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Charles de Lint is in my “’nuff said” category. A supernatural love story that crosses the realm of the living and the dead, and oh heck, it’s Charles de Lint.¹

A few more of his works have been making it into the Kindle store.

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31 stories from one of the masters of SF/F! Gene Wolfe is also in my “’nuff said” bin. Problem though: the table of contents is not marked as such, so it doesn’t show up in the Kindle menu; and also no chapter navigation. Sigh.

The stories include: “The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories”² , “The Toy Theater”, “The Fifth Head of Cerberus”³, “Beech Hill”, “The Recording”, “Hour of Trust”, “The Death of Dr. Island”, “La Befana”, “Forlesen”, “Westwind”, “The Hero as Werwolf”, “The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton”, “Straw”, “The Eyeflash Miracles”, “Seven American Nights”, “The Detective of Dreams”, “Kevin Malone”, “The God and His Man”, “On the Train”, “From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton”, “Death of the Island Doctor”⁴, “Redbeard”, “The Boy Who Hooked the Sun”, “Parkroads—a Review”, “Game in the Pope’s Head”, “And When They Appear”, “Bed and Breakfast”, “Petting Zoo”, “The Tree is My Hat”, “Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon?”, “A Cabin on the Coast”.

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A pathologist accidentally reanimates the corpose of Baron Rudolfo Vladimir Zginski, and is killed for her trouble. He’s not just a vampire, he’s also a racist vampire. In Memphis.

He has adventures.

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Publisher’s Weekly says: “Bova’s cautionary medical thriller, the uncut version of his 1996 novel Brothers, explores the political, social and religious ramifications of what could be humankind’s greatest medical breakthrough—organ regeneration.”

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The sequel to An Unexpected Apprentice (not yet available for Kindle), Tildi Summerbee begins to understand how powerful the Great Book she now possesses is, and also how badly some people want it.

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The final book in the YA high fantasy Stoneways Trilogy, which began with Reiffen’s Choice and Queen Ferris (both available in the Kindle store as well).

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Intergalactic space drama done by the master of intergalactic space drama, and the second book of the very loosely connected Galactic Empires series. The Stars, Like Dust is also available on the Kindle, while Pebble in the Sky is not.

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“Mortal peril is a total turn-on.”

I declare Buffyversification here.

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Forced into a demon-killing job by the bureaucracy of Heaven, Evangeline must survive in her new world. And her lovers are Cain and Abel, because obviously there is not enough drama in her life already.

The first book in the new urban fantasy Marked series.

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The sequel to Postsingular (not yet available for the Kindle), it’s Rudy Rucker so it’s goofy SF with a whirlwind of ideas, which is a nice change of pace from the usual Wasteland of the Future scenario. Even Publisher’s Weekly calls it “giddy”, but in a good way.

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The blurb on the back says: “What lies beneath the millions of orbiting nanotech satellites that shroud the world called Haze? Major Keir Roget’s mission is to make planetfall in secret, find out, and report back to his superiors in the Federation, the Chinese-dominated government that rules Earth and the colonized planets.”

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Cory Doctorow (!) wrote an Amazon review and, among other things, says, “The early jacket copy for Julian Comstock reads, in part, ‘If Jules Verne had read Karl Marx, then sat down to write The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he still wouldn’t have matched the invention and exuberance of Robert Charles Wilson’s Julian Comstock.’ Damn right.”

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The third book in the Zoe Martinique series. Zoe can walk the dimensional planes, which is very useful, except that she’s lost it—and her mother’s soul is trapped on the Abysmal plane.

The first two books, Wraith and Spectre, are also available for the Kindle.

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The second and most recent book in the Hunter Kiss series featuring Maxine Kiss, whose living demonic tattoos give her the power to fight the demonic army that would take humankind.

The prequel novella to the series, Hunter Kiss, and the first book, Iron Hunt, are also available in the Kindle store.

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The third book in the Hidden Worlds trilogy, where machine A.I.s destroyed the Earth, leaving humanity as refugees scattered across multiple worlds.

The first book, Hidden Worlds, and the second, The Cold Minds, are also available in the Kindle store.

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The sequel to Gordath Wood, continuing the adventures of Lynn Romano and Kate Mossland after they were pulled from the real world into that of a medieval fantasy land in turmoil. Horses are so involved.

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A story of intrigue spread across the galactic level, in the world of “Thousandth Night” (a novella available in One Million, A.D., not yet available for the Kindle).

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From the writer of The Mists of Avalon comes a retelling of the fall of Troy through the eyes of unfortunate Kassandra, daughter of King Priam, and whose prophecies no one, unfortunately, believes.

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Another volume in the awesome Dresden Files series, all of which are available in the Kindle store.

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In an alternate Portland, OR, Allison Beckstrom is a Hound—someone who tracks illegal magic back to their casters. You can imagine how the casters feel about that.

This is the second book in the series; the first, Magic to the Bone, is also available in the Kindle store.

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Seattle investigator Harper Blaine becomes a walker of the grey between reality and the supernatural world, and sees an interesting change in her usual clientele.

This is the first book in the Greywalker series, finally available on the Kindle. The second (Poltergeist) isn’t, but the third (Underground) is, and the fourth (Vanished) is available for pre-order.

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From the writer whose debut novel was the excellent and unexpected Whitechapel Gods, comes another, entirely different story—this time Te, a paranormal investigator in training, is the only one who can stop her father’s murderer from releasing the monsters imprisoned across the town of St. Ives.

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Paleontology. The Great Old Ones. Their paths cross here.

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Part of the Noble Dead series, which has gradually been migrating to the Kindle.

The current status:

Series 1:

1. Dhampir, available July 7th
2. Thief of Lives, available July 7th
3. Sister of the Dead, not yet available
4. Traitor to the Blood, available now
5. Rebel Fay, available now
6. Child of a Dead God, available now

Series 2:

1. In Shadow and Shadow, available now
2. Through Stone and Sea, not yet available

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The first in a trilogy, revolving around the intrigue between two factions in a cursed city: the Darkborn, blind and who can’t survive in the light, and the Lightborn, who can’t survive without light.

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The third book involving paranormal secret agent Eddie Drood, in case you’re tired of the paranormal P.I’s. The other two books in the Secret Mysteries series, The Man with the Golden Torc and Daemons are Forever, are also available for the Kindle.

Green is also famous for his Nightside series, almost all of which are also in the Kindle store.

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The third book in the Crosspointe series, which can be summed up as: everyone is at war now, and it’s all your fault, Ryland.

The first two books, The Cipher and The Black Ship, are also available on the Kindle.

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The second book in the Landover series.

The first book in the series, Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! is currently available for free in the Kindle store.

The third book, Wizard at Large, is also available for the Kindle.

If you’re a fan of the Many Things of Shannara multi-series, you can find just about all of them in the Kindle store.

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The tragic history of the very short-lived Starshield series is here, and of the two only ever released, this is the second one.

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The most recent book in the science fiction series centered around the Well World. Its previous successor, The Sea is Full of Stars, is also available on the Kindle. The older books, however, are not.

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The first book in the Web Warriors series, a reprint from the early aughts. Think Netrunner.

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One of the classic Heinlein juveniles, gradually trekking their way into the Kindle store.

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The fantasy series featuring Terry Brooks’ other world of Landover, which exists alongside our own, continues to hit the Kindle in an oddly pattering fashion, as we see book three hit the store before book two (but book one, Magic Kingdom for Sale–Sold!, is available).

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Starting with an unusual blast from the past, the Black Stallion returns with a supernatural story this time—involving Ireland, the Black Stallion (not to be confused with Black Beauty, which is, by the way, available from Feedbooks for free), Alec, and a love interest stolen by kelpies.

Currently none of the other Black Stallion books, of which there is a decent pile, are available for the Kindle.

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Yet another military SF adventure in the world of Starfist, the 10th book in the previous cycle before the Force Recon series.

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For all you fans of Spock With a Beard, here’s an entire anthology of 12 mirror universe Star Trek stories to marvel and devour, including:

1. “Nobunaga” by Dave Stern
2. “Ill Winds” by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
3. “The Greater Good” by Margaret Wander Bonanno
4. “The Black Flag” by James Swallow
5. “The Traitor” by Michael Jan Friedman
6. “The Sacred Chalice” by Rudy Josephs
7. “The Bitter Fruit” by Susan Wright
8. “Family Matters” by Keith R.A. DeCandido
9. “Homecoming” by Peter David
10. “A Terrible Beauty” by Jim Johnson
11. “Empathy” by Christopher L. Bennett
12. “For Want of a Nail” by David Mack

More information on these stories is available on the bestest Star Trek Wiki ever, Memory Alpha.

The 2007 Mirror Universe Star Trek novels are also available in the Kindle store, if you missed out the first time around, in two omnibus volumes:

Part 1: Glass Empire

• Enterprise: Age of the Empress by Mike Sussman, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore
• Star Trek: Sorrows of Empire by David Mack
• The Next Generation: The Worst of Both Worlds by Greg Cox

Part 2: Obsidian Alliances

• Voyager: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent by Keith R.A. DeCandido
• New Frontier: Cutting Ties by Peter David
• Deep Space Nine: Saturn’s Children by Sarah Shaw

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Well, that’s a disturbing cover. As it should be. British teenager Sky and his cousin Kristin discover a set of runestones—and discover Sky’s fetch, his other self in the spirit world, one whose history anchors Sky to Viking ancestors, as well as a dark and fierce hunger that haunts the present.

Some say it’s page-turning Runelore Galore.

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It’s avant-garde fantasy in the case of Cormier’s Fade, with a triple-generational plot structure. Paul discovers that his family has a special ability that occurs once in each generation—the fade, the ability to become invisible. It’s dangerous and easily abused—as Paul and the next two generation of faders discover.

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Another young adult subtly-fantasy by Matthews, author of Lexi, five teenagers are part of the anti-social Outcasts, and somehow end up on a field trip. Which then throws them into an alternate reality, all Interworld-like.

Going on a tangent:

Another of his books, A Dog for Life, covers the story of John and his psychically communicating dog Mouse, who journey on a quest to keep Mouse in healing contact with John’s brother Tom and not tossed into a pound.

To make up for this week’s Criminal Minds having, um, unfortunate cultural appropriation issues vis a vis the Romani culture, A Dog for Life also features a family of persecuted Roma who help John and Mouse.

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From the writer of the multiple-award-winning The Yiddish Policeman’s Union and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay comes a story about two adventurers who decide to aid a young prince in reclaiming his throne during the age of the Jewish Kingdom of Khazaria.

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Apparently the stories of the fantasy kingdom of Landover are starting to migrate to the Kindle backlist. The first in the series, about a lawyer in a rut who comes to be the king of Landover through an interesting deal. Of course, all such deals tend to backfire in the end….

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You may remember Caine Black Knife discussed on John Scalzi’s Big Idea. The other two books in the series, this and the wonderfully named Heroes Die, are now available on the Kindle.

You can also find his work at Fictionwise.

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They call him Ian Douglas, and he’s penned quite a few military SF books. HarperCollins is making his Legacy, Heritage, and Inheritance (third book of which has yet to come out anywhere) series available for the Kindle.

Legacy:

• Star Corps
• Battlespace
• Star Marines

Heritage:

• Semper Mars
• Luna Marine
• Europa Strike

Inheritance:

• Star Strike
• Galactic Corps
• Third book forthcoming

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She’s a hip California 30-something who’s discovered that she’s the incarnation of Kali, the Hindu goddess of death and destruction. And she needs to save the world while her family attempts to play an aggressive game of match-making, which is the last thing even a goddess of death needs.

Of course, it’s not like she has fans. She does, however, have hateful, murderous fanatics after her.

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The Jani Kilian series was featured on John Scalzi’s Big Idea, covering the portrayal of its main character as an alien/human hybrid—along with all the physical and mental difficulties involved.

The series is now available on the Kindle in all its glory:

• Code of Conduct
• Rules of Conflict
• Law of Survival
• Contact Imminent
• Endgame

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Finally! A book for the skeptics among us. Joe Bailey partners up—extremely reluctantly—with a psychic as they pursue a serial killer with seemingly supernatural qualities.

The preceding book, Beyond Belief, is also available on the Kindle.

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In the very new future (2011 – 2012), high-tech submarines fight in an imminent world war. And you know what a World War in the 21st century means: nukes. At the very least.

Much of this series is now available on the Kindle, starting with the first book:

• Deep Sound Channel
• Thunder in the Deep
• Crush Depth
• Tidal Rip
• Straits of Power, not yet available
• Seas of Crisis, not yet available

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The second book in a paranormal thriller series: an unholy preacher of the Church of the Everlasting Sin has been killing people in nasty ways with psychic powers, and Haven operative Tessa Gray must stop him.

The preceding book, Blood Dreams, is also available on the Kindle.

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Kai Meyer is a successful Young Adult author in his home country, Germany, and his books are now being translated to English. This is the third book in the Wave Walkers trilogy, an epic pirate story that takes place in an immersive and fantastical world.

His other series, Dark Reflections, features a flying stone lion, a girl who’s the embodiment of the Flowing Queen, and her friend with mirrors for eyes, as they travel through a world involving all things Egyptian.

For some reason, some of his books are attributed to, I believe, his translators, rather than him.

Other Kai Meyer books available:

Wave Walkers trilogy:

• Pirate Curse (aka The Wave Runners)
• Pirate Emperor (aka The Shell Magicians)
• Pirate Wars (aka The Water Weavers)

Dark Reflections trilogy:

• The Water Mirror (aka The Flowing Queen), not yet available
• The Stone Light
• The Glass Word

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Three books in one. If you loved Twilight, or if you loved the idea of Twilight and hated the actual execution, you may find this series quite eerily attractive.

The entire first book, Night World, is available as a complete free sample. (Don’t pay attention to the 1-star ratings, which complain about how they’re not getting all three books for free….)