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Announcement: Blade of Betrayal, by Michael J. Bode

The Blade of Betrayal

QSFer Michael J. Bode has a new queer fantasy book out: For the last fifteen years, the once despotic Empire of Thrycea has flourished under the rule of its benevolent empress. The people are free and life-giving magic promises prosperity for all. A brutal regicide sends the the fledgling democracy into chaos and its enemies close in from every direction. The Empress’s estranged son and sole heir, Torin, is forced to flee as his mother’s hidden enemies come after him as well. High above the seas, the floating city of Archea has encased itself in a magical barrier with no … Read more

Announcement: The Queen of Lies, by Michael J. Bode

Queen of Lies

QSFer Michael J. Bode has a new fantasy book out: The cataclysmic Long Night has ended, with humanity slowly recovering from the madness-inducing rule of Nightmares. Out of the ruin of the old empires rise two new powers—the Protectorate of Free Cities and the Dominance of Thrycea, ruled by a dynasty of hereditary weather mages known as Storm Lords. Between the two lies a buffer zone of provincial kingdoms, where the powerful nations fight out their differences. And in the shadows, defeated but not destroyed, the Nightmares lurk. In Rivern, the westernmost city in the Protectorate, three unlikely individuals stumble … Read more