Release Week: 21 May 2024
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Release Week: 21 May 2024
Posted on 2024-05-21 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
PICKS:
You Like It Darker: Stories by Stephen King, read by Will Patton for Simon and Schuster -- "From the legendary storyteller and master of short fiction comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best ever."
Goddess of the River By: Vaishnavi Patel, read by Sneha Mathan for Redhook -- "A mother and a son. A goddess and a prince. A curse and an oath. A river whose course will change the fate of the world."
Escape Velocity By: Victor Manibo, read by Joel de la Fuente for Recorded Books -- "Space Habitat Altaire is the premier orbital luxury resort, perfect for the Rochford Institute’s lavish class reunions: prime opportunities for alumni to jockey for power—and to advance their applications to live on Mars. Earth is dying, and only the best deserve to save themselves. At their 25th high school reunion, finance magnate Ava pursues the truth about her brother’s murder during their senior year. Political scion Laz hopes to finally win Ava’s heart. Sloane, collecting secrets to offset his family’s decline, angles for a key client. And Henry, heir to a healthcare empire, creates an unorthodox opportunity to reach Mars in a last-ditch effort to outrun a childhood secret."
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, read by Emeka Emecheta, Nneka Okoye, Ore Apampa-Araba, Délé Ogundiran, Nene Nwoko, and Ike Amadi for Audible -- "Off the coast of West Africa, decades after the dangerous rise of the Atlantic Ocean, the region’s survivors live inside five partially submerged, kilometers-high towers originally created as a playground for the wealthy. Now the towers’ most affluent rule from their lofty perch at the top while the rest are crammed into the dark, fetid floors below sea level. There are also those who were left for dead in the Atlantic, only to be reawakened by an ancient power, and who seek vengeance on those who offered them up to the waves."
BACKLIST WATCH:
- Queen of None: The Queens of Fate Trilogy, Book 1 by Natania Barron (2020), read by Deborah Balm for Tantor -- Barron's award-winning Arthurian novel from a small press gets a new edition from Solaris Books and is out for the first time in audio! "Married at twelve, and a mother soon after, King Arthur's sister Anna did not live a young life full of promise. She bore three strong sons and delivered the kingdom of Orkney to her brother by way of her marriage. She did as she was asked, invisible and useful—for her name, her dowry, and her womb. Now, twenty years after she left her home, Anna is summoned back to Carelon with the crown of her now-dead husband, to face the demons of her childhood: her sisters Morgen, Elaine, and Morgause; Merlin and his scheming priests; and Bedevere, the man she once loved."
MORE FICTION:
- One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware, read by Imogen Church for Simon and Schuster -- "Harkening to Agatha Christie's classic And Then There Were None, this high-tension and ingenious thriller follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them."
SERIES WATCH:
The Lightborn: Tales of the Edge, Book 3 by Rebecca Zahabi, read by Laura Hanna and Peter Kenny for Gollancz -- "Freed from his prison cell, the former slave known as Tatters is finally ready to face his past. Now his true nature is known to all, he can use his Lightborn powers freely. But they come at a price, and his loyalties remain conflicted. The renegades about to attack the city used to be his companions, and both sides have treated him badly. He will have to decide which side to choose."
The Great State of West Florida: The Woolsack Family, Book 4 By: Kent Wascom, read by Justin Price for HighBridge -- "It's 2026, and Rally is thirteen years old. The long, hot Louisiana summer looms before him like a face-melting stretch of blacktop, and the country is talking civil war while his adoptive family acts more vicious than ever. Rally spends his days wondering about his dead father's people, the Woolsacks of West Florida, who long ago led a failed rebellion to carve their own state from the swamp and sugar-sand of the coast. That family might have been his too—if his mother and a crew of vigilantes hadn't tried to kill them all back when he was a baby."
(post in progress)
Save Me Plz and Other Stories by David Barr Kirtley
Indie: Katie Cross (tons of books)
Into the Winds by Carrie Ryan
Shabti By: Megaera C. Lorenz Narrated by: Matt Haynes for CamCat Books
The North Wind By: Alexandria Warwick Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Travis Tonn for Simon and Schuster
In Our Stars: The Doomed Earth, Book 1 By: Jack Campbell Narrated by: Andrea Emmes, Tim Fannon
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths by Dayton Ward, read by Robert Petkoff
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying By: Django Wexler Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
The Last Murder at the End of the World A Novel By: Stuart Turton Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart for Tantor
A House Like an Accordion By: Audrey Burges Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Mark Bramhall
The Year of Return By: Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Narrated by: Anniwaa Buachie
The Charmed Friends of Trove Isle By: Annie Rains Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
La formación de Yolanda la bruja [The Making of Yolanda La Bruja] By: Lorraine Avila, Mechi Annaís Estévez Cru - translator Narrated by: Yaissa Jimenez
The Mountain Mystic