Cover Revealed - Recent Novels by DAC Authors

Here are some of the recent novels by formerly featured Debut Author Challenge (DAC) Authors. The year in parentheses is the year the author was featured in the DAC.

Ada Hoffmann (2019)

The Fallen
Angry Robot, July 13, 2021
Trade Paperback and eBook, 400 pages

From the immersive and intoxicating world of The Outside, comes the exhilarating sequel from Philip K Dick and Compton Crook Award-nominated author, Ada Hoffmann.

The laws of physics acting on the planet of Jai have been forever upended; its surface completely altered, and its inhabitants permanently changed, causing chaos. Fearing heresy, the artificially intelligent Gods that once ruled the galaxy became the planet’s jailers.

Tiv Hunt, who once trusted these Gods completely, spends her days helping the last remaining survivors of Jai. Everyone is fighting for their freedom and they call out for drastic action from their saviour, Tiv’s girlfriend Yasira. But Yasira has become deeply ill, debilitated by her Outside exposure, and is barely able to breathe, let alone lead a revolution.

Hunted by the Gods and Akavi, the disgraced angel, Yasira and Tiv must delve further than ever before into the maddening mysteries of their fractured planet in order to save - or perhaps even destroy - their fading world.

File Under: Science Fiction [ More False Gods Inside Out Freedom Fighters Angels or Demons ]

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Anna Stephens (2017)

The Stone Knife
The Songs of the Drowned 1
Harper Voyager, July 27, 2021
Trade Paperback and eBook, 608 pages

A fantasy epic of freedom and empire, gods and monsters, love, loyalty, honour, and betrayal, from the acclaimed author of GODBLIND.

For generations, the forests of Ixachipan have echoed with the clash of weapons, as nation after nation has fallen to the Empire of Songs - and to the unending, magical music that binds its people together. Now, only two free tribes remain.

The Empire is not their only enemy. Monstrous, scaled predators lurk in rivers and streams, with a deadly music of their own.

As battle looms, fighters on both sides must decide how far they will go for their beliefs and for the ones they love - a veteran general seeks peace through war, a warrior and a shaman set out to understand their enemies, and an ambitious noble tries to bend ancient magic to her will.

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K.B. Wagers (2016)

Hold Fast Through the Fire
A NeoG Novel 2
Harper Voyager, July 27, 2021
Hardcover and eBook, 432 pages

The Near-Earth Orbital Guard (Neo-G)—inspired by the real-life mission of the Coast Guard—patrols and protects the solar system. Now the crew of Zuma’s Ghost must contend with personnel changes and a powerful cabal hellbent on dominating the trade lanes in this fast-paced, action-packed follow-up to A Pale Light in the Black.

Zuma’s Ghost has won the Boarding Games for the second straight year. The crew—led by the unparalleled ability of Jenks in the cage, the brilliant pairing of Ma and Max in the pilot seats, the technical savvy of Sapphi, and the sword skills of Tamago and Rosa—has all come together to form an unstoppable team. Until it all comes apart.

Their commander and Master Chief are both retiring. Which means Jenks is getting promoted, a new commander is joining them, and a fresh-faced spacer is arriving to shake up their perfect dynamics. And while not being able to threepeat is on their minds, the more important thing is how they’re going to fulfill their mission in the black.

After a plea deal transforms a twenty-year ore-mining sentence into NeoG service, Spacer Chae Ho-ki earns a spot on the team. But there’s more to Chae that the crew doesn’t know, and they must hide a secret that could endanger everyone they love—as well as their new teammates—if it got out. At the same time, a seemingly untouchable coalition is attempting to take over trade with the Trappist colonies and start a war with the NeoG. When the crew of Zuma’s Ghost gets involved, they end up as targets of this ruthless enemy.

With new members aboard, will the team grow stronger this time around? Will they be able to win the games? And, more important, will they be able to surmount threats from both without and within?

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The View From Monday - January 13, 2020

Happy Monday!

There are 2 debuts this week:

Followers by Megan Angelo;

and

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez.

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

From formerly featured DAC Authors:

A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen;

The Broken Heavens (The Worldbreaker Saga 3) by Kameron Hurley;

and

Bloodchild (The Godblind Trilogy 3) by Anna Stephens.

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.

January 13, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Blood Red (e)(ri)	Heather Graham	PNR - Alliance Vampires 8
Chronicles of Elantra Vol 5 (e)	Michelle Sagara	F - The Chronicles of Elantra

January 14, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Followers (D)	Megan Angelo	LF/CW/Dys
The Wrong Heaven (h2tp)	Amy Bonnaffons	SS/HU/LF
The Great Concert of the Night	Jonathan Buckley	Psy/FL/LF
A Beginning at the End	Mike Chen	SF/AP/PA/FL/LF/SF
Just After the Wave	Sandrine Collette Alison Anderson (Tr)	LF/Dys/FL
Archangel Rising	Evan Currie	SF/SO - Archangel One
Hauntings	Edouard Dujardin Brian Stableford (Tr)	Occ
The Fugitive and the Vanishing Man	Rod Duncan	SF/Gaslamp Fantasy - The Map of Unknown Things 3
Hearts of Ice	David Hair	F/HistF - The Sunsurge Quartet  3
The New Improved Sorceress	Sara Hanover	F/Arthurian - The Wayward Mages 2
A Longer Fall	Charlaine Harris	P - Gunnie Rose 2
Null Set (h2tp)	S. L. Huang	SF/TechTh/HU - A Cas Russell Novel 2
Fabulous: Stories (e)	Lucy Hughes-Hallett	SS
Burn the Dark	S. A. Hunt	H/CF -Malus Domestica 1
The Broken Heavens	Kameron Hurley	F/DF/Sagas - The Worldbreaker Saga 3
The Vanished Birds (D)	Simon Jimenez	SF/SO/LF
Zed	Joanna Kavenna	Satire/LF/Dys
Nest of the Monarch (h2tp)	Kay Kenyon	HistF - A Dark Talents Novel 3
The End of the Ocean	Maja Lunde Diane Oatley (Tr)	LF
A Gathering of Ravens (h2tp)	Scott Oden	HistF - Grimnir 1
Night Theater	Vikram Paralkar	LF/Medical/Occ/Sup
Imaginary Museums: Stories	Nicolette Polek	SS/LF/AB/FairyT/FolkT/LM
All Hallows Horror (h2tp)	John Llewellyn Probert Stephen Jones (Creator)	H - The Lovecraft Squad 1
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks	Eric Saward	SF/MTI - Doctor Who
An Incantation of Cats	Clea Simon	PCM - A Witch Cats of Cambridge Mystery 2
Bloodchild	Anna Stephens	DF - The Godblind Trilogy 3
Uncanny Valley: A Memoir	Anna Wiener	Autobiography/Science/Technology
Golden State (h2tp)	Ben Winters	PolTh/TechTh
John Dies at the End (ri)	David Wong	H/HU/Th

January 15, 2020

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Supervillain Reader	Robert Moss Peaslee (Ed) Robert G. Weiner (Ed)	LC/Comics/PopCul

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



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CL - City Life
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
CyP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR- Fantasy Romance
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Paranormal Cozy Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
RS - Romantic Suspense
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

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

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Novels by DAC Authors

Here are some of the upcoming works by formerly featured DAC Authors. The year in parentheses is the year the author was featured in the DAC.

Tina LeCount Myers (2018)

Dreams of the Dark Sky
The Legacy of the Heavens 2
Night Shade Books, February 5, 2019
Hardcover, Trade Paperback and eBook,

In the aftermath of a devastating clash between gods and men, two unlikely allies—one immortal and one human—must band together to survive in the sequel to the epic fantasy debut The Song of All.

The war between men and immortals that raged across the frozen Northland of Davvieana has ended. For men, the balance of power between Believer and Brethren, between honoring the gods and honoring the sword, has shifted to favor priests over Hunters.

But it is the legacy of one man’s love for his son that shapes the lives of all who survived.
While Irjan, the once-legendary immortal hunter, has saved his son’s life, he cannot save Marnej from the men who will make him a killer, nor can he save the immortal girl he’d promised to protect from the secret of her birth.

Raised by Irjan among the immortals, Dárja has been trained to fight by a man who once hunted her kind. Prisoner among the humans, her hatred for them is challenged by the chance to give Irjan what he has always wanted—his son Marnej returned to him.

Together, Marnej and Dárja, human and immortal, must find a way to trust one another if they are to live long enough to learn the truth behind the secrets and lies that have forged their lives.

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Book 1

V. E. Schwab (2013)

The Near Witch
Titan Books, March 12, 2019
Hardcover and eBook, 320 pages

All-new deluxe edition of an out-of-print gem, containing in-universe short story “The Ash-Born Boy” and a never-before-seen introduction from V.E. Schwab.

The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children.

If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company.

There are no strangers in the town of Near.

These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.

But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.

The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion.

As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi’s need to know about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.

Part fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab’s debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won’t soon forget.

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Note:  There is a Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition which you may find here.

Anna Stephens (2017)

Darksoul
The Godblind Trilogy 2
Talos Press, January 2, 2019
Trade Paperback and eBook, 336 pages

Evil gods walk the land as armies prepare for war in the thrilling grimdark sequel to the fantasy debut Godblind.

In the besieged city of Rilporin, Commander Durdil Koridam is crowned a reluctant king, and orders that the city’s people must fight to the last rather than surrender to the surrounding armies of the Mireces and their evil Red Gods.

Outside Rilporin, the uneasy truce between King Corvus’s Mireces and the traitorous Prince Rivil’s forces holds, but the two armies are growing desperate to force a breach of the walls before the city’s reinforcements arrive.

Meanwhile, prophet Dom Templeson reaches Rilporin: the Red Gods have tortured and broken his mind, and he ends up in Corvus’s hands, forced to tell all his secrets. And what he knows could win the war for the Mireces.

Elsewhere, in Yew Cove, only a few survivors remain from a Rank of thousands of Rilporian warriors. Dom foresees the important role one of those survivors, Crys Tailorson, will take on as the events to come unfold. As Crys grows into his position as a leader, that role becomes clearer—and far darker. Will he be willing to pay the price to fulfill his destiny?

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Book 1

2017 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - Cover of the Year

It's time to vote for the 2017 Debut Author Challenge COVER OF THE YEAR! Below you will find the 12 monthly winners in alphabetical order by book title (excluding "the" or "a" or "an", etc.).

Vote for your favorite from the monthly 2017 Winners!

I'm using PollCode for this vote. After you the check the circle next to your favorite, click "Vote" to record your vote. If you'd like to see the real-time results click "View". This will take you to the PollCode site where you may see the results. If you want to come back to The Qwillery click "Back" and you will return to this page.

Voting will end sometime on January 24, 2018.

Vote for your favorite 2017 Debut Cover!

Amberlough

The Astonishing Thing

The Caledonian Gambit

Crossroads of Canopy

An Excess Male

Glass Town

Godblind

Muddy Waters

Noumenon

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

Space Tripping

Wellside

 

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Amberlough

(February)

Cover Art by Victo Ngai

The Astonishing Thing

(October)

The Caledonian Gambit

(May)

Cover art by Sebastien Hue

Crossroads of Canopy

(January)

Cover Art by Marc Simonetti

An Excess Male

(September)

Cover design by Kapo Ng

Glass Town

(December)

Godblind

(July)

Cover design and title lettering by Dominic Forbes

Muddy Waters

(April)

Cover art by Eugene Teplitsky

Noumenon

(August)

Cover art by Steven Messing

Overall design by Owen Corrigan

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

(November)

Space Tripping

(March)

Cover design by Edward Bettison

Wellside

(June)

Cover by Jenny Zemanek

2017 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - July Winner

The winner of the July 2017 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars is Godblind by Anna Stephens from Talos with 33% of the votes. The cover design and title lettering is by Dominic Forbes.

Godblind
Godblind Trilogy 1
Talos, July 11, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 384 pages

For fans of Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch, and Mark Lawrence comes a brutal grimdark fantasy debut of dark gods and violent warriors.

The Mireces worship the bloodthirsty Red Gods. Exiled from Rilpor a thousand years ago, and left to suffer a harsh life in the cold mountains, a new Mireces king now plots an invasion of Rilpor’s thriving cities and fertile earth.

Dom Templeson is a Watcher, a civilian warrior guarding Rilpor’s border. He is also the most powerful seer in generations, plagued with visions and prophecies. His people are devoted followers of the god of light and life, but Dom harbors deep secrets, which threaten to be exposed when Rillirin, an escaped Mireces slave, stumbles broken and bleeding into his village.

Meanwhile, more and more of Rilpor’s most powerful figures are turning to the dark rituals and bloody sacrifices of the Red Gods, including the prince, who plots to wrest the throne from his dying father in the heart of the kingdom. Can Rillirin, with her inside knowledge of the Red Gods and her shocking ties to the Mireces King, help Rilpor win the coming war?

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The Results

The July 2017 Debuts

2017 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - July Debuts

Each month you will be able to vote for your favorite cover from that month's debut novels. At the end of the year the 12 monthly winners will be pitted against each other to choose the 2017 Debut Novel Cover of the Year. Please note that a debut novel cover is eligible in the month in which the novel is published in the US. Cover artist/illustrator/designer information is provided when we have it.

I'm using PollCode for this vote. After you the check the circle next to your favorite, click "Vote" to record your vote. If you'd like to see the real-time results click "View". This will take you to the PollCode site where you may see the results. If you want to come back to The Qwillery click "Back" and you will return to this page. Voting will end sometime on August 5, 2017.

Vote for your favorite July 2017 Debut Cover!

The Bone Mother

Devil's Call

The Epiphany Machine

The Fifth Ward: First Watch

The Five Daughters of the Moon

Gather the Daughters

Godblind

Gork, the Teenage Dragon

Graveyard Shift

Hook's Tale

Like a Fly on the Wall

Lost in Arcadia

The Magical World of Madame Metier

The Null Prophecy

Out in the Open

The Punch Escrow

Strange Practice

Talon of God

Tropic of Kansas

The Truants

Uncle Brucker the Rat Killer

When the English Fall

 

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Cover art by Erik Mohr

Cover by Sammy Yuen

Cover art by Anna and Elena Balbusso

Cover design by Christine Foltzer

Cover design and title lettering by Dominic Forbes

Cover illustration by Matt Buck

Cover design by Peter Mendelsund

Cover art by Stephen Youll

Cover design by Shasti O'Leary Soudant

Cover design by Erin Seaward-Hiatt

Cover art and design by Will Staehle

Cover design by Claudia Noble

Cover artwork by AJ Frena

Jacket design by David J. High, Highdesign.com

Tree of Life Cut Paper Art by Mary Hart