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Sometimes the picture says it all…
Lord of Silence by Mark Chadbourn
Published by Solaris and Out Now in UK (US release is 28th July)
I’m sure I’ve said it before but Mark Chadbourn via his heavily linked trilogies, Age of Misrule, The Dark Ages and Kingdom of the Serpent, is my favourite writer of modern fantasy. You’d this makes reviewing a work [...]
The Lord of Silence by Mark Chadbourn (Solaris)
It’s not out until August 2009. Boo!
Not so sure about the burly man on the cover, well not mixed with that typeface. Sorry.
Speculative Horizons has the blurb.
Black Magic Woman
Occult investigator Quincey Morris and his “consultant”, white witch Libby Chastain, are hired to free a family from a deadly curse that appears to date back to the Salem witch trials. Fraught with danger, the trail finds them stalking the mysterious occult underworlds of Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans and New [...]
Mark Chadbourn seems to have my holiday reading sorted by announcing that Destroyer of Worlds: Book Three of Kingdom of the Serpent from Gollancz and The Lord of Silence from Solaris Books are both on track for an August release. Christmas is early this year. No cover for The Lord of Silence yet will post [...]
Sci Fi Signal sent me to the Solaris blog to see the cover of The Accord by Keith Brooke. It’s worth checking out for a glimpse into the choices made when coming up with a cover. It’s out in January according to Amazon.
Title: Infoquake
Author: David Louis Edelman
Publisher: Solaris
Published: 7 July 2008
Review Copy
What could high-tech business look like in the future? If Infoquake is anything to go by quite cutthroat. Dominated by bio/logics, a way of programming the body, the world that David Louis Edelman has created is packed full of technology and commentary on consumer society.
I must [...]
Title: Kethani
Author: Eric Brown
Publisher: Solaris
Published: 6 May 2008
Review Copy
Synopsis
It takes an alien race to show us what humanitiy truly is. This is the irony faced by a group of friends whose lives are changed forever when the mysterious alien race known as the Kethani come to Earth bearing a dubious but amazing gift: immortality.
Analyse/Comments/Thoughts
Kethani [...]
Ok, so may is almost over but the good news is that you should be able to buy any of the books listed. All expect one are British releases though a lot of them have had or are having an American release. It’s a mix of new releases and paperback releases. I’ve cut it down [...]
It’s always good to have something to look forward to and I now have the first book on “Must Read in 2009″ list. The Lord of Silence. This is a bonus feature in addition to his regular scheduled novels.
SOLARIS is proud to announce a new acquisition from popular British fantasy novelist MARK CHADBOURN.
THE LORD [...]
Submissions: Open
Theme: Science Fiction Combined with Myth
Deadline: 14th April 2010
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