Two New Books by Leona Wisoker

Mark your calendars! We have firm launch dates for the next two books in Leona Wisoker’s acclaimed Children of the Desert series. Book Three, Bells of the Kingdom, will launch at MarsCon, which will be held in Williamsburg, VA on the weekend of January 18-20. 2013. Book Four, Fires of the Desert, will launch at [...]

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Fantasy Book Critic reviews Guardians of the Desert

“Guardians of the Desert reads very much like its own novel too, not like a second half of a larger book…I will recommend it unreservedly to anyone loving a good traditional fantasy novel.” So say Liviu Suciu and Cindy Hannikman of Fantasy Book Critic in their review of Leona Wisoker’s Guardians of the Desert, sequel [...]

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News from around the office

We’ve got more balls in the air than a juggler on crack right now. Leona Wisoker’s new novel, Guardians of the Desert, is available in independent bookstores everywhere, as well as on Amazon.  B&N seems to have gotten a case of the hiccups while transitioning the book from pre-order to available and the system can’t [...]

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Library Journal recommends Guardians of the Desert

More great words about Leona Wisoker’s new novel: “Having risen to the position of desert lord, the noblewoman Alyea of Peysimun must learn to wield her power wisely in a world where humans must contend with the enigmatic ha’reye, a people more ancient than humanity. Alyea entrusts her political education to Deiq of Stass, who [...]

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SF Revu recommends Guardians of the Desert

Fans of Leona Wisoker’s Secrets of the Sands are anxiously awaiting the release of the sequel, Guardians of the Desert, at the end of this month. SF Revu columnist Colleen Cahill sums up their feelings: “When the second book in a series comes out, especially one I enjoyed a lot, I take up the book [...]

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View the cover illustration for Guardians of the Desert–in person

New Englanders, here’s a chance to see the cover illustration created by artist Aaron Miller for Leona Wisoker‘s Guardians of the Desert–in person. Aaron will be exhibiting this work at a group exhibit of sci-fi and fantasy art at Spirit Gallery in New London, CT. Aaron says, Spirit Gallery Tattoo’s gallery is presenting “Drawn Today”  [...]

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The Demons of Doubt

“I have multiple demons on mental speed-dial. Their names are variations on Doubt. One is called Misgiving, another Mistrust. (Oddly, I think both are male.) Anxiety, Paranoia, Qualm, and Concern visit regularly. The weirdest of the bunch likes to call himself Dubitation-the others keep trying to get him to call himself Dubious, but he likes [...]

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A librarian recommends Secrets of the Sands

The Williamsburg Regional Library has a very cool blog in which they feature one book recommendation per day. Yesterday’s book was Secrets of the Sands by Leona Wisoker. Reviewer Neil Hollands calls the book “a strong first fantasy, an epic with a desert setting as fully realized as that in Frank Herbert’s classic science fantasy [...]

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A little Wisoker to tide you over

Just can’t wait for Leona Wisoker’s next novel to come out? We know, we know. Guardians of the Desert will be available in late March–but you can read some hot, fresh Wisoker in the new issue of Andromeda Spaceways. Click here for more details–and when you get there, click the BUY NOW option at the [...]

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Darkcargo reviews Children of the Desert by Leona Wisoker

Just in time for Christmas, nrlymrtl posted a rare Double Review of Secrets of the Sands and the forthcoming Guardians of the Desert by Leona Wisoker. I always enjoy nrlymrtl’s reviews, because she’s a perspicacious reader who picks up on all sorts of subtleties and also because she has a hilarious way with words. This [...]

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