New Release Books

Today’s first Featured New Release is Sorcerer to the Crown ($12.99 Kindle), the first novel in Zen Cho’s Sorcerer Royal debut series [Ace / Penguin].

Book Description
In this sparkling debut, magic and mayhem clash with the British elite…

The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, one of the most respected organizations throughout all of England, has long been tasked with maintaining magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace, naming an altogether unsuitable gentleman—a freed slave who doesn’t even have a familiar—as their Sorcerer Royal, and allowing England’s once profuse stores of magic to slowly bleed dry. At least they haven’t stooped so low as to allow women to practice what is obviously a man’s profession…

At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers and eminently proficient magician, ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up. But when his adventure brings him in contact with a most unusual comrade, a woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, he sets on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain—and the world at large…

About the Author
Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia, and currently lives in London. She was a finalist for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, a nominee for the Pushcart Prize, and her short story collection Spirits Abroad was a joint winner of the Crawford Fantasy Award. Sorcerer to the Crown is her first novel.

Today’s second Featured New Release is The Dragon Engine ($5.66 Kindle), the first novel in The Blood Dragon Empire series by Andy Remic [Angry Robot].

Book Description
Five noble war heroes of Vagandrak get drunk one night and sign a contract – to journey to the Karamakkos in search of the Five Havens where, it is written, there is untold, abandoned wealth and, more importantly, the three Dragon Heads – jewels claimed to give unspeakable power and everlasting life to those who wield them.

But the Dragon Heads aren’t what they think, and the world has not encountered their like in generations!

Think Smaug was fierce? You ain’t seen nothing!

About the Author
Andy Remic is a British writer with a love of ancient warfare, mountain climbing and sword fighting. He is a hard-talking, hard-fighting fluffy bunny rabbit of a man, who also enjoys film making, kick boxing and red hot chilli peppers! He has an unhealthy love of chainsaws.

Today’s third Featured New Release is Edgar Rice Burroughs’ At the Earth’s Core ($9.49 Kindle), by Bobby Nash, et al [Dark Horse Books].

Book Description
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 1914 pulp fantasy epic comes to life! Follow David Innes and Abner Perry as they take their “iron mole” five hundred miles below the Earth’s crust to a world known as Pellucidar. Thrill as they cross paths with the evil Mahar, the ape-like Sagoths, and all manner of prehistoric creatures . . . as well as the lovely Dian the Beautiful! More than simply an epic adventure, At the Earth’s Core is also one of Burroughs’ most compelling love stories.

About the Author
From his secret lair in the wilds of Bethlehem, Georgia, 2013 Pulp Ark Award Winning Best Author, Bobby Nash writes a little bit of everything including novels, comic books, short prose, graphic novels, screenplays, media tie-ins, and more. Between writing deadlines, Bobby is an actor and extra in movies and television, including appearances in Deviant Pictures’ Fat Chance, FOX’s The Following, USA’s Satisfaction, AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, and more. Bobby is also a member of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers and International Thriller Writers. Bobby was named Best Author in the 2013 Pulp Ark Awards, his first professional writing award. Rick Ruby, a character co-created by Bobby and author Sean Taylor also snagged a Pulp Ark Award for Best New Pulp Character of 2013. Bobby was also nominated for the 2014 New Pulp Awards and Pulp Factory Awards for his work. Bobby also loves signings and interviews! The author lives in Atlanta, GA..

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