Waiting on Wednesday 01/20/16
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on!
Mogsy’s Pick:
The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood: May 3, 2016 (DAW)
If you read fantasy, chances are you’ve come across the art of Todd Lockwood, whose paintings and illustrations have graced a number of book covers and interiors, like the Memoir by Lady Trent series by Marie Brennan. He’s famous for his beautiful dragons, and now he’s written his own novel about them (and yes, he painted his own cover too)! I’ve always admired the his talent for bringing these majestic creatures to life as an artist; now I’m excited to see what he can do with them in fiction with his debut coming out this spring.
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The debut novel from the acclaimed illustrator—a high fantasy adventure featuring dragons and deadly politics.
Maia and her family raise dragons for the political war machine. As she comes of age, she anticipates a dragon of her own to add to the stable of breeding parents. Her peaceful life is shattered when the Summer Dragon—one of the rare and mythical High Dragons—makes an appearance in her quiet valley. Political factions vie for control of the implied message, threatening her aspirations, her aerie, her entire way of life.
The bond between dragons and their riders is deep and life-long, and Maia’s desire for a dragon of her own to train, ride, fly, and love drives her to take a risk that puts her life at stake. She is swept into an adventure that pits her against the deathless Horrors, thralls of the enemy, and a faceless creature drawn from her fear. In her fight to preserve everything she knows and loves, she exposes a conspiracy, unearths an ancient civilization, and challenges her understanding of her world—and of herself.”
Tiara’s Pick
Paper Tigers by Damien Angelica Walters: February 29, 2016 (Dark House Press)
Two words: predatory ghost. *pulls up a chair* Tell me more, book.
“In this haunting and hypnotizing novel, a young woman loses everything—half of her body, her fiancé, and possibly her unborn child—to a terrible apartment fire. While recovering from the trauma, she discovers a photo album inhabited by a predatory ghost who promises to make her whole again, all while slowly consuming her from the inside out.”
The BiblioSanctum 
Oh dragons and ghosts, two things I really enjoy!
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I love Todd Lockwood’s art, especially for Marie Brennan’s books! If his writing is anywhere near as good as his drawing this should be fantastic – no pun intended! This had passed me by so thanks for making me add another book to my wishlist 🙂
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OMG yes, those are divine. I admit I first picked up A Natural History of Dragons simply because of that cover 🙂
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These look great guys!
My WoW
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A high fantasy adventure featuring dragons and deadly politics? That sounds like a very cool read.
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Dragons and politics are definitely a big draw for me – I hope it delivers 🙂
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Both great choices! First, I’m pretty excited to have a copy of Paper Tigers, I love Damien Walters, although her subject matter is hard to read. And wow, dragons!!! The Summer Dragon has that feeling of Anne McCaffrey, which makes me want to read it NOW.
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I confess Paper Tigers wasn’t on my radar, but your excitement and Tiara’s has got me interested now 🙂
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An artist turned author with a thing for dragons?! Uhm, where do I sign up?! Oh and Paper Tigers sounds chilling and also riveting! You ladies sure know how to pick ’em! Thanks for sharing 🙂 I’ll be adding these to my tbr shelf (as usual LOL)
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Okay, The Summer Dragon sounds awesome. Sign me up!
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That is so cool that the artist is now also the author. And wow, could you imagine if they didn’t allow him to do his own covers! Something about that just seems wrong. 🙂 He did a great job!
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LOL! Yeah you’d think the author himself would have the best vision of the cover to his own book! That would have been funny though 🙂
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Dragons and ghosts ‘oh my’. Wants both.
That Todd book looks excellent (no surprises because his work is amazing) and how cool, he can write and illustrate his own books. I will definitely look forward to reading his debut.
And, ghost story.- yep, I was in after ‘predatory ghost’
Excellent choices. Love em both.
Lynn 😀
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That must be something – to be able to claim credit for both a novel’s cover and what’s inside it. A great achievement for an artist/author 🙂
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Completely different and equally fascinating: two books with enormous potential…
Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Ohh, these sounds good
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The Summer Dragon sounds good! I’ve added it to my list. Paper Tigers, on the other hand, sounds a little scary!
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I’m very eager and interested to see if Lockwood’s storytelling will be as good as his artwork 🙂
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Me too! I know you are a big fan of his art too, so here’s to us being excited together 🙂
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