* Bardugo, Leigh : Crooked Kingdom
(Macmillan/Holt 978-1627792134, $18.99, 560pp, hardcover, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781627797917
• Six of Crows #2

Young adult fantasy novel, sequel to Six of Crows (2015), about a gang of daredevils fighting for their lives.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gave the earlier book a starred review: “This has all the right elements to keep readers enthralled: a cunning leader with a plan for every occasion, nigh-impossible odds, an entertainingly combative team of skilled misfits, a twisty plot, and a nerve-wracking cliffhanger.”

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* Carson, Rae : Like a River Glorious
(Harpercollins/Greenwillow 978-0062242945, $17.99, 416pp, hardcover, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062242969
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062570451
• Gold Seer #2

Young adult fantasy novel, second book of a trilogy following Walk on Earth a Stranger (2015), about a girl with magical powers in 1849 California.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample.
• Publishers Weekly gave the first book a starred review: “Carson’s story is simply terrific—tense and exciting, while gently and honestly addressing the brutal hardships of the westward migration.”

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* Dees, Cindy, & Bill Flippin : The Dreaming Hunt
(Tor 978-0765335159, $28.99, 464pp, hardcover, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466821293
• The Sleeping King #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Sleeping King (2015), about overlords, prophecies, and two young people on a path to save the day.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Hearn, Lian : The Tengu’s Game of Go
(Macmillan/FSG Originals 978-0374536343, $13, 256pp, trade paperback, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780374715045
• The Tale of Shikanoko #4

Fantasy novel set in medieval Japan, fourth of a four-book series all published this year.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly said of the first book, “This fast-paced tale of dynastic change intriguingly sets up the remaining three books in the series.”

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* Lindsey, Erin : The Bloodsworn
(Ace 978-0425276303, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698168619
• The Bloodbound #3

Romantic fantasy novel, third in a series following The Bloodbound (2014) and The Bloodforged (2015), about palace intrigue and magicians who can wield powerful weapons.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.

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+ Priest, Christopher : The Gradual
(Titan 978-1-78565-303-2, $24.99, 400pp, hardcover, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016

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

SF novel about a composer in a fascist state searching for his brother, who has been sent to war. The setting is that of the author’s several Dream Archipelago books.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• The UK edition appeared September 15th.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the September issue of Locus Magazine: “In effect, what Priest has done – and he did much the same thing in The Islanders – is to literalize not just a metaphor (as we keep hearing about in SF), but to literalize an entire narrative technique involving the management of time. … Priest literally puts his narrator through such time shifts, and the effect is both dizzying and firmly grounded, even as it leads toward a conclusion which is, if a bit more conventional than we’ve come to expect from Priest, thoroughly satisfying.”

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* Westerfeld, Scott, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti : Swarm
(Simon Pulse 978-1481443395, $19.99, 464pp, hardcover, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481443418
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781508218968
• Zeroes #2

Young adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following Zeroes (2015), about six California teens with supernatural powers.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a Google preview.

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* Wilde, Fran : Cloudbound
(Tor 978-0-7653-7785-2, $25.99, 400pp, hardcover, September 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Sep 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466858213
• Bone Universe #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Updraft (2015), set in a city of living bone.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “…the mystery and imaginative worldbuilding are enough to keep fans of the first book reading on.”
• Liz Bourke reviews it in the September issue of Locus Magazine: “Cloudbound represents the opposite of a sophomore slump. It’s that rare bird, the follow-up to a highly praised first novel that doesn’t just equal its predecessor’s accomplishments, but exceeds them. I felt Updraft was a promising debut effort; Cloudbound sees much of that promise realised, with hints of more to come.”

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