Assault on Sunrise by Michael Shea
Michael Shea has been known for his sword and sorcery and horror influenced speculative fiction tales since the eighties and though his published work can be hand to find it is well respected and award winning. Assault on Sunrise is the sequel to his novel Extras that posited a California where petroleum signed on to deadly dangerous reality shows that was by all reports delightfully dark and cynical in its treatment of a dystopic future Hollywood. This novel promises to pick up with the survivors of Extras and pitch them into more deadly mayhem. Tor.com has an excerpt here and its is something worth a read if B movie grindhouse is your kind of thing. I'll be waiting for a softcover of this but its one one of the titles I missed when I skipped the second week of releases for August last time around...
Elysian Fields by Suzanne Johnson
Not I will be honest here I have this one awaiting me as an electronic file from net galley and I missed getting to it before it hit the shelves last week. It is urban fantasy set in New Orleans and promises historical serial killers, an undead Pirate and necromancy in the pitch black perfect setting for UF to be a good time. I have yet to get to reading it but the pitch alone has my interest...
The mer feud has been settled, but life in South Louisiana still has more twists and turns than the muddy Mississippi.
New Orleanians are under attack from a copycat killer mimicking the crimes of a 1918 serial murderer known as the Axeman of New Orleans. Thanks to a tip from the undead pirate Jean Lafitte, DJ Jaco knows the attacks aren’t random—an unknown necromancer has resurrected the original Axeman of New Orleans, and his ultimate target is a certain blonde wizard. Namely, DJ.
Combating an undead serial killer as troubles pile up around her isn’t easy. Jake Warin’s loup-garou nature is spiraling downward, enigmatic neighbor Quince Randolph is acting weirder than ever, the Elders are insisting on lessons in elven magic from the world’s most annoying wizard, and former partner Alex Warin just turned up on DJ’s to-do list. Not to mention big maneuvers are afoot in the halls of preternatural power.
Suddenly, moving to the Beyond as Jean Lafitte’s pirate wench could be DJ’s best option.
So whole I am waiting for the next Delilah S Dawson and Chuck Wendig novels the above may just have to keep me company...
And speaking of those her are some great covers for your approval....
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