The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

HALLAWAY, TATE (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Dead Sexy (SFBC #1235618, Jun 2007, $10.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Margarete Gockel) [Garnet Lacey] Reprint (Berkley 2007) humorous vampire romance, sequel to Tall, Dark & Dead. Hallaway is a pen name for Lyda Morehouse.
• * _Dead Sexy (Headline Review 978-0-7553-3657-9, Nov 2007, £6.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Jacqueline Bissett) [Garnet Lacey] Reprint (Berkley 2007) paranormal romance novel. Book two in the Garnet Lacey series after Tall, Dark and Dead. Hallaway is a pen name for Lyda Morehouse. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Tall, Dark and Dead (Hodder Headline/Review 978-0-7553-3655-5, Jun 2007, £6.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Jacqueline Bissett) [Garnet Lacey] Reprint (Berkley 2006) humorous vampire romance, the first in a series. A witch hiding from Vatican witch hunters finds herself attracted to a vampire alchemist. Hallaway is a pen name for Lyda Morehouse. [First U.K. edition]

HAMBLY, BARBARA (Joan) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Patriot Hearts (Bantam 978-0-553-80428-7, Feb 2007, $25.00, 430pp, hc, cover by Gilbert Stuart) Associational historical novel of the Founding Mothers.
• * _Renfield: Slave of Dracula (Berkley 978-0-425-21789-4, Oct 2007, $7.99, 291pp, pb) [Dracula] Reprint (Berkley 2006) vampire novel telling the story of Dracula’s servant.

HAMILTON, LAURELL K. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures Volume I (with Stacie M. Ritchie & Brett Booth) (Marvel 978-0-7851-2579-2, Jul 2007, $19.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Brett Booth) [Anita Blake] Graphic novel adaptation of the first part of the first novel in the Anita Blake series by Hamilton, originally published as a series of comic books. Adapted by Stacie Ritchie and Jess Ruffner-Booth, with art by Brett Booth.
• * _Burnt Offerings (Berkley 978-0-425-21884-6, Dec 2007, $24.95, 376pp, hc) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Ace 1998) dark fantasy detective novel, seventh in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter.
• * _Circus of the Damned (Berkley 978-0-425-20139-8, Jan 2007, $14.00, 303pp, tp, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Ace 1995) dark fantasy novel, third in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.
• * _Danse Macabre (Jove 978-0-515-14281-5, Apr 2007, $7.99, 517pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Berkley 2006) dark fantasy novel in the Anita Blake series.
• * _Danse Macabre (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-319-0, Jun 2007, £7.99, 536pp, pb) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Orbit 2006) dark fantasy novel, book 14 in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.
• * _Guilty Pleasures (Jove 978-0-515-14418-5, Sep 2007, $4.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reissue (Ace 1993) dark fantasy novel, first in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. This is a “special price” edition.
• * *The Harlequin (Berkley 978-0-425-21724-5, Jun 2007, $25.95, 422pp, hc, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy novel in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.
• * *The Harlequin (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-475-3, Jun 2007, £12.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy novel, book 15 in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. Simultaneous with the US (Berkley) edition. A trade paperback (export-only) edition (-320-6, £11.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *A Lick of Frost (Ballantine 978-0-345-49590-7, Nov 2007, $24.95, 274pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Erotic dark fantasy, sixth in the Meredith Gentry series. Merry returns to Los Angeles, where the authorities try to arrest her guards on charges laid by the Seelie king.
• * _A Lick of Frost (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-59305-949-4, Nov 2007, £16.99, 274pp, hc, cover by Berni Stevens) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2007) erotic dark fantasy novel, sixth in the Meredith Gentry series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Micah & Strange Candy (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-602-3, Oct 2007, £7.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Omnibus of two books in the Anita Blake series: novel Micah (2006) plus the collection Strange Candy (2006). (Contents)
• * *Mistral’s Kiss (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-05723-6, Dec 2006, £10.99, 212pp, tp) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Erotic dark fantasy novel in the Meredith Gentry series. Simultaneous with the US (Ballantine) edition.
• * _Mistral’s Kiss (Ballantine 978-0-345-44361-8, Nov 2007, $7.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Judy York) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2006) erotic dark fantasy mystery, fifth in the Meredith Gentry series.
• * _Mistral’s Kiss (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-553-81815-4, Nov 2007, £6.99, 316pp, pb) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Bantam UK 2006) erotic dark fantasy novel, fifth in the Meredith Gentry series.
• * _Ravenloft: Death of a Darklord (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4734-8, Sep 2007, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Jon Foster & Matt Adelsperger) [Ravenloft: Covenant] Reprint (TSR 1995) horror novelization based on the roleplaying game, part of the Covenant series. Copyrighted 1995 TSR, 2006 Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Strange Candy (Berkley 978-0-425-21521-0, Jun 2007, $14.00, 287+xiv, tp, cover by Craig White) Reprint (Berkley 2006) collection of 14 stories.

HAMILTON, PETER F. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Dreaming Void (Macmillan UK 978-1-4050-8880-0, Aug 2007, £17.99, 652pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Void] SF novel, book one of the Void trilogy. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-8881-7) was announced but not seen.
• * _Judas Unchained (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-46167-4, Apr 2007, $8.99, 1008pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Commonwealth Saga] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2005) far-future SF novel, part two of the Commonwealth Saga.

HAMMOND, WARREN (chron.)

• * *KOP (Tor 978-0-7653-1272-3, Jul 2007, $24.95, 331pp, hc, cover by Chris McGrath) [KOP] SF noir detective novel. Juno, a crooked cop on the colony planet Lagarto, gets a beautiful rookie partner and an ugly murder case. A first novel.

HAMMOND, WAYNE G. (chron.)

• * _The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology (with Christina Scull) See entry under Christina Scull.
• * _The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader’s Guide (with Christina Scull) See entry under Christina Scull.

HANCOCK, KAREN (chron.)

• * *Return of the Guardian-King (Bethany House 978-0-7642-2797-4, Apr 2007, $13.99, 461pp, tp) [Legends of the Guardian-King] Christian fantasy novel, the fourth and final in the Legends of the Guardian-King series.

HAND, ELIZABETH (Francis) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Bride of Frankenstein: Pandora’s Bride (Dark Horse Books 978-1-59582-035-8, Nov 2007, $6.99, 206pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Frankenstein] Novelization based on characters from the Universal Studios movies. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing.
• * *Generation Loss (Small Beer Press 978-1-931520-21-8, Apr 2007, $24.00, 265pp, hc, cover by Jacob McMurray) Associational horror novel. Small Beer Press, 176 Prospect Avenue, Northampton MA 01060; [www.smallbeerpress.com].
• * *Illyria (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-63-1, Feb 2007, £10.00, 123pp, tp, cover by James Hannah) Fantasy novelette. Teenaged cousins together discover sex, an interest in acting, and a magic toy theater. This was the 2006 Christmas book, distributed free to Postscripts subscribers in December 2006, with an on-sale date of 2/07. This is a limited edition of 300; a signed hardcover edition of 200 (-64-8, £25.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK.

HANDELAND, LORI (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hidden Moon (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-94917-4, Aug 2007, $6.99, 335pp, pb) [Nightcreatures] Werewolf romance novel in the Nightcreatures series.
• * _Hunter’s Moon (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-45130-7, Sep 2007, £6.99, 333pp, pb) [Nightcreatures] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2005) paranormal romance novel, the second in the Nightcreatures series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Thunder Moon (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-94918-1, Jan 2008, $6.99, 328pp, pb) [Nightcreatures] Werewolf romance novel in the Nightcreatures series.

HANSEN, JAMIE LEIGH (chron.)

• * *Betrayed (Tor 978-0-7653-5720-5, Jan 2008, $6.99, 324pp, pb) [Betrayed] Paranormal romance. A couple whose love has been frustrated across multiple incarnations gets one last chance.

HANSEN, MATTHEW SCOTT (chron.)

• * *The Shadowkiller (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-9473-4, Jan 2007, $24.00, 436pp, hc) Horror novel. Bigfoot wants revenge after a human-caused forest fire.

HANSON, TRAVIS (chron.)

• * *Tales of the Broken Moon, Book 2: The Lost Prince of Darkleaf (with Aimee Duncan) (Bean Leaf Press 978-0-9774127-1-7, May 2007, $12,95, 297pp, tp, cover by Travis Hanson) [Broken Moon] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Bean’s Song. The Bean’s quest to heal a magic sword continues. Illustrated by Travis Hanson. Bean Leaf Press, PO Box 6095, Moreno Valley CA 92554; [www.beanleafpress.com].

HARDINGE, FRANCES (stories) (chron.)

• * *Verdigris Deep (Macmillan Children’s Books 978-1-4050-5537-6, May 2007, £10.99, 328pp, hc, cover by Peter Ferguson & Tony Fleetwood) Young-adult contemporary dark fantasy novel. Kids who steal from a wishing well find themselves compelled to grant wishes that go horribly wrong.
• * *Verdigris Deep (Macmillan Children’s Books 978-1-4050-5537-6, May 2007, £10.99, 328pp, hc) Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel.

HARDY, JASON M. (chron.)

• * *MechWarrior: Dark Age: The Last Charge (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46183-4, Dec 2007, $6.99, 292pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the 29th based on the computer game based on the Battletech roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.

HARPER, STEVEN (chron.)

• * *Battlestar Galactica: Unity (Tor 978-0-765-31608-0, Apr 2007, $14.95, 318pp, tp) [Battlestar Galactica] Novelization, the fourth based on the new version of the SF TV show. A hardcover edition (31606-6, $25.95) is also available. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing.
• * _Battlestar Galactica: Unity (Tor 978-0-7653-5519-5, Oct 2007, $7.99, 318pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Tor 2007) novelization, the fourth based on the new version of the SF TV show. Copyrighted by Universal Studios.

HARPER, SUZANNE (chron.)

• * *The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 978-0-06-113158-5, Jul 2007, $16.99, 362pp, hc, cover by Marcos Chin) Young-adult fantasy. A girl from a family of mediums tries to hide her psychic gifts at her new high school.

HARRIS, CHARLAINE; [i.e., Charlaine Harris Schulz] (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *All Together Dead (Ace 978-0-441-01494-1, May 2007, $24.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the seventh featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Murder mars a vampire summit.
• * _Dead as a Doornail (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07887-1, May 2007, £9.99, 295pp, hc) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2005) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the fifth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Dead as a Doornail (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08043-0, Nov 2007, £6.99, 295pp, pb) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2005) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the fifth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse.
• * _Definitely Dead (Ace 978-0-441-01491-0, Apr 2007, $7.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2006) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the sixth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse.
• * _Definitely Dead (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07891-8, Nov 2007, £10.99, 324pp, tp) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2006) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the sixth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Grave Sight (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07883-3, Jan 2007, £9.99, 263pp, hc) [Harper Connelly] Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2005) fantasy novel. First in a new series about a psychic investigator. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Grave Sight (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07923-6, Sep 2007, £6.99, 263pp, pb) [Harper Connelly] Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2005) mystery with dark fantasy elements, the first about psychic investigator Harper Connelly, who can see the dead’s last moments.
• * _Grave Surprise (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07885-7, Sep 2007, £9.99, 295pp, hc) [Harper Connelly] Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2006) paranormal mystery, the second in the Harper Connelly series. A trade paperback edition (-07886-4) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Grave Surprise (Berkley Prime Crime 978-0-425-21470-1, Oct 2007, $7.99, 310pp, pb, cover by David Hollenbach) [Harper Connelly] Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2006) paranormal mystery, the second in a series featuring Harper Connelly.
• * *Ice Cold Grave (Berkley Prime Crime 978-0-425-21729-0, Oct 2007, $23.95, 280pp, hc, cover by David Hollenbach) [Harper Connelly] Paranormal mystery, the third in a series featuring Harper Connelly, who can see the dead.

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• * *Many Bloody Returns (with Toni L. P. Kelner) (Ace 978-0-441-01522-1, Sep 2007, $24.95, 356pp, hc, cover by Lisa Desimini) Original anthology of vampire birthday stories. Includes stories by Charlaine Harris (in the Sookie Stackhouse series), Tanya Huff (the Smoke series), Jim Butcher (Dresden Files), and P.N. Elrod (Jack Fleming). (Contents)

HARRIS, JOANNE (Michele Sylvie) (1964- ) (chron.)

• * *The Lollipop Shoes (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-60949-4, May 2007, £11.99, 459pp, tp) [Chocolat] Mainstream novel with fantasy elements, sequel to Chocolat, but more overtly fantastic. A hardcover edition (-60948-7, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Runemarks (Random House/Knopf 978-0-375-84444-7, Jan 2008, $18.99, 527pp, hc, cover by John Hendrix) Young-adult fantasy novel about a girl marked with a magic rune, living in a world where the Norse gods survived Ragnarok centuries before. First US edition (Doubleday UK 8/07).

HARRIS, TED DAVID (chron.)

• * *Unleashing Janus (PublishAmerica 1-4241-6696-9, Apr 2007, $19.95, 200pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel. Two young people are caught in a battle over the development of an artificial intelligence. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.publishamerica.com].

HARRISON, KIM; pseudonym of Dawn Cook, (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *For a Few Demons More (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-078838-4, Mar 2007, $21.95, 456pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Rachel Morgan] Humorous dark fantasy novel about a witch PI, fifth in the series begun in Dead Witch Walking. Harrison is a pen name for Dawn Cook.
• * _For a Few Demons More (SFBC #1230833, Mar 2007, $12.99, 456pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Rachel Morgan] Reprint (Eos 2007) humorous dark fantasy novel about a witch PI, fifth in the series begun in Dead Witch Walking. Harrison is a pen name for Dawn Cook. This is similar to the Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *For a Few Demons More (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-724779-0, Mar 2007, £6.99, 520pp, pb) [Rachel Morgan] Dark fantasy novel. Book five in the Rachel Morgan series. Simultaneous with the US (Eos) edition.
• * _For a Few Demons More (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-114981-8, Dec 2007, $7.99, 536pp, pb) [Rachel Morgan] Reprint (Eos 2007) dark fantasy novel about a witch PI, fifth in the series begun in Dead Witch Walking; this adds a new story in the series, “The Bridges of Eden Park”. Harrison is a pen name for Dawn Cook. (Contents)

HARRISON, M(ichael) JOHN (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Light (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58733-3, May 2007, $6.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Light] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
• * _Light (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07403-3, Nov 2007, £7.99, 320pp, tp) [Light] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel.
• * +Nova Swing (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38501-4, Oct 2007, $16.00, 253pp, tp) [Light] SF novel, sequel to Light. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. First US edition (Gollancz 11/06).
• * _Nova Swing (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07969-4, Nov 2007, £7.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Light] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) SF novel, sequel to Light, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award.

HARRISON, METTE IVIE (chron.)

• * _Mira, Mirror (Penguin/Speak 0-14-240643-0, Aug 2006, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Lori Koefoed) Reprint (Viking 2004) young-adult fantasy. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
• * *The Princess and the Hound (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-113187-5, May 2007, $17.99, 410pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Young-adult fantasy. A prince with forbidden animal magic meets a princess whose only friend is a hound.

HART, J. V. (chron.)

• * _Capt. Hook (HarperCollins/Geringer 978-0-06-000222-0, May 2007, $6.99, 342pp, tp, cover by Brett Helquist) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Geringer 2005) young-adult fantasy about the early years of the character from J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, subtitled “The Adventures of a Notorious Youth”. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.

HART, MARCUS ALEXANDER (chron.)

• * _The Oblivion Society (Permuted Press 978-0-9765559-5-7, Sep 2007, $15.95, 303pp, tp, cover by Michael Greenholt) Reprint (Lulu.com 2006, not seen) postholocaust horror novel. A group of 20-something survivors use their B-movie knowledge to survive after an accidental nuclear war. This is a significantly revised second edition with a new foreword by David Wong. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.permutedpress.com].

HART, RAVEN (chron.)

• * _The Vampire’s Kiss (Ballantine 978-0-345-49856-4, Dec 2007, $6.99, 323pp, pb) [Savannah Vampire Chronicles] Vampire romance novel, third in the Savannah Vampire Chronicles begun in The Vampire’s Seduction.
• * _The Vampire’s Secret (Ballantine 978-0-345-47977-8, Apr 2007, $6.99, 390pp, pb) [Savannah Vampire Chronicles] Vampire romance novel, sequel to The Vampire’s Seduction.

HARTINGER, BRENT (chron.)

• * *Dreamquest (Tor/Starscape 978-0-7653-1397-3, May 2007, $16.95, 155pp, hc, cover by August Hall) [Tales of Slumberia] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Tales of Slumberia series. Julie wakes up in a dream studio, where she can stop her nightmares if she can find the producers making them.

HARTLEY, ADELE, ed. (chron.)

• * *Read By Dawn: Volume 2 (Bloody Books 978-1-905636-10-5, Sep 2007, £9.99, 240pp, tp) Original horror anthology.