New Books: 27 October 2015
* Bickle, Laura : Mercury Retrograde
(Harper Voyager Impulse 978-0-06-243761-7, $2.99, 384pp, ebk, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Dark Alchemy #2
Fantasy novel, second in a series following Dark Alchemy (March 2015), about a geologist investigating mysteries in a dying western town.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Bickle has a knack for creating atmosphere, and she fills the fast-paced narrative with vivid scenes of wonder and a poignant story of death and rebirth.”
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* Bowen, Lila : Wake of Vultures
(Orbit 978-0316264310, $25, 352pp, hardcover, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316264303
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478906209
Dark fantasy novel about a half-breed girl who discovers her ability to see the evil that other people are hiding.
• Hachette’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Lila Bowen is a pseudonym for Delilah S. Dawson.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Themes of self-worth, gender, and the complexity of identity are treated with frank realism and sensitivity, and the narrative is a love letter to the paranormal western genre. Fantastical history fans will be delighted.”
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* Carr, Viola : The Devious Dr. Jekyll
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-236310-7, $16.99, 464pp, trade paperback, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Electric Empire #2
Steampunk fantasy novel, second in a series after The Diabolical Miss Hyde (Feb. 2015).
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview.
• The Publishers Weekly review says “Carr expands her dark, weird world by once again drawing on Victorian literature and twisted takes on historical personages—such as a Countess Lovelace sporting mechanical body parts, while wrapping the elements around a solid mystery.”
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* Clarke, Cassandra Rose : Our Lady of the Ice
(Simon & Schuster/Saga 978-1-4814-4426-2, $25.99, 432pp, hardcover, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481444286
SF novel about a female private investigator in an Argentinian colony in Antarctica where humans and robots struggle for independence.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The worldbuilding will sweep readers away, and the entertaining and compelling cast of characters will make excellent company on the journey.”
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* Correia, Larry : Son of the Black Sword
(Baen 978-1-4767-8086-3, $25, 432pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Saga of the Forgotten Warrior #1
Fantasy novel, first in a new series, about an elite warrior who maintains order in an era following a war with demons.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to sample chapters.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “Correia skillfully sets in motion this story of plots within plots, revealing complex, sympathetic characters and black-hearted villains with equal detail and insight.”
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* Danielewski, Mark Z. : The Familiar: Volume 2: Into the Forest
(Random House/Pantheon 978-0375714962, $25, 880pp, trade paperback, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780375714979
• The Familiar #2
Second volume in an Experimental metafictional novel, following The Familiar: One Rainy Day in May (May 2015), about nine characters in various countries
• Random House’s site has this description.
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* Datlow, Ellen, ed. : The Monstrous
(Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-206-7, $16.95, 384pp, trade paperback, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
Anthology of 20 stories.
• Authors include Jeffrey Ford, Peter Straub, John Langan, Glen Hirshberg, Sofia Samatar, and Adam-Troy Castro.
• Tachyon’s site has this description with quotes from reviews and the table of contents.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Datlow, horror anthologist extraordinaire, brings together all things monstrous in this excellent reprint anthology of 20 horror stories that explore the ever-widening definition of what makes a monster, with nary a misstep.”
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* Gerritsen, Tess : Playing With Fire
(Ballantine 978-1101884348, $28, 272pp, hardcover, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101884355
Fantasy thriller about a violinist who discovers a piece of music that when played triggers a series of calamaties.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Gerritsen movingly depicts Julia’s search, which has some surprising repercussions and builds to a satisfying crescendo.”
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* Kressel, Matthew : King of Shards
(Resurrection/Arche 978-1-63023-028-9, $17, 320pp, trade paperback, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 13 Oct 2015
• Worldmender #1
Fantasy novel, first of a trilogy and the author’s first novel, about a man who discovers he is one of the 36 righteous saints that uphold the world.
• Resurrection House’s site has this description with quotes from reviews and blurbs by Christopher Barzak, Paul Tremblay, and others.
• The Publishers Weekly review describes the book as drawing “heavily on Hebrew legend and biblical lore to build a robustly imagined fantasy world modeled on Gehenna” and comments, “Kressel advances his plot briskly through a series of alliances, betrayals, separations, and reunions, and the veiled motives of several of his characters keep his story pleasingly unpredictable.”
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* Maguire, Gregory : After Alice
(HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-054895-7, $26.99, 288pp, hardcover, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062410825
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062417176
Fantasy novel in which Alice’s friend Ada also tumbles down the rabbit-hole.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Maguire frequently pulls back from the action to offer a larger perspective as characters struggle to discover who and what they are—and, most importantly, why they are.”
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* Mitchell, David : Slade House
(Random House 978-0-8129-9868-9, $26, 256pp, hardcover, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780812998696
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781101923672
Fantasy novel covering five decades about a mysterious house in an alley behind a British pub, whose inhabitants invite someone new to enter every nine years.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review says “Mitchell’s latest novel is his shortest and lightest to date, and it functions as a sort of entry-level offering from the author of hugely ambitious novels such as Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks. Unfortunately, it gives Mitchell’s fans far too little of a good thing.”
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* Pillsworth, Anne M. : Fathomless
(Tor Teen 978-0765335906, $18.99, 320pp, hardcover, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466826588
• Redemption’s Heir #2
Young adult fantasy novel, second in a series following Summoned (2014), about a teenaged boy who answers a classified ad in a newspaper dated 1985, found in an Arkham bookstore.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
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* Shepherd, Mike : Kris Longknife: Unrelenting
(Ace 978-0425277379, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Oct 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698180659
• Kris Longknife #13
Military SF adventure novel, thirteenth in the series following Mutineer, Deserter (both 2004), Defiant (2005), Resolute (2006), Audacious (2007), Intrepid (2008), Undaunted (2009), Redoubtable (2010), Daring (2011), Furious (2012), Defender (2013), and Tenacious (2014) about a Prime Minister’s daughter who joins the space navy.
• Mike Shepherd is a pseudonym for Mike Moscoe.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
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