Deborah's Journal

Here's an enthusiastic review of the newly-revised ebook edition of Exordium (by sartorias and davetrow:

http://courtney-schafer.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-rec-exordium-series-sherwood-smith.html

Ordering it from The first volume is on special sale until the 27th!

Beloved spouse, davetrow, says of his newly-ebook-releasedExordium, The Phoenix in Flight:

If you're looking for space opera with “coruscating, ravening beams of unstoppable force” (in every color but purple), devious aristocratic intrigue and sexual tension, and high-velocity custard flingers, check out The Phoenix in Flight.

From BVC: Smith and Trowbridge describe the flavor of their five-book space opera Exordium as a cross between Star Wars and Dangerous Liaisons with a touch of the Three Stooges. With its faWant death rays, aristocratic intrigue and sexual tension, and high-velocity custard flingersst-moving blend of humor and horror, of high-tech skiffy and the deep places of the human heart, The Phoenix in Flight launches the reader into a complex, multi-layered universe as Brandon nyr-Arkad, dissolute youngest son of the ruler of the Thousand Suns, abandons the life of Service planned for him and flees into the lawless Rift. Only slowly does he discover that the world he rejected now lies in smoking ruins as the ritual vengeance of Jerrode Eusabian against Brandon’s father, twenty years in preparation, culminates in an explosion of interstellar violence. With both his brothers dead and his father the Panarch imprisoned, Brandon becomes the Panarchy’s last hope.

Okay, I have special reasons to be tickled about this announcement. Sherwood is not only a dear friend, but my husband's best friend and collaborator (the wonderful Exordium series that came out in the '90s) and a fantastically good writer. So here's yet another reason to hie yourselves hence to Book View Cafe (and register for free so you can see more good stuff.)

On Thursday, January 28, Sherwood Smith will be joining the Book View Café team. Smith began her publishing career in 1986, writing mostly for young adults and children. To date she’s published over thirty books. The latest was Treason’s Shore, last of the four-book Inda series, with Banner of the Damned coming out from DAW next year. She also writes for young adults, her most popular book being Crown Duel, from Firebirds. She’s also written short fiction, published in various venues. Sherwood Smith has collaborated with several authors, including the Grand Master Andre Norton. One of her books was an Anne Lindbergh Honor Book; she’s twice been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and once a Nebula finalist. Some of her stories have been reprinted in “best of” anthologies, and her work has been translated into numerous languages.

For her debut on the 28th, Smith will be offering her science fiction novelette, "Being Real."

Visit Smith’s bookshelf at BookViewCafe.com: http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/The-Sherwood-Smith-Bookshelf/

Watch for chapters of Smith’s romantic fantasy, Crown Duel, on Thursdays at http://www.bookviewcafe.com.

Also coming soon from BVC, Smith’s YA adventure, A Stranger to Command.