+ Aaronovitch, Ben : Broken Homes
(DAW 978-0-7564-0960-9, $7.99, 320pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698143715
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780756409920
• Rivers of London #4

First US edition (UK: Gollancz, July 2013)

Urban fantasy novel, fourth in a series following Midnight Riot (UK title Rivers of London), Moon Over Soho (both 2011), and Whispers Under Ground (2012), about a London police officer who can speak to the dead.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• Faren Miller reviews it in the February issue of Locus Magazine: “Smart, edgy and dramatic, Broken Homes is a fine addition to a fascinating series.”

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* Baggott, Julianna : Burn
(Grand Central 978-1-4555-0299-8, $26, 432pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781455503025
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478982029
• Pure #3

Young adult post-apocalyptic horror novel, third in a trilogy after Pure (2012) and Fuse (2013), in which disfigured survivors of the ‘Detonations’ live separately from the ‘pure’ residents of sealed Domes.
• Hachette’s site has this description with a link to a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, ” Interesting philosophical issues are obscured by predictably heroic casualties and leaden action scenes. There’s still enough meat to at least bring the story to a satisfying ending for longtime readers, but the routine wrap-up undercuts Baggott’s previous vision.”

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* Decker, James K. : Fallout
(Roc 978-0-451-41341-3, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101637920
• Haan #2

SF novel, second in a series following The Burn Zone (2013), in which many of humanity’s problems have been solved by the arrival of alien haan.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• The author has previously published under the name James Knapp, including 2011 Compton Crook winner State of Decay.

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* Duncan, Glen : By Blood We Live
(Knopf 978-0-307-59510-2, $25.95, 368pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-385-35038-9
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 978-0-307-98926-0
• The Last Werewolf #3

Supernatural thriller, third in a series following The Last Werewolf (2011) and Tallula Rising (2012), about a newly turned werewolf protecting her children from vampires.
• The Random House site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, ” Fans of the first two books who have become attached to Tallula and her kin will be satisfied, but others may wonder what the fuss is all about.”

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* Friedman, C. S. : Dreamwalker
(DAW 978-0-7564-0888-6, $19.95, 400pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101635230
• Dreamwalker #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series, about a 16-year-old girl who discovers she is not related to her parents but is one of a race of besieged “changelings”.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Friedman skillfully blends science fiction and fantasy elements, tying them together with fairy tales and solid worldbuilding, but both the magic-driven alternate world and the romantic undercurrent feel too familiar. The bulk of the book is aimed at laying the groundwork for a much larger story, albeit one laden with potential.”

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* Green, Chris Marie : Only the Good Die Young
(Roc 978-0-451-41699-5, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101600825
• Jensen Murphy #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series, about a deceased woman, now a ghost, who becomes a private detective.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.

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* Lee, Sharon : Carousel Sun
(Baen 978-1-47673-623-5, $15, 336pp, trade paperback, February 2014, cover art Eric L. Williams)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-245-7
• Carousel #2

Urban fantasy novel, sequel to Carousel Tides (2010), about a woman who returns to a small town in Maine and becomes involved in a faerie war.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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+ McDonald, Ian : Empress of the Sun
(Pyr 978-1-61614-865-2, $17.99, 276pp, hardcover, February 2014, cover illustration Larry Rostant)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00EGMBJVM
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: B00HDOF9WK
• Everness #3

First US edition (UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher, January 2014)

Young adult science fiction novel, third of a series following Planesrunner (2011) and Be My Enemy (2012), about a teenaged boy searching for his father among the parallel worlds of the multiverse.
• Pyr’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed it in the January issue of Locus Magazine: “…there’s a lot more at stake here than recreational world-hopping, and some substantial hints that the stakes will deepen even further with the next volume – which is previewed by a kind of cinematic after-the-credits teaser at the very end. YA or not, the Everness series may be the most enjoyable ongoing series that SF currently has to offer.”

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* McKiernan, Dennis L. : Stolen Crown
(Roc 978-0-451-41988-0, $26.95, 512pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101624616
• Mithgar #-

Fantasy novel, part of the author’s Mithgar series following City of Jade (2008), about two families battling to rule their kingdom.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.

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* Neumeier, Rachel : Black Dog
(Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry Us 978-1908844835, $8.99, 448pp, trade paperback, February 2014, cover art Paul Young)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1908844842
• UK edition: 9781908844828 (Thu 6 Feb 2014)

Young adult fantasy novel about a Mexican girl whose magical abilities are unable to save her village, and here parents, from the black dogs.
• Strange Chemistry’s site has this description.
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* Price, Daniel : The Flight of the Silvers
(Penguin/Blue Rider 978-0-399-16498-9, $27.95, 608pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101620045
• Silvers Saga #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series, about six people who are saved from an apocalypse on their world and are spirited away to a future alternate Earth.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review is unenthusiastic, but other reviews and blurbs on the Amazon page are more positive, including a starred review from Kirkus: “An absorbing adventure with a fresh take on both the parallel-universe and the paranormal subgenres. You’ll get pulled in.”

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* Ringo, John : To Sail a Darkling Sea
(Baen 978-1-4767-3621-1, $25, 384pp, hardcover, February 2014, cover art Kurt Miller)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-244-0
• Black Tide Rising #2

SF/horror novel, second in a series following Under a Graveyard Sky (2013), about a zombie apocalypse brought about by an airborne plague.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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* Scott, Julianna : The Seers
(Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry Us 978-1908844460, $9.99, 384pp, trade paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1908844477
• UK edition: 9781908844453 (Thu 6 Feb 2014)
• Holders #2

Young adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Holders (2013), about a brother and sister who learn their heritage lies with the legendary race of Holders.
• Strange Chemistry’s site has this description.
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* Steele, Allen : V-S Day
(Ace 978-0-425-25974-0, $26.95, 308pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101638811
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: B00EJRQ7XY

Alternate history novel in which the space race occurs during the years of World War II.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• The author’s site notes that it’s based on an earlier story, “Goddard’s People”.
• Site My Book, The Movie has this post by Steele about how he transformed the short story to a screenplay and then to a novel.
• Steven H Silver’s review compares this book to Steele’s 1996 novel on the same theme, The Tranquility Alternative.

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+ Theroux, Marcel : Strange Bodies
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0-374-27065-0, $26, 304pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0374709518

SF novel about an apparent forgery of letters by Dr. Samuel Johnson, a Soviet procedure that moves souls between human bodies, and a patient in a psychiactric hospital who insists he is a person who has been dead for months.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The UK edition was published in 2013 by Faber and Faber.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Observations about science, medicine, psychology, love, madness, and literature result in a thought-provoking and engaging fusion of comedy and horror, irony and insight.”
• Both Gary K. Wolfe and Adrienne Martini review the book in the February issue of Locus Magazine. Wolfe advises, “And while speculative fiction readers may see the novel’s Big Reveal coming so far in advance that it becomes almost tiresome waiting for it, the intelligent questions and complexly tragic characters he introduces along the way make it well worth the wait.”

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* Tierney, Kathleen : Red Delicious
(Roc 978-0-451-41653-7, 288pp, trade paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101594834
• Siobhan Quinn #2

Urban fantasy novel, second of a series following Blood Oranges, about a lesbian ex-junkie demon hunter in New England.
• The author, on the cover, is “Caitlín R. Kiernan writing as Kathleen Tierney”.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Nonetheless, Quinn, her compatriots, and the setting remain entirely original. While this lacks some of the freshness of the first book, fans are sure to enjoy it all the same.”

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* VanderMeer, Jeff : Annihilation
(Farrar Straus Giroux/FSG Originals 978-0-3741-0409-2, $13, 208pp, trade paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0374710774
• Southern Reach #1

SF novel, first volume of a trilogy, about a mysterious region called Area X and four scientists who set out to explore it, in the 12th expedition following earlier ones that all ended tragically.
• The following volumes are scheduled for June (Authority) and September (Acceptance).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt and blurbs from Peter Straub, Kelly Link, and others.
• Amazon names it a Best Book of the Month for February, with a review by Robin A. Rothman: “Through potent description and unrelenting tension, he achieves a level of emotional manipulation that should appeal to anyone who embraced the paranormal phenomena and maddening uncertainties of Lost.”
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Using evocative descriptions of the biologist’s outer and inner worlds, masterful psychological insight, and intellectual observations both profound and disturbing—calling Lovecraft to mind and Borges—Vandermeer unfolds a tale as satisfying as it is richly imagined.”

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* Wheeler, Ramona : Three Princes
(Tor 978-0-7653-3597-5, 320pp, hardcover, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1466826311

Alternate history novel in which the Egyptian Empire survives into the 19th century after Julius Caesar.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The author’s page has blurbs from David Brin, Stanley Schmidt, and others.

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