The View From Monday - September 20, 2021

Happy Monday! There are 3 debuts this week:

Gutter Mage by J. S. Kelley

The Witchfinder (The Deiparian Saga 1) by J. Todd Kingrea;

and

The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel.

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.

September 21, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Purgatory's Shore	Taylor Anderson	SF/AH - Artillerymen 1
Born to the Dark	Ramsey Campbell	H - The Three Births of Daoloth
Leviathan Wakes: 10th Anniversary Edition	James S. A. Corey	SF/SO/SE - Expanse 1
The Poison Throne	Walker Dryden	HistF
Dune: The Lady of Caladan	Brian Herbert Kevin J. Anderson	SF/SO - Caladan Trilogy 2
HEX (ri)	Thomas Olde Heuvelt	H/Th/SF
The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova (ri)	Ruth Hogan	W
Quantum Shadows (h2tp)	L. E. Modesitt Jr.	SF
Gutter Mage (D)	J.S. Kelley	F
Under the Whispering Door	TJ Klune	CF/HU
In the Name of the Otherworld (e)	Hermione Lee	F
The Body Scout (D)	Lincoln Michel	SF/CyP/Cr
The Last Crucible	J.D. Moyer	SF/AP/PA - Reclaimed Earth 3
Harrow the Ninth (h2tp)	Tamsyn Muir	SF/SO/F - Locked Tomb Trilogy 2
Stolen Earth	J.T. Nicholas	SF/GenEng
Strange Tales from Japan	Keisuke Nishimoto William Scott Wilson (Tr)	GH/FairyT/FolkT/LM/H/Classics
The Book of Form and Emptiness	Ruth Ozeki	LF/CoA/MR
The Escapement	Lavie Tidhar	F/LF
Awake	Harald Voetmann Johanne Sorgenfri Ottosen (Tr)	AB
The Tensorate Series: The Black Tides of Heaven, The Red Threads of Fortune, The Descent of Monsters, The Ascent to Godhood	Neon Yang	F - The Tensorate Series

September 23, 2021

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Witchfinder (D)	J. Todd Kingrea	Dys/PA - The Deiparian Saga 1

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
Illus - Illustrator
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
CrM - Crime and Mystery
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 above.

2021 Debut Author Challenge Cover Wars - September 2021 Debuts

Each month you will be able to vote for your favorite cover from that month's debut novels. At the beginning of 2022 the 12 monthly winners will be pitted against each other to choose the 2021 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 September 30, 2021, unless the vote is extended. If the vote is extended the ending date will be updated.

Vote for your favorite September 2021 Debut Cover!

The All-Consuming World

Among Thieves

The Body Scout

Gutter Mage

The Offset

The Orphan Witch

Summer Sons

The Witchfinder

 

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Cover art by Ashe Samuels
Cover design by Samira Iravani

Jacket design by Lauren Panepinto
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Cover design by Mark Ecob

Cover art by Sasha Vinogradova
Design by Christine Foltzer