Here’s a rundown of the books we think you should look out for in coming in the week. See any that you are really looking forward to? Find any you had not heard of yet? Know of books we missed? We know we don’t have everything and would love to hear what you feel we may have overlooked. FANTASY URBAN FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION HORROR FANTASY URBAN FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION HORROR FANTASY URBAN FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION HORROR Fallout: The Hot War Harry Turtledove 7/19/2016 Del Rey Flying Jones, Carrie 7/19/2016 Tor Teen Imprudence Gail Carriger 7/19/2016 Orbit Life Debt: Aftermath Chuck Wendig 7/19/2016 Del Rey Nightshades Melissa F. Olson 7/19/2016 Tor.com The Dragon Lords: Fool’s Gold Jon Hollins 7/19/2016 Orbit The Dragon Round Stephen S. Power 7/19/2016 Simon & Schuster The Empty Ones Brockway, Robert 7/19/2016 Tor Books Ghost Run J.L. Bourne 7/19/2016 Gallery The Race Nina Allan 7/19/2016 Titan The Sunlight Pilgrims Jenni Fagan 7/19/2016 Hogarth The…
The Dragon Round is a fantasy adventure with plenty going on and a protagonist hellbent on revenge. At the start of the story we meet Jeryon, Captain of the Comber with plenty of experience under his belt. He’s a fair man but also a company man through and through and one who believes in acting by the book. Unfortunately as Jeryon and his crew are making a headland for home the shadow of a dragon appears on the horizon. The choices are limited. Hope the beast hasn’t spotted them, hope it’s simply not interested or engage in a fight with very little chances of success. Jeryon favours the quietly, quietly approach in the hope that the dragon isn’t interested but it seems that certain members of his crew have different ideas and the temptation of a dragon and the wealth that all it’s component parts rendered down would bring seems too great an opportunity to pass on for some of them. I won’t go into all the detail of what takes place next but the outcome is that Jeryon ends up with a mutinous crew, he’s given the captain’s chance and, accompanied by his apothecary known as Poth (who refused to…