Sunday, June 8, 2008

New releases for the week of June 10th

Spotlight:

I heard some good reviews of this book last year and decided to buy it online from the UK. Am I glad I did! This book turned out to be one of the best books of 2007. And now it's finally available in the States. So run to your local bookstore and pick it up now!

Synopsis:
Stopmouth and his family know of no other life than the daily battle to survive. To live, they must hunt rival species, or negotiate flesh-trade with those who crave meat of the freshest human kind. It is a savage, desperate existence. And for Stopmouth, considered slowwitted hunt-fodder by his tribe, the future looks especially bleak.

Here's my review from last October.

(Amazon, Barnes & Noble)

Synopsis:
When streetwise Molly Templar witnesses a brutal murder at the brothel she has recently been apprenticed to, her first instinct is to run back to the poorhouse where she grew up. But there she finds her fellow orphans butchered, and it slowly dawns on her that she was the real target of the attack. For Molly is a special little girl, and she carries a secret that marks her out for destruction by enemies of the state.

Oliver Brooks has led a sheltered existence in the backwater home of his merchant uncle. But when he is framed for his only relative's murder he is forced to flee for his life, accompanied by an agent of the mysterious Court of the Air. Chased across the country, Oliver finds himself in the company of thieves, outlaws and spies, and gradually learns more about the secret that has blighted his life.

Hardcover:
> Kushiel's Mercy, Jacqueline Carey
(Amazon, Barnes & Noble)

> The Lost Art, Simon Morden
(Amazon, Barnes & Noble)

> The House of Many Ways, Diana Wynne Jones
(Amazon, Barnes & Noble)

Paperback:
> Midnight Never Come, Marie Brennan
(Amazon, Barnes & Noble)

> Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman
(Amazon, Barnes & Noble)

> Execution Channel, Ken MacLeod
(Amazon, Barnes & Noble)

> Superpowers, David Schwartz
(Amazon, Barnes & Noble)

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