* Armstrong, Kelley : Forest of Ruin
(HarperCollins 978-0062071309, $17.99, 448pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062071323
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062417893
• Age of Legends #3

Young adult fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following Sea of Shadows (2014) and Empire of Night (2015), about twin sisters who are the Keeper and the Seeker of Edgewood.
• HarperCollins’s site has this description with a preview function.

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+ Baker, Jacqueline : The Broken Hours
(Skyhorse/Talos Press 978-1940456553, $24.99, 320pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016

Historical fantasy novel, subtitled “A Novel of H.P. Lovecraft”, about a man in 1936 Providence who takes a position as a live-in assistant for a reclusive employer.
• Talos’ site has this description with a blurb by S.T. Joshi.
• The book was originally published by HarperCollins Canada in 2014. The Publishers Weekly review of that edition concluded, “Baker writes with the conviction of a fan, adeptly evoking the shadowy melancholy of Lovecraft’s world while always keeping the narrative’s momentum moving. While lacking in the intensity of Lovecraft’s own work, the novel creates an atmosphere of haunted New England menace that sinks subtly into the skin.”

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* Black, Jenna : Nightstruck
(Tor Teen 978-0-7653-8004-3, $17.99, 304pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466871762

Young adult fantasy novel, first in a paranormal horror series, about a teenage girl in Philadelphia who opens a door between worlds.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Effectively blending grisly horror, teenage dilemmas, and a touch of romance, Black has built a genuinely scary city where the night literally has teeth.”

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* Brennan, Marie : In the Labyrinth of Drakes
(Tor 978-0-7653-7763-0, $25.99, 352pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466856981
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427279101
• A Natural History of Dragons #4

Fantasy novel, fourth in a series after A Natural History of Dragons (2013), The Tropic of Serpents (2014), and Voyage of the Basilisk (2015), about a dragon naturalist.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “It’s a time of changes for the main character, but this mix of scientific and fantastic creatures remains in fine form.”
• Faren Miller reviews it in the April issue of Locus Magazine: “Once again, the work is a delight. Its most appealing aspect isn’t the genre-bending riffs on genuine events so much as the level-headed outlook that people like Lady Trent bring to both fantasy and romance.”

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* Brennan, Sarah Rees : Tell the Wind and Fire
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Clarion 978-0544318175, $17.99, 368pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780544318847

Young adult fantasy novel about a young woman from the Dark half of the city who has found a home in the Light half.
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* Carey, M. R. : Fellside
(Orbit 978-0316300285, $27, 496pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316300308
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478911531
• UK edition: 978-0356503585 (Thu 7 Apr 2016)

Fantasy thriller about a maximum security prison on the Yorkshire Moors where the walls whisper.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Cherryh, C. J. : Visitor
(DAW 978-0756409104, $26, 384pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698164260
• Foreigner #17

SF novel, 17th volume in Cherryh’s long-running Foreigner series about humans and the alien atevi, following Deceiver (2010), Betrayer (2011), Intruder (2012), Protector (2013), Peacemaker (2014), and Tracker (2015).
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Freer, Dave : Changeling’s Island
(Baen 978-1-4767-8120-4, $10.99, 256pp, trade paperback, April 2016, cover art Tom Kidd)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-491-8

Young adult fantasy novel about a teenager sent to live on a remote Australian island, which he discovers is alive with ancient magic.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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* Gordon, Alex : Jericho
(Harper Voyager 978-0061687389, $14.99, 400pp, trade paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062102331
• Gideon #2

Fantasy thriller, follow-up to the author’s first novel Gideon (2015), about a young witch fighting an ancient evil.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.

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+ Harte, Aidan : Spira Mirabilis
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1681445205, $26.99, 544pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• The Wave Trilogy #3

Fantasy novel, third volume of a trilogy following Irenicon (UK 2012, US 2014) and The Warring States (UK 2015, US March 2016), about an empire that uses the magical science of Wave Technology.
• The book first appeared in the UK in 2015.
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* Hunter, Faith : Shadow Rites
(Roc 978-0-451-46597-9, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101636251
• Jane Yellowrock #10

Urban fantasy novel, tenth in the series following Skinwalker (2009), Blood Cross (2010), Mercy Blade (2011), Raven Cursed (Jan. 2012), Death’s Rival (2012), Blood Trade (2013), Black Arts (Jan. 2014), Broken Soul (Oct. 2014), and Dark Heir (2015), about a shapeshifting vampire-hunter of Cherokee descent.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Jane is a fully realized, complicated woman; her power, humanity, and vulnerability make her a compelling heroine.”

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* Jacka, Benedict : Burned
(Ace 978-0-425-27576-4, $7.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698165083
• Alex Verus #7

Urban fantasy novel, seventh in a series following Fated (March 2012), Cursed (June 2012), Taken (Sept. 2012), Chosen (2013), Hidden (2014), and Veiled (2105), about a London magician who can foresee the future.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “The seventh Alex Verus novel may be the best so far in a consistently outstanding urban fantasy series.”
• Carolyn Cushman reviews it in the April issue of Locus Magazine: “Even [Alex’s] fascinating talent as a diviner has let him down, leaving enough of a cliffhanger ending to make it hard to wait for the next book in this intriguing series.”

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* Jennings, Holly : Arena
(Ace 978-1-101-98876-3, $26, 336pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698406933
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780804195065
• Arena #1

SF novel, the author’s first novel and first in a series, about virtual gaming tournaments where competitors fight to the digital death.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “Jennings’s debut novel has a strong concept but doesn’t do it justice.”

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* Krinard, Susan : Battlestorm
(Tor 978-0-7653-3210-3, $15.99, 480pp, trade paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429953399
• Midgard #3

Urban fantasy novel, third in a series after Mist (2013) and Black Ice (2014), about a San Francisco woman who discovers her boyfriend is Loki and that she’s a Valkyrie.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Krinard’s attempts to tie mythological detail to the narrative don’t always succeed because they overwhelm the story—the parts are so much more than their sum.”

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* Lackey, Mercedes, & Cody Martin : Silence
(Baen 978-1-4767-8123-5, $25, 336pp, hardcover, April 2016, cover art Larry Dixon)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-489-5
• SERRAted Edge #9

Urban fantasy novel, ninth in a series by Lackey and others that began with Born to Run (by Lackey and Larry Dixon, 1992) and ran through Lazerwarz (by Mark Shepherd, 1999), about a teenage girl sent to live with her mother in a remote Maine town.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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* McGuire, Seanan : Every Heart a Doorway
(Tor.com 978-0-7653-8550-5, $17.99, 176pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765383877
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427279095

Short fantasy novel about a home for wayward children from fantasy realms.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “McGuire puts her own inimitable spin on portal fantasy, adding horror elements to the mix, and her characters are strange and charming.”

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* Rogers, Cam : Quantum Break: Zero State
(Tor 978-0765391599, $25.99, 448pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765391612

SF novel based on the video game.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.

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* Sigler, Scott : Alight
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0553393156, $18, 448pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780553393163
• Generations Trilogy #2

Young adult SF novel, second in a trilogy following Alive (2015), about a group of teenagers awake in a strange place with no knowledge of how they got there.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Sniegoski, Thomas E. : The Demonists
(Roc 978-0451473523, $15, 336pp, trade paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698185517
• Demonists #1

Dark fantasy novel, first in a new series, about an exorcist who accidentally unleashes a horde of demons.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Stewart, Alex : Shooting the Rift
(Baen 978-1-4767-8118-1, $16, trade paperback, April 2016, cover art Stephan Martiniere)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-490-1

Space opera SF novel, the author’s first novel under his own name, about a man cast out by his family who becomes caught up in an interstellar war.
• Stewart wrote a number Warhammer 40,000 novels under the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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* Strieber, Whitley : Alien Hunter: The White House
(Tor 978-0-7653-7869-9, $25.99, 288pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466863293
• Alien Hunter #3

SF thriller, third in a series following Alien Hunter (2013) and Alien Hunter: Underworld (2014), about a police detective pursuing alien killers.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review remarks, “Though exciting in spots, Strieber’s thriller is punctuated with lengthy generic action sequences, and his caricature of the deliriously dysfunctional First Family at the center of the intrigues approaches the comic absurd.”

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* Tomlinson, Patrick S. : Trident’s Forge
(Angry Robot 978-0857664877, $7.99, 448pp, mass market paperback, April 2016, cover art Larry Rostant)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664884
• UK edition: 9780857664860 (Thu 7 Apr 2016)
• Children of a Death Earth #2

SF novel, second in a series following The Ark (2015), about a generation starship that has reached Tau Ceti G.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.

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* Wells, Martha : The Edge of Worlds
(Night Shade 978-1-59780-843-9, $24.99, 400pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016
• Three Worlds #1

Fantasy, first volume of a new series set in the author’s Raksura universe.
• Night Shade’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Filtering the story mostly through the semi-outsider Moon, Wells overcomes pacing flaws to keep this series going strong with an imaginative world of engaging characters.”

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* Williams, Conrad, ed. : Dead Letters
(Titan 978-1783294503, $14.95, 400pp, trade paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016

Anthology of original stories about “the undelivered, the missing, the returned…”
• Authors include Joanne Harris, Lisa Tuttle, Pat Cadigan, and Maria Dahvana Headley & China Miéville.
• Titan’s site has this description.

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