April Book Releases, Part 1

It’s hard to believe that you have run out of things to read since March, but in the event that you have, I have found the new science fiction and fantasy “must reads” for April.  The list was SO long in fact that I’ll be splitting it in two.  Here’s the first round from the first half of the month.

• Chinese Opera by Ian Wedde came out April 1st. Little Frank, a 120-year-old gangster who traded his imagination for a secure and long life, is the protagonist in this dark and dazzling novel set in an all-too-plausible near future. As the leader of a notorious gang, Little Frank is trapped in a luxurious life of mindless routine when he is suddenly jolted awake in the year 2090 to the bizarre facts of his current existence. Little Frank must now race to rebuild his memory and make sense of his new reality in this rich and complex work of science fiction.

• Blue Diablo: A Corine Solomon Novel by Ann Aguirre came out April 7th. Corine Solomon is a handler—when she touches an object she instantly knows its history and its future. Using her ability, she can find the missing—which is why people never stop trying to find her. Like her ex-boyfriend Chance, who needs Corine’s gift to find someone dear to them both. But the search proves dangerous as it leads them into a strange world of demons and sorcerers, ghosts and witchcraft, zombies—and black magic…

• Every Demon Has His Day by Cara Lockwood came out April 7th. In her wildest dreams, Constance Plyd never thought she’d see dead people. Then again, she never thought she’d be hit on by her ex-husband at his own funeral…or be the prime suspect in his murder. Fortunately for Constance, irresistibly sexy sheriff Nathan Garrett wants to believe her explanation — that a card-carrying demon in a black suit killed Jimmy in the garage — or maybe he wants something more. Either way, all signs are leading to a showdown of hellish proportions, with Constance at the heart of the battle, when the Devil and would-be mother of the Antichrist (a pop princess wannabe) descends on Crockett County. Sure, she’d rather be cooking up a storm for the next state fair, but if she’s going to be the Chosen One, at least Constance can give a few demons a Texas-style butt kicking….

• WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer released April 7th. Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math—and blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind. But Caitlin’s brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigate online. So when she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness, spreading out all around her in a riot of colors and shapes. While exploring this amazing realm, she discovers something—some other—lurking in the background. And it’s getting more and more intelligent with each passing day…

April 1st Releases

A Glimpse of Another World by Hrvoje Butkovi

Adventures of Piffels the Elf by David J. Babulski

Back in Style (Dungeon: Zenith, Book 3) by Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar

Bright Dark Madonna: A Novel (The Maeve Chronicles) by Elizabeth Cunningham

Bright Star by Grayson Reyes-Cole

Centuries Ago and Very Fastby Rebecca Ore

God Emperor of Didcot (Chronicles of Isambard Smith 2) by Toby Frost

God’s Eye by P.R. Fittante

Gray Apocalypse by James Murdoch

Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden

New Dawn Rising (Avenger Series) by Scott Gamboe

The Complete Chronicles of Conan by Robert E. Howard

The Convent of the Pure by Sara M Harvey

Visitors by John Stewart

Zebra Crossings: Tales from the Shaman’s Record by Peter Merrington

April 2nd Release

The Stranger (The Labyrinths of Echo) by Max Frei

April 4th Release

The Hourglass of Souls (Max and the Gatekeeper Book II) by James Todd Cochrane and Susan K Szepanski

April 6th Release

A Madness of Angels: Or The Resurrection of Matthew Swift by Kate Griffin

April 7th Releases

Contact with Chaos by Michael Z. Williamson

Corambis by Sarah Monette

Curse the Dawn (Cassandra Palmer, Book 4) by Karen Chance

Dancing on the Head of a Pin: A Remy Chandler Novel by Thomas E. Sniegoski

Downshadow: Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep by Erik Scott de Bie

Dragons Luck by Robert Asprin

Longeye by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 by Ellen Datlow

Other Earths by Nick Gevers and Jay Lake

The Mage (The Sons of Destiny, Book 8) by Jean Johnson

The Threat from the Seaby Mel Odom

Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11) by Jim Butcher

White Star (Star Series, Book 2) by Elizabeth Vaughan

April 8th Release:

Orcs: Bad Blood by Stan Nicholls

April 11th Release:

The Horde of Mhorrer by M.F.W. Curran

April 14th Releases:

A Forthcoming Wizard by Jody Lynn Nye

Fire Raiser by Melanie Rawn

God of Clocks (The Deepgate Codex) by Alan Campbell

The Immortality Factor by Ben Bova

The Revolution Business: Book Five of the Merchant Princes by Charles Stross

         

Related posts

• November Book Releases Part 2
• October Book Releases, Part 2
• The Best Books of 2009: 15-11
• The Best Books of 2009: 10-6
• September Book Releases Part 3

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