Happy Tuesday, shipmates! It’s Alex, and what I’ve got for you are a LOT of new releases. Like, so many. I complain all the time about December being the land of no books, and apparently that’s because all of the books are just clumped up at this end of the year.
So what I’ve got is a double dose of new releases today and lined up for Friday as well, and I’m still chewing on the edge of my desk because there are even more I want to tell you about. It’s going to be a wild month. Stay safe out there, space pirates, and I’ll see you on Friday!
Let’s make the world a better place together. Here are two places to start: Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, which provides medical and humanitarian relief to children in the Middle East regardless of nationality, religion, or political affiliation; and Ernesto’s Sanctuary, a cat sanctuary and animal rescue in Syria that is near and dear to my heart.
Bookish Goods
Robot Table Lamp by HLDNShop
Andrea Hairston’s new book mentions “Circus Bots” which sound adorable. When I looked around on etsy, I found a lot of clown robots, which were definitely not my cup of tea, and then I found this cute guy who just wants to help you read. $45
New Releases
Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston
Society has nearly been destroyed by ecological disaster–there were the Water Wars, the refugees running from floods, the nostalgia militias roaming the roads. In a world where Darknet Lords establish their territory by “trolling” on the internet, Cinnamon (with her Circus-Bots and dogs) does her best to providing housing, healthcare, food, and education in a community of farmers that’s taking in refugees. With the Darknet Lords and the militias eyeing her home, Cinnamon must find a way to build a future, protect her community, and honor her past.
The Traitor’s Son by Dave Duncan
Doig Gray lives in a world where everything has gone wrong and the planet is dying around him–though those in power say nothing because they’re hoping it won’t end until they’re dead and gone. Doig’s father is killed in a mining “accident” for his dissident attitudes and Doig is under close scrutiny, watched to unsure he will not become the next folk-hero “traitor” as he becomes increasingly aware that something is horribly wrong with the world around him.
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Riot Recommendations
Extra helping of new releases, part one!
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams
It’s been a decade since Malik’s mother disappeared on the same night he discovered he possesses uncontrollable magic. At 17, he unexpectedly finds himself taken in to Caiman University–a hidden, magical university that his mother once attended. But as he begins to search for information about his heritage and what truly happened to his mother, he finds the fractures in his newly-found community–and a recently reawakened evil that dates back to the Haitian Revolution.
The Deer and the Dragon by Piper CJ
Marlow has long questioned her own sanity because the alternative would be far worse–that angels and demons exist, she can see them, and one of those terrifying entities has been hanging over her shoulder as long as she can remember. Until one of the fae shows up to inform her that no, it’s all real, and that entity? A Prince of Hell. Who immediately goes missing…
See you, space pirates. If you’d like to know more about my secret plans to dominate the seas and skies, you can catch me over at my personal site.