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Join us for an evening with Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian. Ticket holders get a numbered copy of Songs Of The Dead signed by the authors. Book 1 of The Strata Wars tells the tale of an American rocker in a London where metal music and magic combine. www.eventbrite.com/e/brandon-sa...

Happy #bookbirthday to Katy Nyquist’s A NECROMANCER’S GUIDE TO ARRANGED MARRIAGES! A beleaguered necromancer and a dragon emperor walk into a faux engagement in the third spicy romantasy in Nyquist’s Scandals of the Gifted series. awfulagent.com/ebooks/a-nec... @zenoagency.bsky.social

Would Brad Pitt date your Grandma? What about Elon Musk? Get the low-down on romance scams. killzoneblog.com/2026/06/when...

Twelve years ago, I got my first book deal. This week, I regained the rights to all of those books. Like sweeping epic fantasy swashbucklers? Inquire within: aahabershaw.com/2026/06/12/r...

Kylara Vatta is excited about being an officer on an interstellar cruiser, but after a mistake, she is expelled from the Academy and returns home to disappointment. Just when it seems her opportunities are gone, she gets a chance as captain of an old Vatta Transport ship on its last voyage...

Line of Descent by Adam Oyebanji is a sci-fi tale that you'll never want to put down. This inventive and twisty thriller is of a mysterious kidnapping that sparks turmoil on a generation ship. Preorder now, available 11/17: buff.ly/aT6mfx9

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? by Jessica Fowler (@jesswritesitoff.bsky.social) is currently #4 on Amazon UK’s “Friends to Lovers” bestseller list! www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Sellers... @awfulagent.bsky.social

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My Review: I initially discovered Judge Dee - this version of Judge Dee, at least - when I was looking for references to the original, historical Judge Dee after reading The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan. I was curious about Dee as a historical figure, because the context in which the name was familiar was in relation to the Judge Dee mystery series interpreted and written by Robert van Gulik in the 1950s and 1960s, (very) loosely based on the historical (7th century!) Judge Di Renjie who had migrated into 14th century Chinese mystery fiction and eventually 18th century Chinese crime fiction.

✨ eBook Discount! SLAYERS OF OLD by Jim C. Hines is only $2.99 on Kindle Daily Deals. Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time. buff.ly/QsehmAr

About 12 years ago I got my first book publishing deal with Harper Voyager. It was for my fantasy novel The Oldest Trick, though there was a caveat – they wanted to split the first book in ha…