Here's a selection of books that go on sale Tuesday\, May 18.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100520T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100520T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/richelle-mead-signs-spirit-bound URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/richelle-mead-signs-spirit-bound SUMMARY:Richelle Mead signs SPIRIT BOUND DESCRIPTION:A special Vampire Academy event at the San Marcos Library. Details are on our Community Events page.
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Spirit Bound goes on sale on Tuesday. Meet Richelle on Wednesday!
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100523T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100523T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/christopher-farnsworth-signs-blood-oath URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/christopher-farnsworth-signs-blood-oath SUMMARY:Christopher Farnsworth signs BLOOD OATH DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 23\, at 2\:00 PM\, MG invites readers to take part in our Bloodbath event with vampire authors Christopher Farnsworth and Nathan Long. Debut author Christopher’s novel has received praise like Bard Meltzer’s comment\: “Blood Oath is exactly how I like my Presidential thrillers. With vampires.” Sandy and Maryelizabeth are also fans – see our website for their review. Nathaniel Cade is “the president’s vampire\,” committed by Marie Laveau and President Andrew Johnson to protect whomever holds the office.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100523T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100523T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/nathan-long-signs-bloodborn URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/nathan-long-signs-bloodborn SUMMARY:Nathan Long signs BLOODBORN DESCRIPTION:Nathan Long\, like fellow Bloodbath author Christopher Farnsworth\, also has a history as a screenwriter. Nathan has also written a number of novels for the Black Library and Games Workshop\, mostly set in the Warhammer game universe\, including popular adventures of Gotrek and Felix. Shamanslayer\, a Gotrek and Felix novel\, is a nominee for the Scribe Awards for best speculative fiction tie-in novel from The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100525T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100526T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-may-25 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-may-25 SUMMARY:New Books On Sale May 25 DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale Tuesday May 25.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100526T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100526T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/mg-summer-reading-gala URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/mg-summer-reading-gala SUMMARY:MG Summer Reading Gala! DESCRIPTION:The end of May means that the school year is drawing to a close\, and it’s time to get excited about summer reading options! Mysterious Galaxy celebrates on Tuesday\, May 25\, at 7\:00 PM\, with our Summer Reading Gala. Young Adult Program Coordinator Suzanne Dupree will be the hostess\, and local young adult fantasy author Cindy Pon will emcee our great panel of four tween and teen authors. Cindy will not only perform in the role of Barbara Walters for the evening\, but will also be available to sign copies of Silver Phoenix\: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia.
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Given that Tuesday is the 1st of June\, some of these titles may not arrive today\, but are just June new releases in general.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100604T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100604T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dianne-emley URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/dianne-emley SUMMARY:Dianne Emley signs LOVE KILLS DESCRIPTION:LAPD homicide officer Nan Vining has mostly recovered from the (briefly) fatal attack and subsequent threats to her and her daughter in the Cut trilogy\, with some residual effects. Nan joins lover and partner Jim Kissick in an investigation among the Los Angeles elite at a private retreat in Love Kills. Los Angeles author Dianne Emley joins Kris Neri on Thursday\, June 3\, at 7\:00 PM for an evening of murder in the City of Angels.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/michael-stevens-signs-fortuna URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/michael-stevens-signs-fortuna SUMMARY:Michael Stevens signs FORTUNA DESCRIPTION:Debut author Michael Stevens\, like Peter May with Virtually Dead\, examines the impact on-line role-playing games can have on their players in the real world in Fortuna. Jason Lind is addicted to playing “Fortuna\,” a game set in Renaissance Florence\, not worrying about the consequences of his avatar’s choices\, or thinking about the real world value of items in the game’s economy\, when he discovers the game has an impact on the real world. Meet Michael on Friday\, June 4\, at 7\:00 PM.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T220000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lynn-flewelling URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lynn-flewelling SUMMARY:Lynn Flewelling signs THE WHITE ROAD DESCRIPTION:Fantasy author Lynn Flewelling\, safely ashore from her teaching voyage on her Writing on the Waves! Caribbean writing cruise in late May\, returns to MG on Saturday\, June 5\, at 2\:00 PM. The White Road is the latest installment in Lynn’s Nightrunner fantasy / mystery series. Partners Alec and Seregil’s hopes to return to a more peaceful way of life and espionage are disrupted when they become responsible for the care of a mysterious and powerful homunculus. The Nightrunner books have been optioned by an indie film company.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100605T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100606T000000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jane-lindskold URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jane-lindskold SUMMARY:Jane Lindskold signs FIVE ODD HONORS DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, June 5\, at 4\:00 PM\, fantasy author Jane Lindskold visits with the third book in the Breaking the Wall series\, Five Odd Honors. Brenda Morris\, who began to explore her legacy of the powers of the Rat of Chinese mythology\, tries to resume her college studies. But when other members of the Exiles try to return to the Lands Born from Smoke and Sacrifice to restore five lost members\, they discover the lands have been corrupted by a powerful adversary.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100608T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100609T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-8th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-8th SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 8th DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 8th
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100611T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100611T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/carola-dunn URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/carola-dunn SUMMARY:Carola Dunn signs A COLOURFUL DEATH DESCRIPTION:Carola Dunn returns to the small Cornish town of Port Mayben with A Colourful Death on Thursday\, June 10\, at 7\:00 PM. Eleanor Trewynn’s neighbor\, artist Nick Gresham\, returns from a trip to find his paintings have been destroyed in his studio. When the culprit is murdered\, Nick is the prime suspect – but Eleanor finds that even in a small town\, there are plenty of others who had issues with Nick’s rival artist\, including the members of a local commune. Carola is also the author of 18 Daisy Dalrymple mysteries\, and is planning at least two more in her historical British series.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100612T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100612T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/vicki-pettersson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/vicki-pettersson SUMMARY:Vicki Pettersson signs CHEAT THE GRAVE DESCRIPTION:Fans of Vicki Pettersson’s Sign of the Zodiac urban fantasy superhero series are eagerly awaiting Cheat the Grave\, following the events of City of Souls\, including Joanna Archer’s sacrificing her immortality and powers to save an innocent. Joanna\, having altered her destiny\, is still a figure of prophecy\, sought both by her former enemies and allies and the target of a death-dealer\, as she takes refuge in Las Vegas’s supernatural underworld. Vicki returns to MG on Friday\, June 11\, at 7\:00 PM. Also watch for a new story from Vicki in the Dark and Stormy Knights anthology in July.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100612T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100612T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lisa-brackmann URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lisa-brackmann SUMMARY:Lisa Brackmann signs ROCK PAPER TIGER DESCRIPTION:San Diego native Lisa Brackmann takes readers on a couch trip to contemporary China in her debut novel\,Rock Paper Tiger\, Maryelizabeth’s Signed First Mystery Pick for June. (See review below.) An Iraq war vet tangled in the death throes of a marriage\, Ellie Cooper finds herself caught up in a conspiracy against the Chinese government\, with no clear way to determine who her allies are\, especially when her primary source of information is via on-line game avatars.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100613T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100613T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/simon-wood URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/simon-wood SUMMARY:Simon Wood signs TERMINATED DESCRIPTION:Everyone’s worked with someone who is never responsible for any of his / her own issues at work – they are always the victim of someone else’s special treatment or malice. In Terminated\, Simon Wood takes that obnoxious co-worker to a dangerous and deadly level. When Gwen Ferris\, recently promoted to Manager of Quality Assurance on her own merits over Stephen Tarbell\, gives Tarbell a poor performance review\, he reacts unreasonably. He begins a campaign of intimidation and terror\, encompassing her job\, her family\, and her life.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100615T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100616T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-15th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-15th SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 15th DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 15th
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T081548Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100617T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100617T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/book-discussion-group-accidental-sorcerer URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/book-discussion-group-accidental-sorcerer SUMMARY:Book Discussion Group -- THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER DESCRIPTION:Mysterious Galaxy's Book Discussion Group meets on Wednesday nights at
the store. (Tuesdays during part of the summer.) Participation is open to all
readers\; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend.