I can't afford to buy any books for the whole of October, so I quickly ran down to Forbidden Planet at lunchtime. This is what I bought on the last day of September (just in time! *g*):



ZOMG! I'm so happy, I absolutely love Elizabeth Bear(matociquala)'s work. *beams*

This is the mass market edition of All the Windwracked Stars. It received starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Booklist. Here is the blurb:

It all began with Ragnarok, with the Children of the Light and the Tarnished ones battling to the death in the ice and the dark. At the end of the long battle, one Valkyrie survived, wounded, and one valraven - the steeds of the valkyrie.

Because they lived, Valdyrgard was not wholly destroyed. Because the valraven was transformed in the last miracle offered to a Child of the Light, Valdyrgard was changed to a world where magic and technology worked hand in hand.

2500 years later, Muire is in the last city on the dying planet, where the Technomancer rules what's left of humanity. She's caught sight of someone she has not seen since the Last Battle: Mingan the Wolf is hunting in her city.

How cool does that sound? And no, I am not sad that it's another Norse book that might make my own shiny idea based on Norse mythology any less worthwhile. As the wise Jackie Kessler always reminds me: "Kaz, this just proves the market exists!" ;)

Anyway, I am going to read this Very Soon Right Now. It only came out at the beginning of the month, but I've been waiting for the paperback for ages...