Published by Tor Books
Release Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Available in Hardcover and Kindle editions
In Short: In 1869, the enigmatic and powerful residents of a small Nevada mining town come together to stop an ancient evil.
Recommended: Yes!
“Small towns, hell. Just about everybody in ‘em got some kind of secret.”
– Deputy Mutt
There’s a common belief that most ensemble stories, whether a book or a movie or a TV show, will conform to the “five-man band” formula. There’s the Leader, the Lancer, the Smart Guy, The Big Guy and the Chick (according to …

The Dark Queen Saga, Book 6
Published by Ballantine Books
Release Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Available in Paperback and Kindle editions
In Short: A daughter of the earth must save King James from the Catholics and the witches.
Recommended: Yes, if you like romancey-fluff, and a good medieval execution or two.
As the door closed behind Sir Patrick Graham, Mag watched him go with a bemused frown. Under different circumstance, she would have been favorably impressed by the knight, calm, serious, gentle in his manners, traits she admired in a man and …

The Clockwork Century, Book 1
2009
Published by Tor Books
Available in Hardcover, Paperback, Audio and Kindle editions
In Short: Sixteen years ago Seattle was turned into a city of the living dead. Now a mother and son both return to the city to uncover secrets long buried.
Recommended: Yes!
In California there were nuggets the size of walnuts lying on the ground—or so it was said, and truth travels slowly when rumors have wings of gold.
When I was told that Boneshaker was a Steampunk novel for zombie lovers, there was no turning back. Steampunk is …

Published by Gallery Books
Release Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Available in Paperback and Download and Kindle editions
In Short: The French Revolution as seen through the sensual journey of a runaway, psychic bride.
Recommended: Yes!
“It’s the women who are always the Doves in this family. That’s how it started. Johann van Aylde killed his own virgin daughter to make a pact with the Devil. Because she was a Dove, and she could see things in the mirror.”
– Elza’s mother
There are certain constants in literature. You pick up the latest novel by Stephen King …

The War That Came Early, Book 4
Published by Del Rey
Release Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Available in Hardcover, Audio Download and Kindle editions
In Short: The interesting, but convoluted, continuation of an Alternate History military story.
Recommended: Yes – if you are a fan of a) Harry Turtledove and b) the series to this point.
Whether Hitler beat Stalin or the other way around, the winner would be big trouble for the rest of the world. Right now, with France and England trailing along in his wake because he’d pulled …

Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith
Written by: Seth Grahame-Smith
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell
US Release Date: Friday, June 22, 2012
In Short: A dramatized reenactment of Abraham Lincoln’s life as a badass Vampire hunter.
Recommended: Only when your other DVD options are played out.
MARY TODD LINCOLN: Abraham, we’re going to be late for the play!
Having read the book a long time ago, I was really looking forward to this movie. The book was a great biography, and made Abraham Lincoln seem more like a …

Published by QW Publishers
US Release Date: July 28, 2012
Available in Paperback
In Short: There’s gold – and ghosts – in them thar hills.
Recommended: Kind of…
“Just because you don’t know how it works, doesn’t mean that it can’t work. Mr. Bad Thing plays just fine.”
– Abigail
All right, I am going to admit that I am being overly snide and probably too harsh (I know, that’s shocking). Tim Westover’s Auraria is not really a bad novel. In fact, there are a lot of bright spots of promise that show Westover has talent as …

Published by: Crossroads Press
US Release Date: Barnes & Noble Nook exclusive: Monday, July 9, 2012; Trade Paperback: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Available in Trade Paperback and Nook editions
In Short: In 1929, the crew of a small aviation company becomes involved in a supernatural mystery that will take them from the glamour of Hollywood to an Italian excavation with the goal of saving the world from an ancient evil.
Recommended: Yes!
“We know a tiny little fraction of everything there is to understand about the universe. And a lot of the things we don’t …

Published by Night Shade Books
US Release Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Available in Paperback and Kindle editions
In Short: An librettist is recruited by Prince Ferdinand to write an opera. If he fails, a secret society known as the Black Opera will make Mount Vesuvius erupt.
Recommended: Yes – for casual reading.
“…If I’m understanding you, sir-you want me to attempt to cause another ‘opera miracle’?”
Ferdinand of the House of Bourbon-Sicily shook his head.
“Not exactly. No, I want you to stop one.”
In an alternate history of 19th-century Naples, where ghosts are put to rest, …

Published by Prime Books
US Release Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Available in Paperback and Kindle editions
In Short: Complicated and a little confusing, but colorful and absorbing; I’m very interested in seeing where Williams takes all this.
Recommended: Yes.
Stories don’t always reflect the world; they make it, too. A book is a world inside the world, and sometimes there are worlds within that. A galaxy in a speck of sand; suns in a waterdrop.
There is a lot going on in the great city of Worldsoul, which stands between Earth and the boundless Liminality. …