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The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it.
He wasn’t
He now has a passenger in his brain – an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split into two opposing factions – the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix – the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides Read more [...]
Black Feathers by Joseph D’Lacey
It is the Black Dawn, a time of environmental apocalypse, the earth wracked and dying.
It is the Bright Day, a time long generations hence, when a peace has descended across the world.
In each era, a child shall be chosen. Their task is to find a dark messiah known only as the Crowman. But is he our saviour –or the final incarnation of evil?
Black Feathers, the latest novel from Joseph D’Lacey, is a story in two halves. The narrative alternates between a couple of separate, but interconnected Read more [...]
Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman
Something is wrong in Aquae Sulis, Bath’s secret mirror city.
The new season is starting and the Master of Ceremonies is missing. Max, an Arbiter of the Split Worlds Treaty, is assigned with the task of finding him with no one to help but a dislocated soul and a mad sorcerer.
There is a witness but his memories have been bound by magical chains only the enemy can break. A rebellious woman trying to escape her family may prove to be the ally Max needs.
But can she be trusted? And why does Read more [...]
A New Split Worlds Short Story from Emma Newman
Today, as an extra special just because it's Thursday treat, please enjoy a guest post from Emma Newman
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In 2013 the marvellous Angry Robot books will be publishing three Split Worlds novels, the first is out in March and is called "Between Two Thorns". This story is part of a crazy thing I decided to do before I got the book deal and was forging ahead with the project on my own: releasing a new story every week for a year and a day, hosted on a different site every time, Read more [...]
Exclusive Cover Reveal – The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher
There's nothing better on a grey autumnal Wednesday than some exciting news to brighten up your day. I'm delighted to exclusively reveal the stunning cover art for Adam Christopher's next novel - The Age Atomic. The artwork is by Will Staehle, the same artist responsible for the covers to Christopher's previous novels Empire State and Seven Wonders. Enjoy!
The sequel to Empire State – the superhero-noir fantasy thriller set in the other New York.
The Empire State is dying. The Fissure Read more [...]
Seven Wonders by Adam Christopher
Fear the might of… The Cowl!
Tony Prosdocimi lives in the bustling metropolis of San Ventura - a city utterly gripped by fear, a city under siege by the hooded supervillain, The Cowl.
When Tony develops super-powers and acts to take down The Cowl, however, he finds that the local superhero team, the Seven Wonders, aren't anything like as grateful as he assumed they would be...
I am, and always will be, a comic book geek at heart. Before I developed a passion for reading novels I grew Read more [...]
Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig
Please note Mockingbird is a direct sequel to Blackbirds and due to that fact it's entirely possible this review may contain minor spoilers. Consider yourself warned, people.
Miriam Black has a terrible talent.
The first time she touches someone, she will see the moment of their death. Still in her early twenties, she's foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, suicides, and slow deaths by cancer. It is all she can do to keep her talent – her curse – in check.
But when Read more [...]
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Miriam Black knows when you will die. She’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides.
But when Miriam hitches a ride with Louis Darling and shakes his hand, she sees that in thirty days Louis will be murdered while he calls her name. Louis will die because he met her, and she will be the next victim.
No matter what she does she can’t save Louis. But if she wants to stay alive, she’ll have to try.
I have a friend … let’s call him Tony (seems sensible Read more [...]
The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle
When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings. Red-sailed ships followed in the explorers’ wake, bringing Native American goods – and a skrayling ambassador – to London. But what do these seemingly magical beings really want in Elizabeth I’s capital?
Mal Catlyn, a down-at-heel swordsman, is seconded to the ambassador’s bodyguard, but assassination attempts are the least of his problems. What he learns about Read more [...]
Dead Harvest by Chris F Holm
Meet Sam Thornton. He collects souls.
Sam’s job is to collect the souls of the damned, and ensure they are dispatched to the appropriate destination. But when he’s sent to collect the soul of a young woman he believes to be innocent of the horrific crime that’s doomed her to Hell, he says something no Collector has ever said before.
“No.”
I have a confession to make - My name is Pablo and I'm an addict, I'm hooked on Angry Robot books. There I've said it, feels good to finally Read more [...]
Strange Chemistry Reveals Launch Titles
A bit of news to cheer you up on a damp January morning.
Press Release
20th January 2012 ~ For Immediate Release
Angry Robot Announces Strange Chemistry Launch Titles
Strange Chemistry - the YA imprint of award-winning indie genre fiction publisher Angry Robot - has announced two deals that will help launch the list into publishing super-stardom.
In a post on Strange Chemistry’s website – http://strangechemistrybooks.com – imprint editor Amanda Rutter has revealed Read more [...]