* Bright, Matthew, ed. : The Myriad Carnival
(Lethe 978-1590215739, $15, 220pp, trade paperback, February 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Wed 10 Feb 2016

Anthology of 16 “queer and weird” stories about circuses.
• Authors include Hal Duncan, Christopher Black, Sarah Caulfield, and Daniel Hale.
• Lethe’s site has this description with the table of contents and a link to a book trailer.

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* Dunstall, S. K. : Alliance
(Ace 978-0-425-27953-3, $7.99, 389pp, mass market paperback, February 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Feb 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698187672
• Linesman #2

SF novel, second in a series following Linesman (2015), about the discovery of a mysterious alien ship in a galaxy where linesmen enable space travel.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Carolyn Cushman reviewed it in the January issue of Locus Magazine: “This being the second volume in the Linesman series, a little of the novelty has worn off, but Ean’s still making interesting discoveries, and the political maneuvering provides enough threat to keep things tense.”

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* Estep, Jennifer : Bitter Bite
(Pocket 978-1-5011-1127-3, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, February 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Feb 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781501111280
• Elemental Assassin #17

Urban fantasy novel, 17th in the Elemental Assassin series of now 14 novels and 3 novellas, about assassin Gin Blanco in the southern city of Ashland.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This installment’s plot is intriguing, but it’s primarily a transition book, setting the stage for the next act in the series.”

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* Hirshberg, Glen : Good Girls
(Tor 978-0-7653-3746-7, $26.99, 352pp, hardcover, February 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Feb 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466834422
• Motherless Children #2

Vampire novel, second of a trilogy following Motherless Child (2012/2015), about two North Carolina single mothers who are turned into vampires.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Set in the immediate aftermath of the justly lauded Motherless Child, this intense novel weaves its themes of love, loss, family obligation, and personal sacrifice into another richly textured tale of supernatural horror.”

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* Palmer, Dexter : Version Control
(Pantheon 978-0-307-90759-2, $27.95, 512pp, hardcover, February 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Feb 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780307907608
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780399569463

SF novel about an unsettled woman whose husband has invented a “causality violation” device.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function, quotes from reviews, and blurbs from Jeff VanderMeer, James Gleick, and Charles Yu.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Palmer’s lengthy, complex, highly challenging second novel is more brilliant than his debut, The Dream of Perpetual Motion.” The review concludes, “Palmer earned his doctorate from Princeton with a thesis on the works of James Joyce, Thomas Pynchon, and William Gaddis. This book stands with the masterpieces of those authors.”

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* Sawyer, Jamie : The Lazarus War: Artefact
(Orbit 978-0316386371, $9.99, 544pp, mass market paperback, February 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Feb 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316386388
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478908012
• The Lazarus War #1

Military SF novel, first book in a series, about warfare with an alien race in which human soldiers run suicide missions in simulant bodies.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Schwab, V. E. : A Gathering of Shadows
(Tor 978-0-7653-7647-3, $25.99, 512pp, hardcover, February 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Feb 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765376497
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427277039
• Darker Shade of Magic #2

Fantasy novel, follow-up to A Darker Shade of Magic (2015), about a magical Traveler who can move among a series of alternate Londons.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Tensions rise steadily, culminating with the exciting Element Games, and the finale will leave readers breathless. This is how fantasy should be done.”

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* Underwood, Michael R. : The Absconded Ambassador
(Tor.Com 978-0765387905, $12.99, 166pp, trade paperback, February 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 23 Feb 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466891951
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427273826
• Genrenauts #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Shootout Solution (2015), about a “genrenaut” who mission is to nudge stories back on track.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.

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