From THE HOLVER ALLEY CREW to LADY HENTERMAN’S WARDROBE

So, last year I launched the third Maradaine series, The Streets of Maradaine, to a fair amount of praise and acclaim:

“The charming antiheroes will leave you rooting for them long after the dust settles.” -RT Book Reviews
“A strong start right out of the gate, this series opener is a well-written and brilliantly executed example of the fantasy heist genre, and of all the novels written by Marshall Ryan Maresca so far, this might be my favorite one yet!” –Bibliosanctum
“The final verdict: You’ve GOT to read this book!” –Powder and Page
“The whole narrative is tightly plotted, and each page makes you want to turn to the next – it’s got fires, knife fights, brawls, daring escapes, explosions, and a lot of heart – and as such, I’m looking forward to seeing what adventures the Holver Alley Crew go onto from here.” –SF&F Reviews

That’s a lot to live up to, and hopefully Lady Henterman’s Wardrobe does the job.  I can tell you, way back when I first wrote Holver Alley, I was talking it over with one of my beta-readers, and the comparison to Firefly came up, which makes sense.  Both are about rag-tag teams of hero-theives who form a psuedo-family, and Asti and Verci manage to be like Mal and Zoe AND River and Simon to each other at the same time.

So, I told her, “Well, along those lines, the next book with them would be sort of a mash-up of [EPISODE], [EPISODE] and [EPISODE].”  (I’ll keep which episodes to myself, because: spoilers.)  Her response: “I will not be satisfied until that book is published.”

Well, only five weeks to go.

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