I Am the Dark from Macmillan

 

Monsters and mortals, rejoice! Acheron is back . . .

Though Laure has tried to close the lid on her ballet shoes and the feelings she once held for dance since the Palais Garnier incident two months ago, Laure is spinning out. Between partying, drinking, and avoiding anything and, well, everyone, she has no time to be anything but a monster. But when Laure stumbles across a mysterious dead body during one of her nights out, she’s forced to notice the cracks stretching beyond herself.

Below the streets of Paris, Elysium is dying, and Acheron and Lethe’s influence is spilling into the streets like a blight. Laure isn’t the only of Elysium’s beasts to rise from the ruins of Palais Garnier, and someone is mobilizing an army of monsters with plans greater than Laure, Andor, and Keturah could have ever guessed. While Laure is warring between her wants and Acheron’s ever-demanding appetite, she and her circle of monsters are left to reckon with a not-so-simple question: how do you save yourself from oblivion?

Jamison Shea's sharp and unflinching voice will bring readers to terrifying new heights in this vicious sequel to the "relentlessly gory and almost euphoric in its embrace of the horrific" (NPR) I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me.

The Songbird and the Heart of Stone

New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns with a brand new novel in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, where A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Dante’s Inferno, in an epic fantasy romance of love and treachery between mortals and gods. Features beautiful case art and a detailed map.

In the descent to the underworld, a bride of the sun must choose between the light of her redemption… or a dark love that defies the gods themselves

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.

But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him… by killing the very death god she’ll help resurrect.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness – and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.

As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.

This is a November release from Macmillan.
 

TITLES OF INTEREST

 The following are books that caught my attention from Penguin Random House and may be of some interest to you. 

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Thanks to all the folks that are still checking the blog. I really appreciate you

   

One day I will get the knack of not having so much white space.

if you are interested they are available at Amazon.com and your favorite brick and mortar store. If you order from Amazon I may get a kickback and in this economy...

The Demon Trappers are back

 

 The ninth volume of the Internationally acclaimed Demon Trappers series is available at your favorite book sellers in ebook and paperback editions. 

This is the story of Katia Breman who has moved to Atlanta from Kansas to hone her skills under Master Riley Blackthorne.

After making her first appearance in LOST SOULS, Katia is grave-sitting one of the recent dead to make sure the corpse is not reanimated. She is approached by a Necromancer, who is in disguise, and manages to stop his advances. On the next night, with Riley in attendance, the Necromancer returns and is able to procure the corpse by defeating Riley's protective spell.

There are a number of corpses reanimated and it is up to Katia, Riley and Simon Adler to find out who the unknown Necromancer is and why he has the need of so many corpses.

Katia must learn how to control her powers as she and Simon end up in another dimension fighting powers and demons that have been in play for years.

This is another marvelous tale of the Demon Trappers and the story of one of my new favorite characters that live in this marvelous alternate Atlanta.

 This is another excellent adventure from Jana Oliver and I2W1` WWW3 can't wait for the next addition to the Demon Trappers series.

Remembrance

 October 13, 2023, was the saddest day of my life. After a valiant fight with leukemia God decided to take you from this earthly existence.He took you to be with our daughter , Kimberly and the rest of our families.

It has been a rough year I keep finding memories in places I wouldn't expect. a birthday card you had planned to send, notes about tings we had wanted to do, places we planned to go, and pictures from years ago.

The house is just too big now, but your presence is still there. I still see you in your chair, I feel your touch on my hand. I feel the need to give you a hug and a kiss. 

I miss the sound of your voice, the smell of your hair, the glint in your eyes and your presence in  my life.. 59 years together. We had more time together than a lot of people have life.

I just wanted to let you know I think about you every day and I see you every day in the memories and in my heart.

John David Souther, 1946-2024

 

JD (John David) Souther has died at 78. His name might not be familiar to a lot of you. He wrote or co-wrote many of the Eagles hits and was almost a founding member of the group. He was also instrumental in Linda Ronstadt's career as a writer and partner. He was a big part of the California movement with Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Linda, and Stevie Nicks. 

 

There goes another musical part of my life. Fly High, JD!

Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs special edition

 

Now Available for Preorder from Our Friends at ERB Books!

You are invited to preorder this very special curated edition of Pirates of Venus—the first book in the Amtor series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book features over 100 illustrations by an dazzling array of ERB artists including Gary Gianni, William Stout, Michael Kaluta, Richard Hescox, Thomas Yeates, Mark Schultz, Daren Bader, Doug Klauba, Laurence Schwinger, Mark Wheatley, and Thomas Grindberg. In addition, it includes all sixteen of the illustrations by Fortunino Matania for Pirates of Venus originally published in The Passing Show in 1933 as well as classic illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Samuel Cahan, Paul Stahr, Roy Krenkel, Frank Frazetta, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Reed Crandall, and Al Williamson. The book is printed on archival paper, Symth-sewn with 20+ color plates tipped in, bound in a leather cover, double stamped in gold, and wrapped in an original dust jacket. The set is housed, with a collector's portfolio and other bonus items, in a decorated and illustrated leather clamshell case. The vintage-style collector's portfolio contains a carefully selected archive of rare items related to the creation and publication of Pirates of Venus. These include replicas of letters from ERB to his son with early ideas for Amtor, outlines and drawings from the author's notebook, manuscript pages, 1930's ERB Inc. postcard and advertising dust jacket , first newspaper installment of Pirates of Venus in the Honolulu Star Bulletin from 1935, first pages of an unpublished Carson of Venus story, poster size reproductions of artwork, and a number of other surprise bonus items.

The edition will be limited to 548 numbered and 52 lettered sets signed by the contributors. It is the fifth matching set in the “New World” series launched by ERB Books in 2020 with A Princess of Mars. Each set celebrates the first appearance of one of ERB’s newly created realms filled with fantastic kingdoms, cultures and creatures. ​Prices have not increased for this edition: The numbered edition (#1-548) ................ $349.99 The Lettered Edition (A-ZZ) ........................ $449.99 (all sets are reserved - contact info@erbbooks to be placed on a waiting list.)  Scheduled to ship in late 2024. Payment plans available - contact info@erbbooks.com Those who ordered The Moon Maid: The Centennial Edition will receive the same number/letter set for Pirates of Venus: The Illustrators Edition. Please confirm your set number when you order. International orders can now be made through the website.

Preorder Pirates of Venus: The Illustrators Edition today from our friends at ERB Books!