* Jacobs, John Hornor : The Incorruptibles
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575133662, £20, 320pp, hardcover, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 14 Aug 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575123632
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781409156284

Fantasy novel about a group of mercenaries who protect a royal family in a territory where native “stretchers” threaten intruders.
• Orion’s site has this description.
• The author’s site has the same description plus blurbs from Pat Rothfuss, Mark Lawrence, and others.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

• Purchase this book from Amazon
• (Directory Entry)

* James, John : The Fourth Gwenevere
(UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 9781848664128, £20, 288pp, hardcover, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 31 Jul 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781848664142

Posthumous novel by John James, writer of historical novels, especially Votan, just reissued as a Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks volume.
• This book, which is “completed and edited” by John and Caitlín Matthews, is about the woman who is the key to peace in Britain following the death of Arthur.
• Quercus’ site has this description.

• Purchase this book from Amazon
• (Directory Entry)

* Neill, Chloe : Blood Games
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 9780575108240, £8.99, mass market paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 7 Aug 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575108387
• Chicagoland Vampires #10

Paranormal romance novel, tenth in the “Chicagoland Vampires” series following Wild Things (2014), about a grad student initiated into a society of vampires.
• Orion’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The US edition appeared August 5th.

• Purchase this book from Amazon
• (Directory Entry)

* Pollock, Tom : Our Lady of the Streets
(UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1780870144, $14.99, 445pp, hardcover, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 7 Aug 2014
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781780870168
• The Skyscraper Throne #3

Urban fantasy novel, third in a series after The City’s Son (2012) and The Glass Republic (2013), in which London is a battleground between opposing gods.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• Publishers Weekly gave the first book a starred review: “Gorgeously written and brimming with bizarre urban creatures, this darkly imagined and sometimes painful tale should delight fans of Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, and Holly Black.”

• Purchase this book from Amazon
• (Directory Entry)

* Thompson, Arianne ‘Tex’ : One Night in Sixes
(UK: Rebellion/Solaris 978-1781082379, £7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, July 2014, cover art Thomasz Jedruszek)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 31 Jul 2014
• Children of the Drought #1

Dark fantasy western, first of a series and the author’s first novel, about a border town near an area populated by shapeshifters and animal gods.
• Solaris’ site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The US edition appeared July 29th.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The racially divided societies of this weird western are uncomfortable but not implausible, and while Sil is a pompous, dangerous nitwit without much to redeem him, hapless Elim is more endearing. Thompson’s debut is clearly written and engaging even if the details of her setting remain murky.”

• Purchase this book from Amazon
• (Directory Entry)