New Books, 16 June 2015
* Carlson, Amanda : Pure Blooded
(Orbit 978-0316404358, $16, 320pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316404372
• UK edition: 978-0356504063 (Thu 18 Jun 2015)
• Jessica McClain #5
Fantasy novel, fifth in a series following Full Blooded (2012), Hot Blooded (Apr 2013), Cold Blooded (Oct 2013), and Red Blooded (2014), about a woman who becomes the first female werewolf.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
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* Fletcher, Michael R. : Beyond Redemption
(Harper Voyager 978-0062387035, $15.99, 512pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062387059
Fantasy novel about a world where people called Geistrekranken can manipulate reality.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “In this disturbing and original fantasy, set in a dark world run by the Theocrats, perception is reality, and altered perceptions can alter reality. The most insane, labeled with Germanic diagnoses, are also the most powerful….”
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* Fujii, Taiyo : Gene Mapper
(Haikasoru 978-1-4215-8027-2, $14.99, 304pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Jun 2015
SF novel set in a post-Internet future, about a genetically modified rice plant may have been sabotaged.
• Haikasoru’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Fujii builds a new kind of cyberpunk novel that’s well grounded in the physical world and modern computing. The extrapolations of new technology and the increasing strain on resources both come across as natural continuations of the modern world.”
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* Jama-Everett, Ayize : The Liminal War
(Small Beer 978-1-61873-101-2, $16, 179pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00XGX2J6G
• Liminal People #2
Fantasy novel, follow-up to the author’s first novel The Liminal People (2012), about a man who can heal, or hurt, with his touch.
• Small Beer’s site has this description with quotes from reviews and a link to an excerpt on Tor.com
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Jama-Everett writes with such cyclonic energy and verbal legerdemain that occasionally the plot has to be taken on faith, but the noir-infused verve of the telling makes it all work.”
(Tue 26 May 2015)
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* Lotz, Sarah : Day Four
(Little, Brown 978-0316242943, $26, 352pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316242967
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478952299
Horror novel about passengers on a cruise ship that become stranded in the Caribbean.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
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* Munson, Sam : The War Against the Assholes
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1481427746, $25.99, 272pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481427760
Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a Chicago student recruited into a cell of magicians who are fighting the establishment.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function.
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* Wells, Dan : The Devil’s Only Friend
(Tor 978-0-7653-8066-1, $25.99, 304pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 16 Jun 2015
• John Cleaver #4
Horror novel, fourth in a series about a 17-year-old sociopath, following I Don’t Want to Kill You (2011).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Top-notch writing and well-structured suspense elements keep the story moving briskly as John tries to manage his baser instincts, his emotions (or lack thereof) for Brooke, and the comic relief of unexpectedly becoming a dog owner.”
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