Campbell, Jack : The Lost Stars: Perilous Shield
(Ace 978-0425263716, $7.99, 432pp, mass market paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014
• The Lost Stars #2

(First edition: Ace, October 2013)

Military SF novel, second in a new sequence related to his “Lost Fleet” series, following The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight (2012), set on the Syndicate World of Midway.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The author is John G. Hemry writing as Jack Campbell.

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Carey, Jacqueline : Autumn Bones
(Roc 978-0451465214, $7.99, 432pp, mass market paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Oct 2014
• Agent of Hel #2

(First edition: Roc, October 2013)

Contemporary fantasy novel, second of a series following Dark Currents (2012), set in a small midwestern town visited both by humans and by various supernatural entities.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• The third book in the series, Poison Fruit, was just published in hardcover.

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Carriger, Gail : Curtsies & Conspiracies
(Little, Brown 978-0316190206, $10, 336pp, trade paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Oct 2014
• Finishing School #2

(First edition: Little, Brown, November 2013)

Young adult fantasy novel, second in a series set in the same world as the author’s Parasol Protectorate novels, following Etiquette and Espionage (Feb 2013), about a 14-year-old girl sent to a finishing school that includes the topics of death, diversion, and espionage.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an OpenBook excerpt.

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Connolly, Tina : Copperhead
(Tor 978-0765330628, $15.99, 336pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Sep 2014
• Ironskin #2

(First edition: Tor, October 2013)

Romantic fantasy novel, sequel to Nebula-nominated Ironskin (2012).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The third book in the series, Silverblind, was just published in hardcover.

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Erikson, Steven : Forge of Darkness
(Tor 978-0765323637, $17.99, 688pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Sep 2014
• Kharkanas trilogy #1

(First edition: UK: Transworld/Bantam UK, August 2012)

Fantasy novel, first of a trilogy, set millennia before the author’s 10-volume Malazan Book of the Fallen.
• Macmillan’s site has this description, with an excerpt.

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Flint, Eric, & David Carrico : 1636: The Devil’s Opera
(Baen 978-1476737003, $7.99, 720pp, mass market paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014
• Ring of Fire #20

(First edition: Baen, October 2013)

Alternate history novel in the “Ring of Fire” series that began with Flint’s 1632 (2000), concerning 17th century European history as affected by West Virginians from the 20th century.
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Gaiman, Neil : Fortunately, the Milk
(Harper 978-0062224088, $5.99, 128pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014

(First edition: Harper, September 2013)

Children’s picture book, about aliens, dinosaurs, and galactic police.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description.
• The author commented in his recent Locus interview, “It’s the silliest, funniest thing I’ve ever written.”

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Gunn, James : Transcendental
(Tor 978-0765335036, $15.99, 304pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014

(First edition: Tor, September 2013)

SF novel about a war veteran on an interstellar voyage with other passengers on a mission to achieve transcendence.
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Hartwell, David G., & Patrick Nielsen Hayden, eds. : Twenty-First Century Science Fiction
(Tor 978-0765326010, $21.99, 576pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Sep 2014

(First edition: Tor, November 2013)

Anthology of 34 stories first published from 2003 to 2011.
• Authors include Charles Stross, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ken Liu, Yoon Ha Lee, Hannu Rajaniemi, Jo Walton, and Cory Doctorow.
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• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews, including the table of contents.

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Jeschke, Wolfgang : The Cusanus Game
(Tor 978-0765319098, $16.99, 544pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Sep 2014

(First edition: Tor, October 2013)

SF novel about a nuclear disaster that has laid waste to much of Europe, and a Vatican research project to use time travel to retrieve plant specimens from the Middle Ages.
• The book was first publihsed in German in 2005, and is here translated by Ross Bejanmin.
• Macmillan’s site has this description, with blurbs from Gregory Benford, Tom Shippey, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., and others.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed last year in Locus Magazine, concluding “It is an extraordinary novel in almost every way, and with any justice should gain the sort of attention that sadly has tended to elude even the best works of translated SF in the past.”

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Lackey, Mercedes, Eric Flint & Dave Freer : Burdens of the Dead
(Baen 978-1476736686, $7.99, 576pp, mass market paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014
• Heirs of Alexandria #4

(First edition: Baen, June 2013)

Alternate historical fantasy novel, fourth in the “Heirs of Alexandria” series following The Shadow of the Lion (2002), This Rough Magic (2003), and Much Fall of Blood (2010), set in the 15th century.
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Lerner, Edward M. : Energized
(Tor 978-0765366481, $8.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014

(First edition: Tor, July 2012)

Near future SF thriller, about the politics of harnessing solar power satellites to solve Earth’s energy demands.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The novel was serialized in Analog magazine from June 2011 to October 2011.

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Martin, George R. R., & Gardner Dozois, eds. : Dangerous Women, Volume 1
(Tor 978-0765368751, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014

(First edition: Tor, December 2013)

Anthology of 7 original stories, the first of three books that reprint the 2013 hardcover.
• This volume has stories by George R.R. Martin (a long “Song of Ice and Fire” novella), Carrie Vaughn, Nancy Kress, and others.
• The second paperback volume will be published later this month.
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Sanderson, Brandon : Steelheart
(Random House/Ember 978-0385743570, $9.99, 416pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Sep 2014
• The Reckoners #1

(First edition: Random House/Delacorte, September 2013)

Young adult novel, first of a series, about a group of corrupt superbeings called Epics, and the ordinary human Reckoners who fight them.
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• The second volume in the series, Firefight, is due in January.

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Stiefvater, Maggie : The Dream Thieves
(Scholastic 978-0545424950, $9.99, 448pp, trade paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014
• Raven Cycle #2

(First edition: Scholastic, September 2013)

Young adult fantasy novel, second in a series following The Raven Boys (2012).
• Scholastic’s site has this description with a discussion guide.
• The third volume in the series, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, just appeared in hardcover.

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Williamson, Michael Z. : Tour of Duty: Stories and Provocations
(Baen 978-1476736761, $7.99, 480pp, mass market paperback, October 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Sep 2014

(First edition: Baen, August 2013)

Collection of 26 previously published stories.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several samples.

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