New Books : 20 March 2018
Ellen Datlow’s anthology The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, Brian Stableford’s novel Spirits of the Vasty Deep, and titles by Elizabeth Bear, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Tim Lebbon, Rowenna Miller, and Dempow Torishima.
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* Bear, Elizabeth : Stone Mad
(Tor.com 978-1-250-16383-7, $14.99, 192pp, trade paperback, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-250-16382-0
• Karen Memory #2
Steampunk SF novel set in 19th century Seattle, sequel to Karen Memory (2015), about a woman investigating traveling spiritualists.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Though this novel lacks the scope and some of the sheer raucousness of the first, all of the characteristics that make Karen memorable are glowingly apparent on every page.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Beaulieu, Bradley P. : A Veil of Spears
(DAW 978-0756409760, $26, 592pp, hardcover, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698152410
• The Song of Shattered Sands #3
Fantasy novel, third book in a series following Twelve Kings of Sharakhai (2015) and Of Sand and Malice Made (2016), set in a great desert city rules by twelve immortal kings.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “The novel finally earns its length in a subterranean battle for control of a resurrected blood mage with a private agenda. Overall, this is an impressive performance.”
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* Datlow, Ellen : The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-907-8, $25.99, 336pp, hardcover, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-59780-908-5
Anthology of 15 original stories. Authors include Simon Bestwick, Terry Dowling, Alyssa Wong, John Langan, and Siobhan Carroll.
• Night Shade’s site has this description with the table of contents. There’s a simultaneous trade paperback edition (9781597809467).
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Lebbon, Tim : The Folded Land
(Titan 978-1785650314, $14.95, 336pp, trade paperback, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Mar 2018
• Relics #2
Fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following Relics (2017), about a black market for the remains of gryphons, faeries, and other fantastic creatures.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first bok, “Lebbon’s visual imagination is good, and his experience with movie novelizations is amply evident…”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Miller, Rowenna : Torn
(Orbit 978-0-316-47862-5, $15.99, 480pp, trade paperback, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Mar 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316478618
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781549114915
• The Unraveled Kingdom #1
Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel and first in a series, about a seamstress who sews magic into clothing.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “The different factions, ethnicities, and background details of life are clearly and carefully portrayed, and Kristos and Sophie are vibrant characters.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Stableford, Brian : Spirits of the Vasty Deep
(Snuggly Books 978-1-943813-54-4, $17.95, 300pp, trade paperback, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 19 Mar 2018
Fantasy novel about an aging writer who retires to the coast of Wales, where he learns the local folklore and it investigates him.
• Snuggly’s website has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Stableford draws deep on small-town sensibilities and English folklore to craft a gradually unfolding tale that’s atmospheric, ambiguous, and subtle.”
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* Torishima, Dempow : Sisyphean
(Haikasoru 978-1-4215-8082-1, $16.99, 304pp, trade paperback, March 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Mar 2018
Mosaic SF novel first published in Japanese in 2013 (as Sisyphean and Other Stories), here translated by Daniel Huddleston, with illustrations by the author. It’s about a future in which humanity has been transformed by genetic engineering.
• Haikasoru’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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