SORCERY IS A SCAM . . . Four months after fleeing his own people, Kellen has discovered he's an even worse outlaw than he was mage. It doesn't help that his only allies are a swaggering card player and a thieving squirrel cat. Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn't blind, and whose secrets get them caught up in a conspiracy of magic, blackmail and murder. Now Kellen must find the mage responsible before the entire frontier falls victim to the mystical plague known as the shadowblack. Perfect for fans of The Dark Tower, Firefly, Guardians of the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher. *** 'Magic with a Wild West flavour, served with flair.' Financial Times 'A bucket-load of tension is offset with humour, power struggles, lots of magic and some great characters. Fantasy junkies will devour with relish.' The Guardian 'gloriously escapist fantasy' The Observer

Spellslinger 2: Shadowblack

Literature & Fiction

Castell, Sébastien de

Humor & Satire

Hot Key Books

With swashbuckling action that recalls Dumas's Three Musketeers, Sebastien de Castell has created a dynamic new fantasy series. In Traitor's Blade, a disgraced swordsman struggles to redeem himself by protecting a young girl caught in the web of a royal conspiracy.The King is dead, the Greatcoats have been disbanded, and Falcio Val Mond and his fellow magistrates Kest and Brasti have been reduced to working as bodyguards for a nobleman who refuses to pay them. Things could be worse, of course. Their employer could be lying dead on the floor while they are forced to watch the killer plant evidence framing them for the murder. Oh wait, that's exactly what's happening.Now a royal conspiracy is about to unfold in the most corrupt city in the world. A carefully orchestrated series of murders that began with the overthrow of an idealistic young king will end with the death of an orphaned girl and the ruin of everything that Falcio, Kest, and Brasti have fought for. But if the trio want to foil the conspiracy, save the girl, and reunite the Greatcoats, they'll have to do it with nothing but the tattered coats on their backs and the swords in their hands, because these days every noble is a tyrant, every knight is a thug, and the only thing you can really trust is a traitor's blade.

Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats, 1)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Tantor Audio

After years of struggle and sacrifice, Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats, is on the brink of fulfilling his dead king's dream: Aline, the king's daughter, is about to take the throne and restore the rule of law once and for all.But for the Greatcoats, nothing is ever that simple. In the neighboring country of Avares, an enigmatic new warlord is uniting the barbarian armies that have long plagued Tristia's borders-and even worse, he is rumored to have a new ally: Trin, who's twice tried to kill Aline to claim the throne of Tristia for herself. With the armies of Avares at her back, led by a bloodthirsty warrior, she'll be unstoppable.Falcio, Kest, and Brasti race north to stop her, but in those cold and treacherous climes they discover something altogether different, and far more dangerous: a new player is planning to take the throne of Tristia, and with a sense of dread the three friends realize that the Greatcoats, for all their skill, may not be able to stop him.

Tyrant's Throne (Greatcoats, 4)

[Read by Joe Jameson]A failed mage learns that just because he's not the chosen one it doesn't mean he can't be a hero in the third book of a new adventure fantasy series from Sebastien de Castell.Kellen's life as an outlaw spellslinger is about to get a lot worse.In Gitabria, a miraculous discovery draws spies from all over the continent willing to kill to get their hands on it. Swept up in the race for power, Kellen is forced to join the pursuit. But the invention holds a dark secret -- one that could spark a war.The Spellslinger Series includes: Spellslinger, Shadowblack, and Charmcaster

Charmcaster (Spellslinger Series, 3)

Genre Fiction

Little. Brown and Company

Spellslinger Lib/E

Hachette Book Group

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short Fiction 
A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up nineteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. 
No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse. 
“This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading.” —Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1 
Includes: 
“The Constipated Author, the Sphincter, and the Holy Shit” by David H. Hendrickson 
“For All Your Head Needs” by Rob Vagle 
“Jingle, Waddle, Hop…Penguin Style” by Louisa Swann 
“Just a Old Lady” by O’Neil De Noux 
“A Fool and His Money” by Jerry Oltion 
“An Uncommon Tern of Events” by Johanna Rothman 
“Over The River” by Ray Vukcevich 
“To the Grave” by Brigid Collins 
“Quiet Voices” by Chrissy Wissler 
“Daffodils Full of Tears” by C.H. Hung 
“Collision” by Sebastien de Castell 
“Ways of Counting” by Jim Gotaas 
“For the Captain, my Captain, Again and Again” by Stephannie Tallent 
“The Root Canal Tango” by Robert J. McCarter 
“To Rescue My Best Friend” by Kent Patterson 
“Advisors at Naptime” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 
“Snowman’s Chance in Hell” by Robert Jeschonek 
“Homeless” by Annie Reed 
“The Steam-man’s Plantation” by J. Steven York

Pulphouse Fiction Magazine: Issue #16

Jeschonek, Robert

Rusch, Kristine Kathryn

Smith, Dean Wesley

Tallent, Stephannie

Reed, Annie

Hendrickson, David H.

Vukcevich, Ray

Noux, O'Neil De

Swann, Louisa

Short Stories & Anthologies

Wmg Publishing, Inc.

Spellslinger

"War, my friend, is a thing of beauty." How do you get forty fantasy authors to contribute short stories for a war-themed anthology without paying them? It sounds as if there should be a good punchline to that, but all Petros Triantafyllou did was twist the moral thumbscrews and tell them all the profits would go to Doctors Without Borders, a charity that works tirelessly across the world to alleviate the effects of conflict, sickness and poverty. So, with clear consciences, several busloads of excellent and acclaimed fantasy authors have applied themselves to the task of penning a veritable mountain of words on the subject of The Art of War, expect bloodshed, gore, pathos, insight, passion, and laughs. Maybe even a wombat. Who knows. Anyway, as the original blurb said: "It's good. Buy it." -Mark Lawrence Featuring: Mark Lawrence, Ed Greenwood, Brian Staveley, Miles Cameron, John Gwynne, Sebastien De Castell, Mitchell Hogan, Stan Nicholls, Andrew Rowe, C.T. Phipps, Rob J. Hayes, Nicholas Eames, Mazarkis Williams, Ben Galley, Michael R. Fletcher, Graham Austin-King, Ed McDonald, Anna Stephens, Anna Smith Spark, RJ Barker, Michael R. Miller, Benedict Patrick, Sue Tingey, Dyrk Ashton, Steven Kelliher, Timandra Whitecastle, Laura M Hughes, J.P. Ashman, M.L. Spencer, Steven Poore, Brandon Draga, D. Thourson Palmer, D.M. Murray, Anne Nicholls, R.B. Watkinson, Charles F Bond, Ulff Lehmann, Thomas R. Gaskin, Zachary Barnes & Nathan Boyce. With a Foreword by Brian D. Anderson. Print version includes 40 black & white interior art pieces.

Art of War: Anthology for Charity

GREENWOOD, ED

Cameron, Miles

Gwynne, John

Lawrence, Mark

Staveley, Brian

Nicholls, Stan

Hogan, Mitchell

Rowe, Andrew

Triantafyllou, Petros

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

L'Anti-Magicien, 1

Children's Books

GALLIMARD JEUNE

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