Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse Collection

A fun, fast, funny, raunchy and wonderfully intriguing blend of vampire and mystery that's hard to put down, and should not be missed.
If you like a bit of spice in your storyline, give this series a go now, great for those cold winter nights alone.

Sara Douglass - The Serpent Bride

In a time of magic and danger, three new heroes have stepped forward - Ishbel Brunelle, priestess of the Serpent Coil; Isaiah, the Tyrant of Isembaard; and Maximilian, the Lord of Elcho Falling. Yet despite their best efforts, the Dark God Kanubai has risen. And worse yet, war approaches - backed by the evil, insidious DarkGlass Mountain, hordes of insatiable Skraelings ravage the land.
Sara Douglass is one of the hottest new names in Fantasy. And you will know why once you try any of her series.

Stephen Deas - The Adamatine Palace

Stephen Deas has written a fast moving and action-fuelled fantasy laced with irony, a razor sharp way with characters, dialogue to die for and dragons to die by.

China Mieville - The City and The City

When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador BorlĂș of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger.
This is a murder mystery taken to dazzling new heights.