Just added at Audible.com: A Blight of Mages by Karen Miller (and some other things)

Link: Just added at Audible.com: A Blight of Mages by Karen Miller (and some other things)

A Blight of Mages is the latest audiobook from Karen Miller, narrated by Eileen Stevens:

Teaser: “Hundreds of years before the great Mage War, a land lies, unknowing, on the edge of catastrophe….” Miller’s “Mage” books number in quite the several, and it’s been a series I’ve wanted to jump into several times but just haven’t found the time. Yet. I need to find a reading guide to figure out where to begin…

Also out recently:

• YR: Matilda by Roald Dahl narrated by David Ian Davies
• Two classic “Tarzan” books from Edgar Rice Burroughs, both narrated by David Sharp: The Beasts of Tarzan: Tarzan Series, Book 3 and Tarzan: The Jungle Tales
• Jack Blank and the Secret War: Jack Blank Trilogy, Book 2 by Matt Myklusch narrated by Norbert Leo Butz
• Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension by Christie Golden narrated by Marc Thompson
• Non-Fiction: Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge by Max Brockman narrated by Various
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne narrated by James Frain
• Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay narrated by Justine Eyre
• YA/YR? Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson narrated by Ramon De Ocampo is the first of epic fantasy bestseller Sanderson’s books for a bit younger audience
• YR: The Bellmaker: Redwall, Book 7 by the late Brian Jacques narrated by Brian Jacques
• Two “Doctor Who” novels/novelisations: Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep by Victor Pemberton narrated by David Troughton and Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man by Justin Richards narrated by Nicholas Briggs
• Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris narrated by James Langton
• The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss narrated by Susan Duerden combines some historical fiction with romance and some fantasy elements: “events take a stunning turn when a handsome stranger – the poet and notorious rake Lord Byron – arrives at her house, stricken by what seems to be a curse, and with a cryptic message for Lucy … Lucy is awakened to a world once unknown to her: where magic and mortals collide, and the forces of ancient nature and modern progress are at war for the soul of England… and the world. The key to victory may be connected to a cryptic volume whose powers of enchantment are unbounded.”
• The “Samurai Kids” series from Sandy Fussel: White Crane: Samurai Kids #1, Owl Ninja: Samurai Kids #2, and Samurai Kids #3: Shaolin Tiger all narrated by Joshua Swanson
• Philippa Fisher and the Fairy’s Promise: Philippa Fisher, Book 3 by Liz Kessler narrated by Kate Reinders , Julia Whelan ,MacLeod Andrews
• Non-genre: The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky narrated by Firdous Bamji (Recorded Books, 2006)
• Non-genre: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester narrated by Christian Rodska — the Hornblower series is often listed as inspiration for modern space opera sf

Whew. There’s a few things I’m expected to see on Tuesday (the 16th) and the second half of August is upon us. What have you been listening to this month, and what are you looking forward to in the second half?