Newsletter 103 PDF - large print format - expanded ... - Uncle Hugo's

the gate, but one of the humans has a plot to
frame and destroy Jim Holden, captain of the
Rocinante, which is part of the vast flotilla of
scientific and military ships sent to explore
the artifact. Jim is haunted by the ghost of
Detective Miller, who was killed in the first
volume, but continues to feed Jim information
about the alien artifact. The wrong move could
result in the artifact sterilizing the entire
solar system, and there are lots of
opportunities for mis-steps.
Patricia Briggs has two related series, the
Mercy Thompson series (featuring a shapeshifting
VW mechanic, who was raised by
werewolves although she is a were-coyote) and
the Alpha and Omega series (featuring as main
characters a couple who are secondary characters
in the Mercy Thompson series). The story lines
between the two series keep getting more
integrated. Frost Burned ($26.95) stars Mercy
and her regular set of characters, but when her
husband and most of his pack of werewolves are
abducted by a bunch of rogue government agents
who want to use them as assassins, Mercy turns
to some fey, a vampire, and out-of-town
werewolves for help. The Moor (who has been
developed as a character more in the Alpha and
Omega series) is sent in to help save the pack.
The book is a lot of fun if you’re already
familiar with both series, but don’t try to
start with this book.
Sergey and Marina Dyachenko are a married couple
of Russian writers who have won some European