* Archer, Jill : White Heart of Justice
(Ace 978-0425257173, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698139671
• Noon Onyx #3

Urban fantasy novel, third in a series following Dark Light of Day (2012) and Fiery Edge of Steel (2013), set in a post-Armageddon world in which demons are worshiped.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Some of the major conflict scenes are succinctly and sparsely written; the emotional journey for Noon is far more of the focus, along with the excellent world-building readers have come to expect from Archer.”

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* Butcher, Jim : Skin Game
(Roc 978-0-451-46439-2, $27.95, 464pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0698157897
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781611762945
• UK edition: 978-0356500904 (Tue 27 May 2014)
• Dresden Files #15

Fantasy novel, fifteenth in the “Dresden Chronicles” about crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden in Chicago, following Cold Days (2012).
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The author’s website has this page about the book, with links (in the drop-down menu) to several chapter excerpts.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Series admirers can only hope for a shot of adrenaline next time out to restore the wonder and imagination of the first Dresden books.”

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* Clare, Cassandra : City of Heavenly Fire
(Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-1442416895, $24.99, 752pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781442416918
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781442349773
• UK edition: 978-1406332933 (Wed 28 May 2014)
• The Mortal Instruments #6

Young adult fantasy novel, sixth in the “Mortal Instruments” series following City of Bones (2007), City of Ashes (2008), City of Glass (2009), City of Fallen Angels (2011), and City of Lost Souls (2012).
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.

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* Coates, Deborah : Strange Country
(Tor 978-0-7653-2902-8, $26.99, 336pp, hardcover, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-4299-4847-0
• Hallie Michaels #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Wide Open (2012) and Deep Down (2013), about a psychic Afghanistan vet who’s returned home to face supernatural threats in her South Dakota hometown.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Coates plots this novel as a conventional murder mystery, with the usual paranormal activity serving as colorful filigree to a well-wrought tale of Midwestern noir. Unresolved subplots suggest that further adventures are in store for Hallie and Boyd.”
• Carolyn Cushman reviewed it in the April issue of Locus Magazine: “There aren’t any epic confrontations this time, and most of the supernatural elements are rather vague. In contrast, mundane details, like a trio of dogs Hallie ends up caring for, stand out sharply, providing real interest when the magic is frustratingly unclear.”

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* Douglas, Ian : Dark Matter
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-218399-6, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0062184009
• Star Carrier #5

Military SF novel, fifth in the “Star Carrier” series following Earth Strike (2010), Center of Gravity (2011), Singularity (2012), and Deep Space (2013), about an intergalactic battle between humanity and an evil empire.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description.
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* Durst, Sarah Beth : The Lost
(Mira 978-0-7783-1711-1, $14.95, 352pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781460330111

Urban fantasy novel about a woman who discovers a place where everything lost ends up.
• Harlequin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it “a rather macabre foray into literary urban fantasy for adults”, and concludes, “The story is both charming and painfully emotional at times, but it occasionally drags and leaves many questions unanswered.”

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* Lindskold, Jane : Artemis Awakening
(Tor 978-0-7653-3710-8, 288pp, hardcover, May 2014, cover art Cliff Nielsen)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-4668-3049-3
• Artemis #1

SF novel, first of a new series, about a distant pleasure planet rediscovered centuries after the Empire that build it has fallen.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Lindskold—paying homage to golden-age SF by authors like Andre Norton, Leigh Brackett, and C.L. Moore—offers familiar set pieces like fallen civilizations, mad scientists, telepathic animals, and enigmatic mechanisms bordering on the mystical, all filtered through a modern sensibility and polished prose.”
• Carolyn Cushman reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine: “This is clearly just the beginning of the tale, but a major controntation provides a solid conclusion for the moment, and leaves more of this intriguing puzzle to be solved in future volumes.”

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* Moon, Elizabeth : Crown of Renewal
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-53309-8, 528pp, hardcover, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-345-53310-4
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 978-1469263151
• UK edition: Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-0356501307 (Tue 27 May 2014)
• Paladin’s Legacy #5


Fantasy novel, concluding book in the author’s “Legend of Paksenarrion” series and fifth in the “Paladin’s Legacy” series following Oath of Fealty (2010) Kings of the North (2011), Echoes of Betrayal (2012), and Limits of Power (2013).
• Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls the book “far more cerebral than action-focused” and concludes, “…otherwise the conclusions are satisfying and almost meditative amid multiple new beginnings.”

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* Pettersson, Vicki : The Given
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-206620-6, $14.99, 368pp, trade paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062064141
• Celestial Blues #3

Paranormal romance novel, third in a trilogy following The Taken (2012) and The Lost (2013), about former private investigator Grif Shaw, who has become an angel.
• Harper’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it (as it did for both previous books) a starred review: “Pettersson’s skill at capturing emotion in lyrical passages sets her head and shoulders above her peers. Her finest creation is Grif Shaw himself, the man many women want and few women find, with a soul like a knuckle-scarred fist offering a single perfect red rose.”

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* Strahan, Jonathan, ed. : Reach for Infinity
(Solaris 978-1781082034, $9.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• UK edition: 978-1781082027 (Thu 5 Jun 2014)

Original anthology of 14 original SF stories. Authors include Greg Egan, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Adam Roberts, and Peter Watts. It follows previous anthologies Engineering Infinity and Edge of Infinity.
• Solaris’ site has this description.
• Strahan’s blog has this post from February with a tentative table of conents.

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* Tolkien, J. R. R. : Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 978-0-544-44278-8, $28, 448pp, hardcover, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 22 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780544442795

Translation of Beowulf completed by Tolkien in 1926 but never published until now. This edition is edited by Christopher Tolkien.
• The book also contains commentary by Tolkien drawn from Oxford lectures, previously unpublished story “Sellec Spell”, and two versions of poem “The Lay of Beowulf”.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Tolkien conveys both the pageantry of the fifth-century Danish court and the physicality of the battle between Geat hero Beowulf and man-eating monster Grendel. His alliterative phrasing—”biting the bone-joints…great gobbets gorging down,” “a dragon, even he who on the high heath watched his hoard”—finds some of the same poetry in the archaic prose as Seamus Heaney’s celebrated 2000 translation. … Scholars will no doubt continue to debate Tolkien’s interpretation, but lovers of Tolkien’s work will agree that this is a book long overdue.”

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* Waggoner, Tim : Night Terrors
(Angry Robot 978-0857663696, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857663702
• UK edition: 9780857663689 (Thu 5 Jun 2014)
• Shadow Watch #1

Urban fantasy novel, first in a new series, about a team that tries to prevent your dreams and nightmares from breaking through into the living world.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description, with a preview function.
• The second book, Dream Stalkers, is scheduled for November.

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* Zettel, Sarah : Bad Luck Girl
(Random House 978-0-375-86940-2, $17.99, 368pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-375-98320-7
• American Fairy #3

Young adult fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following Dust Girl (2012) and Golden Girl (2013), about a half-mortal, half-fae teenage girl.
• Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.

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