+ Barnes, Adrian : Nod
(Titan 978-1783298228, $14.95, 256pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015

First US edition (UK: Bluemoose, 2012)

SF novel in which the world falls apart as the majority of the population is unable to sleep.
• Published in the UK in 2012, the novel was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2013.
• Titan’s site has this description.

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+ Beaulieu, Bradley P. : Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
(DAW 978-0-7564-0972-2, $24.95, 592pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698152359
• The Song of Shattered Sands #1

Fantasy novel, first book in a new series, set in a great desert city rules by twelve immortal kings.
• Penguin’s site has this description with blurbs from Robin Hobb, Glen Cook, and many others.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The novel finally earns its length in a subterranean battle for control of a resurrected blood mage with a private agenda. Overall, this is an impressive performance.”

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* Black, Holly, & Cassandra Clare : The Copper Gauntlet
(Scholastic Press 978-0545522281, $17.99, 272pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Magisterium #2

Middle-grade fantasy novel, second in a series following The Iron Trial (2014), about a teenaged boy on summer break from the magical world of the Magisterium.
• Scholastic’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gave the first book a starred review: “The strange, subterranean Magisterium is vividly rendered, and a string of ominous revelations will leave readers eager for future installments.”

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* Cho, Zen : Sorcerer to the Crown
(Ace 978-0-425-28337-0, $26.95, 384pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698409439
• Sorcerer Royal #1

Fantasy novel, first book in a series and the author’s first novel, about the Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, an organization that has let England’s magical proficiency to slowly dry up.
• Penguin’s site has this description with blurbs from Naomi Novik, Kate Elliott, and others.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Cho’s delightful debut novel skillfully blends fantasy and intrigue with issues of race and gender politics.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the September issue of Locus Magazine: “Despite its shrewd handling of heavy topics of race and gender, Sorcerer to the Crown – apparently the first in a trilogy – never quite explores the darker side of magic that lends power in, say, the works of Susanna Clarke or Tim Powers, and the tone is sharply witty throughout – closer, perhaps, to Pratchett or Wodehouse than to Jane Austen.”

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* Conroy, Robert : Germanica
(Baen 978-1-4767-8056-6, $25, 352pp, hardcover, September 2015, cover art Kurt Miller)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-437-6
• More… #1

Alternate history novel, first book in a new series, set in the final days of the Third Reich.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several sample chapters.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “…In spite of these drawbacks, the story is buoyed by Conroy’s effective snapshot of the era.”

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* Davis, Hank : Future Wars… and Other Punchlines
(Baen 978-1-4767-8080-1, $14, 352pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-439-0

Anthology of 16 mostly reprint stories of humorous military SF.
• Authors include Frederik Pohl, William Tenn, Murray Leinster, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Sheckley, and Sarah A. Hoyt.
• Baen’s site has this description and table of contents, with links to several samples.

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* De Abaitua, Matthew: If Then
(Angry Robot 978-0857664662, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664679
• UK edition: 9780857664716 (Thu 3 Sep 2015)

Near future SF novel about an English village protected by the computer algorithms of the Process against the wilderness outside.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with blurbs by Simon Ings and Will Self.
• The author’s first novel, The Red Men, was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2008.

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* Due, Tananarive : Ghost Summer: Stories
(Prime Books 978-1-60701-453-9, $15.95, 336pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015

Collection of 17 stories, first published since 2000, with one story original to this book.
• Prime’s site has this description with the table of contents.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Even facing the end of the world and what comes after it, Due remains in control, carefully unveiling characters’ thoughts and feelings to her enthralled readers. Nalo Hopkinson provides an introduction; Barnes contributes an afterword.”
• Laird Barron reviews the book in the September issue of Locus Magazine: “Tananarive Due exercises the ability to shake readers to the core with visceral imagery and by asking penetrating questions, for which horror literature is so perfect a medium. … Ultimately, the success of Due’s stories cannot be attributed solely to the power of her voice or her literary skill, but to the fact that whatever genre category they happen to inhabit, they are humane.”

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* Gorodischer, Angélica, translated by Sue Burke : Prodigies
(Small Beer Press 978-1618730992, $14, 192pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015

Historical fantasy novel about women whose lives pass through a nineteenth century German boarding house.
• The book was first published in 1994, in Barcelona; this is the third of the author’s books to appear in English.
• Small Beer’s site has this description with excerpts from reviews.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it “a fable-like story” and concludes, “…though the book requires patience and tolerance for oddity and open ends, as a picture of the strangeness of life at its most ordinary, it’s a compelling curiosity.”

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* Harrison, Kim : The Drafter
(Gallery 978-1-5011-0869-3, $26.99, 432pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781501108839
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781442387119
• Peri Reed Chronicles #1

Urban fantasy novel, first book in a new series, about a woman who can adjust and rewrite time.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it “entertaining but preposterous”.
• Carolyn Cushman reviewed it in the August issue of Locus Magazine: “At least the puzzle of piecemeal memories is intriguing, and all the action keeps things interesting, when it’s not too hard to follow with all the drafts and flashbacks.”

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* Holland, Cecelia : Dragon Heart
(Tor 978-0-7653-3794-8, $25.99, 288pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466836495

Fantasy novel about an ancient royal family threatened by a growing Empire in the east and a powerful dragon in the sea.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Holland’s inspired combination of familial domesticity and political plotting changes moods neatly and repeatedly, managing to be cozy, horrific, and mythic by turns. The resolution feels somewhat abbreviated, but this is a minor flaw in an otherwise impressively accomplished novel.”

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* Lain, Douglas : In the Shadow of the Towers: Speculative Fiction in the Post 9/11 World
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-839-2, $15.99, 352pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-59780-850-7

Anthology of 18 stories and excerpts dealing with the destruction of 9/11.
• Authors include Bruce Sterling, Jeff VanderMeer, Brian Aldiss, Cory Doctorow, Tim Pratt, and Richard Bowes.
• Night Shade’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “A few selections involve the attack only tangentially, somewhat undermining the theme, but this is still a powerful and interesting anthology of immediate reactions, later analyses, and lingering memories.”

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* Le Guin, Ursula K. : Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 978-0-544-61161-0, $14.95, 160pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780544612341

Revised and updated guide to writing, based on the author’s workshop.
• Houghton Mifflin’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This is not a book for beginners, warns Le Guin, but it would be churlish to deny the benefits of this thoughtful, concise volume to anyone serious about becoming a writer.”
• NPR did this interview with Le Guin about the book and other issues.

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* McGuire, Seanan : A Red Rose Chain
(DAW 978-0756408091, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101601785
• October Daye #9

Urban fantasy novel, ninth in a series about October (Toby) Daye, a half-human, half-faerie private investigator in San Francisco, following the author’s debut novel Rosemary and Rue (2009), A Local Habitation (2010), An Artificial Night (2010), Late Eclipses (March 2011), One Salt Sea (2011), Ashes of Honor (2012), Chimes of Midnight (2013), and The Winter Long (2014).
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Monk, Devon : Crucible Zero
(Roc 978-0-451-46738-6, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698140240
• House Immortal #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following House Immortal (2014) and Infinity Bell (March 2015), set in a world where eleven ruling Houses fight for control of immortal creations called the galvanized.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Fraught with chilling action and heartbreaking choices, the story has both a ring of finality and a vague sense of something missing, and the mostly satisfying climax still lacks an element that would elevate an already excellent story to greatness.”

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* Pratchett, Terry : The Shepherd’s Crown
(HarperCollins 978-0-06-242997-1, $18.99, 288pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062429995
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062430557
• UK edition: Doubleday 978-0857534811 (Thu 27 Aug 2015)
• Discworld/Tiffany Aching #5


Yound adult fantasy novel, fifth in the series about Tiffany Aching and set in the Discworld universe, following The Wee Free Men (2003), A Hat Full of Sky (2004), Wintersmith (2006), and I Shall Wear Midnight (2010), and Pratchett’s final novel.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Pratchett’s final work is a tour de force of compassion, great wit, and gleeful storytelling.”

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* Priest, Cherie : Chapelwood
(Roc 978-0-451-46698-3, $16, 448pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698138414
• The Borden Dispatches #2

Fantasy novel, second of a series following Maplecroft (2014), about Lizzie Borden and her sister, plagued by the evil that possessed their parents.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Multiple narrators slow the already sedate pace, but that contributes to the story’s atmosphere of inexorable menace, as does the grim history Priest draws on.”

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* Rakunas, Adam : Windswept
(Angry Robot 978-0857664785, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664792
• UK edition: 9780857664778 (Thu 3 Sep 2015)
• Windswept #1

SF novel, first of a series and the author’s first novel, about a labor organizer faced with a plant disease that threatens the sugar industry, and the rum supply, on her planet.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with blurbs from Robert Levy and Mark Teppo.

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* Remic, Andy : The Dragon Engine
(Angry Robot Us 978-0857664549, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664556
• UK edition: 9780857664532 (Thu 3 Sep 2015)
• The Blood Dragon Empire #1

Fantasy novel, first book in a new series, about five war heroes who sign a contract to search for treasure and powerful jewels.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.

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* Rhoads, Loren : Kill by Numbers
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-831-6, $15.99, 288pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-59780-848-4
• In the Wake of the Templars #2

SF novel, second of a trilogy following The Dangerous Type (July 2015), about an assassin who escapes captivity and pursues revenge.
• Night Shade’s site has this description.

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* Stirling, S. M. : The Desert and the Blade
(Roc 978-0451417350, $27.95, 624pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101603383
• Change #9

Alternate history SF novel, ninth in the “Change” or “Emberverse” series following The Sunrise Lands (2007), The Scourge of God (2008), The Sword of the Lady (2009), The High King of Montival (2010), The Tears of the Sun (2011), Lord of Mountains (2012), The Given Sacrifice (2013), and The Golden Princess (2014).
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Stirling’s official website has this description with links to 10 sample chapters.

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* Walton, David : Supersymmetry
(Pyr 978-1-63388-098-6, $17, 290pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Superposition #2

SF novel, sequel or companion to Superposition (April 2015), about a creature that exploits the effects of quantum mechanics.
• Pyr’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Walton infuses humor (the end of the world “will make the lines shorter on Black Friday”) into his otherwise bleak look at the inevitability of humankind’s self-destruction.”

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* Wilde, Fran : Updraft
(Tor 978-0-7653-7783-8, $25.99, 368pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466858206

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a flying trader who breaks Tower Law and is forced to join the city’s secretive Singers.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “This well-written and fascinating exploration of a strange land is an extremely promising start for an exciting new writer.”

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* Wilson, Kai Ashante : The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
(Tor.com 978-0-7653-8524-6, $12.99, 224pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466891913
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427274779

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about two men who are descendants of gods who abandoned Earth for Heaven.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with blurbs from Ken Liu and others.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “In Wilson’s lush debut, which launches the novella-focused Tor.com imprint, genre strictures are altogether overturned; magic and science and religion are one and the same, and the setting might be our world in the far future or another place altogether.”

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