* Anderson, Taylor : Destroyermen: Blood in the Water
(Roc 978-0451470638, $27, 448pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698162976
• Destroyermen #11

Alternate history SF novel, eleventh in the “Destroyermen” series following Into the Storm, Crusade, Maelstrom, Distant Thunders, Rising Tides, Firestorm, Iron Gray Sea (2012), Storm Surge (2013), Deadly Shores (2014), and Straits of Hell (2015), about a World War II US battleship transported back in time to an era when two intelligent dinosaur species are fighting a war.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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+ Cogman, Genevieve : The Invisible Library
(Roc 978-1-101-98864-0, $15, 352pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101988657
• The Invisible Library #1

First US edition (UK: Pan Macmillan, January 2015)

Alternate history fantasy novel, first book of a trilogy and the author’s first novel, about a mysterious Library that collects books from different realities.
• The second and third books, The Masked City and The Burning Page, will be published in September and December. The first two books of the trilogy have already appeared in the UK.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Reminiscent of the works of Diana Wynne Jones and Neil Gaiman, Cogman’s novel is a true treat to read.”
• Faren Miller reviews it in the June issue of Locus Magazine: “…another first novel not content with standard genre tropes (even as it ranges from vampiric horror and fairy tale to steampunk).”

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* Hartley, A. J. : Steeplejack
(Tor Teen 978-0-7653-8342-6, $17.99, 336pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• Alternate Detective #1

Young adult fantasy novel, first book in a series, set in a 19th-century South African world.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Hartley’s story is a thought-provoking blend of action and intrigue, with a competent and ethical heroine in Ang and a fully imagined setting whose atmosphere and cultural cues also play important roles. The result is an unforgettable page-turner built on surprises and full of potential.”

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* Humphrey, Claire : Spells of Blood and Kin
(St. Martin’s/Dunne 978-1250076342, $25.99, 320pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016

Dark fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a Toronto woman who inherits her grandmother’s house, filled with a legacy of Russian folk magic.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Humphrey dissects the monsters who walk among us—and those hiding within our skins—with a critical yet understanding eye. This paranormal tale stands out even in its very crowded field.”

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* Lam, Laura : False Hearts
(Tor 978-0-7653-8205-4, $24.99, 384pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016

SF novel, the author’s first adult novel following a couple YA novels, a cyberpunk mystery about conjoined twins in late 21st-century San Francisco.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Alternating first-person perspectives from each twin, Lam expertly explores themes of identity, totalitarian governments, cults, mind control, and familial love.”

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* Lee, Yoon Ha : Ninefox Gambit
(Solaris 978-1781084496, $9.99, 384pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• UK edition: 978-1781084489 (Thu 16 Jun 2016)
• The Machineries of Empire #1

Space opera SF novel, the author’s first novel and first book of a trilogy, about a disgraced captain trying to redeem herself with the hexarchate.
• Solaris’ site has this description with blurbs from Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter, and others.
• Barnes & Noble, calling it a debut to watch in 2016, has this review by Renay Williams: “Confused yet? The learning curve on Ninefox Gambit shouldn’t be underestimated, although readers with a solid foundation in hard science fiction will have an easier time parsing the narrative. It’s a challenging story, tackling science fiction concepts we’re familiar with (spaceships and intergalactic war) while layering on purposefully obfuscated but compelling twists.”

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* Martin, Gail Z. : The Shadowed Path
(Solaris 978-1781084397, $9.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• UK edition: 9781781084397 (Thu 16 Jun 2016)
• Jonmarc Vanhanian #-

Collection of stories about Jonmarc Vahanian, hero of the author’s Chronicles of the Necromancer series.
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* McKillip, Patricia A. : Dreams of Distant Shores
(Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-218-0, $15.95, 274pp, trade paperback, June 2016, cover art Thomas Canty)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016

Collection of seven stories, an essay, and an afterword by Peter S. Beagle.
• Three of the stories are original to this book.
• Tachyon’s site has this description with the table of contents.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Fans of exquisite prose and ethereal fantasy will need to own this.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews the book in the June issue of Locus Magazine: “Part of the reason a collection like this is especially intriguing is that, as McKillip herself points out in her essay, the romantic epic conventions of high fantasy have so often been the basic stuff of her novels, and watching her simultaneously manipulate, celebrate, invert, and challenge those conventions is a large part of her appeal.”

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* Novik, Naomi : League of Dragons
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-52292-4, $28, 352pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345522948
• Temeraire #9

Fantasy novel, ninth and final book in the Temeraire series about dragons used as weapons during the Napoleonic Wars, following the initial trilogy His Majesty’s Dragon, Black Powder War, and Throne of Jade, which collectively won the Locus Award for Best First Novel, followed by Empire of Ivory (2007), Victory of Eagles (2008), Tongues of Serpents (2010), Crucible of Gold (2012), and Blood of Tyrants (2013).
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This thrilling installment is packed with action and excitement, drawing the series to a delightful and satisfying close with plenty of twists, misadventures, and aerial combat along the way.”

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* Pratchett, Terry, & Stephen Baxter : The Long Cosmos
(Harper 978-0062297372, $25.99, 400pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062297396
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062297402
• UK edition: 978-0857521781 (Thu 30 Jun 2016)
• Long Earth #5

SF novel, fifth and final book in the series following The Long Earth (2012), The Long War (2013), The Long Mars (2014), and The Long Utopia (2015), in which post-humanity receives a message with instruction to build an immense artificial intelligence.
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* Remic, Andy : Return of Souls
(Tor.com 978-0-7653-8402-7, $15.99, 176pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• A Song for No Man’s Land #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following A Song for No Man’s Land (Feb. 2016), about soldier during the Great War who finds himself battling shapeshifting enemies.
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* Warom, Ren : Escapology
(Titan 978-1785650918, $14.95, 320pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016

SF novel, the author’s first novel, about a man who’s an expert hacker and thief inside virtual world the Slip, but who leads a miserable life outside it.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• NPR has this review by Jason Sheehan: “Ren Warom’s Escapology is a loud book. It thumps and howls and whistles and squirms. It’s a twitchy thing — won’t sit still for a second. It makes no sense sometimes. It’s derivative and odd, big and intimate at the same time, clunky and uneven and trope-heavy and manages to be both 2016 post-genre original and totally late ’80s cyberpunk samizdat page to page, sometimes line to line.”

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* Zieja, Joe : Mechanical Failure
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1481459273, $24.99, 352pp, hardcover, June 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jun 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481459280
• Epic Failure #1

Humorous military SF novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about an ex-sergeant who left the military to become a smuggler.
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