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The Aeronaut’s Windlass (Cinder Spires 1) by Jim Butcher has been nominated for a Hugo Award in the Best Novel category!

The Aeronaut’s Windlass (Cinder Spires 1) by Jim Butcher

“Butcher’s new series, The Cinder Spires, brings a wondrously strange world to life, in which humans live in giant spires, towers of stone that extend for miles, like monolithic city states, protecting humanity from the mist-covered, deadly surface world below. Travel between spires requires airships, and battles between unfriendly spires are common. Captain Grimm of the Predator is a privateer, attacking enemy ships for his home, Spire Albion. The airship battles are in fine maritime style with a few airborne twists as ships maneuver up and down, as well as side to side to bring their guns to bear. Unfortunately, their magic shields are vulnerable, and soon Captain Grimm brings his battered ship into port at Albion, hoping to be able to replace the crystals that power and provide lift for the airships. He makes a deal to get those crystals, but also gets involved with some odd characters, including a etherealist who can see the future and a very intelligent cat named Rowl (several sections are in his point-of-view) and his human. It’s an interesting world, with some terrifying monsters, all together a nicely different sort of steampunk fantasy that promises some interesting developments to come.” — Locus

The audio editon of The Aeronaut’s Windlass (Cinder Spires 1) by Jim Butcher is Audible’s Best of 2015 in the Fantasy category!

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson is one of Buzzfeed’s Best Science Fiction Books Of 2015 and The Aeronaut’s Windlass (Cinder Spires 1) by Jim Butcher is one of their Best Fantasy Books Of 2015!

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson, Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop, Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, and The Aeronaut’s Windlass (Cinder Spires 1) by Jim Butcher are all on Barnes and Noble’s Best Science-Fiction & Fantasy of 2015 list!