Giveaway! "Dead of Night" by Jonathan Maberry

Courtesy of St. Martin's Griffin I have a copy of Dead of Night: A Zombie Novel by Jonathan Maberry to offer for giveaway!



A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he could be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang…but a bite.





"Dead of Night" is one of my favorite books of 2011 and I'm happy to have another copy to offer for giveaway. Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Sunday April 8th. No multiple entries please- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



Good luck!

Giveaway! "Dead of Night" by Jonathan Maberry

Courtesy of St. Martin's Griffin I have a copy of Dead of Night: A Zombie Novel by Jonathan Maberry to offer for giveaway!



A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he could be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang…but a bite.





"Dead of Night" is one of my favorite books of 2011 and I'm happy to have another copy to offer for giveaway. Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Sunday April 8th. No multiple entries please- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



Good luck!

Winner-- and a New Giveaway! (Featuring Melanie Rawn)

First a quick wrap up of the last giveaway I had up for "The Scar" by Marina and Sergei Dyachenko: The winner of that contest is-- Justin Steele; Dagsboro, DE



Congrats Justin!

And thanks to Tor Books I have another great giveaway- this time featuring Touchstone by Melanie Rawn



Cayden Silversun is part Elven, part Fae, part human Wizard—and all rebel. His aristocratic mother would have him follow his father to the Royal Court, to make a high society living off the scraps of kings. But Cade lives and breathes for the theater, and he’s good—very, very good. With his company, he’ll enter the highest reaches of society and power, as an honored artist—or die trying. Cade combines the talents of Merlin, Shakespeare, and John Lennon: a wholly charming character in a remarkably original fantasy world created by a mistress of the art.



Although Touchstone can stand alone, it is the first book of a brilliant, utterly engaging new fantasy series from the author of the bestselling Dragon Prince series.



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Tuesday March 20th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



Good luck!



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Winner-- and a New Giveaway! (Featuring Melanie Rawn)

First a quick wrap up of the last giveaway I had up for "The Scar" by Marina and Sergei Dyachenko: The winner of that contest is-- Justin Steele; Dagsboro, DE



Congrats Justin!

And thanks to Tor Books I have another great giveaway- this time featuring Touchstone by Melanie Rawn



Cayden Silversun is part Elven, part Fae, part human Wizard—and all rebel. His aristocratic mother would have him follow his father to the Royal Court, to make a high society living off the scraps of kings. But Cade lives and breathes for the theater, and he’s good—very, very good. With his company, he’ll enter the highest reaches of society and power, as an honored artist—or die trying. Cade combines the talents of Merlin, Shakespeare, and John Lennon: a wholly charming character in a remarkably original fantasy world created by a mistress of the art.



Although Touchstone can stand alone, it is the first book of a brilliant, utterly engaging new fantasy series from the author of the bestselling Dragon Prince series.



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Tuesday March 20th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



Good luck!



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Giveaway! "The Scar" by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko

Courtesy of Tor Books I have a copy of The Scar by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko to offer for giveaway.



Reaching far beyond sword and sorcery, The Scar is a story of two people torn by disaster, their descent into despair, and their reemergence through love and courage. Sergey and Marina Dyachenko mix dramatic scenes with romance, action and wit, in a style both direct and lyrical. Written with a sure artistic hand, The Scar is the story of a man driven by his own feverish demons to find redemption and the woman who just might save him.



Egert is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a mysterious man known as “The Wanderer” challenges Egert and slashes his face with his sword, leaving Egert with a scar that comes to symbolize his cowardice. Unable to end his suffering by his own hand, Egert embarks on an odyssey to undo the curse and the horrible damage he has caused, which can only be repaired by a painful journey down a long and harrowing path.



Can't wait to read this one myself...



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Tuesday February 28th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Giveaway! "The Scar" by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko

Courtesy of Tor Books I have a copy of The Scar by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko to offer for giveaway.



Reaching far beyond sword and sorcery, The Scar is a story of two people torn by disaster, their descent into despair, and their reemergence through love and courage. Sergey and Marina Dyachenko mix dramatic scenes with romance, action and wit, in a style both direct and lyrical. Written with a sure artistic hand, The Scar is the story of a man driven by his own feverish demons to find redemption and the woman who just might save him.



Egert is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a mysterious man known as “The Wanderer” challenges Egert and slashes his face with his sword, leaving Egert with a scar that comes to symbolize his cowardice. Unable to end his suffering by his own hand, Egert embarks on an odyssey to undo the curse and the horrible damage he has caused, which can only be repaired by a painful journey down a long and harrowing path.



Can't wait to read this one myself...



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Tuesday February 28th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



Good luck!



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Giveaway! "Shattered Souls" by Mary Lindsey

Courtesy of Penguin Books I have a copy of Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey to offer for giveaway.



A thrilling debut story of death, love, destiny and danger.



Lenzi hears voices and has visions - gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes. Her boyfriend, Zak, can't help, and everything keeps getting louder and more intense. Then Lenzi meets Alden, the boy from her dreams, who reveals that she's a reincarnated Speaker - someone who can talk to and help lost souls - and that he has been her Protector for centuries.



Now Lenzi must choose between her life with Zak and the life she is destined to lead with Alden. But time is running out: a malevolent spirit is out to destroy Lenzi, and he will kill her if she doesn't make a decision soon.



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Thursday February 9th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Giveaway! "Dead of Night" by Jonathan Maberry

If you had a chance to read my review you'd know that I think Dead of Night by Jonathan Maberry is a darned good book. And thanks to the folks at St. Martin's Griffin I have a copy of "Dead of Night" to offer to one lucky winner.



A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he could be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang…but a bite.



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Friday December 23rd. No multiple entries please. All multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



Good luck!



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Giveaway! "The Alloy of Law" by Brandon Sanderson

Courtesy of Tor Books I have a copy of The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel by Brandon Sanderson to offer for giveaway.



Fresh from the success of The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson, best known for completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time®, takes a break to return to the world of the bestselling Mistborn series. Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history—or religion.



Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice. One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs.



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Friday, December 16th. No multiple entries please. All multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Short Story Collection Giveaway (4 books!)

Courtesy of Penguin Books I have a collection of short stories-- 4 books worth-- to offer one lucky winner.

After Hours: Tales from Ur-Bar by Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier



Science fiction and fantasy readers have long shown an affinity for a good "bar story". Now some of today's most inventive scriveners have decided to tell their own tall tales-from an alewife's attempt to transfer the gods' curse to Gilgamesh, to Odin's decision to introduce Vikings to the Ur-Bar, from the Holy Roman Emperor's barroom bargain, to a demon hunter who may just have met his match in the ultimate magic bar, to a bouncer who discovers you should never let anyone in after hours in a world terrorized by zombies.

Courts of the Fey Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Russell Davis



Fantasy, whether classic or contemporary, has always been based on the conflict between the forces of Light and Darkness. Now some of the genre's most inventive authors bring readers into the Seelie Court, where all serve the Queen of Air and Light, and the Unseelie Court, where the forces of Darkness hold sway.

Hot and Steamy: Tales of Steampunk Romance Edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg



From the co-editor of Steampunk'd comes an all-new collection of adventure and romance amid Victorian steampunk settings. Sparks fly in these original stories of a steam-driven airship searching for a lost city, a crazy inventor in a powered wheelchair with a plot to take over the world, and a love story set in an alternate history version of America. Adventure abounds in these stories of love, loss, and danger- and there is plenty of steam!

Zombiesque Edited by Stephen L. Antczak, James C. Bassett and Martin H. Greenberg



From a tropical resort where visitors can become temporary zombies, to a newly-made zombie determined to protect those he loves, to a cheerleader who won't let death kick her off the team, to a zombie seeking revenge for the ancestors who died on an African slave ship-- Zombiesque invites readers to take a walk on the undead side in these tales from a zombie's point of view.





Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Tuesday November 29th. Open everywhere.



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Halloween Hangover Giveaway-- "The Doomsday Vault" by Steven Harper

This is a giveaway for all the people out there (like me) who were too busy giving away candy to write up a real post for their blog. Courtesy of Penguin Books I have a copy of The Doomsday Vault: A Novel of the Clockwork Empire by Steven Harper to offer for giveaway.



In a clockwork Brittania, Alice's prospects are slim. At 21, her age and her unladylike interest in automatons have sealed her fate as an undesirable marriage prospect. But a devastating plague sends Alice off in a direction beyond the pale-towards a clandestine organization, mad inventors, life-altering secrets, and into the arms of an intrepid fiddle-playing airship pilot.





Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick a winner by Tuesday November 22nd. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Giveaway! "I. Robot: To Protect" by Mickey Zucker Reichert

Courtesy of Penguin Books I have one copy of  I, Robot: To Protect by Mickey Zucker Reichert to offer for giveaway.



First in an all-new trilogy inspired by Isaac Asimov's legendary science fiction collection I, Robot.



2035: Susan Calvin is beginning her residency at a Manhattan teaching hospital, where a select group of patients is receiving the latest in diagnostic advancements: tiny nanobots, injected into the spinal fluid, that can unlock and map the human mind.



Soon, Susan begins to notice an ominous chain of events surrounding the patients. When she tries to alert her superiors, she is ignored by those who want to keep the project far from any scrutiny for the sake of their own agenda. But what no one knows is that the very technology to which they have given life is now under the control of those who seek to spread only death...





Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Tuesday November 15th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Guest Post and Giveaway Featuring Two Copies of "Slayers" by C.J. Hill

C.J. Hill's new book Slayers was released in September and the reviews for her YA dragon story make this sound like a story to put on the TBR list. So when I was asked if I would host a guest post and giveaway (TWO copies!) I thought "Slayers" would be a great title to feature.

~SQT



Fiction is rife with secret identities. It partially makes sense. If you were Peter Parker you wouldn’t want Spiderman’s enemies knocking you off while you slept, or while you hung out with Mary Jane. I don’t why Superman ever bothered with the Clark Kent identity. It seems to me if you can fly around the world and your chest deflects bullets, you wouldn’t care so much. Maybe he spent time as Clark Kent to keep too many female groupies from throwing themselves at him.



But this isn’t a blog about the peculiarities of Superman. It’s a thoughtful look at why we love secret identities. The teens in Slayers have them. It makes sense. If the dragon lord knew who they were, he would wipe them out. But there’s another reason I used secret identities. In the world, we’re constantly categorized. Right now I can list several categories I fall under. I’m LeRoy and Kathryne’s daughter, I’m my kids’ mother, I’m Guy’s wife, I’m an author, I’m also unfortunately the crazy cat-lady in the neighborhood. I could go on. And on. And on.





(Yes, this is really me, trying unsuccessfully to pose with my cats. It’s clear they would rather eat than pose, which is just one more reason that you see very few supermodel cats.)



All this categorizing is worse for teens. They get put in a social stratum in high school and heaven help them if they try to change. Their position is as firmly cemented as the handprints outside of Grauman’s Chinese Theater. It’s easy to feel that we will never be anything special, never be noticed, never be anything important. But inside, we all know there’s more to us than the categories we belong to or how others see us. Inside each of us is a seed of greatness and untapped potential. We know it, even if the seed seems dormant. That’s why we connect to the superheroes in stories who walk, hidden among the crowds of average people.



Our powers aren’t flight, or speed, or wall climbing prowess. (Although I do have hopes that someday someone will invent the Batmobile and all those nifty gadgets on the Batbelt. I would totally wear a mask with pointy ears if could have the matching car.)

Still, we do have powers. Sometimes powers that we don’t know about until we’re put to the test. We have the power to overcome adversity, the power to change ourselves, the power to do more than we thought we could, the power to stand up for what we believe. I could go on. And on. And on.



So hidden identities have been and will continue to be written and read about. We love these stories because we know they’re really written about us.



~C.J. Hill







Slayers

Dragons exist. They’re ferocious. And they’re smart: Before they were killed off by slayer-knights, they rendered a select group of eggs dormant, so their offspring would survive. Only a handful of people know about this, let alone believe it – these “Slayers” are descended from the original knights, and are now a diverse group of teens that includes Tori, a smart but spoiled senator’s daughter who didn’t sign up to save the world.



The dragon eggs have fallen into the wrong hands. The Slayers must work together to stop the eggs from hatching. They will fight; they will fall in love. But will they survive?



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once contest ends) and I will randomly pick TWO winners by Wednesday November 2nd. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. This contest is being sponsored by Authors On The Web and C.J. Hill so entries are limited to the U.S and Canada.



Good luck!

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Birthday Giveaway-- "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" by Laini Taylor

It's my birthday today-- but you get the present! I LOVED Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor and I have to share this book. I am giving away a slightly used copy (really it's just like new) because I think this book is worth the hype and I want to spread the word as much as possible.



Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.



In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.



And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.



Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out.



When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Thursday October 12th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Giveaway! "The Highest Frontier" by Joan Slonczewski

Courtesy of Tor Books I have a copy of "The Highest Frontier" by Joan Slonczewski to offer for giveaway.

The Highest Frontier by Joan Slonczewski



One of the most respected writers of hard SF, it has been more than ten years since Joan Slonczewski's last novel. Now she returns with a spectacular tour de force of the college of the future, in orbit. Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, a girl from a rich and politically influential family (a distant relation descended from the famous Kennedy clan), whose twin brother has died in an accident and left her bereft, is about to enter her freshman year at Frontera College.



Frontera is an exciting school built with media money, and a bit from tribal casinos too, dedicated to educating the best and brightest of this future world. We accompany Jenny as she proceeds through her early days at school, encountering surprises and wonders and some unpleasant problems. The Earth is altered by global warming, and an invasive alien species called ultraphytes threatens the surviving ecosystem. Jenny is being raised for great things, but while she's in school she just wants to do her homework, go on a few dates, and get by. The world that Jenny is living in is one of the most fascinating and creative in contemporary SF, and the problems Jenny faces will involve every reader, young and old.



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Thursday October 6th. No multiple entries-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Giveaway! "Blood Rights" by Kristen Painter

Courtesy of Orbit Books I have a copy of Blood Rights by Kristen Painter to offer for giveaway.



Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle's body bears the telltale marks of a comarré -- a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world...and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks.



Now, Chrysabelle and Malkolm must work together to stop a plot to merge the mortal and supernatural worlds. If they fail, a chaos unlike anything anyone has ever seen will threaten to reign.



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Wednesday September 28th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Giveaway! "Shadow Kin" by M.J. Scott

*Quick Note About Giveaways* I haven't been as diligent about posting the winners of the blog giveaways as I should. But I do keep up on picking winners and sending off books. If you win a book, you will receive an email and the book should arrive in the mail shortly thereafter.





Who doesn't love discovering new authors? I know I do. So I'm happy to have the opportunity, courtesy of Penguin Books, to offer the first book in a new series for giveaway.

Shadow Kin by M.J. Scott



On one side, the Night World, rules by the Blood Lords and the Beast Kind. On the other, the elusive Fae and the humans, protected by their steadfast mages...

Born a wraith, Lily is a shadow who slips between worlds. Brought up by a Blood Lord and raised to be his assassin, she is little more than a slave. But when Lily meets her match in target Simon DuCaine, the unlikely bond that develops between them threatens to disrupt an already stretched peace in a city on the verge of being torn apart...



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Tuesday, September 6th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Giveaway! "The Urban Fantasy Anthology" Edited by Peter S. Beagle & Joe R. Lansdale

Courtesy of Tachyon Publications I have an awesome anthology of urban fantasy to offer for giveaway.



The Urban Fantasy Anthology Edited by Peter S. Beagle & Joe R. Lansdale



Urban fantasy, one of the fastest-growing categories of fiction, is finally fully defined and showcased in this comprehensive star-studded collection. Previously difficult for readers to discover in its new modes, urban fantasy is represented here in all three of its distinct styles, including the playful new mythologies of Charles de Lint, the sexy paranormal romances of Patricia Briggs, and the gritty urban-noir of Neil Gaiman. Whether they feature tattooed demon-hunters, angst-y vampires, supernatural gumshoes, or pixelated pixies, these authors mash-up traditional fare with pop culture, creating iconic characters, conflicted moralities, and complex settings. The result is starkly original fiction that has broad-based appeal and is immensely entertaining.



Table of Contents



Introduction by Peter S. Beagle



Mythic Fiction

Introduction: “A Personal Journey into Mythic Fiction” by Charles de Lint

Emma Bull, “A Bird That Whistles”

Charles de Lint, “Make a Joyful Noise”

Neil Gaiman, “The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories”

Jeffrey Ford, “On the Road to New Egypt”

Peter S. Beagle, “Julie’s Unicorn”



Paranormal Romance

Introduction: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Urban Fantasy” by Paula Guran

Charles de Lint, “Companions to the Moon”

Kelley Armstrong, “A Haunted House of Her Own”

Norman Partridge, “She’s My Witch”

Carrie Vaughn, “Kitty’s Zombie New Year”

Patricia Briggs, “Seeing Eye”

Bruce McAllister, “Hit”

Suzy McKee Charnas, “Boobs”

Francesca Lia Block, “Farewell, My Zombie”



Noir Fantasy

Introduction: “We Are Not a Club, but We Sometimes Share a Room” by Joe R. Lansdale

Thomas M. Disch, “The White Man”

Susan Palwick, “Gestella”

Holly Black, “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”

Steven R. Boyett, “Talking Back to the Moon”

Joe R. Lansdale, “On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks”

Tim Powers, “The Bible Repairman”

Al Sarrantonio, “Father Dear”



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Wednesday August 24th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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Giveaway! The "Relic Master" Series by Catherine Fisher

Courtesy of Penguin Books (Dial imprint) I have a set of the "Relic Master" series by Catherine Fisher (all 4 books!) to offer for giveaway!



The Dark City

Welcome to Anara, a world mysteriously crumbling to devastation, where nothing is what it seems: Ancient relics emit technologically advanced powers, members of the old Order are hunted by the governing Watch yet revered by the people, and the great energy that connects all seems to also be destroying all. The only hope for the world lies in Galen, a man of the old Order and a Keeper of relics, and his sixteen-year-old apprentice, Raffi. They know of a secret relic with great power that has been hidden for centuries. As they search for it, they will be tested beyond their limits. For there are monsters-some human, some not-that also want the relic's power and will stop at nothing to get it.



The Lost Heiress

Even though Tasceron and its Emperor have fallen, there is a rumor that the heiress to the throne still lives. If so, her life is in grave danger, especially from the Watch. Galen and Raffi must race to find and protect her.



The Hidden Coronet

The coronet, a potent ancient relic, might be the only way to defeat the power that is destroying Anara. But it has been lost for centuries, and only legend tells of its whereabouts. Will Galen and Raffi be able to find it before the Watch does?



The Margrave

Galen and Raffi's quest has brought them to the Pits of Maar. There, below the surface of the world, in the deepest darkness, a most evil thing is waiting for them to come.





Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Wednesday August 10th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open to U.S. entries only.



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Giveaway! "7th Sigma" by Steven Gould

I almost decided not to do this giveaway because this book looks too cool not to keep. But you know what? I'm so swamped that I think it's only fair to give this away while it's new and I'll buy a copy when I'm ready to read it myself.



Is it too late for second thoughts?



Okay-- before I change my mind.



Courtesy of Tor Books I have a copy of 7th Sigma by Steven Gould to offer for giveaway.



Welcome to the territory. Leave your metal behind, all of it. The bugs will eat it, and they’ll go right through you to get it…Don’t carry it, don’t wear it, and for god’s sake don’t come here if you’ve got a pacemaker.



The bugs showed up about fifty years ago—self-replicating, solar-powered, metal-eating machines. No one knows where they came from. They don’t like water, though, so they’ve stayed in the desert Southwest. The territory. People still live here, but they do it without metal. Log cabins, ceramics, what plastic they can get that will survive the sun and heat. Technology has adapted, and so have the people.



Kimble Monroe has chosen to live in the territory. He was born here, and he is extraordinarily well adapted to it. He’s one in a million. Maybe one in a billion.



In 7th Sigma, Gould builds an extraordinary SF novel of survival and personal triumph against all the odds.



Just add your information to the form below to enter (all information is guaranteed confidential and will be discarded once the contest ends) and I will randomly pick one winner by Wednesday July 27th. No multiple entries please-- all multiple entries will be discarded. Open everywhere.



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