The cover and blurb for The Iron Codex, the second book in @David Mack's Dark Arts series have been released. I haven't joined a new photosharing since photobucket changed so I'll just post a link to the page with the cover. Blurb:
Don't know if this is the right place, but since he is/was the editor of @David Mack 's trilogy: Marco Palmieri is leaving Tor, he posted the follwing a couple of hours ago on Twitter: "BIG NEWS! I’M GOING FREELANCE! It’s true! I’m leaving Tor effective May 15 and going full knight-errant on a quest for that most elusive of grails: work/life balance." "My seven years at Tor have been amazing, and I’m tremendously grateful to my colleagues—not just for their friendship and support as I begin this new venture, but also for the peace of mind that comes from knowing all my authors will be well taken care of." "I’m not disappearing. Expect me to stay part of the NYC-area SF/F scene. And watch for my virtual shingle as I relaunch my freelance editorial services for creators and publishers of fiction, games, audio dramas, and more! DMs are open! Let’s stay in touch!" https://twitter.com/mxpalmieri/status/996040591912861697
Margaret Clark edits Trek on a freelance basis these days. But given all the big SF series and novels Marco has edited in his years at Tor, he may be too much in demand to be available if Pocket asked.
Marco is really a nice man. I could tell just by him responding to an email that I sent him that he really cares about new people and new ideas and is very generous with his time. I wish him the best of luck.
I finished up David Mack's The Midnight Front yesterday and I loved it. I'd actually been reading it since January, but that was due to being sidetracked by other things that slowed me down, not due to lack of interest. The historical aspects of this were really interesting, especially the way that big events like D-Day and the bombing of Dresden were tied into the book's magical conflict. The a lot of really good characters to, with the main hero Cade Martin, finding himself surrounding by a really interesting supporting cast of both good guys and bad guys. I really liked Stefan and Niko, so I was Spoiler: character's fates especially dissappointed when the both ended up dying. I was also just starting to like Nady when she died, and having her and Niko die so close together was a bit of a gut punch. I especially liked Adair, but just because of the role he was playing in the story I expected him to die. I have to admit, when the book started out with Anja hating Cade, I figured something would happen that would make her suddenly fall in love with him, so I was pleasantly surprised when that actually didn't happen. She did soften towards him a bit towards him by the end, but not that much. One thing David Mack has always excelled at in his Trek books was his action scenes, and this one definitely lived up to those. The D-Day stuff, and the big finale during the bombing of Dresden were highlights. The set up at the end, and the preview for the Iron Codex were especially interesting. I will be eagerly awaiting January 15th and the release of The Iron Codex.
My author copies of Among the Wild Cybers just arrived, and the Kickstarter is mere dollars away from unlocking a bonus story of mine for backers: https://christopherlbennett.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/there-be-wild-cybers-here/
Thanks, JD! Glad to hear you enjoyed The Midnight Front. I'm quite pleased with how The Iron Codex has turned out (though it's a very different kind of book from TMF), and The Shadow Commission is coming along nicely so far. Here's hoping you continue to enjoy the Dark Arts series.
Hey gang; my new action-thriller novel GHOST is out now in hardcover, export TPB and ebook editions. You can check out the first two chapters here or read more about it on my blog...
It already is according to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-grippi...&qid=1527802087&sr=1-3&keywords=james+swallow EDIT: Never mind, I see now they are selling it through other websites.
Those appear to be imported copies sold by third parties. I did a bit more searching, and it looks like the first book in the series, Nomad, is getting a US release (or rerelease) in September.
That's right, the US edition of NOMAD will be published by Forge Books on 11th September this year. EXILE and GHOST are on sale in the UK, Aus/NZ and a few other regions, US editions will follow...
I tossed this on my Goodreads "to-read" list based solely on the title after I saw you mention it here or in one of the other threads, and got it from the library the other day. I started reading it this morning, I'm having trouble putting it down, and I've already pre-ordered the sequel.
Glad you're enjoying it! As it happens, Explosions was just nominated for the Aurora Award for Best Canadian SF/Fantasy novel . . ...
Not fiction, but in the autumn of next year, there'll be "LOOT! - The Spoils Of War" from me, in hardback, for those with a military history bent... I have such an urge to watch Kelly's Heroes and Three Kings now...
My next new Hub story, "...And He Built a Crooked Hub," is out in the current issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. This is a career milestone for me, as it's my 10th story in Analog, the magazine that started my career 20 years ago. Although 8 of those have been in the past 9 years and 5 have been in the past 2.5 years, so the pace has been kind of exponential. What's more, my next story, "Hubstitute Creatures," will be out in the very next issue, which I guess is about as high as the pace can get. "Crooked Hub" is also my 15th published original story overall, though I've got a couple more coming up that are also career firsts -- I recently sold my first fantasy story, "The Melody Lingers," to Galaxy's Edge magazine (publication date TBA), and I just got invited to do a story for eSpec Books' hard-SF anthology Footprints in the Stars, which is slated for 2019 and will be the first non-Star Trek anthology I've ever been in. There will be some other familiar names in that anthology, including Dayton Ward and Bob Greenberger.