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Author Talk: Kelsey K. Sather, author of Lives of a Salvager: Ancient Language of the Earth, Book Two

May 13, 2026

LIVES OF A SALVAGER is Kelsey K. Sather’s second Ancient Language of the Earth book, a stand-alone novel in her multigenerational fantasy series about plant magic, memory, and the cost of saving a dying planet. In this interview, Sather discusses her approach to building a world as deep and complex as Aligaea; how her writing process differed from that of the first book in the series, BIRTH OF THE ANIMA; and the impact that her love of nature has had on the creation of these sweeping tales.

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May 13, 2026

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Thursday, May 14th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE SAPPHIRE SEA by Davis Bunn, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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May 12, 2026

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of May 11th and May 18th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our Women's Fiction Author Spotlight & Contest for Lori Foster’s upcoming book, THE LAKE HOUSE, which is her second Firefly Summer novel, following last year's THE GUEST COTTAGE. In anticipation of its May 26th publication, we are awarding a copy to 25 readers. The deadline for your entries is Friday, May 22nd at noon ET.

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May 12, 2026

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Wednesday, May 13th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of SEEK THE TRAITOR'S SON by Veronica Roth, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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Ilona Bannister, author of Five

Have you ever tried to pass the time by imagining the lives of the strangers standing next to you? Ilona Bannister’s FIVE introduces readers to five seemingly random people waiting for a train. But these are not just any five people. From the beginning, we know that one of them is going to die soon. The next train to London will arrive in five minutes, killing one of them. But before this happens, you will learn their stories. Readers might fall in love with the beautiful young man who is on the verge of gambling his life away. They may pity the cantankerous old woman who has fallen to the ground yet is refusing help. Perhaps readers will look away from the child throwing a tantrum. Or judge his mother, who surely must be to blame. And some will be curiously compelled by the successful and damaged businessman orbiting them all.

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