The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

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In the Earth Abides the Flame Russell Kirkpatrick (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-464-X, Nov 2006, £7.99, 526pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Fire of Heaven] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2004) fantasy novel, book two in the Fire of Heaven series. [First U.K. edition]

The Right Hand of God Russell Kirkpatrick (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-465-4, May 2007, £7.99, 623pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Fire of Heaven] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2005) fantasy novel, book three in the Fire of Heaven series. [First U.K. edition]

The Ten Visions Olivia Knight (Black Lace 978-0-352-34119-8, Jul 2007, £7.99, 255pp, pb) Erotic fantasy.

The Dream Quake Elizabeth Knox (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-22457-9, Jan 2007, £12.99, 491pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Dreamhunter Duet] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book two of The Dreamhunter Duet after The Rainbow Opera.

Brother Odd Dean Koontz (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-722657-3, Jan 2007, £17.99, 367pp, hc) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2006) fantasy novel. Book three in the Odd Thomas series. [First U.K. edition]

Brother Odd Dean Koontz (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-722658-0, Jul 2007, £6.99, 438pp, pb) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2006) fantasy novel, book three in the Odd Thomas series.

Demon Seed Dean Koontz (Hodder Headline 978-0-7472-3489-0, Jan 2007, £7.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reissue (Bantam 1973) SF novel. This follows the 1973 revised edition.

The Good Guy Dean Koontz (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-722659-7, May 2007, £17.99, 386pp, hc) Associational thriller. Tim Carrier has to protect an unknown woman against a paid killer. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.

The Husband Dean Koontz (Harper UK 978-0-00-722656-6, Jan 2007, £6.99, 453pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 2006) associational novel.

Icebound Dean Koontz (Hodder Headline 978-0-7472-4740-1, Jan 2007, £7.99, 376pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1995) associational thriller, a major revision of Prison of Ice (Lippincott 1976 as by David Axton).

The Mask Dean Koontz (Hodder Headline 978-0-7472-3262-9, Mar 2007, £7.99, 342pp, pb) Reissue (Jove 1981 as by Owen West) fantasy novel. tenth printing.

Strange Highways Dean Koontz (Hodder Headline 0-7472-4839-7, Sep 2006, £7.99, 564pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1995) SF/fantasy collection.

Ticktock Dean Koontz (Hodder Headline 0-7472-4972-5, Sep 2006, £7.99, 311pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1996) SF/fantasy novel.

White Lies Jayne Ann Krentz (Piatkus 0-7499-3742-4, Jan 2007, £10.99, 371pp, tp) [Arcane Society] Romantic suspense novel about a psychic, second book in the Arcane Society series after Second Sight (as by Amanda Quick). A hardcover edition (-0836-X, £18.99) was announced but not seen. Published simultaneously with the US (Putnam) edition.

The President’s Last Love Andrey Kurkov (Harvill Secker 978-1-8434-3257-9, Sep 2007, £12.99, 440pp, tp, cover by Ian Bilbey) Satirical novel set in 2013; translated by George Bird from the Russian original.

Necromunda: Back from the Dead Nick Kyme (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-376-8, Jul 2006, £6.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Necromunda] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. This was published in 2006 but not seen till now.

Black Juice Margo Lanagan (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07924-3, Feb 2007, £7.99, 227pp, tp) Reprint (Allen & Unwin Australia 2004) collection of 11 original fantasy stories. This is the 2006 UK edition with one added story.

Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-724163-7, Apr 2007, £12.99, 371pp, hc, cover by Tom Percival) [Skulduggery Pleasant] Humorous young-adult fantasy detective novel. First in a series about a girl and an investigator who happens to be a magician and a skeleton.

Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 978-0-00-724162-0, Sep 2007, £6.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Tom Percival) [Skulduggery Pleasant] Reprint (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 2007) humorous young-adult fantasy detective novel, the first book in a series.

Torchwood: Slow Decay Andy Lane (BBC Books 978-0-563-48655-8, Jan 2007, £6.99, 250pp, hc) [Torchwood] Novelization based on the world of the TV series spun off from the new Doctor Who.

Virus Sarah Langan (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3372-1, Apr 2007, £19.99, 341pp, hc) [Keeper] Horror novel.

Virus Sarah Langan (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3374-5, Nov 2007, £6.99, 436pp, pb) [Keeper] Reprint (Headline 2007) supernatural thriller, sequel to The Keeper. Published in the US as The Missing.

The End of Harry Potter? David Langford (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08054-6, May 2007, £6.99, 196pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) non-fiction examination of the Harry Potter books. This edition is slightly revised and updated. [J. K. Rowling]

Troll Blood Katherine Langrish (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-721486-0, Feb 2007, £10.99, 395+v, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troll] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a series after Troll Fell and Troll Mill.

Troll Blood Katherine Langrish (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 978-0-00-721488-4, Jul 2007, £6.99, 400+16pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troll] Reprint (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 2007) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Troll series. This edition adds a Beyond the Book section.

Troll Mill Katherine Langrish (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-717075-0, Oct 2006, £5.99, 327pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troll] Reprint (HarperCollins Children’s Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Heart of the Mirage Glenda Larke (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-609-2, Aug 2007, £7.99, 466pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Mirage Makers] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2006) fantasy novel, the first book of The Mirage Makers series. [First U.K. edition]

The Shadow of Tyr Glenda Larke (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-608-5, Dec 2007, £7.99, ii+671pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Mirage Makers] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2007) fantasy novel, the second in the Mirage Makers series. [First U.K. edition]

Bad Blood Rhiannon Lassiter (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275473-8, Aug 2007, £5.99, 317pp, tp, cover by Christopher Gibbons) Young-adult horror novel.

Hood Stephen R. Lawhead (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-71-8, Jul 2007, £5.99, 438pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Getty Images) [King Raven] Reprint (Atom 2006) young-adult fantasy novel of Robin Hood, book one of King Raven.

Scarlet Stephen R. Lawhead (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-72-5, Sep 2007, £12.99, 427pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone & Getty Images) [King Raven] Young-adult fantasy novel of Robin Hood, the second book in the King Raven series set on the Welsh border just after the Norman Conquest. Includes an afterword, “The Turbulent Times of William Scatlock”. A trade paperback edition (£8.99) was announced but not seen.

Skaters, Trekkies and Cool Dudes Derek Lawrence (Soft Editions/Frontlist Books 978-1-84350-098-8, Feb 2007, £7.99, 231pp, tp, cover by Christina Cartwright) [Divine Cock-up] Humorous fantasy novel, the first volume in the Divine Cock-up trilogy. God and Lucifer go missing, and their minions team up to search for them on Earth. A print-on-demand edition. Soft editions, 21 Muirfield Station, Gullane, East Lothian EH31 2HY, UK; [www.softeditions.com].

The Underwood See Michael Lawrence (Orchard Books UK 1-84362-875-9, Oct 2006, £12.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Chris Innis) [Aldous Lexicon] Young-adult fantasy novel, part three of the Aldous Lexicon trilogy.

Amara and The Lake Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3185-7, Jul 2007, £7.99, 788pp, tp) Omnibus of two horror novels: Amara (2003) and Lake (2004). Volume 17 in the Richard Laymon Collection.

Among the Missing and Come Out Tonight Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3181-9, Apr 2007, £7.99, 729pp, tp) Omnibus of two associational horror novels. Volume 14 in the Richard Laymon Collection series.

Fiends and After Midnight Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3180-2, Mar 2007, £7.99, 754pp, tp) Omnibus of the collection Fiends (1997) and novel After Midnight (1997). Volume 13 in the Richard Laymon Collection.

Island and Quake Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3178-9, Jan 2007, £7.99, 856pp, tp) Omnibus of two associational horror novels. Volume 11 in the Richard Laymon Collection series.

Night in the Lonesome October and No Sanctuary Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3183-3, Jun 2007, £7.99, 726pp, tp) Omnibus of two associational horror novels. Volume 16 in the Richard Laymon Collection series.

Richard Laymon Collection 10: Savage and In The Dark Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3177-X, Dec 2006, £7.99, 886pp, tp) Omnibus of the two associational horror novels: Savage (1993) and In the Dark (1994).

The Richard Laymon Collection 8: Alarums and Blood Games Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3175-3, Oct 2006, £7.99, 758pp, tp) Fantasy/horror omnibus.

The Travelling Vampire Show and Dreadful Tales Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3182-6, May 2007, £7.99, 855pp, tp) Omnibus of horror novel The Travelling Vampire Show (2000) and collection Dreadful Tales (2001). Volume 15 in the “Richard Laymon Collection” series.

Powers Ursula Le Guin (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-531-6, Sep 2007, £10.99, 391pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Annals of the Western Shore] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the Annals of the Western Shore series after Gifts and Voices. Simultaneous with the US (Harcourt) edition.

Voices Ursula K. Le Guin (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-561-3, May 2007, £6.99, 364pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Annals of the Western Shore] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in The Annals of the Western Shore series after Gifts

No Flame But Mine Tanith Lee (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-1-4050-0636-1, Jun 2007, £10.99, 462pp, tp) [Lionwolf] Fantasy novel, book three of the Lionwolf trilogy.

Queen of the Wolves Tanith Lee (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-91814-2, Feb 2007, £5.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Haydn Conner) [Claidi Journals] Reprint (Hodder Silver 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.

Wolf Wing Tanith Lee (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-91815-9, Apr 2006, £5.99, 194pp, tp) [Claidi Journals] Reissue (Hodder Silver 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. This was published in 2006 but not seen till now.

Questors Joan Lennon (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-38151-0, Jan 2007, £9.99, 372pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel. Three worlds in perfect balance plan to send three heroes to heal a space-time disruption, but the heroes must start their quest as untrained children.

Questors Joan Lennon (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-31916-2, Jul 2007, £5.99, 572pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Puffin 2007) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Cleft Doris Lessing (HarperCollins/Fourth Estate UK 0-00-723343-4, Jan 2007, £16.99, 260pp, hc, cover by Richard Bravery) Fantasy novel, a fable of an all-female society that starts to produce males.

The Afterblight Chronicles: Kill or Cure Rebecca Levene (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-32-0, Apr 2007, £6.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Afterblight Chronicles] Shared-world postapocalypse SF novel, second in the series.

Icarus Roger Levy (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07981-6, May 2007, £7.99, 421pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 2006) SF novel.

Warhammer 40,000: Sons of Fenris Lee Lightner (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-388-5, Jan 2007, £6.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf] Novelization based on the SF roleplaying game, the fifth book of the Space Wolf series.

Let the Right One In John Ajvide Lindqvist (Quercus 978-1-8472-4169-6, Aug 2007, £12.99, 513pp, hc) Vampire novel. Translated by Ebba Segerberg from the Swedish original, Lät den rätte komma in (Ordfront 2004). A damaged young boy makes friends with his new neighbour, a 200-year old vampire frozen in childhood.

The Curse of the Ravens Rebecca Lisle (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-89448-4, Jun 2007, £5.99, 314pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel.

The Stormcaller Tom Lloyd (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07926-7, Jul 2007, £7.99, 502pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Twilight Reign] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) fantasy novel, book one of The Twilight Reign series.

The Twilight Herald Tom Lloyd (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07729-4, Aug 2007, £12.99, 505pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Twilight Reign] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Stormcaller. A hardcover edition (-07728-7, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

The Dedalus Book of Russian Decadence: Perversity, Despair and Collapse ed. Kirsten Lodge (Dedalus 978-1-903517-60-4, Aug 2007, £12.00, 346pp, tp, cover by Nikolai Kalmakov) Associational anthology of more than fifty decadent and macabre stories, extracts, fables, and poems from the late nineteenth century. Poetry translated by Lodge, prose by Margo Shohl Rosen and Grigory Dashevsky.

Warhammer: Blackhearts: The Omnibus Nathan Long (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-510-0, Sep 2007, £9.99, 766pp, tp, cover by Christer Sween) [Warhammer: Blackhearts] Omnibus/collection of two stories and three novelizations based on the roleplaying game: Valnir’s Bane (2004), Broken Lance (2005), and Tainted Blood (2006).

Warhammer: Manslayer Nathan Long (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-509-4, Oct 2007, £6.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Book nine in the Gotrek and Felix subseries.

Warhammer; Orcslayer Nathan Long (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-391-1, Oct 2006, £6.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game, in the Gotrek & Felix series.

The Night Watch Sergei Lukyanenko (Random House UK/Arrow 978-0-099-48992-4, Jul 2007, £7.99, 489pp, tp) [Night Watch] Reprint (Miramax; Heinemann 2006) fantasy novel, the first in the the Night Watch trilogy. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the Russian Nochnoi Dozor (1998).

The Twilight Watch Sergei Lukyanenko (Heinemann 978-0-434-01444-6, Jul 2007, £11.99, 440pp, tp) [Night Watch] Reprint (Miramax Books 2007 as Twilight Watch) dark fantasy novel, the third in the Night Watch series. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the bestselling Russian novel Sumerechniy Dozor. [First U.K. edition]

The Day Watch Sergei Lukyanenko & Vladimir Vassilyev (Heinemann 978-0-4340-1443-9, Jan 2007, £11.99, 487pp, tp) [Night Watch] Dark fantasy novel, second in the Night Watch trilogy. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the bestselling Russian novel, Dnevnoj Dozor. A hardcover edition (-1608-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

Necroscope: The Touch Brian Lumley (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-485-1, Apr 2007, £9.99, 431pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope] Reprint (Tor 2006) horror novel in the Necroscope series. A new Necroscope faces aliens determined to destroy Earth. [First U.K. edition]

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Betrayal Eric Van Lustbader (Orion 978-0-75288-513-1, Jun 2007, £17.99, 486pp, hc) Associational thriller. Simultaneous with the US (Warner) edition. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-514-8, £14.99) was announced but not seen.

The Lies of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07975-5, Feb 2007, £7.99, 530pp, tp) [Gentleman Bastard] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) fantasy novel, the first in a series.

Red Seas Under Red Skies Scott Lynch (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07925-0, Jul 2007, £12.99, 584pp, tp) [Gentleman Bastard] Fantasy novel, the second book of the Gentleman Bastard series begun in The Lies of Locke Lamora. A hardcover edition (-07695-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

Red Seas Under Red Skies Scott Lynch (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07967-0, Nov 2007, £7.99, 628pp, tp, cover by Benjamin Carré & Bragelonne) [Gentleman Bastard] Reprint (Gollancz 2007) fantasy novel. Book two in the Gentleman Bastard series after The Lies of Locke Lamora.

Rome Burning Sophia MacDougall (Orion 978-0-75286-079-4, Oct 2007, £12.99, 471pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Romanitas] Alternate-Earth SF novel, in which the Roman Empire survived to the present day. The second book in a trilogy, after Romanitas. A trade paperback edition (£10.99) was announced but not seen.

The Execution Channel Ken MacLeod (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-348-0, Apr 2007, £17.99, 307pp, hc) SF novel.

Nemesis: Sinister Intent Catherine MacPhail (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8270-0, Sep 2007, £5.99, iii+252pp, tp) [Nemesis] Young-adult thriller with dark fantasy/SF elements.

Nemesis: The Beast Within Catherine MacPhail (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8269-4, Apr 2007, £5.99, 291pp, tp) [Nemesis] Young-adult dark fantasy thriller. Book two in a series after Nemesis: Into the Shadows.

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