Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 8 June 2024
Sunday , 9, June 2024 Uncategorized Leave a commentEvery week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy.
Invincible Under HeavenThe unthinkable has finally occurred.
Driven mad by the relentless pursuit of power, a martial prodigy turns against the rivers and lakes. Behind him is the Shadow Horde, a group of devil cultivators with immeasurable powers at their command. Hellbent on restoring the Yue Dynasty, they carve a swathe of destruction through the Five States and Ten Corporations.
The world trembles beneath their boots. No army can stop them. With every strike, they come ever closer to overturning the world order.
The rivers and lakes calls for heroes. Li Ming, accidental immortal and reluctant champion, answers. Together with his fellow warriors, he must put an end to the Shadow Horde’s reign of terror, battling beasts, demons, terrorists—and his greatest rival, his dearest friend, the man he once called brother.
And at the edge of the world, with steel and fire, both men will discover who is worthy of the title Invincible Under Heaven.
Sagewood: Restore the Farm – Blake Arthur Peel and Kimberly Ann Peel
A Magic Ring. A Farm on another World. Only he can restore the Harvest Goddess.
Traditions of Courage (Grimm’s War #7) – Jeffery H. Haskell
Join the fight for freedom on Alliance’s newest member.
When Cordoba fell and his officer was murdered, Jacob T. Grimm vowed the fight wasn’t over. With the help of DesRon 12 and the stalwart spacers of the USS Interceptor, he’s going to bring the Guild to their corporate knees.
On Cordoba, things aren’t going well for the Marines. Local infantry are eager to attack, while refugees are forced out of the capital city on the verge of winter. The Spanish planet is in trouble. However, not all is as it seems.
The ground forces aren’t Guild and they have more advanced tech than the Alliance Marines. Gunny Jennings and Bravo-Two-Five will need to muster every ounce of courage to fight overwhelming odds in a battle they never planned for.
As the fate of the planet unfolds, ex-spy Nadia Dagher and a ragtag group of former Interceptor crew must infiltrate the Guild and find the true location of their home planet.
Jacob faces off against a superior enemy, one as ruthless as he is compassionate. If he can’t find a way to win, all the people on Cordoba will pay the price.
I, Dragon – a crowdfunding campaign from Alien Books
Fiefdoms of the royal family, Rosentall Castle lives its darkest hours surrounded by a huge army. The leader who heads it is the bastard descendant of a lost royal line, and she has returned to reclaim her throne. A long and bloody struggle for power is about to begin. Meanwhile, inside the castle, a strange carnival woman gives birth to her first child…
One day in the early 90s, international guru Alejandro Jodorowsky chose him to take over the art of The Metabarons, that Moebius had been drawing until then. The gray-blue of the Metabarons gives the comics a more realistic look than the colorful pages of superheroes comics, or the one color ink of the manga. The Metabarons is a science-fiction story, but with knights and epic. Each volume is narrated by a robot called Tonto, relating the story of a member of a family of legendary warriors, who have to kill their predecessors, after being trained by them. At last, they must go out into the world after their fate, with incomplete bodies parched with the latest robotic technology.
Giménez touched his friends’ lives with his good humor and his passion for bikes (his friends and his wife enjoyed many rides with him). He also touched generations of artists, with his generosity and amiability, and with the legacy of his work.
After working on sci-fi for so long, Giménez desired to take up some personal projects. And that’s how I, Dragon, a medieval fantasy, came to be.
This crowdfunding campaign will be open through 14 June, 2024.
Leigh Brackett’s Eric John Stark 75th Anniversary Edition – a Kickstarter campaign from Cirsova
Leigh Brackett was the Queen of Science Fiction.
Inspired by writers like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Leigh Brackett told stories of pirates, ray-gun slingers, and swordsmen on wildly exotic and fantastic versions of Mars and Venus in a genre known as Sword and Planet. She wrote numerous stories, numerous film scripts, including the first draft of The Empire Strikes Back, and is even cited as one of the inspirations for Dungeons and Dragons!
Eric John Stark was one of the last great heroes of the pulp magazines. The black swordsman of Mercury, Stark was raised by the natives of the world closest to the sun and became a wandering mercenary outlaw who fought on behalf of the subjugated and the oppressed.
Cirsova Publishing partnered with the incredibly talented StarTwo team to bring those stories to life.
This Kickstarter campaign will be open through 17 June, 2024.
The Other Fellow – a Kickstarter campaign from William Hastings
THE WORLD’S GREATEST SPY IS DEAD.
. . . BUT SOMEONE’S GOT TO FINISH HIS MISSION.
A homeless drifter stumbles upon secret agent Eton Smythe, mortally wounded on the streets of London. Seeking redemption for past sins, the drifter makes the suicidal choice to assume his spy’s identity and finish his mission. Eton Smythe’s arch rival is threatening to unleash a weapon that will change the course of the Cold War and the clock is ticking. But can this man, a killer, a mercenary, and a criminal, truly fill the shoes of the world’s greatest spy?
This Kickstarter campaign will be open through 2 July, 2024.
Ursula of Ulm (De re dordica #2) – a Kickstarter campaign from Pilum Press
“This next song is dedicated to Steven Miller, Esquire, Master Cataloger, from Krolok, eerie master of illusion. Krolok says, ‘To my brother in karnic arts, Fate has favored you. Together, we will wield great power and receive great rewards. Come to me, and let us share in the glory and riches of Yaat, our ancient kingdom. Our success depends on your skill and secrecy. Do not fail me. You know what you must do.'”
In this follow-up to the cult classic Shagduk, the mystery of Professor Sherwood’s disappearance deepens. As does Steven Miller’s involvement with Fort Worth’s occult underbelly and with his secretive colleague, Diane. Find out what happens when impish shenanigans go too far and when doors best left closed lead the fledgling sorcerer to the world’s very edge. Ursula of Ulm is the second book in the De re dordica saga.
This Kickstarter campaign will be open through 20 June, 2024.
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