New in Paperback

Titles newly in paperback this month include China Miéville’s The Last Days of New Paris, John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire, and others by Neal Asher, Steven Brust & Skyler White, Jacqueline Carey, C.J. Cherryh, Robin Hobb, Veronica Roth, and Tad Williams.

Titles newly in paperback the past two months include Gregory Benford’s The Berlin Project, Kameron Hurley’s The Stars Are Legion, John Kessel’s The Moon and the Other, two big collections by Ursula K. Le Guin, Ada Palmer’s Seven Surrenders, Robert Charles Wilson’s Last Year, and titles by Aiken, Bara, Brandt, Buettner, Clarke, Corey, Flint, Forstchen, Friedman, Goodkind, Kadrey, Koontz, McClellan, Neumeier, Roberson, Smale, Stross, and

Titles newly in paperback this past month include the Shirley Jackson Award-winning (and finalist for three other awards) The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, edited by Dominik Parisen & Navah Wolfe; and other titles by Ben Bova, Brom, Lois McMaster Bujold, Cassandra Clare, Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor, Gree Hurwitz, Mercedes Lackey, Juliet Marillier, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., and Nisi Shawl.

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Bova, Ben : Apes and

Beaulieu, Bradley P. : Of Sand and Malice Made (DAW 978-0756413323, $14, 240pp, trade paperback, September 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 19 Sep 2017 • The Song of Shattered Sands #2 (First edition: DAW, September 2016)

Fantasy novel, second book in a series following Twelve Kings of Sharakhai (2015), set in a great desert city rules by twelve immortal kings. • Penguin’s site has this description.

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Anderson, Kevin J. : Eternity’s Mind (Tor 978-0765369369, $9.99, 608pp, mass market paperback, August 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Aug 2017 • Saga of Shadows #3 (First edition: Tor, September 2016)

SF novel, third in a trilogy following the Hugo-nominated The Dark Between the Stars (2014), and Blood of the Cosmos (2015). • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Andrews, Ilona : Magic Binds (Ace 978-0425270707, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, May 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 May 2017 • Kate Daniels #9 (First edition: Ace, September 2016)

Urban fantasy novel, ninth in the “Kate Daniels” series following Magic Bites, Magic Burns, Magic Strikes, Magic Bleeds (2010), Magic Slays (2011), Magic Rises (2012), Magic Breaks (2014), and Magic Shifts (2015), about a female mercenary

Anders, Charlie Jane : All the Birds in the Sky (Tor 978-0765379955, $15.99, 320pp, trade paperback, April 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 11 Apr 2017 (First edition: Tor, January 2016)

SF/fantasy novel, the author’s first genre novel, about two childhood friends, one with magical powers and the other the inventor of a time machine. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt. • Gary K. Wolfe’s review from

Abercrombie, Joe : Sharp Ends (Orbit 978-0316390828, $15.99, 336pp, trade paperback, March 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 14 Mar 2017 (First edition: Orbit, April 2016)

Collection of stories, subtitled “Stories from the World of the First Law”, with some of the stories original to this book. • Hachette’s site has this description. • The author’s site has this post from 2015 listing the table of contents.

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Bishop, Anne : Marked in Flesh (Roc 978-0451474483, $8.99, 528pp, mass market paperback, February 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Feb 2017 • The Others #4 (First edition: Roc, March 2016)

Fantasy novel, fourth in a series following Written in Red (2013), Murder of Crows (2014), and Vision in Silver (2015), about unearthly entities who rule the Earth and prey off humans. • Penguin’s site has this description with

Asher, Neal : War Factory (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1597808828, $15.99, 476pp, trade paperback, January 2017) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 Jan 2017 • Transformation #2 (First edition: Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, May 2016)

SF novel, second in a trilogy following Dark Intelligence (2015), set in the author’s Polity universe. • Night Shade’s site has this description with quotes from reviews.

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Dickinson, Seth : The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Tor 978-0765380739, $15.99, 400pp, trade paperback, November 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Nov 2016 • Traitor #1 (First edition: Tor, September 2015)

Fantasy novel, first book of a trilogy and the author’s first novel, about a young woman who tries to liberate her people. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Bujold, Lois McMaster : Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Baen 978-1476781891, $16, 352pp, trade paperback, November 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2016 • Vorkosigan Saga #17 (First edition: Baen, February 2016)

SF novel in Bujold’s long-running Vorkosigan Saga, concerning Cordelia Vorkosigan three years after the death of her husband. • Baen’s site has this description with links to several chapters.

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Card, Orson Scott : Gatefather (Tor 978-0765365408, $8.99, 432pp, mass market paperback, August 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 30 Aug 2016 • Mither Mages #3 (First edition: Tor, October 2015)

YA fantasy novel, third book in the “Mither Mages” series following The Lost Gate (2011) and The Gate Thief (2013), about Danny North, member of rural family with magical powers. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

Aycliffe, Jonathan : A Shadow on the Wall (Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1597808576, $13.99, 200pp, trade paperback, August 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Aug 2016 (First edition: UK: Severn House, February 2000)

Horror novel about an unspeakable force unearthed during the renovation of an ancient English church. • Night Shade’s site has this description. • The novel was a finalist for the International Horror Awards in 2001.

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Bear, Greg : Killing Titan (Orbit 9780316223980, $15.99, 384pp, trade paperback, July 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Jul 2016 • War Dogs #2 (First edition: Orbit, October 2015)

Near-future SF novel, second in a series following War Dogs (2014), about an interstellar war whose alien protagonists have come to Earth and Mars. • Hachette’s site has a description.

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Fortune, Margaret : Nova (DAW 978-0756410827, $7.99, 336pp, mass market paperback, June 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 7 Jun 2016 • Nova #1 (First edition: DAW, June 2015)

Young adult SF novel, the author’s first novel, about a young woman who realizes she is a genetically engineered time bomb. • Penguin’s site has this description.

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Green, Simon R.

Barker, Clive : The Scarlet Gospels (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-1250056177, $16.99, 368pp, trade paperback, May 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 17 May 2016 (First edition: St. Martin’s, May 2015)

Horror novel involving two of Barker’s most famous characters: detective Harry D’Amour and the priest of hell Pinhead. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt. • Stefan Dziemianowicz reviewed it last year in Locus Magazine: “Where the machinations

Anderson, Kevin J. : Blood of the Cosmos (Tor 978-0765369352, $8.99, 544pp, mass market paperback, April 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 5 Apr 2016 • Saga of Shadows #2 (First edition: Tor, June 2015)

SF novel, second in a series following the Hugo-nominated The Dark Between the Stars (2014). • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Abercrombie, Joe : Half a War (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0804178464, $15, 384pp, trade paperback, March 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Mar 2016 • Shattered Sea #3 (First edition: Ballantine Del Rey, July 2015)

Fantasy novel, third book in a trilogy after Half a King (2014) and Half the World (Feb. 2015), about a second son who becomes king following the deaths of his father and brother. • Penguin

Bishop, Anne : Vision in Silver (Roc 978-0451465740, $7.99, 528pp, mass market paperback, February 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 2 Feb 2016 • The Others #3 (First edition: Penguin/Roc, March 2015)

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Written in Red (2013) and Murder of Crows (2014), about unearthly entities who rule the Earth and prey off humans. • Penguin’s site has this description.

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Bear, Elizabeth : Karen Memory (Tor 978-0765375254, $15.99, 352pp, trade paperback, January 2016) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 12 Jan 2016 (First edition: Tor, February 2015)

Steampunk SF novel set in 19th century Seattle, about an orphaned young woman working in a high-class bordello. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt. • Russell Letson’s review from Locus Magazine is posted here; “Karen Memory is a delight, a

Bara, Dave : Impulse (DAW 978-0756410667, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, December 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Dec 2015 • Lightship Chronicles #1 (First edition: DAW, February 2015)

Military SF novel, first in a series and the author’s first novel, about an officer in the Unified Space Navy given a new assignment following an attack on a Lightship. • Penguin’s site has this description. • The second volume,

Belcher, R. S. : The Shotgun Arcana (Tor 978-0765374592, $15.99, 400pp, trade paperback, October 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 20 Oct 2015 • Six-Gun Tarot #2 (First edition: Tor, October 2014)

Historical fantasy novel, follow-up to The Six-Gun Tarot (2013), set in a Nevada town in 1870. • Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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Bova, Ben, & Les Johnson : Rescue Mode (Baen 978-1476781037, $7.99, 576pp, mass market paperback, October 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015 (First edition: Baen, June 2014)

Hard SF novel about a Mars mission stranded by a meteor strike, and political resistance back on Earth to rescuing them. • Baen’s site has this description (click ‘back’ from this link) with links to several chapters.

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Briggs, Patricia : Shifting Shadows (Ace 978-0425265017, $16, 464pp, trade paperback, September 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Sep 2015 • Mercy Thompson #- (First edition: Ace, September 2014)

Collection of 10 stories, subtitled “Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson”. Four stories are original to this book. • Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt. • Carolyn Cushman reviewed last year in Locus Magazine:

Baxter, Stephen : Proxima (Penguin/Roc 978-0451467713, $7.99, 512pp, mass market paperback, August 2015) • Nominal Publication Date: Tue 4 Aug 2015 (First edition: UK: Gollancz, September 2013)

SF novel, first of a duology, about a 27th century colonization of a planet circling Proxima Centauri. • Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function. • The second volume of the duology, Ultima, was published by Roc on August 4,