* Anderson, Kevin J. : The Dark Between the Stars
(Tor 978-0-7653-3299-8, $27.99, 672pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466856561
• Saga of Shadows #1

SF novel, first in a new series set 20 years after the earlier “Saga of the Seven Suns” series, in which a new force threatens the galaxy.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Anderson’s fans will be satisfied.”

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* Bova, Ben, & Les Johnson : Rescue Mode
(Baen 978-1-4767-3647-1, $25, 432pp, hardcover, June 2014, cover art Bob Eggleton)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-284-6

Hard SF novel about a Mars mission stranded by a meteor strike, and political resistance back on Earth to rescuing them.
• Baen’s site has this description (click ‘back’ from this link) with links to several chapters.

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* Datlow, Ellen, ed. : The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-503-2, $15.99, 50+397pp, trade paperback, June 2014, cover art Pierre Droal)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00H1YPUZI

Anthology of 24 horror stories first published in 2013.
• Authors include Dale Bailey, Robert Shearman, Kim Newman, Lee Thomas, Neil Gaiman, and Linda Nagata.
• Datlow provides a 50-page summation of the year in horror.
• Datlow’s site provides the table of contents.

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* Flint, Eric, & Charles E. Gannon : 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies
(Baen 978-1-4767-3678-5, $25, 624pp, hardcover, June 2014, cover art Tom Kidd)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-283-9
• Ring of Fire #21

Alternate history novel in the “Ring of Fire” series that began with Flint’s 1632 (2000), concerning 17th century European history as affected by West Virginians from the 20th century.
• Baen’s site has this description (click the ‘back’ link once or twice from this page), with links to several chapters.

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* Green, Simon R. : Property of a Lady Faire
(Roc 978-0-451-41431-1, $26.95, 352pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Secret Histories #8

Fantasy novel, eighth in the series about Shaman Bond, aka Eddie Drood, who protects humanity from the forces of darkness, following The Man with the Golden Torc (2007), Daemons Are Forever (2008), The Spy Who Haunted Me (2009), From Hell with Love (2010), For Heaven’s Eyes Only (2011), Live and Let Drood (2012), and Casino Infernale (2013).
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Hairston, Andrea : Lonely Stardust: Two Plays, a Speech, and Eight Essays
(Aqueduct Press 978-1-61976-051-6, $20, 344pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sun 1 Jun 2014

Mostly nonfiction collection of essays, as the subtitle indicates.
• Aqueduct’s site has this description.

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* Hamilton, Laurell K. : A Shiver of Light
(Berkley 978-0425255667, $27.95, 384pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698146631
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781611762808
• UK edition: Transworld/Bantam Uk 978-0593067468 (Tue 3 Jun 2014)
• Merry Gentry #9


Paranormal romance novel, ninth in the Merry Gentry series following A Kiss of Shadows (2000), A Caress of Twilight (2002), Seduced by Moonlight (2004), A Stroke of Midnight (2005), Mistral’s Kiss (2006), A Lick of Frost (2007), Swallowing Darkness (2008), and Divine Misdemeanors (2009), about a faerie princess/private eye.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
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* Harris, John : The Art of John Harris
(Titan 978-1781168424, $34.95, 160pp, hardcover, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014

Collection of artworks, including cover art for books by SF authors including John Scalzi, Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, and Jack McDevitt.
• John Scalzi provides an introduction.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• There’s also a limited edition in a slipcase, for $75.

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* Haydon, Elizabeth : The Merchant Emperor
(Tor 978-0-7653-0566-4, $25.99, 432pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429943970
• Symphony of Ages #7

Fantasy novel, seventh volume in a series following Requiem for the Sun (2002), Elegy for a Lost Star (2004), and The Assassin King (2007).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “With taut plotting and unforgettable characters, Haydon’s latest will easily enchant new readers.”

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* Hodgell, P. C. : Sea of Time
(Baen 978-1-4767-3649-5, $15, 368pp, trade paperback, June 2014, cover art Eric Williams)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-285-3
• Kencyrath #7

Fantasy novel, seventh in the “Kencyrath” series (or the “God Stalker Chronicles”) following God Stalk (1982), Dark of the Moon (1985), Seeker’s Mask (1994), To Ride a Rathorn (2006), Bound in Blood (2010), and Honor’s Paradox (2011).
• Baen’s site has this description (from this page click the ‘back’ link once or twice) with links to several chapters.

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* Irvine, Ian : Justice
(Orbit 978-0-316-07287-8, $17, 656pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316235433
• Tainted Realm #3

Fantasy novel, third book of a trilogy following Vengeance (2012) and Rebellion (2013), about descendants of slaves on the island nation of Cythe.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• The author’s site has this series page, with descriptions and excerpts.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The Five Heroes, joined together by ancient oath, work well in this narrative context, in part because their internal disagreements reflect all the characters’ flawed natures.”

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* King, Stephen : Mr. Mercedes
(Simon & Schuster/Scribner 978-1-4767-5445-1, $30, 448pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781476754468
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781442369788
• UK edition: Hodder & Stoughton 9781444788624 (Tue 3 Jun 2014)


Crime thriller (with no fantastic content) about a retired detective pursuing the driver of a stolen Mercedes who ran down people at a job fair a year earlier.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function. UK publisher Hodder’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Coincidence and luck figure significantly in the final outcome, but King excels in his disturbing portrait of Brady, a genuine monster in ordinary human form who gives new meaning to the phrase ‘the banality of evil.’ “
• Stefan Dziemianowicz reviewed it in the May issue of Locus Magazine: “We’ve seen [Brady’s] type before in King’s fiction, but King often endows such characters with a supernatural pedigree, to set them apart from the ordinary people they torment. Brady is unremarkably human: he mistakes his ability to get away with murder for his superiority to the weak and defenseless people he preys on. In fact, he’s very fallible and, as villains go, pretty pathetic. His most frightening aspect is his anonymity, and King unnerves with a story that suggests that such monsters walk among us, unrecognized and unsuspected.”

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* Lackey, Mercedes : Blood Red
(DAW 978-0-7564-0897-8, $25.95, 320pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101637890
• Elemental Masters #9

Fantasy novel about Rosa, a mage in the Schwarzwald forest of 19th-century Germany.
• It’s the ninth book in the Elemental Masters series, following Fire Rose, Gates of Sleep, Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, The Wizard of London, Reserved for the Cat, Unnatural Issue (2011), Elemental Magic (2012), and Steadfast (2013).
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “The action and dialogue flow freely, mingling with beautiful descriptions of European countryside and just a hint of romance.”
• Carolyn Cushman reviewed it in the May issue of Locus Magazine: “Rosa’s far more confident and better trained than the usual Lackey protagonist, which makes her a little harder to identify with, but her adventures are exciting, with some charming bits of local period color, from meetings with ancient elemental ‘‘gods’’ to riding first class on trains.”

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* Lawrence, Mark : Prince of Fools
(Ace 978-0-425-26878-0, $26.95, 368pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• The Red Queen’s War #1

Fantasy novel, first in a new series set in the Broken Empire, about a prince, 10th in the line for the throne, who is sent on a deadly mission by his grandmother, the Red Queen.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The brisk adventure and black magic will leave readers eager for the next chapter in the series.”

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* Moyer, Jaime Lee : A Barricade in Hell
(Tor 978-0-7653-3183-0, $25.99, 336pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429948180

Fantasy novel, follow-up to the author’s first novel Delia’s Shadow, about a woman in 1917 San Francisco who uses her ability to communicate with ghosts to solve crimes.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Moyer has definitely upped her game. “

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* Patterson, William H., Jr. : Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume II: 1948-1988: The Man Who Learned Better
(Tor 978-0-7653-1961-6, $34.99, 643pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429987967

Second volume of the authorized biography of SF author Robert A. Heinlein, 1907-1988. The book includes over 150 pages of Notes, and an index.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review remarks, “Patterson tells Heinlein’s story in a breathless gush of details that blurs key events into the minutiae of daily life. However, his unprecedented access to Heinlein’s personal papers makes this adulatory portrait an important foundation for future appreciations of the author’s work.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the June issue of Locus Magazine: “It’s likely the most we will ever learn about Heinlein (and probably in finer detail than most readers would sit still for), and despite its adulatory tone it reveals a great deal more about Heinlein’s real attitudes than his own rather disappointingly bland Grumbles from the Grave.”

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* Pratchett, Terry, with Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen : The Science of Discworld
(Random House/Anchor 978-0-8041-6894-6, $15.95, 414pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00H6JHQ4G

Nonfiction guide to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, with fictional elements; fourth edition of this book revised and updated from previous editions published in 1999, 2002, and 2005.
• The US Random House site is down at the moment. The UK site has this description.
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+ Reynolds, Alastair : On the Steel Breeze
(Ace 978-0-425-25678-7, $26.95, 496pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698146624
• Poseidon’s Children #2

First US edition (UK: Gollancz, September 2013)

SF novel, second in a trilogy following Blue Remembered Earth (2012), about mankind’s expansion into the universe on generation ships.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Wikipedia has this summary.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Reynolds’s depth of imagination, adeptness with creating multi-dimensional characters, and brisk pacing are again in evidence in his second Poseidon’s Children SF novel.”

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* Ross, Deborah J. : The Heir of Khored
(DAW 978-0-7564-0921-0, $7.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698160743
• The Seven-Petaled Shield #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series after The Seven-Petaled Shield (June 2013) and Shannivar (Dec 2013), about a kingdom once protected by a magical device, now conquered new invaders.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Salyards, Jeff : Veil of the Deserters
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-490-5, $24.99, 448pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00H1YPUXU
• Bloodsounder’s Arc #2

Military fantasy novel, second in a series following the author’s first novel Scourge of the Betrayer (2012), about a young scribe hired to chronicle the exploits of a band or warriors.
• Amazon has a description and “Look Inside” previews.

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* Shufeldt, Ken : Rebellion
(Tor 978-0-7653-7071-6, $7.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1466828353

Near-future SF novel in which a Texas militia prepares to strike against New York City, which has been invaded and overtaken by the Chinese.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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+ Ware, Danie : Ecko Burning
(Titan 978-1781169087, $14.95, 528pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00H6J6IUY
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: B00KB9TPKG
• Ecko #2

SF/fantasy novel, sequel to the author’s first novel Ecko Rising (2013), about a man transported from a futuristic world to another world that lives in fear of magic.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• The author is publicist and events manager for London’s Forbidden Planet bookstore.
• The UK edition appeared in October 2013.

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+ Williams, Mazarkis : The Tower Broken
(Night Shade 978-1-59780-526-1, $26.99, 416pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Tower and Knife Trilogy #3

First US edition (UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher, November 2013)

Fantasy novel, conclusion of a trilogy following The Emperor’s Knife (2011) and Knife-Sworn (2012), set in an empire plagued by a ‘Pattern’, concerning palace schemes to take control once the Pattern affects the Emperor.
• First edition publisher Quercus’ site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Though trilogy endings are usually predictable, Williams is keen on heroic sacrifice and willing to let characters fail, keeping the reader in some suspense about whether Sarmin and company will preserve their world or die with it.”

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