New UK Books : October – December 2016
* Aaronovitch, Ben : The Hanging Tree
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 978-0575132559, £14.99, 400pp, hardcover, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575132580
• Rivers of London #6
Urban fantasy novel, sixth in a series following Midnight Riot (UK title Rivers of London), Moon Over Soho (both 2011), Whispers Under Ground (2012), Broken Homes (2013), and Foxglove Summer (2015), about a London police officer who can speak to the dead.
• Orion’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The US edition is due January 31, 2017.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Chambers, Becky : A Closed and Common Orbit
(UK: Hodder & Stoughton 9781473621442, £14.99, 384pp, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 20 Oct 2016
• Wayfarers #2
Humorous space opera novel, second in a series following The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014), about a young woman who joins the crew of an aging starship.
• The earlier book was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke, British Fantasy, and Kitchies awards.
• The publisher’s site has this description.
• The US paperback edition is due March 14, 2017.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Irwin, Robert : Wonders Will Never Cease
(UK: Dedalus 978-1910213476, £9.99, 392pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Fri 4 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978 1 910213 52 9
Historical fantasy novel, based (according to the review by Ian Irvine on the Amazon page) on the Wars of the Roses, as is George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels.
• Dedalus’ site has this page for the book.
• No US edition is currently scheduled.
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• (Directory Entry)
* Swainston, Steph : Fair Rebel
(UK: Orion/Gollancz 9780575081697, £18.99, 336pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 24 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780575086777
• Castle #5
Fantasy novel, fifth in a series following The Year of Our War (2004), No Present Like Time (2005), The Modern World (2007, US title Dangerous Offspring), and Above the Snowline (2010), about the people of the Fourlands battling alien Insects.
• Orion’s site has this description.
• No US edition is currently scheduled.
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• (Directory Entry)
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