April Book Releases, Part 1
Posted by Kelly Cipera
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 Fast
by 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 Sea
by 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
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