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Our Reading list has updated!

Do you own all of our catalog? Also keep an eye on the list over the next few months…We have a busy calendar through June. Including the first release of NK Xero’s Poetry volume Valley of Thoughts, Ruan Bradford Wright’s Novel Toe Rag, Raz T Slasher’s Riverside Chronicles, Ashira Dayta’s first book in her Life Trilogy, DW Storer’s 2nd book of the through the mirror darkly series…and possibly a…

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Some little previews from the Dark Dreams Anthology "Letting In The Night" from @faecorpspublishing

Some amazing writers are included in this anthology and these little previews are hype!

Don't forget to preorder:

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Current WIPs and Fic Concepts

I promised I would do this yesterday, and then I forgot!!! (I was very sleep deprived). Anyways, here are a bunch of the WIP premises that I have in my 'unfinished drafts' folder. Most have at least a few pages written for them, but I love them all! ☺️💕

- A Santa Clarita Diet AU (Jonsa) Takes place in sunny southern California, where a shitty dinner at a mediocre restaurant turns into a huge problem for Jon and Sansa when Sansa's heart stops beating. Although she seems fine, Jon is flabbergasted several days later as he watches his wife- who alphabetizes their pantry and refuses to let anyone wear shoes in the house- rip the throat out of one of the sleazy new partners at their law firm, eating half of him before anyone processes what's going on. Hilarity ensues as Sansa's inhibitions and filter disappear, Arya ropes an extremely confused Gendry into helping figure out what the hell is going on just because he moderates the zombie forum on reddit, and Jon tries to deal with the fact that the woman he loves more than anything is now a humanitarian. He really could use a drink. (This one is actually mostly complete, but i need to refine a few things- i really love it. It's as gory and irreverent as the show, so viewer discretion advised, but it's a BLAST to write).

- A Thor/MCU AU (Jonsa, Steve Rogers/Sansa)- Asgardian prince Aegon is banished to Midgard after one too many arrogant decisions, and is promptly hit by a van containing Dr. Sansa Stark, Dr. Barristan Selmy, and Margaery Tyrell- two astrophysicists studying wormholes and Sansa's best friend and pseudo-intern. Marg yells at him, he yells back, Sansa tases him, and Barristan didn't sign up for the kind of heavy lifting that getting a 200+ pound slab of muscle into the back of a van takes. And then Aegon's younger brother, Jon, shows up, in the middle of an identity crisis because, apparently, he's adopted. He wasn't intending to stay, but he's rather drawn to Dr. Stark and her brilliance, and against her better judgement, she starts to trust him, and maybe even like him. This story is in about three parts so far- the first is based on 'Thor' and the second on 'The Avengers' and are fully Jonsa, and the third started as a family bonding story between the Stark kids and Tony (Ned and Tony are second cousins, and Ned was really supportive of Tony in rehab without expecting anything in return), and accidentally turned into a Steve Rogers/Sansa Stark story, which is a pairing i am HERE for. A lot of this one is written, but it needs some fill in before publishing, although it's one of my favorites that i've written to go back and actually read.

- A Star Wars AU (Jonsa) where Sansa and Arya are Alderaanian princesses who are off planet when Alderaan is destroyed- Sansa as a senator and Arya as a pilot, both working for the rebellion, and jon is a smuggler who does not know how all of these people got on his ship and why two princesses are sassing him. His copilot, Tormund (yes he's a wookie), thinks it is hilarious. I started this one just the other day, and it's already thirty pages long, most of them involving Sansa and Arya sassing people. Dany is a leader in the rebellion, Roose Bolton is the emperor, and Barbrey Dustin is a disgruntled former jedi trying to live in peace on a remote planet until another Stark crashes into her life and harangues her into teaching again.

- A witches/magic AU (Jonsa) where the Starks run an apothecary and spellcasting supplies shop. Jon had been completely in the dark about magic before his mother confessed to being born into a family of witches. He finds himself traveling to her hometown, trying to understand her world more clearly, and what it means for him. On the way, he develops something of a crush on the red-headed shop clerk who brews the best headache potions in town. Featuring lots of magical shenanigans, this is one of my favorites in the folder :)

- A 24 hour diner AU (Jonsa) where Jon is a local mob boss, and Sansa works the late shift at Seaworth's diner to buy textbooks for the PhD she's working on in botany. Sansa's running from memories, and Jon has a soft spot for the red-headed waitress who always remembers how he likes his coffee.

- An East of the Sun, West of the Moon AU!!! (Jonsa) This is one of my fav fairy tales, and of course i couldn't resist Jon as a direwolf striking a deal with the starks!

- A Roomates AU (Jonsa)- Arya, Jon, Tormund, and Sam have been renting the same house together off Winterfell's campus for years- but when Sam moves in with his girlfriend, they need one more person on the lease. Sansa, about to relocate to Winterfell for grad school, finds out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her and that her housing plans have fallen through, all on the same day. Needless to say, she's a bit upset when she calls Arya to relay the news. There's a simple solution here, if Arya and Tormund can stop teasing Jon about his crush for five minutes. (any excuse to write tormund and arya roasting jon, tbh).

- A Fae AU (Jonsa)- When Sansa, a baker living in the city, washes her face in an enchanted spring on a camping trip, she gains the sight as a result. Suddenly able to see the fae underworld all around her is disorienting and terrifying. Sansa tries to conceal it- afraid of what might happen if the fae around her know that she can see them- but slips up, and catches the attention of Jon Snow- one of the lords of the unseelie court.

- A nuclear winter wasteland AU (Jonsa)- (?? I don't even know how to describe this premise, haha) where the Starks are living and running the Free Winterfell settlement in Siberia after a worldwide nuclear meltdown. Before the fallout, Sansa was one of the world's preeminent researchers in plant genetics and pathology, and works at the settlement to create newer, disease and radiation resistant crops to distribute for free to other settlements, aiming to break up the monopoly that Lannister Corp has on the market. Jon is a scavenger, searching throughout Siberia for his sister Rhae who disappeared several years previously. When he runs across Arya Starkovna, helping her fight off another band of radiation ravaged scavengers is just instinct- he doesn't think twice about it. In thanks, she brings him to the Winterfell settlement, where her brother Robb offers Jon sanctuary and resources, in exchange for serving as a bodyguard for Sansa when she travels to other settlements. Sansa is not particularly thrilled by this arrangement, but given that multiple parties seem to want her dead, she doesn't have much of a choice but to accept his company.

- A reincarnation AU (Jonsa)- of sorts. Robb is an archaeologist who finds a strange set of runes at a site up north, and immediately calls in Jon Snow- a historian and expert in said ancient language, as well as an old university friend of Robb's. When he arrives though, Robb shows him their most valuable finds- two mysterious ice blocks, with what appear to be perfectly preserved bodies from over a thousand years ago. No one could ever have imagined that either of them were still alive, but when the ice melts, revealing two very alive girls, the entire crew is instantly buried in NDAs, and given an assignment from the Westerosi government to figure out what the hell was going on. Sansa and Arya wake up, extremely confused about the world they live in, trying to adapt and mourning all that they've lost, even as the people around them wear familiar faces.

- Soulmates AU (Jonsa)- (Yes, another one, I love this dumb trope) Trauma surgeon and medical resident Sansa Stark is having a very bad day, and ends up meeting her soulmate during what she thinks is a mugging gone wrong. Fortunately, he’s not the one mugging her, just an intervening bystander, but she ends up slightly shot nonetheless. Sansa’s fretting about bleeding on the upholstery in his car, but Jon is a bit more worried about her injuries than the blood stains. He’s a bit confused when she threatens him if he takes her to a specific hospital, nearly has a nervous breakdown when she insists on doing her own triage, and is very charmed when she insists on ice cream after taking pain meds at the hospital. On Sansa’s part, she’s a little less concerned about being shot, and a bit more concerned about whatever weird first impression she’s making to her soulmate while high as a kite on pain pills. (this one just needs some tweaking to be postable- I'm not sure if it's going to be a oneshot or a series, but i love what I have already)

- A Demon/Archivist AU (Jonsa)- where Sansa works in the university's historical archives in Oldtown, and is learning to restore old texts with her fellow student and friend, Alleras (Trans Sarella is an amazing concept). When Joffrey Baratheon shows up with a pile of old books from his family's library to donate, Sansa is eager to get away from his sleaze, and accidentally takes one of the books home with her in her rush to leave. Unbeknownst to her, it's more than it appears, and when she leaves it open overnight, she accidentally summons forth Jon- an ancient, powerful, and extremely annoyed demon who is under a curse, and now hers to command. As Jon and Sansa try to get used to this new normal, the Lannisters (unaware that Joffrey had donated the tome) try desperately to find the book and it's owner, wanting Jon's power for themselves, and putting Sansa in considerable danger unless she can figure out how to break Jon's curse. Fortunately, she's a pretty good researcher, even if Jon is initially a bit of a grump. (This is based on a total wish-fulfillment mary-sue type premise for something I wrote when I was thirteen, and I revisited it and wanted to see what it would look like if i took it very seriously, and i am really enjoying it so far. It's a love letter to the terrible, heartfelt writing i was doing in middle school that created the foundations for my writing today, and so much fun).

The one that I am MOST excited about though:

- A Pacific Rim AU!!!! (Ned/Cat, Gendrya, Braime, Sansa/Jon Umber)-Twins Sansa and Robb Stark have always been completely in tune with each other, and when your parents are Jaeger pilots and your mother invented the neural handshake, what option is there but the Jaeger academy? Sansa studies to be an engineer, but ends up copiloting the Jaeger 'Winter Wolf' with her twin brother, after they lose Ned Stark to cancer. When Robb is ripped out of the conn-pod and killed by a kaiju while he's still connected to Sansa, she barely manages to kill the creature before stumbling back to shore, traumatized, grieving, and swearing that she'll never pilot again.

Unfortunately, the Kaiju don't stop just because Sansa does, and when the end of the world is imminent, Marshall Catelyn Stark orders both her daughter and former pilot Jaime Lannister (who lost his twin and copilot, Cersei, several years previously) back to Hong Kong for one final stand. Forced to face both her demons and an irate Arya, furious that Sansa had abandoned the rest of them after Robb's death, Sansa and Arya have to figure out how to pilot Winter Wolf together before the apocalypse comes for them all.

Featuring Marshall Catelyn Stark (commander of the Hong Kong Shatterdome, inventor of the neural handshake, former Jaeger pilot, and BAMF), Sansa x Jon Umber (Yes i know it's a rare pair but i've always kind of loved the idea of them, even though we know so little about him), Kaiju parts dealer and smuggler Petyr Baelish, bickering kaiju biologist Dany and theoretical mathematician Jon Snow, LOCCENT officer Theon, lots of snark, lots of angst and heartfelt conversations, and a weird friendship between snarky-grieving-asshole Jaime Lannister and kind-quiet-grieving Sansa Stark, who are the only two people in the world who know what it's like to lose a copilot and a twin in the drift.

Thanks for reading guys!! There are more, but some of them I just don't know how to explain quite yet, haha. I'd love to hear what you guys think about these!

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Avalon:

Book 2 of the Fae Queen's Court

The fae are on the brink of war.

It’s been nearly a year since the Battle of Tearmann. With their last legitimate trade routes cut off, the fae increasingly rely on the Corps away teams to get essential supplies. Owen Williams, now a Corps member, has spent the last ten months running the border to get the haven what it needs to survive. But his last mission nearly killed him and his decision to join the corps threatened his fragile relationship with his family—a relationship that was already stressed to the breaking point by his son’s death.

But after Percill, a battleborn vampire, reveals the location of a group of the fae captives, the corps leadership makes it clear that there isn’t much they won’t do to rescue them. When Percill refuses to say more without a guarantee that Owen will be on the team that rescues them, Owen agrees even though going on this mission could shatter what’s left of his family.

Success means he gets to retire a hero and go home to his family. However, failure wouldn’t just risk the captives, but could end with him held alongside them and separated from his family forever.

Genre

Contemporary Fantasy

Trigger Warnings and Themes

Avalon is a 96k Fantasy about the consequences of extremism, a heist/rescue mission, and healing from grief. The story revolves around a father struggling to process his grief after the death of his son and the rescue mission he’s required to run before he’ll be allowed to retire.

There are content warnings for character death, violence, minor body horror, medical experimentation, dehumanization, and racism against non-humans.

Status: Published!

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Pad #7

Sorry I am behind but head over to Fae Corps Publishing and see the past 5 days if you wish to catch up! Pad #7

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State Censorship in Venezuela: Challenges in Broadcasting a National Crisis

By: Chinweotito Ihejirika, Spring 2021, Venezuela & Citizen Security Intern

GettyImages by Juan Barreto

In the midst of grave political turmoil, rampant inflation, a mass exodus, food shortages, and the devastation caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, human rights defenders must balance addressing imminent physical needs and prioritizing the condemnation of the outrageous state censorship of Venezuelan entities that challenge the notions and interests of their government. Due to persecution, journalists are fleeing the country at a time when their work is arguably more valuable than ever. The Maduro government, which has made consistent attempts to manipulate the narrative on the political and humanitarian landscape as well as on the status of COVID-19 cases, has created a hostile environment for investigative journalists in Venezuela. The result has been a dangerous deprivation of free information, which is yet another affront to the human rights of Venezuelans. A press corps and civil society that can freely expose injustice play integral roles in democratic society that must not be undermined. Therefore, the international community should regard the restoration of a free press as it would any other urgent humanitarian need.

Evidence of censorship in Venezuela has been piling up since the year 2000, but as in the case of most aspects of the crisis, conditions for journalists have worsened since the onset of the pandemic. Arbitrary detention is perhaps their most imminent risk. Darvinson Rojas, held for 30 days, was in his home when members of FAES (Venezuela’s Special Action Forces) illegally entered and took him into custody for publishing “unofficial COVID-19 data.” The charge: “instigation of hate.” In the case of the military conflict in Apure in early April 2021--on which there has been very little reporting due to government repression--the Venezuelan national guard detained two Venezuelan activists named Carlos Salazar and Diógenes Tirado and two Colombian reporters for NTN24, Luis Gonzalo Pérez and Rafael Hernández, for documenting the situation in the border state. The fate of these individuals is not unique. At least 325 individuals have been victim to this type of repression in 2020 alone, 194 of whom were reporters.

The Venezuelan government has clear incentives to limit freedom of the press, and has taken extreme measures aside from detention to silence not only reporters, but also members of the opposition coalition including opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Officials have developed increasingly sophisticated methods to deny citizens access to Guaidó’s livestreams, going as far as blocking VPN services employed to circumvent other obstacles to free internet usage. Another suspicious phenomenon related to this issue is the occurence of power outages on the eves of planned protests. Though power outages in Venezuela are commonplace due to the neglect of the Guri hydroelectric infrastructure that supplies the country’s electricity, Maduro’s critics are adamant that the president has a hand in at least some of the outages. In March 2019, following such an outage, Juan Guaidó urged the Venezuelan people to go out anyway "against the usurping, corrupt and incompetent regime that has put our country in the dark.” Luz Mely Reyes, who now lives in exile in Washington, D.C., is the co-founder and director of the Venezuelan digital news site Efecto Cocuyo. She has personally experienced harassment by officials seeking to silence her and has noted suspicious malfunctions of Efecto Cocuyo’s website. Political manipulation of the internet is particularly nefarious during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the inability to safely congregate and discuss opposing ideas and concerns in person. Unfortunately, the mountain of grievances has compelled many to protest regardless and those who choose to demonstrate risk not only the contraction of coronavirus but also the “discretionary force” of the military.

In an ironic turn of events, Maduro was temporarily suspended from Facebook in late March 2021 for promoting an unproven COVID-19 remedy on the platform. Facebook’s temporary suspension of Maduro is certainly justified given the immeasurable damage produced by disinformation on the pandemic in parts of the world where objective coverage on COVID-19 is limited or restricted. In response, the Maduro government described the suspension as “digital totalitarianism exercised by supranational companies who want to impose their law on the countries of the world” and subsequently introduced legislation to regulate social media platforms in the country, which will certainly impact the dissemination of virus-related messaging that contradicts the narrative that the government is trying to present.

While efforts to address the humanitarian crisis or cater to the displaced may be better-received than the exposure of corruption and injustices by the government, supporting the voices reporting on all of these areas is essential for the preservation of democratic space in Venezuela. Those who seek to support a democratic resolution to Venezuela’s crisis should work to amplify the voices of those within the country telling their story about this difficult period in their own words. “I maintain that the topic of freedom of expression and freedom of the press should not be viewed as a side note during conversations in the international community. Everyone speaks about politics and the economy and the humanitarian crisis, but freedom of expression should be at the center of our concerns. Do not forget that freedom of expression is also a human right.” [Luz Mely quote]

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Charming the Dragon

She convinced him he could charm the pants off a komodo dragon, and eventually Charlie believed her. Of course, as a seventeen-year-old runaway, Charlie had to believe in something and trust someone.

Too bad it had to be Miss Layla.

That was a good thirty years ago. Now, Layla was long gone and Charlie was still “in the business.” It’s the only life he knew.

Charlie had grown used to the fast…

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Into The Glen: Into The Light

by Fae Corps Inc (Compiler) ‘Fae Corps Publishing’ has created a new Anthology, “Into The Glen: Into The Light” which is available now at Barnes & Noble, via this link >> https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/into-the-glen-fae-corps-inc/1139957472?ean=9781668523179And I am pleased to announce my poem “The Faerie Shelter” was selected by the editors in this fabulous anthology of short stories and…

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DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE

I am delighted to announce that today INTO THE GLEN published by Fae Corps Publishing Inc. is being released. I am also absolutely delighted to announce that five of my poems are in the book. You can purchase it on Amazon.

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Summer Knight (Audiobook) by Jim Butcher, James Marsters

Summer Knight (Audiobook) by @longshotauthor, @JamesMarstersOf ★★★★ Same ol' same ol: Rock|Harry|Hard Place -and it's great.

Summer Knight by Jim Butcher, James Marsters (Narrator) Series: The Dresden Files, #4Unabridged Audiobook, 11 hrs and 12 minsBuzzy Multimedia Publishing Corp., 2009 Read: August 23 – 25, 2017 So, we get more information on the White Council (not just the vague references in the frist couple of books and our buddy Morgan the Warden), as well as our introduction to the Fae Courts. Throw in…

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Coming Soon! Cover Reveal

The Riverside Chronicles from Raz T Slasher will be released on May 26th. Link coming soon!

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The day is almost upon us! Also the day that you will be able to read this gem by Ruan Bradford Wright! Here's a quick preview of the story!

À Bientôt, Grandma! by Ruan Bradford Wright

featured in the anthology

Dark Dreams: Letting In The Night from @faecorpspublishing

Preorder here!

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Caracas: CICPC and FAES officials confront each

Officials of the Corps of Scientific, Criminal Investigations (Cicpc) and members of the Special Actions...

Article Caracas: CICPC and FAES officials confront each was first published in Anon Candanga.

source https://anoncandanga.com/caracas-cicpc-and-faes-officials-confront-each/

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Allergic Rhinitis Market 2023 Forecasts by Global Industry Analysis in 2018 Report

Pune, India, October, 2018 /press release/- Market Research Future Published a Half-Cooked Research Report on Allergic Rhinitis Market Research Report.

Global Allergic Rhinitis Market – Overview

Weakening immunity has primarily contributed to the widespread occurrence of allergy cases globally. Market reports associated with the healthcare sector made accessible by Market Research Future along with published reports on other sectors have been lately put out along with a report on this industry. The market is set to expand at a CAGR of 7% while grossing revenues worth $ 15 billion in the duration of the forecast period.

Animal dander, mold, pollen, and dust have been identified as some of the triggering agents for allergic rhinitis, which are increasingly found at some times of the year as compared to the rest of the year. Since the degree of control for limiting the contraction of allergic rhinitis is severely restricted, the measure for controls and treatment are gaining increasing demand in the market. The treatment and prevention methods which are handy and provide quick relief are expected to grow favorably over the forecast period.

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 Segmental Analysis

The segmentation of the allergic rhinitis market comprises of types, treatment, and test. The types of the allergic rhinitis segment consists of perennial, seasonal, and non-allergic rhinitis. On the basis of the treatment, the segmentation comprises of antihistamines, immunotherapy, eye drops, decongestants, nasal sprays, sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) and home remedies. The antihistamine segment is additionally sub-segmented into drugs like Xyzal, Clarinex, Allegra, And Zyrtec. The decongestants segment is further sub-segmented into Sudafed, Sudafed PE, Afrin Nasal Spray, And Zyrtec-D. The test segment of the market comprises of igE RAST test, skin tests, and complete blood count.

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Detailed Regional Analysis 

The regional analysis of the market comprises of regions such as Europe, America, Asia Pacific along with the Middle East and Africa. The North American region is controlling the allergic rhinitis market.  The U.S. has the maximum cases of hay fever that are detected annually.  The next major market of allergic rhinitis market is the European region. The Asia Pacific allergic rhinitis market is currently observing a high development owing to better awareness about this disease and its treatment. The growing occurrence of allergic rhinitis in this region is attributed to the growing population. Japan has the next highest frequency in terms of cases detected of allergic rhinitis after the US. 

Competitive Analysis

The external factors are defining the market’s course which is contingent on the practices and the strategic roadmaps that are used by the market players. The revolutionary innovations in products and services are the chief factor contributing to the market's success and influencing the trends that have gained importance in the market. The availability of a proficient labor force along with resources is growing the overall market development. The market is moderately well defined in terms of its volume and value. The foremost success factors and competitors’ inclinations are increasingly inclined to the strategies being used by market companies.

The primary companies that are profiled in this report are GSK (UK), Sanofi (France), Chong kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. (South Korea), Himalaya (India), J&J (US), Faes, Farma (Spain), Cigna (USA), Merck (US), Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co.in (Japan), Glenmark Pharmaceutical (India), Ampio pharmaceutical Inc. (US), Olain Farm (Lavtvia) and others.

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Rainbows & Potpourri

The unicorn wandered alone in the Elysian Fields where he lived. Without a doubt, the fields were beyond exquisite; no other place on the planet came close to its rare and dazzling beauty: 3D rainbows, turquoise-blue skies, ice-silver lakes and streams, and daisies and sunflowers shiny with dewdrops decorating the lush, emerald-green grass.

There was only one problem; Germain the Unicorn was…

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October 2017 Fantasy New Release Round-Up

A peregrine sailor returns to his home port of Venice in search of a famed emerald.

On an Earth permanently hidden from ours by the sun, a young agent travels to the fabled city of Samaris in search for his missing colleagues.

A Swedish mercenary must smuggle a holy relic out of Constantinople before the Fourth Crusade sacks the heart of the Byzantine Empire.

In the heyday of pulp, a police officer dons the one-way glass globe and black cape of the Moon Man, stealing back fortunes taken by criminals beyond the reach of the law.

These adventures and more await in this month’s Fantasy and Adventure New Release Roundup.

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A Place Called Hope (Z-Day #2) – Daniel Humphreys

The survivors built a community and called it Hope. After eight years, they allowed themselves to think that the zombie scourge was ending; the hordes fading away in the face of time.

But the enemy they thought extinct was evolving – growing faster, stronger, and more cunning. The timely return of the much-depleted 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, US Marine Corps helped turn the tide of one battle. The prospect of renewed war against a different type of enemy will require sterner stuff and serious firepower.

Now, they must go far beyond the overgrown wastes they call the wild in a desperate attempt to recover vital military equipment that will determine whether the future of mankind is one for the living – or for the dead.

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Adventure Capital (Delvers LLC #3) – Blaise Corvin

By working together, Henry Sato and Jason Booth have managed to survive their unwanted trip to Ludus, an experiment planet. However, Delvers LLC has made some enemies…if monsters, bandits, mages, criminals, bounty hunters, and even dark cults can be called, “some enemies.”

After their latest battle, the two have been separated and must adapt or die. Henry in particular faces a trial by fire—perhaps literally—that may be impossible for him to overcome.

The two American men will face their greatest challenges yet while working as conscripted Berber Intelligence agents. But even while outnumbered, and most likely outgunned, the former veteran EMT and resilient IT programmer will be armed with modern Earth know-how.

Unknown horrors are descending on Ludus, but Delvers LLC won’t go down without a fight.

  Blood Circus (Junkyard Druid Novellas #2) – M. D. Massey

Best-selling urban fantasy author M. D. Massey welcomes readers back to the world of the Junkyard Druid in a brand-new short story collection!  This 38,000 word volume features characters from the Colin McCool series, starring in three separate novelette-length stories:

Carnival of Blood: When Colin investigates the disappearance of a young teen at a carnival infested with creepy clowns, he discovers that not all clowns are friendly… and some can be downright deadly.

Serpent’s Daughter: As someone who hunts and kills paranormal creatures for a living, Belladonna Becerra isn’t easily intimidated. But when it comes to standing up to the ancient fae witch who rules her family with an iron fist, she has her reservations. Can Belladonna complete a task for the Anjana that will ensure her freedom… and her future with Colin?

The Vigil: Hemi always said his mother was a force of nature. As Colin discovers on meeting her, his best friend is a master of understatement. Now, the Maori warrior’s mother has assigned the druid a unique task… one that could cost him his life.

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Fable of Venice (Corto Maltese #6) – Hugo Pratt

In this affectionate tribute to his home town, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese’s return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, but by the end he is left questioning whether the object of his quest will open the hidden doors of magic and unravel the nature of time and space in this city of secrets…or if it’s merely “the stuff that dreams are made of,” as was the black bird of Dashiell Hammett’s novel featuring another Maltese.

Series winner of the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.

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Halls of Shadow (Kingdoms of Sand #5) – Daniel Arenson

The world reels from a shocking assassination. The Aelarian Empire is cracking. From the ashes of a burnt world, warlords, barbarians, and rebels emerge to claim the remains.

Outside the walls of Aelar, different factions converge. Tribal warriors prepare to shatter the gates. Valentina, a senator’s daughter, seeks to enter the city and rebuild the Republic. Prince Seneca, the last scion of a mighty house, battles his rivals to the throne and strives to hold the Empire together. Meanwhile, within the walls, dark magic and conspiracies brew.

In the distant desert, the kingdom of Zohar crumbles. The Empire musters to grind Zohar’s cities into dust. Epher, King of Zohar, and his sister Maya, a powerful magic-user, fight desperately to defeat the Empire’s legions. Yet their greatest enemy might be the mysterious, shadowy figure that roams their ancient land.

In smoldering battlefields, crows feast and humans squabble for the last shreds of power. Yet can the splendor of past glory ever shine again, or will the final victors rule from halls of shadow?

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Helen’s Daimones (Dyscrasia Fiction #2) – S. E. Lindberg

Helen’s Daimones – the gateway novella for Dyscrasia Fiction. Helen and Sharon are orphans haunted by supernatural diseases, insects, and storms. They are your tour guides in this entry-way novella into Dyscrasia Fiction which explores the choices humans and their gods make as a disease corrupts their souls, shared blood and creative energies. In Helen’s Daimones, guardian angels are among the demons chasing the girls. When all appear grotesquely inhuman, which ones should they trust to save them?

Dyscrasia Fiction explores the choices humans and their gods make as a disease corrupts their souls, shared blood and creative energies. Historically, dyscrasia referred to any imbalance of the four medicinal humors professed by the ancient Greeks to sustain life (phlegm, blood, black and yellow bile). Artisans, anatomists, and chemists of the Renaissance expressed shared interest in the humors; accordingly, the scope of humorism evolved to include aspects of the four alchemical elements (water, air, earth and fire) and psychological temperaments (phlegmatic, sanguine, melancholic and choleric). In short, the humors are mystical media of color, energy, and emotion; Dyscrasia Fiction presents them as spiritual muses for artisans, sources of magical power, and contagions of a deadly disease.

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Kingdom Come (Price of Power #1) – Blake Biscotti

When an unlikely mix of races joins together to create a thriving civilization, the nations of southern Herridon find that the peace they had known for over a hundred years is suddenly in jeopardy. For some, the thralls of war might create opportunity, but for others it could lead to a precipitous fall from power. The winds of change are passing through the lands giving way to heroic acts of valor and honor, but also to plots of deceit and destruction.

The three cities by the South Sea are in the middle of the fray, which leads a bold Captain, Victus Antonel, to take matters into his own hands. He raises an army with the intentions of eradicating the threat posed by the upstart nation. With the help of an unscrupulous ally, the Captain and the cities are immersed into the chaos of war and the enemy may not be quite what, or who, it had seemed to be.

Life for all who reside in southern Herridon will be forever changed; however whether it will be for better or for worse hangs in the balance.

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Over Our Heads (Valens Legacy #3) – Jan Stryvant

Sean’s still up to his neck in trouble, but at least he’s finally found an example of his father’s work, along with all of his notes. Now all Sean has to do is figure out not only how to reproduce his father’s greatest achievement, but to solve the one problem his father wasn’t able to. Holed up in a cold war era bomb shelter, all Sean wants to do now is keep his head down and his family safe, while he untangles this latest problem.

Like it or not however, Sean has set events in motion that will change the future for all of the mages and supernatural beings involved, should he prove successful. While many may welcome these changes and the freedom it will bring them, some of the more powerful councils will most definitely not.

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Samaris (The Obscure Cities #1) – Benoit Peeters and Francois Schuiten

Against the urging of his friends and his lover, Franz, a young officer in the Xhystos government, is sent on a mission to the remote and elusive city of Samaris to investigate the disappearance of several of his colleagues.

After weeks of travel, Franz reaches Samaris, to find a practically deserted city of enveloping and deceptive architecture. He is immediately bewitched by a mysterious young woman, drawing the suspicion of the other residents. Can Franz escape the impending doom of this sprawling metropolis?

The first in the Obscure Cities series, The Great Walls of Samaris was originally published in Europe in 1983 and in the US in 1987 by NBM. The story has been slightly altered to include characters who appear later in the canon, and reveal Peeters’ Kafkaesque storytelling prowess. Schuiten’s art in this edition has been reworked to be much truer to the originally intended color palette, and includes 32 additional pages of early Obscure Cities stories, comprising the Mysteries of Pâhry, never before published in English.

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Skysworn (Cradle #4) – Will Wight

With his duel fast approaching, Lindon is locked away in prison.

As a Blackflame, he is too dangerous to remain free. The Skysworn, protectors of the Empire, have imprisoned him to keep him under control until the day of his promised fight arrives.

When it does, he will face Jai Long.

But a new danger approaches the Empire, closer every day. Only the Skysworn stand between the people of the land and total annihilation.

And Lindon may be forced to join them.

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The Complete Adventures of the Moon Man: Volume 6, 1935-1936 – Frederick C. Davis

From 1933–37 pulpsmith extraordinaire Frederick C. Davis chronicled the adventures of the classic pulp hero the Moon Man in the pages of Ten Detective Aces. One of the most unique and compelling characters in the history of the genre, the Moon Man was the Robin Hood of the pulps: He stole from those who profited from the misery of the Depression to help those in need, to balance the scales of justice.

And justice was close to the Moon Man’s heart. For the Moon Man was actually police detective Stephen Thatcher—a dedicated law officer all too familiar with the cracks in the system criminals used to avoid retribution. Donning a black robe and a globe of Argus glass, Thatcher became the Moon Man, a thief who stole from criminals the law could not touch.

Now the Moon Man is hunted by his best friend and partner, reviled by his father and fiancé who all want to see the masked thief pay the ultimate price for his crimes. Stephen Thatcher must walk the razor’s edge of his double life where, every minute, the threat of exposure could shatter his fragile world.

Volume 6 collects the next four stories from this series: “Homicide Dividends,” “Robe of Blood,” “The Whispering Death” and “Corpse’s Plunder.” And it includes an all-new introduction by Moon Man expert Andrew Salmon.

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The Slayer – James Alderdice 

Warships of the Fourth Crusade surround Constantinople threatening murder, rapine and worse.

The only option left the impotent Emperor to avoid the sacking of the great city, is to secretly give away a sacred relic.

Enter Tyr, a red-handed Swedish mercenary and Wolfram von Eschenbach, the Templar poet, together charged with retrieving the holy artifact and escaping the city.

What they don’t know is that arcane forces, old as myth, are marshalled against their mission. The old gods of multiple nations war with the New.

And Ragnarok is coming to Greece.

Plus three more short sword and sorcery tales of Tyr: “Dogs of War”, “Hel Awaits”, and “Sailing to Valhalla”.

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Wrath of the Dragon Czar (Aegis of Merlin #5) – James E. Wisher

A bodyguard… really?

Sentinel city is quickly recovering from the events of the month earlier. Conryu Koda, the world’s only male wizard, and, many would say, savior of the city, is enjoying the last few days of his summer vacation. His enjoyment comes to a screeching halt when he gets a call from Orin Kane, the chief of the city’s Department of Magic.

Conryu arrives at the Department and is introduced to the stunning Anya Kazakov. She has information the Department wants and he’s the price. Conryu agrees to protect her, not realizing what he’s getting into.

Wrath of the Dragon Czar is a world spanning adventure that’ll take Conryu from the relative safety of the academy to the middle of a war between monsters on the other side of the planet.

October 2017 Fantasy New Release Round-Up published first on http://ift.tt/2zdiasi