* Abercrombie, Joe : Sharp Ends
(Orbit 978-0316390811, $25, 304pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316390804
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478909040
• UK edition: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575104679 (Tue 26 Apr 2016)


Collection of stories, subtitled “Stories from the World of the First Law”, with some of the stories original to this book.
• Hachette’s site has this description; Orion/Gollancz’s site has this description.
• The author’s site has this post from 2015 listing the table of contents.

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* Aiken, Joan : The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories
(Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-112-8, $24, 256pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781618731135

Collection of 20 stories.
• Small Beer’s site has this description with the table of contents and links to the introduction and one of the stories.
• Publishers Weekly has a signed review by Rose Fox: “Aiken’s prose is extraordinary, impossible to do justice to in this small space. Her skill with the language of folk tales—specifically the oral storytelling native to the British Isles—is unparalleled.”

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* Erikson, Steven : Fall of Light
(Tor 978-0765323576, $29.99, 864pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466858459
• UK edition: 978-0593062197 (Thu 21 Apr 2016)
• Kharkanas Trilogy #2

Fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following Forge of Darkness (2012), set millennia before the author’s 10-volume Malazan Book of the Fallen.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.

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* Hearn, Lian : Emperor of the Eight Islands
(Macmillan/FSG Originals 978-0374536312, $14, 272pp, trade paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780374715014
• The Tale of Shikanoko #1

Fantasy novel set in medieval Japan, first of a four-book series, all of which will be published this year at two-month intervals.
• Macmillan’s site has this description and quotes from reviews, including Library Journal‘s: “a thrilling, fast-paced fantasy with plot twists, political intrigue, romance, and a richly detailed setting that will appeal to a variety of readers, especially those with an interest in Japanese mythology and otherworldly influences.”

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* Hieber, Leanna Renee : Strangely Beautiful
(Tor 978-0765377432, $20.99, 544pp, trade paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466855878

Fantasy novel, first published as two volumes and here revised, about a young woman in Victorian London who can communicate with ghosts.
• The two earlier books were The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker (2009) and The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker (2010).
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* James, Elliott : In Shining Armor
(Orbit 978-0316302333, $15.99, 464pp, trade paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316302340
• Pax Arcana #4

Urban fantasy novel, fourth in a series following Charming (2013), Daring (2014), and Fearless (2015), about a cursed prince named John Charming.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Carolyn Cushman reviews it in the April issue of Locus Magazine: “…it’s all entertaining, if you don’t mind high hit counts and a good bit of gore.”

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* Maberry, Jonathan : Kill Switch
(St. Martin’s 978-1250065254, $16.99, 544pp, trade paperback, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250100887
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427279347
• Joe Ledger #8

Horror thriller, eighth in a series following following Patient Zero (2009), The Dragon Factory (2010), The King of Plagues (2011), Assassin’s Code (2012), Extinction Machine (2013), Code Zero (2014), and Predator One (2015), about a Baltimore detective recruited by the US Department of Military Sciences to fight various terrorist threats.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Maberry evokes Lovecraftian elements and modern-day thriller tropes to craft a fast-paced tale that incorporates an a wide array of conspiracy theories, fringe culture motifs, and Cold War weird science into a sort of kitchen-sink affair that shouldn’t work nearly as well as it does.”

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* Neuvel, Sylvain : Sleeping Giants
(Ballantine Del Rey 978-1101886694, $26, 320pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101886700
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780147522627
• Themis Files #1

SF novel, the author’s first novel and first of a series, about the investigation into a giant metal hand found underground in South Dakota.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt and blurbs from Pierce Brown and Blake Crouch.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Behind them looms the gigantic, inhuman figure of the robot. There are hints that it was placed on Earth to protect humankind, but from what? Far from being a clone of the Transformers, this intriguing tale is entirely worthy of an adult audience.”

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* Olde Heuvelt, Thomas : HEX
(Tor 978-0-7653-7880-4, $25.99, 384pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 26 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466864580
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427271259

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a Hudson Valley town haunted by a cursed 17th-century woman.
• The book was first published in Dutch in 2013; the translator here is Nancy Forest-Flier.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “Despite some emotional gut punches, Heuvelt’s supernatural thriller fails to fully capitalize on its intriguing premise.”
• Paul Di Filippo will have a review for Locus Online later this week.

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* Thomas, Kara : The Darkest Corners
(Delacorte 978-0-553-52145-0, $17.99, 327pp, hardcover, April 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Apr 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780553521474
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780147521354

Yound adult fantasy thriller about two girls in a town haunted by ghosts.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “…a truly surprising ending and the aching beauty of Tessa and Callie’s friendship, reforged in adversity, ensure a memorable, disquieting read.”

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