House Rules is the latest in the Chicagoland Vampire series by author Chloe Neill. Things are changing for new vampire Merit and her house, Cadogan. On the verge of officially becoming rogue vampires themselves, 2 very well liked vampires mysteriously disappear and the evidence doesn’t point to a pretty picture. The GP is heading to town to separate Cadogan from the house system, and Merit is about to join a secret organization in the interest of protecting her fellow vampires.
Bucko is a graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics that compiles the complete web comic of the same name written by Jeff Parker and drawn by Erika Moen. It follows the adventures of Rich, named “Bucko” by a drunken Gyp before what could be a one night stand, as he makes his way hungover to a job interview where he finds a dead body in the bathroom. From there he, Gyp, her butch lesbian roommate, his clueless hipster roommate, and an assortment of crazy characters make their way through the city to solve the mystery.
Mockingbird is the follow up to author Chuck Wendig’s Blackbirds
Ready Player One takes place in the near future. Earth has been mostly destroyed by various things and basically corporations rule. But there’s one safe-haven: The Oasis. Oasis is a virtual reality game that ultimately became a place where people lived out their whole lives. In game currency is worth more than real countries, and you can do everything from shop to go to school in it. Anything you could previously do in the real world, plus more is available in the Oasis, which is free to use. When the creator of The Oasis dies, he leaves a video will behind that is automatically sent to all players. This 80′s obsessed, Steve Jobs-esque character says that he has hidden an easter egg in the game and the first person to find it gets control over the company, his own personal fortune, and everything that comes with it. So now people known as “gunters” spend their time analyzing every detail of his life and searching the game and 80′s pop culture to find clues to where the keys and gates may be. And after 5 years of no progress, Wade Watts, a teenager and our hero finds the first puzzle.
Strindberg’s Star is the first book from Swedish author Jan Wallentin. It’s been an international bestseller and now comes to the US in a translation by Rachel Wilson-Broyles. The plot centers on an expert of religious symbols and Nazi history, and also ex-psychologist and current prescription pill addict, Don Titelman who is asked by a cave diver to come out to his remote cabin to examine some odd things he found in a dive where a dead body was also found. Upon his arrival he finds the diver dead. From there the plot has Don and his lawyer Eva exploring the world on the run from a secret society and uncovering long hidden secrets of history including norse mythology and Nazi’s. The book is very Dan Brown-ish with some shades of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo thrown in.
The Night Circus is a magical book about a mysterious circus that appears without warning suddenly during the night and disappears in much the same way. While it’s around it is only open at night and everything is black and white and it features some of the most interesting acts from all over the world. But beneath the surface two real magicians have been trained since childhood for a battle to take place there where they themselves don’t even know the rules their mentors have committed them to.
Alcatraz is a mysterious show that proposes the truth behind the closing of Alcatraz prison is that in 1963 all the prisoners and guards just vanished one night. Now in modern day San Francisco these people are re-appearing just as mysteriously, not having aged a day. Detective Rebecca Madsen (Jones; Sons of Anarchy) and Alcatraz expert Diego Soto (Garcia; LOST) stumble upon the happenings and a secret task force run by the equally mysterious Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill; Jurassic Park) and are enlisted to help capture some of the worst criminals of their day. The story of the events on 1960′s Alcatraz are told alongside the modern day story as well.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is about recently disgraced investigative journalist, Mikael Blomkvist (Craig; Casino Royale, Cowboys & Aliens) who is hired by an Swedish industrialist (Plummer; Beginners, The Insider) to solve the 40 year old mystery of the disappearance of his niece. He’s assisted by a young, anti-social computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander (Mara; The Social Network, A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)). It’s based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson.
Drink Deep is the latest installment in author Chloe Neill’s Chicagoland Vampires series. In this volume vampire Merit is not having the time of her life (after death). She’s still mourning a loss, but finds it hard to do with a receiver observing and changing the rules of her house, Cadogan House, a shake-up among the ranks, a new partner, a stressed out best friend who’s unavailable, a new vampire hating mayor, a mercenary out for genocide, and all of this is before Lake Michigan unexplainably turns black. Merit must find the cause of this while dealing with both personal and political traumas.
Morning Glories is a comic about six new students at the prestigious and mysterious Morning Glory Academy. The six students are from all over the world and are all very different but share one common trait (which I won’t ruin for you here). At Morning Glory Academy they find out that this is no regular prep school, and instead find themselves often in fights for their lives.