It's been a while! I spent the last month preparing for a long surgery, which I had last Monday.
I'm currently home recovering, but just found out #TheNightward is having an ebook sale.
It's $1.99 on Kobo & Amazon!!
In Canada, the sale ends soon, so if you're interested in a fast paced scifantasy version of The Witcher meets Caribbean mythology set in a world ruled by women warrior-magicians, now's your chance!
Hugo nominations close in a few hours! Please consider my Locus & BSFA long-listed novel #TheNightward.
A young princess flees a coup with her protectors, but it's also a conversation about power & its intersection with gender & the stories we tell ourselves.
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-nightward-rsa-garcia
ICYMI I have a book out. #TheNightward is a scifantasy with a child queen on the run with her bodyguards after a coup.
And my fantasy novella THE UNBEARABLE TASTE OF FRUIT & WINE is out Feb 2025! Two thieves meet on the same job & sparks fly! Pre-order here:
https://es.android-press.com/product-page/the-unbearable-taste-of-fruit-and-wine
And help me get the word out for a small press that does critically acclaimed work, & a little story with a big piece of my heart. Add THE UNBEARABLE TASTE OF FRUIT AND WINE on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203308086-the-unbearable-taste-of-fruit-and-wine
Click Here to pre-order the paperback edition of this book. Iris has spent her life under the watchful eye of the Archmagus, the enigmatic figure who saved her as a child and raised her within the dark walls of the Citadel. Trapped in a world of secrets and bound to the merciless winged warriors known as the Aello, Iris has longed for freedom. But when a daring thief crosses her path during one of the Archmagus' relentless hunts for ancient magickal artifacts, Iris discovers that escape will mean more than simply leaving. The Archmagus has hidden the truth of her origins-a truth so powerful that it shatters everything she thought she knew. Now, Iris stands at a crossroads: remain in the shadows as part of a twisted family of monsters, or risk everything to unravel her past and follow a dangerous new destiny. Her choice will change the fate of magick itself.
Sometimes reviewers just get it, and Locus Magazine really, really got #TheNightward.
"Garcia writes with deft vigour, creating compelling characters and a clear sense of a world bursting with history and possibility, drama and threat."
Read the rest at the link!
https://locusmag.com/2024/12/the-nightward-by-r-s-a-garcia-review-by-liz-bourke/
#TheNightward is 2 months old!
I was passed over by every agent I tried with this book. Several said, no idea who I would buy it.
Well, apparently lots of readers love a book with gendered magic, queedoms & the road trip from hell.
Want a taste? Try this excerpt!
https://reactormag.com/excerpts-the-nightward-by-r-s-a-garcia/
ICYMI, my scifantasy #TheNightward is out in the US, Canada & now the UK!
If you or someone you know likes stories with:
- Bodyguards
- Child Queens
- Queendoms
- Gendered magic
- BIPOC/queer char.
- Road trip from hell
- Is it magic or tech?
Get it for Christmas!
https://www.amazon.com/Nightward-Novel-R-S-Garcia/dp/0063345757
Holy shit!
Yesterday, #TheNightward hit #1 in Australia in Black & African American Science Fiction! It was also #6 in Black & Af-Am Fantasy.
This is incredible since the book comes out there next Jan. But it's out today in the UK, so get in on this now if you haven't already!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nightward-Novel-R-S-Garcia/dp/0063345757
Tomorrow #TheNightward comes to the UK!
If THE WITCHER meets Caribbean mythology in a matriarchal world where magic is gendered sounds like your thing, I recommend the incredible audiobook! And the Kindle book is £6.99 right now!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nightward-Book-One-Waters-Lethe/dp/B0CSL8FY2C/
How does winning 25 critically acclaimed and best selling scifi and fantasy books for Christmas, including my scifantasy #TheNightward & @Wiswell incredible horror romance #SomeoneYouCanBuildANestIn sound?
Head on over to Instagram and enter to win!
Had a lot of fun talking about all things writing and my new scifantasy #TheNightward on the Just Keep Writing podcast with 4 tremendous hosts.
Check it out on YouTube!
Source:https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-qjsgk-174f103This week, Wil, LP, and Sameem interview R.S.A. Garcia! This episode is full of amazing stories you don’t ...
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