Audiobook release day: Ganymede by Cherie Priest; Zoo City by Lauren Beukes; The Sacred Band by David Anthony Durham

Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century returns with Ganymede: Clockwork Century, Book 4:

The Clockwork Century began with 2009’s Boneshaker (narrated by Wil Wheaton and Kate Reading), followed by the short novel Clementine: A Novel of the Clockwork Century (read by Dina Pearlman and Victor Bevine) and a full-size follow-up, Dreadnought (once again narrated by Reading). Here, the Macmillan Audio production of Ganymede is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.

The Clockwork Century began with a powerful drill and zombies (the eponymous Boneshaker), launched an airship with pirates (Clementine), boarded a train (Dreadnought), and Ganymede looks to take its readers (and listeners!) beneath the waves in a submersible. Though what I really want is more Jeremiah Swakhammer, I don’t, I suppose, get to pick. Anyway, there are some bridge characters to follow, though the Clockwork Century books have all been standalone, not requiring the others to stand up, and I would be surprised if Ganymede was any exception.

Technically, Ganymede was added to Audible.com yesterday; but it was late enough in the day that it escaped my notice until this morning.

OTHER OF MY MOST-ANTICIPATED TITLES ALSO OUT TODAY:

• Zoo City By Lauren Beukes Narrated by Justine Eyre — the reigning Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novel from South African novelist Beukes, out from Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio and bargain priced for Audible.com members at $7.34
• The Sacred Band: Book Three of the Acacia Trilogy By David Anthony Durham Narrated by Dick Hill — Durham’s groundbreaking, powerful trilogy comes to its conclusion with The Sacred Band, a well-reviewed and much-anticipated finale
• Anthology: Down These Strange Streets By George R. R. Martin (editor), Gardner Dozois (editor), Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green,S. M. Stirling, and Carrie Vaughan Narrated by Phil Gigante, Nicola Barber, and Ralph Lister
• Non-Genre: The Cat’s Table written and narrated by the author of The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje — out from Random House Audio

ALSO OUT TODAY:

• Debris: Veiled Worlds, Book 1 By Jo Anderton Narrated by Kate Rudd
• YA: A Beautiful Friendship: Star Kingdom, Book 1 By David Weber Narrated by Khristine Hvam
• Anthology: Zombies: The Recent Dead By Neil Gaiman, Max Brooks, Brian Keene, Joe R. Lansdale, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Kelly Link, Tim Lebbon, Michael Marshall Smith, and Kit Reed Narrated by Jonathan Davis, L J Ganser, Victor Villar-Hauser, Josh Hurley, Bonni Turpin, Jeff Woodman, Marc Vietor, Elisabeth Rodgers, and Edoardo Ballorini
• Anthology: Vampires: The Recent Undead By Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong,Rachel Caine, Jeanne C. Stein, Carrie Vaughn, Holly Black, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Karen Russell, Tanya Huff, and Charles de Lint Narrated by Bonni Turpin, Jonathan Davis, Khristine Hvam, Victor Villar Hauser, Suzanne Toren, Marc Vietor, Josh Hurley, Edoardo Ballorini, Kevin Pariseau, and Susan Duerden
• The Dovekeepers: A Novel by Alice Hoffman Narrated by Aya Cash, Jessica Hecht, Tovah Feldshuh From Simon & Schuster Audio — “In 70 C.D., nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on a mountain in the Judean desert, Masada. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic historical event, Hoffman weaves a spellbinding tale of four extraordinary, bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom comes to Masada by a different path.”
• The Night Strangers: A Novel By Chris Bohjalian Narrated by Alison Fraser and Mark Bramhall
• Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse By James Wesley Rawles Narrated by Dick Hill
• Changes: Collegium Chronicles, Book 3 By Mercedes Lackey Narrated by Nick Podehl

And while I’m at it, some recent Free for Members content:

• Free Short Story: The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
• Reamde: Free First Chapter by Neal Stephenson

MISSING IN ACTION:

• Infidel by Kameron Hurley (Night Shade Books, Oct 4, 2011)
• Magebane by Lee Arthur Chane (Oct 4, 2011) — see recent Big Idea post on John Scalzi’s Whatever blog
• The Traitor’s Daughter by Paula Brandon (ACE, Oct 4, 2011)
• Wolf at the Door by MaryJanice Davidson (Berkeley, Oct 4, 2011)
• Dust by Joan Frances Turner (Oct 4, 2011)
• Salvation’s Reach (Gaunt’s Ghosts) by Dan Abnett (Oct 4, 2011)
• Neverwinter: Neverwinter Saga, Book II by R. A. Salvatore (Oct 4, 2011)
• The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (Outspoken Authors) by Cory Doctorow (Paperback – Oct 1, 2011, PM Press)
• Non-fiction collection: Context by Cory Doctorow (Paperback – Oct 1, 2011, Tachyon)
• Firestorm: Destroyermen by Taylor Anderson (Oct 4, 2011)