* Adrian, Chris, & Eli Horowitz : The New World
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0374221812, $24, 224pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780374712228

SF novel about a surgeon who discovers her late husband’s head has been turned over to a cryogenics company, and the husband as he is revived in the future.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Graphics, color transitions, fades, and even the way in which the text sweeps compliment and contribute to this engaging digital narrative.”

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* Anderson, Taylor : Destroyermen: Straits of Hell
(Roc 978-0451470614, $26.95, 448pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698162969
• Destroyermen #10

Alternate history SF novel, tenth in the “Destroyermen” series following Into the Storm, Crusade, Maelstrom, Distant Thunders, Rising Tides, Firestorm, Iron Gray Sea (2012), Storm Surge (2013), and Deadly Shores (2014), about a World War II US battleship transported back in time to an era when two intelligent dinosaur species are fighting a war.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Atkinson, Kate : A God in Ruins
(Little, Brown 978-0-316-17653-8, $28, 480pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015

Associational novel, a companion piece to the author’s Life After Life (2013), about Ursula Todd’s younger brother and his life following World War II.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• The book is currently subject of NPR’s Morning Edition book club.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “As in Life After Life, Atkinson isn’t just telling a story: she’s deconstructing, taking apart the notion of how we believe stories are told. Using narrative tricks that range from the subtlest sleight of hand to direct address, she makes us feel the power of storytelling not as an intellectual conceit, but as a punch in the gut.”

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* Cambias, James L. : Corsair
(Tor 978-0-7653-7910-8, $25.99, 336pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466866126

SF novel, the author’s second novel, about two former MIT students who are on opposite sides of schemes to return shipments from space mining back to Earth.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Liz Bourke reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine, objecting to a casual slur: “But if unexpectedly encountering this kind of sentiment won’t ruin a book for you, then you might find Corsair to be an entertaining near-future thriller. Its subgenre is one that should be appealingly familiar to readers of Walter John Williams’ Deep State or Tobias Buckell’s Hurricane Fever…”

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* Campbell, Jack : The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Leviathan
(Ace 978-0-425-26054-8, $26.95, 336pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698185487
• The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #5

Military SF novel, fifth in the series following Dreadnaught (2011), Invicible (2012), Guardian (2013), Steadfast (2014), and six earlier books in the “Lost Fleet” series.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Military intelligence may be an oxymoron to some, but this novel demonstrates that intelligent military SF is entirely possible.”

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* Connolly, Tina : Seriously Wicked
(Tor Teen 978-0765375162, $17.99, 208pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466880740

Young adult fantasy novel about the adopted daughter of a witch.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Conroy, Robert : 1882: Custer in Chains
(Baen 978-1-4767-8051-1, $25, 368pp, hardcover, May 2015, cover art Kurt Miller)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-374-4

Alternate history novel in which General Custer survives the battle at Little Big Horn and becomes president.
• Baen’s site has the Introduction with links to the description and several sample chapters.

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* Duncan, Rod : Unseemly Science
(Angry Robot US 9780857664273, $7.99, mass market paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664280
• UK edition: 9780857664266 (Thu 7 May 2015)
• Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire #2

Alternate history fantasy novel, second of a duology following The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter (2014), set in a divided United Kingdom.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.
• The first book was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award.

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* Guran, Paula, ed. : Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories by Women
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-818-7, $15.99, 480pp, trade paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015

Anthology of 25 vampire stories by contemporary female authors.
• Authors include Tanith Lee, Carrie Vaughn, Suzy McKee Charnas, Laurell K. Hamilton, Lucy Snyder, and Kelley Armstrong.
• Night Shade’s site has this description with the table of contents.

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* Harris, Charlaine : Day Shift
(Ace 978-0-425-26319-8, $27.95, 320pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Midnight, Texas #2

Fantasy novel, second of a trilogy following Midnight Crossroad (2014), about the residents of a small Texas town, who have various paranormal powers.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Harris continues to open up her setting, layering in more secrets as well as revealing some answers, and, in a nod to her fans, dropping the S-bomb (‘Sookie Stackhouse’) to link this series with her famous Southern Vampire Mysteries series.”

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* Hendee, Barb : Witches with the Enemy
(Roc 978-0451471338, $7.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698168589
• Mist-Torn Witches #3

Fantasy novel, third in series following The Mist-Torn Witches (2013) and Witches in Red (2014), about two orphaned sisters posing as witches in the nation of Droevinka.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Koch, Gini : Alien Separation
(Daw 978-0756409319, $7.99, 544pp, mass market paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698197084
• Alien #11

SF novel, eleventh a series following Touched by an Alien (April 2010), Alien Tango (Dec 2010), Alien in the Family (April 2011), Alien Proliferation (2011), Alien Diplomacy (Apr 2012), Alien vs. Alien (Nov. 2012), Alien in the House (May 2013), Alien Research (Dec. 2013), Alien Collective (May 2014), and Universal Alien (Dec. 2014), about alien invaders from Alpha Centauri turning humans into monsters.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Kornher-Stace, Nicole : Archivist Wasp
(Small Beer Press/Big Mouth House 978-1618730978, $14, 256pp, trade paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781618730985

Children’s fantasy novel about an ‘Archivist’ whose job is to hunt ghosts and fight to remain in her position.
• Small Beer’s site has this description with links to an interview with the author and an excerpt on Tor.com.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Kornher-Stace writes a mean action sequence, but going beyond the moment to connect and contextualize plot points is a spottier proposition.”

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* Maas, Sarah J. : A Court of Thorns and Roses
(Bloomsbury 978-1619634442, $18.99, 432pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• UK edition: 978-1408857861 (Tue 5 May 2015)
• Court of Thorns and Roses #1

Young adult fantasy novel, first book in a series, about a 19-year-old huntress, Feyre, who is abducted to the world of immortal faeries.
• Bloomsbury’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The gruesome politics and magical might of the Fae may seem to leave Feyre hopelessly outmatched, but her grit and boundless loyalty demand that her foes—and readers—sit up and pay attention.”

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* Martinez, Michael J. : The Venusian Gambit
(Skyhorse/Night Shade 978-1-59780-819-4, $15.99, 320pp, trade paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Daedalus #3

SF/fantasy novel, third in a series following The Daedalus Incident (2013) and The Enceladus Crisis (2014), about a 22nd century manned mission across a solar system where a transdimensional rift links to 19th-century Earth.
• Night Shade’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “…Martinez somehow makes it all work. He skillfully handles the intricacies of characterization and the many moving parts, building to the trilogy’s utterly satisfying and quite epic finale.”

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* Murray, Susan : The Waterborne Blade
(Angry Robot 978-0857664365, $7.99, 512pp, mass market paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664372
• UK edition: 9780857664358 (Thu 7 May 2015)

Fantasy novel, first book in a series, about a queen who flees her citadel to escape an invading traitor.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.
• The second book, Waterborne Exile, is due in August.

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* Nelson, Michael Alan : Hexed
(Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-63388-056-6, $14.99, 281pp, trade paperback, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015

Fantasy novel based on the Hexed comic, about a magical teenaged girl who investigates the kidnapping of a policeman’s daughter.
• Pyr’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

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* Oates, Joyce Carol : Jack of Spades
(The Mysterious Press 978-0-8021-2394-7, $24, 208pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015

Horror novel, subtitled “A Tale of Suspense”, about a respected literary author who secretly writes lurid thrillers under a pseudonym.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Readers are sure to be gripped and unsettled by her depiction of a seemingly mild-mannered character whose psychopathology simmers frighteningly close to the surface.”
• Stefan Dziemianowicz reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine, expanding on Oates’ homages to Edgar Allan Poe; “Oates has found a marvelous modern parallel to Poe’s tales of neurotic narrators struggling to project the appearance of sanity even as they are being overwhelmed by the emotions undoing them. Her novel is a thrilling excursion into the literary macabre that persuades us to buy into the story Andrew J. Rush has crafted about himself, then pulls the rug out from under us – just as Jack of Spades would do.”

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* Okorafor, Nnedi : The Book of Phoenix
(DAW 978-0-7564-1019-3, $24.95, 240pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698175167
• UK edition: Hodder & Stoughton 978-1444762792 (Thu 7 May 2015)


SF novel, prequel to the author’s World Fantasy Award winner Who Fears Death, about a genetically-accelerated woman who realizes her home in New York’s Tower 7 is a prison.
• Penguin’s site has this description,
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Tor.com posted a review by Brit Mandelo today: “The Book of Phoenix isn’t just well written, and it isn’t just smart as hell; it’s also a damn good story, and it kept me reading almost nonstop all the way through. I was desperate for Phoenix to reveal the nature of the catastrophe that changed the world….”

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* Scull, Luke : Sword of the North
(Roc 978-0425264867, $26.95, 448pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101609378
• Grim Company #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Grim Company (2013), set in a land where the gods have been killed by magelords and their magical troops.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “…this novel will please fantasy fans who like their protagonists to sweat, swear, bleed, and obsess about bodily functions. Scull both revels in and gently tweaks genre conventions while delivering a visceral, sometimes off-putting story.”

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* Spoor, Ryk E. : Phoenix in Shadow
(Baen 978-1-4767-8037-5, $15, 432pp, trade paperback, May 2015, cover art Todd Lockwood)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-376-8
• Balanced Sword #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Phoenix Rising (2012), about a highborn woman who battles evil in her land.
• Baen’s site has this map with links to the description and to several chapters.

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* West, Michelle : Oracle
(DAW 978-0756410094, $25.95, 688pp, hardcover, May 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698161771
• House War #6

Fantasy novel, sixth in “The House War” series following The Hidden City (2008), City of Night (2009), House Name (2011), Skirmish (2012), and Battle (2013) about a city besieged by worshippers of the Lord of the Hells.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Williamson, Michael Z. : A Long Time Until Now
(Baen 978-1-4767-8033-7, $25, 672pp, hardcover, May 2015, cover art Bob Eggleton)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-61824-973-9
• Temporal Displacement #1

SF novel, first book in a new series, about a military unit transported back into Paleolithic times.
• Baen’s site has this Dedication page with links to the description and to several chapters.

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