The View From Monday - April 12, 2021

Happy Monday!

There are 4 debuts this week:

Becoming Leidah by Michelle Grierson;

Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker;

The Cleveland Heights LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Role Playing Club by Doug Henderson;

and

Malice by Heather Walter.

Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.

From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Gifting Fire (Stealing Thunder 2) by Alina Boyden;

The Worldbreaker Saga Omnibus by Kameron Hurley;

The Girl and the Mountain (The Book of the Ice 2) by Mark Lawrence;

and

The Helm of Midnight (The Five Penalties 1) by Marina Lostetter.

Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.

 

 

 

Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

April 13, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	GENRE - SERIES
Westside Saints (h2tp)	W.M. Akers	HistM/GH - A Gilda Carr Tiny Mystery 2
The Immortals of Tehran (h2tp)	Ali Araghi	LF
Love in Color	Bolu Babalola	FairyT/FolkT/LM/SS
Gifting Fire	Alina Boyden	F - Stealing Thunder 2
Vicarious	Rhett C. Bruno	SF
Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures	Priya Sarukkai Chabria Taiyo Fujii hweta Taneja	SF/GenEng/PA - Anthology
Trial of the Wizard King	Chad Corrie	F - The Wizard King Trilogy 2
Trafik	Rikki Ducornet	SF
Mortis	John French	SF - Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra
Becoming Leidah (D)	Michelle Grierson	F
Composite Creatures (D)	Caroline Hardaker	SF
Near the Bone	Christina Henry	H
The Worldbreaker Saga Omnibus (e)	Kameron Hurley	F - The Worldbreaker Saga
Savage Gerry	John Jantunen	SF
Voices in the Darkness	David Niall Wilson (Ed)	DF - Anthology
The Girl and the Mountain	Mark Lawrence	F - The Book of the Ice 2
The Night Library of Sternendach: A Vampire Opera in Verse	Jessica Lévai	HistF
Breath by Breath	Morgan Llywelyn	SF - Step by Step 3
The Helm of Midnight	Marina Lostetter	F - The Five Penalties 1
Litany of Dreams	Ari Marmell	F - Arkham Horror
Nightbringer	Graham McNeill	SF - Black Library Masterworks
My Mother's House (h2tp)	Francesca Momplaisir	MR/CulH/LF
Vampire Genevieve	Kim Newman	H - Warhammer Horror
Monstrous Affections: Stories (ri)	David Nickle	H
Before the Devil Fell (h2tp)	Neil Olson	LF/M/Occ/Sup/Th
The Anthill (h2tp)	Julianne Pachico	LF/H
Space Marine Conquests: Masters of Shadow	Thomas Parrott
The Devil's Pawn	Oliver Pötzsch Lisa Reinhardt (Tr)	Medieval/HistF - Faust 2
Crooked River (h2mm)	Douglas Preston Lincoln Child	PP/Occ/Sup/Sus
The Light of the Midnight Stars	Rena Rossner	FairyT/FolkT/LM/Jewish/HistF
Stormland	John Shirley	SF/CyP
The Book of Speculation (h2tp)	Erika Swyler	LF/F
Luther: First of the Fallen	Gav Thorpe	SF/SO - Horus Heresy
The Ancestor (h2tp)	Danielle Trussoni	Gothic
Savage Legion (h2tp)	Matt Wallace	F - Savage Rebellion 1
Malice (D)	Heather Walter	F/FairyT/FolkT/LM
Lady of Sorrows	C L Werner	F - Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass	Tad Williams	SF/CyP/HSF - Otherland 3

April 15, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	GENRE - SERIES
The Cleveland Heights LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Role Playing Club (D)	Doug Henderson	LBBTQ+/Fantasy/HU

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
Ke - Kindle eBook
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade Paperback to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
BHU - Black Humor
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CM - Crime & Mystery
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
GothicR - Gothic Romance
GW&CC - Global Warming and Climate Change
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HistR - Historical Romance
HistTh - Historical Thriller
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
Med - Medical
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - Mash-Up
NF - Near Future
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PF - Paranormal Fantasy
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
PP - Police Porcedural
Psy - Psychological
R - Romance
RF - Romantic Fantasy
ScF - Science Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SFTh - Science Fiction Thriller
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
SS - Short Stories
STR - Small Town and Rural
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
TTR - Time Travel Romance
UF - Urban Fantasy
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical
WS - Women Sleuths

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed