Suvudu Universe

A busy week in the Ruins this time around, with some very exciting posts:

• A review of Master Sergeant by Mel Odom
• What is it About Pigs? guest post by Duncan McGeary
• Waiting on Wednesday with The Border by Robert McCammon
• A giveaway of Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
• An interview with Gustavo Florentin (author of The Schwarzschild Radius)
• WTF Friday with The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington

After being so good, so diligent, and so strong, I completely fell of the wagon this week when it comes to my book addiction. New titles on the review front that I just couldn't resist include:

• Ours Is the Storm by D. Thourson Palmer (an exciting new fantasy about a prophesied heir who doesn't realize the prophecy is a lie)

• Three Strikes and You're Dead by Michael A. Draper (a baseball thriller sounds just about perfect this time of year)

• The Wolf at His Door by Adrian Lilly (a really intriguing werewolf tale that will bring Adrian by on a March book tour)

• Dead Heat by Ren Thompson (a Canadian-based zombie horror that Ren will be stopping by to chat about later this month)

• When the Heavens Fall by Marc Turner (an early ARC of a May release that's already been blurbed by Brian Staveley)

On the pleasure reading front, I also snagged a pair of titles from a used charity book sale:

• 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz (it's been a long while since one of his novels caught my eye, but I love the idea of a luxury apartment building plagued by "madness, suicide, mass murder, and whispers of things far worse")

• The Tiger Warrior by David Gibbins (it's not often I stumble across a Jack Howard adventure in paperback, so I'm excited to catch up with one of his older adventures, involving "an artifact that might have been better left buried")

• Dispatch by Bentley Little (I'm always up for a new Bentley Little read, and I love the idea of a man with a gift for writing letters that get results . . . leading to a job that consumes his very soul)

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is another weekly meme, this time focused on what books are spending the most time in your hands and in your head, as opposed to what's been added to your shelf.

• Dark Intelligence by Neal Asher
A man brought back from the dead, an alien war, a rogue AI, and a mob queen turning part AI, and a desperate hunt for revenge.

• Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks by Andy Burns
An exploration of the groundbreaking stylistic and storytelling methods that made Twin Peaks one of the most influential shows of the past quarter-century.

• Outcast by Marc Saville
A genetically engineering BDSM mistress-slave, addicted to a lethal new drug, joins a band of underground Strays who are working to strip back the utopian façade.

What's topping your shelves this week?