Spend less time searching for good reads and more time reading as I watch for newly-released genre fiction in the Kindle Bookstore so you don't have to. If you enjoy fantasy novels, you won't want to miss these new releases by some of the best authors in the field:

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson. Tor Books, 2011. Print Length: 336 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (8 reviews). Kindle edition $11.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is book four in the author's Mistborn series, following Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages.

"Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history - or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice. One such is Waxillium Ladrian... After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs." - Publisher.

Scholar by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Tor Books, 2011. Print Length: 512 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (1 review). Kindle edition $14.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is book four in The Imager Portfolio series that began with Imager.

"In the midst of the Wars of Consolidation, Quaeryt, the scholar advisor to Bhayar, the ruler of Telaryn, attempts to escape the poisonous politics surrounding Bhayar by persuading Bhayar to send him to the rebellious province of Tilbor.
After braving pirates, storms, and worse, Quaeryt finds matters in Tilbor even worse, and that a letter he has received will embroil him back in politics while he fights two forms of rebellion." - http://www.lemodesittjr.com/

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini. Knopf, 2011. Print Length: 704 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (10 reviews). Kindle edition $13.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is the fourth and final book in Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, following Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr.

"Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances." - Publisher.

Mercury Rises by Robert Kroese. AmazonEncore, 2011. Print Length: 326 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (32 reviews). Kindle edition $7.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This novel is a sequel to the 2010 publication Mercury Falls.

"Jaded religion reporter Christine Temetri and Mercury, a renegade angel, have just thwarted two diabolical plots to destroy the world. But their work isn’t finished yet: mysterious powers outranking even the Heavenly bureaucracy seem intent on keeping the Apocalypse on track. While the world is plagued by natural disasters and nations prepare for war, crazed billionaire Horace Finch plots to use a secret device hidden beneath the African desert to discover the deepest secrets of the Universe - even if he has to destroy the Universe to do it. Meanwhile, unassuming FBI investigator Jacob Slater tries in vain to find a rational explanation for the mysterious destruction of downtown Anaheim..." - Publisher.

Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire. William Morrow, 2011. Print Length: 592 p. Amazon customer rating:5 stars (5 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is the fourth and final book in the author's Wicked Years series. The first three volumes - all available in Kindle editions - include Wicked, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men.

"Once peaceful and prosperous, the spectacular Land of Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who’s knocking at the door. It’s none other than Dorothy. Yes. That Dorothy. Yet amidst all this chaos, Elphaba’s granddaughter, the tiny green baby born at the close of Son of a Witch, has come of age. Now it is up to Rain to take up her broom - and her legacy - in an Oz wracked by war...a magical journey rife with revelations and reversals, reprisals and surprises - the hallmarks of the unique imagination of Gregory Maguire." - Publisher.
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