* Almasi, G. T. : Hammer of Angels
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-440-42356-0, $9.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-440-42357-7
• Shadowstorm #2

Alternate history novel about the Cold War, second in a series following Blades of Winter (2012).
• Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gave the first book a starred review: “Almasi handles his high-octane blend of espionage, alternate history, and coming-of-kick-ass-age debut with an impressively steady hand.”

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* Bach, Rachel : Honor’s Knight
(Orbit 978-0-316-22108-5, $15, 384pp, trade paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0316221078
• Paradox #2

SF novel, second in a series following Fortune’s Pawn (2013), about a mercenary who gets a job on a trade ship called Glorious Fool.
• Hachette’s site has this description with a browse function.

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* Castro, Adam-Troy : Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories
(Prime Books 978-160701-408-9, $15.95, 336pp, trade paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-160701-432-4

Collection of 9 stories, with an introduction by David Gerrold.
• Titles include Nebula nominees “Arvies”, “Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs”, and “Her Husband’s Hands”.
• Prime Books’ site has this description.
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* D’Lacey, Joseph : The Book of the Crowman
(Angry Robot 978-0857663481, $7.99, 480pp, mass market paperback, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0857663498
• UK edition: 9780857663474 (Thu 6 Mar 2014)
• The Black Dawn #2

Fantasy novel, second of a duology following Black Feathers (2013), set in a post-apocalyptic Black Dawn and a far future era called Bright Day.
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* Harrison, Kim : The Undead Pool
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-195793-2, $27.99, 432pp, hardcover, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062300157
• Hollows #12

Urban fantasy novel, twelfth and penultimate volume in the “Hollows” or “Rachel Morgan” series about bounty hunter-witch Rachel Morgan, following Dead Witch Walking, The Good, the Bad, and the Undead, Every Which Way but Dead, A Fistful of Charms, For a Few Demons More, The Outlaw Demon Wails, White Witch, Black Curse, Black Magic Sanction, Pale Demon, A Perfect Blood, and Ever After (2012).
• Harper’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “There’s a general sensation of closure and imminent climax as Harrison maneuvers toward the end, and patient readers are promised a substantial payoff.”

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* Kashina, Anna : Blades of the Old Empire
(Angry Robot 978-0857664129, $7.99, 448pp, mass market paperback, March 2014, cover art Alejandro Colucci)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0857664136
• UK edition: 9780857665027 (Thu 6 Mar 2014)
• The Majat Code #1

Fantasy novel, first of a series, about a female warrior.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.

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* Liu, Marjorie M. : Labyrinth of Stars
(Ace 978-1937007850, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101624494
• Hunter Kiss #5

Urban fantasy novel, fifth in the “Hunter Kiss” series following The Iron Hunt (2008), Darkness Calls (2009), A Wild Light (2010), and The Mortal Bone (2012), about demon hunter Maxine Kiss, whose tattoos are her armor against the demons who threaten humanity.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
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* Roy, Lauren M. : Night Owls
(Ace 978-0-425-27248-0, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Night Owls #1

Urban fantasy novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about a vampire who runs a late-night campus bookstore.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes that the author “delivers a good cast, believable interactions, and some vivid and brutal fight sequences.”

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* Shepherd, Mike : To Do or Die
(Ace 978-0-425-26252-8, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, March 2014, cover art Scott Grimando)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1101593028
• Jump Universe #4

SF novel, fourth in a series following a trilogy published from 1999 to 2001: The First Casualty, The Price of Peace, and They Also Serve, originally published as by Mike Moscoe and called the “Ray Longknife” books.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
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* Stourton, Ivo : The Happier Dead
(Solaris 978-1-78108-183-9, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, February 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014

SF novel about a future medical treatment that enables the rich to have permanent physical youth.
• Solaris’ site has this description.
• The author has previously published two non-SF novels.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Stourton mostly uses the mystery as backdrop to an exploration of what people will endure or destroy to further their own agendas and desires.”

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* Tem, Steve Rasnic : Blood Kin
(Solaris 978-1781081976, $9.99, 288pp, trade paperback, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• UK edition: 978-1781081969 (Thu 13 Mar 2014)

Dark fantasy novel about family secrets in the southern Appalachian, alternating between the 1930s and the present.
• Solaris’ site has this description.
• The slightly longer description on the author’s site (scroll down) lists a number of literary influences.

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* Viehl, Lynn : The Clockwork Wolf
(Pocket 978-1476722375, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, March 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Feb 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781476730615
• Disenchanted & Co. #2

Steampunk fantasy novel, second in a series after Disenchanted & Co. (Feb. 2014), about a solver of magical crimes.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a link to a Google preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Viehl is at her best when exploring the Kit-Tommy-Lucien love triangle, but this otherwise zippy page-turner drowns in an abundance of characters, and Kit lacks depth and realistic flaws.”

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