New UK Books, June-July
* Carey, Mike, Linda Carey & Louise Carey : The House of War and Witness
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 9780575132726, £16.99, 528pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 19 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575132740
Historical fantasy novel set in 1740, about a company of Austrian soldiers defending the border with Prussia.
• Despite the similarity of title, this does not seem to be a sequel to the Arabian fantasy The City of Silk and Steel (2013) (published as The Steel Seraglio, 2012, in the US)
• Gollancz’s site has this description.
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• The US edition will be published by ChiZine in November.
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* Kristjansson, Snorri : Blood Will Follow
(UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1782063360, £20, 400pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 5 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781782063377
• The Valhalla Saga #2
Viking fantasy novel, second in a series following Swords of Good Men (2013).
• Quercus’ site has this description.
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* Liney, Peter : Into the Fire
(UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 9781782060369, £13.99, 368pp, trade paperback, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781782060383
• The Detainee #2
Dystopian SF novel, second in a series following The Detainee (2013), in which the old, sick, and poor are exiled to a remote island watched over by punishment satellites.
• Quercus’ site has this description.
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* Lovegrove, James : Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War
(UK: Titan 9781781165430, £7.99, 256pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 27 Jun 2014
Alternate history fantasy novel, one of a shared series of novels about Sherlock Holmes (others are by George Mann and Guy Adams). This one is set in 1919 and involves men seeking divine aid to bring about a world war.
• Titan’s site has this description.
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* Pollack, Rachel : The Child Eater
(UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1848663220, £14.99, 368pp, hardcover, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781848663237
Young adult fantasy novel about an Earth child who can perceive the ghosts of dead children.
• Quercus’ site has this description.
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* Singh, Nalini : Shield of Winter
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575111332, $16.99, 448pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 5 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575111646
• Psy-Changeling #13
Parapsychological fantasy novel, 13th in a series by the New Zealand author who has won two Sir Julius Vogel for shorter works in the same series.
• Gollancz’ site has this description.
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* Sylvester, Simon : The Visitors
(UK: Quercus 978-1848663701, $16.99, 368pp, hardcover, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 5 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781848663725
Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a remote Scottish island where few leave and a strange man and daughter arrive to visit.
• Quercus’ site has this description.
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* Tchaikovsky, Adrian : The Seal of the Worm
(UK: Macmillan/Tor Uk 978-0230770010, $14.99, 500pp, trade paperback, July 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Jul 2014
• Shadows of the Apt #10
Fantasy novel, tenth in the “Shadows of the Apt” series after Empire in Black and Gold, Dragonfly Falling, and Blood of the Mantis, Salute the Dark, The Scarab Path (2010), The Sea Watch (2011), Heirs of the Blade (2011), The Air War (2012), and War Master’s Gate (2013), about a peaceful Lowlands threatened by the hungry Wasp Empire.
• Pan Macmillan’s site has this description.
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* Wallace, Jon : Barricade
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575117945, £14.99, 256pp, trade paperback, June 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 19 Jun 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575118270
SF novel, the author’s first novel, about a genetically engineered “Ficial” who has survived the Ficials’ war on humanity and survives in post-apocalyptic Britian as a taxi driver.
• Gollancz’ site has this description.
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• (Directory Entry)
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