New Books : 8 May 2018
Roger Levy’s The Rig, Martha Wells’ Artificial Condition, and titles by Kevin J. Anderson & Sarah A. Hoyt, Raymond E. Feist, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dean Koontz, K.R. Richardson, Lilith Saintcrow, and Lee Thomas.
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* Anderson, Kevin J., & Sarah A. Hoyt : Uncharted: Lewis and Clark in Arcane America
(Baen 978-1-4814-8323-0, $25, 272pp, hardcover, May 2018, cover art Dave Seeley)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 May 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-62579-645-5
• Arcane America #1
Alternate history fantasy novel, first in a series, in which America has been sundered from the rest of the world after the magical destruction of Halley’s Comet in 1759.
• Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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+ Feist, Raymond E. : King of Ashes
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-146845-2, $29.99, 512pp, hardcover, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 May 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062315991
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062309198
• The Firemane Saga #1
Epic fantasy novel, first in a series, about two orphaned young men in a world where four kingdoms attack a fifth and destroy its king.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Kenyon, Sherrilyn : Death Doesn’t Bargain
(Tor 978-0765385710, $27.99, 336pp, hardcover, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 May 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765385727
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427296931
• Deadman’s Cross #2
Historical fantasy novel, second in a series following Deadman Walking (2017), about Deadmen fighting demons who would destroy mankind.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Koontz, Dean : The Crooked Staircase
(Bantam 978-0525483427, $28, 512pp, hardcover, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 May 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780525483441
• Jane Hawk #3
Fantasy thriller, third in a series following The Silent Corner (2016) and The Whispering Room (2017), about a woman investigating a series of mysterious suicides.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview.
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* Levy, Roger : The Rig
(Titan 978-1785655630, $14.95, 617pp, trade paperback, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 May 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B074S64LM2
SF novel about colonists on three planets, mechanisms to extract the molten core of one of them, and a social media platform in which subscribers can be resurrected based on the votes of others.
• Titan’s site has this description.
• Paul Di Filippo’s review will be posted soon on Locus Online: “I am delighted to report that The Rig is an outstanding SF novel, rich in ideation, emotion, suspense and speculation. It’s the kind of space opera–if I may stretch the category that far–which does not focus on giant galactic empires and battles, royalty and rebels, but rather on the mechanics of interstellar civilization, if you take my meaning.”
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* Richardson, K. R. : Blood Orbit
(Pyr 978-1-63388-439-7, $18, 495pp, trade paperback, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 May 2018
• Gattis File #1
SF novel, first in a series, about a rookie cop paired with an officer who uses cybernetic implants.
• K.R. Richardson is a pseudonym for Kat Richardson.
• Pyr’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Richardson deftly shows the two learning to rely on each other as they struggle against horrific odds—including prejudice and corruption within the justice system—to solve the case in time to prevent a genocide. There aren’t many surprises in the outcome, but the storytelling is outstanding.”
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* Saintcrow, Lilith : Afterwar
(Orbit 978-0316558242, $15.99, 416pp, trade paperback, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 May 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316558273
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781549115097
SF novel about the aftermath of a second American civil war.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Thomas, Lee : Distortion
(Lethe Press 978-1-59021-357-5, $18, 280pp, trade paperback, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Sat 5 May 2018
Horror novel about a middle-aged musician trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter in a Southern town where people are dying horribly.
• Lethe’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Although the setup (an outsider encountering something strange in a backwoods town) is fairly standard horror fare, there are enough intense and surprising moments to keep even the pickiest of readers entertained.”
• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound
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* Wells, Martha : Artificial Condition
(Tor.com 979-1–250-18692-8, $16.99, 160pp, hardcover, May 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 May 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250186935
• The Murderbot Diaries #2
SF novel, second in a series after All Systems Red (2017), about an exploratory robot that becomes self-aware.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gave the first book a starred review: “Nebula finalist Wells gives depth to a rousing but basically familiar action plot by turning it into the vehicle by which SecUnit engages with its own rigorously denied humanity.”
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