After a quiet month, this week is busy as ever with new and notable releases, all out today. Remember, kids, all them there links are clickable – for more info, to order and whatnot.
• PROMISE OF THE WITCH-KING: FORGOTTEN REALMS – THE SELLSWORDS, BOOK II by R.A. Salvatore – What is this fantasy epic’s promise? To craft frustratingly long titles for the life of the franchise, one may assume. This sequel to SERVANT OF THE SHARD is about an elf named Jarlaxle Baenre who’s in search of – what’s that? We lost you at “elf”?
• KING KONG: THE ISLAND OF THE SKULL is Matthew Costello’s authorized prequel to the upcoming Peter Jackson remake. I’m not sure how exciting a story Costello can come up with using the same characters before they even meet Kong – not to mention each other – but we’ll read it and let you know. That’s what we’re here for.
• BAT BOY LIVES! THE WEEKLY WORLD NEWS GUIDE TO POLITICS, CULTURE, CELEBRITIES, ALIEN ABDUCTIONS, AND THE MUTANT FREAKS THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD by David Perel – Oh, don’t even pretend you don’t want it.
• PRIVATE WARS – This is Greg Rucka’s latest technothriller based upon characters from his graphic novel series QUEEN & COUNTRY. Mark Rose reviewed this positively a little while back for us, which you can read here if you missed it.
• DESIGNATED TARGETS is John Birmingham’s sequel to last year’s time-travel war novel WEAPONS OF CHOICE. And, in case you hadn’t already noticed, Ryun Patterson’s review for it appears on this very page … today!
• Finally, FIFTY DEGREES OF RAIN is the middle chapter in Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Science in the Capital” trilogy, which kicked off last year with the impressive FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN, which we reviewed here. We’d love to say this book is every bit as impressive – perhaps even more so – but our review copy has yet to arrive. (Hint hint, Bantam.)
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