The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines Published by DAW (January 6, 2009) ISBN-10: 0756405327 ISBN-13: 978-0756405328 At A Glance: What would happen if an author went back to the darker themes of the original fairy tales for his plots, and then crossed the Disney princesses with Charlie’s Angels? What’s delivered is The Stepsister Scheme—a [...]
Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth by Max McCoy Published by Bantam, Feb 1997 ISBN-10: 0553561952 ISBN-13: 978-0553561951 At A Glance: A dying man presents himself at Indy’s office and gives him a mysterious box, which is found to contain some Icelandic spar–the mythological sunstone–and the last pages of the man’s journal. They detail an [...]
Wizard’s First Rule (Sword of Truth, Book 1) by Terry Goodkind Published by Tor Books, it was released on August 15, 1994 in hardcover and in paperback on July 15, 1997. At A Glance: In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher’s forest sanctuary [...]
Mean Streets by Jim Butcher, Kat Richardson, Simon R. Green, Thomas E. Sniegoski Published: Roc Trade (January 6, 2009) At A Glance: From four of today’s hottest fantasy authors—all-new novellas of dark nights, cruel cities, and paranormal P.I.s. The best paranormal private investigators have been brought together in a single volume—and cases don’t come any [...]
Skein of Shadows by The Wandering Men Published: September 1, 2007 by Dark Quest, LLC At A Glance: A Storm is Brewing… On the eve of the Festival of the Long Night, a raucous holiday which commemorates the onset of the Demon Scourge, a mysterious ship has entered Crown, captained by an enigmatic elf in [...]
Gil’s All Fright Diner, by A. Lee Martinez Published: May 1, 2005 by Tor Books At A Glance: Welcome to Gil’s All Night Diner, where zombie attacks are a regular occurrence and you never know what might be lurking in the freezer… Duke and Earl are just passing through when they stop at Gil’s for [...]