Published by Del Rey
Release Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Available in Hardcover and Kindle editions
In Short: A female airship pilot is drawn into a continent-spanning quest to save her father and prevent a magical apocalypse.
Recommended: Kind of.
She felt the little voice inside her whisper the warning. But doing exactly what she ought not to was one of her very worst habits.
I put a “Kind of” up there. I hate “Kind of.” It’s so wishy-washy. When you read a review, you want a definitive declaration of “Yes, it’s worth your time” or …

The Order of the Air, Book 2
Published by Crossroad Press
Release Date: Monday, February 11, 2013
Available in Hardcover and Kindle editions
In Short: The crew of Gilchrist Aviation embarks on a cross-country airplane race in order to keep themselves in business, and end up dealing with a stowaway Countess, magical subterfuge, a cursed necklace, and a mysterious killer haunting New Orleans.
Recommended: HELL YES!
The wind blew in through the hangar door, tinted with scents of a spring evening, lifting Lewis’ hair off his brow and teasing the edges of the flaps as …

Created by: Damian Kindler
Starring: Amanda Tapping, Robin Dunne, Emilie Ullerup, Christopher Heyerdahl, Ryan Robbins
Number of Episodes: 8 (1 Season)
Syfy – 2008
TV on DVD: Web Series
In Short: Dr. Helen Magnus and her daughter Ashley recruit Dr. Will Zimmerman to help her chase down various creatures that go bump in the night.
Recommended: Hell yes!
HELEN: Good doctors come and go. But the really great ones have always seen beyond the boundaries of science, beyond the known. The great ones dare to believe in the unbelievable.
Around the time Stargate SG-1 was winding down, a …

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 Gaslight Chronicles, Book 2
Published by Carina Press
Release Date: Monday, October 22, 2012
Available in Kindle edition
In Short: Victorian urban fantasy romance steampunk (whew). 1859 London’s denizens include werewolves, mystical knight-protectors, and girls who build mechanical dogs. Throw in mysterious murders, potential insurrection, prescience, and two people who really Want To but keep talking themselves out of it, and you have a pretty good romp.
Recommended: Mostly. For less than $5, why not.
“Don’t send her roses. Or orchids or daises or violets, either. Send her tools. Books on science and engineering. …

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 …

The Ether Chronicles, Book 1
2012
Published by Avon Impulse
Available in Kindle edition
In Short: An inventive Steampunk mythos, a thrilling spy adventure and tempestuous lovers reunited. What more can one ask?
Recommended: Yes! (If you like this sort of thing…)
He hated retreating. The Man O’ War part of him rebelled at the thought alone. He battled to keep down his impulse to fight—a continual struggle, since the telumium implants that had made him into a Man O’ War fed his already strong aggression. Retreat was counterintuitive to men such as he, men who …

Published by Tor
Release Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Available in Hardcover, Audio CD and Download and Kindle editions
In Short: Neil Gaiman and Jim Butcher are conjured for a China Miéville story about magical lawyers trying to revive a dead God in a steampunk city.
Recommended: Hell yes!
“Gods, like men, can die. They just die harder, and smite the earth with their passing.”
– Cardinal Gustave
World-building is an art form. It’s quite a feat to pick a reader up and place them in a story set in Seattle or New York City and have them …

The Aether Chronicles, Book 1
Published by Flux
Release Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Available in Mass Market Paperback
In Short: It’s a Romance. And a Fantasy. With fey creatures. It bored me so thoroughly that I lost the ability to construct a proper sentence.
Recommended: Not really.
The hairs on the back of Steven’s neck stood as the magic shifted, making fear knot in his belly. A potential sacrifice had been found.
At least, I think Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear is a Romance. Maybe it is just that Fantasy and Romance are having so many cross-over love affairs …