Incoming! An Angry Robot 2019 Sampler
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Featuring the first three chapters from six incredible SFF novels released in 2019.
The Fall of IoΒ by Wesley Chu:Β the superb aliens-in-your-head SF sequel to the wildly popularΒ The Rise of Io, by the author ofΒ The Lives of TaoΒ series.
The IngeniousΒ by Darius Hinks:Β the squalid, bloody tale of desperate political exiles seeking a way home from the impossible city that imprisons them.
The Bayern AgendaΒ by Dan Moren:Β a new Cold War threatens the galaxy, in this fast-paced and wisecracking thriller of spies and subterfuge.
The Light BrigadeΒ by Kameron Hurley:Β soldiers are broken into light and sent to the frontline of a brutal interplanetary war, in this brilliant military SF from the Hugo AwardΒΒ-winning author ofΒ The Stars Are Legion.
ShadowbladeΒ by Anna Kashina:Β a young sword prodigy must impersonate a lost princess and throw her life into a deadly political game, in this kinetic epic fantasy novel by the author of the award-winning Majat Code series.
The OutsideΒ by Ada Hoffman:Β humanityβs super-intelligent AI gods brutally punish breaches in reality, as one young scientist discovers, in this intense and brilliant space opera.
File Under:Β Preview [ Future Thrills | Taste of 2019 | Get Ready | Impending Joy ]
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WESLEY CHU was born in Taiwan and immigrated to Chicago, Illinois when he was just a pup. His debut, The Lives of Tao, earned him a Young Adult Library Services Association Alex Award and a Science Fiction Goodreads Choice Award Finalist slot. Chu is currently co-writing Shadowhunters tie-in fiction with Cassandra Clare.
DARIUS HINKS works and lives in Nottinghamshire, England. He spent the nineties playing guitar for the grunge band, cable but when his music career ended in a bitter law suit, he turned to writing. His first novel, Warrior Priest, won the David Gemmell Morningstar award and, so far at least, none of his novels have resulted in litigation.
DAN MOREN is a novelist, freelance writer, and prolific podcaster. A formerΒ senior editor at Macworld, his work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Macworld, Popular Science, Yahoo Tech, and many others. He co-hosts tech podcasts Clockwise and The Rebound, writes and hosts nerdy quiz show Inconceivable!, and appears on the award-winning The Incomparable. Dan lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, where he plays ultimate frisbee, video, and tabletop games.
KAMERON HURLEY is an award-winning author, advertising copywriter and online scribe. She has won the Hugo Award, Kitschy Award, and Sydney J Bounds Award for Best Newcomer; she has also been a finalist for the Arthur C Clarke Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award, BFS Award, the David Gemmell Morningstar Award, and the BSFA Award for Best Novel. Her non-fiction has been featured in The Atlantic, Locus, and the game-changing collection The Geek Feminist Revolution.
ANNA KASHINA is inspired by her diverse backgrounds as a Russian-born scientist, a competitive ballroom dancer, and a fan of martial arts, history, and folklore. She is the author of the award-winning Majat Code series featuring adventure fantasy, medieval politics, assassins, and romance. She lives in the US Northeast, where she combines her career in biomedical research and her passion for writing.
ADA HOFFMANN is a Canadian graduate student trying to teach computers to write poetry. Her critically acclaimedΒ speculative short stories and poems have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov's, Uncanny, and two year's best anthologies. Ada was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at 13, and is passionate about autistic self-advocacy. She is a former semi-professional soprano, a tabletop gamer and an active LARPer, she lives in southern Ontario with a very polite black cat.
