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Books
January 2013:
The Siren Depths
The Serpent Sea
The Cloud Roads
SGA: Entanglement
SGA: Reliquary
The Gate of Gods
The Ships of Air
The Wizard Hunters
Wheel of the Infinite
The Death of the Necromancer
City of Bones
The Element of Fire Free Online
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Recent Updates:
 03/05/12 Check out the Three Worlds Compendium for short stories and other extras set in the same world as the Books of the Raksura
02/28/12 The third Books of the Raksura novel will be published in January 2013 by Night Shade Books.
02/09/12 Martha is interviewed by Chuck Wendig at the Terrible Minds Blog: Martha Wells: the Terrible Minds Interview.
01/11/12 The Serpent Sea is now available in bookstores and the ebook version on Amazon US Kindle, Baen Webscription eBook, Barnes & Noble NookBook, Kobo, Kindle UK, Kindle Germany, Kindle France, Kindle Spain, Kindle Italy
and iTunes. The audiobook version is also available on Audible.com and Amazon.com, narrated by Christopher Kipiniak.
12/08/11 New interviews added to the Interviews and Questions section.
11/06/11 The Audiobook version of The Cloud Roads is now available from Audible.com and Amazon.com.
9/26/11 The first and second chapters of The Serpent Sea are now available as a teaser. The novel will be released in January 2012 by Night Shade Books, and is now available for preorder.
9/20/11 New short story, set in the same world as The Cloud Roads: The Almost Last Voyage of the Wind-ship Escarpment.
7/25/11 Wheel of the Infinite is now available on Amazon Kindle and NookBook.
7/03/11 Guest Post at Sf Signal: NASA Up Close and Personal for SF/F Writers and Editors
6/29/11 Updated Publishing Information Sites for Beginning Authors: Finding an Agent
4/24/11 New links added to the Interviews section
4/03/11 The Appearances section has been updated.
3/15/11 Martha has a Big Idea post on The Cloud Roads up on John Scalzi's Whatever Blog.
See the complete What's New.
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Reviews:
"One of the best new writers the field has to offer."
- C.J. Cherryh
Martha Wells' books always make me remember why I love to read. In The Cloud Roads, she invents yet another rich and astonishingly
detailed setting, where many races and cultures uneasily co-exist in a world constantly threatened by soulless predators. But the vivid
world-building and nonstop action really serve as a backdrop for the heart of the novel--the universal human themes of loneliness, loss,
and the powerful drive to find somewhere to belong.
- Sharon Shinn for The Cloud Roads
"The luxurious Queen Ravenna makes a fascinating backdrop for the culture clashes with the magic-hating Syprians (who regard all unfamiliar technology as magic), not to mention political squabbles among the refugees, troubles with ghosts, at least one spy, and the mad sorcerer locked in the makeshift brig.... A vastly entertaining and refreshingly different fantasy adventure with a surprisingly satisfying conclusion for the middle book of so complex a series."
- Carolyn Cushman Locus for The Ships of Air
"The vivid setting of a gas-lit city, equal parts decadence and elegance, would eclipse lesser characters than these. Character construction and setting are so deftly interwoven with the swiftly moving plot that the prose literally swept me away. The reader should be warned in advance, it is difficult to close the covers of this book."
- Robin Hobb for The Death of the Necromancer
"In a field teeming with clones, retreads, and solipsistic doorstoppers, Wells dares--and, gloriously, succeeds--to be different. What more do you need?" (Book of
Special Note)
- Kirkus Reviews for Wheel of the Infinite
Martha Wells writes fantasy with a unique twist and a modern sensibility. The Wizard Hunters drew me in with strong characters and an intriguing setting and kept me reading as the plot raced headlong into a marvelous adventure. A great read!
- Kate Elliott for The Wizard Hunters
In Wells's fine follow-up to 2003's The Wizard Hunters, Tremaine Valiarde emerges as one of the fantasy genre's more distinctive heroines--intelligent, wry, bitingly funny and impossible not to like. With Ile-Rien overrun by the merciless Gardier, Tremaine's motley band of Rienish and Syprian fighters may be her country's only hope of survival. Luckily for Ile-Rien, Tremaine--with the help of Syprians Illias and Gillead--might just be resourceful enough to find a weakness in the seemingly impervious Gardier's military machine. But first, she has more important things to worry about, like convincing the rest of the Rienish contingent that she's competent to lead them. A nice twist at the end will leave readers eager for the next installment in this strong series.
- Publishers Weekly for The Ships of Air
"If you haven't read Wells yet, you've missed one of the more graceful wordsmiths currently writing fantasy, and if you have, you're in for a treat." "I have a weakness for clever dialogue. I have a weakness for wry observation. I have a weakness for clever people. Wells delivers all of these things, but without obvious flash; it's so much a part of her writing that you couldn't separate the two without stripping the book of words."
- Michelle West The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction for The Wizard Hunters
Wrenches the Valiarde saga into a whole new dimension of wonder,
tension, and excitement.
- Kirkus Reviews for The Wizard Hunters
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