Campbell, Jack : The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Guardian
(Ace 978-0425260517, $7.99, 432pp, mass market paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Apr 2014
• The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #3

(First edition: Ace, May 2013)

Military SF novel, third in the series following Dreadnaught (2011), Invicible (2012), and six earlier books in the “Lost Fleet” series.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The author is John G. Hemry writing as Jack Campbell. His site has a description and a link to a an excerpt.
• The next book in the series, Steadfast, just appeared in hardcover.

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Card, Orson Scott, & Aaron Johnston : Earth Afire
(Tor 978-0-7653-6737-2, $8.99, 544pp, mass market paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Apr 2014
• The First Formic War #2

(First edition: Tor, June 2013)

SF novel, second in a prequel trilogy to Card’s Ender’s Game, following Earth Unaware (2012), set 100 years earlier, Earth fighting invading Formic aliens.
• Tor’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The next book in the series, Earth Awakens, will be published in June.

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Eggers, Dave : The Circle
(Vintage 978-0-345-80729-8, $15.95, 512pp, trade paperback, April 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 22 Apr 2014

(First edition: Knopf, October 2013)

Near-future SF novel about an employee at The Circle, a powerful internet company with an ambition to transform the web.
• Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, calling it “a stunning work of terrifying plausibility, a cautionary tale of subversive power in the digital age suavely packaged as a Silicon Valley social satire.”

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Flint, Eric, & Ryk E. Spoor : Portal
(Baen 978-1476736426, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Apr 2014
• Boundary #3

(First edition: Baen, May 2013)

SF novel, third in a series following Boundary (2006) and Threshold (2010), about a paleontologist whose work takes her from Mars to Ceres and the Jupiter system in a search for alien technology.
• Baen’s site has this description and links to several chapters.

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Karpyshyn, Drew : Children of Fire
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0553393491, $15, 512pp, trade paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 May 2014
• The Chaos Born #1

(First edition: Del Rey, September 2013)

Epic fantasy novel by an author known for gaming and media tie novels, and first book in a series.
• Random House’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, concluding “Karpyshyn (author of numerous novels in the Star Wars and Mass Effect universes) injects mature moral dilemmas and powerful characterization into frenzied moments of battle, betrayal, and terror. This intricately layered adventure breathes realism and overshadowing menace into ancient mythic archetypes, exposing the pain and wonder inherent in magic and the mingled hope and cynicism of modern fantasy.”

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Moon, Elizabeth : Limits of Power
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0345533081, $7.99, 512pp, mass market paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Apr 2014
• Paladin’s Legacy #9

(First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, June 2013)

Fantasy novel, new book in the author’s “Legend of Paksenarrion” series and fourth in the “Paladin’s Legacy” series following Oath of Fealty (2010), Kings of the North (2011), and Echoes of Betrayal (2012).
• Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review calling it “thoughtful and deeply character driven, full of personal crises as heartbreaking and hopeful as any dramatic invasion.”

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Sanderson, Brandon : The Rithmatist
(Tor Teen 978-0765338440, $9.99, 384pp, trade paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 May 2014
• Rithmatist #1

(First edition: Tor Teen, May 2013)

Young adult fantasy novel, first of a series, about magicians called Rithmatists who have the power to control two-dimensional creatures called Chalklings.
• Illustrations are by Ben McSweeney.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review: “Featuring ingenious magic (complete with profuse chalk drawing–style diagrams and illustrations from McSweeney), feisty characters, and a complex plot likely to unwind over several volumes, this high-spirited, exciting story will appeal to readers of all ages.”

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Weber, David, & BuNine : House of Steel: The Honorverse Companion
(Baen 978-1476736433, $7.99, 784pp, mass market paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Apr 2014
• Honor Harrington #20

(First edition: Baen, May 2013)

Collection with a new short novel set in the universe of Honor Harrington, plus a nonfiction section compiling background specs and details of planets and organizations in the Honorverse.
• Baen’s site has a description with links to several chapters.
• (BuNine is David Weber’s Honorverse technical support team.)

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Wellington, David : Chimera
(Harpercollins/Morrow 978-0062248787, $9.99, 608pp, mass market paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Apr 2014
• Jim Chapel Mission #1

(First edition: Morrow, July 2013)

SF thriller about four genetically-engineered killers who escape a military prison.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• The second book in the series, The Hydra Protocol, was just published in hardcover.

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Willis, Connie : The Best of Connie Willis
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0345540669, $18, 496pp, trade paperback, April 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 22 Apr 2014

(First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, July 2013)

Collection of 10 stories — all of the author’s stories that have won the Hugo, Nebula, or both, with new commentary by the author.
• Titles include “Fire Watch”, “The Last of the Winnebagos”, “Even the Queen”, and “At the Rialto”.
• Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Gary K. Wolfe’s review from the July 2013 issue of Locus Magazine is posted here.

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