First up is a new story from Nick Nethery- The Peace Child
As always, click on the cover for the Amazon link!
The blurb-
The Peace Child was a sacred custom, one which had held for thousands of years.
Red was a soldier at the end of a long career, who just wanted to retire to his estate and forget about the world.
But then his king asked him to perform one last mission: safeguard and escort a six year old boy, royal scion of a once-enemy kingdom, away from danger. Because there was a conspiracy, or several conspiracies, to kill the Peace Child in order to start a new war. And almost immediately, Red discovered that the places and friends he thought he could trust were just as dangerous as his known enemies.
From the royal palace to a sacred abbey at the top of an active volcano, from a smugglers’ sanctuary to a clifftop estate above a raging sea, Red must keep the novice and the Peace Child safe. He and his companions must make new friends, hide from bounty hunters and soldiers from all sides, and navigate little-understood yet powerful magics. If Red fails, the ancient tradition ensuring the peace will be broken, and war will begin again.
Next up is Cedar Sanderson with the third book in the Tanager series- Tanager’s Fleet
The blurb-
Captain Jem Raznick and the weary crew of the Tanager crave a moment’s peace after grueling evacuation runs across star systems. But spymaster Jade Star’s urgent summons shatters that hope, yanking them back to the fog-shrouded swamps of Boudreaux. Posing as orchid hunters, they must infiltrate the murky underbelly of the port to find missing operative Dilar Restin, and the explosive secrets he’s uncovered, before it’s too late.
What begins as a covert rescue spirals into a deadly trap: buried family betrayals surface, pirate shadows close in, and unexpected allies emerge from the mist with their own hidden agendas. Only when the true stakes are revealed, the culmination of Jade’s decades-long master plan, does the crew realize the galaxy itself hangs in the balance, with one wrong move dooming them all.
In this gripping space opera finale, Jem races to untangle a web of galactic deceit, protect his makeshift family, and ignite a defiant legacy. Heroism isn’t born in solitude. It is forged in the fierce, unbreakable unity that defies the encroaching void.
Next up, Larry B. Lambert with the third book in his Duelist series- The Crow Creek Expedition
The blurb-
The Crow Creek Expedition is the third book in the duelist series. In The Confederate Cipher, young Henry Hudson begins his journey down the rabbit hole of espionage as an initiate, guided by the fledgling British Secret Service. In Hudson’s Scouts, he expands his tradecraft and gains experience during the War of Southern Independence.
The Crow Creek Expedition begins with a massacre and ends with a prophecy.
There is something intoxicating about a secret. Fraternal societies base their rites on symbolic rituals that take the initiate on a journey from darkness into light. Secret societies tend to do the opposite, accentuating the darkness of combinations and conspiracies designed to do harm. Specific handshakes (grips), words, and signs are used to identify members whose oaths are backed by the promise of retributive bloodshed if they are revealed.
And last but not least by any means, a new Monster Hunter anthology- Monster Hunter Files Volume 2
The blurb-
FROM THE CASE FILES OF MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL
For well over a century, Monster Hunter International has kept the world safe from supernatural threats far and wide. Now, join us as we delve some of the wilder stories from the library archives which have never seen the light of day. The Monster Hunter Files Vol. 2 continues the secret lore and mythical battles against the forces of evil, and the fallout from these conflicts.
Deadly mermaids attacking a small northeastern port village . . . ancient Roman heroes . . . combat exorcists . . . Decision Week . . . ancient Greek muses . . . all these and more within, all revealed with meticulous care and research of Albert Lee, MHI’s archivist.
Featuring stories from New York Times best-selling author Larry Correia, Steve Diamond, Kacey Ezell, Brad R. Torgersen, Marisa Wolf, and more!
Complete list of contributors: Larry Correia, Jason Cordova, Brad R. Torgersen, Robert E. Hampson, Steve Diamond, Jack Wylder, Hinkley Correia, Kacey Ezell, LawDog, Marisa Wolf, Mike Massa, Melissa Olthoff, Spearman Burke & Nick Nethery.
I can highly recommend all four of these, and yes, all are friends of mine! The highlighted authors in the MHI one are all Raconteur Press folks also!
