* Estep, Jennifer : Black Widow
(Pocket 978-1-4767-7454-1, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781476773384
• Elemental Assassin #12

Urban fantasy novel, twelfth in the Elemental Assassin series following Poison Promise (July 2014), about assassin Gin Blanco in the southern city of Ashland.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a link to a Google preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review says the book is “one of the strongest to date” [in the series], and concludes, “Familiar faces and new characters bolster a plot that’s certain to captivate new and returning readers alike.”

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* Grant, Mira : Symbiont
(Orbit 978-0316218993, $26, hardcover, November 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316219006
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478983040
• UK edition: 978-0356501932 (Mon 24 Nov 2014)
• Parasitology #2

SF novel, second in a series following Parasite (2013), about genetically engineered tapeworms designed to attack disease that instead attack their hosts.
• Hachette’s site has this description with a preview function.

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* Harris, Charlaine, & Toni L. P. Kelner, eds. : Dead but Not Forgotten
(Ace 978-0425271742, $26.95, 352pp, hardcover, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698140509

Anthology of 15 original stories set in the world of Harri’s Sookie Stackhouse.
• Authors include Rachel Caine, MaryJanice Davidson, Seanan McGuire, and Christopher Golden.
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* Huff, Tanya : The Future Falls
(DAW 978-0-7564-0753-7, $24.95, 326pp, hardcover, November 2014, cover art Steve Stone)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 21 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698173880
• Enchantment Emporium #3

Urban fantasy novel, third in a series following The Enchantment Emporium (2009) and The Wild Ways (2011), about a member of the Gale family who is a Wild Power.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “With geeky in-jokes, dynamic leads, convincing romantic complications, and a threat that is both unusual and wonderfully convincing, this is an enchanting example of contemporary urban fantasy.”
• Carolyn Cushman reviews it in the November issue of Locus Magazine: “The resolution has a touch of deus ex machina to it, but the world does get saved, with the quirky Gale family keeping things plenty entertaining along the way.”

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* Johnson, Jean : Damnation
(Ace 978-0425277874, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698182431
• Theirs Not to Reason Why #5

Military SF novel, fifth of a series following A Soldier’s Duty (2011), An Officer’s Duty (2012), Hellfire (2013), and Hardship (2014) about a precog who enlists in the Terran United Planets military.
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* Kent, Steven L. : The Clone Apocalypse
(Ace 978-0425274699, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698157842
• Clone #10

Military SF novel, tenth in the series following The Clone Republic, Rogue Clone (both 2006), The Clone Alliance (2007), The Clone Elite (2008), The Clone Betrayal (2009), The Clone Empire (2010), The Clone Redemption (2011), The Clone Sedition (2012), and The Clone Assassin (2013), set in a 26th century galaxy ruled by an Earth-based military of clones.
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* Nickle, David : Knife Fight and Other Struggles
(ChiZine Publications 978-1-77148-304-9, $16.99, 224pp, trade paperback, November 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014

Collection of 12 dark fantasy stories, with an introduction by Peter Watts.
• ChiZine’s site has this description with blurbs from Jeffrey Ford, Laird Barron, and others.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “When it comes to this book, only two things are certain; the stories never travel where you expect, and David Nickle is a monumental talent.”

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+ Parks, Richard : Yamada Monogatori: To Break the Demon Gate
(Prime Books 978-1607014355, $14.95, 288pp, trade paperback, December 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Nov 2014

Fantasy novel set in ancient Japan, about a nobleman fighting demons and monsters in order to keep a vow to his beloved. It’s a follow-up to Parks’ 2013 collection Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter.
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