![]() ![]() But when Erika's father mysteriously disappears and they are subsequently almost killed in an ambush, husband and wife gird their loins for battle and trek out of the desert in order to take care of business. ![]() With his wife and son, Saul is in retirement and keeping a decidely low profile in a remote Israeli village in order to avoid the wrath, and bullets, of the world intelligence community, which he so grievously offended in the past when he bumped off his spymaster foster father. Saul Grisman, he of The Brotherhood of the Rose, is back, married to the beautiful and - need one add? - deadly Erika. Perhaps especially the local clergy.Īnd there's not a loafer in the bunch all of these professional assassins are kept very busy. When strolling through Morrell's neighborhood, one is well advised to keep a very wary eye on even the local clergy. Not only are Morrell's bad guys assassins, but so are his good guys - and, often as not, so are the assassins' spouses, siblings, parents and offspring. If there are not quite enough assassins in this novel to fill RFK Stadium, there is certainly a sufficient number to stock a new spring football league. ![]() In The League of Night and Fog, he outdoes himself. $17.95ĭAVID MORRELL does assassins, as those who are familiar with his recent books well know. THE LEAGUE OF NIGHT AND FOG By David Morrell Dutton. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But when Eliza’s secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she’s built-her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanity-begins to fall apart. Then Wallace Warland transfers to her school and Eliza begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves her digital community. With millions of followers and fans throughout the world, Eliza’s persona is popular. Online, Eliza is Lad圜onstellation, anonymous creator of a popular webcomic called Monstrous Sea. ![]() In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl meets Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona in this acclaimed novel about art, fandom, and finding the courage to be yourself. “A love letter to fandom, friendship, and the stories that shape us, Eliza and Her Monsters is absolutely magical.”-Marieke Nijkamp, New York Times–bestselling author of This Is Where It EndsĮighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she’s worked for begins to crumble. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fate (Kent Nelson), Green Arrow, Jessica Jordan, Zatanna, Snapper Carr, The Question (Vic Sage), Tiffany, Amanda Conner, The Losers Gunner, Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Alfred Pennyworth (Cameo), Daffy Duck, Harold Tyme, Bonnie Baxter, Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance), Javiar Manale, General Erwin Rommel, Bernie (A Beaver), Amazo, Lola Manale, Black Canary, Capt. ![]() ![]() Rick Flag, Jess Bright, Blackhawk (Bart Hawk), Winston Churchill, Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Lilya Ranzz, Batman (Bruce Wayne), Inza, Spectre (Jim Corrigan), Pooch, SARGE, Roberta Storms, Simon, Grant Cooke (Darwyn's Father), Darnell Caldecott, Aquaman, Jonah Hex (Also As George Barrow), Mr. ![]() ![]() Interactions should not primarily be for personal benefit. Interact with the community in good faith. Respect for members and creators shall extend to every interaction. Visionīuild a reputation for inclusive, welcoming dialogue where creators and fans of all types of speculative fiction mingle. We reserve the right to remove discussion that does not fulfill the mission of /r/Fantasy. We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world. r/Fantasy is the internet’s largest discussion forum for the greater Speculative Fiction genre. For updated information regarding ongoing community features, please visit 'new' Reddit. ![]() Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with information about Book Clubs and AMAs as of October 2018. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was immediately captivated by the characters. My Thoughts:Īs I said, I read Aurelia before I started blogging regularly. Because both Aurelia and Robert know that if they make the wrong choice, with the freedom of an entire nation at stake, they may not find redemption. ![]() When a friend from the past arrives to persuade Aurelia to rescue her country, she and Robert must weigh the hopes of a kingdom against their own failures, nightmares, and self-doubt. In the Outer Realms, they have found safety, but their homeland has not. The-dare I say, epic?-conclusion of Aurelia & Robert’s trilogy.ĪURELIA, former crown princess of Tyralt, has cobbled together a new life in exile with ROBERT, the young countryman who loves her. I read Aurelia in 2009, before I really started blogging. ![]() Welcome to the next stop on the blog tour for Anne Osterlund’s Redemption, the third and final Aurelia book. I’m so happy to be a part of this tour. ![]() ![]() But Charlie isn’t there to blackmail the shopkeep he’s Miles’ biggest fan. And when a bubbly and attractive man appears in Miles’ shop knowing his secret pen name, he assumes the worst. That journey leads him to Miles Montague, a very talented secret smut writer, but a dismal shopkeep - the royalties from his published work keep Miles’ bookstore open. ![]() ![]() On a last hurrah before his marriage to a woman, Charlie decides to hunt down and meet the writer of some of his favorite erotica novels. Set in Victorian London, book one follows the fashionable and often inebriated Charlie Price. Another fantastic series in a similar vein to Baldree’s raucous new series is Jess Everlee’s debut series, “The Gentlemen’s Book of Vices,” without the fantasy element but with LGBTQ+ characters and romances. ![]() The cheeky “high fantasy with low stakes” tale by BookTok-famous Travis Baldree quickly made it to The New York Times bestseller list. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Man Who Went to the Moon - Twice by Howard Rodman The Night That All Time Broke Out by Brian W. The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World by Harlan Ellison Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip José Farmer ![]() The Day After the Day the Martians Came by Frederik Pohl Thirty-Two Soothsayers (introduction) by Harlan Ellison ![]() Some chips, corner bumps, and handling marks.įoreword 1 - The Second Revolution by Isaac Asimovįoreword 2 - Harlan and I by Isaac Asimov Ellison introduced the anthology both collectively and individually while authors provided afterwords to their own stories.ĭangerous Visions edited by Harlan EllisonĬondition: Good. Between them, the stories it showcases have won two Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, two Hugo Award runner-up places and one Nebula Award runner-up position. It is the most dazzling science fiction anthology ever published. Dangerous Visions is a science fiction short story anthology edited by American writer Harlan Ellison and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not even Sean, who has more reason to find Roza than anyone, and every reason to blame Finn for letting her go.Īs we follow the stories of Finn, Roza, and the people of Bone Gap-their melancholy pasts, their terrifying presents, their uncertain futures-acclaimed author Laura Ruby weaves a heartbreaking tale of love and loss, magic and mystery, regret and forgiveness-a story about how the face the world sees is never the sum of who we are. But the searches turned up nothing, and no one believes him anymore. He knows she was kidnapped, ripped from the cornfields by a dangerous man whose face he cannot remember. Who are you going to blame?įinn knows that’s not what happened with Roza. They call him Spaceman, Moonface and many other names, but they do it without malice, for he is their strange boy and they have known him for ages. He never looks people in the eyes, not to mention that he is always deep in his own thoughts. That’s just how things go, the people said. According to the people of Bone Gap, Finn is a strange lad. Just a few years before, their mother had high-tailed it to Oregon for a brand new guy, a brand new life. This guide refers to the 2015 Balzer + Bray paperback edition. Bone Gap was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has written many young adult and romance novels, including Lily’s Ghost, Play Me, and Bad Apple. After all, it wasn’t the first time that someone had slipped away and left Finn and Sean O’Sullivan on their own. Laura Ruby is a New York Times bestselling author based in the Chicago area. So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap weren’t surprised. ![]() ![]() Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps-gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disappear forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kaulder's mentor, Dolan the 36th (Michael Caine), is suddenly placed under a death curse from black magic, but a younger successor, Dolan the 37th (Elijah Wood), is branded and assigned to protect Kaulder. When he's not sleeping with pretty flight attendants and driving his sleek Aston Martin (boy, immortality is cruel), he's in cahoots with a shadowy organization, aligned with a brotherhood of priests, called Axe & Cross. 800 years later in 21st-century New York (actually Pittsburgh), where witches live among the humans and have made a truce to never use magic on them, Kaulder is the last of his witch-hunting kind. Then, right before he slays the witch, she curses him once more with her own immortality. In a dark period during the 13th century, valiant warrior Kaulder (Vin Diesel) was cursed twofold by the Witch Queen (Julie Engelbrecht), who killed most of mankind, including Kaulder's wife and daughter, with the Black Plague. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Though it is not till well in the book that the actual quest begins, there's enough happening before this to make it a fast-paced page turner. So the three of them band together to set out and seek the source of the evil themselves, following in the steps of the heroes who had tried to defeat it before them. When the peace of their village is threatened by attacks from the Nethergrim's monstrous minions, and children from the village are captured, Edmund finds in a stolen book of magic the knowledge that might lead them to the source of the evil.but the adults refuse to believe the missing children might be alive. ![]() Much of this first book sets the stage for things to come, introducing us to the central three characters-Edmund, whose nascent gift of magic has never been encouraged by his harsh father, Katherine, trained by her father in combat and horse training, and Tom, hard worked slave to a harsh master, whose own gifts of healing and animal husbandry verge on the preternatural. ![]() |