2012
Published by: Aderton Prime, LLC
Available in: Kindle edition
In Short: When Lucifer challenges the throne of God, it ignites a decades-long war that devastates the serenity of the Heavens. With an arsenal of demonic fallen angels at his side, Lucifer’s march to satanic glory seems imminent. Archangel Sariel believes otherwise.
Recommended: Kind of.
“You speak as if she’s gone forever. She is a soul, created in the image of God. Since when can a soul die?”
Heaven’s Night is about the fall of Lucifer and his war in Heaven through the eyes of the …

2010
Published by Doubleday
Available in Hardcover, Paperback, Audio and Kindle editions
In the Stacks: Demons
In Short: A scientist sells his soul to the Devil, regrets it, then makes a wager to get it back. What could go wrong?!
Recommended: Yes!
“I was cast down from the presence of God himself into this dark, sulphurous pit and condemned to spend eternity here–”
“Have you tried saying sorry?” interrupted Cabal.
“No, I haven’t! I was sent down for a sin of pride. It rather undermines my position if I say ‘sorry’!”
– Cabal and Satan have a …

Daughter of the Blood (1998), Heir to the Shadows (1999), Queen of the Darkness (2000)
Published by: Roc
Available in Paperback and Kindle editions
In the Stacks: Demons
In Short: Those who still hold on to the ancient traditions dream a queen into life who can cleanse the taint from their ancient, magic based society.
Recommended: Yes!
In The Black Jewels Trilogy, Anne Bishop has created a high fantasy world rich with darkness and tradition. The Blood (think more blood of the land than let’s drink human blood) are a magical people that rule over three …

2012
Published by Curiosity Quills
Available in Paperback and Kindle
In the Stacks: Demons
In Short: A highly proactive and involved condo board packed with fallen angels: Hell on Earth, right?… Surprisingly, no.
Recommended: Hell Yes!
     Turning back to the group, he said firmly, “We are going to our freedom, you dunces. There’s no pool. There’s no fitness center. There are no meetings. You can, however, utterly destroy all these things and more, with fire or plague or sword or wrath. You can do whatever you want. Bring about the end of days.” He …

Dahak, Book 1
1991
Published by Baen
Available in Paperback and Kindle editions, and as part of the Dahak omnibus Empire from the Ashes
In the Stacks: Artificial Intelligence
In Short: The moon is a sentient, ancient starship, and only he – and one special, special man – can save us from an approaching alien threat.
Recommended: Yes!
“Excuse me. It has been some time since I have communicated with a human, so perhaps I have been clumsy. You are not a prisoner, Commander. Or perhaps you are. I should like to treat you as an honored …

2012
Published by AmazonCrossing
Available in Paperback and Kindle editions
In the Stacks: Artificial Intelligence
In Short: A replicant private detective in 2109 Spain tries to find the people responsible for a recent surge in rep-deaths.
Recommended: No.
That was one of the few advantages of being different: she was despised because of it, but she was feared as well.
I wish I could tell you if this was a Blade Runner follow-up or continuation, but I’m still not clear. The title certainly implies it heavily enough, and the fact that the artificial humans are called replicants …

2000
Published by Vintage (among others)
Available in Paperback
In the Stacks: Artificial Intelligence
In Short: Pondering the eternal question of what is comedy? And can we please get some in this book?
Recommended: No.
The chess machines had long since demolished mankind’s supposed superiority in chess. Could a machine now be programmed to be funny?
– Professor Bill
I think I have a pretty good sense of humor. I know time flies when you throw an alarm clock out of a window. I understand that firemen wear red suspenders to keep their trousers up. So, obviously, I …

Chronicles of the Deryni, Book 1
Published by Ace
Available in Paperback, Audio CD and Download and Kindle editions
In the Stacks: Obsession
In Short: Prince Kelson takes the throne and wins a young girl’s heart.
Recommended: Yes!
“I’ve never known real war,” he said slowly, his gaze shifting out across the plain. “As long as I’ve been alive, there’s been peace in the Eleven Kingdoms. One would think men could forget how to fight after fifteen years of peace.”
– Kelson
Once upon a time, in a minivan on a summer vacation, an eleven year-old girl fell …

1965
Published by Ace (among many others)
Available in Hardcover, Paperback, Audio, Kindle editions, and pretty much everything else
In the Stacks: Obsession
In Short: Paul Atreides moves to a new planet and becomes the Emperor of the galaxy.
Recommended: Oh so very much Hell yes!
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
So, if you’ve never read Frank Herbert’s amazing epic Dune or seen either of the film adaptations (David Lynch’s 1984 version or the much better Sci-Fi Channel miniseries from 2000) then you have missed an amazing and very influential work of science fiction.
Set …

2008
Published by Roc
Available in Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook and Kindle editions
In the Stacks: Obsession
In Short: A Celt and an ancient Greek are both so obsessed with the same faithless woman that they relentlessly pursue her across time and space, inconveniencing an American teen on holiday in France.
Recommended: Yes!
“The past doesn’t lie quietly. Don’t you know that yet?”
Two thousand years ago, a bold and handsome Celt was betrothed to a woman he loved more than life itself. But on a dark night in a sacred grove, as the Druids chanted and the …