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Darkness Undone: A Novel of the Marked Souls

Jessa Slade · Signet; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Sidney Westerbrook has always studied darkness and damnation from a sensible distance. Now to earn his place as a league Bookkeeper, he must discover why Chicago is such a battleground of soul-linked warriors. But the research becomes personal when he finds himself over his head, under...
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Kaleidocide: A Peacer Novel

Dave Swavely · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

In this sequel to Silhouette, Michael Ares must survive a series of assassination attempts to find out why he was destined to become one of the most powerful men on the planetIn the near future, a post-quake San Francisco is ruled by a private corporation called the Bay Area Security Service....
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The Forever Watch: A Novel

David Ramirez · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

An exciting new novel from a bold up-and-coming sci fi talent, The Forever Watch is so full of twists and surprises its impossible to put down. All that is left of humanity is on a thousand-year journey to a new planet aboard one ship, The Noah, which is also carrying a dangerous serial...
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Of Silk and Steam

Bec McMaster · Sourcebooks Casablanca
Format: Book

ENEMIES. ALLIES. LOVERS.When her beloved father was assassinated, Lady Aramina swore revenge. The man responsible is well beyond her grasp, but his dangerously seductive heir, Leo Barrons, is fair game. When Mina obtains evidence proving that Leo is illegitimate, she has the means to destroy...
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Elisha Magus

E.C. Ambrose · DAW
Format: Hardcover

Elisha, a barber-surgeon from the poorest streets of benighted fourteenth-century London, has come a long way from home. He was always skilled at his work, but skill alone could not protect him on the day that disaster left his family ruined and Elisha himself accused of murder. With no other...
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Magic for Unlucky Girls

A.A. Balaskovits · Santa Fe Writer's Project
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback

The fourteen fantastical stories in Magic For Unlucky Girls take the familiar tropes of fairytales and twist them into new and surprising shapes. These unlucky girls, struggling against a society that all too often oppresses them, are forced to navigate strange worlds as they try to survive....
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Incarnate

Anton Strout · Ace
Format: Book

HITTING ROCK BOTTOMWhen Alexandra Belarus discovered her family’s secret ability to breathe life into stone, she uncovered an entire world of magic hidden within New York City—a world she has accidentally thrown into chaos. A spell gone awry has set thousands of gargoyles loose...
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Pirate's Alley

Suzanne Johnson · Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

After vanquishing undead serial killers and discovering the dark secrets of her family history, wizard sentinel DJ Jaco must now stop the coming preternatural war in Suzanne Johnson's Pirate's Alley.Wizard sentinel DJ Jaco thought she had gotten used to the chaos of her life in post-Katrina...
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Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard

Kim Newman · Titan Books
Pages: 509
Format: Print book

Transylvania 1976 and the vampire Kate Reed is on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's troubled production of Dracula. Fallen from grace and driven from the British Empire, the Count himself seems long gone. A relic of the past. But when Kate helps a young vampire outcast begin a new life...
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Sword of the Bright Lady

M.C. Planck · Pyr
Format: Book

Christopher Sinclair goes out for a walk on a mild Arizona evening and never comes back. He stumbles into a freezing winter under an impossible night sky, where magic is real -- but bought at a terrible price. A misplaced act of decency lands him in a brawl with an arrogant nobleman...
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Fires of Man

Dan Levinson · Jolly Fish Press
Format: Paperback

Supposedly, the war between Calchis and Orion ended decades ago. But upon reporting to an isolated Orion army base for basic training, Private Stockton Finn learns the war still rages, only the weapons have changed--most disturbingly of all, Finn has been selected to become one of those...
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Tempt the Stars

Karen Chance · Signet
Format: Paperback

Being a goddess is a lot less fun than you might think. Especially when you’re only a half goddess, and you only found out about it recently, and you still don’t know what you’re doing half the time. And when you’ve just used your not-so-reliable powers to burglarize...
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