* Birmingham, John : Emergence: Dave vs. the Monsters
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0345539878, $9.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345539885
• David Hooper #1

Urban fantasy novel, first of a trilogy, about an oil-rig worker battling monsters.
• The Penguin Random House site has this description with a preview function.
• The following volumes will appear at monthly intervals.

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* Grey, Melissa : The Girl at Midnight
(Delacorte Press 978-0-385-74465-2, $17.99, 361pp, hardcover, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780385390996
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780553552317

Young adult fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a race of people with feathers for hair who live beneath the streets of New York.
• The Penguin Random House site has this description.
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• The publisher’s page quotes the Booklist review: “This first novel will please fans of Cassandra Clare and Game of Thrones watchers with its remarkable world building; richly developed characters…[and] a breathtaking climax that…cannot come soon enough!”

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* Headley, Maria Dahvana : Magonia
(HarperCollins 978-0062320520, $17.99, 320pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062320544
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062365828

Young adult fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a girl with a lung disease who discovers a magical land in the sky where she is healthy.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Sweeping, strange, and built around a richly imagined world of chimerical bird-men and airships, the novel is ideal for fans of Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke & Bone and its sequels.”

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* Kerzner, Liana : Tesseracts Eighteen: Wrestling with Gods
(Hades/Edge Science Fiction And Fantasy 978-1-77053-068-3, $15.95, 272pp, trade paperback, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 15 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-77053-069-0

Anthology of 24 stories and poems.
• Authors include Robert J. Sawyer, Tony Pi, Matthew Hughes, and Derwin Mak.
• The publisher’s site has this description with quotes from reviews and a PDF sampler.

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* Kowal, Mary Robinette : Of Noble Family
(Tor 978-0-7653-7836-1, $27.99, 576pp, hardcover, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466861237
• Glamourist Histories #5

Fantasy novel, fifth and final volume in a series following Shades of Milk and Honey (2010), Glamour in Glass (2012), Without a Summer (2013), and Valour and Vanity, set in a Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered essential for a lady of quality.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
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• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This is a twisty, emotionally loaded conclusion to a delightful series.”

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* McCullough, Kelly : Darkened Blade
(Ace 978-0425270011, $7.99, 320pp, mass market paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101638231
• Fallen Blade #6

Fantasy novel, sixth in a series following Broken Blade (2011), Bared Blade (July 2012), Crossed Blades (Dec. 2012), Blade Reforged (2013), and Drawn Blades (2014), about a swordsman and his familiar whose goddess has been murdered.
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* Nevill, Adam : No One Gets Out Alive
(St. Martin’s 978-1-4668-3739-3, $27.99, 640pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466837393

Horror novel about a young woman who rents a room in a house she discovers is haunted.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
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• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Though Nevill’s verbosity extends the book’s length by an unnecessary hundred pages or so, the slow and steady pace preys on the reader as much as the plot itself, eliciting a reading experience fraught with real chills.”

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* Purdom, Tom : Romance on Four Worlds: A Casanova Quartet
(Fantastic 978-1-62755-635-4, $12.99, 150pp, trade paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 24 Apr 2015

Collection of four stories, first published in Asimov’s, about an interplanetary adventuruer.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “These deeply human post-human romances exemplify a new and exciting way of combining romance and SF, and they are a pleasure from beginning to end.”
• Paul Di Filippo reviewed it for Locus Online earlier this month: “Purdom succeeds in fashioning some farcical yet genuinely speculative and authentic romps along themes that are noticeably and regrettably absent from so much SF.”

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* Scott, M. J. : The Shattered Court
(Roc 978-0451465399, $7.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101631720
• Four Arts #1

Fantasy novel, first book in a new series, about members of a royal court who develop magical powers.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Romance fans will enjoy the growing relationship between Cameron and Sophie, but the story’s real strength lies in the web of intrigue Scott creates around her characters. This is a promising start to the series.”

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* Sparhawk, Bud : Distant Seas
(Fantastic 978-1-62755-633-0, $13.99, 216pp, trade paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 24 Apr 2015

SF novel combining four previously published stories about a professional sailor who enters a race in the atmosphere of Jupiter.
• The book was self-published in 2010.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Louella is the archetypal sailor whose hard edge, razor-sharp instincts, almost superhuman endurance, and reverence for sailing—on any planet—make for a rousing and thoughtful adventure with roots as deep as the oceans themselves.”

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* Steele, Allen : Tales of Time and Space
(Fantastic 978-1-62755-634-7, $14.99, 242pp, trade paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 24 Apr 2015

Collection of 12 stories.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “This is a wonderful introduction to Steele’s work, in which he stretches his talents well beyond the scope of his novels before returning to familiar themes.”

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* Wellington, David : Positive
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-231537-3, $26.99, 448pp, hardcover, April 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 21 Apr 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062315380
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062394804

Post-apocalyptic zombie novel.
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• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “If John Wyndham had written a zombie novel, it might very well have resembled Wellington’s clever apocalyptic thriller, which has a number of parallels to Wyndham’s classic The Day of the Triffids …”

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