New Books : 28 May 2019

New titles this week are by Elizabeth Bear, T.J. Berry, Michael Blumlein, D.B. Jackson, Pittacus Lore, Claire North, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Jo Walton.

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* Bear, Elizabeth : The Red-Stained Wings
(Tor 978-0-7653-8015-9, $27.99, 384pp, hardcover, May 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 May 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466872080
• The Lotus Kingdoms #2

Fantasy novel, second in a trilogy following The Stone in the Skull (2017), set in the fantasy world of the Lotus Kingdoms.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review calls it a “satisfyingly complex sequel” and concludes, “Sorcery and scheming successfully propel the characters and plot lines of this rich and lovely India-tinged fantasy.”

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Berry, T. J. : Five Unicorn Flush
(Angry Robot 978-0857667830, $12.99, 400pp, trade paperback, May 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 May 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857667847
• UK edition: 9780857667830 (Tue 7 May 2019)
• The Reason #2

SF novel, second in a series following Space Unicorn Blues (2018), about a universe in which magical creatures, who provided faster-than-light travel, have disappeared.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with an excerpt.

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Blumlein, Michael : Longer
(Tor.com 978-1-250-22981-6, $15.99, 234pp, trade paperback, May 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 May 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250229809

SF novel about two R&D scientists who participate in a rejuvenation experiment.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Jackson, D. B. : Time’s Demon
(Angry Robot 978-0857667939, $14.99, 504pp, trade paperback, May 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 May 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857667946
• UK edition: 9780857667939 (Tue 7 May 2019)
• The Islevale Cycle #2

Epic fantasy novel, second in a series following Time’s Children (2018), about a time traveler trapped in the past.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with an excerpt.

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Lore, Pittacus : The Legacy Chronicles: Out of the Shadows
(Harper 978-0062494085, $9.99, 416pp, trade paperback, May 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 May 2019
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062938596

Collection of three novellas, follow-up to The Legacy Chronicles: Trial by Fire (2018), both books companions to the author’s Lorien Legacies Reborn series, itself a spin-off to the I Am Number Four series.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description.

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* North, Claire : The Gameshouse
(Orbit 978-0-316-49156-3, $15.99, 448pp, trade paperback, May 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 May 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316491570
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781549121685
• UK edition: 978-0356513126 (Thu 30 May 2019)

Fantasy novel, first published as three digital-only novellas (The Serpent, The Thief, and The Master, all 2015), about a magical gaming house.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “World Fantasy Award winner North melds her separate tales into an intricate critique of world history as a game board controlled by competitive and coolly disinterested gamers who are willing to sacrifice their pawns without regret or remorse.”

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Tchaikovsky, Adrian : Walking to Aldebaran
(Solaris 978-1781087060, $30, 140pp, hardcover, May 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 May 2019

Short SF novel about a survivor from a group of astronauts sent to explore the Oort Cloud, where they discovered a strange alien rock.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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* Walton, Jo : Lent
(Tor 978-0-7653-7906-1, $26.99, 384pp, hardcover, May 2019)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 May 2019
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466865723

Historical fantasy novel about a young man in 15th century Florence who sees and performs miracles.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Fans of Connie Willis and The Good Place will be awed by this nuanced, loving grapple with better selves and better worlds.”
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the May issue of Locus Magazine, concluding “What began as a riveting historical about a fascinating figure whose self-destructive pride insured both his demise and his lasting influence ends up as a rather dizzying timeline adventure leading to a conclusion that ingeniously satisfies both the terms of its 15th-century Florentine worldview and the SF-like machinery that makes it work.”

• Purchase this book from Amazon | Indiebound

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