…zar’s “Fury of the Black Hound”, a 19,000 word novella set in his “Black Hound” world of historical fantasy (11th century Ireland). Aa sword-and-sorcery style protagonist, although the stories themselves tend more toward historical fantasy. They’re set in 11th-century Ireland, with very little magic (Bernard Cornwell meets Robert E. Howard). Two of Cesar’s “Black Hound” stories have already been published in English, “A Lonely Grave on the Hill” i…
…for a Locus Award, Best Fantasy novel It’s on the following best-of-2017 lists: Locus Recommended Reading List Amazon Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice Barnes and Noble Sci Fi & Fantasy blog The Guardian (Adam Roberts) The Verge (Andrew Liptak, Recommended Book) Fantasy-Faction SciFiNow: 35 Books you should have read in 2017 (Jonathan Hatfull) Fantasy Cafe And here’s the summary: The multi-award winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues…
…allgown, a hotel reservation, and plane tickets for Washington… Here’s the complete list of nominees (plenty of familiar names in there, too, how cool–special congrats to Chris Kastensmidt for making the ballot!). I’ve put together links fairly quickly; should update this when I get home and have more free time. Short Story ‘‘Arvies’’, Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine 8/10) ‘‘How Interesting: A Tiny Man’’, Harlan Ellison® (Realms of Fantasy 2…
…ally got the motivation for moving my entire website to WordPress: https://www.aliettedebodard.com. I’m a php and WordPress novice, so not everything might be lined up yet. I’ve worked out the livejournal crossposting, at least… What do you think? Feedback very much welcome, though I can’t promise I’ll be capable of taking everything into account, since all I did was tweaking the colour scheme of an existing theme… PS: incidentally, does anyone kn…
…dge of Impossibility, holding each other’s hands, and went into the temple complex. The girl’s hand reached towards a small statue of a demon, touched it — setting off a coloured lightstrobe which illuminated the statue from within. Normally, Chen should have snatched the statue away, and pointed out to her, in a firm voice, that you didn’t touch the wares unless you paid. But the girl was so young: skeletally thin, her skin taut over high cheekbo…
…| Book 3. Master of the House of Darts Watch the trailer: Servant of the Underworld, Aliette’s first novel, is a historical fantasy/mystery set in Aztec times. The idea for this came from a couple of short stories Aliette wrote featuring death-priest-cum-investigator Acatl, bringing together the little-used Aztec mythology and the tropes of mystery fiction. Servant of the Underworld is the first book in a three-book series, now published as eboo…
…A retelling of TαΊ₯m Cám set in a science fantasy palace, where accountants dream of stepping into the quarters of the Everlasting Emperor… Where to Buy Amazon US Buy Now…
…sound, on the edge of sleep: Suu Nuoc wasn’t sure if it was a bell and a drum calling for enlightenment; or the tactics-master sounding the call to arms; in that breathless instant—hanging like a bead of blood from a sword’s blade—that marked the boundary between the stylised life of the court and the confused, lawless fury of the battlefield./p> “Book of Heaven, Book of Heaven.” The soft , reedy voice echoed under the dome of the ceiling; but the…
…vestigate. For it is only one death, but it will not be the last. As the bodies pile up and the imperial court tears itself apart, dragging Teomitl, Acatl’s beloved student, into the eye of the storm, the High Priest for the Dead is going to have to choose whom he can afford to trust; and where, in the end, his loyalties ultimately lie… Where to Buy Amazon US Kobo B&N Apple Google Amazon UK Amazon US (audiobook) Amazon UK (audiobook) Buy Now The O…
…obook) Buy Now The Obsidian and Blood Reading Order (Novels Only) Book 1. Servant of the Underworld | Book 2. Harbinger of the Storm | Book 3. Master of the House of Darts The Obsidian and Blood Reading Order (Complete) 0.5. “Obsidian Shards” | 0.6. “Beneath the Mask” | 0.7. “Safe, Child, Safe” | Book 1. Servant of the Underworld | Book 2. Harbinger of the Storm | Book 3. Master of the House of Darts…
