2011 Debut Author Challenge - July Debut Authors

Here are the debut authors and their novels for July 2011. Pick one or more and let us know in the comments which one(s) you'll be reading. If I've missed any, let me know in the comments.


Miserere: An Autumn Tale
Author:  Teresa Frohock
Format:  Trade Paperback, 300 pages
Publisher:  Night Shade Books (July 1, 2011)
Price:  $14.99
Language:  English
Genre:  Fantasy
ISBN:  978-1-59780-289-5

Exiled exorcist Lucian Negru deserted his lover in Hell in exchange for saving his sister Catarina's soul, but Catarina doesn't want salvation. She wants Lucian to help her fulfill her dark covenant with the Fallen Angels by using his power to open the Hell Gates. Catarina intends to lead the Fallen's hordes out of Hell and into the parallel dimension of Woerld, Heaven's frontline of defense between Earth and Hell.

When Lucian refuses to help his sister, she imprisons and cripples him, but Lucian learns that Rachael, the lover he betrayed and abandoned in Hell, is dying from a demonic possession. Determined to rescue Rachael from the demon he unleashed on her soul, Lucian flees his sister, but Catarina's wrath isn't so easy to escape.

In the end, she will force him once more to choose between losing Rachael or opening the Hell Gates so the Fallen's hordes may overrun Earth, their last obstacle before reaching Heaven's Gates.


No Hero
Author:  Jonathan P. Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 318 pages
Publisher: Night Shade Books (July 1, 2011)
Price: $14.99
Language: English
Genre:  Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 978-1-59780-282-6

Night Shade books is proud to present the debut novel from Jonathan Wood, NO HERO.

"What would Kurt Russell do?"

Oxford police detective Arthur Wallace asks himself that question a lot. Because Arthur is no hero. He's a good cop, but prefers that action and heroics remain on the screen, safely performed by professionals.

But then, secretive government agency MI37 comes calling, hoping to recruit Arthur in their struggle against the tentacled horrors from another dimension known as the Progeny. But Arthur is NO HERO.

Can an everyman stand against sanity-ripping cosmic horrors?



Look for interviews with Teresa Frohock on July 20, 2011 and Jonathan Wood on July 5, 2011.



For more information on the 2011 Debut Author Challenge visit the 2011 DAC page.