Sorry for the days delay... Had to work yesterday she did not have the file ready to post...
Wild Fell by Michael Rowe
So Clive Barker has some really nice things to say about Michael Rowe's novel soon to be out from ChiZine Publications is enough to get me on board. I'm enclined towards this from it being ChiZine alone but if horror is your thing at all I thinkmthis will probably be right up your alley as it is mine....her is the synopsis on ChiZine for your perusal and a link to the post itself here...
The crumbling summerhouse called Wild Fell, soaring above the desolate shores of Blackmore Island, has weathered the violence of the seasons for more than a century. Built for his family by a 19th-century politician of impeccable rectitude, the house has kept its terrible secrets and its darkness sealed within its walls. For a hundred years, the townspeople of alvina have prayed that the darkness inside Wild Fell would stay there, locked away from the light.
Jameson Browning, a man well acquainted with suffering, has purchased Wild Fell with the intention of beginning a new life, of letting in the light. But what waits for him at the house is devoted to its darkness and guards it jealously. It has been waiting for Jameson his whole life . . . or even longer. and now, at long last, it has found him.
Romulus Buckle & the Engines of War by Richard Ellis Preston Jr.
As a fan of steampunk I'm anxious to read this series, it may get some very differing opinions over at goodreads but sometimes that is a good thing because it means he's touched a nerve with people. Its one of the few steampunk stories set in the west cosast of the US but that makes a good deal of sense given the realities of the mid 1800's. Here is the synopsis from the amazon publishing site...
The frozen wasteland of Snow World—known as Southern California before an alien invasion decimated civilization—is home to warring steampunk clans. Crankshafts, Imperials, Tinskins, Brineboilers, and many more all battle one another for precious supplies, against ravenous mutant beasts for basic survival, and with the mysterious Founders for their very freedom.
Through this ruined world soars the Pneumatic Zeppelin, captained by the daring Romulus Buckle. In the wake of a nearly suicidal assault on the Founders’ prison city to rescue key military leaders, both the steam-powered airship and its crew are bruised and battered. Yet there’s little time for rest or repairs: Founders raids threaten to shatter the fragile alliance Buckle has risked everything to forge among the clans.
Even as he musters what seems a futile defense in the face of inevitable war, Buckle learns that the most mysterious clan of all is holding his long-lost sister in a secret base—and that she holds the ultimate key to victory over the Founders. But rescuing her means abandoning his allies and praying they survive long enough for there to be an alliance to return to.
And that's all for now ... Next week I know is a bit bigger seeing as there were no new strait up fantasy or SF expected in the third week of the month...
Sorry for the tardiness of this post... I hope to get some comments in the comics controversy this last week and my thoughts and reactions to the matter. Take care....
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