Brust, Steven, & Skyler White : The Incrementalists
(Tor 978-0765334237, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Aug 2014

(First edition: Tor, September 2013)

Urban fantasy novel about a secret society whose members have worked for 40,000 years to make the world better.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt, video trailer, and blurbs from John Scalzi, Neil Gaiman, and others.
• Tom Whitmore reviewed last year in Locus Magazine: “This is a book that I devoured in two sittings. I cared about the characters, I cared about the world, and I cared about who would survive.”

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Donaldson, Stephen R. : The Last Dark
(Ace 978-0425270059, $17, 592pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Sep 2014
• Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant #4

(First edition: Putnam, October 2013)

Fantasy novel, fourth book in the “Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant” following The Runes of Earth (2004), Fatal Revenant (2007), and Against All Things Ending (2010), and the final book in the entire Thomas Covenant series.
• Penguin’s site has a brief summary.

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Farmer, Nancy : The Lord of Opium
(Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 978-1442482555, $11.99, 448pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 9 Sep 2014
• House of the Scorpion #2

(First edition: Simon & Schuster, September 2013)

Young adult SF novel, sequel to The House of the Scorpion (2002), which won a National Book Award.
• This book is about 14-year-old Matt, the clone of a dead drug lord, who was created to provide spare parts.
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Gemmell, Stella : The City
(Ace 978-0425264195, $16, 528pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Sep 2014

(First edition: UK: Transworld/Bantam UK, April 2013)

Fantasy novel, the author’s first solo novel after completing David Gemmell’s last novel Troy: Fall of Kings, about a vast ancient city occupied by an emperor who’s lived an unnaturally long life.
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Hair, David : Mage’s Blood
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher Us 978-1623658168, $9.99, 704pp, mass market paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Sep 2014
• Moontide Quartet #1

(First edition: Quercus/Jo Fletcher, September 2013)

Fantasy novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about a 300-mile-long bridge that appears every 13 years to connect two otherwise isolated continents.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The second volume, The Scarlet Tides, was published last year in the UK and will be published in the US next month.

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Lake, Jay : Kalimpura
(Tor 978-0765327161, $15.99, 304pp, trade paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Sep 2014
• Green #3

(First edition: Tor, January 2013)

Fantasy novel, sequel to Green (2009) and Endurance (2011), about an assassin and ex-courtesan in a world where the Gods meddle in human affairs.
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Mooney, J. E., & Bill Fawcett, eds. : Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe
(Tor 978-0765334596, $15.99, 336pp, trade paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Aug 2014

(First edition: Tor, August 2013)

Anthology of 19 original stories written in tribute to the works of Gene Wolfe.
• Authors include Neil Gaiman, David Brin, Nancy Kress, Joe Haldeman, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick. There are also two stories by Gene Wolfe.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with excerpts.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed it last year in Locus Magazine, admiring the two new works by Wolfe, and concluding, “Shadows of the New Sun probably couldn’t begin to represent the scope of Wolfe’s real impact, but what it does represent, despite its unevenness, is the affection and awe he seems to generate.”

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Palwick, Susan : Mending the Moon
(Tor 978-0765375872, $16.99, 336pp, trade paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Aug 2014

(First edition: Tor, May 2013)

Contemporary novel with associational fantastic elements — the author’s fourth novel, after Flying in Place (1993), The Necessary Beggar (2005), and Shelter (2007) — about the aftermath of a Reno woman’s murder in Mexico, and her surviving adopted son’s involvement in comic book fandom.
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Shinn, Sharon : Royal Airs
(Ace 978-0425261729, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Aug 2014
• Elemental Blessings #2

(First edition: Ace, November 2013)

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Troubled Waters (2010).
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Stirling, S. M. : The Given Sacrifice
(Penguin/Roc 978-0451417329, $9.99, 496pp, mass market paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Sep 2014
• Change #7

(First edition: Roc, September 2013)

Alternate history SF novel, seventh in the “Change” or “Emberverse” series following The Sunrise Lands (2007), The Scourge of God (2008), The Sword of the Lady (2009), The High King of Montival (2010), The Tears of the Sun (2011), and Lord of Mountains (2012).
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• Stirling’s official website has this description with links to 10 sample chapters.

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Weber, David, & Jane Lindskold : Treecat Wars
(Baen 978-1476736631, $9.99, 400pp, trade paperback, August 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 12 Aug 2014
• Star Kingdom #3

(First edition: Baen, October 2013)

Young adult science fiction novel, third in a series after A Beautiful Friendship (2011) and Fire Season (2012), about a young woman who moves with her parents to a new planet and becomes a forest ranger.
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Wilson, Robert Charles : Burning Paradise
(Tor 978-0765369178, $8.99, 432pp, mass market paperback, September 2014)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Aug 2014

(First edition: Tor, November 2013)

Alternate history SF novel, set in 2015, in which an extraterrestrial entity has been manipulating human affairs.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed it last year in Locus Magazine, concluding that Wilson “delivers a brisk and efficient, if somewhat familiar suspense tale that largely makes up in non-stop action what it lacks in ambition.”

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