Fiction by Linda Nagata

... and welcome to my personal website. I'm Linda Nagata, a novelist whose work explores both near and far future scenarios of technological change. Under my own name, I have seven print novels, including The Bohr Maker, winner of the Locus Award for best first novel, and also my novella "Goddesses," the first online publication to receive a Nebula award.

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January 25, 2012

Cover Art Reveal -- The Dread Hammer

Back in late November I wrote a post titled Re-Thinking Cover Art: The Dread Hammer with the subtitle:

The option to change your mind is one of the great advantages of indie publishing.

I had changed my mind about both the cover style that I wanted for the book, and the use of a pen name. See the earlier post for my reasoning, but in the meantime, take a look at the new cover, with art by Sarah Adams:

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Hepen the Watcher - a fairytale of exile, rebellion, fidelity, and fire

Stories of the Puzzle Lands--Book 2

Stories of the Puzzle Lands began with The Dread Hammer and will soon continue with Hepen the Watcher. To receive an email notice when the book comes out, please sign up for my very rare newsletter (link will take you over to the website for my blog Hahví.net).

In the meantime, if you haven't seen it yet, please take a look at The Dread Hammer. It's true that it's nothing like my science fiction books, but I think it's a damn good read. Try it! Get a free sample of the ebook at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Book View Café, or read the opening here.

Hepen the Watcher will be published by Mythic Island Press LLC

Just Out: A Short Story Collection - Published by Mythic Island Press LLC

Goddesses & Other Stories by Linda Nagata

Ten science fiction stories, including my Nebula Award winning novella "Goddesses." This collection brings together for the first time my short fiction, originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, More Amazing Stories, and SciFi.com.

The Novels - Published by Mythic Island Press LLC

The Dread Hammer - a fairytale of love, war, murder, marriage, and fate

NOW AVAILABLE! The Dread Hammer is my newest novel, a darkly comic adventure written under my pen name Trey Shiels. Expect to see it re-published very soon under my real name, and with a new cover.

Ketty is a pretty shepherdess with a contrary nature, who runs away from home to escape an unwanted marriage. As she flees along the forest road, she prays to the Dread Hammer for help--and to her astonishment help comes in the form of a charming and well-armed young murderer named Smoke. As Ketty soon discovers, Smoke is not entirely human.

Smoke, too, is taken by surprise at their encounter. He had lurked beside the forest road intending to pierce hearts and slit throats, not to fall in love. But love it is--or it would be--if only he can convince Ketty that marriage is better than death.

But just when happily-ever-after seems within reach, Smoke's past returns to claim him. A deserter from the Koráyos army, his supernatural skill at killing is still very much in demand. Now the army wants him back.

The Nanotechnology Novels . . . now, The Nanotech Succession

The nanotechnology novels were originally published from 1995 through 1998 by Bantam Spectra. In November 2010 they were re-published as ebooks by Mythic Island Press LLC under the collective title The Nanotech Succession. Each novel works as a stand-alone story, but since they share the same story world and sometimes the same characters, they can also be read as a loose series. Tech-Heaven is a near-future prequel. The Bohr Maker is Book 1, followed by Book 2, Deception Well, and culminating in Book 3, Vast.

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