Audible.com release day: Two Marla Mason Novels by T.A. Pratt (and more)

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While The Tears of the Sun: A Novel of the Change (Emberverse Series, Book 8) by S. M. Stirling narrated by Todd McLaren is the big new release today, along with Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (20th Anniversary Edition): The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 1 by Timothy Zahn narrated by Marc Thompson, I’d like to highlight two Marla Mason novels by T. A. Pratt, otherwise known as Tim Pratt, a brilliant American short story writer.

The first four novels of his urban fantasy series are already in audio, having been released in February 2009, all narrated by Jessica Almasy: Blood Engines: A Marla Mason Novel, Poison Sleep: A Marla Mason Novel, Dead Reign: A Marla Mason Novel, and Spell Games: A Marla Mason Novel. Today sees the Audible.com release of the online serialized novel set in the same world Broken Mirrors: A Marla Mason Novel and the prequel novel Bone Shop: A Marla Mason Novel:

Also today are:

• Exiled: Clan of the Claw, Book One by Harry Turtledove, S. M. Stirling, Michael Z. Williamson, John Ringo, and Jody Lynn Nye narrated by Brian Sutherland
• Star Wars: Heir to the Empire: Behind the Scenes: An Expanded Universe Is Born by Timothy Zahn and Betsy Mitchell (editor) narrated by Timothy Zahn, and Betsy Mitchell which is a very detailed look at Zahn’s series to accompany the re-release of the 20th anniversary edition (above) and for which there is a free excerpt: Free Excerpt: Star Wars: Heir to the Empire – Behind the Scenes
• Short: The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon and Jake Parker narrated by Marc Thompson
• YA: Ashes: Ashes Trilogy, Book 1 by Ilsa J. Bick narrated by Katherine Kellgren

And three more novels, brought to my attention for different reasons:

• Sanctus: A Novel by Simon Toyne narrated by Simon Vance — Simon Vance as narrator can get me to give a second look at pretty much any book, even one from a genre (thriller) that I don’t generally go for
• Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman narrated by Mark Bramhall — ditto the above, replacing for narrator and genre (horror) and adding an interesting review at Tor.com
• The Taker by Alma Katsu narrated by Laurel Lefkow — it shares a publishing imprint (Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books) with Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky and the superhero fiction anthology Masked edited by Lou Anders and looks to be an interesting take on a few mythological oddities: