* Arthur, Keri : Winter Halo
(Signet Select 978-0-451-47351-6, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698185388
• Outcast #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following City of Light (Jan. 2016), about postapocalyptic holes torn between our world and the next that allow entry of the Others–demons, wraiths, and death spirits.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Arthur’s sequel delivers solid helpings of danger and suspense, seasoned with romance.”

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* Correia, Larry, & John Ringo : Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners
(Baen 978-1-4767-8183-9, $26, 304pp, hardcover, December 2016, cover art Alan Pollack)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-550-2
• Monster Hunter Memoirs #2

Humorous fantasy novel, second in a series following Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge (Aug. 2016) about a Marine private who dies in Beirut and is resurrected to become a monster hunter.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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* Dellamonica, A. M. : The Nature of a Pirate
(Tor 978-0765334510, $28.99, 368pp, hardcover, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 0765334518
• Stormwrack #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Child of a Hidden Sea (2014) and A Daughter of No Nation (2015), about a young San Francisco woman whisked away to the magical world of Stormwrack.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Friedman, C. S. : Dreamweaver
(DAW 978-0756409081, $24, 352pp, hardcover, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698164321
• Dreamwalker #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Dreamwalker (2014) and Dreamseeker (2015), about a 16-year-old girl who discovers she is not related to her parents but is one of a race of besieged “changelings”.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.

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+ Gemmell, Stella : The Immortal Throne
(Ace 978-0-425-26424-9, $27, 547pp, hardcover, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101606520
• The City #2

First US edition (UK: Transworld/Bantam UK, March 2016)

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.
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* Gwynne, John : Wrath
(Orbit 978-0-316-38634-0, $16.99, 736pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316386333
• UK edition: 978-1447259688 (Thu 17 Nov 2016)
• The Faithful and the Fallen #4

Fantasy novel, fourth and final novel in a series following Malice (2013), Valor (2014), and Ruin (2015), set in the Banished Lands where armies of men and giants have battled.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Those who enjoy fantasy warfare will relish this installment, as there are endless skirmishes, duels, pitched battles, raids, ambushes, and every other form of combat.”

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* Hunter, Sylvia Izzo : A Season of Spells
(Ace 978-0425272473, $15, 464pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698144675
• Noctis Magicae #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following The Midnight Queen (2014) and Lady of Magick (2015), about a student sent away in disgrace from Oxford’s Merlin College.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.

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* Koch, Gini : Alien Nation
(DAW 978-0756411435, $7.99, 560pp, mass market paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780756411442
• Alien #14

SF novel, fourteenth a series following Touched by an Alien (April 2010), Alien Tango (Dec 2010), Alien in the Family (April 2011), Alien Proliferation (2011), Alien Diplomacy (Apr 2012), Alien vs. Alien (Nov. 2012), Alien in the House (May 2013), Alien Research (Dec. 2013), Alien Collective (May 2014), Universal Alien (Dec. 2014), Alien Separation (May 2015), Alien in Chief (Dec 2015), and Camp Alien (May 2016) about alien invaders from Alpha Centauri turning humans into monsters.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.

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* Lackey, Mercedes : Tempest
(DAW 978-0756409036, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016

Anthology of 24 original stories, subtitled “All-New Tales of Valdemar”.
• Authors include Fiona Patton, Brenda Cooper, Jennifer Brozek, and Rosemary Edghill.
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* Pedersen, Anette : 1635: The Wars for the Rhine
(Baen 978-1-4767-8222-5, $16, 320pp, trade paperback, December 2016, cover art Tom Kidd)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781625795519
• Ring of Fire #24

Alternate history novel in the “Ring of Fire” series that began with Flint’s 1632 (2000), concerning 17th century European history as affected by West Virginians from the 20th century.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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* Planck, M. C. : Judgment at the Verdant Court
(Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-63388-229-4, $17, 343pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• World of Prime #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Sword of the Bright Lady (2014) and Gold Throne in Shadow (2015), about a mechanical engineer turned priest of war.
• Pyr’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Planck’s writing is as straightforward and clever as his protagonist. Fans will enjoy diving headlong into the action, but the story will challenge new readers, who will struggle to work out who’s who and what’s going on.”

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* Tregillis, Ian : The Liberation
(Orbit US 978-0-316-24805-1, $16.99, 464pp, trade paperback, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316248044
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478913443
• UK edition: 978-0356502342 (Thu 8 Dec 2016)
• The Alchemy Wars #3

Alternate history SF novel, third in a trilogy following The Mechanical (March 2015) and The Rising (Dec. 2015), in which the Netherlands has become the world power via an army of mechanical men called Clakkers.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “This is a satisfying conclusion to an excellent trilogy.”

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* Wilson, Robert Charles : Last Year
(Tor 978-0-7653-3263-9, $27.99, 352pp, hardcover, December 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Dec 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466800786
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427281449

SF novel about a technology that creates passageways to past histories, that diverge from our own history once contact is established, and concerning a 19th century Ohio town that’s been accessed for nearly a decade.
• Macmillan’s site has this page with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Wilson flips the traditional time-travel genre on its head with an engaging protagonist who adapts the best of both worlds into rugged, brainy secret-busting resourcefulness, forging talents superior to 21st-century technology.”

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