“Starred Review. Equal parts sword-and-sorcery action/adventure
and noir whodunit, Bledsoe's finely polished debut is evocative of fantasy legend Fritz Leiber's
classic tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Bledsoe's narrative, while set in a comparable world,
features only one protagonist: sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse, a private investigator who has spent most
of his life trying to distance himself from a shadowy and tragic past. When his old childhood friend,
King Philip of Arentia, enlists his help to unravel a scandalous mystery surrounding the brutal death
of the young royal heir—a murder in which the king's beautiful wife, Rhiannon, is the prime suspect—LaCrosse
accepts only to encounter a deity who forces him to come to grips with the horrific events of his youth.
Incorporating elements from both hard-boiled mystery and heroic fantasy, Bledsoe's genre-blending first
novel is both stylish and self-assured: Raymond Chandler meets Raymond E. Feist.”--Publishers Weekly
“Some writers write funny stuff. Some writers write funny characters. With The Sword-edged Blonde
Alex Bledsoe has written a compelling story with fascinating characters - who are so witty and
whose attitude is so wry that I laughed AND cared. That's real comedy, folks, the hardest kind of
fiction to write, and Bledsoe brings it off with panache.”--Orson Scott Card
“The Sword-Edged Blonde has all the finesse and depth of a great hard-boiled mystery, but takes place
in a fully-realized heroic fantasy setting. From start to finish, it's a treat for readers of either
genre, and easily one of the better books I've had the pleasure of reading this year. Don't miss this
one.”--Charles deLint
“I love vampire stories, both reading them and writing them, and
when one comes along that’s as new and fresh as Blood Groove, well, it’s just
plain delicious. One very sweet read. ”—Whitley Strieber, New York Times
bestselling author
“Hot and sticky and tangy as
a slab of Memphis ribs. A trippy vamp-noir seventies feed-fest, complete with
the requisite sex, drugs, and vintage rock.”—E.E. Knight, bestselling author of
Vampire Earth on Blood Groove
“An edgy, visceral
page-turner that had me laughing one moment and shivering the next. Alex
Bledsoe is a writer to watch!”—Jeri Smith-Ready, award-winning author of Wicked
Game on Blood Groove
LaNita McKeekan-Cates' The Day My Baby Was Born: Inspiring Stories from Moms about the Joys, Wonders, and Surprises of Giving Birth.
Carol Hipperson and the subject of her book, Ray Daves, are featured the December issue
of "Prime." Radioman is a selection of The Military Book Club.
“Radioman is
a fine and informative outline of an everyday American who enlisted in the US
Navy before World War Two and experienced first hand war in the Pacific. It is
a useful and informative introduction to the world of enlisted men in a
different era. In some ways it resembles the more practical side of the Sand
Pebbles.”--Newt Gingrich
“Radioman is
the best written biography of a WWII career I've ever read. This book will
cement the bonds between any reader and ‘the Greatest Generation’.”—Mal Middlesworth,
National President, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc.
