Jacey Bedford's Journal

1.      John Scalzi: Fuzzy Nation

2.      Lois McMaster Bujold: Paladin of Souls – Five Gods #2

3.      Simon Beaufort: Deadly Inheritance – Sir Geoffrey Mappestone #6

4.      Genevieve Cogman The Untold Story – Invisible Library #8

5.      Una McCormac: Star Trek Picard: The Last Best Hope

6.      Terry Pratchett: Mort – Discworld #4

7.      S J Bennett: The Windsor Knot

8.      Terry Pratchett: Night Watch – Discworld #29

9.      Terry Pratchett: Equal Rites – Discworld #3

10.  Jacey Bedford: The Amber Crown

11.  Adrian Tchaikovsky: Elder Race

12.  Sebastien de Castell: Tales of the Greatcoats – Greatcoats #5

13.  John Scalzi: The Dispatcher – The Dispatcher #1

14.  John Scalzi: Murder by Other Means – The Dispatcher #2

15.  Terry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters – Discworld #6

16.  Meagan Spooner: Sherwood

17.  Peng Shepherd: The Cartographers

18.  Sean Lusk: The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudsley

19.  Anna Harrington: A Relentless Rake

20.  John Scalzi: The Kaiju Preservation Society

21.  Jodi Taylor: A Catalogue of Catastrophe – St Mary's #13

22.  Lianne Dillsworth: Theatre of Marvels

23.  Elizabeth Vaughan: Warprize – Chronicles of the Warprize #1

24.  Bernard Cornwell: The Winter King – Warlord Chronicles #1

25.  Olivie Blake: The Atlas Six – Alexandrian Society #1

26.  Davies, Russell T and Cook, Benjamin: The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter

27.  Martha Wells: Artificial Condition – Murderbot Diaries #2

28.  Sophie Irwin: A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting

29.  Guy Gavriel Kay: Tigana

30.  Ed McDonald: Daughter of Redwinter - Redwinter Chronicles #1

31.  Amy Rose Bennett: Up all Night with a Good Duke

32.  T. Kingfisher: Nettle and Bone

33.  Lavie Tidhar: The Escapement

34.  Brandon Sanderson: Dawnshard – Stormlight Archive Novella

35.  Sophia Holloway: Kingscastle

36.  Diana Wynne Jones: Deep Secret – Magids #1

37.  Diana Wynne Jones: The Merlin Conspiracy – Magids #2

38.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Warrior’s Apprentice – Vorkosigan #3

39.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Barrayar: Vorkosigan #2

40.  Lois McMaster Bujold: The Vor game – Vorkosigan #5

41.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Shards of Honour – Vorkosigan #1

42.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Cetaganda – Vorkosigan

43.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Komarr - Vorkosigan

44.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Brothers in Arjms - Vorkosigan

45.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Diplomatic Immunity – Vorkosigan

46.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Borders of Infinity – Vorkosigan

47.  Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary

48.  Dennis E Taylor: We are Legion (We are Bob)

49.  Lois McMaster Bujold: A Civil Campaign

50.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Winterfair Gifts – Vorkosigan

51.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Cryoburn - Vorkosigan

52.  Ash Bishop: Intergalactic Exterminators Inc.

53.  Jodi Ellen Malpas: One Night with the Duke – Belmore Square #1

54.  Naomi Novik: The Last Graduate – Scholomance #2

55.  Martha Wells: Rogue Protocol – Murderbot #3

56.  Sebastien de Castell: The Fox and the Bowman

57.  Liz Williams: Embertide – Fallow Sisters #3

58.  Jess Kidd: The Night Ship

59.  Terry Pratchett: Guards Guards – Discworld #8

60.  Terry Pratchett: Small Gods – Discworld #11

61.  Terry Pratchett: Soul Music – Discworld #16

62.  Terry Pratchett: The Truth – Discworld #25

63.  Karen Traviss: Mother Death – Nomad #2

64.  Elizabeth Chadwick: The Conquest

65.  Juliet E McKenna: The Green Man's Gift – Green Man #5

66.  Jim C Hines: Terminal Uprising – Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #2

67.  T. Kingfisher: Paladin’s Strength – Saint of Steel #2 Audiobook

68.  C.S.Forester: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower– Hornblower #1 Audiobook

69.  T. Kingfisher: Paladin’s Grace – Saint of Steel #1 Audiobook

70.  Lindsey Davis: Falco, the Complete BBC Radio Collection Audiobook

71.  Jim Hines: Terminal Peace – Janitors of the Post Apocalypse #3

72.  Jodi Taylor: About Time – Time Police #4

73.  Jodi Taylor: A Catalogue of Catastrophe – St Mary’s #13

74.  Jodi Taylor: The Toast of Time – St Mary’s 12.5 – Audiobook

75.  Jodi Taylor: About Time – Time Police #4 – Audiobook

76.  Lois McMaster Bujold: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen – Vorkosiverse #17

77.  Kevin Hearne: Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street – Iron Druid #4.4 Audiobook

78.  T. KingfisherL Clockwork Boys

79.  T. Kingfisher: The Wonder Engine

80.  Jennifer Paxton: The Story of Medieval England from King Arthur to the Tudor Congest – Great Courses Series

81.  Tanya Huff: Into the Broken Lands

82.  Sarah Page: Mrs Wickham

83.  T. Kingfisher: Swordheart

84.  Jason Fung: The Obesity Code

85.  Paul Cornell: The Witches of Lychford

86.  Gilly Cooper: Riders

87.  Jodi Taylor: The Very First Damn Thing – St Mary’s

88.  Jodi Taylor: Santa Grint – Time Police short

89.  Marshall Ryan Maresca: The Holver Alley Crew – Streets of Maradaine

90.  Meredith Bond: Princess on the Run. – Royals and Rebels #2

I'm continuing the possibly inadvisable attempt to review a book I've written. I had a genuine excuse this time; I'm a core author for an upcoming anthology Brave New Worlds for Zombies Need Brains Press, and I've suggested that I write something set in my Psi-Tech universe. I have an idea to continue the story of two secondary characters who walked out of Nimbus towards the end, and I needed to refresh my memory of them and the exact circumstances of their leaving. It's five years since I wrote this, so I'd forgotten some of the details. (Hey, I've written more books since then.)

Nimbus follows on from the massive space battle at the end of Crossways. The station, now in orbit above Olyanda, is being rebuilt piecemeal, Garrick is still determined to forge alliances with other independent worlds to keep the megacorporations at bay. Someone is killing Free Company telepaths (mind to mind, from a distance) so Cara is on a galaxy-wide quest to find the woman who is the key to unlocking source code in the psi-tech implants in order to keep them safe. Ben is still having nightmares about the dark entity in foldspace, the Nimbus, so menacing it even frightens the void dragons. When people lost many years ago in the Folds start coming back it seems like a reason to celebrate, but is it? They haven't aged a day, even the ones lost fifty years ago. Who are they really and why do they return with murderous intent? Ben and Cara reach a conclusion, but no one is going to like it, especially the megacorps. Ben is still at the top of their most-wanted list and if he has to give himself up in order to make a point, he will do, aided and abetted by Cara, the Free Company, and his formidable grandparents.

Nimbus, the third and final book in my Psi-Tech trilogy is out now from DAW. I can't believe I waited ten whole days to post it here. I've been busy doing the kind of things that you do when a new book comes out - writing guest blog posts, doing interviews for web sites and generally trying to publicise it without being obnoxious and yelling BUY MY BOOK! (Even though that's what I mean.)

In actual fact what I should be doing is yelling BUY MY TRILOGY! because Empire of Dust, Crossways and Nimbus, are three sections of a continuous story.

But, hey, this isn't a hard sell. Buy it and read it if you like space opera, psionics, little guys fighting big corporations, space battles, personal conflicts, mysterious aliens and a touch or romance. If that's not your thing, then steer clear.

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who read either Crossways or Nimbus as a first introduction to the Psi-Tech universe. I'm too close to it all to judge whether they can be read as standalones. I hope they can. I think any reader would quickly pick up what was going on.

Not read any of them yet?

Well...

In a galaxy where the megacorporations are more powerful that any individual government, and ambitious executives play fast and loose with ethics in order to secure resources from the colonies, where can good people turn for help? The megacorps control the jump-gates, using implant-enhanced telepaths, psi-techs. They have these psi-techs trapped with unbreakable contracts, lacking for nothing—except freedom.

But there are some free psi-techs who have escaped the megacorps. Reska (Ben) Benjamin and Cara Carlinni lead the Free Company, based on the rogue space-station, Crossways; and there are rumours of Sanctuary, a place that takes in runaway psi-techs and allows them to disappear quietly.

The megacorps have struck at Crossways once—and failed—so what are they planning now? Crossways can't stand alone, and neither can the independent colonies, though maybe together they have a chance.

But something alien and very, very dangerous is stirring in the depths of foldspace. Something bigger than the petty squabbles between megacorps and independents. Until now, humans have had a free hand in the Galaxy, settling colony after colony, but that might have to change now that the Nimbus is coming.

So there you have it. If you do read it, then I always appreciate honest reviews on Goodreads or your own blogs or websites, facebook or twitter. If anyone out there would like to host a blog post or an interview for me, you can contact me via my writing website.

Here's what I wrote over on my other blog at https://jaceybedford.wordpress.com/2017/10/03/happy-book-day-to-me-2/