* Carey, Jacqueline : Naamah's Blessing
(Grand Central 978-0-446-19807-3, $26.99, 610pp, hardcover, July 2011, jacket illustration Alan Ayers)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 29 Jun 2011
• Kushiel #9

Fantasy novel, ninth installment in the Kushiel series following Naamah's Curse (2010), set in an allegorical version of Earth where angels watch over lands called Terre d'Ange [France] and Alba [Great Britain].
• The publisher's site has this description, with an "Open Book" function providing an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, "... despite a slow start, Carey's fans will enjoy the straightforward heroics and plotting after the previous volume's heavy angst."
• Amazon has scattered but mostly postive reader reviews.

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* Chance, Karen : Hunt the Moon
(Signet Select 978-0-451-41307-9, $7.99, 419pp, mass market paperback, June 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2011
• Cassie Palmer #5

Dark fantasy novel, fifth in a series following Touch the Dark (2006), Claimed by Shadow (2007), Embrace the Night (2008), and Curse the Dawn about clairvoyant Cassandra Palmer.
• The author's site has this page about the book with a link to an excerpt.
• Three quarters of Amazon's reader reviews rate it 5 stars.

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* Gregory, Daryl : Raising Stony Mayhall
(Del Rey 978-0-345-52237-5, $15, 422pp, trade paperback, July 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2011

Fantasy novel set in 1968 about an epidemic of Living Dead, concerning a baby LD who is raised to adulthood despite his condition.
• The author's site has this page about the book, with the publisher's description and quotes from reviews.
• Mindy Klasky's site has an "Inside Track" essay by the author describing the genesis of the book.
• Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review: "Richly textured settings and nuanced characters mark this introspective novel, in which Gregory further expounds on his fascination with an altered human condition set against a mundane backdrop..."
• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed the book in the June issue of Locus Magazine: "Despite some notably grotesque touches, such as a zombie philosopher named The Lump who survives with only a fragment of a body, Raising Stony Mayhall is almost restrained in is lack of splatter mayhem and movie-quote set pieces. Instead, what Gregory has written is an odd kind of heroic family romance, in which the occasional limb may fall off, but the love is convincing real."

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* Kimball, Joe : Timecaster
(Ace 978-0441019182, $7.99, 306pp, mass market paperback, June 2011, cover art Kris Keller)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 May 2011
• Timecaster #1

Science fiction novel, first of two books about a peace officer who uses a device to record crimes that have already happened -- and discovers himself implicated in a murder.
• Kimball is a pen name of J.A. Konrath, whose Joe Kimball page has the cover description of the book. The next title will be Timecaster Supersymmetry.
• Amazon has a couple 5-star reader reviews.

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* McMahon, Gary : The Concrete Grove
(Solaris 978-1-907519-95-6, $7.99, 382pp, mass market paperback, July 2011, cover art Vincent Chong)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2011

Horror novel, first of a trilogy, about a housing project that's a gateway to a realm of ghosts and monsters.
• Solaris' site has this description.
• The author's page for the book has blurbs from Andy Remic and Graham Joyce and quotes from reviews.

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* Morden, Simon : Degrees of Freedom
(Orbit 978-0316125178, $7.99, 360pp, mass market paperback, June 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 1 Jun 2011
• Samuil Petrovitch #3

Near-future thriller, third book of a trilogy following Equations of Life (Apr 2011) and Theories of Flight (May 2011), about a Russian genius living in London who gets involved in a war between mobsters, cops, and tycoons.
• Orbit's site has this post describing the series and presenting the op-art covers of all three books.
• Amazon's "Look Inside" function provides an excerpt.
• Amazon has a couple reader reviews, one calling this book the best of the trilogy.

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* Palma, Félix J. : The Map of Time
(Atria 978-1-4391-6739-7, $26, 611pp, hardcover, June 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jun 2011
• Map of Time #1

Science fiction thriller, first of a trilogy, following three time travel stories all linked by H.G. Wells.
• This book, first published in Spain in 2008, is here translated by Nick Caistor.
• The publisher's site has this description, calling it a "phenomenal international bestseller".
• The Publishers Weekly review called it "the brilliant first in a trilogy, an intriguing thriller that explores the ramifications of time travel in three intersecting narratives... Palma brings Wells and other historical figures like Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, plausibly to life. Susannah Clarke fans will be delighted."
• On the other hand this review by James Bradley is The Australian is headlined "Science fiction dips into the Wells one time too many".

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* Palmer, Philip : Hell Ship
(Orbit US 978-0316125130, $13.99, 445pp, trade paperback, July 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 1 Jul 2011

SF novel about a starship full of slaves of various races whose worlds have been destroyed by their new masters.
• The author's site has this description, while his blog has a moodboard of images that evoke the book.
• The New York Journal of Books has this review by Carma Spence: "Hell Ship is riveting, pulling you through the story with raw emotions that are both familiar and strange. The characters, no matter how alien, are accessible and relatable."