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	the third list (is now live!)  Marcher Lord Press is thrilled to present its third lineup of novels. Like the first and second release lists, these three books represent the very best in Christian speculative fiction. Each has been hand-picked, lovingly edited, and beautifully presented by a team of artists, editors, and technical specialists. The first time around we had two previously published novelists in the lineup and one newbie. The second time it was all newbies. And this third time...also all first-time novelists!  One of the three (you'll have to read the interviews to find out which one) has had a nonfiction book published, and another has won a short story competition with a story set in the world of his MLP novel. But these books are the first novels they've had published. And are they amazing! For the first time, all three book in the season are science fiction. It's an attack from outer space! So with incredible stories and great covers, we once again plunge into the fantastic worlds of Marcher Lord Press fiction.	also see...  Want to write for Marcher Lord Press? Click here to learn how to submit your own proposal.  Sign up to receive updates and announcements about Marcher Lord Press. Read about the first lineup of MLP novels. Also catch the second list of MLP titles.
	cyborg detective  The first novel in the new lineup is Eternity Falls by Kirk Outerbridge. Rick Macey is former military, and he's got the bionic enhancements to show for it. Now he's a detective specializing in religious counter-terrorism. Which is ironic, because Macey long ago lost his faith. Now the company that produces "the miracle treatment," an expensive elixir that causes people to halt the decay of their DNA (and thus halt aging indefinitely) has come calling for Macey--by name. It seems that the miracle cure's primary spokesperson has just died--of natural causes. So much for living forever. Billions of dollars are at stake if word of this gets out to the public. They have to keep believing that the cure works. A beautiful executive at the corporation believes there is something sinister behind the spokesperson's death, and that it is religiously motivated. Macey has been recommended to her--but they don't have much time to prove her theory before the press gets wind of what's going on. Especially since Macey wants no part in anything that would cause people to be cursed with living forever. He knows all too much about that. Before it's over, Macey will find enemies of friends, brothers of enemies, and romance and faith in the midst of high-stakes combat at the edge of human ability. Eternity Falls, Kirk Outerbridge, Marcher Lord Press, October 2009, 370 pages, $13.99 Buy this book
	a sword, double-edged  The second novel in the third list is The Word Reclaimed by Steve Rzasa. Far in the future, the five colonized systems have finally been freed of the curse of religion. By mandating tolerance across all colonies, no one can bring religious persecution upon anyone else. Things have been this way for a generation. Long enough for most of those living to have never known a Torah, Koran, or New Testament, except in stories. And the Kesek secret police work hard to keep it so. So what happens when a bitter teenage discovers a holy book that has been earmarked for destruction? What happens when it begins speaking to him. And now that Kesek is coming for him and his father and anyone else who gets in his way, what is he going to do with this troublesome book? The Word Reclaimed is epic space opera amidst civil war, treachery, and  political alliances as sifting as Martian sand. The Word Reclaimed, Steve Rzasa, Marcher Lord Press, October 2009, 449 pages, $14.99 Buy this book
	the song of the stars  The third novel in the third list is A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz. Sandfly is a debugger. He is property. Bought and paid for by his master, a relatively benign Muslim lord in a future Earth living under sharia law. All other faiths but Islam have been banned. And the word of the great Imam is law. Sandfly just wants to debug his master's robots and avoid the mental pain shocks sent from the remote triggers owned by all the masters. But now he's been called into Earth orbit. Apparently the masters have a new spacecraft--one capable of interstellar flight. And on its maiden voyage, the only robot on board went mad and tore itself limb from limb. Why? Better question: does it pose any risk to humans? When Sandfly reviews the bot's files and replays its last moments, he hears something strange playing in the bot's ears as they orbit Betelgeuse. He hears singing. Is it just solar winds interfering with the robot's wiring? Or is it something else? As Sandfly pieces together the clues, the masters spread the trap before his feet. Everyone is racing to the same conclusion, but only one side welcomes what that singing represents. It's I, Robot meets Muhammad in space. A Star Curiously Singing, Kerry Nietz, Marcher Lord Press, October 2009, 301 pages, $13.99 Buy this book

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