Ambrose, E. C. : Elisha Barber
(DAW 978-0756408367, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Dark Apostle #1

(First edition: DAW, July 2013)

Fantasy novel, first of a series, about witchcraft in 14th century England.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The second book in the series, Elisha Magus, is due in hardcover July 1st.

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Barnes, John : The Last President
(Ace 978-0425256466, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Daybreak #3

(First edition: Ace, September 2013)

SF thriller, third in a trilogy following Directive 51 (2010) and Daybreak Zero (2011), about the aftermath of a movement that destroyed modern civilization.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.

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Correia, Larry : Warbound
(Baen 978-1476736525, $7.99, 624pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Grimnoir Chronicles #3

(First edition: Baen, August 2013)

Alternate history fantasy novel, third in a series following Hard Magic (2011) and Spellbound (2012), about an ex-con hired by the Bureau of Investigation for his magical talent.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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Davidson, MaryJanice : Undead and Unsure
(Berkley Sensation 978-0515153491, $7.99, 320pp, mass market paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Betsy #12

(First edition: Berkley, August 2013)

Humorous romantic fantasy novel, twelfth book in the “Queen Betsy (Undead)” series following Undead and Unwed, Undead and Unemployed, Undead and Unappreciated (2005), Undead and Unreturnable (2005), Undead and Unpopular (2006), Undead and Uneasy (2007), Undead and Unworthy (2008), Undead and Unwelcome (2009), Undead and Unfinished (2010), Undead and Undermined (2011), and Undead and Unstable (2012).
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.

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Doctorow, Cory : Homeland
(Tor Teen 978-0765333704, $10.99, 448pp, trade paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Little Brother #2

(First edition: Tor Teen, February 2013)

Young adult SF novel, sequel to Little Brother (2008), about teenager Marcus Yallow, now working for a Californa politcian and faced with a dilemma involving leaked information of corporate perfidy.
• Parent publisher Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The novel is currently a finalist for the Prometheus, Locus, and Sunburst awards.

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Gaiman, Neil : The Ocean at the End of the Lane
(Morrow 978-0-06-225566-2, $14.99, 208pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014

(First edition: HarperCollins/Morrow, June 2013)

Fantasy novel about a middle-aged man who returns home for a funeral and rediscovers magical and frightening events that occurred when he was a boy.
• The publisher’s site has this description with a preview function and a video excerpt of Gaiman reading from the book.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed it last year in Locus Magazine: “…one of most powerful and compelling, as deeply felt and deeply honest as anything Gaiman has written.”
• The novel was a Nebula Award finalist and is currently a finalist for the Locus Awards.

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Green, Simon R. : Casino Infernale
(Penguin/Roc 978-0451414304, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Secret Histories #7

(First edition: Roc, June 2013)

Fantasy novel, seventh 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), and Live and Let Drood (2012).
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The eighth book in the series, Property of a Lady Faire, was just published in hardcover.

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Hoyt, Sarah A. : Noah’s Boy
(Baen 978-1476736549, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Shifter #3

(First edition: Baen, July 2013)

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Draw One in the Dark (2006) and The Gentleman Takes a Chance (2008), about a policeman in a city populated by humans and shape-shifters.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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Jackson, D. B. : Thieves’ Quarry
(Tor 978-0765366078, $8.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Thieftaker Chronicles #2

(First edition: Tor, July 2013)

Historical fantasy, second in a series following Thieftaker (2012), about a conjurer in pre-revolutionary Boston who casts spells to solve crimes.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Jackson is a pseudonym for David B. Coe.
• The next book in the series, A Plunder of Souls, is due in hardcover July 8th.

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King, Stephen : Doctor Sleep
(Simon & Schuster/Gallery 978-1451698855, $17, 560pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 10 Jun 2014
• The Shining #2

(First edition: Simon & Schuster/Scribner, September 2013)

Horror novel, sequel to The Shining (1977), about now-adult Danny Torrance, an alcoholic working at a nursing home in a New Hampshire town.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a video trailer and an audio excerpt.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.

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Koontz, Dean : Deeply Odd
(Bantam 978-0553593082, $9.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Odd #6

(First edition: UK: HarperCollins UK, March 2013)

Horror novel, sixth in a series following Odd Thomas (2003), Forever Odd (2005), Brother Odd (2006), Odd Hours (2008), and Odd Apocalypse (2012), about a young man who can see spirits of the dead.
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Lackey, Mercedes : Steadfast
(DAW 978-0756409463, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014
• Elemental Masters #8

(First edition: DAW, June 2013)

Fantasy novel about the daughter of a Water Mage in a Welsh fishing village, who rebels against her arranged marriage.
• It’s the eighth 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), and Elemental Magic (2012)>
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Lawrence, Mark : Emperor of Thorns
(Ace 978-0425256541, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• The Broken Empire #3

(First edition: Ace, August 2013)

Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following author’s first novel Prince of Thorns (2011) and King of Thorns (2012) about a prince who becomes an outlaw following the murders of his mother and brother.
• Series site Prince of Thorns has this description with links to pages for characters, a map, etc.
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Niven, Larry, & Matthew Joseph Harrington : The Goliath Stone
(Tor 978-0765368898, $8.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 3 Jun 2014

(First edition: Tor, June 2013)

SF novel in which renegade nanomachines, sent 25 years ago to mine an asteroid, now direct a larger asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Planck, M. C. : The Kassa Gambit
(Tor 978-0765330932, $16.99, 288pp, trade paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014

(First edition: Tor, January 2013)

SF novel, set in a human-colonized galaxy, about a freighter captain who responds to a distress call from a planet where the first evidence of alien contact is found.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Robinson, Kim Stanley : Shaman
(Orbit 978-0316098083, $17, 480pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 10 Jun 2014

(First edition: Orbit, September 2013)

Prehistoric novel set in the Pleistocene, in which 14-year-old shaman Loon sets off on a “wander”.
• Hachette’s site has this description. Orbit’s site has this excerpt.
• Both Gary K. Wolfe and Cecelia Holland reviewed the book last year in Locus Magazine. Wolfe wrote, “But for the most part, despite its radical departure from the spectacular, hard-SF inhabited solar system of 2312, the novel mostly seems much of a piece with Robinson’s earlier survival tales, such as Antarctica or ‘Muir on Shasta’, and even with his meditations on the sources of passion in art, such as the brilliant ‘The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942’. … Like Joe Haldeman, Robinson has written a good deal more about the arts than most SF writers, or than he’s generally given credit for, and here he offers us a detailed and persuasive notion of how it all might have started.”
• The book was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and is currently a finalist for the Locus Awards.

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Turtledove, Harry : Two Fronts
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0345524690, $16, 432pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Jun 2014
• The War That Came Early #5

(First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, July 2013)

Alternate history novel, fifth in a series following Hitler’s War (2009), West and East (2010), The Big Switch (2011), and Coup d’Etat, about an alternate World War II that followed when Neville Chamberlain stood up to Hitler rather than appeased him with the Munich Accord.
• Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Wheeler, S. M. : Sea Change
(Tor 978-0765333155, $14.99, 304pp, trade paperback, May 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014

(First edition: Tor, June 2013)

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about an unhappy girl who befriends an intelligent kraken named Octavius.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gave this a starred review: “Wheeler’s stunning debut is a sophisticated fantasy whose lush descriptions, lyrical dialogue, and engaging structure are reminiscent of the very best fairy tales.”

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White, Steve : Pirates of the Timestream
(Baen 978-1476736778, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 May 2014
• Jason Thanou #3

(First edition: Baen, August 2013)

SF novel, sequel to Blood of the Heroes (2006) and Sunset of the Gods (Jan. 2013), about a time traveler to ancient Greece where the Greek gods are real.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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