Book Review: Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates by Brian Lumley

Title: Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates - The Lost Years
Author: Brian Lumley
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Solaris (13 May 2010)
ISBN-10: 1906735646
ISBN-13: 978-1906735647

Harry Keogh makes his long-awaited return as the Necroscope in this collection of novellas ans short stories. Set during the fan-favorite Lost Years era of Keogh's career, these tales see the Necroscope do battle with horrors both real and imagined, eternal et ethereal. In "For The Dead Travel Slowly" Harry Keogh's encounter with an old school friend leads to a fight for his very soul against an ancient evil lurking in the woods. "Harry and the Pirates" finds the Necroscope hearing the confession of a long-dead pirate but is all as it seems or is Harry being taken for a fool?

"The world is full of dead things. How would you feel if you could hear their thoughts?"

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28 Jun - 4 Jul

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Read the First Chapter of The King's Bastard by Rowena Cory Daniells

Rowena Cory Daniells' The King's Bastard is coming out on 8 July 2010 and thankfully it is already in my to-be-read pile. One of the good things about this series, called King Rolen's Kin, is that if you like this first book, you won't have to wait very long. The following two installments are to be released in August and in September.

Today, the publisher is generously offering the first chapter of The King's Bastard if you are curious about the author's style and if you'd like to get a feel for the book.

Blurb

Only seven minutes younger than Rolencia's heir, Byren has never hungered for the throne. He laughs when a seer predicts that he will kill his twin. But the royal heir resents Byren's growing popularity. Across the land the untamed magic of the gods wells up out of the earth's heart. It sends exotic creatures to stalk the wintry nights and it twists men's minds, granting them terrible visions. Those so touched are sent to the Abbey to control their gift, or die. At King Rolen's court enemies plot to take his throne, even as secrets within his own household threaten to tear his family apart. Political intrigue and magic combine in this explosive first book in an exciting new fantasy trilogy.

Book Review: The Noise Within by Ian Whates

Title: The Noise Within
Author: Ian Whates
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Solaris (13 May 2010)
ISBN-10: 1906735646
ISBN-13: 978-1906735647

On the brink of perfecting the long sought-after human/AI interface, Philip Kaufman finds his world thrown into turmoil as a scandal from the past returns to haunt him and dangerous information falls into his hands. Pursued by assassins and attacked in his own home, he flees. Leyton, a government black-ops specialist, is diverted from his usual duties to hunt down the elusive pirate vessel The Noise Within, wondering all the while why this particular freebooter is considered so important. Two lives collide in this stunning and innovative space-opera!

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7 Jun - 13 Jun

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Book Review: The God Catcher by Erin M. Evans

Title: The God Catcher
Author: Erin M. Evans
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (2 Feb 2010)
ISBN-10: 0786954868
ISBN-13: 978-0786954865

Tennora would give anything to be a wizard. And Clytemorrenestrix, a strange woman with uncanny blue eyes, whose name means "She Will Thunder in the Sky" and who claims to be a dragon, promises to make her just that–in return for aid in returning her to her true form. But soon after Tennora seals the deal, a bounty hunter presses a note into her hands claiming the dragon woman is actually a human–a violent, criminally insane human who murders those who fail her.

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31 May - 6 Jun

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