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Author Archives: David
Bookshelf: Duskfall
Winter’s wedding to the mysterious refugee Knot is hard enough for the fact that she’s marrying a human, rather than a fellow elf. When the ceremony is interrupted by the irruption of a gang of thugs, Winter’s marriage and her … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Husberg, Dark Fantasy, Duskfall, Fantasy, Titan
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Bookshelf: Sleeper Protocol
The subject wakes up. He doesn’t remember, but he dreams, and in his dreams he’s a soldier. He reacts to certain situations and objects with the instincts of a soldier, too. When the hospital releases him on walkabout, he travels … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Blood Song
Celia Graves is a bodyguard to the rich, famous, eccentric, and decadent, so there’s nothing obviously unusual about her guarding Prince Rezza of Rusland–a small, independent, eastern European country important for its natural gas reserves. Until, that is, when in … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Song, Cat Adams, Cathy Clamp, Cie Adams, Paranormal, Tor, Urban Fantasy
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Cap and Ball
This last Sunday I was in Denver and my friend Mario offered to take me shooting. He was too kind to say this, but I think he’d read some of my stories with cap and ball pistols in them (THE … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Death by Cliché
Bob Defendi appears in this book as the source of its epigrammatic chapter headings (“Please. Not another chapter quote.” — Bob Defendi) and also as its protagonist, Bob Damico. For good measure, Death by Cliché features his character sheet and … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Blood Curse
Blood Curse opens on the same brutal ground as the first book of Jake Lasater’s adventures, Blood Ties — in Jake’s origin story. In Blood Ties we saw him obey his pointless order to sacrifice his life and his men’s … Continue reading
Seven Days of Trumpets
THE KIDNAP PLOT releases today. For the next seven days, you’ll see me posting 3+ times a day about the book. I PROMISE, after a week, I’ll taper off. And I’ll try to share things in the posts — reviews, … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera (2014)
The Year’s Best has a longish title, so I will abbreviate it. The title is also pretty direct and thorough; some of these stories are crunchy and technical military science fiction (e.g., Linda Nagata’s “Codename: Delphi”, which follows a “handler” through a … Continue reading
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Tagged Baen, Brad Torgersen, Charlie Jane Anders, David Afsharirad, David D. Levine, David Drake, Derek Künsken, Eric Leith Davin, Holly Black, Linda Nagata, Matthew Johnson, Michael Barretta, Michael Z. Williamson, Military SF, Robert R. Chase, Seth Dickinson, Stephen Gaskell, William Ledbetter
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Bookshelf: The Finger Trap
Tony Flaner can’t get his act together. He bumps from job to job, propelled by ennui and sarcasm. Despite having planned the date of his divorce years in advance (his son’s fourteenth birthday, plus four months), when the day comes … Continue reading
How Can I Help My Author Friend?
A skeletal and non-exhaustive list, offered with no comment. You can: Buy her book. Buy more copies, and give them as gifts. Share on social media that you’ve bought the book. Reshare your friend’s announcements about the book. Reshare great … Continue reading
