Waiting on Wednesday 11/09/16
“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
Gauntlet by Holly Jennings (April 4, 2017 by Ace Books)
The BiblioSanctum is participating in Sci-fi Month so I’m going to try to feature science fiction picks for my WoWs for the month of November. I’m looking forward to this sequel to last year’s Arena, a gritty and futuristic sci-fi novel about professional gamers who compete to the death in high-stake virtual competitions.
“Kali Ling isn’t afraid of dying. She’s been killed hundreds of times in hundreds of different ways. And she knows there are things much more terrifying than death…
There’s a new game in town. A brutal, winner-takes-all, international video game tournament between the world’s most elite players, promising fame, prestige, and unbelievable fortune. But there’s a catch. The game uses new VR pods guaranteed to push digital warriors to their physical and psychological brink—adapting every time a gamer makes a move.
As the first female captain and youngest team owner in VGL history, Kali is used to defying the odds. But as the all-star tournament heats up, her determination begins to waver and the pressures of media, sponsors, and the game itself begin to put cracks in her hard-set convictions.
If Kali’s Team Defiance is to survive, they’ll have to find a way to be stronger than ever before. But battling the system may prove too difficult for even the most hardened of fighters…”
The BiblioSanctum 
Oh that’s a beautiful cover
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Yep, they redid the cover to the first book in this style too. I like it better.
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Ooh nice! Totally new to me one but looks intriguing!
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Lovely cover yes but ahem, how is this different from the premise of Arena, Book One? Frankly I wasn’t too hot about Arena as a novel either 🙂
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I think the main character is a team owner now, and it sounds like the teams could be going up against AI now instead of other players, which ups the stakes. At least that’s what it sounds like to me from the blurb.
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So I’ve had Arena on my TBR for quite some time and after seeing this one, I want to read it even more. I like this cover better too.
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Yep, for some reason they decided to redo the cover of the first book and made this to match. I like it a lot more too though.
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This cover is very eye catching. Hope you enjoy it 😀
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Hmm I kinda like the cyberpunk-ish, VR reality look of this. Not familiar with it but I like the premise. 🙂
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I’m loving the cover, and this makes me want to go back and pick up Arena, which I somehow missed.
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Cool 🙂
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Looks like I need to hurry up and read Arena before Gauntlet is released! 🙂
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I actually remember you featuring Arena and reading the blurb here^^ I was reminded why I wanted to read it too! GREAT pick! I need to get to Arena SOON.
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