Happy New Release Day! Here’s what went on sale today.
opens in a new windowAn Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors by Curtis Craddock
Born without the sorcery that is her birthright but with a perspicacious intellect, Isabelle believes her marriage will stave off disastrous conflict and bring her opportunity and influence. But the last two women betrothed to this prince were murdered, and a sorcerer-assassin is bent on making Isabelle the third. Aided and defended by her loyal musketeer, Jean-Claude, Isabelle plunges into a great maze of prophecy, intrigue, and betrayal, where everyone wears masks of glamour and lies. Step by dangerous step, she unravels the lies of her enemies and discovers a truth more perilous than any deception.
opens in a new windowBan This Book by Alan Gratz
opens in a new window It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, from the school library. That’s when Mrs. Jones, the librarian, told her the bad news: her favorite book was banned! All because a classmate’s mom thought the book wasn’t appropriate for kids to read.
Amy Anne decides to fight back by starting a secret banned books library out of her locker. Soon, she finds herself on the front line of an unexpected battle over book banning, censorship, and who has the right to decide what she and her fellow students can read.
opens in a new windowJudgment at Appomattox by Ralph Peters
A great war nears its end. Robert E. Lee makes a desperate, dramatic gamble. It fails. Ulysses S. Grant moves. Veteran armies clash around Petersburg, Virginia, as Grant seeks to surround Lee and Lee makes a skillful withdrawal in the night. Richmond falls.
Each day brings new combat and more casualties, as Lee’s exhausted, hungry troops race to preserve the Confederacy. But Grant does not intend to let Lee escape…
opens in a new windowPlaying to the Gods by Melanie Rawn
The boys are at the top of their theatrical game. Their only real competition for the hearts and gold of the public are the Shadowshapers. Nevertheless, the past years of financial struggle, since their manager proved to have been embezzling, have taken a toll on the group’s creativity.
A shocking event brings all that to an end and brings Touchstone back together to create a play that will rattle the ceilings and shatter all the glass in palaces and theaters alike. An ancient conflict will come to a violent conclusion on stage, and all the gods will be watching.
opens in a new windowVicarious by Paula Stokes
opens in a new window Winter Kim and her sister, Rose, have always been inseparable. Together the two of them survived growing up in a Korean orphanage and being trafficked into the United States. But they’ve escaped the past and started over in a new place where no one knows who they used to be.
NEW FROM TOR.COM:
opens in a new windowA Song for Quiet by Cassandra Khaw
Deacon James is a rambling bluesman straight from Georgia, a black man with troubles that he can’t escape, and music that won’t let him go. On a train to Arkham, he meets trouble — visions of nightmares, gaping mouths and grasping tendrils, and a madman who calls himself John Persons. According to the stranger, Deacon is carrying a seed in his head, a thing that will destroy the world if he lets it hatch.
NEW IN PAPERBACK:
The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok and Shadow on the Sun by Richard Matheson
Navigators of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Say No More by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Stranded by Bracken MacLeod
Sun Born by Kathleen O’Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear
NEW IN MANGA:
opens in a new windowA Certain Scientific Accelerator Vol. 6 Story by Kazuma Kamachi; Art by Yamaji Arata
opens in a new windowAbsolute Duo Vol. 1 Story by Takumi Hiiragiboshi; Art by Shinichirou Nariie
opens in a new windowAkashic Records of the Bastard Magical Instructor Vol. 1 Story by Tarou Hitsuji; art by Aosa Tsunemi
opens in a new windowDon’t Meddle With My Daughter Vol. 1 Story and art by Nozomu Tamaki
opens in a new windowMonster Musume Vol. 12 Story and art by OKAYADO
opens in a new windowPandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn Vol. 8 Story by Masamune Shirow; Art by Rikudou Koushi