As I've done every year, this is just a list to make your shopping lives easier -- for Black Friday, or for the upcoming Cyber Monday. Because giving the gift of books is always a good thing.
You might want to try some of these items below. I've even reviewed a few of them.
In short: give the gift of books to people you care about. They're cheaper than iPods. Heh.
As with last year, I will start with suggesting my own novels. Not even all of my own novels, just some of them. The newest ones, for starters.
To start with, there's the Dragon Award nominated Love at First Bite series. Because everyone loves this novel. Is it because it's romance? It is because it's vampires? Urban Fantasy? A little YA-ish? A little Christian-fic?
I have no idea.
But if you're new here, it's about a boy meeting a girl. One of them is a homicidal monster. The other's just a vampire. It has Vatican Ninjas, and holy water burning vampires, and sunlight killing unholy monsters AND NONE OF THE VAMPIRES SPARKLE, DAMNIT.
Ahem. Anyway.
For the record, we mustn't forget the Set to Kill. Which is basically taking Sad Puppies Bite Back, and taking it to a whole new level of insane. It's another part of the Murder Con Series, including It Was Only On Stun!
Basically, take insane security agent who is a "mundane" at an SF convention
Drop him head first into the culture.
Drop the bodies to the floor.
Hilarity ensues.
Codename: Winterborn .... the "other" novel, also strangely well reviewed. Genre: character-driven scifi espionage. While on a mission to the Islamic Republic of France, Lt. Kevin Anderson's team is betrayed by the politicians who sent them. As the only survivor, Anderson must stop the senators involved before the next team is slaughtered on the altar of political greed. He's certain he won't survive, but he will make this sacrifice, for his Codename is Winterborn.
I recommend this for all fans of Baen novels -- like John Ringo, David Weber, and even your straight up thriller writers, like Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, et al.
There is, of course, the sequel: Codename: UnSub, which only just came out.
For those of you who might think that distopias aren't dark enough, I bring you....
Dystopias plus a superpowered serial killer.
Yes. Because I like making things even harder than they already are.
Buahahaha.
Anyway....
Several of the following books you may have seen before.
Torchship / Torchship Pilot by Karl Gallagher: For anyone who really wanted Firefly to be good, this should be your cup of tea. Heck, for fans of: Firefly, David Weber, early David Weber, and people who would be really entertained by protagonists in an SF novel doing their calculations by slide rule.
Iron Chamber of Memory - For adults only, really...or any mature 12 year old, like I was. I don't care in what format you buy it, but you owe it to yourself to buy at least one copy for yourself, though I recommend buying half a dozen, just so you can immediately hand out copies to your friends.
Review here
The Big Sheep - Perfect for anyone who likes SF mysteries, mild dystopias, and Terry Pratchett. As far as I'm concerned, if Rob Kroese wants to keep putting out books about Erasmus Keane for the rest of his life, I'll happily use him as a substitute for Sir Terry Pratchett. (Review Here)
Chasing Freedom -- for anyone who sees the USA falling to fascism, but also sees some small hope in our future. A Dystopia that doesn't make you want to slit your wrists. Yay. (Review here)
Murder in The Vatican: The Church Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes -- if you've been reading my blog for a long time, you know that I loved this one, and I can't possibly recommend it enough.... and then there's The Watson Chronicles, which is even better. The only books I will recommend over my own, and I'm told my books are pretty awesome, so, yeah...
The Book of Helen -- dang, this was a kickass little novel. The West Wing meets the Trojan war, this novel goes beyond the "they all lived strangely ever after" of Helen of Troy, and follows the rest of her life after she came home from Troy. Yes, Helen did have an "after Troy." You know the mythology, and now, this is the rest of the story.
Black Tide Rising -- For those people who hate zombies ... you can like this, at the very least.
You might want to try some of these items below. I've even reviewed a few of them.
In short: give the gift of books to people you care about. They're cheaper than iPods. Heh.
As with last year, I will start with suggesting my own novels. Not even all of my own novels, just some of them. The newest ones, for starters.
To start with, there's the Dragon Award nominated Love at First Bite series. Because everyone loves this novel. Is it because it's romance? It is because it's vampires? Urban Fantasy? A little YA-ish? A little Christian-fic?I have no idea.
But if you're new here, it's about a boy meeting a girl. One of them is a homicidal monster. The other's just a vampire. It has Vatican Ninjas, and holy water burning vampires, and sunlight killing unholy monsters AND NONE OF THE VAMPIRES SPARKLE, DAMNIT.
Ahem. Anyway.
Basically, take insane security agent who is a "mundane" at an SF convention
Drop him head first into the culture.
Drop the bodies to the floor.
Hilarity ensues.
I recommend this for all fans of Baen novels -- like John Ringo, David Weber, and even your straight up thriller writers, like Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, et al.
There is, of course, the sequel: Codename: UnSub, which only just came out.For those of you who might think that distopias aren't dark enough, I bring you....
Dystopias plus a superpowered serial killer.
Yes. Because I like making things even harder than they already are.
Buahahaha.
Anyway....
Several of the following books you may have seen before.
Torchship / Torchship Pilot by Karl Gallagher: For anyone who really wanted Firefly to be good, this should be your cup of tea. Heck, for fans of: Firefly, David Weber, early David Weber, and people who would be really entertained by protagonists in an SF novel doing their calculations by slide rule.
Review here
The Big Sheep - Perfect for anyone who likes SF mysteries, mild dystopias, and Terry Pratchett. As far as I'm concerned, if Rob Kroese wants to keep putting out books about Erasmus Keane for the rest of his life, I'll happily use him as a substitute for Sir Terry Pratchett. (Review Here)
Chasing Freedom -- for anyone who sees the USA falling to fascism, but also sees some small hope in our future. A Dystopia that doesn't make you want to slit your wrists. Yay. (Review here)
The Book of Helen -- dang, this was a kickass little novel. The West Wing meets the Trojan war, this novel goes beyond the "they all lived strangely ever after" of Helen of Troy, and follows the rest of her life after she came home from Troy. Yes, Helen did have an "after Troy." You know the mythology, and now, this is the rest of the story.
[Review here]Ordinance 93: I've reviewed this book (on Amazon), I've interviewed this author back when Examiner.com still existed. Ordinance 93 is a thriller that sort-of centers around abortion, but is mostly a fun chase novel. I'd actually like the next one to come up.
Greater Treasures -- Imagine the Maltese Falcon with dragons. Nuff said.
Stealing Jenny, by Ellen Gable: After 5 miscarriages, Jenny is about to have a pregnancy come to full term... until a psychotic woman kidnaps her and chains her in her basement with the intention of taking the child for her own. I liked this one.
Amy Lynn and Amy Lynn: Golden Angel. Just buy them. Read them. The first one could be dark YA. The second ... yeah, for adults only. One's a solid novel, the second one is a solid thriller. Just go with me on this one, okay?
Night Machines by Kia Heavey .... this one was interesting. Almost Doctor Who-ish by way of Rod Serling.
And, of course, there is an endless list of books I can recommend, which happen to be a different tab at the top of the page -- includes Flynn, Ringo, Weber, Thor, etc, etc.
Tears of Paradox, by Daniella Bova, reviewed here
End of the road, by Amy Bennett: This looks like a fun one, a straight up, old fashioned murder mystery...Yes, I know I haven't read it yet, but I've been busy...
By the Hands of Men, Book One: The Old World.
Also, here's everything I suggested for the Dragon Awards in 2016
And here's everything nominated for a Dragon Award in 2016.
And everything I talked about for a Dragon Award in 2017.
And everything NOMINATED for a Dragon in 2017.
That should cover a fairly wide net.
Stealing Jenny, by Ellen Gable: After 5 miscarriages, Jenny is about to have a pregnancy come to full term... until a psychotic woman kidnaps her and chains her in her basement with the intention of taking the child for her own. I liked this one.
Amy Lynn and Amy Lynn: Golden Angel. Just buy them. Read them. The first one could be dark YA. The second ... yeah, for adults only. One's a solid novel, the second one is a solid thriller. Just go with me on this one, okay?
Night Machines by Kia Heavey .... this one was interesting. Almost Doctor Who-ish by way of Rod Serling.
And, of course, there is an endless list of books I can recommend, which happen to be a different tab at the top of the page -- includes Flynn, Ringo, Weber, Thor, etc, etc.
Tears of Paradox, by Daniella Bova, reviewed here
End of the road, by Amy Bennett: This looks like a fun one, a straight up, old fashioned murder mystery...Yes, I know I haven't read it yet, but I've been busy...
By the Hands of Men, Book One: The Old World.
Also, here's everything I suggested for the Dragon Awards in 2016
And here's everything nominated for a Dragon Award in 2016.
And everything I talked about for a Dragon Award in 2017.
And everything NOMINATED for a Dragon in 2017.
That should cover a fairly wide net.
If you have something you'd like to suggest for gifting opportunities, please feel free to mention it below.
You can also click one of the above tabs for suggested books.
Good luck with shopping, everyone.
You can also click one of the above tabs for suggested books.
Good luck with shopping, everyone.
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