New Books : 14 November 2017

New books published today include Andy Weir’s Artemis, Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God, Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer, Molly Tanzer’s Creatures of Will and Temper, collections by Peter S. Beagle and Jane Yolen, and other titles by Gerald Brandt, Mike Brooks, Tina Connolly, Stephen R. Donaldson, Ian C. Esslemont, Alan Dean Foster, Mira Grant, Leanna Renee Hieber, Jonathan L. Howard, K.J. Parker, Jodi Taylor, Tracy Townsend, K.B. Wagers, and Liz Ziemska.

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* Beagle, Peter S. : The Overneath
(Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-269-2, $15.95, 336pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017

Collection of 13 stories, two original to this book and two others previously published only online.
• Tachyon’s site has this description with the table of contents and many quotes from reviews.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “With sharp, lean elegance, Beagle (In Calabria) effortlessly chronicles the lives of unicorns, trolls, magicians, and adventurers in 13 poignant stories, many of which caution readers about magic gone awry and temperamental creatures.”
• Both Gary K. Wolfe and Faren Miller review it in the November issue of Locus Magazine. Wolfe comments, “Some themes recur across a variety of settings and stories, though, and one of them is Beagle’s deep empathy for characters who, their aspirations mostly behind them, nevertheless encounter something marvelous…”

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* Brandt, Gerald : The Rebel
(DAW 978-0756412029, $26, 352pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780756412036
• San Angeles #3

SF novel, third book in a trilogy following The Courier (March 2016) and The Operative (Nov. 2016), about a motorcycle courier in a near future where multi-level San Angeles stretches from San Francisco to San Diego.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly called the first book a “gritty near-future science fiction thriller”.

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* Brooks, Mike : Dark Deeds
(Saga Press 978-1-5344-0544-8, $16.99, 336pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781534405462
• Keiko #3

SF novel, third in a series following Dark Run (2016) and Dark Sky (July 2017), about a ship full of con artists and soldiers of fortune traveling among Earth’s interstellar colonies.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Each of Brooks’s Keiko novels feel like a great caper movie, but at this point things have become so desperate that Drift actually considers doing legitimate work to raise the funds he needs….”
• There’s also a hardcover edition (978-1534405455).

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* Connolly, Tina : Seriously Hexed
(Tor Teen 978-0765383778, $17.99, 304pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466893238
• Seriously Wicked #3

Young adult fantasy novel, third in a series following Seriously Wicked (2015) and Seriously Shifted. (2016), about the adopted daughter of a witch.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Donaldson, Stephen R. : Seventh Decimate
(Berkley 978-0-399-58613-2, $27, 320pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780399586149
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780525499060
• The Great God’s War #1

Fantasy novel, first in a trilogy, about a prince’s quest for a sorcerous library.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Donaldson’s plot elements and characters are familiar, but his handling of them is stark, stripped almost down to allegory…”

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* Erdrich, Louise : Future Home of the Living God
(Harper 978-0-06-269405-8, $28.99, 304pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062694072
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062742384

Dystopian SF novel in which evolution has reversed itself, women begin giving birth to primitive species of humans, and the government begins confining pregnant women.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Erdrich’s characters are brave and conscientious, but none of them really come across as people; they act mostly as vehicles for Erdrich’s ideas. Those ideas, however—reproductive freedom, for one, and faith in and respect for the natural world—are strikingly relevant. Erdrich has written a cautionary tale for this very moment in time.”

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* Esslemont, Ian C. : Deadhouse Landing
(Tor 978-0765379467, $29.99, 400pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466868595
• UK edition: 978-0593074732 (Thu 16 Nov 2017)
• Path to Ascendancy #2

Fantasy novel, second book in a prequel trilogy to the author’s Malazan Empire series, following Dancer’s Lament (2016)
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
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* Foster, Alan Dean : Strange Music
(Del Rey 978-1-101-96760-7, $27, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101967614
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780525492542

SF novel subtitled “A Pip and Flinx Novel” set in Foster’s long-running Humanx Commonwealth series.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “As usual, Foster balances brisk action with humor and supplies his alien worlds with lots of local color. Adventure-loving readers new to the series, as well as old fans, will enjoy Foster’s return to Commonwealth space.”

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* Grant, Mira : Into the Drowning Deep
(Orbit 978-0-316-37940-3, $26, 448pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316379380
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478923466
• UK edition: 978-0356508108 (Thu 16 Nov 2017)

Sf/horror novel about a follow-up expedition into the Mariana Trench following the loss with all hands of an earlier expedition.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “There’s some solid gore and nastiness in this sequel to Grant’s novella Rolling in the Deep, but a mix of overwrought prose and questionable decisions prevent it from being much more than a 1990s horror throwback.”

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* Hieber, Leanna Renee : The Eterna Solution
(Tor 978-0765336767, $28.99, 320pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466829275
• The Eterna Files #3

“Gaslamp” fantasy novel, third in a series following The Eterna Files (2015) and Eterna and Omega (2016), about competition for a compound that grants immortality.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Howard, Jonathan L. : After the End of the World
(St. Martin’s/Dunne 978-1-250-06090-7, $26.99, 368pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466866669
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427291066
• Carter & Lovecraft #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Carter & Lovecraft (2015), about detective Daniel Carter and bookseller Emily Lovecraft in an alternate world run by Nazis.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Howard doesn’t shy away from touchy topics: Emily is the African-American descendant of racist white horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, and the book has plenty of subtle and unsubtle references to modern politics (‘Making Germany great again’) and 21st-century Nazism. This is an entertaining and meticulously crafted mix of speculative history, suspense, sardonic humor, and cosmic horror.”

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* Parker, K. J. : The Two of Swords: Volume Two
(Orbit Us 978-0316177733, $15.99, 432pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316253482
• The Two of Swords #2

Fantasy novel, second of a trilogy (with first volume published last month, the third scheduled for December), about two brothers fighting on opposite sides of an endless war between East and West.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gave the first book a starred review: “Parker’s plot is a delight, full of successive revelations; his characters earn sympathy even at their most pragmatically ruthless, and his sparkling prose and sardonic humor help build the dazzling shape of a game larger than two empires.”

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* Sanderson, Brandon : Oathbringer
(Tor 978-0765326379, $34.99, 1248pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781427275929
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780765399830
• Stormlight Archive #3

Epic fantasy novel, third in a planned 10-book series following The Way of Kings (2010) and Words of Radiance (2014), about a war over mystical weapons on a world wracked by power sweeps.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
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* Tanzer, Molly : Creatures of Will and Temper
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/John Joseph Adams 978-1-328-71026-0, $16.99, 368pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781328710369

Victorian-era fantasy novel inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, about a fencing enthusiast and her younger sister drawn into the London underworld.
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Gorgeously portrayed three-dimensional characters and sensual prose propel this smoothly entertaining story to an emotionally affecting end.”

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* Taylor, Jodi : The Long and Short of It: Stories from the Chronicles of St. Marys
(Night Shade Books 978-1597809153, $12.99, 432pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017

Collection of previously-published stories in the world of the author’s Chronicles of St. Mary’s novels, most recently And the Rest Is History (2017).
• Night Shade’s site has this description.

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* Townsend, Tracy : The Nine
(Pyr 978-1-633-88341-3, $18, 367pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Thieves of Fate #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about a black market courier and a book that writes itself.
• Pyr’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The portrayal of God as the ultimate scientific experimenter and a civilization in which rationality does little to fend off brutality and corruption make for a gritty series opener. The most appealing characters are those who willingly travel to the scariest places, and all hopes are nerve-rackingly pinned on them.”

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* Wagers, K. B. : Beyond the Empire
(Orbit 978-0-316-30864-9, $15.99, 416pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316308656
• UK edition: 978-0356508047 (Thu 16 Nov 2017)
• The Indranan War #3

SF novel, third in a trilogy following Behind the Throne (Aug. 2016) and After the Crown (Dec. 2016), about a gunrunner who becomes heir to a galactic empire.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it, as it did both earlier books, a starred review: “The final installment of Wagers’s Indranan War space adventure trilogy has all of the best qualities of the previous books: nerve-wracking action on the ground and in space, dark humor, and the characters’ til-the-end loyalty to one another.”

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* Weir, Andy : Artemis
(Crown 978-0-553-44812-2, $27, 320pp, hardcover, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780553448139

SF novel, the second novel by the author of The Martian, about a smuggler in the first and only city on the moon.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The sophisticated worldbuilding incorporates politics and economics, as well as scientifically plausible ways for a small city to function on the lunar surface. The independent, wisecracking lead could easily sustain a series. Weir leavens the hard SF with a healthy dose of humor.”

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* Yolen, Jane : The Emerald Circus
(Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-273-9, $15.95, 288pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017

Collection of 16 stories, one original to this book. Two of the stories, “Lost Girls” and “Sister Emily’s Lightship,” won Nebula Awards.
• Holly Black provides an introduction.
• Tachyon’s site has this description with the table of contents and many quotes from reviews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Yolen is a prolific and recognized writer who has written more than 350 books for teens and adults (this is her first adult book in several years) and won, among others, the Caldecott and Nebula Awards; her many fans will happily pick this up.”
• Both Faren Miller and Gary K. Wolfe review it in the November issue of Locus Magazine: “As Holly Black says in her introduction, ‘‘Jane gets all the details right’’ while ‘‘the depth and breadth of her knowledge shine’’: that busy magpie mind.”

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* Ziemska, Liz : Mandelbrot the Magnificent
(Tor.Com Publishing 978-0765398055, $10.99, 128pp, trade paperback, November 2017)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Nov 2017
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765398048

Short fantasy novel, a pseudo-biography of Benoit Mandelbrot who escapes the rise of Hitler by fleeting into mathematics.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
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