Waiting on Wednesday 06/20/18
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that first originated at Breaking the Spine but has since linked up with “Can’t Wait Wednesday” at Wishful Endings now that the original creator is unable to host it anymore. Either way, this fun feature is a chance to showcase the upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on!
Mogsy’s Pick
Mage Against The Machine by Shaun Barger (October 9, 2018 by Saga Press)
You often see a lot of books being compared to Harry Potter, often in the form of “Harry Potter meets ______.” But have you ever seen one described as Harry Potter meets The Terminator? What the hell, this I gotta see.
The year is 2120. The humans are dead. The mages have retreated from the world after a madman blew up civilization with weaponized magical technology. Safe within domes that protect them from the nuclear wasteland on the other side, the mages have spent the last century putting their lives back together.
Nikolai is obsessed with artifacts from twentieth-century human life: mage-crafted replica Chuck Taylors on his feet, Schwarzenegger posters on his walls, Beatlemania still alive and well in his head. But he’s also tasked with a higher calling—to maintain the Veils that protect mage-kind from the hazards of the wastes beyond. As a cadet in the Mage King’s army, Nik has finally found what he always wanted—a purpose. But when confronted by one of his former instructors gone rogue, Nik tumbles into a dark secret. The humans weren’t nuked into oblivion—they’re still alive. Not only that, outside the domes a war rages between the last enclaves of free humans and vast machine intelligences.
Outside the dome, unprepared and on the run, Nik finds Jem. Jem is a Runner for the Human Resistance. A ballerina-turned-soldier by the circumstances of war, Jem is more than just a human—her cybernetic enhancement mods make her faster, smarter, and are the only things that give her a fighting chance against the artificial beings bent on humanity’s eradication.
Now Nik faces an impossible decision: side with the mages and let humanity die out? Or stand with Jem and the humans—and risk endangering everything he knows and loves?
The BiblioSanctum 
Cybernetics and mages? Wow this might be a trip!
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Totally trippy!
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That’s a new to me one! Hope you enjoy it once you get to read it!
Here’s my WoW
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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Awesome cover and a tad bit freaky. Hope you love this one! Those beady little eyes won’t stop staring at me!
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It is very “Terminator”!
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Mage against the machine. LOL
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Great title, right? 😀
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Ooh it has a cover! I’m excited about this too. Plus bonus points for a cool title😊
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I know, I love it! 😀
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Hope you enjoy it when you get it!
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Intriguing synopsis there
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Ballerina turned soldier…first if you live in a wasteland and there are baddies, why even try to be a ballerina?
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Well, at least it means she’s cornered that market 😛
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The title alone would see me grab this book from its shelf, but a story about a ballerina turned resistance fighter? Unmissable! 😉
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Yeah, that’s definitely not something you see everyday!
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I’m so excited for this one! The blurb sounds all kinds of crazy and reminds me of a manga/comic book plot. 😀
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That’s the best kind of plot 😉
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Oooo, this looks cool! And it sounds cool too! I don’t really pay attention to comp titles but that’s a really intriguing comparison. Happy reading, Mogsy!
Have a fantastic day. =)
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
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Title, cover, synopsis, want.
Lynn 😀
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Haha Harry Potter meets Terminator IS a new one! And the synopsis sounds sooo intriguing; I mean, humans supposedly gone extinct, but turns out apparently not? Yup, very cool. 😛 I hope to see a review on this book if you ever get around to reading it!
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I hope so too, I’ll be putting this one on my priority list for sure!
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That’s a wonderful cover!
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Anything that mixes magic and tech/robot/futuristic stuff : I’M IN!!
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