New Books : 27 February 2018
Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias S. Buckell’s The Tangled Lands, Gareth L. Powell’s Embers of War, and titles by Laura Bickle, Spencer Ellsworth, Rachel Hartman, and Jon Sprunk.
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* Bacigalupi, Paolo, & Tobias S. Buckell : The Tangled Lands
(Saga Press 978-1-4814-9729-9, $26.99, 304pp, hardcover, February 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Feb 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481497312
Fantasy novel about a tyrant in a land crippled by the use of magic; the book consists of four novellas, two by each author, and includes Bacigalupi’s Nebula nominated “The Alchemist” and Buckell’s “The Executioness,” both first published in 2010.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a preview.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Bickle, Laura : Witch Creek
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-256731-4, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, February 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Feb 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062567321
• Wildlands #2
Historical fantasy novel, second in a series following Nine of Stars (2016), about the daughter of an alchemist in a small Wyoming town.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Bickle’s story is a rich, surreal, alchemical brew, as wondrous as the magic that infuses her fascinating weird west setting.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Ellsworth, Spencer : Memory’s Blade
(Tor.Com 978-0765395771, $16.99, 304pp, trade paperback, February 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Feb 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765395764
• Starfire #3
Space opera novel, third in a trilogy following A Red Peace (Aug. 2017) and Shadow Sun Seven (Nov. 2017), set in the aftermath of a revolution against the interstellar Second Empire.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Hartman, Rachel : Tess of the Road
(Random House 978-1-101-93128-8, $18.99, 536pp, hardcover, February 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Feb 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101931301
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781524779542
Young adult fantasy novel, first of a duology, set in the world of Seraphina (2012), about Serphina’s half-sister Tess.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Powell, Gareth L. : Embers of War
(Titan 978-1-78565-518-0, $14.95, 411pp, trade paperback, February 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Feb 2018
SF novel, first of a trilogy, about a sentient warship in the aftermath of an interstellar war.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Though the story is a little ponderous at first, the pace picks up as the threads begin to come together, leading to an explosive finale with strong series potential.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Sprunk, Jon : Blade and Bone
(Pyr 978-1-63388-269-0, $18, 288pp, trade paperback, February 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 27 Feb 2018
• The Book of the Black Earth #3
Sword and sorcery fantasy novel, third in a series following Blood and Iron (2014) and Storm and Steel (2015).
• Pyr’s site has this description.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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