The Apocalypse War is as action-packed as it sounds, where people of special talents must use them to save the world in this seventh installment from the Undead World series. Falcone Strike travels deep into space where enemies are plentiful and odds of survival are few.
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It's getting hot in here...that's right, the bestselling paranormal romance series continues this week with Feverborn, latest in the Fever series. It gets just as hot in the courtroom with Appealed, the next book in the Legal Briefs series. Don't miss any of this week's new romance books to read - - spice up your winter with the new releases below.
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Literary fiction fans will dance for joy this week with an abundance of mouth-watering new options. The Portable Veblen is a comedy, a satire, a love story, and a social commentary all rolled into one notable novel. Thomas Murphy and The Man Without a Shadow are both plots to tug at your heartstrings as individuals wade through relationships and painful experiences.
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The Brilliance trilogy takes place in an alternate present where 1% of people are born with exceptional gifts, akin to savants. The question is, when one person in a hundred is objectively superior, what happens to the other 99 of us? The entire trilogy takes place across a bit less than a year, perhaps the most tumultuous in human history. The pressure on society is becoming overwhelming. Terrorists have seized cities, crippled the armed forces, and assassinated the president. The government has responded with internment camps and sanctioned murder. Most people just want life to return to normal, but as the sides engage and the stakes spiral higher, the nature of humanity--and our future--is on the line.
If you could invent anything, what would it be?
A source of clean, abundant, inexpensive energy. Oh, and a burrito that microwaves itself. That would be sweet.
Who is your favorite fictional character from literature?
Han Solo. Mic drop.
If you were born “Brilliant”, what would your special skill be?
The one I gave to Shannon Azzi, a freedom fighter/agent provocateur. She can read people's motion and intentions as vectors, allowing her to move almost invisibly. But the real benefit would be never having to wait in line.
What will your next adventure be?
I've had a lot of fun “researching” my books via adventure: diving for pirate treasure, rappelling with SWAT teams, pub crawling South Boston with a bank robber, even being pepper sprayed. I love that kind of stuff--well, mostly, the pepper spray sucked--and always look for an opportunity to do it. I can't say this will be my next, but one day I want to do an ocean crossing in a sailboat. Something about being out in all that blue, under all those stars, with no one for hundreds of miles, well, it sounds scary as hell and absolutely worth doing.
What's on your writing desk?
A coffee mug, a candle, a lava light I rarely turn on, a flick knife a cop buddy of mine gave me, and often a cat.
What's your favorite quote or scene from Written in Fire?
"Good men would never acknowledge that fire is most seductive when it is not in control." Kinda sums up the whole series.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
Personally, it's "Ask forgiveness, not permission."
Professionally, it's "Butt in chair, fingers on keyboard."
Actually, now that I see them juxtaposed, they'd work the other way too.
Marcus Sakey is the author of the new book Written in Fire.
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This is a collection of nine stories, mostly set in the South, which I wrote between 2009 and 2013. Most of the protagonists who are old enough to drink and do drugs are addicts and alcoholics; some others are headed toward that fate. It’s hard for me to generalize, since to me these stories seem pretty different from one another, but most are about yearning and fear and alienation and the search for meaning. Most of my characters have unusual belief systems. They’ve had to teach themselves how to comprehend the world because no one else has done a very good job of it. This cosmological autodidacticism works out better for some than others.
What fictional literary world would you most like to visit?
A lot of my favorite stories take place in landscapes of physical and emotional bleakness where dissolute down-and-outers are making their last stands. So I could go drink myself into oblivion with Joy Williams’s characters on some neverending train ride to Florida, but it wouldn’t turn out well. Instead I’ll pick Roberto Bolaño’s Mexico City of 1973, where everyone lives and breathes literature. It’s almost like science fiction: an alternative reality where all people live and die for poetry. I would like to live there.
What's rocking your world this month?
Iris Dement’s sublimely beautiful new album, The Trackless Woods. All the lyrics are Anna Akhmatova poems that Iris Dement has set to music. There’s a song called “From the Oriental Notebook” that I’ve listened to 500 times this month.
What is the one movie that you can quote the most?
Thelma and Louise. I saw it when I was thirteen. It broke my heart when “The Ballad of Lucy Jordan” played while the heroes drove across Arizona toward their increasingly likely demise. Of course I fell in love with JD. And there were these scenes where Louise or Thelma would notice some old woman or man gazing from the distance, and their countenance would subtly shift, while Pete Haycock’s slide guitar played the Hans Zimmer score. I’d never watched anything like it.
Who was your childhood hero?
At the age of six, it might have been whoever wrote the Hardy Boys books. That was the year of the 1984 election. I was a weird six-year-old, because all I cared about in October 1984 was seeing Geraldine Ferraro become the first female vice president. It seemed obvious to me that she’d win, because why else would her historic candidacy exist when I was alive to witness it? The results must have taught me a lesson about solipsism. The following year I read Cosmos and decided to be an astronomer like Carl Sagan. Later, when I was a baseball-obsessed fifth-grader, my hero was Hank Aaron. For years after that, my standards for heroes dropped and my hero was whatever hot boy I’d seen lately in a film. River Phoenix in Running on Empty. Edward Furlong in Terminator 2 was exactly my age, which I took as proof we were perfect for each other.
How do you like to spend a rainy day?
Yesterday was a rainy day where I’m currently staying—the Djerassi Resident Artist Program on the SMIP Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County, California. For a lot of the day I sat at my desk drinking coffee, watching storms move in, and working on the novel I’ve come to finish. At one point I put on a raincoat and went for a walk. I read awhile. Truth be told, that’s how I’ve spent recent sunny days as well.
What's your favorite quote or scene from Fox Tooth Heart?
I suppose I’m proudest of the transitions where I manage (or hope I manage) to speed time up and move a story forward by years or decades in one or two paragraphs, following a single scene that has occupied several pages. This happens at the bottom of page two of “Betsy from Pike,” and again in the last two pages of that story, and on pages 192-195 of “Gainliness.”
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
“Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling.” —James E. Starrs
John McManus is the author of the new book Fox Tooth Heart.
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It’s the ninth novel in my bestselling John Milton series. Milton, who was an assassin for the UK government until his conscience got the better of him, is trying to live a quiet life in London. He meets a man at his regular meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, and offers to help him with a problem. But the man is found dead in suspicious circumstances and Milton finds himself drawn into a conspiracy involving the upper echelons of government and the depths of the criminal underworld.
BAM. You're a Superhero. What's your superpower?
The ability to slow time so that there are more than 24 hours in a day… that would be useful.
What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?
Great Expectations. Money. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. The Stand. The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
What is your weirdest story from working in the London film industry?
I have a few. Going to a restaurant to take instructions from the management team was interesting. There was a tasting going on, and I was roped in by the extravagant chef. I didn’t recognise him, and, when he asked my opinion on the food and I said it was average. He was unimpressed and we quickly made our excises and left. I learnt later that it was Marco Pierre White. Another time, backstage with hair-metallers The Darkness, I saw a very well known celebrity I had represented putting things up his nose that ought not to have been there. That was awkward...
What is something you're truly terrible at doing?
Drawing. Writing longhand. Delegating (unfortunately).
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A writer. Seriously! That’s always been the dream.
What's your favorite quote or scene from The Ninth Step?
There is a scene that sees Milton breaking into a vault in Hatton Garden, London’s diamond district. It’s based on a notorious crime that took place in the area in the summer of 2015. As it turns out, the audacious heist was allegedly carried out by criminals with an average age of around 60. The press dubbed them the “Diamond Wheezers…" Milton’s heist is a little more complex, but it draws very heavily on what the alleged criminals are said to have done. The research was great fun.
Do you have a motto, quote or philosophy you live by?
I try and remind myself how lucky I am to be doing this, and earning a good living with my stories. It’s a privilege.
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If you're a fan of action-packed thrillers, you've probably heard of the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Reacher, a former Major in the US Army, drifts across the United States to investigate crimes and battle in dangerous situations. Child has written a whopping 20 books in the Jack Reacher universe and multiple short stories as well. If you've managed to read all of the books in this series, you must be looking for another action packed, intelligent military thriller. You're in luck! Below is a list of books to read if you like the Jack Reacher series.
The Ninth Step
Mark Dawson
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Why fans of the Jack Reacher Series will like it: military thriller, solitary vigilante attempting to unveil corruption in the government
The Forgotten Soldier
Brad Taylor
Release Date: December 29, 2105
Why fans of the Jack Reacher Series will like it: New York Times bestselling author, military thriller series about US government
Ashley Bell
Dean Koontz
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Why fans of the Jack Reacher Series will like it: highly praised thriller, mysterious protagonist
The Bone Labyrinth
James Rollins
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Why fans of the Jack Reacher Series will like it: military thriller about US Special Forces
Made to Kill
Adam Christopher
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Why fans of the Jack Reacher Series will like it: mystery with a solitary Private Investigator
The 14th Colony
Steve Barry
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Why fans of the Jack Reacher Series will like it: military thriller, protagonist who used to work for the government is forced to fight against the Russians
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New York Times Bestselling author, Elizabeth Boyle, is a favorite among regency romance fans. A classic Elizabeth Boyle book is filled with passion, adventure and fun. Her titles never disappoint. Her newest release, Knave of Hearts, comes out on January 26th! We've partnered with Elizabeth to give away five autographed copies of this fabulous new release to five lucky NewInBooks readers.
Fans of Julia Quinn, Tessa Dare, Sabrina Jeffries and Lisa Kleypas will love Knave of Hearts. Enter to win a copy below!
Lavinia Tempest has been eagerly anticipating a spectacular season. But one disastrous pile-up on the Almack's dance floor derails all her plans. Add to that, the very stunning revelations about her mother's scandalous past have become the ton's latest on dits. Lavinia's future has gone from shining bright to blackest night in one misstep.
Alaster "Tuck" Rowland admits he's partly to blame for Lavinia's disastrous debut. But it's not guilt that compels him to restore her reputation. Rather, he's placed a wager that he can make Lavinia into one of the most sought-after ladies in London. Who better than an unrepentant rake to set society astir?
Tuck's motives are hardly noble. But in teaching the lovely Lavinia how to win any man she wants, he suddenly finds himself tangled in the last place he ever imagined: in love.
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In this week's new romance releases, 21 of your favorite authors combine to create an anthology of stories about first love in For the First Time. If you want a suspenseful story of twisted love, pick up Calia Read's newest novel, Unhinge.
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History buffs, don't miss the newest release from Alison Weir. The Lost Tudor Princess is a biography about Margaret Douglas, the political mastermind in the shadows. For anyone who likes watching extreme sports (if not participating in them), One Breath describes freediving and the tragic death of one of the best freedivers in the country. When Breath Becomes Air is the highly anticipated new release from the neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with terminal cancer (published posthumously).
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