New Books, 26 January 2016
* Anders, Charlie Jane : All the Birds in the Sky
(Tor 978-0-7653-7994-8, $25.99, 320pp, hardcover, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466871120
• UK edition: 978-1785650550 (Tue 26 Jan 2016)
SF/fantasy novel, the author’s first genre novel, about two childhood friends, one with magical powers and the other the inventor of a time machine.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Anders smoothly pivots from horror to humor to heartbreak and back again, and she keeps readers guessing as to the fate of her two protagonists—and the world.”
• Anders has a Big Idea post today on John Scalzi’s blog.
• Gary K. Wolfe’s review from the December issue of Locus Magazine is posted here: “All the Birds in the Sky is one of the most surprising novels I’ve read this year, and for the most part one of the most delightful.”
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+ Armstrong, Kelley : Otherworld Secrets: An Anthology
(Penguin/Plume 978-0452298354, $16, 416pp, trade paperback, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
First US edition (UK: Little, Brown UK/Orbit, October 2015)
Collection of stories set in the author’s Otherworld universe, second of a trilogy of anthologies following Otherworld Nights (2014)
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.
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* Bennett, Robert Jackson : City of Blades
(Random House/Broadway 978-0-553-41971-9, $15, 496pp, trade paperback, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780553419726
• The Divine Cities #2
Fantasy novel, second in a series following City of Stairs (2014), about a city whose gods are dead.
• Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Bennett’s astonishingly good sequel to 2014’s City of Stairs makes a riveting and often heartbreaking case against war.”
• Faren Miller reviews the book in the January issue of Locus Magazine: “With a vivid background and a strong cast, City of Blades keeps the tension high as it turns what could have been moral allegory into the salty, bloody, yet beautiful stuff of life.”
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* Dietz, William C. : Graveyard
(Ace 978-0425273357, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698150126
• The Mutant Files #3
SF novel, third in a series following Deadeye (Feb. 2015) and Redzone (Aug. 2015), about an LA detective in the years following an act of bioengineered terrorism in 2038 that left part of the population with horrible mutations.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.
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* Hearne, Kevin : Staked
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-0345548511, $27, 336pp, hardcover, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780345548528
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780804147927
• Iron Druid Chronicles #8
Urban fantasy novel, eighth book of a series following Hounded, Hexed, Hammered (all 2011), Tricked (May 2012), Trapped (Dec. 2012), Hunted (2013), and Shattered (2014) about a 2000-year-old Druid living in Arizona.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
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* Lowe, Helen : Daughter of Blood
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-173406-9, $7.99, 768pp, mass market paperback, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062198129
• The Wall of Night #3
Fantasy novel, third in the four-volume “The Wall of Night” series following The Heir of Night (2010) and The Gathering of the Lost (2012), in which the fate the world rests in the hands of one young woman.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description, with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Returning fans will find that the dense, unforgiving prose is nonetheless cleverly constructed and will delight in Lowe’s intricate worldbuilding and keen eye for politicking.”
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* Sanderson, Brandon : The Bands of Mourning
(Tor 978-0-7653-7857-6, $27.99, 448pp, hardcover, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466862678
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427267894
• UK edition: Gollancz 978-1473208254 (Thu 28 Jan 2016)
• Mistborn #6
Fantasy novel, sixth book in the Mistborn series following Mistborn (2006), The Well of Ascension (2007), The Hero of Ages (2008), The Alloy of Law (2011), and Shadows of Self (2015).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Open questions from earlier adventures are finally addressed, and Sanderson skillfully weaves in new opportunities for the dynamic duo’s next adventure.”
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* Shearin, Lisa : The Brimstone Deception
(Ace 9780425266939, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101618455
• SPI Files #3
Fantasy novel, third in a series following The Grendel Affair (2014) and The Dragon Conspiracy (2015), about a Seer for the Supernatural Protection & Investigations agency in New York City.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “Shearin’s light, breezy style suits the simple plot; her naïve protagonist serves as both guide and expository catalyst.”
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* Wood, Jonathan : Broken Hero
(Titan 978-1783294527, $14.95, 400pp, trade paperback, January 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Jan 2016
• Arthur Wallace #4
Comic horror thriller, fourth in a series following No Hero (2011), Yesterday’s Hero (2012, both published by Night Shade), and Anti-Hero (2015), about an agent for MI37, Britian’s agency for dealing with the supernatural.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book: “Wood creates vivid, intensely human characters and his perfect sense of timing keeps the book bounding along at a quick pace.”
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