomanceUrban Fantasy

(From Darkest Skies #1)

A high-concept science fiction thriller wrapped around a love story, a man’s search for the truth about his dead wife, and his relationship with the artificial intelligence he has built to replace her. After a five year sabbatical following the tragic death of his wife and fellow agent Alysha, Keona Rause returns to the distant colony world of Magenta to resume service with the Magentan Intelligence Service. With him he brings an artificial recreation of his wife’s personality, a ... [read more]

Science Fiction

(Frostborn #15)

Ridmark Arban is ready to face the terrible Frostborn in a final battle. But even the mighty Frostborn themselves have been duped, for the shadow of Incariel has used them as its weapons. Unless Ridmark can defeat the Shadowbearer, the shadow of Incariel shall rise and devour the world for all time... [read more]

Fantasy

(Shifters #4)

Wolf shifter, Porter Burke, isn’t interested in finding his mate, until the night the fragile and frightened human walks into his bar and asks for his help. She’s a complication he doesn’t need, but resisting her plea for help and the unexpected payment she offers for his protection proves much harder than he thought. Maggie Wallace is in trouble. A hyena shifter wants her, and when his obsession with her turns dangerous, she’s forced to make a drastic decision. Alone and desperate, ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal Romance

(The Innsmouth Legacy #1)

The last daughter of Innsmouth returns to Miskatonic University in Winter Tide, the debut novel by Ruthanna Emrys Two decades ago the U.S. government rounded up the people of Innsmouth and took them to a desert prison, far from their ocean, their Deep One ancestors, and their sleeping god, Cthulhu. Only Aphra and Caleb Marsh survived the camps, emerging without a past or a future. Now it's 1949, and the government that stole Aphra's life needs her help. FBI Agent Ron Spector believes that ... [read more]

HorrorCthulhu

John Kessel, one of the most visionary writers in the field, has created a rich matriarchal utopia, set in the near future on the moon, a society that is flawed by love and sex, and on the brink of a destructive civil war. In the middle of the twenty-second century, over three million people live in underground cities below the moon’s surface. One city-state, the Society of Cousins, is matriarchy, where men are supported in any career choice, and can have all the sex they want, but no right ... [read more]

Science Fiction

(The Water Dragon's Bride #1)

A modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! What plans are in store for her, and what will happen when she comes face to face with this god? A young boy named Subaru comes to Asahi’s aid, but despite his help, Asahi must endure a test of survival! Will she be able to make it out alive, or will she end up being sacrificed?  [read more]

FantasyRomanceYoung AdultParanormal RomanceHistorical Fiction

From the author of the hit literary horror debut Bird Box (“Hitchcockian.” — USA Today) comes a chilling novel about a group of musicians conscripted by the US government to track down the source of a strange and debilitating sound The Danes — the band known as the “Darlings of Detroit” — are washed up and desperate for inspiration, eager to once again have a number one hit. That is, until an agent from the US Army approaches them. Will they travel to an African desert and track ... [read more]

HorrorPsychological Horror

(Shadow Riders #2)

#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan returns to her scorching-hot series starring a Chicago crime family that has built its empire in the shadows... Billionaire playboy Ricco Ferraro knows no other life. Being a shadow rider is in his blood — but so is a haunting desperation stemming from the secrets of his dark past. His recklessness puts not only his life at risk, but also the future of his entire family. To save them all, he must find a woman who can meet his every desire ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceUrban Fantasy

(Super Sales on Super Heroes #1)

In a world full of super powers, Felix has a pretty crappy one. He has the ability to modify any item he owns. To upgrade anything. Sounds great on paper. Almost like a video game. Except that the amount of power it takes to actually change, modify, or upgrade anything worthwhile is beyond his abilities. With that in mind, Felix settled into a normal life. A normal job. His entire world changes when the city he lives in is taken over by a Super Villain. Becoming a country of one city. ... [read more]

FantasyLitRPGHarem

(The Genesis Fleet #1)

The New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Fleet novels returns with a brand new military science fiction series. After the invention of the faster-than-light jump drive, humanity is rapidly establishing new colonies. But the vast distances of space also mean that the old order of protection and interstellar law offered by Earth has ceased to exist. When a nearby world attacks, the new colony of Glenlyon turns to Robert Geary, a young former junior fleet officer, and Mele Darcy, a ... [read more]

Science FictionMilitary Science Fiction

(Expeditionary Force #4)

The elite crew of the pirate ship UNS Flying Dutchman had a simple mission: determining whether the Thuranin are sending another starship to Earth. Along the way, they became sidetracked by securing a future for the UNEF troops on the planet Paradise. When asked whether Earth was now safe, their ancient alien AI responded 'Not so much'... now they have to deal with the consequences. [read more]

Science Fiction

(The Girl with All the Gifts #2)

The new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl With All The Gifts and Fellside. Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. In The Boy on the Bridge, M. R. Carey returns to the world of his phenomenal USA Today and word-of-mouth bestseller, The Girl With All the Gifts, for the very first time. [read more]

Science FictionHorrorDystopia

(Signal Airship #1)

Patrick O’Brian and Honor Harrington join forces in Robyn Bennis’s adventurous military fantasy debut about a nation's first female airship captain They say it’s not the fall that kills you. For Josette Dupre, the Corps’ first female airship captain, it might just be a bullet in the back. On top of patrolling the front lines, she must also contend with a crew who doubts her expertise, a new airship that is an untested deathtrap, and the foppish aristocrat Lord Bernat, a gambler and ... [read more]

FantasySteampunk

(The Decadent Dames)

Passion and danger in this life—and the next Eryss Norling knows that she has lived through many lives. And she knows that she has had the same lover across the ages. But where is he now? After performing a summoning spell, she meets Dane Winthur. Yes, he's gorgeous, but he's also a scientist devoted to debunking the paranormal. How can he love a witch? And why are these two drawn to each other over and over? The answer to these questions is nothing that either of them could imagine. The fate that brings them together, life after life, is the fate that may destroy them—again.  [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceParanormal FantasyWerewolves

(Queen's Thief #5)

The eagerly anticipated new novel set in the world of the Queen’s Thief. New York Times–bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner’s entrancing and award-winning Queen’s Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R.R. Martin. Kamet, a secretary and slave to his Mede master, has the ambition and the means to ... [read more]

FantasyYoung AdultEpic FantasyHigh FantasyMythopoeic Awards

(Fire From the Sky #1)

Post-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the Army wouldn't accept him without one. Now, ten years later, he's home. Home with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone ten years with almost no contact with his family. Home carrying a secret that is burning him up from the inside. A secret that has pushed him to the brink, forcing him to become a criminal in order to be ... [read more]

Post-Apocalyptic