Risingshadow: May 2020 Edition

Caractacus Plume's Arrow of the Gods was published by Silvatici Publishing in April 2020. About Caractacus Plume: Caractacus Plume is the official biographer of Lyons & Hound Paranormal Investigation Agency (est. 1895). Because of the highly sensitive nature of the Agency's work, some of the names in the upcoming manuscripts have been changed to protect the identities of certain individuals (the author's included). Click here to visit the author's official website. About Arrow of the ... [read more]

Risingshadow has had an opportunity to interview Barbara Barnett about her new novel, Alchemy of Glass, which will be published by PYR in April 2020. [author_9413] [book_59896_quote_right] AN INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA BARNETT ABOUT ALCHEMY OF GLASS [read more]

Toni Cox’s Second Birthday Deal 14th to 20th April 2020 ☆‿➹⁀☆ SALE ☆‿➹⁀☆   As it is still my birthday month, I have decided to put another of my books on special. Grab it between the 14th and 20th of April 2020, and dive into some paranormal romance, with mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end.   The Wolf of Ashford Manor   You can also grab the prequel to the book here, for FREE. The Wolf   [read more]

Gareth L. Powell's Light of Impossible Stars was published by Titan Books in February 2020. [author_3970] [book_51446_quote_right] REVIEW: LIGHT OF IMPOSSIBLE STARS BY GARETH L. POWELL [read more]

Toni Cox: The Epic Fantasy Birthday Deal 2nd to 8th April 2020     It is my birthday month and to celebrate I am putting my most popular series on special. Grab it between the 2nd and 8th of April 2020 and dive into some epic fantasy with elves, dragons, and magic to make you forget your quarantine blues.   Elemental Rising at $ 2.99 - $ 0.99 Elemental Betrayal at $ 3.99 - $ 1.99 Forbidden Elemental at $ 4.99 - $ 2.99   Trilogy link: Amazon     [read more]

(Holly Gibney #2)

A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestseller THE OUTSIDER. News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin. Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realises ... [read more]

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(Twisted Tales #9)

What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king - and the prince - out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella's own ... [read more]

FantasyYoung AdultRetellingsFairy Tale RetellingsDisney

(Book of the Ice #1)

In the ice, east of the Black Rock, there is a hole into which broken children are thrown. On Abeth the vastness of the ice holds no room for individuals. Survival together is barely possible. No one survives alone. To resist the cold, to endure the months of night when even the air itself begins to freeze, requires a special breed. Variation is dangerous, difference is fatal. And Yaz is not the same. Yaz is torn from the only life she’s ever known, away from her family, from the boy she ... [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

(The Interdependency #3)

The Last Emperox is the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Interdependency series, an epic space opera adventure from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems ― and billions of people ― are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through scientific prediction... and yet, ... [read more]

Science FictionSpace Opera

Ravaged by environmental disaster, greed and oppression, our planet is in crisis. The future of humanity hangs in the balance - and one woman can tip it over. Despite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on Earth, Valerie Black is spearheading the first all-female mission to a planet in the Goldilocks Zone, where conditions are just right for human habitation. It's humanity's last hope for survival, and Naomi, Valerie's surrogate daughter and the ship's botanist, has been waiting ... [read more]

Science FictionThriller

From the bestselling author of The Silence comes a brand-new supernatural eco thriller. In large areas of the planet, nature is no longer humanity's friend... In a time of global warming and spiralling damage to the environment, the Virgin Zones were established to help combat the change. Abandoned by humanity and given back to nature, these vast areas in a dozen remote locations across the planet were intended to become the lungs of the world. But there are always those drawn to such ... [read more]

Science FictionThrillerHorror

Corey J. White's debut novel, Repo Virtual, blurs the lines between the real and virtual in an action-packed cyberpunk heist story. The city of Neo Songdo is a Russian nesting doll of realities — augmented and virtual spaces anchored in the weight of the real. The smart city is designed to be read by machine vision while people see only the augmented facade of the corporate ideal. At night the stars are obscured by an intergalactic virtual war being waged by millions of players, while on the ... [read more]

Science FictionCyberpunk

(The Fae Chronicles #6)

The epic finale to the number one bestselling series The Fae Chronicles. War has finally come to Faery. Everything I thought I knew was wrong. Truths have become lies, and they have all begun to unravel around us. I can no longer trust my instincts. Ryder has changed, but so have I. We’re evolving, but into what? I’m not sure, but I do know that it isn’t what I wanted to become. I don’t know if I will survive this war. One of us is holding back, while the other continually ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceFairies

(The Last Kids on Earth #5)

The New York Times bestselling Last Kids on Earth series presents June Del Toro in her very own adventure! Told from June's point of view - and set between the shattering events of The Midnight Blade and the upcoming 6th book in the series - June's Wild Flight brings new characters, high-stakes action, and stunning revelations in an adventure that could only be June's. An essential Last Kids story that readers won't want to miss! The Midnight Blade ended with a shocking twist: a long-missing ... [read more]

Science FictionYoung AdultHorror

(Immortal Divorce Court #1)

Sirius Sinister keeps sleeping with the wrong women. And this time, it's led to his imprisonment in Hell. Literal Hell. Immortal vampire assassin Sirius Sinister has a healthy libido that constantly results in bad relationship decisions. But when he's served divorce papers by Bloodsucker Number One - a shady woman from his past - he realizes there's a major problem: he was never even married to her, or so he thought. Regardless of the truth, Sirius is put under the jurisdiction of Immortal ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceUrban FantasyHumor

(The Hunger Games)

A prequel novel. Ambition will fuel him.Competition will drive him.But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning ... [read more]

Science FictionYoung AdultDystopia

(Terrible Worlds: Revolutions #2)

Firewalkers are brave. Firewalkers are resourceful. Firewalkers are expendable. The Earth is burning. Nothing can survive at the Anchor; not without water and power. But the ultra-rich, waiting for their ride off the dying Earth? They can buy water. And as for power? Well, someone has to repair the solar panels, down in the deserts below. Kids like Mao, and Lupé, and Hotep; kids with brains and guts but no hope. The Firewalkers. [read more]

Science FictionDystopia

A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The Three-Body Problem. In a sunlit clearing in central Gondwana, on an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous, the seeds of Earth's first and greatest civilization were sown in the grisly aftermath of a Tyrannosaurus' lunch. Throughout the universe, intelligence is a rare and fragile commodity – a fleeting glimmer in the long night of cosmic history. That Earth should harbour not just one but two ... [read more]

Science FictionTranslation

(The Murderbot Diaries #5)

The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot Diaries series. "I caught myself rereading my favorite parts... and I can’t recommend it enough." ― New York Times You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient ... [read more]

Science FictionLocus AwardArtificial Intelligence

(The Betrothed #1)

A would-be queen. A handsome young king. A perfect match... or is it? From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series comes The Betrothed, a glittering royal romance sure to captivate her legion of loyal readers and lovers of courtly intrigue alike. When King Jameson declares his love for Lady Hollis Brite, Hollis is shocked — and thrilled. After all, she’s grown up at Keresken Castle, vying for the king’s attention alongside other daughters of the nobility. ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceYoung Adult

(The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea #2)

There's a storm raging in Eerie-on-Sea. Has the mighty Gargantis come back from the deep...? When an ancient bottle is found washed up on the beach after a ferocious electrical storm, all the residents of Eerie-on-Sea seem to want it... but should they in fact fear it? Legend has it that the bottle contains an extraordinary secret that spells doom for the whole of Eerie-on-Sea. Could it be true that the vast sea creature Gargantis has awoken from her slumbers, and is causing the large cracks ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction One of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year Named one of the best novels of the year by Time, Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Esquire, BBC, and many others National Bestseller "A blistering little classic." ―Ron Charles, Washington Post A Children’s Bible follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. Contemptuous of their parents, the children ... [read more]

Science FictionDystopia

(The Completionist Chronicles #5)

Enemies emerge everywhere. Stagnation starts seeming standard. Results require Ruthlessness. Joe has been moving deeper into his study of ritual magic, and further away from his combat team. He's learning more and more, but more often than not needs to choose between his research and squad leadership. Improving the town is a huge help to the guild, and they have been pushing to increase their power. Their rapid increases have not gone unnoticed. The guild receives an ultimatum, delivered by ... [read more]

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(The Legends of the First Empire #6)

A door opens. An army of dragons advance. And the fate of the living rests with the dead. After obtaining the secret to creating dragons, the leader of the Fhrey has turned the tide of war once more - but gaining the advantage has come at a terrible price. While Imaly plots to overthrow the fane for transgressions against his people, a mystic and a keeper are the only hope for the Rhunes. Time is short, and the future of both races hangs in the balance. In this exciting conclusion to the ... [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

(The Arthurian Tales #2)

Following his acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller, Lancelot, Giles Kristian's new novel returns us to the realms of Arthurian legend... Britain is a land riven by anarchy, slaughter, famine, filth and darkness. Its armies are destroyed, its heroes dead, or missing. Arthur and Lancelot fell in the last great battle and Merlin has not been seen these past ten years. Now, the Saxons are gathering again, their warbands stalking the land, their king seeking dominion. For the lords and kings of ... [read more]

FantasyHistorical FantasyArthuriana