Stargate Novels - June 2010 Newsletter

From a Fandemonium Books e-mail newsletter for June 2010:

Dear Stargate fan,

You may have noticed that we’ve had some problems with our production schedule recently, and we’d like to apologise for any frustration that has caused to our readers. We’re happy to say, however, that those problems are behind us now and we’d like to share with you what we have coming up over the next few months. With a mixture of STARGATE SG-1 and STARGATE ATLANTIS books, there’s something for everyone!

June 2010 - available from our website NOW!



STARGATE ATLANTIS: Dead End by Chris Wraight

Stranded on a frozen planet only days from global catastrophe, Colonel Sheppard and his team discover a people – and a mystery – long forgotten by the Ancients. But with the Stargate inoperable and their Puddle Jumper damaged, there is no way to escape the dying world of Khost. And then disaster strikes. With half the team going missing, Sheppard and McKay must battle the elements and the limits of endurance to bring their friends home.

Series No.: SGA-12
RRP:$7.95 (US) | £6.99 (UK)
ISBN: 978-1-905586-22-6
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STARGATE ATLANTIS: Hunt and Run by Aaron Rosenberg

Ronon Dex is a mystery. His past is a closed book and he likes it that way. But when the Atlantis team trigger a trap that leaves them stranded on a hostile world, only Ronon’s past can save them – if it doesn’t kill them first. As the gripping tale unfolds, we return to Ronon’s earliest days as a Runner and meet the charismatic leader who transformed him from prey into a hunter of Wraith….

Series No.: SGA-13
RRP:$7.95 (US) | £6.99 (UK)
ISBN: 978-1-905586-44-8
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Coming in August 2010

STARGATE SG-1: The Power Behind the Throne by Steve Savile

SG-1 are asked by the Tok’ra to rescue a creature known as Mujina. The last of its species, Mujina is devoid of face or form and draws its substance from the needs of those around it. The creature is an archetype – a hero for all, a villain for all, depending upon whose influence it falls under. And the Goa’uld Apophis, understanding the potential for havoc Mujina offers, has set his heart on possessing the creature…


STARGATE SG-1: Four Dragons by Diana Dru Botsford

Shortly after Daniel Jackson returns from his time among the ascended Ancients, he volunteers to join an archaeological survey of Chinese ruins on P3Y-702. But after accidentally activating a Goa’uld transport ring, Daniel finds himself a prisoner of the goa’uld Lord Yu. Blaming himself for Daniel’s capture, Jack O’Neill vows to get him back – even if it means taking matters into his own hands.

September 2010

STARGATE ATLANTIS: Brimstone by David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber

When a moon inexplicably leaves its planetary orbit for a collision course with its own sun, Rodney McKay’s interest is peaked. What he discovers is enough to make him dance, for an entire Ancient city – the size of Atlantis – is there for the taking. But the city is not as abandoned as he had first believed and the team soon encounter a sect of unascended Ancients living far beneath the its surface…


STARGATE ATLANTIS: Death Game by Jo Graham

Waking up on an alien world, in the wreckage of a Puddle Jumper, is never good. Waking up with no idea where you are or how you got there is much worse. Suffering from a serious head wound, John Sheppard slowly puts the pieces together and discovers that his team is scattered across a tropical archipelago, unable to communicate with each other and cut off from the Stargate. Badly injured, he and Teyla are taken prisoner by the local population and sent as tribute to the planet’s mysterious overlord. Meanwhile, Ronon, McKay, and Zelenka form an unlikely rescue team as they search the planet for their friends...



Look out for more news soon, including details of books hitting the shops before Christmas and the launch of our groundbreaking new Stargate Atlantis ‘Legacy’ series that picks up where season five left off. And if you want a sneak preview, check out the in depth interview with two of the Stargate Atlantis 'Legacy' authors in the next edition of the Official Stargate Magazine!


Happy 'gating!

Sally
Fandemonium Books
www.stargatenovels.com

Stargate Universe - PreOrder 'Air' Novelization

At Amazon.com OR Fandemonium Books (Stargate Novels):



Stargate Universe: Air (Mass Market Paperback)

Price: $7.95

Without food, supplies, or a way home, Colonel Everett Young finds himself in charge of a mission that has gone wrong before it has even begun. Stranded and alone on the far side of the universe, the mismatched team of scientists, technicians, and military personnel have only one objective: staying alive. As personalities clash and desperation takes hold, salvation lies in the hands of Dr. Nicholas Rush, the man responsible for their plight.

*****

At Unreality SF:

'Air' Review

James Swallow interview

Stargate SG-1 - GateWorld: Interview with Stargate SG-1: Hydra novel authors

At GateWorld:



(Please follow the link for the complete GateWorld interview.)

Interview with Stargate SG-1: Hydra novel authors

Thursday, May 14

We sit down with Jaimie Duncan and Holly Scott, authors of the SG-1 novel Hydra!


Jaimie Duncan and Holly Scott are the authors of Stargate SG-1: Hydra, the latest official SG-1 tie-in novel from Fandemonium. GateWorld's Shaun Farrell recently chatted with the authors from across the pond about their collaboration on this project!

We also touched on their previous novel, Stargate SG-1: Siren Song, and we discussed the evil side of Daniel Jackson, Colonel Maybourne, writing action scenes, and much more. Beware of some spoilers for both novels.

Learn more about Fandemonium's line of Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis tie-in novels in GateWorld's Books section, or visit the official site at StargateNovels.com!

Stargate Atlantis - Fandemonium Novels: Announcing Stargate Atlantis: Angelus

From a Fandemonium Novels e-mail announcement:

Dear Stargate fan,

Firstly, apologies for the late announcement of this book - it was released about a week ago but we're just announcing it to our email list now. However, I hope you will agree that it was worth the wait. STARGATE ATLANTIS: Angelus is - in our humble opinion - simply another great story from an author who really gets the story, the characters and the drama of Stargate Atlantis.



From the back cover of Angelus:

Fear to tread…

With their core directive restored, the Asurans have begun to attack the Wraith on multiple fronts. Under the command of Colonel Ellis, the Apollo is dispatched to observe the battlefront, but Ellis's orders not to intervene are quickly breached when an Ancient ship drops out of hyperspace.

Inside is Angelus, fleeing the destruction of a world he has spent millennia protecting from the Wraith. Charming and likable, Angelus quickly connects with each member of the Atlantis team in a unique way and, more than that, offers them a weapon that could put an end to their war with both the Wraith and the Asurans.

But all is not what it seems, and even Angelus is unaware of his true nature - a nature that threatens the very survival of Atlantis itself…

Angelus is available now from our website and from leading book stores in North
America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. To order your copy, visit
http://www.stargatenovels.com.

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E-book news!

You've been asking for it and now it's happened - Stargate novels are available in e-book format. We're starting with Amazon Kindle. You'll find many of our titles available on Amazon.com already. We will also be making them available via the Sony Reader soon.Other formats will follow in due course (still sorting out all the technical issues!).

Stargate Kindle books on Amazon.com

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With very best wishes,
Tom and the rest of the STARGATE NOVELS team at...
Fandemonium Books
http://www.stargatenovels.com
tom[at]stargatenovels.com

Stargate Atlantis - Stargate Novels: Nightfall is launched

From a Fandemonium Books e-mail announcement:

Dear Stargate fan,

James Swallow is back with another action-packed Stargate adventure — STARGATE ATLANTIS: Nightfall.

For more info



Well-known for his Warhammer and Star Trek books, James is also a huge Stargate fan. The theme of his latest book may be deception and lies, but the writing is as true to the characters as only a true fan of the show—and über-author—can get.

James's previous Stargate novels are Stargate SG-1: Relativity and Stargate Atlantis: Halcyon and they have proven hugely popular with our fans.

From the back cover of Nightfall:

The rock of Aegis…

Deception and lies abound on the peaceful planet of Heruun, protected from the Wraith for generations by their mysterious guardian — the Aegis.

But with the planet falling victim to an incurable wasting sickness, and two of Colonel Sheppard’s team going missing, the secrets of the Aegis must be revealed. The shocking truth threatens to tear Herunn society apart, bringing down upon them the scourge of the Wraith. Yet even with a Hive ship poised to attack there is much more at stake than the fate of one small planet.

For the Aegis conceals a threat so catastrophic that the Atlantis team must risk everything to eliminate it from the Pegasus galaxy...

The book is available now from our website and soon from leading book stores in North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. To order your copy, visit www.stargatenovels.com.

Upcoming books

*March 2009 - STARGATE ATLANTIS: Angelus by Peter Evans

Meanwhile, hope you continue to enjoy the books.

With very best wishes,
Tom and the rest of the STARGATE NOVELS team at Fandemonium Books
www.stargatenovels.com

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Author James Swallow live journal update on Nightfall.

Stargate SG1 / Atlantis - GateWorld: Author Sally Malcolm Audio Interview

At GateWorld:



STORIED SUCCESS

GateWorld talks with Sally Malcolm

Since June of 2004, U.K.-based Fandemonium has regularly published full length, original Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis novels, including Elizabeth Christensen's 2008 Scribe Award winner, "Stargate Atlantis: Casualties of War."

Sally Malcolm is the joint-owner of Fandemonium, along with her husband, Tom, and she is the publisher's Chief Editor. She recently joined GateWorld for a discussion of Fandemonium's history, their process in working with MGM, and their future goals as a company. Sally also talks about writing her own Stargate novels and watching Michael Shanks perform "Gift of the Gods," the script Sally wrote for audio book publisher Big Finish.

You can learn more about the many novels Fandemonium has published in GateWorld's Books section, and visit their Web site at StargateNovels.com!

GateWorld's interview with Sally Malcolm runs about 25 minutes. Listen online at your leisure, download it to your MP3 player, or subscribe now to the iTunes podcast! The full interview is also transcribed [at the link above].


A brief excerpt:

GW: You mentioned that you work closely with MGM. Can you talk to us about what the normal process is like in submitting a book to MGM, and then how you work with them as the book is being written and is ready to be published?

SM: Sure. The first thing we get [from the author] is a one-page outline that comes to me, and if I like it and think we haven't got a book too similar, I'll ask for a 4,000-word outline of the story, which goes to MGM. They look at that and make sure it ties in with the feel of the show, and hopefully there's not too much of an overlap with upcoming episodes. Although, we have recently had a problem with a book that is going to be published soon by James Swallow -- and it's an excellent book, and we are publishing it and it's a wonderful book -- I'm not going to say what, but there's an element to it which has recently appeared in an episode.

Stargate SG-1 - Fandemonium Books: SG1: Hydra Available!

From a Fandemonium Books e-mail announcement:



STARGATE NOVELS: New book out for Christmas

STARGATE SG-1: Hydra
ISBN: 978-1-905586-10-3

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… And if you’re looking for the perfect stocking filler for your favourite Stargate fan, then look no further -- STARGATE SG-1: Hydra is available from our website now!

Holly Scott and Jaimie Duncan are back with another fantastic STARGATE SG-1 novel, a story that pits our favourite heroes against an enemy who knows them inside out. Literally.

With a deep thread of psychological drama, STARGATE SG-1 Hydra explores the shadows within O’Neill, Jackson, Carter, and Teal'c while weaving a complex and compelling tale of action and adventure.

From the back cover of Hydra:

The faces of evil

Rumours and accusations are reaching Stargate Command, and nothing is making sense. When SG-1 is met with fear and loathing on a peaceful world, and Master Bra’tac lays allegations of war crimes at their feet, they know they must investigate.

But the investigation leads the team into a deadly assault and it’s only when a second Daniel Jackson stumbles through the Stargate, begging for help, that the truth begins to emerge. Because this Daniel Jackson is the product of a rogue NID operation that spans the reaches of the galaxy, and the tale he has to tell is truly shocking.

Facing a cunning and ruthless enemy, SG-1 must confront and triumph over their own capacity for cruelty and violence in order to save the SGC – and themselves ...


The book is available now from our website and soon from leading book stores in North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. To order your copy, visit http://www.stargatenovels.com.

Upcoming books

*January 2009 - STARGATE ATLANTIS: Angelus by Peter Evans
*February 2009 - STARGATE ATLANTIS: Nightfall by James Swallow

Meanwhile, hope you continue to enjoy the books.

With very best wishes for the holiday season,

Tom and the rest of the STARGATE NOVELS team at...
Fandemonium Books

Stargate SG-1 - GateWorld: SG-1 novel trilogy promises season-arc event

At GateWorld:

(Please follow the link for the complete GateWorld article.)



SG-1 novel trilogy promises season-arc event

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 (PRODUCTS)

Author Steven Savile talks about next year's big Stargate novel series.


A brief excerpt:

Swedish based author Steven Savile has exploded onto the publishing scene the last few years with dozens of works set in the worlds of Doctor Who, Warhammer, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Torchwood, and his own universes. He has now joined Fandemonium to pen a trilogy of Stargate SG-1 novels set in the middle of Season Five.

GateWorld caught up with Steven to ask him about how the novel deal came about.

"It was an interesting time for me personally," the author said. "I'd just finished writing the Primeval novel and come to the realization that I had said everything I had to say about vampires [the Black Library Vampire Wars series] and had no interest in writing my fifth vampire novel in three years. You get a little worried about repeating yourself -- and there's only so many ways to suck neck, after all! Then I heard that Sally Malcolm was looking for new writers for the SG-1 and Atlantis lines. A few e-mails later we were fast friends and a huge idea was spawning..."

...Stay tuned to GateWorld for our exclusive interview with Steven Savile when the first book in the trilogy is published in early 2009. Learn more about Fandemonium's series of Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis novels in GateWorld's Books section, and visit Savile online now at his Web site.

Stargate Atlantis - Fandemonium Books: Stargate Atlantis: Mirror Mirror

From a Fandemonium Books e-mail announcement:

Dear Stargate fan,

Our latest book is now available for order. It's called STARGATE ATLANTIS: Mirror Mirror.



Mirror Mirror follows the Atlantis team as they struggle to hold the galaxy together - literally. With everything falling to pieces, can the team members return to their own realities before it's too late?

Mirror Mirror was written by Sabine C. Bauer, author of previous Stargate novels: STARGATE SG-1: Trial by Fire and STARGATE SG-1: Survival of the Fittest.

For more about Mirror Mirror, visit.