* Bee, Ishbelle : The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath
(Angry Robot 978-0857664426, $9.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664433
• UK edition: 9780857664419 (Thu 4 Jun 2015)
• Notebooks of John Loveheart #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series, about a nonhuman little girl and her shape-shifting guardian in Victorian England.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The second volumne, The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl is due in August.

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+ Birmingham, John : Ascendance: Dave vs. the Monsters
(Del Rey 978-0-345-53991-5, $9.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345539922
• David Hooper #3

Urban fantasy novel, third of a trilogy following Emergence: Dave vs. the Monsters (Apr 2015), and Resistance: Dave vs. the Monsters (Jun 2015), about an oil-rig worker battling monsters.
• The Penguin Random House site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Birmingham injects a tongue-in-cheek, over-the-top sensibility into this action-packed adventure.” but advises, “New readers will have an easier time starting with book one.”

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* Cunningham, Bailey : Prize of Night
(Ace 978-0425261088, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, July 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698186972
• Parallel Parks #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Pile of Bones (2013) and Path of Smoke (2014), about a park in Regina that turns into a magical native hunting ground after midnight.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.

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* Dunstall, S. K. : Linesman
(Ace 978-0425279526, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, July 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698187665
• Linesman #1

SF novel, first in a series and apparently the author’s first novel, about the discovery of a mysterious alien ship in a galaxy where linesmen enable space travel.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.

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* Griffith, Clay, & Susan Griffith : The Undying Legion
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0345540485, $7.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, July 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345540492
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781101890165
• Crown & Key #2

Urban fantasy novel, second of a trilogy following The Shadow Revolution (June 2, 2015), about werewolves in Victorian-era London.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The third volume is due next month.

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* Guran, Paula, ed. : The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015 Edition
(Prime Books 978-1607014546, $19.95, 576pp, trade paperback, July 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 25 Jun 2015

Anthology of 28 dark fantasy and horror stories first published in 2014.
• Authors include Kelley Armstrong, Laird Barron, Yoon Ha Lee, Usman T. Malik, Brandon Sanderson, and Jeff VanderMeer.
• Prime Books’ site has this description with the table of contents.

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* Haydon, Elizabeth : The Hollow Queen
(Tor 978-0-7653-0567-1, $26.99, 368pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429942973
• Symphony of Ages #8

Fantasy novel, eighth volume in a series following Requiem for the Sun (2002), Elegy for a Lost Star (2004), and The Assassin King (2007), and The Merchant Emperor (2014).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The excellent prose and close attention to the emotional states of beloved characters will please longtime fans, but new readers may wonder what the fuss is about.”

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* Helms, Alyc : The Dragons of Heaven
(Angry Robot 978-0857664334, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664341
• UK edition: 9780857664327 (Thu 4 Jun 2015)
• Dragons of Heaven #1

Fantasy novel, first of a series and the author’s first novel, about a street musician who inherits her father’s pulp hero persona.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.
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* Lindskold, Jane : Artemis Invaded
(Tor 978-0-7653-3711-5, $25.99, 320pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466830509
• Artemis #2

SF novel, second in a series following Artemis Awakening (2014), about a distant pleasure planet rediscovered centuries after the Empire that built it has fallen.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Carolyn Cushman reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine: “The big change-up in enemies make a lot of what went before seem pointless, but it also adds a bit of humor and some major twists that make this adventure highly entertaining.”

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Nagata, Linda : The Red: First Light
(S&S/Saga 978-1481446570, $27.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, July 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481440943
• Red Trilogy #1

Near-future military SF novel , first of a trilogy, about a squad of high-tech soldiers in Africa.
• This isn’t a new book, but a reprint of the self-published 2013 novel that was both a Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial award finalist (see Linda Nagata). Simon & Schuster has the second and third books scheduled for later this year.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Nagata (The Bohr Maker) writes very good action sequences and the book moves well, even when its protagonist is pinned to a bed and relearning how to use his body. … Fans of thoughtful, cynical, and not particularly jingoistic military SF will love this book.”

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* Older, Daniel José : Shadowshaper
(Scholastic/Levine 978-0545591614, $17.99, 304pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015

Fantasy novel about a Brooklyn teenager who discovers her ancestral powers of shadowshaping.
• Scholastic’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Sierra’s masterful adaptability is most apparent in her language, which moves among English and Spanish, salsa and rap, formality and familiarity with an effortlessness that simultaneously demonstrates Older’s mastery of his medium.”

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* Palma, Félix J. : The Map of Chaos
(Atria 978-1-4516-8818-4, $27, 608pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781451688207
• Map of Time #3

Science fiction thriller, third of a trilogy following The Map of Time and The Map of the Sky (2012), depicting three interconnected plots involving H.G. Wells and a challenge to recreate the alien invaders from The War of the Worlds.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a Google preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it “the wondrous final volume in Spanish author Palma’s speculative thriller trilogy” and concludes, “Palma displays a deft hand with this diverse group of characters and genres, blending them effortlessly into a fantastic yarn.”

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* Walton, Jo : The Philosopher Kings
(Tor 978-0-7653-3267-7, $25.99, 348pp, hardcover, June 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466800830
• Just City #2

SF novel, second in a trilogy following The Just City (Jan. 2015), about a city founded on the ideas of Plato’s Republic and populated by children and adult teachers from across history.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the June issue of Locus Magazine, concluding, “As an SF novel, dealing head-on with the sorts of ideas that SF often claims to examine without examining them, it’s just enough of a provocative thought experiment to leave us wondering what on Earth Walton has in mind for the final volume.”

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