* Arnett, Mindee : The Nightmare Dilemma
(Tor Teen 978-0-7653-3334-6, $17.99, 384pp, hardcover, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1466800687
• Arkwell Academy #2

Young adult fantasy novel, second in a series following The Nightmare Affair (2013), about a girl at a magic academy who can sneak into people’s dreams.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The author’s site has this page for the book with a trailer and blurbs from Marissa Meyer and others.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book “The scrappy first-person narration and integration of frightening dreamscapes make Arnett’s debut a fun paranormal mystery, with a focus on atmosphere over romance. But original it is not: for all the tweaks, Dusty, down to her frizzy red hair, is barely a step removed from Hermione Granger.”

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* Bishop, Anne : Murder of Crows
(Roc 978-0-451-46526-9, $26.95, 368pp, hardcover, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101637944
• The Others #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Written in Red (2013), about unearthly entities who rule the Earth and prey off humans.
• Penguin’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Bishop’s solid but unspectacular sequel to Written in Red has all the strengths and weaknesses of its predecessor.”

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* Brennan, Marie : The Tropic of Serpents
(Tor 978-0-7653-3197-7, $25.99, 336pp, hardcover, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429956352
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427243911
• Natural History of Dragons #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series after A Natural History of Dragons (2013), about a dragon naturalist.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt, and the indication that this is second book in a series of five.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Brennan’s sequel to A Natural History of Dragons is more of the same–a literate account of a woman’s fieldwork on dragons, which in this imagined 19th-century world are natural creatures.”

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* Buehrlen, M. G. : The Fifty-Seven Lives of Alex Wayfare
(Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry Us 978-1908844934, $9.99, 416pp, trade paperback, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1908844941
• UK edition: 9781908844927 (Thu 6 Mar 2014)
• Alex Wayfare #1

Young adult fantasy novel, the author’s first novel and first in a series, about a 17-year-old girl who has visions of the past.
• Strange Chemistry’s site has this description with quotes from reviews.
• The author runs site YA Books Central.

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+ Hambly, Barbara : The Kindred of Darkness
(Severn 9780727883421, $28.95, 256pp, hardcover, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sat 1 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00I4XCSQE
• James Asher #5

Vampire novel, fifth in a series following Those Who Hunt the Night (1988), Traveling with the Dead (1995), Blood Maidens (2010), and Magistrates of Hell (2012), set in 1913 London.
• The publisher’s site has this short description. Severn’s UK edition appeared in November 2013.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “Hambly’s clever, driven characters are creatures of action, and will satisfy those who enjoy a well-articulated, heart-pounding mystery.”

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* Lafferty, Mur : Ghost Train to New Orleans
(Orbit 978-0316221146, $15, 352pp, trade paperback, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0316221153
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 978-1478900405
• UK edition: 978-0356501918 (Tue 4 Mar 2014)
• The Shambling Guides #-

Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Shambling Guide to New York City (2013), about a travel writer who writes guidebooks for the undead.
• Orbit’s site has this post about the book, and an excerpt.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt from the audiobook.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Lafferty’s writing has an easy style that draws the reader in, and while many of the elements are familiar from other urban fantasies, she manages to shape the well-worked clay in entertaining new ways.”

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* Leigh, Stephen : Immortal Muse
(DAW 978-0-7564-0956-2, $24.95, 576pp, hardcover, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0698140066

Historical fantasy novel (a singleton) about the lives of an alchemist and his wife who become immortal in 1352.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “Leigh seamlessly inserts his two immortals into history, playing with actual people and events to deliver beautifully-rendered glimpses of different eras. Leigh strikes the perfect balance between past and present, real and imagined.”

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* McGuire, Seanan : Half-Off Ragnarok
(DAW 978-0-7564-0811-4, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101602386
• InCryptid #3

Urban fantasy novel, third in a series following Discount Armageddon (2012) and Midnight Blue-Light Special (2013), about a crytozoologist who’d rather study ballroom dancing than the monsters of the world.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Sanderson, Brandon : Words of Radiance
(Tor 978-0765326362, $28.99, 1088pp, hardcover, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429949620
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427233073
• Stormlight Archive #2

Epic fantasy novel, second in a planned 10-book series following The Way of Kings (2010), about a war over mystical weapons on a world wracked by power sweeps.
• Macmillan’s site has this description, with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “… the novel is weighty without being ponderous, and delivers a satisfactory story despite being part of an episodic secondary world fantasy series.”

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* Smylie, Mark : The Barrow
(Pyr 978-1616148911, $18, 700pp, trade paperback, March 2014, cover illustration Gene Mollica)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014

Fantasy novel, the first prose novel by an author of graphic novels and other works since 1999, about a map that may lead a group of ruffians to a fabled sword.
• Pyr’s site has this description with blurbs from Jeff VanderMeer and others.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Despite the book’s pacing flaws and a preponderance of casual violence and sexism, fans of quest-centered stories will find this well worth their time.”

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* Wells, Martha : Emilie and the Sky World
(Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry Us 978-1908844521, $9.99, 320pp, trade paperback, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Mar 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1908844538
• UK edition: 9781908844514 (Thu 6 Mar 2014)
• Emilie #2

Young adult fantasy novel, second in a series after Emilie and the Hollow World (2013), about a young girl aboard an airship.
• Strange Chemistry’s site has this description with an extract.

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