Bova, Ben : Farside
(Tor 978-0-7653-6359-6, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Dec 2013

(First edition: Tor, February 2013)

SF novel about an observatory on the farside of the Moon being built to investigate a newly discovered Earth-like planet 30 light years away.
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Frost, Mark : The Paladin Prophecy
(Random House/Ember 978-0-375-87106-1, $9.99, 528pp, trade paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jan 2014
• Paladin Prophecy #1

(First edition: Random House, September 2012)

Young adult fantasy novel, first of a trilogy, by the author who co-created TV series Twin Peaks. It’s about a teenaged boy used to concealing his exceptional physical and mental abilities, until he slips up and attracts nationwide attention.
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• The second book in the series, Alliance, was just published in hardcover.

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Hamilton, Peter F. : Great North Road
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-52667-0, $7.99, 944pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Dec 2013

(First edition: UK: Macmillan UK, September 2012)

Stand-alone SF novel, set in the 22nd century, about an investigation into an alien threat that may be responsible for the murders of wealthy North family clones.
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Hendee, Barb, & J.C. Hendee : The Dog in the Dark
(Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-41683-4, $7.99, 480pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jan 2014
• Noble Dead #11

(First edition: Roc, January 2013)

Fantasy novel, eleventh in the “Noble Dead” series following Dhampire, Thief of Lives, Sister of the Dead, Traitor to the Blood, and Rebel Fay, In Shade and Shadow, Child of a Dead God, Through Stone and Sea, Of Truth and Beasts, and Between Their Worlds, about a half-vampire vampire-hunter and her half-elf partner.
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• The latest book in the series, A Wind in the Night, just appeared in hardcover.

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Jordan, Robert, & Brandon Sanderson : A Memory of Light
(Tor 978-0-7653-6488-3, $9.99, 1168pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Dec 2013
• Wheel of Time #14

(First edition: Tor, January 2013)

Fantasy novel, 14th volume in Jordan’s “Wheel of Time” series, completed by Sanderson after Jordan’s death. It’s the third of three books by Sanderson following The Gathering Storm (2009) and Towers of Midnight (2010)
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McDonald, Ian : Be My Enemy
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1780876801, £8.99, 384pp, trade paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 2 Jan 2014
• Everness #2

(First edition: Pyr, September 2012)

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.
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• The third book in the series, Empress of the Sun, just appeared in hardcover.

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Sherman, Delia : The Freedom Maze
(Candlewick Press 978-0763669751, $6.99, 272pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jan 2014

(First edition: Small Beer Press/Big Mouth House, November 2011)

Young adult fantasy novel, about a 13-year-old girl who slips 100 years into the past, where she is mistaken for a slave.
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• The book won an Andre Norton Award, a Mythopoeic Award, and a Prometheus Award.

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Weber, David : A Rising Thunder
(Baen 978-1476736129, $7.99, 656pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Dec 2013
• Honor Harrington #13

(First edition: Baen, March 2012)

SF space opera novel, 13th volume in the Honor Harrington series, following Mission of Honor (2010).
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West, Michelle : Battle
(Daw 978-0-7564-0851-0, $8.99, 784pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jan 2014
• The House War #5

(First edition: DAW, January 2013)

Fantasy novel, fifth in “The House War” series following The Hidden City (2008), City of Night (2009), House Name (2011), and Skirmish (2012), about a city besieged by worshippers of the Lord of the Hells.
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White, Steve : Sunset of the Gods
(Baen 978-1476736167, $7.99, 320pp, mass market paperback, January 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 31 Dec 2013
• Jason Thanou #2

(First edition: Baen, January 2013)

SF novel, sequel to Blood of the Heroes (2006), about a time traveler to ancient Greece where the Greek gods are real.
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