Brennan, Herbie : The Purple Emperor
(Tor 978-0-7653-5921-6, $7.99, 423pp, mass market paperback, February 2008, cover art Royo)
(First edition: Bloomsbury, October 2004)

YA fantasy novel, volume two of "The Faerie Wars Chronicles" following Faerie Wars (2003), which Tor reprinted last year. In this book Henry Atherton returns to London from the Faerie Realm only to deal with an assassination attempt against the Purple Emperor.
• Tor's site has this description and an excerpt.
• Carolyn Cushman's review Locus Magazine said "This lacks the novelty of the first volume, but the fast-paced adventure and numerous quirky characters keep things lively."

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Bryan, Kathleen : The Serpent and the Rose
(Tor 978-0-7653-5174-6, $6.99, 290pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Tor, March 2007)

Fantasy novel, first book of "The War of the Rose", about a young mage summoned by her father as an ancient war between a god and an evil serpent resumes.
• Tor's website has this description and an excerpt.
• The sequel, The Golden Rose, is due from Tor in March.

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Butcher, Jim : White Night
(Roc 978-0-451-46155-1, $7.99, 455pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Roc, April 2007)

Fantasy novel, ninth in the "Dresden Chronicles" about crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden in Chicago. In this book Harry discovers that the prime suspect in a series of murders is his brother.
• The author's website has this page about the book, with links to sample chapters.
• The next book in the series, Small Favor, is due in hardcover in April.

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Drake, David : Some Golden Harbor
(Baen 978-1-416-55524-7, $7.99, 510pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Baen, September 2006)

Military SF novel, fifth in the series about the Republic of Cinnabar Navy, following With the Lightnings, Lt. Leary, Commanding, The Far Side of the Stars, and The Way to Glory.
• Baen's Webscriptions site has this description with links to several chapters.
• The next book in the series, When the Tide Rises, is due from Baen in March.

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Farmer, Philip José : Strange Relations
(Baen 978-1-416-55526-1, $7.99, 709pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Baen, February 2006)

Mass-market edition of Baen's trade paperback omnibus of novels The Lovers (1961) and Flesh (1968) and collection Strange Relations (1960), all on sexual or erotic themes. The Lovers, expanded from a 1952 novella, concerns an affair between a human male and an alien female.
• Baen's site has a description and excerpts from "Mother", one of the stories from Strange Relations.

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Flint, Eric, & Ryk E. Spoor : Boundary
(Baen 978-1-416-55525-4, $7.99, 598pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Baen, March 2006)

SF novel about the discovery of a strange fossil in Arizona (at the K-T boundary that marks the extinction of the dinosaurs) that leads a paleontologist to Mars.
• Baen's site has this description and links to several chapters.

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Friedman, C. S. : Feast of Souls
(DAW 978-0-7564-0463-5, $7.99, 564pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: DAW, February 2007)

Fantasy novel, first in the "Magiser" trilogy, in which female witches' magic comes at the expense of their life force.
• The author's website has this page about the book, which describes how the book faces the challenge she left her readers at the end of her Coldfire Trilogy.

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Gould, Steven : Jumper
(Tor 978-0-7653-5769-4, $7.99, 345pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)

Young-adult SF novel about a teenaged boy who discovers he can teleport himself anywhere in the world -- basis for the current film starring Hayden Christensen.
• This is a movie tie-in edition with photos from the film on the cover.
• Tor's website has this description.

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Gould, Steven : Jumper: Griffin's Story
(Tor 978-0-7653-5785-4, $7.99, 286pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Tor, August 2007)

Young-adult novel about a 9-year-old boy named Griffin with the power to teleport. A note by the author explains that this book was written to synchronize the story with the film as it was developed, updating the original novel and its sequel Reflex (2004).
• This is a movie tie-in edition. Tor's website has this description and excerpt.

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Kurtz, Katherine : Childe Morgan
(Ace 978-0-441-01554-2, $7.99, 325pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Ace, December 2006)

Fantasy novel, second in a new "Deryni" series following In the King's Service (2003).
• Wikipedia has a detailed page for Deryni novels, with chronologies of all five trilogies and related works.

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McDonald, Sandra : The Outback Stars
(Tor 978-0-7653-5555-3, $7.99, 376pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Tor, April 2007)

Military SF novel about an officer who's survived the destruction of her ship and takes a position on another, dysfunctional ship.
• Tor's website has this description and an excerpt.
• The author's site includes this page for the book: "love. duty. really big spaceships."
• The sequel, The Stars Down Under, is due in March.

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Miéville, China : Un Lun Dun
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-45844-5, $9, 432pp, trade paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, March 2007)

Young adult fantasy novel set in an alternate London (un-London) where lost things end up and a prophecy tells of a coming hero. Miéville also illustrates the book.
• Del Rey's UN LUN DUN site has excerpts from reviews, a teachers guide, an author interview, excerpt, etc.
• Gary K. Wolfe's review in Locus Magazine said "It's the most thoroughly playful tale Miéville has written, and it will no doubt appeal to his adult followers as well as, if not more than, the YA audience he seeks to address."

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Moon, Elizabeth : Command Decision
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49160-2, $7.99, 364pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, March 2007)

Military SF novel, fourth in the "Vatta's War" series following Trading in Danger (2003), Marque and Reprisal (2004), and Engaging the Enemy (2006). In this one Kylara Vatta battles the pirate empire who killed her family, while her cousin Stella deals with treachery within the family's trading corporation.
• Del Rey's site has this description and an excerpt.
• The author's site, now at URL www.elizabethmoon.com, has these descriptions of books in the series.
• The next book in the series, Victory Conditions, is due this month in hardcover.

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Park, Paul : The White Tyger
(Tor 978-0-7653-5434-1, $7.99, 315pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Tor, January 2007)

Fantasy novel, third in the tetralogy following A Princess of Roumania (2005) and The Tourmaline (2006), set in an alternate world where Roumania and Germany dominate Europe. This volume continues the adventures of contemporary teenager Miranda Popescu, magically transported to this alternate reality. The fourth book, The Hidden World, is due in April.
• Nick Gevers' review in Locus Magazine emphasized the book's "great literary merits, fine, oblique prose, startling character portraits, mesmerizing set pieces, and beautifully realized Eastern European atmosphere, Ruritania elevated to its highest power since Avram Davidson's The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy."

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Sawyer, Robert J. : Rollback
(Tor 978-0-7653-4974-3, $6.99, 320pp, mass market paperback, February 2008)
(First edition: Tor, April 2007)

SF novel about an astronomer trying to decode an alien message and an experimental rejuvenation treatment to restore her youth so she can finish the task.
• Tor's website has a description and excerpt.
• Sawyer's website has this page with links to excerpts, reviews, a book club guide, and Sawyer's musings about who he'd cast in the film version.

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