It would be wonderful if all of them were as entertaining as this novel. Caterina is the sole legitimate heir to the once great Medici line, and powers both in this world and in others are warring over possible futures for her. Pope Clement, wanting to keep a closer eye on his great niece, moves Caterina to Rome. You've got more to look forward to in the coming months than just a change of season. There are new authors to discover, such as Juliet Marillier or Alastair Reynolds, as well as new books on the way from Gregory Benford, James Alan Gardner, Terry Pratchett, and others.
Some people go for horror with scary monsters, mutated insects, nameless evils.
The SF Site's FictionHome page brings you the latest news and reviews of genre magazines and other short fiction. We look at brand new issues of Talebones , Interzone , The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , and many more. Petersfield Library, whose staff, in their wisdom, decided that science fiction was children's literature. Also, I have a brother who is 12 years older than me, and I inherited his entire science fiction collection. This is a children's fantasy under whose spell Trent occasionally forgot he was critiquing.