Waiting on Wednesday 01/18/17
“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 Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (October 3, 2017 by Tor)
The Tiger’s Daughter is a book that has been on my radar for a while, described as a “Mongolian-inspired historical fantasy novel” with influences from the author’s love of tabletop gaming. I was excited to see it has such a stunning cover to go with it.
“Even gods can be slain….
The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach―but failed to notice a lurking darkness festering within the people. Now, their border walls begin to crumble, and villages fall to demons swarming out of the forests.
Away on the silver steppes, the remaining tribes of nomadic Qorin retreat and protect their own, having bartered a treaty with the empire, exchanging inheritance through the dynasties. It is up to two young warriors, raised together across borders since their prophesied birth, to save the world from the encroaching demons.
This is the story of an infamous Qorin warrior, Barsalayaa Shefali, a spoiled divine warrior empress, O-Shizuka, and a power that can reach through time and space to save a land from a truly insidious evil.”
The BiblioSanctum 
Oh a new one to me!
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Ooh nice pick! Totally new to me one here! Hope you enjoy it once you read it!
Here’s my WoW
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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Great pick – I can honestly say I haven’t come across this one before.
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Yep. Never seen it and now I want it. Though how tabletop gaming comes into play I am not sure I understand.
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Not sure either, I just caught that bit in the author’s bio and thought it was pretty cool. It’ll be interesting to see how that plays into it.
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I haven’t read a lot of epic fantasy, but do like the fantasy genre quite a bit. There’s something about covers like these those that really catch my attention and want me to add them to my shelves. I’ll probably wait to see a few reviews but this might be one I decide to tackle.
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Yes, I am such a cover whore that a book with a beautiful cover like that can make my NEEEEED for it even stronger. It really is gorgeous, I just love the art style and the whole composition of the image.
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I just saw this cover somewhere and I agree, it sounds really good. Plus I just noticed how much beautiful detail there is in the cover art.
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Yeah, it evokes the perfect kind of feeling. Together with the book’s description, it just screams epic.
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Mogsy… for the love of whatever limited bookshelf space I have left, please stop recommending books that sound so awesome.
🙂
(I added this to my Goodreads / wishlist, just so you know.)
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Muahahaha, adding to other people’s TBRs always gives me so much joy…payback for the freakouts I get when my own TBR grows from others recommendations 😉
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Stories set in a different background from what is usually chosen for epic fantasy are always interesting, but this one sounds amazing. And I can imagine how the gaming references might have caught your attention… 🙂
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Haha, they always do. It’s like the most effective buzz word for me 🙂
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Where do you even find these books?! I think most of the SF/F books I’ve added to my TBR in the last year have come from The BiblioSanctum. LOL!
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Damn that sounds good! Thanks for bringing this one to my attention. 🙂
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Interesting 🙂
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I bit of a wait for this one but well worth it. It sound like my cup of tea.
Lynn 😀
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