The View From Monday - April 18, 2016

Happy Monday! The Qwillery is thrilled and excited to be one of the blogs for the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 2016 (SPFBO 2016 or SPFBO2)! You can read all about this at Mark Lawrence's site - here. Mark created the SPFBO last year and it was fascinating. Hopefully we'll find some real gems among the self-published novels we will be reading. I know, we don't usually read self-published novels but as part of the SPFBO2 we're willing to dive in!

Now moving along to this week's genre releases. There are 2 debut novels this week:

Hystopia by David Means;

and

Join by Steve Toutonghi.



From formerly featured DAC authors:

The World Weavers (Desert Rising 3) by Kelley Grant;

Nettle King (Night and Nothing Novels 3) by Katherine Harbour;

and

Chains of Commend (Frontlines 4) by Marko Kloos.

Note: Clicking on the novel covers will take you to the novel's Amazon page.

April 19, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Alphas: Origins (e)	Ilona Andrews	SFR
The Last Wall	David Annandale	SF - The Beast Arises 4
The Silence of Ghosts (h2tp)	Jonathan Aycliffe	H
Almost Infamous: A Supervillain Novel	Matt Carter	SH
Nazi Moonbase	Graeme Davis	SF - Dark Osprey 10
Private Eye (e)	Alyssa Day	PM - A Tiger's Eye Mystery 2
Darkest Judgment	Candice Gilmer	PNR - Mythical Knights 3
The World Weavers (e)	Kelley Grant	F - Desert Rising 3
The Emperor's Railroad	Guy Haley	SF/PA/AP - The Dreaming Cities 1
Nettle King	Katherine Harbour	F - Night and Nothing Novels 3
The Drafter (h2mm)	Kim Harrison	Th/F - The Peri Reed Chronicles 1
The Everything Box	Richard Kadrey	F
Grim Tidings	Caitlin Kittredge	UF - Hellhound Chronicles 2
Chains of Command	Marko Kloos	SF - Frontlines 4
The Fall of the Dagger	Glenda Larke	HistF - The Forsaken Lands 3
Winchester Undead: Winchester Over and Winchester Prey	Dave Lund	SF/AP/PA - Winchester Undead 1 and 2
Dust Up	Jon McGoran	TecnoTh - Carrick & Watkins 3
Hystopia (D)	David Means	LF
The English Assassin	Michael Moorcock	F - The Cornelius Quartet 3
Fault Line	Deborah D. Moore	PA - The Journal Series 5
Dune Time: A Tor.com Original (e)	Jack Nicholls	F
Where (h2tp)	Kit Reed	SF
Join (D)	Steve Toutonghi	SF
The House of Daniel: A novel of miracles, magic, and minor league ball	Harry Turtledove	HistF
In a Dark, Dark Wood (h2tp)	Ruth Ware	Th

April 20, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Destroyer: A Tor.Com Original	Tara Isabella Burton	SF
Knight Life (ri)	Peter David	CF
Angry Candy (ri)	Harlan Ellison	F/SF - Collection

April 22, 2016

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire	Jonathan Maberry Rachael Lavin	H - Journalstone's Doubledown

D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
tp2mm - Trade to Mass Market Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint


AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CyberP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tale
FolkT - Folk Tale
FR - Fantasy Romance
GB - Genre Bender
GH - Ghost
GO - Gothic
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HistM - Historical Mystery
Hu - Humor
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
Occ - Occult
PA - Post Apocalyptic
Phil - Philosophy
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
R - Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
Tech - Technological
TechnoTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
TTR - Time Travel Romance
UF - Urban Fantasy
W - Western

Note: not all of these genres are represented in the above releases.