* Brown, Pierce : Red Rising
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-53978-6, $25, 400pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-345-53979-3
• Red Rising #1

SF novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about a color-coded caste society on Mars.
• Random House’s site has this description, which compares it to The Hunger Games and Ender’s Game.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Pierce offers a Hollywood-ready story with plenty of action and thrills but painfully little originality or plausibility.”

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* Cambias, James L. : A Darkling Sea
(Tor 978-0-7653-3627-9, $25.99, 352pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466827561

SF novel, the author’s first novel, about scientists investigating a blind alien race that lives in the ice-covered sea of the planet Ilmatar.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Cambias writes with a light touch and occasional flashes of humor, and the science supporting his novel is sound and unobtrusive. This is an impressive debut by a gifted writer.”

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* Christopher, Adam : Hang Wire
(Angry Robot 978-0857663177, $14.99, 384pp, trade paperback, January 2014, cover art Will Staehle)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0857663184
• UK edition: 9780857663160 (Thu 6 Feb 2014)

Urban fantasy novel about a sleepwalker and a circus that features a pagan act.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.
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* Cole, Myke : Shadow Ops: Breach Zone
(Ace 978-0-425-25637-4, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0698143272
• Shadow Ops #3

Military SF novel, third in a series following Control Point (2012) and Fortress Frontier (2013), in which the US Army tries to control the many people who have developed magical talents.
• Penguin’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Although the book feels padded, like a pulp tale stretched out to double the length, and the world is full of clichéd corruption and misery, this action-filled adventure holds the reader’s attention with occasional glimmers of hope that someday the oppressed magic-users might finally force those in power to respect them.”

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* Frost, Jeaniene : Up from the Grave
(Avon 978-0-06-207611-3, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062075840
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062129444
• Night Huntress #7

Urban fantasy novel, seventh in a series following This Side of the Grave (Feb 20110), about a vampire couple.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a link to a preview.

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* Hutchinson, Dave : Europe in Autumn
(Solaris 9781781081945, $7.99, 432pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• UK edition: 978-1781081952 (Thu 13 Feb 2014)

SF thriller set in a fragmented future Europe, about a cook from Kraków who is recruited into espionage.
• Solaris’ site has this description.

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+ Kearney, Paul : A Different Kingdom
(Solaris 978-1781081860, $7.99, 432pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• UK edition: 978-1781081877 (Thu 13 Feb 2014)

First US edition (UK: Gollancz, July 1993)

Fantasy novel about a boy who discovers a mysterious “Other Place” in the wood behind his grandparents’ farm.
• This is apparently the first US edition of Kearney’s second novel, published in the UK in 1993.
• Solaris’ site has this description.

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* Morden, Simon : Arcanum
(Orbit 978-0-316-22010-1, $17, 784pp, trade paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316220095
• UK edition: 978-0356501833 (Tue 28 Jan 2014)

Alternate history novel set 1000 years after the fall of Rome, in a Europe fragmented into numerous kingdoms run by magic.
• Hachette’s site has this description with a link to an OpenBook excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “An engrossing rollercoaster of a plot winds up with a solidly satisfying climax that leaves the reader craving more.”

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* Schafer, Kerry : Wakeworld
(Ace 978-0-425-26124-8, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Jan 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0698138148
• Books of the Between #2

Urban fantasy novel, second in a series following the author’s first novel Between (2013), about an emergency room doctor whose dreams start to merge with reality.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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