* Afsharirad, David, ed. : The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015
(Baen 978-1-4767-8177-8, $16, 288pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-503-8

Anthology of 12 stories first published in 2015, second volume of a series following last year’s The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera.
• Authors include David Brin, Seth Dickinson, Sarah Pinsker, and Brad R. Torgerson.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Afsharirad has put together a refreshing military and SF anthology that will be enjoyed by a wide range of readers.”

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+ Baxter, Stephen, & Alastair Reynolds : The Medusa Chronicles
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-7967-7, $26.99, 416pp, hardcover, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481479691

First US edition (UK: Orion/Gollancz, May 2016)

Hard SF novel, sequel to Arthur C. Clarke’s 1971 novella “A Meeting with Medusa”, about the discovery of creatures in the atmosphere of Jupiter.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a Google preview.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The novel’s reach does come at the expense of some psychological depth, but fans of the authors’ other work won’t be disappointed.”
• Paul Di Filippo reviewed the book for Locus Online: “With this book, Baxter and Reynolds honor Clarke’s legacy at the same time as they point the way forward for the continuation of Clarke’s brand of optimistic SF which is no mere wish-fulfillment “competence porn” but also a clear-sighted depiction of both the virtues and vices of our species.”

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* Bishop, Michael, illustrated by Orion Zangara : Joel-Brock the Brave and the Valorous Smalls
(Fairwood Press/Kudzu Planet Productions 978-1933846583, $16.99, 292pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016

Young adult fantasy novel, the author’s first novel since collaborative Muskrat Courage in 2000 (written with Paul Di Filippo), about the discovery of a mushroom realm beneath a Georgia department store.
• The book includes more than 60 illustrations by Orion Zangara.
• Fairwood’s site has this description with blurbs from Jane Yolen, Brad Strickland, and others. A limited edition hardcover is also available.

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* Clarke, Neil, ed. : The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume One
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-854-5, $17.99, 616pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B019E7O4FQ

Anthology of 31 stories first published in 2015, first volume in a new series.
• Authors include Robert Reed, Carter Scholz, Ian McDonald, Nancy Kress, Sam J. Miller, and Paul McAuley.
• Night Shade’s site has this description with the table of contents.

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* Cooper, Brenda : Spear of Light
(Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-63388-134-1, $18, 400pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B014NW9SPI
Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 978-1504721035
The Glittering Edge #2

SF novel, second in a duology following Edge of Dark (2015), about an advanced society that has banished AIs to the edge of the solar system.
• Pyr’s site has this description.

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* Datlow, Ellen, ed. : The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eight
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-853-8, $15.99, 360pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B01B6FJOO0
Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 978-1531864866

Anthology of 20 horror stories first published in 2015.
• Authors include Kelley Armstrong, Neil Gaiman, Laird Barron, Dale Bailey, and Adam Nevill.
• Night Shade’s site has this description with the table of contents.

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* Dolkart, N. S. : Silent Hall
(Angry Robot 9780857665676, $7.99, 528pp, mass market paperback, June 2016, cover art Andreas Rocha)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857665683
UK edition: 9780857665669 (Thu 2 Jun 2016)
Godserfs #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about five refugees and a wizard whose fortress is invisible to the gods.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.

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* Dozois, Gardner, ed. : Mash Up
(Titan 978-1785651038, $14.95, 432pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B015BCTGXI

Anthology of 13 stories based on famous first lines from fiction or nonfiction.
• The stories were first published as audiobook Rip-Off! in 2012, and one of the stories, Mary Robinette Kowal’s “The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, won a Hugo Award for its publication by Tor.com in 2013.
• Authors include John Scalzi, Nancy Kress, James Patrick Kelly, Allen M. Steele, and Paul Di Filippo.

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* Drake, David : Death’s Bright Day
(Baen 978-1-4767-8147-1, $26, 320pp, hardcover, June 2016, cover art Stephen Hickman)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-501-4
RCN #11

Military SF novel, eleventh in the “RCN” series following With the Lightnings, Lt. Leary, Commanding, The Far Side of the Stars, The Way to Glory, Some Golden Harbor, and When the Tide Rises, In the Stormy Red Sky (2009), What Distant Deeps (2010), The Road of Danger (2013), and The Sea Without a Shore (2014).
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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* Durbin, Frederic S. : A Green and Ancient Light
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-4222-0, $24.99, 304pp, hardcover, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481442244

Fantasy novel about a boy staying with his grandmother in a village threatened by war.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a Google preview.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This gentle, engaging, and very personal coming-of-age story is mythic in its universality.”

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* Green, Simon R. : DR. DOA
(Roc 978-0451476937, $27, 352pp, hardcover, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698407428
Secret Histories #10

Fantasy novel, tenth in the series about Shaman Bond, aka Eddie Drood, who protects humanity from the forces of darkness, following The Man with the Golden Torc (2007), Daemons Are Forever (2008), The Spy Who Haunted Me (2009), From Hell with Love (2010), For Heaven’s Eyes Only (2011), Live and Let Drood (2012), Casino Infernale (2013), and Property of a Lady Faire (2014), and From a Drood to a Kill (2015).
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Horton, Rich, ed. : The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2016 Edition
(Prime Books 978-1607014706, $19.95, 576pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016

Anthology of 30 stories first published in 2015.
• Authors include Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Vonda N. McIntyre, Naomi Kritzer, Brooke Bolander, Elizabeth Bear, Yoon Ha Lee, and Geoff Ryman.
• Prime’s site has this description with the table of contents.

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* Kashina, Anna : Assassin Queen
(Angry Robot 978-0857666062, $7.99, 528pp, mass market paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857666079
UK edition: 9780857666055 (Thu 2 Jun 2016)
The Majat Code #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Blades of the Old Empire (2014) and The Guild of Assassins (2015), about a female warrior.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.

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* King, Stephen : End of Watch
(Simon & Schuster/Scribner 978-1-5011-2974-2, $30, 496pp, hardcover, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781501134159
Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781508211358
Bill Hodges #3

Supernatural thriller, third in a trilogy following Mr. Mercedes (2014) and Finders Keepers (2015), about a brain injury patient who acquires deadly new powers.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview function.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “King has dealt before with this novel’s different themes—endowment with dangerous supernatural powers, the zombifying effect of modern consumer electronics—but he finds fresh approaches to them and inventive ways to introduce them in the lives of his recurring cast of sympathetic characters, whose pains and triumphs the reader feels.”

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* Lackey, Mercedes : A Study in Sable
(DAW 978-0-7564-0872-5, $27, 320pp, hardcover, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780756411640
Elemental Masters #11

Fantasy novel about two agents of the wizard of London assigned to the neighbor of Sherlock Holmes.
• It’s the tenth book in the Elemental Masters series, following Fire Rose, Gates of Sleep, Serpent’s Shadow, Phoenix and Ashes, The Wizard of London, Reserved for the Cat, Unnatural Issue (2011), Elemental Magic (2012), Steadfast (2013), Blood Red (2014), and From a High Tower (2015)
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• Carolyn Cushman reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine: “As mysteries go, it’s not up to the standard of Conan Doyle’s own Holmes adventures, but the novelty and the magic in the mix keep things lively.”

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* Lawrence, Mark : The Wheel of Osheim
(Ace 978-0425268827, $27, 432pp, hardcover, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101630952
The Red Queen’s War #3

Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following Prince of Fools (2014) and The Liar’s Key (2015), about a prince of the Broken Empire.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.

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* Nye, Jody Lynn : Robert Asprin’s Myth-Fits
(Ace 978-0425257029, $16, 320pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698188716
Myth #21

Humorous fantasy novel, latest in the long-running “Myth Adventures” series that began with Another Fine Myth (by Asprin alone) in 1978, with several later volumes co-written with Nye. This book is fourth in the “Griffen McCandles” series following Dragons Wild (2008) and Dragons Luck (2009) by Aspin alone, and Asprin & Nye’s Dragons Deal (2010).
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Older, Malka : Infomocracy
(Tor.com 978-0-7653-8515-4, $24.99, 384pp, hardcover, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765385147
Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427279484

Near-future SF novel, the author’s first novel, in which a search engine monopoly has created a global micro-democracy.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This intriguing thought experiment is perfectly timed to leave readers pondering the meaning of voting and representative government in the run-up to the 2016 elections.”
• Adrienne Martini reviewed the book in the February issue of Locus Magazine: Infomocracy is full of interesting ideas that approach the world from an interesting angle that we’ve not really seen before. It doesn’t quite manage to hold itself together, but does send out strong signals that Older is a voice to watch out for.”

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* Rakunas, Adam : Like a Boss
(Angry Robot 978-0857664815, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857664822
UK edition: 9780857664808 (Thu 2 Jun 2016)
Windswept #2

SF novel, second in a series following Windswept (2015), about a labor organizer dealing with a strike promoted by a phony religious leader.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with blurbs from Madeline Ashby and Ramez Naam.

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* Schmidt, Bryan Thomas, ed. : Galactic Games
(Baen 978-1-4767-8158-7, $16, 320pp, trade paperback, June 2016, cover art Dominic Harman)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-504-5

Anthology of 20 stories about future sports competitions.
• Most of the stories are original to this volume. Authors include Seanan McGuire, Larry Correia, Esther M. Friesner, and Robert Reed. Reprints are by Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg, Jack C. Haldeman II, Mike Resnick, Gene Wolfe, and George R. R. Martin.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several samples.

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+ Taylor, Jodi : Just One Damned Thing After Another
(Night Shade 978-1-59780-868-2, $12.99, 348pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
The Chronicles of St. Mary’s #1

SF novel, first in a series, about time-traveling historians from St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research.
• The UK edition was published in August 2015.
• Night Shade’s site has this description.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “The humor is plentiful, but the comic situations aren’t overly exaggerated. Max’s world is depicted in lush detail, mixed with appropriately interesting historical tidbits. U.S. readers will be impatient for later installments to make their way across the Atlantic.”

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* Tilahun, Na’amen Gobert : The Root
(Night Shade 978-1-59780-863-7, $14.99, 420pp, trade paperback, June 2016)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016
The Wrath & Athenaeum #1

Urban fantasy novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about a former teen star living in San Francisco who learns he’s descended from the Gods.
• Night Shade’s site has this description.

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