This week in New Releases, we have new additions to the ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms’ series, time travelling romance, and the start of a new series that has enchanted artifacts with murder. This week seems like a lot of additions to already ongoing series, but the books themselves seem very interesting and I think I found some new series to get into! These books will be hitting the shelves between December 5th-12th.

Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer
Being released in Paperback and Nook formats. Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC Publishers. 304 pages, First Edition
Release Date: December 6, 2011

Jake Sullivan has done what we all wish we could do, escape a biological body and become an android. Now Jake faces a new set of problems, finding love in the human world and the consequences of becoming immortal.

Cry of the Ghost Wolf: A Forgotten Realms Novel by Mark Sehestedt [Book 3 of the Chosen of Nendawen series)
Being released in Paperback formats. Wizards of the Coast Publishers. 320 pages, Original Edition
Release Date: December 6, 2011

What started out as vengeance, Hweilan leaves the Feywild as a hardened warrior. Newly anointed as the Hand of the Hunter, her war against Jagen Ghen is far from over.

One Perfect Knight by Judith O’Brien
Being released in Paperback formats. Pocket Books Publisher. 384 pages
Release Date: December 5, 2011

Hard working executive Julie Gaffney is looking for love in New York City. A few bad dates and a kid’s party later, Julie falls into a cold faint and wakes up in Camelot. Is the knight she is looking for in this fabled land?

Territory by Emma Bull
Being released in Paperback and Nook formats. Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC Publishers. 320 pages, First Edition
Release Date: December 6, 2011

In a new twist of the Old West, ‘Territory’ follows Jesse Fox who leaves his college in the East to head to the Wild West. After making some new interesting friends, he finds out some interesting information about himself: he has a talent for magic. Featuring new versions of the stories with Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, this new take on the Old West looks really promising!

Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep, Book II: City of the Dead/The God Catcher/Circle of Skulls by Rosemary Jones, Erin M. Evans and James P. Davis
Being released in Paperback format. Wizards of the Coast Publishing. 768 pages.
Release Date: December 6, 2011

In this ‘Forgotten Realms’ collection, we visit 3 previously published books. In ‘City of the Dead’ we visit some restless souls. In ‘The God Catcher’ we make a decision if there is a woman who is actually a dragon, or is she just insane? Finally, we solve some occult murder mysteries in ‘Circle of Skulls!’

The Thirteen Hallows by Michael Scott and Colette Freedman
Being released in Hardcover, Nook and Audio formats.  Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC Publishers. 352 pages, First Edition
Release Date: December 6, 2011

After a horrific murder in London promises to unleash a plot over two thousand years in the making, the Hallows are revealed. The Hallows are ancient artifacts inspired with deadly powers, created to protect this world. The question is asked though, are they here to destroy us? The Hallow’s are held by the Keepers, who are being brutally murdered and their artifacts stolen. Now Sarah Miller, a Keeper who was warned to bring her Hallow to her nephew in America, is caught in a murder mystery sure to keep you captivated!

Reprisal (Adversary Cycle Series #5) by F. Paul Wilson
Being released in Paperback and Nook formats.  Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC Publishers. 426 pages
Release Date: December 6, 2011

Whenever former priest Bill Ryan is near a telephone, it will ring continually. When it is finally answered, a disturbing call from a child who died long ago pleads to be rescued from the murder. In this series continuation, Detective Sergeant Renaldo Augustino is searching for Bill and plans to torture him before his arrest. There is an evil entity that is also following Bill, and killing his loved ones. Will good prevail over evil?