New Books : 19 February 2019

New titles this week are by J. S. Breukelaar, Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre, P. Djéli Clark, T. Frohock, E.K. Johnston, Howard Andrew Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ken Liu, Angus Macallan, Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin, Tina LeCount Myers, Gareth L. Powell, and Michelle West.

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* Breukelaar, J. S. : Collision
(Meerkat Press 978-1946154170, $16.95, 220pp, trade paperback, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019

Collection of 12 dark fantasy stories, four of them original to this book.
• The publisher’s site has this description with quotes from reviews.

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Caine, Rachel, & Ann Aguirre : Honor Bound
(Katherine Tegen Books 978-0062571021, $17.99, 480pp, hardcover, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062571045
• Honors #2

Young adult SF novel, second in a series following Honor Among Thieves (2018), about a petty criminal recruited into an elite team of passengers for a race of sentient alien ships.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample.
• Publishers Weekly gave the first book a starred review: “Keenly wrought characters, imaginative worldbuilding, and an inventive plot engage and gratify while urging readers to stay curious, question authority, and fight injustice.”

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Clark, P. Djéli : The Haunting of Tram Car 015
(Tor.com 978-1-250-29480-7, $14.99, 144pp, trade paperback, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250294784

Short fantasy novel about agents from the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigating a possessed tram car.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Liz Bourke reviews the book in the January issue of Locus Magazine: “Fast-paced, elegantly structured, and with an eye for the ridiculous, The Haunting of Tram Car 015 is an absolute pleasure to read.”

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* Frohock, T. : Where Oblivion Lives
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-282561-2, $16.99, 368pp, trade paperback, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062825629
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062895127
• Los Nefilim #1

Historical fantasy novel, first in a series, about a supernatural war in 1932 Spain and Germany.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a sample.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Frohock has intricately woven a unique reinterpretation of history. Eloquent prose accompanies a lyrical theme amid prewar tensions, enriching this imaginative historical fantasy.”

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* Johnston, E. K. : The Afterward
(Dutton 978-0735231894, $17.99, 352pp, hardcover, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780735231900
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781984838285

Young adult fantasy novel about two girls, one an apprentice knight, the other a beggar and thief, in a land where a godsgem has ushered in a new golden age.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Jones, Howard Andrew : For the Killing of Kings
(St. Martin’s 978-1250006813, $26.99, 368pp, hardcover, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250022929
• The Ring-Sworn Trilogy #1

Fantasy novel, first of a trilogy.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Multiple protagonists thrive amid immersive details of the realm and the creatures found therein. Jones’s exciting epic will have readers laughing, crying, and cheering for the men and women of the Altenerai.”

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* Le Guin, Ursula K. : Always Coming Home: Author’s Expanded Edition
(Library of America 978-1598536034, $35, 840pp, hardcover, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019

Expanded version of the author’s 1985 anthropological SF novel about survivors of an ecological catastrophe living in a future Napa Valley.
• Edited by Brian Attebery and prepared in consultation with Le Guin before her death, this edition includes “Dangerous People,” a complete novel within the novel, meditations and songs, related writing, and several essays.
• The publisher’s site has this description with the table of contents.

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* Liu, Ken : Broken Stars
(Tor 978-1-250-29766-2, $27.99, 480pp, hardcover, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250297679

Anthology of 16 stories translated from the Chinese, and 3 essays.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Three essays on Chinese science fiction’s history and development further enlighten Western readers, who will be very excited by these outstanding works.”

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* Macallan, Angus : Gates of Stone
(Ace 978-0-451-49027-8, $16, 544pp, trade paperback, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780451490285
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781984847065
• Lord of the Islands #1

Fantasy novel, first in a series, about a princess, a prince, and a sorcerer in a group of lawless islands.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review, mentioning the pseudonymous author’s real name, concludes, “Some incidents of gratuitous sexual violence are off-putting, but Macallan (the Outlaw Chronicles, as Angus Donald) provides steady plot momentum and thrilling battles that pull the reader through to the satisfying conclusion.”

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* Murad, Mahvesh, & Jared Shurin, eds. : The Outcast Hours
(Solaris 978-1-78108-594-3, $15.99, 384pp, trade paperback, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019

Anthology of 25 original stories, plus nine microstories by China Miéville.
• Other authors include Marina Warner, Jesse Bullington, Indrapramit Das, Lavie Tidhar, and Lauren Beukes.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.

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* Myers, Tina LeCount : Dreams of the Dark Sky
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-955-9, $25.99, 432pp, hardcover, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Legacy of the Heavens #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following The Song of All (2018), set in a world inspired by indigenous Scandinavian cultures.
• Night Shade’s site has this description with blurbs and excerpt from reviews.

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Powell, Gareth L. : Fleet of Knives
(Titan 978-1785655210, $14.95, 416pp, trade paperback, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Embers of War #2

SF novel, second of a trilogy following Embers of War (2018), about a sentient warship in the aftermath of an interstellar war.
• Titan’s site has this description.

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* West, Michelle : Firstborn
(DAW 978-0756415525, $27, 592pp, hardcover, February 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Feb 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780756415532
• House War #7

Fantasy novel, seventh in “The House War” series following The Hidden City (2008), City of Night (2009), House Name (2011), Skirmish (2012), Battle (2013), and Oracle (2015), about a city besieged by worshippers of the Lord of the Hells.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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