New Books, 25 August 2015
* Ballantyne, Tony : Dream Paris
(Rebellion/Solaris 978-1781083598, $7.99, 448pp, mass market paperback, August 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Aug 2015
• UK edition: 9781781083604 (Thu 10 Sep 2015)
• Dream World #2
Urban fantasy novel, follow up to Dream London (2013), concerning the missing people of London.
• Solaris’ site has this description.
• The author’s site has an extract.
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* Bray, Libba : Lair of Dreams
(UK: Little, Brown 978-0-316-12604-5, $19, 624pp, hardcover, August 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Aug 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316364881
• UK edition: 978-1907410420 (Tue 25 Aug 2015)
• The Diviners #2
Young adult fantasy novel, second of a trilogy following The Diviners (2012), about a young woman exiled from her hometime in Ohio to live with her uncle in 1920s New York.
• Hachette’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Bray illuminates the dark side of the American Dream in her long-awaited sequel to The Diviners (2012), weaving xenophobia, industrial progress, Jazz Age debauchery, government secrets, religious fervor, and supernatural horror into a sprawling and always entertaining narrative.”
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* Korman, Keith : End Time
(Tor 978-0-7653-3557-9, $28.99, 528pp, hardcover, August 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Aug 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466823600
Near-future apocalyptic SF novel about three people on a cross-country quest to find a pair of children whose powers will determine humanity’s fate.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “…the complicated puzzle of a plot is pleasantly twisty, and the ending feels satisfyingly correct.”
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* Moore, Christopher : Secondhand Souls
(HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0061779787, $26.99, 352pp, hardcover, August 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Aug 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062355348
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062374110
• A Dirty Job #2
Humorous fantasy novel, sequel to A Dirty Job (2006), in which the souls of the dead in San Francisco are disappearing.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
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* Odom, Mel : Guerilla
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-228444-0, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, August 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Aug 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062284457
• The Makaum War #2
Military SF novel, second in a series following Master Sergeant (January 2015), about a war between humans and insectoid Phrenorians.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book: “The military action is brutal and vivid, the situation is tense and believable, the diverse and gender-balanced cast includes some very alien aliens, and the allegorical story moves at a fast clip.”
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• (Directory Entry)
* Rouaud, Antoine : The Path of Anger
(St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne 978-1-250-05922-2, $26.99, 448pp, hardcover, August 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Aug 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466863798
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427260185
• The Book and the Sword #1
Fantasy novel, first of a series and the author’s first novel, about a retired general and a young historian who become involved in a series of assassinations in the port city of Masalia.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “The atmosphere and setting are that of a postrevolutionary pseudo-France, with a complex sense of worldbuilding and an ambitious plot.”
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* Turtledove, Harry : We Install: and Other Stories
(Open Road 978-1-5040-0942-3, $14.99, 282pp, trade paperback, August 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Aug 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781504009409
Collection of nine stories and three essays, including the Hugo Award-winning novella “Down in the Bottomlands.”
• Open Road Media’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This is an excellent primer for those who haven’t read Turtledove’s other work, and a must-read for his longtime fans.”
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• (Directory Entry)
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