New Books : 14 July 2020

New books this week are by Madeline Ashby, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Michael Bishop, Jim Butcher, Raymond E. Feist, Terry Goodkind, Stephen Graham Jones, TJ Klune, Mary Robinette Kowal, Stephen R. Lawhead, David Mitchell, John P. Murphy, Keith Rosson, Steven H Silver, and Zoje Stage.

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* Ashby, Madeline : ReV
(Angry Robot 978-0857665386, $15.99, 400pp, trade paperback, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857665409
• UK edition: 9780857665386 (Tue 14 Jul 2020)
• The Machine Dynasty #3

SF novel, third in a series following vN (2012) and iD (2013), about self-replicating humanoids.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Beaulieu, Bradley P. : When Jackals Storm the Walls
(DAW 978-0-7564-1462-7, $28, 528pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780756414641
• The Song of Shattered Sands #5

Fantasy novel, fifth book in a series following Twelve Kings of Sharakhai (2015), Of Sand and Malice Made (2016), A Veil of Spears (2018), and Beneath the Twisted Trees (2019), set in a great desert city ruled by twelve immortal kings.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Beaulieu’s tapestry of vengeance, power, love, and hope is complex, but, by including a summary of previous volumes and a glossary of terms and characters at the start of the book, he succeeds in making this fifth volume accessible, even to new readers. Beaulieu’s excellent epic fantasy includes enough magic, battles, and heroes to satisfy any genre fan.”

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* Bishop, Michael : Unicorn Mountain
(Fairwood Press/Kudzu Planet Productions 978-1-933846-94-1, $18.99, 352pp, trade paperback, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B086MMMLWR

Revised edition with the “author’s preferred text” of Bishop’s 1988 fantasy novel, about a woman running a ranch in Colorado who takes in her ex-husband’s cousin dying of AIDS, and her Ute Indian cowhand who tries to verifiy the existence of unicorns on her property.
• Fairwood’s site has this description and order page, with blurbs from Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Greg Bear, and others.
• The books won a Mythopoeic Award in 1989.

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* Butcher, Jim : Peace Talks
(Ace 978-0-451-46441-5, $28, 352pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780399587078
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780593290705
• Dresden Chronicles #16

Fantasy novel, sixteenth in the “Dresden Chronicles” about crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden in Chicago, following Cold Days (2012) and Skin Game (2014).
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “The high-stakes mysteries established in the second act are left largely unresolved […] making this feel more like a prologue to the next in the series than a self-contained narrative. Die-hard fans will hope to see the action from the end carry into the next volume.”

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* Feist, Raymond E. : Queen of Storms
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-231581-6, $29.99, 448pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062315878
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780063017252
• The Firemane Saga #2

Epic fantasy novel, second in a series following King of Ashes (2018), 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.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Feist fans will recognize his hallmarks here—quiet moments of a common life interrupted by sweeping battles, and high seas journeys to distant continents. Fantasy readers of all sorts will appreciate his command of both subtle characterization and vast, panoramic story. This is a knockout.”

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* Goodkind, Terry : Into Darkness
(Head of Zeus 978-1789544718, $19.95, 688pp, hardcover, June 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Jun 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781789544787
• The Children of D’Hara #5

Fantasy novel, fifth in a series following The Scribbly Man (2019), Hateful Things (2019), Wasteland (2019), and Witch’s Oath (2020), set in the author’s Sword of Truth universe.
• This appears to be the UK edition released in January from Head of Zeus, now available from Amazon.com.
• The publisher’s site has this description with an introduction by the author.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.

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* Jones, Stephen Graham : The Only Good Indians
(Saga 978-1-982136-45-1, $26.99, 320pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781982136475
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781797105550

Horror novel about four American Indian men tracked by an entity in the form of an elk.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This novel works both as a terrifying chiller and as biting commentary on the existential crisis of indigenous peoples adapting to a culture that is bent on eradicating theirs. Challenging and rewarding, this tale will thrill Jones’s fans and garner him plenty of new readers.”
• Paula Guran reviewed it in the March issue of Locus Magazine: “The Only Good Indians is a great horror novel. Jones, long a prolific and notable sui generis writer, has written a masterpiece.”

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* Klune, TJ : The Extraordinaries
(Tor Teen 978-1-250-20365-6, $18.99, 400pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781250203670
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781250755759
• The Extraordinaries #1

Young adult fantasy novel, the author’s first novel and first in a series, about an Extraordinaries fanfiction writer who sets out to become extraordinary himself.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “There’s plenty in this lighthearted, superhero-interested teen dramedy for kids who feel like they’re sometimes on the outside, including the positive representation of a teen with ADHD.”

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* Kowal, Mary Robinette : The Relentless Moon
(Tor 978-1-250-23695-1, $30.99, 544pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-1-250-23695-1
• Lady Astronaut #3

SF novel, third in a series following The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky (both 2018), in which Lady Astronaut Elma York is now on her way to Mars.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it, as it did the two previous books, a starred review: “Kowal effortlessly blends espionage, spacefaring adventure, and social fiction, paying particular attention to the details of life as a female astronaut in the 1960s. This is hard science fiction at its most emotional, intimate, and insightful.”
• Adrienne Martini reviewed it in the June issue of Locus Magazine: “What really kept me reading well past my bedtime, because I wanted to know what was going to happen, was that there is an epidemic on the moon. […] In The Relentless Moon, at least, Robinette Kowal offers assurance that it is a problem that can be solved, if her characters use their brains to work it. Hopefully the same will prove true in real life.”

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* Lawhead, Stephen R. : In the Kingdom of All Tomorrows
(Tor 978-0765383488, $27.99, 288pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466891821
• Eirlandia #3

Celtic fantasy novel, third in a series following In the Region of the Southern Stars (2018) and In the Land of the Everliving (2019), about an island ravaged by barbarians using the Fae as an ultimate weapon.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Mitchell, David : Utopia Avenue
(Random House 978-0-8129-9743-9, $30, 592pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780812997446
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781101923207

Literary novel with genre elements, about a fictitious rock band and its career in the 1960s.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Mitchell makes the best use of his familiar elements, from recurring characters to an innovative narrative structure, delivering more fun, more mischief, and more heart than ever before. This is Mitchell at his best.”

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* Murphy, John P. : Red Noise
(Angry Robot 978-0-85766-847-9, $14.99, 448pp, trade paperback, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780857668523

SF novel, the author’s first novel, about an asteroid miner who gets caught up in a turf war between gangs and crooked cops.
• Angry Robot’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Though not all of the inhabitants of Station 35 are as well-rendered as the lead, snappy dialogue and plenty of dry humor keep the pages turning. This fast, fun space western is pure entertainment.”

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* Rosson, Keith : Road Seven
(Meerkat Press 978-1-946154-29-3, $17.95, 270pp, trade paperback, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B086T6MDCS
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: B08BMG4K7Y

Fantasy novel about a disgraced cryptozoologist investigating reports of a unicorn on a small island off the coast of Iceland.
• The publisher’s site has this description with quotes from reviews.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Still, the blend of genres, from science fiction to cosmic horror, is masterfully executed. Readers will be riveted by this clever, unsettling adventure.”

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* Silver, Steven H : After Hastings
(1632, Inc. 978-1948818940, $15.99, 347pp, trade paperback, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Mon 29 Jun 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B08C248K89

Alternate history novel, the author’s first novel, about the aftermath of King Harold’s victory over William the (Would-be) Conqueror at Hastings in 1066.
• The author’s site has this description with pages for history, maps, characters, and genealogies, and a sample.
• The author has a Big Idea post about the book on John Scalzi’s blog.

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* Stage, Zoje : Wonderland
(Mulholland Books 978-0-316-45849-8, $28, 368pp, hardcover, July 2020)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Jul 2020
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316458511
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781549181658

Horror novel about a family that moves to an isolated farmhouse in New York’s Adirondack mountains, where something mysterious begins calling to them.
• Hachette’s site has this description with an excerpt and quotes from reviews.

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