* Bacigalupi, Paolo : The Water Knife
(Knopf 978-0-385-35287-1, $25.95, 384pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780385352895
• UK edition: 978-0356501741 (Thu 28 May 2015)

Near-future SF novel in which the American southwest is suffering a severe drought.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “With elements of Philip K. Dick and Charles Bowden, this epic, visionary novel should appeal to a wide audience.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine: “With The Water Knife, Bacigalupi’s most crucial and important novel to date, he offers an updated version of an old SF favorite, the arcology, which has fascinated writers since long before Paolo Soleri coined the term in the 1960s…”

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* Bledsoe, Alex : Long Black Curl
(Tor 978-0-7653-7654-1, $25.99, 384pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466851412
• Tufa #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following The Hum and the Shiver (2011) and Wisp of a Thing (2013, about people descended from Irish fairies who live in Appalachia.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “The core concept is solid and fascinating; the execution strikes just the right tone between fantastic and tragic. Bledsoe plays with lyrics and atmosphere, incorporates folklore and superstition to good effect, and even toys with alternate history for further resonance.”

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* Orullian, Peter : Trial of Intentions
(Tor 978-0765325723, $27.99, 672pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429949613
• Vault of Heaven #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Unremembered (2011), about three orphans who embark on a quest.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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+ Pinborough, Sarah : Beauty
(Titan 978-1783291144, $14.95, 208pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 May 2015
• Fairy Tales #3

First US edition (UK: Gollancz, October 2013)

Retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story, with illustrations by Les Edwards; third in a series of retellings of fairy tales, following Poison and Charm.
• Titan’s site has this page for the book.
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* Priest, Cherie : I Am Princess X
(Scholastic/Levine 978-0545620857, $18.99, 240pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 May 2015

Young adult fantasy novel, with illustrations by Kali Ciesemier, about the heroine of a series of stories told by two best friends.
• Scholastic’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Fresh and contemporary, this hybrid novel/comic packs a lot of plot in a relatively short book, but its strongest suit may be Priest’s keen understanding of the chasmic gap between the way teens and adults engage in the landscape of the Internet.”

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