New Books : 15 January 2019

New titles this week are by Gregory Benford, Terry Goodkind, Yoon Ha Lee, David Mack, Christopher Paolini, Alastair Reynolds, S. Andrew Swann, Sarah Tarkoff, and Karen Thompson Walker.

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* Benford, Gregory : Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape
(Saga Press 978-1-4814-8769-6, $27.99, 368pp, hardcover, January 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Jan 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481487719

SF novel about a professor from 2002 who’s transported back to 1968, where he finds others with the ability to travel through time, including Robert A. Heinlein and Albert Einstein.
• The book is a thematic sequel to Benford’s 1980 Nebula-winner Timescape.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Benford’s blend of hard science, pop culture, and character study is entertaining.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews the book in the January issue of Locus Magazine: “The result is a good deal of fun mixed with some more up-to-date speculations on quantum entanglement – the sense in which the novel is really a ‘‘conceptual sequel’’ to Timescape – as well as elements of the kinetic thrillers Benford has been experimenting with for some years now…”

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* Goodkind, Terry : Siege of Stone
(Tor 978-1250194763, $31.99, 560pp, hardcover, December 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 31 Dec 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250194787
• The Nicci Chronicles #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Death’s Mistress (2017) and Shroud of Eternity (2018) that centers on one character from the Sword of Truth series.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Lee, Yoon Ha : Dragon Pearl
(Disney/Hyperion 978-1-368-01335-2, $16.99, 320pp, hardcover, January 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Jan 2019

Young adult SF novel in the “Rick Riordan Presents” series, about a 13-year-old girl who runs away to escape her mother’s restrictions on her fox-magic and to find her brother.
• Disney’s site has this description.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Lee offers a perfect balance of space opera and Korean mythology with enough complexity to appeal to teens.”

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Mack, David : The Iron Codex
(Tor 978-0765383211, $17.99, 384pp, trade paperback, January 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Jan 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466890855
• Dark Arts #2

Alternate history fantasy novel, second in a series following The Midnight Front (2018), about Nazi sorcerers and the Allies’ secret magical warfare program.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Paolini, Christopher : The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm
(Knopf 978-1984894861, $16.99, 288pp, hardcover, December 2018)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 31 Dec 2018
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781984894885
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780593103616
• Tales from Alagaësia #1

Collection of stories set in the world of Eragon and the Inheritance Cycle, first in a series.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Though very little occurs in these stories, established fans may enjoy checking in on favorite characters and a world they enjoy.”

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* Reynolds, Alastair : Shadow Captain
(Orbit 978-0316555708, $15.99, 448pp, trade paperback, January 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Jan 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316555685
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781549171369
• UK edition: 978-0575090637 (Thu 10 Jan 2019)
• Revenger #2

Far future SF novel, sequel to Revenger (2016), about two sisters hunting for the greatest treasure in the universe.
• The earlier book won a Locus Award as best YA Book.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The UK edition from Gollancz is in hardcover.

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* Swann, S. Andrew : Marked
(DAW 978-0-7564-1502-0, $16, 336pp, trade paperback, January 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Jan 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780756414931

Fantasy novel about a detective who solves crimes by traveling to alternate pasts and futures.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “As deadly serious as the dangers are, the story is still an entertaining, occasionally raucous romp. Despite being labeled a dark fantasy, this is recommended for all fantasy readers.”

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* Tarkoff, Sarah : Fearless
(Harper Voyager 978-0062456403, $16.99, 384pp, trade paperback, January 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Jan 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062456410
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062891327
• Eye of the Beholder #2

Dystopian SF novel, second in a series following Sinless (2018), set in a society in which right and wrong are manifested by beauty and ugliness.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample.

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* Walker, Karen Thompson : The Dreamers
(Random House 978-0812994162, $27, 320pp, hardcover, January 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 15 Jan 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780812994179
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780525637547

Literary SF novel about a small town afflicted by perpetual sleep.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Walker jolts the narrative with surprising twists, ensuring it keeps its energy until the end. This is a skillful, complex, and thoroughly satisfying novel about a community in peril.”

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