Risingshadow: September 2016 Edition

Rebecca Hall's Instrument of Peace was published by Elsewhen Press as an e-book in June 2016. The paperback edition will be published in September 2016. Information about Rebecca Hall: Rebecca started writing when she was supposed to be studying for her exams at Otago University but somehow passed anyway, eventually graduating with a decorative piece of paper. She moved to the UK to pursue a career in publishing and after a couple of mishaps ended up in Edinburgh and sold Instrument of Peace ... [read more]

Risingshadow has had the honour of interviewing Melanie R. Meadors. Melanie R. Meadors is an author of science fiction and fantasy, blogger at theonceandfuturepodcast.com, and a professional author publicist. She is also the editor of Hath No Fury, an anthology currently on Kickstarter. You can find her at her website, melaniermeadors.com, and on Facebook and Twitter, @melaniermeadors. AN INTERVIEW WITH MELANIE R. MEADORS ABOUT THE HATH NO FURY ANTHOLOGY [read more]

Marked to Die: A Tribute to Mark Samuels (edited by Justin Isis) was published by Snuggly Books in June 2016. Information about Marked to Die: A Tribute to Mark Samuels: Mark Samuels - “the contemporary British master of visionary weirdness”, as Ramsey Campbell has called him - stands at the forefront of 21st century Horror, combining an unparalleled understanding of the Weird Fiction tradition with his own modern take on cosmic dread. An acknowledged influence on numerous writers in the ... [read more]

Alexis Wright's The Swan Book was published by Atria Books in June 2016.Information about Alexis Wright: Alexis Wright, a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, is one of Australia's finest writers. Her previous novel, Carpentaria, won the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most prestigious literary prize. Information about The Swan Book: An inventive, cacophonous novel about an Aboriginal girl living in a future world turned upside down - where ... [read more]

William Sutton's Lawless and the Flowers of Sin was published by Titan Books in July 2016. Information about William Sutton: William Sutton comes from Dunblane, Scotland. He has written for The Times and the Fortean Times, acted in the longest play in the world, and played cricket for Brazil. He writes for international magazines about language, music and futurology. His plays have been produced on radio and in London fringe theatres. He has performed at events from the Edinburgh Festival to ... [read more]

Christopher Nuttall's Sons of Liberty was published by Elsewhen Press in April 2016 (e-book) and August 2016 (paperback). Information about Christopher Nuttall: Christopher Nuttall has been planning sci-fi books since he learnt to read. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Chris created an alternate history website and eventually graduated to writing full-sized novels. Studying history independently allowed him to develop worlds that hung together and provided a base for storytelling. After ... [read more]

Yarrow Paisley's Mendicant City will be published by Snuggly Books in August 2016. Information about Yarrow Paisley: Yarrow Paisley was born shortly after the American Bicentennial. He graduated from Bard College with a BA in literature and has since worked in various professions, including bookseller, photographer, lab grunt, gambler, clipboard canvasser, factory grudge, and USPS letter carrier. His fiction has appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies, including Strange Tales V ... [read more]

(Night Watch #6)

The final chapter in Sergei Lukyanenko's internationally bestselling Night Watch series — a revelatory urban fantasy set in contemporary Moscow. They live among us. They fight among us. They’re the Others, a supernatural race of magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and healers. Divided into the Light and the Dark, these rival factions have spent a millennium under a reluctant truce. Now, however, both sides must unite against the ultimate enemy. A Light magician and ... [read more]

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Illustrated by Tyler Jacobson. The Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness for as long as anyone can remember. The great prophecy has foretold that a band of misfits, led by a high priestess will defeat the Dark Lord Darvezian, armed with their wits, the blessing of the Light and an artifact stolen from the merciless Spider Queen. Their journey will be long, hard and fraught with danger. Allies will become enemies; enemies will become allies. And the Dark ... [read more]

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(Elemental Assassin #15)

After the shocking revelations of the previous book, Bitter Bite, the world of Ashland’s become even more sinister, and Gin Blanco (aka Ashland’s most fearsome assassin, the Spider) no longer knows who — or what — she can count on. Only one thing is for certain: danger and new enemies await Gin in Unraveled, Book 15 in the New York Times bestselling Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series that RT Book Reviews calls “unbeatable entertainment!” What could go wrong when ... [read more]

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(Gods and Warriors #5)

In this gripping conclusion to the Gods and Warriors adventure series, Hylas, Pirra, and their animal friends must defeat the Crow warrior clan in an epic final battle. Hylas has returned to Messina, his homeland, and the fate of the world rests on his shoulders: He must find the dagger of Koronos and keep the Crows from wielding it in battle, or they will rule the land forever. But he must also locate Issi, his lost sister, to keep her safe from the impending war. Torn between ... [read more]

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(A Shade of Vampire #31)

Ready for the PENULTIMATE book of the Novak clan's story? Twisting fates and colliding hearts... Welcome back to The Shade. [read more]

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(Whyborne & Griffin #8)

When Griffin’s past collides with his present, will it cost the lives of everyone he loves? Between the threat of a world-ending invasion from the Outside and unwelcome revelations about his own nature, Percival Endicott Whyborne is under a great deal of strain. His husband, Griffin Flaherty, wants to help — but how can he, when Whyborne won’t tell him what’s wrong? When a man from Griffin’s past murders a sorcerer, the situation grows even more dire. Once a simple farmer from ... [read more]

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(The Dark Ability #6)

No longer forced to hide his ability, Rsiran now Slides openly throughout the city as he helps it recover from the recent attack. Requirements of his time continue to mount, not only as he tries to help his friends, but new responsibilities to the guild force him to interact with the Elvraeth, where he discovers the uneasy alliance that exists between the guilds and the council. When one of the great crystals goes missing, that alliance is tested, and the quest to find the crystal leads him to ... [read more]

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(The Sighted Assassin #1)

When the assassin Galen is hired to capture a slaver rather than kill, he learns his target is more than she appears. The job takes him deeper into the Eban underworld as he tries to understand how he’s been used, and why his only friend in the city seems to know more than she should. Surviving pits him against those with abilities far exceeding his own, and leads him to realize that he has been a part of a much larger game. For him to escape, he'll have to learn what role he has to play, if only he can discover why everyone wants to use him. Set in the world of The Dark Ability and The Shadow Accords. [read more]

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(The Sighted Assassin #2)

It was to be a routine assassination. And it was... until he saw her. Exiled from his homeland, the assassin Galen never thought he would return, but when he decides to help the beautiful woman he’s been hired to kill, he must face not only an assassin more dangerous than himself, but also his past. Returning her to Elaeavn requires all the skills he’s gained in his time away as he becomes involved in a plot much bigger than a single exiled Forgotten. He can’t go home, but for her he’ll try, even if it means working with old enemies and revisiting a past he wants forgotten. Recently revised and expanded. [read more]

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(The Second Formic War #1)

New York Times bestselling authors Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return with an all-new prequel to Ender's Game, The Second Formic War The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces. China has been devastated by the Formic's efforts to eradicate Earth's life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China struck fear into the other nations of the planet; that fear blossomed into drastic action ... [read more]

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(Bobiverse #1)

Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street. Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable ... [read more]

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(Wings of Fire: Winglets #4)

Thousands of years before the dragonets of destiny were hatched, another destiny began ... Foeslayer the NightWing and Prince Arctic of the IceWings are legendary. According to the myths, before they became the parents of Pyrrhia's most infamous dragon, Darkstalker, Foeslayer and the NightWings kidnapped an IceWing prince. The act set off a bitter rivalry between the tribes that lasted thousands of years. But it all started so simply: Foeslayer and Arctic fell in love. They just wanted to be together; instead, a runaway dragon became a fugitive -- and changed Pyrrhia forever. [read more]

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(The Song of the Shattered Sands)

A prequel. Of Sand and Malice Made is the exciting follow up to Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, the acclaimed first novel in The Song of the Shattered Sands. Çeda, the heroine of the widely anticipated, just-released novel Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, is the youngest pit fighter in the history of the great desert city of Sharakhai. In this prequel, she has already made her name in the arena as the fearsome, undefeated White Wolf; none but her closest friends and allies know her true ... [read more]

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(Alcatraz #5)

The never-before-published, long-awaited fifth book in the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians middle-grade series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson Alcatraz Smedry has successfully defeated the army of Evil Librarians and saved the kingdom of Mokia. Too bad he managed to break the Smedry Talents in the process. Even worse, his father is trying to enact a scheme that could ruin the world, and his friend, Bastille, is in a coma. To revive her, Alcatraz must infiltrate the ... [read more]

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(Afterlife Saga #9)

The Sands of Time are filled with dangers and new enemies to face. But for Keira to stand tall in a world she does not know, she must first brave the differences in loving the man she calls Draven and the man she must now call her King. Join Keira as she is thrown into an ancient time and faces her biggest challenge yet… How to get a Demon King to fall for a human girl he is forbidden to love. [read more]

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(Idol Dreams #3)

Chikage Deguchi, age 31, reverts her appearance back to age 15 to pursue love and success as an idol! At age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missed her chances at love and success. When word gets out that she’s a virgin, Chikage is humiliated and wishes she could turn back time to when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15. Now Chikage is determined to pursue everything she missed out on all those years ... [read more]

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(The Chronicles of the Exile #3)

The Augerans are coming. And their ships are sailing in on a red tide. The Rubyholt Isles are a shattered nation of pirate-infested islands and treacherous waterways shielding the seaboards of Erin Elal and the Sabian League, a region even dragons fear to trespass. The Augerans beseech the Warlord of the Isles, seeking passage for their invasion fleet through Rubyholt territory. But they are sailing into troubled waters. Their enemies have sent agents to sabotage the ... [read more]

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(Stargazer Alien Mail Order Brides #1)

When our otherworldly brothers arrive a last they expect a warm welcome… Posey Quinn has always believed there was more to the world than what she can see. So when she arrives in Stargazer with her head full of conspiracies and high-end hairspray, she isn’t entirely surprised to learn that instead of donating eggs for tuition money, she is being asked to make an alien fall in love with her, and become an ambassador for humankind. What she doesn’t expect is how irresistible Bond is, and how ... [read more]

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(Newsflesh #4)

Feedback is a full-length Newsflesh novel which overlaps the events of Feed and covers the presidential campaign from the perspective of reporters covering the Democrats side of the story. Now in trade paperback. A new beginning for Mira Grant's New York Times bestselling Newsflesh series! There are two sides to every story... We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we unleashed something horrifying and unstoppable. The infection spread leaving those afflicted with ... [read more]

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(Valducan #3)

After surviving a demon attack, disgraced police detective Victoria Martin tracks down the Valducans in search for answers. Recognizing her potential, and despite the warnings of the other knights, Allan Havlock, protector of Ibenus, takes her in as his apprentice. As the Valducans travel to Paris to destroy a demon nest infesting the catacombs, the knights find themselves hunted by an Internet group intent on exposing them. Victoria, who belongs this group, must desperately ... [read more]

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