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October 6, 2016
Library Events, Books, and More
I have two library events coming up:
* This weekend in Dallas, TX: Saturday, October 8, 2016, at 2:00.
I'll be on a panel for Indie Author Day at the J. Erik Jonsson Dallas Central Library.
* College Station, TX: October 19, 2016, at 4:30 pm.
I'll do a talk on worldbuilding and a Q&A session in 601 Rudder on the TAMU campus as part of the Hal Hall Lecture Series sponsored by Cushing Memorial Library and Archives.
***
* Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
Aza Ray Boyle is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it ever harder for her to breathe, to speak—to live. So when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a cruel side effect of her medication. But Aza doesn't think this is a hallucination. She can hear someone on the ship calling her name.
* Story: The City Born Great by N.K. Jemisin
* Cloundbound by Fran Wilde
With the Towers in disarray, without a governing body or any defense against the dangers lurking in the clouds, daily life is full of terror and strife. Nat, Kirit's wing-brother, sets out to be a hero in his own way--sitting on the new Council to cast votes protecting Tower-born, and exploring lower tiers to find more materials to repair the struggling City.
* Clockbreakers by Kate Ristau
On her eleventh birthday, Charlie receives a key to go back in time. But time travel isn’t easy. Before she blows out her candles, Charlie lands in Greece with her best friend Maria and her former best friend Trent. She’s a Clockbreaker, stuck in a Greek myth, on an action-packed adventure with a mission: to save her father, and perhaps even save the world.
* The Sparrow in Hiding by J. Kathleen Cheney
Evgeny is hiding from a witch. With the help of his younger sister, he’d survived the witch’s curse, but in the aftermath, he was left with only one arm, eyes that appear inhuman, and an ability to see the truth in others’ souls.
* Star's End by Cassandra Rose Clarke
When Esme comes of age and begins to take over the business, she gradually discovers the reach of her father’s company, the sinister aspects of its work with alien DNA, and the shocking betrayal that estranged her three half-sisters from their father. After a lifetime of following her father’s orders, Esme must decide if she should agree to his dying wish of assembling her sisters for a last goodbye or face her role in her family’s tragic undoing.
***
Please consider supporting my friend Beth Loubet. She has needs the supplement to her income to make ends meet and really wants to get back into fiction writing. This is one of those times where if a bunch of people gave $1.00 per month, it would really make a big difference for someone. https://www.patreon.com/bethloubet
* This weekend in Dallas, TX: Saturday, October 8, 2016, at 2:00.
I'll be on a panel for Indie Author Day at the J. Erik Jonsson Dallas Central Library.
* College Station, TX: October 19, 2016, at 4:30 pm.
I'll do a talk on worldbuilding and a Q&A session in 601 Rudder on the TAMU campus as part of the Hal Hall Lecture Series sponsored by Cushing Memorial Library and Archives.
***
* Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
Aza Ray Boyle is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it ever harder for her to breathe, to speak—to live. So when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a cruel side effect of her medication. But Aza doesn't think this is a hallucination. She can hear someone on the ship calling her name.
* Story: The City Born Great by N.K. Jemisin
* Cloundbound by Fran Wilde
With the Towers in disarray, without a governing body or any defense against the dangers lurking in the clouds, daily life is full of terror and strife. Nat, Kirit's wing-brother, sets out to be a hero in his own way--sitting on the new Council to cast votes protecting Tower-born, and exploring lower tiers to find more materials to repair the struggling City.
* Clockbreakers by Kate Ristau
On her eleventh birthday, Charlie receives a key to go back in time. But time travel isn’t easy. Before she blows out her candles, Charlie lands in Greece with her best friend Maria and her former best friend Trent. She’s a Clockbreaker, stuck in a Greek myth, on an action-packed adventure with a mission: to save her father, and perhaps even save the world.
* The Sparrow in Hiding by J. Kathleen Cheney
Evgeny is hiding from a witch. With the help of his younger sister, he’d survived the witch’s curse, but in the aftermath, he was left with only one arm, eyes that appear inhuman, and an ability to see the truth in others’ souls.
* Star's End by Cassandra Rose Clarke
When Esme comes of age and begins to take over the business, she gradually discovers the reach of her father’s company, the sinister aspects of its work with alien DNA, and the shocking betrayal that estranged her three half-sisters from their father. After a lifetime of following her father’s orders, Esme must decide if she should agree to his dying wish of assembling her sisters for a last goodbye or face her role in her family’s tragic undoing.
***
Please consider supporting my friend Beth Loubet. She has needs the supplement to her income to make ends meet and really wants to get back into fiction writing. This is one of those times where if a bunch of people gave $1.00 per month, it would really make a big difference for someone. https://www.patreon.com/bethloubet
September 26, 2016
Bacon Quick bread recipe
This is a modification of a Food Network recipe for Parmesan herb bread:
Cook four slices of bacon and crumble.
Whisk together 3/4 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 2 eggs, and a teaspoon of lemon juice.
Separately, combine 1 3/4 cups flour, 1/2 cup grated cheese (I used a leftover packet of shredded cheddar and mozzarella), 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 teaspoons each chopped rosemary and thyme (I used powdered rosemary, which mixes better), 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper, 1/4 teaspoon onion powder, and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda.
Combine wet and dry ingredients and add the bacon to the batter. Grease and flour a loaf pan, and bake at 350 for about 40 minutes.
As I said on FB, it tastes like Thanksgiving. Next time I think I'll use less oil, and more sour cream and onion. The original recipe calls for lemon zest, and all I had today was lemon juice, and I think zest would be better.
Cook four slices of bacon and crumble.
Whisk together 3/4 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 2 eggs, and a teaspoon of lemon juice.
Separately, combine 1 3/4 cups flour, 1/2 cup grated cheese (I used a leftover packet of shredded cheddar and mozzarella), 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 teaspoons each chopped rosemary and thyme (I used powdered rosemary, which mixes better), 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper, 1/4 teaspoon onion powder, and 1/4 teaspoon baking soda.
Combine wet and dry ingredients and add the bacon to the batter. Grease and flour a loaf pan, and bake at 350 for about 40 minutes.
As I said on FB, it tastes like Thanksgiving. Next time I think I'll use less oil, and more sour cream and onion. The original recipe calls for lemon zest, and all I had today was lemon juice, and I think zest would be better.
September 23, 2016
More Books
* Comic Take a Chance by C.E. Murphy and Ardian Syaf
Driven to save lives after her son's murder, Frankie Kemp has spent years as a non-powered vigilante whom the police choose to overlook, but when a virus releases super-powered potential in much of the population, "Chance" is left to face her child's shadow-sliding killer with nothing more than her wits and experience. Her friend and police detective Darius Murkowski suspects Frankie is getting involved with things she shouldn't, but can't prove it yet, and Chance encounters "superhero" Tazer--a newly-powered man whose good intentions considerably outstrip his ability in a fight.
* Comic Sun Dragon's Song by Joyce Chng and Kim Miranda
More than anything, young Ho Yi wishes to become a Sun Dragon Rider, the courageous human guardians of the magnificent beasts that roam the sky and keep watch over the land. But confined to crutches, bullies giving him a hard time, and his parents being away at war, Yo Hi is up against almost impossible odds! Can he still keep hope alive, while suffering in his tiny village, to become the valiant hero only he feels he's destined to become?
* Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An LGBT and two-spirit sci-fi anthology
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBT and two-spirit characters. These stories range from a transgender woman undergoing an experimental transition process to young lovers separated through decades and meeting in their own far future. These are stories of machines and magic, love and self-love.
* The Family Plot by Cherie Priest
In The Family Plot, Dahlia Dutton and her salvage crew are given a last ditch job to wreck and salvage an especially tantalizing property. Ignorant of the house and Withrow family’s history, the crew soon find themselves haunted by a multitude of spirits. At first, the spirits are content to scare and pester, but as Dahlia uncovers more of the secrets the house has held for nearly a century, something dark and violent emerges ― something that has squared all its rage on Dahlia Dutton alone.
* Dragons in the Earth by Judith Tarr, Book I of Horses of the Moon
After a particularly unfortunate session, Claire gets one last chance to keep her home and her livelihood. A small herd of horses needs a place to live and a person to care for them. But these are no ordinary horses. They represent an old, old breed, the rarest in the world, and they protect an ancient and terrible secret. And something is hunting them. The ranch is a perfect sanctuary. The powers that live on and under and above it can protect the horses–if Claire can control them. But first she has to control her own abilities, and learn to believe in herself.
* The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst
But the spirits that reside within this land want to rid it of all humans. One woman stands between these malevolent spirits and the end of humankind: the queen. She alone has the magical power to prevent the spirits from destroying every man, woman, and child. But queens are still just human, and no matter how strong or good, the threat of danger always looms.
Article: The Invisible Women by Liz Barr
Statistics aren’t my thing, but I’m pretty certain that if we run the numbers, that “female domination of science fiction awards of late” will tally out at roughly 30%.
Driven to save lives after her son's murder, Frankie Kemp has spent years as a non-powered vigilante whom the police choose to overlook, but when a virus releases super-powered potential in much of the population, "Chance" is left to face her child's shadow-sliding killer with nothing more than her wits and experience. Her friend and police detective Darius Murkowski suspects Frankie is getting involved with things she shouldn't, but can't prove it yet, and Chance encounters "superhero" Tazer--a newly-powered man whose good intentions considerably outstrip his ability in a fight.
* Comic Sun Dragon's Song by Joyce Chng and Kim Miranda
More than anything, young Ho Yi wishes to become a Sun Dragon Rider, the courageous human guardians of the magnificent beasts that roam the sky and keep watch over the land. But confined to crutches, bullies giving him a hard time, and his parents being away at war, Yo Hi is up against almost impossible odds! Can he still keep hope alive, while suffering in his tiny village, to become the valiant hero only he feels he's destined to become?
* Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An LGBT and two-spirit sci-fi anthology
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBT and two-spirit characters. These stories range from a transgender woman undergoing an experimental transition process to young lovers separated through decades and meeting in their own far future. These are stories of machines and magic, love and self-love.
* The Family Plot by Cherie Priest
In The Family Plot, Dahlia Dutton and her salvage crew are given a last ditch job to wreck and salvage an especially tantalizing property. Ignorant of the house and Withrow family’s history, the crew soon find themselves haunted by a multitude of spirits. At first, the spirits are content to scare and pester, but as Dahlia uncovers more of the secrets the house has held for nearly a century, something dark and violent emerges ― something that has squared all its rage on Dahlia Dutton alone.
* Dragons in the Earth by Judith Tarr, Book I of Horses of the Moon
After a particularly unfortunate session, Claire gets one last chance to keep her home and her livelihood. A small herd of horses needs a place to live and a person to care for them. But these are no ordinary horses. They represent an old, old breed, the rarest in the world, and they protect an ancient and terrible secret. And something is hunting them. The ranch is a perfect sanctuary. The powers that live on and under and above it can protect the horses–if Claire can control them. But first she has to control her own abilities, and learn to believe in herself.
* The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst
But the spirits that reside within this land want to rid it of all humans. One woman stands between these malevolent spirits and the end of humankind: the queen. She alone has the magical power to prevent the spirits from destroying every man, woman, and child. But queens are still just human, and no matter how strong or good, the threat of danger always looms.
Article: The Invisible Women by Liz Barr
Statistics aren’t my thing, but I’m pretty certain that if we run the numbers, that “female domination of science fiction awards of late” will tally out at roughly 30%.
September 21, 2016
Book Quote Wednesday
Book quotes I’ve been posting on Twitter for Book Quote Wednesday
September 20, 2016
Links and Books
* My reading and interview for the Pixel Project is online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1EyARkzeKQ I talked a little bit about the time I was stalked in college. And remembering how just about every girl I knew at that time had a similar story. I barely mentioned it, and I think it gave me a nightmare last night. Not that anything violent happened, just that feeling of not being able to trust the people around you.
They also have an Indiegogo (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/read-for-pixels-2016-fall-edition#/) to help raise funds to fight violence against women, with great book prizes.
Books
* Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space.
* The Reader by Traci Chee
Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin’s been taken, or if she’s even alive. The only clue to both her aunt’s disappearance and her father’s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book—a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed—and punish the people responsible.
* Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti. It’s been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places. And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders.
* The Hate U Give by A.C. Thomas
A novel inspired by Black Lives Matter. Excerpt: http://www.elle.com/culture/books/news/a39073/hate-u-give-excerpt/
* The Leopard King by Ann Aguirre
Until three years ago, those words applied to Dominic Asher, the leader of Ash Valley. His family has ruled the feline branch of the Animari for hundreds of years, guiding the pride through perilous times. Unspeakable loss drove him into seclusion, a feral beast nobody can tame.
* Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman
Ocean breeze in her hair and sand between her toes, Anise can’t wait to spend the summer before her senior year surfing and hanging out on the beach with friends. Santa Cruz is more than her home―it’s her heart. But when her aunt, a single mother, is in a serious car accident, Anise must say goodbye to California to help care for her three young cousins.
* Article: A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction by Nisi Shawl
* Readers of the Lost Arc: 1990s by Courtney Schafer
A sampling of under-read SFF treasures. She says nice things about my second novel, City of Bones
City of Bones by Martha Wells (pub date 1995)
Wells mixes SF and fantasy elements in City of Bones to excellent effect, combining a post-apocalyptic stone desert populated by a bioengineered race with a richly described and dangerous city with laws enforced by mages. My favorite part of the book, though, has to be Wells's characters. Protagonist Khat (one of the bioengineered krismen) is smart, dryly sarcastic, and has a fascinating backstory. Co-protagonist Elen, who is one of the city's Warders, is likewise smart and determined, plus she’s forthright in a way that plays very nicely off the more reserved Khat. The story is standalone—though I sure wish Wells would one day write more!—and offers an archaeological mystery alongside exciting action and magic. Originally published by Tor, now it’s been republished in ebook form by Martha herself. If you enjoy adventure SF/fantasy, it’s a must read.
They also have an Indiegogo (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/read-for-pixels-2016-fall-edition#/) to help raise funds to fight violence against women, with great book prizes.
Books
* Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space.
* The Reader by Traci Chee
Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin’s been taken, or if she’s even alive. The only clue to both her aunt’s disappearance and her father’s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book—a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed—and punish the people responsible.
* Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti. It’s been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places. And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders.
* The Hate U Give by A.C. Thomas
A novel inspired by Black Lives Matter. Excerpt: http://www.elle.com/culture/books/news/a39073/hate-u-give-excerpt/
* The Leopard King by Ann Aguirre
Until three years ago, those words applied to Dominic Asher, the leader of Ash Valley. His family has ruled the feline branch of the Animari for hundreds of years, guiding the pride through perilous times. Unspeakable loss drove him into seclusion, a feral beast nobody can tame.
* Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman
Ocean breeze in her hair and sand between her toes, Anise can’t wait to spend the summer before her senior year surfing and hanging out on the beach with friends. Santa Cruz is more than her home―it’s her heart. But when her aunt, a single mother, is in a serious car accident, Anise must say goodbye to California to help care for her three young cousins.
* Article: A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction by Nisi Shawl
* Readers of the Lost Arc: 1990s by Courtney Schafer
A sampling of under-read SFF treasures. She says nice things about my second novel, City of Bones
City of Bones by Martha Wells (pub date 1995)
Wells mixes SF and fantasy elements in City of Bones to excellent effect, combining a post-apocalyptic stone desert populated by a bioengineered race with a richly described and dangerous city with laws enforced by mages. My favorite part of the book, though, has to be Wells's characters. Protagonist Khat (one of the bioengineered krismen) is smart, dryly sarcastic, and has a fascinating backstory. Co-protagonist Elen, who is one of the city's Warders, is likewise smart and determined, plus she’s forthright in a way that plays very nicely off the more reserved Khat. The story is standalone—though I sure wish Wells would one day write more!—and offers an archaeological mystery alongside exciting action and magic. Originally published by Tor, now it’s been republished in ebook form by Martha herself. If you enjoy adventure SF/fantasy, it’s a must read.
September 15, 2016
It me!
So yesterday this happened: I got invited to be the toastmaster at World Fantasy Convention 2017 in San Antonio next year.
I've been guest of honor at a couple of local cons, but never anything this big, so I'm happy but super freaked out.
I've been guest of honor at a couple of local cons, but never anything this big, so I'm happy but super freaked out.
September 14, 2016
New Book Wednesday
* An interview with Foz Meadows http://www.tor.com/2016/09/06/sleeps-with-monsters-foz-meadows-answers-eight-questions/ Her new book is An Accident of Stars
* Short story: The Robot Who Couldn't Lie by Sunil Patel
* Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is busy eeking out a living when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, must feast on the young to survive and Domingo looks especially tasty. Smart, beautiful, and dangerous, Atl needs to escape to South America, far from the rival narco-vampire clan pursuing her.
* The Gate to Futures Past by Julie Cznerneda
Betrayed and attacked, the Clan fled the Trade Pact for Cersi, believing that world their long-lost home. With them went a lone alien, the Human named Jason Morgan, Chosen of their leader, Sira di Sarc. Tragically, their arrival upset the Balance between Cersi’s three sentient species. And so the Clan, with their newfound kin, must flee again.
* Gods of Nabban by K.V. Johansen
The fugitive slave Ghu has ended the assassin Ahjvar's century-long possession by a murderous and hungry ghost, but at great cost. Heir of the dying gods of Nabban, he is drawn back to the empire he fled as a boy, journeying east on the caravan road with Ahjvar at his side.
* Everfair by Nisi Shawl
Everfair is a wonderful Neo-Victorian alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo if the native populations had learned about steam technology a bit earlier. Fabian Socialists from Great Britian join forces with African-American missionaries to purchase land from the Belgian Congo's "owner," King Leopold II. This land, named Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven, an imaginary Utopia for native populations of the Congo as well as escaped slaves returning from America and other places where African natives were being mistreated.
* Of Sand and Malice by Bradley P. Beaulieu
Çeda, the heroine of the 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 identity.
* Short story: The Robot Who Couldn't Lie by Sunil Patel
* Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is busy eeking out a living when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, must feast on the young to survive and Domingo looks especially tasty. Smart, beautiful, and dangerous, Atl needs to escape to South America, far from the rival narco-vampire clan pursuing her.
* The Gate to Futures Past by Julie Cznerneda
Betrayed and attacked, the Clan fled the Trade Pact for Cersi, believing that world their long-lost home. With them went a lone alien, the Human named Jason Morgan, Chosen of their leader, Sira di Sarc. Tragically, their arrival upset the Balance between Cersi’s three sentient species. And so the Clan, with their newfound kin, must flee again.
* Gods of Nabban by K.V. Johansen
The fugitive slave Ghu has ended the assassin Ahjvar's century-long possession by a murderous and hungry ghost, but at great cost. Heir of the dying gods of Nabban, he is drawn back to the empire he fled as a boy, journeying east on the caravan road with Ahjvar at his side.
* Everfair by Nisi Shawl
Everfair is a wonderful Neo-Victorian alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's disastrous colonization of the Congo if the native populations had learned about steam technology a bit earlier. Fabian Socialists from Great Britian join forces with African-American missionaries to purchase land from the Belgian Congo's "owner," King Leopold II. This land, named Everfair, is set aside as a safe haven, an imaginary Utopia for native populations of the Congo as well as escaped slaves returning from America and other places where African natives were being mistreated.
* Of Sand and Malice by Bradley P. Beaulieu
Çeda, the heroine of the 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 identity.
September 12, 2016
The Pixel Project: Read for Pixels
On Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 7:30 CST I’ll be doing an online reading and an interview as part of The Pixel Project’s Read for Pixels Fall Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1EyARkzeKQ to help raise funds to fight violence against women.
They also have an Indiegogo (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/read-for-pixels-2016-fall-edition#/) with great book prizes going on now, including:
$60 USD Martha’s Special Blend Bundle!
Acclaimed Fantasy author Martha Wells has a very special goodie bundle for Fantasy fans - she is giving away three (3) “Special Blend” bundles featuring the latest RAKSURA book, EDGE OF WORLDS and a special “Indigo Cloud” tea blend to go with it. Donate to get it now and you’ll soon be cozily curling up with a book and some lovely hot tea as the weather gets cold!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/read-for-pixels-2016-fall-edition#/
The Pixel Project is a virtual, volunteer-led global 501©3 nonprofit organisation whose mission is to raise awareness, funds and volunteer power for the cause to end violence against women (VAW) using the power of the internet, social media, and pop culture/the arts.
September 8, 2016
The Harbors of the Sun up for Preorder
You can now preorder the hardcover of The Harbors of the Sun at Amazon US, Chapters Indigo, Books a Million, Amazon UK, and Indiebound. The ebook will show up for preorder closer to the release date.
Description:
A former friend has betrayed the Raksura and their groundling companions, and now the survivors must race across the Three Worlds to rescue their kidnapped family members. When Moon and Stone are sent ahead to scout, they quickly encounter an unexpected and potentially deadly ally, and decide to disobey the queens and continue the search alone. Following in a wind-ship, Jade and Malachite make an unlikely alliance of their own, until word reaches them that the Fell are massing for an attack on the Reaches, and that forces of the powerful Empire of Kish are turning against the Raksura and their groundling comrades.
But there may be no time to stage a rescue, as the kidnapped Raksura discover that their captors are heading toward a mysterious destination with a stolen magical artifact that will cause more devastation for the Reaches than anything the lethal Fell can imagine. To stop them, the Raksura will have to take the ultimate risk and follow them into forbidden territory.
The paperback of The Edge of Worlds can be preordered at Barnes and Noble and Amazon and all the other Amazons.
Description:
A former friend has betrayed the Raksura and their groundling companions, and now the survivors must race across the Three Worlds to rescue their kidnapped family members. When Moon and Stone are sent ahead to scout, they quickly encounter an unexpected and potentially deadly ally, and decide to disobey the queens and continue the search alone. Following in a wind-ship, Jade and Malachite make an unlikely alliance of their own, until word reaches them that the Fell are massing for an attack on the Reaches, and that forces of the powerful Empire of Kish are turning against the Raksura and their groundling comrades.
But there may be no time to stage a rescue, as the kidnapped Raksura discover that their captors are heading toward a mysterious destination with a stolen magical artifact that will cause more devastation for the Reaches than anything the lethal Fell can imagine. To stop them, the Raksura will have to take the ultimate risk and follow them into forbidden territory.
The paperback of The Edge of Worlds can be preordered at Barnes and Noble and Amazon and all the other Amazons.
September 7, 2016
Cover Reveal!
BEHOLD!
The cover reveal for The Harbors of the Sun is at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/exclusive-cover-reveal-harbors-sun-martha-wells-plus-bonus-interview/ with a bonus interview.
The gorgeous art is by Yukari Masuike
