New Fantasy Book Releases: Week of February 21, 2012
I'm home sick today with some sort of head cold, so lets get right to the list..
-The Legend of Eli Monpress (Omnibus) by Rachel Aaron (tpb, digital)
-Echoes of Betrayal: Paladin's Legacy by Elizabeth Moon (hc, digital)
-A Perfect Blood (The Hollows) by Kim Harrison (hc, digital)
-The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett (tpb, digital)
That's it for this week. Expect a fairly big releases next week (last Tuesday of the month).
MP3 Album Deal: The Joshua Tree (Remastered) by U2 ($3.99)
While I already have this album in mp3 format, I thought I would pass it along in case some of you do not. You can pick up the remastered version of one of the best albums of all time, The Joshua Tree by U2, for just $3.99 in the Amazon mp3 store. Awesome deal. If you don't own it, you can pick it up here. Right. Now.
David Keck Update
I am a really big fan of David Keck's first book, In The Eye of Heaven (review), and have been (im)patiently waiting for the 3rd book in the series (trilogy?) to come out. While I own book 2 (In A Time of Treason), I have held off reading it until the series is complete. With the first book hitting shelves in 2006, and the 2nd in 2008, I was beginning to wonder if we would ever see the 3rd book. Back in 2010, I asked a Tor marketing rep if there was any word on Keck's 3rd book, and the answer was no. I've occasionally checked the author's site, but no updates there either. Finally I decided to shoot off a question to David via his site, asking if there would be a book 3. I got his permission to pass along his answer, so here his update on book 3:
It's well underway, but not finished yet. (I am likely within 15 thousand words of the end).
Sadly, I seem not to be able to write as quickly as I'd like while teaching full time (and the 3 year old girl at home doesn't help!)
In any case, it'll be finished this year. We'll see what Tor wishes to do with it then.
So there you have it. Things look positive, at some point, that we'll get a 3rd Durand book. To that I say "Hoorah!". Hopefully, if David does finish the book this year, we'll get some sort of a release date by this time next year (news of a release date, not the actually book). When it does become official, it will move right up to the top of my "most anticipated books" list.
Oh, and I can totally relate to David's situation. I work full time and have a 4 year old daughter, but would like to spend time in the evenings working on my own Android app. But I can barely find time to read in the evenings, much less to program an app. Trying to raise our daughter "right" means giving her a lot of time and attention at this stage. Thus, I understand David's dilemna.
E-Book Deal: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman ($2.99)
I know there are a lot of Neil Gaiman fans out there, so this one might be for you. You can pick up Neverwhere at the moment for just $2.99.
You can find the Kindle edition here, the NOOK book here, and the Kobo book here.
Jon Land E-Book Deals
Yeah, Jon Land's books are purely thrillers..and as I have mentioned, he was one of my favorite writers in any genre during the 1980s and 1990s (I haven't tried his latest series about the Texas Ranger...yet). Most of my paperback versions of his books aren't in very good shape, so I'm picking up his ebooks as I find them on sale. Below are current deals on his books..
-The Doomsday Spiral ($2.80..this was his very first book, which I haven't yet read. I believe I discovered him in the mid 1980s when Labrynth was published)
-The Lucifer Directive ($4.70)
Contact Info
Email me if you would like me to review a book. Digital ebooks are accepted.
Follow me on Twitter at bossfan2000
Be my friend on Goodreads here.