New UK Books, January
Amish : The Immortals of Melhua
(UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1-78087-400-5, £8.99, 320pp, trade paperback, January 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Jan 2013
• Shiva Trilogy #1
Fantasy novel, first of a trilogy, set in ancient India.
• Series site Shiva Trilogy has this page for the book, with a video trailer and author profile.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• Amazon UK indicates an earlier edition published by Westland Books in 2011, under the name Amish Tripathi. The “Look Inside” function for this edition reveals a copyright of 2008 and 2010 publication by Tara Press in India.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Fenn, Jaine : Queen of Nowhere
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575096998, £14.99, 352pp, trade paperback, January 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Jan 2013
• Hidden Empire #5
SF novel, fifth in a series following Principles of Angels (2008), Consorts of Heaven (2009), Guardians of Paradise (2010), and Bringer of Light (2011), about humanity’s battle against the Sidhe, an alien race once thought dead.
• Orion’s Gollancz site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• Mary Robinette Kowal’s journal provides a My Favorite Bit entry by Fenn about this book
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• (Directory Entry)
* Maxey, James : Witchbreaker
(UK: Solaris 978-1781080610, £7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, January 2013, cover by Adam Tredowski)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Jan 2013
• Dragon Apocalypse #3
Fantasy novel, third of a series following Greatshadow (Feb. 2012) and Hush (July 2012), about a team of 12 adventurers who try to slay a malevolent dragon who spies on human affairs.
• Solaris’ site has this description.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Rees, Rod : The Demi-Monde: Summer
(UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1-84916-505-1, £20, 576pp, hardcover, January 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Jan 2013
• Demi-Monde #3
SF thriller, third in a series of four, following The Demi-Mode: Winter (UK 2010, US Jan 2012) and The Demi-Mode: Spring (UK 2012), about a virtual reality, created to train soldiers and run by cyber-duplicates of historical tyrants.
• The publisher’s site has this description
• The Amazon UK page has a “Look Inside” function providing a preview.
• Purchase this book from Amazon
• (Directory Entry)
* Roberts, Adam : Adam Robots
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575130340, £12.99, 400pp, trade paperback, January 2013)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 17 Jan 2013
Collection of 24 stories, the author’s short story collection since Swiftly (2004).
• Orion’s Gollancz site has a brief description.
• The Amazon page has a “Look Inside” function providing previews, including the table of contents.
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• (Directory Entry)
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