New in Paperback, November-December 2015
Bara, Dave : Impulse
(DAW 978-0756410667, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, December 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Dec 2015
• Lightship Chronicles #1
(First edition: DAW, February 2015)
Military SF novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about an officer in the Unified Space Navy given a new assignment following an attack on a Lightship.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The second volume, Starbound, is due in January.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
• (Directory Entry)
Lake, Jay : Last Plane to Heaven
(Tor 978-0765377999, $16.99, 320pp, trade paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
(First edition: Tor, September 2014)
Collection of 32 stories, subtitled “The Last Collection”, with a foreword by Gene Wolfe.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews, including the table of contents.
• The book won a Locus Award as best collection.
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• (Directory Entry)
Rothfuss, Patrick : The Slow Regard of Silent Things
(DAW 978-0756411329, $10.99, 176pp, mass market paperback, November 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Nov 2015
(First edition: DAW, October 2014)
Short fantasy novel about Auri, a character from the author’s “Kingkiller Chronicle” novels.
• There are illustrations by Nate Taylor.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
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• (Directory Entry)
Staveley, Brian : The Providence of Fire
(Tor 978-0765336446, $17.99, 624pp, trade paperback, December 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Dec 2015
• Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #2
(First edition: Tor, January 2015)
Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Emperor’s Blades (2014), about the daughter and two sons of a slain emperor.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
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• (Directory Entry)
Weis, Margaret, & Robert Krammes : The Seventh Sigil
(Tor 978-0765369536, $9.99, 768pp, mass market paperback, December 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Dec 2015
(First edition: Tor, September 2014)
Epic military fantasy novel, final book of a trilogy following Shadow Raiders (2011) and Storm Riders (2013), set in a world connected by airships where two rival empires vie for an invention that could revolutionize warfare.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
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• (Directory Entry)
Wellington, David : Positive
(Harper Voyager 978-0062315397, $9.99, 576pp, mass market paperback, December 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Nov 2015
(First edition: Harper Voyager, April 2015)
Post-apocalyptic zombie novel.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
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• (Directory Entry)
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