News from Murder One

Science Fiction:

Tad Williams goes cyber. Fans need not worry that he is turning away
from Fantasy to join the ranks of Gibson et al, but when in the shop
this week he informed of us of his new website: www.shadowmarch.com
which is a stab at the online publishing lark. Visitors can sign-up
for the serial (not due to start until June) and download the Prelude
for free. Further instalments will be charged for, although at this
moment no price has been set. It is Tad's hope that the site will
become more than just an outlet for the story
and evolve into a more interactive event. Online direct-to-the-reader
publishing has been a damp squib previously, but it seems to me that
Tad has his eye on the ball and is genuinely trying to do something
new and exciting; we wish him every success. His next 'real' book is
to be a single volume fantasy work entitled The War of the Flowers.

Tad Williams, Sea of Silver Light. Fourth volume in the intricately
imagined Otherland saga finds his motley assortment of heroes
attempting to thwart the vile Brotherhood whilst fleeing to safety in
the titular sea. UK hardcover, #17.99 (signed copies).

David Weber and John Ringo, March Upcountry. Start of a news series
that has it's tongue firmly in its cheek. Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang
MacClintock, third in line for the throne of Man, dapper, dashing, yet
disturbingly mistrusted around court, is packed off by his mother to a
backwater world for the smallest of Royal engagements. To make matters
worse his ship is blown from the skies and he must make his way to
safety with nothing but the Empress' Own Regiment, Bravo Company of
Bronze Battalion. But Roger is less in danger from the planet's
bizarre and dangerous inhabitants than he is from his own petulance.
US hardcover, #17.99.

Eric Flint, The Philosophical Strangler. Greyboar is the world's
mightiest professional Strangler and his agent Ignace has more than
enough work to keep him occupied. But starting to wonder what it's all
about Greyboar starts to question his role and botch jobs. So when his
long-unseen sister Gwendolyn appears with the offer of a strange
mission to the underworld, Ignace is not so sure his client will
ignore the woman's request. US hardcover, #17.99.

P. C. Hodgell, Seeker's Mask. Seeking peace and comfort in the Women's
Hall of Gothregor, Jame is finding the adjustment difficult. It's not
that she isn't trying, she is, it's just the Shadow Guild assassins
keep turning up and Jame's past just keeps catching up with her.
Follow-up to God Stalk and Dark of the Moon. US trade paperback,
#14.99.

John Skipp and Marc Levinthal, The Emerald Burrito of Oz. There is a
gate, sorry that should be Gate, at Salina, Kansas. Like any gate you
step through it, but this one is special, for Oz is real, and for the
lucky few travel there is possible. One such is Gene Speilman looking
for Aurora. But when he gets to O. he finds that not everyone goes
there with such a benign intent. US trade paperback, #15.99.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Hotel Transylvania. Hardcover reissue from the
good people at Stealth Press this is the first outing for Le Comte de
Saint-Germaine, charismatic, desired, Aristo, and Vampire. Set in the
mid-1800s in Paris, Saint-Germaine becomes involved with a beautiful
young woman whose bloody family history places her in danger. US
hardcover, #18.50.

Regards,
Paul