+ Human, Charlie : Apocalypse Now Now
(Titan 978-1783294732, $14.95, 320pp, trade paperback, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Apr 2015

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a Cape Town syndicate leader who teams with a supernatural bounty hunter to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend.
• The book was published in the UK in 2013.
• Titan’s site has this order page.
• A follow-up, Kill Baxter, appeared in the UK in July 2014.

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* Lebbon, Tim : The Silence
(Titan 978-1-78116-881-3, 368pp, trade paperback, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Apr 2015

Horror novel about a deaf girl and her family in a Europe being ravaged by blind creatures who hunt by sound.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Although Lebbon delivers graphic violence and gore, it’s the sense of despair that really creates the terror, as reports from the internet dwindle and the family watches people and animals die. The sacrifices made for survival are brutal, leading to a horrific and intense climax.”

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* Marshall, Alex : A Crown for Cold Silver
(Orbit 978-0-316-27798-3, $26, 656pp, hardcover, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Apr 2015

Fantasy novel, first book in a series, about a retired general who returns to battle following the slaughter of her village.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly, noting the author is “pseudonymous”, gives it a starred review: “exceptional writing, a middle-aged warrior heroine, and organically infused gender nonconformity make this fantasy epic a first-rate trailblazer.”

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* Millhauser, Steven : Voices in the Night
(Random House/Knopf 978-0-385-35159-1, $25.95, 304pp, hardcover, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-385-35160-7

Collection of 16 stories.
• Random House’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review says the author “draws a gauzy curtain of hyper-reality over mundane events and creates an atmosphere of uneasiness that accelerates to dread”, and concludes, “This is a volume best read in small doses, since the voices throughout remain similar and the situations often echo one another. The cumulative effect is to transport the reader to an alternate world in which the uncanny lurks pervasively beneath the surface.”

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* Patel, Carrie : The Buried Life
(Angry Robot 978-0857665218, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, March 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Mar 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857665225
• UK edition: 9780857665201 (Thu 5 Mar 2015)
• Recoletta #1

SF novel, the author’s first novel and first of a series, about high-profile murders in a future underground city.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with an extract.
• The book was first scheduled for August 2014, then moved to April 2015, and now seems to have appeared in March.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The subtly fantastical story is resplendent with surprisingly deep villains, political corruption, and a gripping whodunit feel.”

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* Percy, Benjamin : The Dead Lands
(Grand Central 978-1-45555-2824-0, $26, 416pp, hardcover, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781455528226
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478953104

Post-apocalyptic SF novel about a Lewis and Clark expedition sent from a Sanctuary in what remains of St. Louis to discover if civilization still thrives in the west.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “With its fluid integration of reflections on American values and freedoms into a near-future scenario whose dramas resonate with the contemporary zeitgeist, this novel is a reminder that the best speculative fiction speaks to the concerns and issues of its time.”
• Stefan Dziemianowicz reviewed it in the March issue of Locus Magazine: “Having laced his tale with somber meditations on American ideals and values and a history of individuals and regimes that fell short of them, he concludes with a scenario that is true to the struggles of his latter-day Lewis and Clark.”

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* Rawn, Melanie : Window Wall
(Tor 978-0-7653-7734-0, $28.99, 368pp, hardcover, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466855168
• Glass Thorns #4

Fantasy novel, fourth in a series following Touchstone (2012), Elsewhens (2013), and Thornlost (2014), about a magical theater group run by the son of aristocrats.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Readers new to the series will struggle to get their footing, but fans will love this lush installment.”

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* Rusch, Kristine Kathryn : Vigilantes
(WMG Publishing B00SCDPDTK, $5.99, 262pp, ebk, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Apr 2015
• Retrieval Artist #13

Mystery/SF novel, thirteenth in the ‘Retrieval Artist’ series and sixth in the sequence beginning with Anniversary Day.
• The publisher’s site has this description.

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* Watson, Angus : Clash of Iron
(Orbit 978-0316399791, $16, 560pp, trade paperback, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316399807
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478905103
• Iron Age #2

Fantasy novel set in the Iron Age, secon in a series following Age of Iron (2014).
• Hachette’s site has this description
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “The blend of historical accuracy and authorial liberties suggests an old-school sword-and-sorcery epic, though with some clearly modern sensibilities thrown in for good measure.”

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