* Cole, Myke : Gemini Cell
(Ace 978-0425269640, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, February 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101636756
• Shadow Ops #4

Military SF novel, fourth in a series following Control Point (2012), Fortress Frontier (2013), and Breach Zone (2014), in which the US Army tries to control the many people who have developed magical talents.
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* Dietz, William C. : Deadeye
(Ace 978-0425273333, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, February 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698150102
• The Mutant Files #1

SF novel, first book in a new series, about an LA detective in the years following an act of bioengineered terrorism in 2038 that left part of the population with horrible mutations.
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* Mosley, Walter : Inside a Silver Box
(Tor 978-0-7653-7521-6, $25.99, 300pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466858442

SF novel about a torture device that has captured its alien builders, and two people in New York City who must save humanity from destruction by the alien Laz as they try to regain control of the box.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Mosley really pulls out all the stops, managing with improbable success to combine a struggle for the fate of all existence with a story about two New Yorkers from very different backgrounds coming to understand each other and address the mistakes they’ve made in their own lives. Wild concepts and deep thoughts sit comfortably alongside the musings of ordinary people undergoing radical changes in this top-notch tale.”

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* Shannon, Samantha : The Mime Order
(Bloomsbury 978-1-62040-893-3, $25, 528pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Jan 2015
• The Bone Season #2

Fantasy novel, second in a project seven-volume series following The Bone Season (2013), about a dreamwalker in a future London.
• Bloomsbury’s site has this description with a link to a Google preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Shannon’s world-building is original and intriguing, especially the complex, almost mythic voyant underground.”

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* Shearin, Lisa : The Dragon Conspiracy
(Ace 978-0425266922, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, February 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101618431
• SPI Files #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Grendel Affair (2014), about a Seer for the Supernatural Protection & Investigations agency in New York City.
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• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “Shearin’s light, breezy style suits the simple plot; her naïve protagonist serves as both guide and expository catalyst. Although the justification for keeping mythological beings secret is never made clear, plenty of dismembered people and grand schemes will distract the reader from questioning the plot holes.”

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* Sykes, Sam : The City Stained Red
(Orbit 978-0316374873, $16, 640pp, trade paperback, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Jan 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316374866
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478927846
• Bring Down Heaven #1

Fantasy novel, first book in a new series about the characters from the author’s previous Aeons’ Gate series, about adventurer Lenk and his companions battling demons trying to break free from Hell.
• Hachette’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review, comments, “The fantastical, dangerous world and the creatures that populate it are packed with potential, different enough from standard fantasy fare to be exciting.”

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* Van Eekhout, Greg : Pacific Fire
(Tor 978-0-7653-2856-4, $24.99, 336pp, hardcover, January 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Jan 2015
• California Bones #2

Fantasy novel set in an alternate Los Angeles, sequel to California Bones (2014), about an osteomancer, who who consumes bones to gain power.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
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• The Publishers Weekly review is mixed, but notes “the rich and amazing setting.”
• Paul Di Filippo reviewed the book for Locus Online: “Van Eekhout’s scrupulously crafted language continues to flaunt that Zelazny-esque balance of demotic and poetic. He is very kind to his readers by putting lots of background info up front to bring newbies up to speed. But really, this sequel is merely the second half of a single long narrative… “

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