Waiting on Wednesday #52

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine and is where we can talk about books we are looking forward to being released!

 
Here are my picks for the week:

 

Summary:

 

Inferno follows Brown's three previous Langdon books, Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code - which sold more than 81 million copies worldwide and ranks as the bestselling adult hardcover book of all time - and The Lost Symbol.

In his international blockbusters, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date.

In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces... Dante’s Inferno.

Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust…before the world is irrevocably altered.

Summary & Cover taken from Goodreads.com

Length: 528 pages (Hardcover)

Expected Publication Date: May 14th 2013 by Bantam Press     

 

Why I'm Waiting:

 

I know that The Da Vinci Code along with Dan Brown's other Robert Langdon novels are either love 'em or hate 'em novels but I just so happen to love them. I was 16 when I first read The Da Vinci Code back in May of 2006 in preperation for the movie release and I've re-read it several times since. I can't wait to get my hands on this one and Mr. Turning the Pages promised to get me a copy as an early birthday present seeing as how it's release is timed perfectly two weeks before my 23rd birthday. I can't wait to see how this book plays out!

 

 

Summary:

 

Enter an epic fantasy world that echoes with the thunder of muskets and the clang of steel — but where the real battle is against a subtle and sinister magic…

Captain Marcus d’Ivoire, commander of one of the Vordanai empire’s colonial garrisons, was resigned to serving out his days in a sleepy, remote outpost. But that was before a rebellion upended his life. And once the powder-smoke settled, he was left in charge of a demoralized force clinging tenuously to a small fortress at the edge of the desert.

To flee from her past, Winter Ihernglass masqueraded as a man and enlisted as a ranker in the Vordanai Colonials, hoping only to avoid notice. But when chance sees her promoted to command, she must win the hearts of her men, and lead them into battle against impossible odds.

But the fates of both of these soldiers, and all the men they lead, depend on the newly arrived Colonel Janus bet Vhalnich, who has been sent by the ailing king to restore order. His military genius seems to know no bounds, and under his command, Marcus and Winter can feel the tide turning.

But their allegiance will be tested as they begin to suspect that the enigmatic Janus’s ambitions extend beyond the battlefield and into the realm of the supernatural — a realm with the power to ignite a meteoric rise, reshape the known world, and change the lives of everyone in its path.

Summary & Cover taken from Goodreads.com

Length: 512 pages (Hardcover)

Expected Publication Date: July 2nd 2013 by Roc Hardcover    

 

Why I'm Waiting:

 

I'm not one for novels like these but since I started reading A Game of Thrones I'm wanting to branch out more into the epic fantasy genre and as soon as I saw the cover for The Thousand Names and read the equally appealling summary. This is one that I'm hoping my library orders because I'll be the first name on the holds list!

 

What are YOU waiting for this Wednesday?