Moonyeen Blakey, Assassin's Wife: Second Sight is dangerous... Nan's visions of two noble boys imprisoned in a tower frighten her village priest. The penalty for witchcraft is death. Despite his warnings, Nan's determination to save these boys launches her on a nightmare journey. As fifteenth-century England teeters on the edge of civil war, her talent as a Seer draws powerful, ambitious people around her. Not all of them are honourable. Twists of fate bring her to a ghost-ridden house in Silver Street where she is entrusted with a secret which could destroy a dynasty. Pursued by the unscrupulous Bishop Stillington, she finds refuge with a gypsy wise-woman, until a chance encounter takes her to Middleham Castle. Here she embarks on a passionate affair with Miles Forrest, the Duke of Gloucester's trusted henchman. But is her lover all he seems?
Dave Evardson, The Fenwold Riddle: An impenetrable wall encloses the land of Fenwold, its origins shrouded in the mists of time. Those who live in its shadow sweat out a meager living from the land, but marauding raiders attack their villages and steal their livelihood. Council Marshal Dominic Bradley comes into close contact with the mysterious Wall in his struggle to combat the outlaw bands. Bradley has been charged with the task of finding a way through the Wall to a new land that lies on its far side. He hopes not only to uncover his people’s heritage, but also to deliver them to their destiny. How or where to begin, he has no idea – until he hears an old woman recite a strange and compelling riddle.
Gary Inbinder, Confessions of the Creature:The story of Frankenstein's monster continues... In the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea, the creature has taken the ultimate revenge on his creator, Frankenstein. He travels south, where a chance meeting with a witch gives him the opportunity to overcome what he is, and perhaps become who he was meant to be. Transformed into a normal-looking man, but retaining his superhuman strength, the creature, now named Viktor Suvorin wins acclaim as a military hero while Napoleon rages across Europe. Following the wars, Viktor faces a final challenge to his hard-won humanity when tragedy strikes his family and he returns to the Arctic. There, on a frozen sea under the shimmering Northern Lights, the creature must confront the meaning of his creation and his life.
Seymour Hamilton, Astreya, Book III: The Wanderer's Curse: The breathtaking conclusion of The Astreya Trilogy. Lindey takes Astreya, Cam, Damon, and Arneb to Matris, only to discover that much has changed since she left home. Suspicion and distrust surround the men. Astreya and Lindey begin to resolve their difficulties, but a gossipy old man on a horse misrepresents the past, and all five must flee aboard Arneb's boat. Once outside the shelter of the hills surrounding Matris, the group discovers that the bloodthirsty Men of the Sea are searching for their navigation stones, and they think the Village where Astreya was born has them. Astreya must arrive in time to avert a massacre. When the great black ship reaches the headlands of the fjord, Astreya must confront the worst and the best aspects of his inheritance before he can unravel his past and lift The Wanderer's Curse.
Al Napoli and Ruth Freeman, Belmont 2017: A story of the horses, trainers, owners, riders and jockeys
who have come to New York to run in the Belmont Stakes, the
one-and-a-half mile race that is the last lap of the Triple Crown – and
trainer John Certis’ horse, Reardon, has already won the Kentucky
Derby and the Preakness. Now all the others are determined to take the
Belmont and the win away from the favorite. Someone’s dream will come
true; but who will it be? And it’s not just the players who have a
stake in this race; the gods themselves are taking an interest and
betting on their favorites. Dragons and horses will thunder around the
course in a race for the ephemeral Olympian prize: the elusive Triple
Crown.
Jason Vail, Lone Star, The Voyage of the Wasp
: Vail joins the ranks of authors such as Harry Turtledove and Eric
Flint with his new Alternative History novel. October 11, 1776. The
American rebellion has failed. George Washington
is dead. The few surviving revolutionaries, led by Andrew Jackson, have
fled to Spanish territories and the wasteland called Texas. But Jackson
is not content to be a Spanish subject. He dreams large. Texas must be
free and independent from the corrupt old empires of Europe. But with no
army other than the Texas Rangers, and no navy, Texas has no hope of
opposing the mighty forces of Spain. No hope, that is, until David
Crockett meets an unemployed, sardonic naval officer named John Paul
Jones II on the wharves at Baltimore. Together they buy and refit a
broken down warship to become the first ship of the Texas Navy. With a
handful of Crockett's men, the blessing of a voodoo queen, and a dubious
crew of French pirates, they set sail to seize Spanish treasure and
remake history in a ship called the Wasp.
