Waiting on Wednesday

This is a blog meme hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine to spotlight upcoming books. This week we're featuring picks chosen by SQT and Jim.



SQT's can't wait to read selection is:

Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell



Publisher: Tor

Date: September 18, 2012

Pages: 320 



Cambridge, England, 1905. Jane
Porter is hardly a typical woman of her time. The only female student in
Cambridge University’s medical program, she is far more comfortable in a
lab coat dissecting corpses than she is in a corset and gown sipping
afternoon tea. A budding paleoanthropologist, Jane dreams of traveling
the globe in search of fossils that will prove the evolutionary theories
of her scientific hero, Charles Darwin.



When dashing
American explorer Ral Conrath invites Jane and her father to join an
expedition deep into West Africa, she can hardly believe her luck.
Africa is every bit as exotic and fascinating as she has always
imagined, but Jane quickly learns that the lush jungle is full of
secrets—and so is Ral Conrath. When danger strikes, Jane finds her hero,
the key to humanity’s past, and an all-consuming love in one
extraordinary man: Tarzan of the Apes.



This is a departure for me in that it's not strictly genre- but I love the idea of seeing the story of Tarzan told from Jane's point of view.





 Jim's can't wait to read selection is:




Shadows of Treachery ed. Christian Dunn & Nick Kyme

Publisher: The Black Library

Date: Sept. 25, 2012

Pages: 416



From the battlefields of Phall and Isstvan, to the haunted shadows of Terra itself – the greatest war in the history of mankind rages on. While the traitor Legions continue their campaign of terror across the galaxy, preparations are made for the defence of the Imperial Palace and the final, inevitable reckoning that must yet come between Horus and the Emperor...



This anthology spans the entire Horus Heresy, with short stories from Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill and Gav Thorpe, as well as two brand new novella-length tales. Learn the fate of Rogal Dorn’s fleet originally sent to Isstvan III in ‘The Crimson Fist’ by John French, and descend deeper into the darkness of the Night Lords Legion in ‘Prince of Crows’ by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.



There isn't anything about this anthology of short stories that I don't like. Rogal Dorn from one of the best audiodramas The Dark King & The Lightning Tower, Abnett, McNeill and Dembski-Bowden - all those stories are bound to be winners.