* Anderson, Kevin J. : Clockwork Angels
(ECW Press 978-1770411210, $24.95, 304pp, hardcover, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Sep 2012

Dystopian steampunk novel, “from a story and lyrics” by Rush drummer and lyricist Neal Peart, following the Rush album Clockwork Angels released in June.
• The publisher’s site has this description with a video and links to several interviews and reviews.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• PW has this June interview with Anderson.

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* Battersby, Lee : The Corpse-Rat King
(Angry Robot 978-0-85766-287-3, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 6 Sep 2012

Fantasy novel, the author’s debut novel, about two professional looters of battlefields.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with quotes from reviews and a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Wry, absurdist, and pleasantly cynical, Battersby’s debut will appeal to fans of Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora and Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal.”

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* Blaylock, James P. : Zeuglodon
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-454-6, $35, 224pp, hardcover, September 2012, cover by Jon Foster)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 31 Aug 2012

Young adult fantasy novel, subtitled “The True Adventures of Catherine Perkins, Cryptozoologist”, set in the world of Blaylock’s 1984 novel The Digging Leviathan, about an 11-year-old girl and her two cousins on an adventure into the depths of the hollow earth.
• Subterranean’s site has this description and order form.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• Faren Miller reviewed it in the August issue of Locus Magazine: “In Zeuglodon, James P. Blaylock provides a treat for readers both young and old, setting elements of classic SF, fantasy, and YA (the acknowledgements mention such titles as Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Huckleberry Finn, plus the seafaring novels of Howard Pease) in the world of his early work The Digging Leviathan…”

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* Carlson, Amanda : Full Blooded
(Orbit 978-0-316-20520-7, $12.99, 352pp, trade paperback, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Sep 2012
• Jessica McClain #1

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel and first book of a series, about a woman who becomes the first female werewolf.
• Orbit’s site has this post about the book and its sequel.
• The author’s website includes a blog.
• Publishers Weekly is not impressed.

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* Christopher, Adam : Seven Wonders
(Angry Robot 978-0857661968, $12.99, 416pp, trade paperback, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Aug 2012

SF superhero novel, the author’s second novel, about a man living in San Ventura who develops superpowers in order to fight a villain called The Cowl.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with many quotes from reviews and a preview function.

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* Correia, Larry : Monster Hunter Legion
(Baen 978-1-4516-3796-0, $20, 384pp, hardcover, September 2012, cover by Alan Pollack)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sun 9 Sep 2012
• Monster Hunter #4

Humorous fantasy novel, fourth in a series following Monster Hunter International (2007), Monster Hunter Vendetta (2010), and Monster Hunter Alpha (2011), about a man recruited by a covert organization dedicated to eradicating monsters.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to the first seven chapters.

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* Glass, James C. : Branegate
(Fairwood Press 978-1-933846-33-0, $17.99, 298pp, trade paperback, September 2012, cover art Keith Boulger)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sat 1 Sep 2012

Far future SF novel about a race of Immortals who have created passages between universes, and which is now ruled by a corrupt Council.
• Fairwood’s site has this description and order form.
• Publishers Weekly has this review: “…the novel as a whole tends toward a mixture of predestination and deus ex machina plotting.”

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* Hogan, Edward : Daylight Saving
(Candlewick Press 978-0763659134, $16.99, 224pp, trade paperback, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Sep 2012

Young adult fantasy novel, about a teenage boy who accompanies his father on a trip to the Leisure World Holiday Complex and meets an attractive, mysterious girl.
• Candlewick’s site has this description with a link to a PDF sample chapter.

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+ Lanagan, Margo : The Brides of Rollrock Island
(Knopf 978-0-375-86919-8, $17.99, 320pp, hardcover, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Sep 2012

First US edition (Australia: Allen & Unwin, February 2012)

Fantasy novel about selkies, the first US edition of a book first published in February 2012 more-or-less simultaneously in Australia as Sea Hearts (Allen & Unwin) and in the UK under this title, about a sea-witch on Rollrock Island who is able to draw girls from seals to supply wives to men willing to pay the price.
• It’s an expansion of Lanagan’s 2009 World Fantasy Award winning novella “Sea-Hearts”.
• Parent publisher Random House has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “A beautifully written story featuring a thoroughly realized setting and cast.”
• Gary K. Wolfe’s review from the January 2012 issue of Locus Magazine is posted here: “[I]t’s a gorgeous piece of work, perhaps less startling and visceral than Tender Morsels, but in many ways a richer and more complex novel…”

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* Levithan, David : Every Day
(Knopf 978-0-307-93188-7, $16.99, 336pp, hardcover, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Aug 2012

Young adult fantasy novel about A, who occupies the body of a different person every day, and who after some 6000 days falls in love with a girl, Rhiannon.
• Parent publisher Random House has this description, with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review notes that “A doesn’t identify as male or female” and asks “Is it possible to disregard someone’s exterior to see—and love—that person’s true, interior self?”
• Amazon names it a Best Book of the Month for September, has a link to a related PDF short story, and has an essay by the author, “A Similar Kind of Love Song”, plus numerous quotes from reviews.

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* Lumley, Brian : No Sharks in the Med and Other Stories
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-434-8, $40, 320pp, hardcover, September 2012, jacket illustration Bob Eggleton)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 31 Aug 2012

Collection of 12 stories, third of three collections after The Taint and Other Novellas (2007) and Haggopian and Other Stories (2008) representing the best of Lumley’s 40-year career.
• Subterranean’s site has this description and order page, with the table of contents.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Best appreciated as an artifact of a particular phase in horror’s development, the collection offers affirmation for Lumley’s fans, but less for the casual reader.”

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* Maberry, Jonathan : Flesh & Bone
(Simon & Schuster 978-1442439894, $17.99, 480pp, hardcover, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Sep 2012
• Rot & Ruin #3

Young adult zombie novel set in a post-apocalypse America, third in a series following Rot & Ruin (2010) and Dust & Decay (2011).
• The publisher’s site has this description with a “Browse Inside” function.

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* McDonald, Ian : Be My Enemy
(Pyr 978-1616146788, $16.95, 280pp, hardcover, September 2012, cover by John Picacio)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Sep 2012
• Everness #2

Young adult science fiction novel, second of a series following Planesrunner (2011), about a teenaged boy whose scientist father is kidnapped, leaving him with the Infundibulum, a map of an infinite number of parallel worlds.
• Pyr’s site has this description with quotes from reviews for the first book.
• Gary K. Wolfe’s review in the August 2012 issue of Locus Magazine notes that this book introduces a game-changing new element… and concludes, “So far, though, McDonald has used the many-worlds trope in a far more interesting way than most writers, and his invention shows no signs of flagging.”
• Availability of this book is uncertain; though listed for publication on Sept. 4th, it was not available from Amazon.com until this week, and is still not available from Barnes and Noble today except as a Nook book.

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* Sanderson, Brandon : Legion
(Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-485-0, $20, 88pp, hardcover, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 31 Aug 2012

Fantasy novella about a mission to Jerusalem to find a camera that can photograph historical events.
• Subterranean’s site has this description and order page.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “The engaging if madcap events of this outré narrative unobtrusively prompt the reader to reflect on the nature of reality. Complications pile on to expand the divergence from normality (‘Your hallucination has hallucinations’) even as mainstream philosophical issues are addressed in an Alice’s Tea Party atmosphere.”

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* Weeks, Brent : The Blinding Knife
(Orbit 978-0-316-07991-4, $25.99, 412pp, hardcover, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Sep 2012
• Lightbringer #2

Fantasy novel, second of a trilogy following The Black Prism (2010), about Gavin Guile, a priest and emperor who has five years to achieve five impossible goals.
• The author’s site has this description with a link to the first three chapters.

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* Wendig, Chuck : Mockingbird
(Angry Robot 978-0857662330, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, September 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 6 Sep 2012
• Miriam Black #2

Fantasy novel, second of a series following Blackbirds (May 2012), about a woman who perceives the future death of anyone she touches.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with numerous extracts from reviews and a link to an excerpt.
• Stefan Raets reviewed the book for Tor.com: “…I simply don’t want to give away any plot details here because Mockingbird, a shocking, twisting beast of a book that’ll have you on edge throughout, is best experienced with as little foreknowledge as possible.”

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