FICTION
Released: April 24, 2012
"A middling fantasy adventure that will appeal mainly to the authors' longtime fans. "
Weis and Hickman (
Secret of the Dragon, 2010, etc.), co-authors of more than a dozen fantasy novels in the popular Dragonlance series and the seven-part Death Gate Cycle, among other works, again team up for the third book in their Dragonships of Vindras series.
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FICTION
Released: April 10, 2012
"Satisfying if not particularly surprising or original."
Realization of what appeared, briefly and fictionally, as a "hypothetical" novel in one of Evenson's (Last Days, 2009, etc.) previous works.
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FICTION
Released: April 10, 2012
"Dull characters, bland dialogue and thin plotting make for a weak final installment of the trilogy, which Birmingham closes by awkwardly setting up a potential sequel. No thanks."
The final novel in Birmingham's post-apocalyptic trilogy (
After America, 2010, etc.) doesn't wrap up the story so much as coast to a stop, with a frustrating amount of padding before the disappointing climax.
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FICTION
Released: April 10, 2012
"An intriguing but ultimately unfocused novel."
Slattery (
Liberation, 2008, etc.), coeditor of
The New Haven Review literary journal, produces a grim tale that takes place in a disaster-stricken, war-torn United States.
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FICTION
Released: April 10, 2012
"Far from disappointing but not quite what the first volume seemed to promise."
Sequel to Indigo Springs (2009), where magic, driven into the "unreal" in the 17th century by witch-burning Fyremen, is returning, setting off power struggles and war.
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FICTION
Released: April 3, 2012
"Readers hooked by the futuristic excitement may be disappointed in the lack of follow-through."
Sci-fi veteran Sawyer (WWW: Wonder, 2011, etc.) turns in a solid if bland techno-thriller, which hums along nicely until an absurd mystical finale.
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FICTION
Released: April 3, 2012
"A bait-and-switch for fans of police noir, but red meat for readers who wish Harry Potter had swapped his YA credentials for a badge and gun."
A genre-bending urban fantasy that pits San Francisco's Finest against a subterranean horde of monsters who threaten the human race.
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FICTION
Released: April 3, 2012
"Brutal, witty, insightful, addictive, frequently baffling and altogether astonishing."
Continuing the blended fantasy/science fiction adventures of Stover's homicidal antihero (Caine Black Knife, 2008, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: April 1, 2012
"Intensely realized and often gripping, so perhaps the lack of any discernable structure, logic or explanations deliberately points readers to the multimedia extensions. It's bizarrely fascinating, and what it's all about is anybody's guess."
This first novel from the author of
Your Next-Door Neighbor is a Dragon (2009) is part of a multimedia project that also encompasses video, music, artwork, blogs and web pages.
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FICTION
Released: April 1, 2012
"Especially valuable for readers who enjoy short stories but have neither the time nor the inclination to seek them out."
A whopping 31 eclectic stories in speculative mode, expertly selected from 2011's large and diverse output.
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FICTION
Released: March 27, 2012
"Gripping, perfectly balanced and highly recommended."
Beginning of a new historical-fantasy trilogy, set in the same Mongol Khanate–style universe as the short novel
Bone and Jewel Creatures (2010).
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FICTION
Released: March 27, 2012
"A promising, if not entirely satisfying, debut."
A bleak little fable about personal responsibility, set in an apparently post-apocalyptic, nameless American city.
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