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No doubt you've already received your catalog from Amazon and a thousand other retailers for your holiday shopping. Well, we didn't have your address, so we decided to post our recommendations for seasonal book-buying for those readers on your list (or yourself!). All these titles are from regular or new contributors here on the blog.
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Tales of Silvertide, Volumes 1&2; Collections of short stories that cover a wide selection of characters who are just starting their journeys as heroes.
Fantasy, imagine if The Ranger's Apprentice met the Dragonlance books.
To purchase and for more information: https://tinyurl.com/27fp2s8s
It's 1932, and America is preparing for the LA Olympics. But in the midst of one of the stormiest winters on record, the rain is murder--literally. Men are dropping dead of the storm and the city is panicking. A former Great War airman is dragged into a plot to terrifying America to staying neutral in the next World War. Along with a small group of determined allies, he will take the battle from the streets of Hollywood to the forests of the Amazon. There they will find their destiny--those who survive... No. 1 in a series.
To purchase and for more information: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T44SLHC
Cemirowl is gifted, and cursed. She sees the spirits of the dead, and sees the future in her basket of bones; her sight is cryptic, lacking, and mostly useless. In her tiny village, she is a priestess, but still an object of curiosity and an outcast.
A chance meeting brings one of the king’s caballiers to her door for a reading, for nothing more than some entertainment. He is well-entertained indeed by her predictions of his lady loves… and far less so when she foretells a coming death. He leaves, dismissing her. But for all that her power is mysterious and often confusing, it is never, ever wrong.
When Queen Tidyri is murdered, the caballiers return for Cemirowl. She is brought unwillingly into the palace and into a web of intrigue and lies, where King Larthor rages in his grief. He demands that Cemirowl now use her gifts to find the one who killed his beloved wife.
Cemirowl must draw on all her abilities – her powers, no matter how unreliable; her intuition for reading people; her knowledge; and her wits – to discover the murderer, lay the spirits of the dead to rest, and help the living to grieve and find peace. And, perhaps, she will finally find a place where she belongs.
THE BONE READER is a fantastical murder mystery set in the rich world of Ihyel, where the hard-won peace between two kingdoms rests on the shoulders of one determined, compassionate priestess.
To purchase and for more information: https://books2read.com/u/4DBxag
From Darkness Comes Peace…
Raised in the caves of his father’s people–the brutal and warlike Oni–a half-breed boy knows only a world of darkness and pain. Life here offers one cruel lesson: fight or die.
But he dreams of a world of light and beauty, the world of his human mother, an Oni slave. His only solace, she implores him not to give in to the hate and evil of the Oni, to reject their Dark God, Grund. “Be at peace,” she advises, and from this, he gleans both hope and a name.
As his mother wished, Peace escapes the caves, but he encounters a world of humans that he doesn’t understand. A token from his mother earns him a place at the Sky Temple of Eos the Maker, where his mother trained in her youth. Here, he, too, can become a warrior for the Gods of Light. Struggling against his upbringing, he earns a home, a family.
But the Dark Gods have dark plans, and they have planted their seeds within the promising young disciples of the Sky Temples. To thwart them, Peace must return to the Oni, submit to the machinations of a centuries-old creature, and offer himself to Grund.
To save his world and those he loves, he must sacrifice his soul.
To purchase and for more information: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Peace-Seeds-Darkness-Trilogy/dp/1939837375
Magical children, American legends, and the nation's first lady detective come together in this thrilling fantasy for fans of The Wild, Wild West and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Kate Warne shattered the glass ceiling and helped save a President as the first female Pinkerton detective. Now she's learning a new role in life - ghost detective. Coming back from beyond the Veil to continue her work, Kate and her partner Shadow are tasked with finding a missing girl somehow linked to the famous Wizard of Menlo Park, Thomas Edison.
But all is not as it seems with the strange inventor, and Kate begins to suspect that his strange assistant may be much more than he appears to be. What she learns is that Edison, the girl, and all her strange siblings are involved in something much deeper and far darker than she ever imagined.
Now Kate and Shadow must join forces with a traveling snake-oil salesman, a semi-retired combat airship pilot, Edison's most famous rival, and a legendary river boat captain and itinerant scribbler of tales to keep Edison and his mysterious cohort from calling forth an ancient power and possibly the end of life as we know it.
To purchase or for more information: https://www.amazon.com/Children-Menlo-Park-Jessica-Nettles/dp/1645541215
Are you ready for an island adventure? An old enemy stalks Abraham Snow through the streets of Hawaii. Get ready for vengeance in paradise in author Bobby Nash's SNOW ISLAND, the 8th book in the award-winning Snow series from BEN Books. Get ready for a #SnowDay at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVSX9WZX
Written by Author Bobby Nash.
Cover by Plasmafire Graphics’ Jeffrey Hayes.
Edited by Michael Gordon.
Published by BEN Books.
Audio narrated by Stuart Gauffi. Coming soon.
Read it free with Kindle Unlimited. .
Learn more about Snow at www.abrahamsnow.com
Check out Snow’s complete adventures at www.amazon.com/dp/B07G3K7S46
Teel James Glenn’s mystery horror mash-up Not Born of Woman is a fresh, approachable, and engaging take on what a sequel to Mary Shelley’s classic 1818 novel Frankenstein could be. Smart, self-educated, caring and mystified by humanity, the creature, now self-named as Adam Paradise, has spent several decades in Arctic isolation living on an ice-bound ship filled with an impressively stocked library and gold treasure, is back among alleged civilization, namely 1930’s New York City, attempting to understand humanity and his place in the world by using his size, power, sophisticated mind, and an impressively empathetic heart to help those in need. The result is an addictive read that mixes classic mystery, private eye, and horror tropes with a wealth of philosophical and literary references, a rich cast of fully formed New Yorkers that includes cops, gangsters, store owners, a trans neighbor, gypsies, and Nazis.
To create a quick read that builds on a classic, is fueled by essential thoughts, is paced like a thriller, and offers a way to love a long beloved character in a new way is an impressive accomplishment indeed. Teel James Glenn delivers all this as a page-turner of a ripping fun read.
Most highly recommended. -- Chris Ryan
To purchase and for more information: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Shadow-Paradise-Investigations/dp/163789337X/ref
A demon’s plot.
A deadly assassin.
Four unlikely allies against the forces of Hell.
Amid relentless monsters, fey alliances, and explosive magical battles, Jake Foster—a man tormented by his past and his own powers—must choose between surrendering to chaos or leading a desperate quest to reclaim his soul.
With the help of a Homeland Security agent, a professor of magic, and a scared half-demon kid, will Jake conquer the darkness, or be devoured by it?
Demon's Call is the pulse-pounding debut of The Nevermore Casefiles, a series set in a world where the veil between the mundane and the monstrous is alarmingly thin.
To purchase and for more information: https://books2read.com/nevermore1lrs
Farahnaz Rahnema has spent her life in the shadows of Emari’s grand Citadel, serving the powerful queen, theMashyana, as her most loyal Hand. With the Talent of metallurgy, Farah can bend and control metal, making her a skilled thief and assassin, tasked with retrieving ancient relics of unimaginable power for the queen. She believes in the queen’s vision for a restored kingdom, one relic at a time. When a mysterious girl named Pari, the Voice of the gods, insists that Farah must join forces with Yasher—a charming, reckless card shark who thrives on luck—Farah’s world starts to unravel.
Yasher has always relied on his quick wits and strange luck to survive, avoiding deep ties to anyone or anything. But when he crosses paths with Farah, he’s thrust into a perilous mission to recover relics that could reshape Emari’s future. As they navigate a kingdom filled with hidden truths, ancient secrets, and ever-shifting alliances, Farah begins to question the queen she serves and the kingdom’s growing corruption.
With her loyalty tested and Yasher’s own hidden motives in play, Farah must decide: is Mashyana truly Emari’s savior, or is something darker at play? In The Hand of Mashyana, power, betrayal, and ancient relics collide, with a kingdom’s fate hanging in the balance.
Perfect for fans of epic fantasy, thrilling heists, and slow-burn romance, The Hand of Mashyana is the first book in the sweeping saga where destiny, power, and loyalty collide.
To purchase and for more information: https://amberhansford.com/books/the-hand-of-mashyana/
Pursued by a warlord atop a dragon, a Viking on a vengeance quest and a half-elf freedom fighter must find the sword of a god to protect their homes and decide the fate of a nation.
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Dime-Store Detective vol. 1 is on Kickstarter! Published by Source Point Press! This 130 pages covers issues 1-5 in this new graphic novel. Detective Mackinder must uncover the connection
To purchase and for more information: https://t.co/klU83cOpaI
THESE MEN ARE APES... ON FILM!
From the moment they met—it was movies! They’ve reviewed new releases of vintage cinema and television of all subject matter on disc, finding gems and letting you know the skinny on what to avoid. At Apes on Film, their aim is to uncover the best in retro film. As they dig for artifacts, they’ll do their best not to bury their reputations.
What will they find out here? Their destiny.
Welcome to CINEFILMANIA! This book exists to scratch your retro-film-in-high-definition itch.
HORROR • DRAMA • CRIME • SCIENCE FICTION • COMEDY • ACTION • ADVENTURE • ROMANCE — Name your genre, they’ve got opinions on it! Blu-ray, 4K, UK, Anyway, Anywhere, Don’t Care. If it’s film or television from the past on high definition physical media, they’ve watched it, considered it, critiqued it, and reloaded their players for the next one.
Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the movies! Each one of them is a watching machine, slowly circling their prey until CLICK! The Disc is IN! They were four... but they watched movies like they were FOUR HUNDRED! If you only see one movie this year... you need to sit on your couch and watch films more often!
Films with titles like...
GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK • DRACULA • DRESSED TO KILL • PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK • HARDCORE • MOTHRA • VIVA • THE GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE • PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES • EYE OF THE DEVIL • THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 • BABYDOLL • PUMP UP THE VOLUME • THE KILLING • DEATH LAID AN EGG • NEEDFUL THINGS • SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES • MESSIAH OF EVIL • COOL LAKES OF DEATH • TERROR CIRCUS • THE QUESTOR TAPES • ONE FALSE MOVE • SLEEPWALKERS • THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI • MADAME CLAUDE • MISTER ROBERTS • SCREAM, PRETTY PEGGY • THE VICTIM • MALLRATS • SAMSON AND THE 7 MIRACLES OF THE WORLD • MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID • FEAR IS THE KEY • WEIRD SCIENCE • RED SUN • THE UFO INCIDENT • NIGHT GALLERY • 52 PICK-UP • THE SUNDAY WOMAN • FLYING LEATHERNECKS • AFTER HOURS • HUGO
...AND SO MANY MORE! Pick a favorite, pop it in, and sit back and enjoy along with the APES ON FILM!
FEATURING A FOREWORD BY ACADEMY AWARD™ WINNER CHRIS WALAS (THE FLY, GREMLINS, ENEMY MINE)
Apes On Film is the popular syndicated, online retro film on high definition media review column created by Anthony Taylor, featuring work by Lucas Hardwick, Chris Herzog, and John Michlig.
To purchase and for more information: https://www.amazon.com/Cinefilmania-Adventures-Retro-Hi-Def-Forbidden/dp/B0FTVSQ9Q7
