+ Aaronovitch, Ben : Foxglove Summer
(DAW 978-0756409661, $7.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698151956
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780756410308
• Rivers of London #5

First US edition (UK: Orion/Gollancz, September 2014)

Urban fantasy novel, fifth in a series following Midnight Riot (UK title Rivers of London), Moon Over Soho (both 2011), Whispers Under Ground (2012), and Broken Homes (2013), about a London police officer who can speak to the dead.
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+ Asher, Neal : The Technician
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1597805308, $15.99, 512pp, trade paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00GMSNAEM

First US edition (UK: Tor UK, August 2010)

SF novel, a standalone novel in the author’s Polity universe.
• The author’s site has this description.
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• Paul Di Filippo will have a review for Locus Online later this month.

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Benson, Amber : The Witches of Echo Park
(Ace 978-0-425-26867-4, $15, 304pp, trade paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101630433
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: B00Q72XLSS
• Witches of Echo Park #1

Urban fantasy novel, first in a new series, about a secret network of witches that keeps the world in order.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This story of good witches versus cosmic evil makes up for its thin premise with vivid characters and tangled loyalties in a place where nothing comes easily.”

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* Brown, Pierce : Golden Son
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-53981-6, $25, 445pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• UK edition: 978-1444759013 (Thu 8 Jan 2015)
• Red Rising #2

SF novel, second in a series following Red Rising (2014), about a color-coded caste society on Mars.
• Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Dramatic battles with a real sense of loss, and a final chapter that slams into both Darrow and the reader, make this the rare middle book that loses almost no momentum as it sets up the final installment.”
• Entertainment Weekly gives it a rave review, calling it a “gripping follow-up to last year’s should-have-been-huge debut Red Rising“ and saying about this book, “Brown avoids the sophomore slump, charging the novel with the kind of dystopia-toppling action you’d expect in a trilogy ender, not a middle volume. On virtually every level, this is a sequel that hates sequels—a perfect fit for a hero who already defies the tropes.”

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* Campbell, John L. : Drifters
(Berkley 978-0425272657, $16, 352pp, trade paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Omega Days #3

Zombie novel, third in a series following Omega Days (May 2014) and Ship of the Dead (Oct. 2014).
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* Coe, David B. : Spell Blind
(Baen 978-1-4767-8024-5, $25, 320pp, hardcover, January 2015, cover art Alan Pollack)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-340-9
• Case Files of Justis Fearsson #1

Urban fantasy novel, first in a new series, about an Arizona private detective who uses magic in his hunt for a serial killer.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Coe may be on oft-trod ground, but he tells an entertaining story with a good mystery at its core.”

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* Gordon, Alex : Gideon
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-168737-2, $14.99, 432pp, trade paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062091765

Fantasy thriller, the author’s first novel, about a woman who discovers her late father had a secret previous existence.
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• The Publishers Weekly review calls it an “impressive dark fantasy debut” and concludes, “Crisp and shiveringly disturbing prose, a solid plot, and well-developed characters all make for a deeply satisfying read.”

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* Green, Simon R. : Tales from the Nightside
(Ace 978-0-425-27075-2, $25.95, 320pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698136854

Collection of 10 stories, one original to this book, set in the author’s Nightside universe.
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* Harper, Steven : Iron Axe
(Roc 978-0-451-46846-8, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698146297
• Books of Blood and Iron #1

Fantasy novel, first book in a new series, about two outcasts, one a half-human half-troll, the other a human slave.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments that Harper’s “reinterpretations of trolls, giants, and fae folk give this series opener a fresh feeling, while his nods to Norse mythology and folklore root it strongly in fantasy tradition.”

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* Hendee, Barb, & J. C. Hendee : First and Last Sorcerer
(Roc 978-0451469304, $26.95, 352pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698154445
• Noble Dead #13

Fantasy novel, thirteenth in the “Noble Dead” series following Dhampire, Thief of Lives, Sister of the Dead, Traitor to the Blood, and Rebel Fay, In Shade and Shadow, Child of a Dead God, Through Stone and Sea, Of Truth and Beasts, Between Their Worlds, The Dog in the Dark (2013), and A Wind in the Night (2014), about a half-vampire vampire-hunter and her half-elf partner.
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* Hines, Jim C. : Unbound
(DAW 978-0756409685, $24.95, 320pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698151987
• Magic Ex Libris #3

Humorous fantasy novel, third of a series following Libromancer (2012) and Codex Born (2013), about a magician with the ability to draw forth objects from books.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly said of the previous book, “Hines supplies everything a reader needs—werewolves, ghosts, robot insects, a fire spider that eats candy, and homages to classic SF—for a very good time.”

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+ Kristjansson, Snorri : Blood Will Follow
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1623658724, $24.99, 400pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• The Valhalla Saga #2

First US edition (UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher, June 2014)

Viking fantasy novel, second in a series following Swords of Good Men (2013).
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* Lee, Sharon : Carousel Seas
(Baen 978-1-47673-696-9, $15, 352pp, trade paperback, January 2015, cover art Eric Williams)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-341-6
• Archers Beach #3

Urban fantasy novel, third in a series following Carousel Tides (2010) and Carousel Sun (2014), about a woman who returns to a small town in Maine and becomes involved in a faerie war.
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* Lord, Karen : The Galaxy Game
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-53407-1, $15, 336pp, trade paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-345-53408-8
• UK edition: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1780876894 (Thu 1 Jan 2015)


SF novel about students at a school for the psionically gifted, set in the same future as the author’s previous novel The Best of All Possible Worlds.
• Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Lord’s exploration of alien culture and character development overshadows any real action or sense of progress, making this a dry but intriguing offering.”

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* Love, John : Evensong
(Night Shade 978-1-59780-552-0, $15.99, 352pp, trade paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015

SF novel set in a near-future in which the UN keeps world order using biologically-enhanced operatives called “The Dead”.
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• The Publishers Weekly review is mixed: “The inventive blending of religion, commerce, and government is impeded by talky, impassioned trysts, and while the action, when it arrives, is given appropriate flourish, scant satisfaction can be derived from the accompanying revelations…”

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* Merz, Jon F. : Slavers of the Savage Catacombs
(Baen 978-1476736976, $15, 304pp, trade paperback, January 2015, cover art Sam Kennedy)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Shadow Warrior #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Undead Hordes of Kan-Gul (2013), about a young ninja.
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* Older, Daniel José : Half-Resurrection Blues
(Roc 978-0-425-27598-6, $7.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698166790
• Bone Street Rumba #1

Urban fantasy novel, the author’s first novel and first in a new series, about “inbetweeners”, those who have half-resurrected from lives they no longer remember.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Older’s magical New York City is fresh and richly envisioned, a gritty and genuine urban setting rife with strange forces and thoroughly enlivened by the fixers, dealers, and supernatural creatures who inhabit it.”

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* Ringo, John : Strands of Sorrow
(Baen 978-1-4767-3695-2, $25, 352pp, hardcover, January 2015, cover art Kurt Miller)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-339-3
• Black Tide Rising #4

SF/horror novel, fourth in a series following Under a Graveyard Sky (2013), To Sail a Darkling Sea (2014), and Islands of Rage and Hope (2014), about a zombie apocalypse brought about by an airborne plague.
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* Sanderson, Brandon : Firefight
(Random House/Delacorte 978-0385743587, $18.99, 432pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-449-81840-4
• The Reckoners #2

Young adult novel, second in a series following Steelheart (2013), about a group of corrupt superbeings called Epics, and the ordinary human Reckoners who fight them.
• Random House’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly called the first book “an absolute page-turner.”

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* Shepherd, Joel : Originator
(Pyr 978-1-61614-992-5, $18, 520pp, trade paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015
• Cassandra Kresnov #6

SF novel, sixth in a series following Crossover (2001), Breakaway (2003), Killswitch (2004), 23 Years on Fire (2013), and Operation Shield (2014), about a cyborg soldier.
• Pyr’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Once again Shepherd delivers lightning-fast thrills and intrigue fueled by sharp extrapolation. Readers who can keep up with all the details of technology and intrigue will enjoy the ride.”

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+ Terrin, Pete, translated by David Colmer : The Guard
(Quercus/Maclehose Press 978-1623659004, $24.99, 256pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Jan 2015

Near-future literary novel about two men guarding an apartment building where all the residents have fled.
• The book was first published in Dutch, then was translated and published in the UK in 2012. It subsequently won the European Union Literature Prize.
• Quercus’ site has this description of the UK edition.
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• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “Terrin unabashedly invokes existentialist philosophy, and his vivid portrayal of characters gripped by unresolved fears and faced with absurd situations makes his work nectar for reflective readers.”

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