Let’s take a quick look to see what’s arrived at the Geek Compound.
Lightbringer
by K. D. McEntire
Cover by Sam Weber
Promo copy:
Wendy has the ability to see souls that have not moved on—but she does not seek them out. They seek her. They yearn for her… or what she can do for them. Without Wendy’s powers, the Lost, the souls that have died unnaturally young, are doomed to wander in the never forever, and Wendy knows she is the only one who can set them free by sending them into the light.
Each soul costs Wendy, delivering too many souls would be deadly, and yet she is driven to patrol, dropping everyone in her life but her best friend, Eddie—who wants to be more than friends—until she meets Piotr.
Piotr, the first Rider and guardian of the Lost, whose memory of his decades in the never, a world that the living never see, has faded away. With his old-fashioned charms, and haunted kindness, he understands Wendy in ways no one living ever could, yet Wendy is hiding that she can do more than exist in the never. Wendy is falling for a boy who she may have to send into the light.
But there are darker forces looking for the Lost. Trying to regain the youth and power that the Lost possess, the dark ones feed on the Lost and only Wendy and Piotr can save them—but at what cost?
Lightbringer is a YA urban fantasy/romance set in a world a breath away from our own. Similar in tone to Tithe and Unleashed, Lightbringer tiptoes down the line between love and horror as Wendy discovers herself and the darkest parts of the afterlife.
Care To Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars?: A Believer Book of Advice
Edited by Mike Sachs and Eric Spitznagel
Introductions by Judd Apatow and Patton Oswalt
Promo copy:
In the spirit of You’re A Horrible Person But I Like You, Care To Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars? is a series of twisted, belligerent advice columns from The Believer and an all-star cast of writers and comedians, including Bob Saget, Louis C. K., Amy Sedaris, Zach Galifianaks, Roz Chast, and Nick Hornby.
Care To Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars? was originally conceived of as an advice column for The Believer. In these pages learn how to remove a wine stain from granite (witchcraft), how to avoid being found dead in an embarrassing manner, specifically being found by fireman in your underwear (wear long johns), and what book to read in a subway to make friends (“Common Problems of the Very Wealthy, Well-Endowed, and Omniscient”).
This looks to be an excellent bathroom read.
Inheritance
by Christopher Paolini
Cover by John Jude Palencar
Promo copy:
Not so very long ago, Eragon—Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider—was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.
Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances.
The Rider and his dragon have come further than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaësia? And if so, at what cost?
This is the much-anticipated, astonishing conclusion to the worldwide bestselling Inheritance cycle.
Books received 11/20/11 was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon