New Books, 29 March 2016
* Cole, Myke : Javelin Rain
(Ace 978-0425269657, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101636763
• Shadow Ops #5
Military SF novel, fifth in a series following Control Point (2012), Fortress Frontier (2013), Breach Zone (2014), and Gemini Cell (2015), in which the US Army tries to control the many people who have developed magical talents.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
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* Fowler, Christopher : Bryant & May: Strange Tide
(UK: Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0857523426, £16.99, 416pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 24 Mar 2016
• Bryant & May #13
Supernatural crime novel, thirteenth in a series about detectives Bryant and May that began with Full Dark House (2004) and most recently included The Burning Man (2015).
• Penguin UK’s site has this description.
• The US edition is due in December.
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* Gemmell, Stella : The Immortal Throne
(UK: Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0593071489, £18.99, 576pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 24 Mar 2016
• The City #2
Fantasy novel, second in a series following The City (2013), about a vast ancient city occupied by an emperor who’s lived an unnaturally long life.
• Penguin UK’s site has this description.
• The US edition is due in December.
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* Lovegrove, James : World of Water
(Rebellion/Solaris 978-1781083055, $7.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Mar 2016
• UK edition: 978-1781083048 (Thu 7 Apr 2016)
• Dev Harmer #2
SF novel, second in a series following World of Fire (2014), about an interstellar security agent trying to restore order on a water world with a sub-aquatic indigenous race.
• Solaris’ site has this post with an essay by the author about his pulp hero.
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* Sykes, Sam : The Mortal Tally
(Orbit 978-0316374897, $15.99, 688pp, trade paperback, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316374903
• UK edition: 978-0575132214 (Thu 31 Mar 2016)
• Bring Down Heaven #2
Fantasy novel, second in a series following The City Stained Red (2015), about adventurer Lenk and his companions battling demons trying to break free from Hell.
• Hachette’s site has this description with a preview function.
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