* Abraham, Daniel : The Spider’s War
(Orbit 978-0316204057, $16, 528pp, trade paperback, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316204040
• The Dagger and the Coin #5

Military fantasy novel, fifth and final volume of the series that began with The Dragon’s Path (2011), The King’s Blood (2012), The Tyrant’s Law (2013), and The Widow’s House (2014), about resistance to the lord regent of a young king.
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* Bishop, Anne : Marked in Flesh
(Roc 978-0-451-47447-6, $27, 416pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698190429
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780147525154
• The Others #4

Fantasy novel, fourth in a series following Written in Red (2013), Murder of Crows (2014), and Vision in Silver (2015), about unearthly entities who rule the Earth and prey off humans.
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• Carolyn Cushman reviewed it in the February issue of Locus Magazine: “a nice blend of scary and charming.”

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* Bonesteel, Elizabeth : The Cold Between
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-241365-9, $16.99, 528pp, trade paperback, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062413666
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062445230
• Central Corps #1

Military SF novel, the author’s first novel and first of a series, about a murder mystery on a colony planet that’s tied to mysterious starship explosion 25 years before.
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• The Publishers Weekly review says the book “expertly revitalizes familiar plot elements”.

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* Briggs, Patricia : Fire Touched
(Ace 978-0425256763, $27, 352pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698180918
• Mercy Thompson #9

Fantasy novel, ninth in a series about Mercy Thompson, a coyote shapeshifter who’s also a car mechanic, following Moon Called (2006), Blood Bound (2007), Iron Kissed (2008), Bone Crossed (2009), Silver Borne (2010), River Marked (2011), Frost Burned (2013), and Night Broken (2014).
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* Fallon, Jennifer : The Lyre Thief
(Tor 978-0765380791, $27.99, 448pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466875562
• War of the Gods #1

Fantasy novel, first in a new trilogy within the author’s overall “Hythrun Chronicles”, following most recently The Chaos Crystal (2011), fourth volume in “The Tide Lords” series.
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* Kowal, Mary Robinette : Forest of Memory
(Tor.com 978-0-7653-8791-2, $9.99, 96pp, trade paperback, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765383891

SF novella about a woman cut off from the outside world when here A.I. stops working.
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• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “Kowal has created a mystery that is satisfying and consistent, and this delightful and thought-provoking novella is exactly as long as it needs to be.”

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* Liu, Ken : The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-4254-1, $24.99, 464pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481424370

Collection of 15 stories, including one story original to this volume, and all the author’s award-nominated and -winning stories to date.
• Titles include “Mono No Aware”, “All the Glavors”, “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, and the title story.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a Google preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Gracefully written and often profoundly moving, these stories are high-water marks of contemporary speculative fiction.”

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* Marr, Melissa : Seven Black Diamonds
(HarperCollins 978-0062011176, $17.99, 400pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062239211
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062280350

Young adult fantasy novel about a half-human, half-fae daughter of a powerful crime lord.
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• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “While fans of Marr’s Wicked Lovely books will appreciate her melding of ancient faerie lore with complex contemporary characters, those expecting exciting action scenes may be disappointed, and revelations about Lily hold few surprises.”

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* Merril, Judith : The Merril Theory of Lit’ry Criticism
(Aqueduct 978-1-61976-093-6, $22, 360pp, trade paperback, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Mar 2016

Collection of nonfiction pieces by writer and editor Judith Merril, originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Extrapolation, and her best of year anthologies.
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• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed it in the February issue of Locus Magazine: “Merril was also a pioneer in assaulting literary moats and walls, as her anthologies insistently made clear, and it’s fascinating to find someone articulating a half-century ago some approaches to fiction that are only now beginning to look like common sense.”

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* Tompkins, Mark : The Last Days of Magic
(Viking 978-0525429531, $27, 400pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698405714
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780147524522

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about the fate of magic in the world, concerning a goddess in medieval Ireland as both England and Rome attempt to drive magic out of the Emerald Isle.
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• The author had a Big Idea post about the book last week on John Scalzi’s blog.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Tompkins combines deft characterization with treachery, battle, magic, and hints of Dan Brown.”

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* Valente, Catherynne M. : The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home
(Macmillan/Feiwel and Friends 978-1250023513, $16.99, 320pp, hardcover, March 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Mar 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250080264
• Fairyland #5

Young adult fantasy novel, fifth in a series following The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (2009), The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (2012), The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two (2013), and The Boy Who Lost Fairyland (2015), about a girl from Nebraska who travels to Fairyland. Illustrations are by Ana Juan.
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