Douglas Thompson's Apoidea was published in late 2011 by The EXAGGERATED Press.

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Here's a short description of Apoidea:

Apoidea...

When the bees were wiped out, famine and war threatened, mankind faced the abyss. But then came salvation, in the form of the cyber bee. Fully functional, fully capable of replacing its extinct predecessor. Humanity would survive. But suddenly, the bees are not behaving the way they should. Something is wrong...

Apoidea...

A fast paced, intelligent and frighteningly contemporary science fiction thriller from Douglas Thompson, author of Ultrameta and Sylvow.

A REVIEW OF DOUGLAS THOMPSON'S APOIDEA

Karen Azinger's The Flame Priest was published in December 2011.

Karen Azinger is the author of The Silk & Steel Saga. Her debut book, The Steel Queen (the first book of The Silk & Steel Saga), was published in 2011.

Click here to visit Karen Azinger's official website.

Here's a description of The Flame Priest:

Heralded by a red comet, the Mordant is Reborn. A thousand years of evil hidden beneath a young man's face, the Mordant returns in the guise of his oldest enemy. Keen to regain his full powers, he weaves his way north, sowing a trail of death and deceit.

Kath and her companions leave the monastery, chasing an elusive shadow across the kingdoms of Erdhe, but the dark divide has already begun. Allies are set against allies, tearing the kingdoms asunder. A rebellion rises in Lanverness, threatening the queen's life as well as her crown.

Trapped within her own castle, the Spider Queen must out-wit the traitors led by her own blood, or surrender her kingdom to Darkness. Across the border, the Lord Raven builds a religion into a fanatical bonfire. A fiery frenzy grips Coronth, fanning the powers of the Flame Priest into a raging threat. The eternal battle of Light and Dark is joined, but few mortals understand the rules.

And here's the review:

A REVIEW OF KAREN AZINGER'S THE FLAME PRIEST

Karen Azinger's The Assasin's Tear was published in December 2011.

Karen Azinger is the author of The Silk & Steel Saga. Her debut book, The Steel Queen (the first book of The Silk & Steel Saga), was published in 2011.

Click here to visit Karen Azinger's official website.

Here's a description of The Assassin's Tear:

Explore the medieval kingdoms of Erdhe, raid the tomb of the first emperor of China, and unravel the enigma of the Dark Space in this collection of fantasy and science fiction stories from the author of The Silk & Steel Saga. The two signature stories, Prophecy's Twist and The Assassin's Tear, are set in the fantasy realm of Erdhe. Prophecy's Twist discovers the dark deceit that started the War of the Wizards, forever changing the kingdoms of Erdhe. The Assassin's Tear follows the exploits of a petty thief whose ambition leads him to unravel the dark secret of the Mordant's Citadel.

And here's the review:

A REVIEW OF KAREN AZINGER'S THE ASSASSIN'S TEAR

In this guest post fantasy author Karen Azinger tells about creating the fantasy world of Erdhe forThe Silk & Steel Saga.

Karen Azinger is the author of The Silk & Steel Saga and The Assasin's Tear (a short story collection).

Click here to visit Karen Azinger's official website.

GUEST POST: KAREN AZINGER TELLS ABOUT CREATING THE FANTASY WORLD OF ERDGE FOR THE SILK & STEEL SAGA

Martha Wells' The Serpent Sea was published in December 2011 by Night Shade Books.

Martha Wells is the author of five Ile-Rien novels (The Element of Fire, The Death of the Necromancer, The Wizard Hunters, The Ships of Air and The Gate of Gods), Books of the Raksura series (The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea), City of Bones, Wheel of the Infinite and two Stargate Atlantis novels (Stargate Atlantis: Reliquary and Stargate Atlantis: Entanglement). She has also written short stories and non-fiction articles.

Martha Wells' official website can be found here.

Here's a description of The Serpent Sea:

Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for their colony. Moon finally feels like he's found a tribe where he belongs.

But when the travelers reach the ancestral home of Indigo Cloud, shrouded within the trunk of a mountain-sized tree, they discover a blight infecting its core. Nearby they find the remains of the invaders who may be responsible, as well as evidence of a devastating theft. This discovery sends Moon and the hunters of Indigo Cloud on a quest for the heartstone of the tree – a quest that will lead them far away, across the Serpent Sea...

In this followup to The Cloud Roads, Martha Wells returns with a world-spanning odyssey, a mystery that only provokes more questions – and the adventure of a lifetime.

Here's the review:

A REVIEW OF MARTHA WELLS' THE SERPENT SEA