* Campbell, Ramsey : Ghosts Know
(UK: PS Publishing 978-1848632-02-8, £19.99, 240pp, hardcover, November 2011, cover art James Hannah)

Horror novel about a radio host menaced by fake psychic.
• PS Publishing’s site has this description and order page; a limited edition, and a paperback ARC edition, are also available.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes: “An undercurrent of black comedy, witty repartee between characters, a magnificent surprise ending, and Campbell’s trademark verbal dexterity all contribute to this novel’s abundant entertainments.”

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* Cobley, Michael : The Ascendant Stars
(UK: Orbit 978-1841496351, £13.99, 496pp, trade paperback, October 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Nov 2011
• Humanity’s Fire #3

SF novel, third in a series following Seeds of Earth (2009) and The Orphaned Worlds (2010), in which various human and AI factions battle over the planet Darien and the weapons it contains.
• Orbit’s website has this announcement with quotes from reviews of the earlier books.
• Eric Brown reviewed it for Guardian: “a space opera of mind-bending depth and scope which sets complexly thought-out alien races and chilling cyborg armies against humans riven by competing political philosophies and agendas…”

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* Cottam, F.G. : The Brodmaw Bay
(UK: Hodder & Stoughton 978-0340981009, £19.99, 352pp, hardcover, November 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 10 Nov 2011

Horror novel about a London family that moves to a mysterious fishing port village.
• Hodder & Stoughton’s site has this description with a link to a PDF extract.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.

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* Fforde, Jasper : The Song of the Quarkbeast
(UK: Hodder & Stoughton 978-1444707229, £12.99, 320pp, hardcover, November 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 10 Nov 2011
• Dragonslayer #2

Young adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following The Last Dragonslayer (2010), set at a time magic is returning to the world, and concerning a 16-year-old girl who works for an employment agency for sorcerers and soothsayers.
• Hodder & Stoughton’s site has this description with a link to a PDF extract.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• The author’s website is hosting a sleuthing competition through January 2012 — though open only in “Hodder territories”.

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* Fowler, Christopher : Red Gloves
(UK: PS Publishing 978-1-848631-98-4, £19.99, 406pp, hardcover, October 2011, cover art Graham Humphreys)

Collection of 25 horror stories, presented in two dos ‘volumes’ named “Infernal” and “Devilry”, celebrating the author’s 25th year of writing.
• PS Publishing’s site has this description and order page. A more expensive limited (slipcased) edition, and a less expensive paperback ARC edition, are also available.
• The author’s site has this descripton.

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* MacLeod, Ian R. : Wake Up and Dream
(UK: PS Publishing 978-1-848631-94-6, 338pp, hardcover, September 2011)

Alternate history SF novel set in 1940s Hollywood, the golden age of “feelies”, in which Clark Gable is a former movie star turned private detective.
• PS Publishing’s site has this description and order page. A more expensive limited (slipcased) edition, and a less expensive paperback ARC edition, are also available.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “MacLeod expertly hits all the hard-boiled beats, delivering the creepy, fascinating, strange, and wholly enjoyable story with a noir melancholy, a keen eye for detail, and plenty of snappy dialogue.”

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* Williams, Mazarkis : The Emperor’s Knife
(UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-0857388001, £14.99, 388pp, hardcover, November 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 27 Oct 2011

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, set in an empire plagued by a ‘Pattern’, concerning palace schemes to take control once the Pattern affects the Emperor.
• This is the first book in Jo Fletcher’s new line for Quercus Books. The new Jo Fletcher Books site has this description. This is the first edition by a month; the Night Shade Books edition appears November 29th.
• Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review: “Williams’s riveting and intense debut is driven as much by the emotional scars of a ruthless court as by the court’s intrigues.”

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* Wurts, Janny : Initiate’s Trial
(UK: Harper Voyager 978-0007217823, 544pp, trade paperback, November 2011)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 27 Oct 2011
• The Wars of Light and Shadow #9

Fantasy novel, 9th book in the series “The Wars of Light and Shadow” that began with The Curse of the Mistwraith (1993) and most recently included Stormed Fortress (2007), and first book of “Sword of the Canon” Arc within the overall series.
• Harper’s site has this description.
• The author’s site has this page for the book with an excerpt.
• Amazon UK indicates that a hardcover ‘library’ edition is scheduled for a month following this trade paperback edition.

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