* Andrews, Ilona : Magic Breaks
(Ace 978-0-425-25622-0, $25.95, 400pp, hardcover, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698146402
• Kate Daniels #7

Urban fantasy novel, seventh in the “Kate Daniels” series following Magic Bites, Magic Burns, Magic Strikes, Magic Bleeds (2010), Magic Slays (2011), and Magic Rises (2012), about a female mercenary in a magical Atlanta.
• This is the first hardcover in the series.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Character profiles, an overview of the story to date, and an additional short story ensure that existing fans will be entertained, while new readers won’t be entirely lost.”

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* Bear, Elizabeth : One-Eyed Jack
(Prime Books 978-1607014065, $15.95, 360pp, trade paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 22 Jul 2014
• Promethean Age #5

Fantasy novel, a new volume in the author’s “Promethean Age” series, about a battle between archetypical spirits of Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
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* Brown, Eric : Jani and the Greater Game
(Solaris 978-1781082058, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, July 2014, cover art Eominic Harman)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781849977630
• UK edition: 978-1781082041 (Thu 31 Jul 2014)
• Jani #1

Steampunk adventure novel set in 1910, first of a series, abaout 18-year-old Janisha Chaterjee, who discovers a mysterious device in British-controlled India.
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* Cunningham, Bailey : Path of Smoke
(Ace 978-0425261071, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698139701
• Parallel Parks #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Pile of Bones, about a park in Regina that turns into a magical native hunting ground after midnight.
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* Gaiman, Neil, & P. Craig Russell : The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1
(HarperCollins 978-0-06-219481-7, $19.99, 192pp, hardcover, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062312556

First of a two-volume graphic novel adaptation of Gaiman’s 2008 young adult novel The Graveyard Book.
• Volume two is due in two months.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The artwork sets out to entertain rather than to horrify; even the initial murder scene has a certain tranquility. It’s a treasure worth having even if the novel is already on the shelf.”

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* Gambino, Fred : Dark Shepherd: The Art of Fred Gambino
(UK: Titan 978-1781168431, $34.95, 160pp, hardcover, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Jul 2014

Art book collections of concept art, illustrations, paintings, and sketches.
• Titan’s site has this page for a limited edition with a different cover.

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* Johnson, Jean : Hardship
(Ace 978-0425256497, $7.99, 320pp, mass market paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698139688
• Theirs Not to Reason Why #4

Military SF novel, fourth of a series following A Soldier’s Duty (2011), An Officer’s Duty (2012), and Hellfire (2013), about a precog who enlists in the Terran United Planets military.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The author’s site has an excerpt.

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* Nelson, J. C. : Free Agent
(Ace 978-0425272671, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698146396
• Grimm Agency #-

Fantasy novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about a young woman obliged to work for a fairy godmother.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This is a fireball of a start to Nelson’s Grimm Agency series.”

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* Snyder, Lucy : Soft Apocalypses
(Raw Dog Screaming 978-1935738626, $12.95, 158pp, trade paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 25 Jul 2014

Collection of 15 stories, including one in collaboration with Gary Braunbeck.
• The publisher’s site has this description with the table of contents and blurbs from Seanan McGuire, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Lisa Morton.
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* Waters, M. D. : Prototype
(Dutton 978-0-525-95424-8, $26.95, 368pp, hardcover, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 24 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698157231
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780698162259

SF thriller, second of a two-part series following Archetype (Feb. 2014), about a woman who wakes in a hospital with no memories, and whose dreams contradict what she is told about her new life.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it a “disappointing follow-up” to the first book.
• Adrienne Martini said of the first book, in Locus Magazine, “What Archetype most resembles is Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale. Similar themes are at play, even if the DNA of Waters’s story resembles romance more than science fiction.”

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