Edited by Addie J. King and Alana Joli Abbott. Outland, $19.95 Trade Paper (318p) ISBN 978-1-954255-47-0
These 19 clever stories reimagine the Chosen One trope, giving the mantle to older, more experienced heroes. Among the strongest pieces are “The M.A.M.I. Incident” by Guadalupe García McCall, in which bioengineered M.A.M.I.s oversee childbearing in...
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Jim C. Hines, Author . DAW $7.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7564-0493-2
Hines sidesteps the main question facing elvers—WWTD, or What would Tolkien do?—with a wink and his usual snort. His goofy elves, orcs, trolls, dwarves, humans and even an evil tree conjure laughter, not screams. Jig Dragonslayer might...
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Jim C. Hines, DAW, $7.99 (352p) ISBN 978-07564-0608-0
The third of Hines's reimagined princess tales (after The Stepsister Scheme and The Mermaid's Madness) transcends its predecessors with exciting combat scenes and emotionally complex characters. Warrior princess Talia (Sleeping Beauty) killed the...
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Jim C. Hines, Author Daw Books $7.99 (339p) ISBN 978-0-7564-0583-0
In this fast-paced second installment of the Princess Novels, author Hines tells the story of the Little Mermaid through the eyes of Danielle (the Cinderella character), Snow (Snow White), and Talia (Sleeping Beauty). In this version, the undine...
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Jim C. Hines. DAW, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-0-7564-0674-5
Hines brings his skillfully crafted Princess Series to a close with his fourth tale (after 2010's Red Hood's Revenge) of tough princesses, deceitful fairies, and dark magic. Snow White's story merges with the tale of the Snow Queen when her mother's
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Jim C. Hines. DAW, $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7564-0739-1
This funny and fast-paced series opener, Hines’s first hardcover for DAW, will be sure to surprise and entertain urban fantasy fans. Isaac Vainio is a Libromancer, a rare kind of magic user who can make objects from the pages of books manifest in...
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Jim C. Hines. DAW, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7564-0816-9
Nonstop action and laughter power Hines’s riveting second journey into the “peculiar life” of Isaac Vainio (after Libriomancer). Isaac has become a Porter, a member of an elite group that polices the magic of libriomancy. Assigned to mentor teenager
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Jim C. Hines. DAW, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7564-0968-5
Sharp wit, rapid-fire action, and strong characterization have become Hines's trademarks, and the fourth and final entry in the Magic Ex Libris series (after Unbound) is no exception. Almost a year ago, Michigan mage-librarian Isaac Vainio announced
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Jim C. Hines. DAW, $26 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7564-1274-6
Though humorous, the strong first installment of Hines’s Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse military science fiction series takes its core concept very seriously. It’s set in a future in which a plague killed most of humankind and turned the survivors...
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Jim C. Hines. DAW, $26 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7564-1277-7
For this enjoyable second installment of the Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series, Hines continues to focus on unlikely protagonists for a military science fiction story: janitors, lawyers, and librarians. After uncovering the truth behind humans’
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