The Tiger and The Wolf – Adrian Tchaikovsky
In the bleak northern crown of the world, war is coming Maniye’s father is the Wolf clan’s chieftain, but she’s an outcast. Her mother was queen of the Tiger and these tribes have been enemies for generations. Maniye also hides a deadly secret. All can shift into their clan’s animal form, but Maniye can take on tiger and wolf shapes. She can’t disown half her soul, so escapes – with the killer Broken Axe in pursuit. Maniye’s father plots to rule the north, and controlling his daughter is crucial to his schemes. However, other tribes also prepare for strife. It’s a season for omens as priests foresee danger, a time…
Planetfall – Emma Newman
From the award-nominated author Emma Newman, comes a novel of how one secret withheld to protect humanity’s future might be its undoing… Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi’s vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. A planet promising to reveal the truth about our place in the cosmos, untainted by overpopulation, pollution, and war. Ren believed in that vision enough to give up everything to follow Suh-Mi into the unknown. More than twenty-two years have passed since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure where Suh-Mi has since resided, alone. All…
Eagle in Exile – Hesperian #2 – Alan Smale
Release date: March 22th, 2016 Publisher: Del Rey Age Group: Adult Pages: 576 Format: E-galley Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review In A.D. 1218, Praetor Gaius Marcellinus is ordered to conquer North America and turning it into a Roman province. But outside the walls of the great city of Cahokia, his legion is destroyed outright; Marcellinus is the only one spared. In the months and years that follow, Marcellinus comes to see North America as his home and the Cahokians as his kin. He vows to defend these proud people from any threat, Roman or native. After successfully repelling an invasion by the fearsome Iroqua tribes, Marcellinus realizes that…
Blog Tour: Saint’s Blood – Greatcoats #3 – Sebastien de Castell + Competition!
Release date: April 7th, 2016 Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 576 Format: Hardcover Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review How do you kill a Saint? Falcio, Kest, and Brasti are about to find out, because someone has figured out a way to do it and they’ve started with a friend. The Dukes were already looking for ways out of their agreement to put Aline on the throne, but with the Saints turning up dead, rumours are spreading that the Gods themselves oppose her ascension. Now churches are looking to protect themselves by bringing back the military orders of religious soldiers, assassins, and (especially) Inquisitors – a…
Masks and Shadows – Stephanie Burgis
Release date: April 12th, 2016 Publisher: Pyr Age Group: Adult Pages: 300 Format: ARC Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review The year is 1779, and Carlo Morelli, the most renowned castrato singer in Europe, has been invited as an honored guest to Eszterháza Palace. With Carlo in Prince Nikolaus Esterházy’s carriage, ride a Prussian spy and one of the most notorious alchemists in the Habsburg Empire. Already at Eszterháza is Charlotte von Steinbeck, the very proper sister of Prince Nikolaus’s mistress. Charlotte has retreated to the countryside to mourn her husband’s death. Now, she must overcome the ingrained rules of her society in order to uncover the dangerous secrets lurking…
Morning Star – Red Rising Trilogy #3 – Pierce Brown
Release date: February 11th, 2016 Publisher: Hodderscape Age Group: (Young) Adult Pages: 510 Format: Hardcover Source: Bought Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come. But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies…
13 Minutes – Sarah Pinborough
Release date: February 18th, 2016 Publisher: Gollancz Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 320 Format: e-galley Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review I was dead for 13 minutes. I don’t remember how I ended up in the icy water but I do know this – it wasn’t an accident and I wasn’t suicidal. They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you’re a teenage girl, it’s hard to tell them apart. My friends love me, I’m sure of it. Review: Sarah Pinborough has quickly become one of my favourite authors. I love the way she writes and the way she seems to be able to…
Europe At Midnight – The Fractured Europe Sequence #2 – Dave Hutchinson
Release date: November 5th, 2015 Publisher: Solaris Age Group: Adult Pages: 304 Format: e-galley Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review In a fractured Europe, new nations are springing up everywhere, some literally overnight. For an intelligence officer like Jim it’s a nightmare. Every week or so a friendly power spawns a new and unknown national entity which may or may not be friendly to England’s interests. It’s hard to keep on top of it all. But things are about to get worse for Jim. A stabbing on a London bus pitches him into a world where his intelligence service is preparing for war with another universe, and a man has appeared who…
Split Worlds – Emma Newman
Good news for fans of the Split Worlds books by Emma Newman! The first three books (Between Two Thorns, Any Other Name and All Is Fair) were re-released as e-books yesterday by Diversion Books! They have gotten shiny new gorgeous covers and I must say, I’m tempted to buy all three of them again, just because they’re so pretty. But that’s not all, my dear Nether fans, there’s two more books to come! In August this year, the fourth book, A Little Knowledge, will be published together with the re-released paperbacks of the first three books, followed by the fifth and final book, All Good Things, in August 2017. Are…
City of Blades – The Divine Cities #2 – Robert Jackson Bennett
Release date: January 7th, 2016 Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 464 Format: e-galley Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review The city of Voortyashtan was once the domain of the goddess of death, war, and destruction, but now it’s little more than a ruin. General Turyin Mulaghesh is called out of retirement and sent to this hellish place to try to find a Saypuri secret agent who’s gone missing in the middle of a mission, but the city of war offers countless threats: not only have the ghosts of her own past battles followed her here, but she soon finds herself wondering what happened to all the souls that…
