* Afsharirad, David : The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera
(Baen 978-1-4767-8058-0, $16, 384pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-393-5

Anthology of 15 stories first published in 2014, the first volume of an annual series.
• Authors include Linda Nagata, Charlie Jane Anders, Brad R. Torgersen, and Derek Künsken. There’s an introduction by David Drake.
• Baen’s site has the story copyrights, a description page, and links to several stories.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Every story takes the reader on a fascinating, thought-provoking, enjoyable journey into the militarized future.”

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* Anderson, Kevin J. : Blood of the Cosmos
(Tor 978-0-7653-3300-1, $27.99, 607pp, hardcover, June 2015, jacket art Stephen Youll)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429966481
• Saga of Shadows #2

SF novel, second in a series following the Hugo-nominated The Dark Between the Stars (2014).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Birmingham, John : Resistance: Dave vs. the Monsters
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0345539892, $9.99, 400pp, 9.99, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345539908
• David Hooper #2

Urban fantasy novel, second of a trilogy following Emergence: Dave vs. the Monsters (Apr 2015), about an oil-rig worker battling monsters.
• The Penguin Random House site has this description with a preview function.

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* Corey, James S. A. : Nemesis Games
(Orbit 978-0-316-21758-3, $27, 544pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316217590
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478903956
• UK edition: 978-0356504223 (Thu 4 Jun 2015)
• The Expanse #5

Space opera novel, fifth book of “The Expanse” following Leviathan’s Deep (2011), Caliban’s War (2012), Abaddon’s Gate (2013), and Cibola Burn (2014).
• James S.A. Corey is a pseudonym for authors Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an OpenBook excerpt.
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+ de Castell, Sebastien : Knight’s Shadow
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher US 978-1623653989, $26.99, 400pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• The Greatcoats #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Traitor’s Blade (2014), about a troupe of travelling Magisters reviled for having failed to prevent the overthrow of their king.
• Quercus’ site has this description of the UK edition, published in March.

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* Douglas, Ian : Deep Time
(Harper Voyager 978-0062184054, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062184016
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062404688
• Star Carrier #6

Military SF novel, sixth in the “Star Carrier” series following Earth Strike (2010), Center of Gravity (2011), Singularity (2012), Deep Space (2013), and Dark Matter (2014), about an intergalactic battle between humanity and an evil empire.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.

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* Fortune, Margaret : Nova
(DAW 978-0-7564-1081-0, $24.95, 320pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698197688
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780147525413

Young adult SF novel, the author’s first novel, about a young woman who realizes she is a genetically engineered time bomb.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Johansen’s existential angst over her humanity is mildly compelling, and the novel’s resolution is neat and satisfying, but the book resembles nothing so much as a toned-down version of Total Recall.”

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* Green, Simon R. : From a Drood to a Kill
(Roc 978-0451414335, $26.95, 400pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698184084
• Secret Histories #9

Fantasy novel, ninth in the series about Shaman Bond, aka Eddie Drood, who protects humanity from the forces of darkness, following The Man with the Golden Torc (2007), Daemons Are Forever (2008), The Spy Who Haunted Me (2009), From Hell with Love (2010), For Heaven’s Eyes Only (2011), Live and Let Drood (2012), Casino Infernale (2013), and Property of a Lady Faire (2014).
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Griffith, Clay, & Susan Griffith : The Shadow Revolution
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0345539502, $7.99, 320pp, mass market paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345539519
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781101890141
• Crown & Key #1

Urban fantasy novel, first of a trilogy, about werewolves in Victorian-era London.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description.
• Subsequent volumes will be published at monthly intervals.

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* Harbour, Katherine : Briar Queen
(Harper Voyager 978-0062286765, $12.99, 368pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062286772
• Night and Nothing #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Thorn Jack (2014), about a supernatural New York town.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Harbour makes love, suffering, and sacrifice the most poignant parts of her worlds, and readers with even the barest knowledge of fairy lore and legends will be pulled deep into this tale of sharp magic and its ruthless children.”

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* Hurst, Melissa : The Edge of Forever
(Skyhorse/Sky Pony Press 978-1632204240, $14.99, 272pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015

Young adult novel about a time traveler from 2146 investigating a mystery surrounding a girl in 2013.
• The publisher’s site has this description.

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* Jensen, Danielle L. : Hidden Huntress
(Angry Robot 978-0857664723, $9.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 25 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664730
• UK edition: 9780857664655 (Thu 4 Jun 2015)
• Maladiction Trilogy #2

Young adult fantasy novel, second book in a trilogy following Stolen Songbird (2014), about a young woman kidnapped to the underground city of the trolls.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.

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* King, Stephen : Finders Keepers
(Simon & Schuster/Scribner 978-1-5011-0007-9, $30, 448pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• UK edition: Hodder & Stoughton 978-1473698994 (Tue 2 Jun 2015)


Crime thriller (with no fantastic content) about a vengeful reader who has murdered his favorite author. The characters include those in last year’s novel Mr. Mercedes.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, concerning detective Bill Hodges, “His relentless pursuit of a treasure that his twisted thinking has determined is rightfully his generates the nail-biting suspense that’s the hallmark of King’s best work. A sharp closing twist suggests Hodges will be back.”
• Stefan Dziemianowicz reviewed it in the May issue of Locus Magazine: “Finders Keepers is an unsettling novel that holds up to fandom a mirror that most people who think of themselves as fans would prefer not to look into.”

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* Lackey, Mercedes : From a High Tower
(DAW 978-0756408985, $25.95, 336pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698139794
• Elemental Masters #10

Fantasy novel retelling of the story of Rapunzel.
• It’s the ninth book in the Elemental Masters series, following Fire Rose, Gates of Sleep, Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, The Wizard of London, Reserved for the Cat, Unnatural Issue (2011), Elemental Magic (2012), Steadfast (2013), and Blood Red (2014).
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Lawrence, Mark : The Liar’s Key
(Ace 978-0-425-26880-3, $26.95, 479pp, hardcover, June 2015, jacket art Jason Chan)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101630945
• The Red Queen’s War #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Prince of Fools. (2014), about a prince of the Broken Empire.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The brisk adventure and black magic will leave readers eager for the next chapter in the series.”

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* Lee, Sharon, & Steve Miller : Dragon in Exile
(Baen 978-1-4767-8071-9, $26, 384pp, hardcover, June 2015, cover art David Mattingly)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-392-8
• Liaden #18

SF novel in the authors’ long-running Liaden Universe series, following Trade Secret (2013)
• Baen’s site has a description with links to several chapters.

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* Manney, PJ : (R)Evolution
(Amazon/47North 978-1-4778-2849-6, $14.95, 544pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 1 Jun 2015

SF novel about a scientist whose nanotechology research is stolen and used to kill 70,000 people in Las Vegas.
• Amazon’s page has a description and a “Look Inside” preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Manney introduces so many interesting ideas that at times the book feels overcrowded and bogged down, despite its considerable length. Fans of gosh-wow SF will devour this novel all the way to the startling ending.”

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+ McAuley, Paul : Evening’s Empires
(Gollancz 978-0-575-10081-7, $16.95, 376pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 1 Jun 2015
• Quiet War #4

First US edition (UK: Gollancz, July 2013)

SF novel, fourth in a series following The Quiet War (2008), Gardens of the Sun (2009), and In the Mouth of the Whale (2012), set 1500 years after the Quiet War, about a 19-year-old pilot seeking revenge against those who murdered his family.
• This is the Gollancz paperback edition, distributed in the US. Gollancz’ site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it “a typically imaginative and complex vision of the far future.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed it in the June 2013 issue of Locus Magazine: “McAuley is having a good deal of fun laying out what amounts to a tribute to classic space opera, and Evening’s Empires, while not lacking in the snazzy mise-en-scene spectacle or the philosophical debates of the earlier novels, is the most purely enjoyable straight adventure tale in the Quiet War series so far.”

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* Shepherd, Mike : Vicky Peterwald: Survivor
(Ace 978-0425266588, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 May 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101617328
• Vicky Peterwald #2

Military SF novel, second in a spinoff series to Shepherd’s long-running Kris Longknife series, following Vicky Peterwald: Target (2014).
• Mike Shepherd is a pseudonym for Mike Moscoe.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
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* Sprunk, Jon : Storm and Steel
(Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-63388-010-8, $18, 479pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781633880115
• The Book of the Black Earth #2

Sword and sorcery fantasy novel, second in a series following Blood and Iron (2014).
• Pyr’s site has this description. (Also on distributor Penguin Random House’s site.)

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* Stirling, S. M. : The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth
(Roc 978-0451467560, $27.95, 640pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698141698

Anthology of 16 original stories set in the editor’s “Change” (aka “Emberverse”) series of novels, in which humanity rebuilds following an apocalypse in which all technology has disappeared.
• Authors include Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and John Birmingham.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Tremblay, Paul : A Head Full of Ghosts
(William Morrow 978-0-06-236323-7, $25.99, 304pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062363251
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062411525

Horror novel in which a 14-year-old girl’s descent into madness results in a hit reality TV show.
• HarperCollins’ description compares it to Mark Z. Danielewski, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and Shirley Jackson.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Tremblay paints a believable portrait of a family in extremis emotionally as it attempts to cope with the unthinkable, but at the same time he slyly suggests that in a culture where the wall between reality and acting has eroded, even the make believe might seem credible. Whether psychological or supernatural, this is a work of deviously subtle horror.”

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* Wells, Martha : Stories of the Raksura, Volume Two: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-537-7, $15.99, 226pp, trade paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015

Collection of two original novellas set in the world of the author’s Raksura books (The Cloud Roads, The Serpent Sea, and The Siren Depths), the second such volume following Stories of the Raksura, Volume One: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud (2014).
• Night Shade’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “With a strong sense of adventure, horror, and mystery, this is an enjoyable read for fantasy fans seeking a new series to sample.”

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* Zaleski, Philip, & Carol Zaleski : The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 978-0-374-15409-7, $35, 656pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780374713799

Nonfiction study of the “Inklings”, the authors described in the title.
• Parent publisher Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt and links to reading guides.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “The Zaleskis trace the history of this informal club of Oxford-educated, Christian intellectuals, which first coalesced in the early 1930s, by focusing on four of the most prominent Inklings: Tolkien, Lewis, mystic Charles Williams, and philosopher Owen Barfield. As scholarship, the book is immensely successful, describing its protagonists’ strengths and shortcomings with insight and facility.”

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