Release Week: Fade to Black, Dreams and Shadows, Between Two Thorns, Oz Reimagined, Deadhouse Gates, The Judging Eye, and more

Release Week: Fade to Black, Dreams and Shadows, Between Two Thorns, Oz Reimagined, Deadhouse Gates, The Judging Eye, and more

Posted on 2013-02-27 at 16:12 by Sam

It’s an absolutely massive release week to wind up February, with debut novels, anthologies, previously published books in two epic fantasy series coming to audio, on and on. It’s a week so big that even a new book co-authored by Neal Stephenson, Book 3 of The Mongoliad, and new books in The Night of the Swarm and The Imager Portfolio, don’t make it above the fold. (And, of course, more Scalzi, with The Dog King: The Human Division, Episode 7.) I can barely find it in me to complain about the “Seen but not Heard” list. (This is helped by my most anticipated title of the week, Ariel Djanikian’s The Office of Mercy, being booked for a March release from Tantor Audio.) Meanwhile, I’m expecting the first few books in David Drake’s Lord of the Isles series to pop up any day now, and I’m very happy to report that The AudioBookaneers’ own Dave Thompson has turned in his narration of James Maxey’s Bitterwood, which should also be coming soon to an Audible listing near you. From Maxey’s report, he’s very pleased indeed with Dave’s narration, and I’m literally jumping up and down in anticipation. OK. Onto the ridiculous number of…

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Fade to Black By Francis Knight, narrated by Paul Thornley for Hachette Audio, concurrent with the print/ebook release from Orbit — Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins — There’s an excerpt available, and a Big Idea post on Scalzi’s Whatever blog, but, seriously, you had me at “noir fantasy/tech secondary world”. This one looks most definitely to be an interesting debut, the first in a new series: “From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala. It’s a city built upwards, not across - where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from the sunlit summit, and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under. Rojan Dizon doesn’t mind staying in the shadows, because he’s got things to hide. Things like being a pain-mage, with the forbidden power to draw magic from pain. But he can’t hide forever. Because when Rojan stumbles upon the secrets lurking in the depths of the Pit, the fate of Mahala will depend on him using his magic. And unlucky for Rojan - this is going to hurt.”

Speaking of anticipated debuts, Dreams and Shadows: A Novel by C. Robert Cargill (Harper Voyager and Harper Audio, Feb 26, 2013). Here’s the pitch: “A brilliantly crafted modern tale from acclaimed film critic and screenwriter C. Robert Cargill - part Neil Gaiman, part Guillermo Del Toro, part William S. Burroughs - that charts the lives of two boys from their star-crossed childhood in the realm of magic and mystery to their anguished adulthoods. There is another world than our own - one no closer than a kiss and one no further than our nightmares - where all the stuff of which dreams are made is real and magic is just a step away. But once you see that world, you will never be the same.”

Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman is also new this week, read by the author for Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio: “In this intelligently-written urban fantasy novel, listeners will sink into Emma Newman’s mirror world, hidden somwhere amid the streets of Bath, England.” Another book with a recent Big Idea write-up, and one to at least check out in this crowded release week:

My last pick among the concurrent new releases this week is an anthology from Brilliance Audio, Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond edited by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen. With stories from Seanan McGuire, Tad Williams, Theodora Goss, Jeffrey Ford, Rachel Swirsky, and more, narrated by Nick Podehl and Tany Eby.

Although not concurrent new releases by any means, this week also brings “new” audiobooks from two of the best epic fantasy series of this young millenium, starting with Deadhouse Gates: Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 2 By Steven Erikson, narrated by Ralph Lister for Brilliance Audio. At a hair over 34 hours, it’s even longer than the first installment, Gardens of the Moon, which was published late last year.

The Judging Eye: The Aspect-Emperor, Book 1 by R. Scott Bakker, narrated by Kevin Orton for Recorded Books. This book begins the second trilogy after Bakker’s Prince of Nothing trilogy, which begins with The Darkness That Comes Before and is available in its entirety from Audible Frontiers narrated by David DeVries. Book two in The Aspect-Emperor, The White-Luck Warrior, has, strangely enough, been available for a while from Recorded Books, also read by Orton. Here: “A luminary in the fantasy genre firmament, R. Scott Bakker returns fans to his acclaimed Prince of Nothing universe with The Judging Eye. Aspect-Emperor Kellhus is waging a terrifying war, subjugating all nations in his path. There are those willing to stand together against him, but these rebellious souls must act quickly and decisively to thwart his mad schemes of power and domination.”

And one final pick above the fold this week, a short indie audiobook, Homo Sylvanus by Amber D. Sistla, narrated by Kimberly Jordan, coming in at just over an hour. “In a future in which genetic research is controlled by a religion, Brennan Candler wants to give his daughter, Tamsyn, a chance to live a long life. He agrees to genetic modification from a Methuselah tree but things will not prove that simple. Sistla creates a believable culture and some good characters and I’ll look forward to more from this author.” (SFRevu.com)

ALSO OUT THIS WEEK:

TANTOR AUDIO: The Night of the Swarm (Book 4 in the Chathrand Voyage series) By Robert V. S. Redick, Read By Michael Page; Imager’s Battalion: Book 6 in the Imager Portfolio by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., read by William Dufris; and The Line of Illeniel: Mageborn, Book 2 By Michael G. Manning, narrated By Todd McLaren

CROSSROAD PRESS: Futile Efforts By Tom Piccirilli, Narrated By Chet Williamson; and Halloweenland: Orangefield, Book 3 By Al Sarrantonio, Narrated By Gene Blake

HARPER AUDIO: Fragments: Partials, Book 2 By Dan Wells, Narrated By Julia Whelan; and Star Marines: The Legacy Trilogy, Book 3 By Ian Douglas, Narrated By David Drummond

LISTENING LIBRARY: Dualed by Elsie Chapman, narrated By Alicyn Packard

BRILLIANCE AUDIO: The Mongoliad: Book Three (The Foreworld Saga) by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo and Nicole Galland (Feb 26, 2013) and Seer: The Third Prequel to the Mongoliad: The Foreworld Saga By Mark Teppo, Narrated By Luke Daniels; The Truth: Area 51, Book 7 By Bob Mayer, Narrated By Eric G. Dove; and The Madness Underneath: The Shades of London, Book 2 By Maureen Johnson, Narrated By Nicola Barber

AUDIBLE FRONTIERS: Not Quite Scaramouche: Guardians of the Flame, Book 9 By Joel Rosenberg, Narrated By Keith Silverstein; The Sorcerers’ Plague: Blood of the Southlands, Book 1 By David B. Coe, Narrated By Michael Page; Wartorn: Resurrection and Wartorn: Obliteration By Robert Asprin and Eric Del Carlo, Narrated By George Newbern; The First Book of Swords By Fred Saberhagen; along with books by L. Sprague de Camp, Philip Wylie, Jack L. Chalker, Hal Clement, William C. Dietz, S. M. Stirling, James Doohan, Anne McCaffrey, Jody Lynn Nye, John Norman, and Patrick D’ Orazio, and another haul of Dungeons & Dragons books, including Charon’s Claw: Legend of Drizzt: Neverwinter Saga, Book 3 By R. A. Salvatore, Narrated By Victor Bevine and The Second Generation By Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

AUDIBLE INC: The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam, Book 1 By Jasper Fforde, narrated By Elizabeth Jasicki; The Lost Novels of Bram Stoker By Bram Stoker, Narrated By Robin Sachs; Darker Angels By S. P. Somtow; and Ladies of Mandrigyn By Barbara Hambly

INDIE: The Immortals of Myrdwyer: A Mages of Bloodmyr Novel, Book 3 By Brian Kittrell; Sunset: Pact Arcanum, Book 1 By Arshad Ahsanuddin; and Heaven Bent By Robert T. Jeschonek

SEEN BUT NOT HEARD:

• The Office of Mercy: A Novel by Ariel Djanikian (Viking Adult, Feb 21, 2013) — “Weaving philosophy and science together into a riveting, dystopian story of love and adventure, The Office of Mercy illuminates an all-too-real future imagined by a phenomenal new voice in fiction. Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five—a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natasha’s allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it.” -- Coming to audio from Tantor (March 25) read by Emily Woo Zeller -- great blurbs from (among others) Charles Yu
• The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand by Gregory Galloway (Dutton Juvenile, Feb 21, 2013)
• The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist (Dutton Juvenile, Feb 21, 2013)
• Star Trek: The Original Series: Devil’s Bargain by Tony Daniel (Pocket Books/Star Trek, Feb 26)
• The Teleportation Accident: A Novel by Ned Beauman (Bloomsbury, Feb 26, 2013) -- Booker-longlisted for its 2012 UK publication, now a US release
• Hell to Pay by Matthew Hughes (Angry Robot:26 February)
• The Savage Boy by Nick Cole (HarperCollins, Feb 26, 2013) — sequel to The Old Man and the Wasteland
• Gideon’s Angel by Clifford Beal (Solaris, Feb 26) -- "Alternate history novel set in 1653, about an exiled royalist returning from France, where he finds he must save Oliver Cromwell in order to prevent England from descending into Hell." (via Locus Online)
• Age of Voodoo by James Lovegrove (Solaris, Feb 26) -- "Military SF novel, fifth in a series following The Age of Ra (2009), The Age of Zeus (2010), Age of Odin (2011), and Age of Aztec (2012)." (via Locus Online)
• Black City by Christina Henry (Ace, Feb 26) -- "Urban fantasy novel, fifth in a series following Black Wings (2010), Black Night (2011), Black Howl (March 2012), and Black Lament (Nov. 2012), about a Chicago woman who escorts souls to the afterlife." (via Locus Online)
• Mountain Echoes by C.E. Murphy (Harlequin/Luna, Feb 26) -- "Urban fantasy novel, eight in the “Walker Papers” series following Urban Shaman, Thunderbird Falls, Coyote Dreams, Walking Dead, Demon Hunts, Spirit Dances (2011), and Raven Calls (2012), about a police mechanic who has shamanic powers." (via Locus Online)
• Dead Letter Day by Eileen Rendahl (Ace, Feb 26) -- "Paranormal romance novel, third in a series following Dead on Delivery (2011) and Don’t Kill the Messenger (2012), about a messenger for supernatural creatures." (via Locus Online)
• Trickster by Jeff Somers (Pocket, Feb 26) -- "Urban fantasy novel, first of a new series, about mages whose spells are made more powerful by using human blood." (via Locus Online)
• Last Days by Adam Nevill (St. Martin's Griffin, Feb 26) -- "Horror novel about an indie filmmaker commissioned to make a documentary about an Arizona cult that self-destructed in 1975." (via Locus Online)
• Teen: Pulse by Patrick Carman (HarperCollins/Tegan, Feb 26) -- "Young adult SF novel, first of a trilogy, about classmates in 2051 who develop their telekinetic powers." (via Locus Online)
• Froggy Style by J.A. Kazimer (Kensington, Feb 26, 2013) -- follow-on to Curses! A F**ked-Up Fairy Tale -- subject of today's Big Idea
• Teen: Keeper of the Black Stones (Stone Ends) by PT McHugh (Glass House Press, Feb 26, 2013) -- time travel/historical fantasy for ages 12+

FEBRUARY/MARCH:

• Six-Gun Snow White  by Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean, Feb 28) — “From New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes a brilliant reinvention of one the best known fairy tales of all time. In the novella Six-Gun Snow White, Valente transports the title s heroine to a masterfully evoked Old West where Coyote is just as likely to be found as the seven dwarves.”
• Anthology: Steampunk Specs read by Tom Dheere, Vanessa Hart, and Nancy Linariwith stories by Christopher Barzak, Jeffrey Ford, Margo Lanagan and Nick Mamatas among others (AudioText, Feb 28, 2013)
• THE VEILED WEB by Catherine Asaro, read by Caroline Shaffer (Blackstone Audio, 1 March)
• CHAOSBOUND by David Farland,read by Ray Porter (Blackstone Audio, 1 March)
• STARFIRE by Charles Sheffield, read by Gary Dikeos (Blackstone Audio, 1 March)
• The Human Front (Outspoken Authors) by Ken Macleod (PM Press, Mar 1, 2013)
• Teen: The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Arthur A. Levine, Mar 1, 2013)
• The Accursed By Joyce Carol Oates, Narrated By Grover Gardner for Harper Audio — Length: 23 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 03-05-13 — “A major historical novel from “one of the great artistic forces of our time” (The Nation) – an eerie, unforgettable story of possession, power, and loss in early-20th-century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powerful and the damned.”
• No Return by Zachary Jernigan (Night Shade Books, Mar 5, 2013) -- coming simultaneously to audio from Audible Frontiers
• Empty Space by M. John Harrison (Mar 5, 2013) — US release for this very well-received conclusion after Light and Nova Swing -- coming to audio from Audible Frontiers
• The Demonologist: A Novel by Andrew Pyper (Simon & Schuster and S&S Audio, Mar 5, 2013)
• Pathfinder Tales: Liar's Blade by Tim Pratt (Paizo, Mar 5, 2013)
• Shadow of Freedom (Honor Harrington) by David Weber (Baen, Mar 5, 2013)
• A Few Good Men (Earth's Revolution) by Sarah A. Hoyt (Baen, Mar 5, 2013)
• Midnight Blue-Light Special: An Incryptid Novel by Seanan McGuire (DAW, Mar 5, 2013) -- read by Emily Bauer for Audible Frontiers
• The Children of Kings: A Darkover Novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross (Mar 5, 2013)
• Teen: Requiem: Delirium Trilogy, Book 3 By Lauren Oliver, Narrated By Sarah Drew – Length: 10 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 03-05-13
• Teen: Earth Girl by Janet Edwards (Pyr, Mar 5, 2013)
• Teen: When We Wake by Karen Healey (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Mar 5, 2013) — audiobook coming from Hachette Audio — “My name is Tegan Oglietti, and on the last day of my first lifetime, I was so, so happy. Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027–she’s happiest when playing the guitar, she’s falling in love for the first time, and she’s joining her friends to protest the wrongs of the world: environmental collapse, social discrimination, and political injustice.”
• Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Evolution, and Revolution edited by Victoria Blake (Underland Press, March 12)
• Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson (Mar 12, 2013)
• Mirage by Jenn Reese (Candlewick, March 12) -- second book in middle grade series after Above World
• The Lords of Salem by Rob Zombie and B. K. Evenson (Grand Central, Mar 12, 2013)
• Bloodfire Quest: The Dark Legacy of Shannara, Book 2 By Terry Brooks, Narrated By Rosalyn Landor — Series: Dark Legacy of Shannara, Book 2 — Length: 15 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 03-12-13
• Fiction: Child of Vengeance: A Novel By David Kirk, Narrated By Mark Bramhall for Random House Audio — Length: 11 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 03-12-13 — “A bold and vivid historical epic of feudal Japan, based on the real-life exploits of the legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto.”
• MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza (Mar 12, 2013) — read by Tara Sands for HarperCollins
• Mystery/Thriller: The Andalucian Friend: A Novel By Alexander Söderberg, Narrated By Gildart Jackson for Random House Audio — Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 03-12-13 — "Imagine if Quentin Tarantino directed The Godfather"
• The Rift Walker: Vampire Empire, Book 2 by Clay and Susan Griffith, read by James Marsters for Buzzy Multimedia (March 15, 2013) — print/ebook published September 2011 by Pyr -- the audiobook for book one was just nominated for an Audie
• The Curve of The Earth by Simon Morden (Orbit, Mar 19, 2013)
• Self-Reference ENGINE by Toh EnJoe (Haikasoru, Mar 19, 2013) — “This is not a novel. This is not a short story collection. This is Self-Reference ENGINE.”
• Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga) by Greg Bear (Tor and Macmillan Audio, Mar 19, 2013)
• Anthology: Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor, March 19)
• Bitterwood by James Maxey, read by Dave Thompson (March 19) — first in Maxey’s “Bitterwood” (or “Dragon Age”) trilogy, published 2007 by Solaris
• Goldenland Past Dark by Chandler Klang Smith (ChiZine, Mar 19, 2013) -- "a haunting and surreal story centered around a travelling circus in 1960s America." (via Kirkus Reviews)
• The Clockwork Princess: Infernal Devices, Book 3 By Cassandra Clare, Narrated By Daniel Sharman — Length: 18 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 03-19-13
• Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear (Tor, Mar 19, 2013) — the second book of Bear’s The Eternal Sky trilogy and the sequel to Range of Ghosts
• Pandemonium by Warren Fahy (Tor, Mar 19, 2013)
• Teen: Fox Forever: The Jenna Fox Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson (Henry Holt and Macmillan Young Listeners, Mar 19, 2013)
• Fiction: House of Earth: A Novel By Woody Guthrie, Narrated By Will Patton, Douglas Brinkley for Harper Audio — Length: 8 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 03-19-13
• The Martian By Andy Weir, Narrated By R. C. Bray for Podium Publishing -- Length: 11 hrs -- Scheduled Release Date: 03-22-13 -- this is a well-received self-published and bestselling 2012 $0.99 Amazon Kindle original hard sf of an astronaut stranded on Mars, a; based on a sampling of Podium-published TextAppeal for Guys!: The Ultimate Texting Guide the narration and production will be worth checking out
• The Office of Mercy: A Novel by Ariel Djanikian, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (Tantor, March 25) -- “Weaving philosophy and science together into a riveting, dystopian story of love and adventure, The Office of Mercy illuminates an all-too-real future imagined by a phenomenal new voice in fiction. Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five—a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natasha’s allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it.” -- great blurbs from (among others) Charles Yu
• Shadow on the Sun (Black Hole Sun #3) by David Macinnis Gill (Greenwillow, March 26)
• Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace Hardcover, Mar 26, 2013)
• The Marching Dead by Lee Battersby (Angry Robot: 26 March)
• Black Feathers by Joseph D’Lacey (Angry Robot: 26 March)
• The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher (Angry Robot: 26 March)
• The Good the Bad and the Infernal by Guy Adams (Solaris, Mar 26, 2013)
• Extinction Machine: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin and Macmillan Audio, Mar 26, 2013)
• Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins (Orbit, Mar 26)
• Hellhole Awakening (Hell Hole Trilogy) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (Mar 26, 2013)
• Kitty Rocks the House (Kitty Norville) by Carrie Vaughn (Mar 26, 2013)
• Dead Earth: Sanctuary By David Wilbanks and Mark Justice, Narrated By James Snyder for Audible Frontiers — Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 03-26-13
• Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction by Whates Ian (Solaris, Mar 26, 2013)
• Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari (Games Workshop/Warhammer, Mar 26, 2013)
• Young readers: Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron by Mary Losure and Timothy Basil Ering (Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, Mar 26, 2013) — narrative nonfiction of a late 18th story
• The Best of Joe Haldeman by Joe Haldeman and Jonathan Strahan (Subterranean, Mar 31, 2013)
• Necroscope: The Mobius Murders by Brian Lumley and Bob Eggleton (Subterranean, Mar 31, 2013)
• Anthology: Hauntings edited by Ellen Datlow (Tachyon, March 2013) -- "This spine-tingling anthology—complied by the horror genre's most acclaimed editor—collects a chilling array of ghost stories from the past twenty-five years."
• Channel Zilch by Doug Sharp (Panverse, March/April 2013) — “Mick Oolfson trashed his astronaut career by stunt-flying a shuttle during re-entry. He’s miserable as a groundling, so when testosterone-surfing geek goddess Heloise Chin offers him an astronaut gig on Channel Zilch, a pirate orbiting reality show, Mick jumps at the chance to return to space, though it means denting his Boy Scout scruples by stealing space shuttle Enterprise from the Smithsonian. CHANNEL ZILCH is a near-future hard science fiction caper with heart and purpose, the first book of The Geek Rapture Project. Book 2, HEL’S BET, will be published by Panverse later in 2013.”

• Into the Cave by Alex Granados (April 1)
• New Taboos (Outspoken Authors) by John Shirley (PM Press, Apr 1, 2013)
• Prophet of Bones: A Novel by Ted Kosmatka (Henry Holt and Macmillan Audio, Apr 2, 2013)
• Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson (Reagan Arthur Books, Apr 2, 2013)
• Odds Against Tomorrow: A Novel by Nathaniel Rich (FSG, Apr 2, 2013)
• Dead Roads by Robin Riopelle (Night Shade Books, Apr 2, 2013)
• Without a Summer (Shades of Milk and Honey) by Mary Robinette Kowal (Apr 2, 2013)
• Protector: Foreigner #14 by C. J. Cherryh (DAW Hardcover, Apr 2, 2013)
• River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay (Roc Hardcover, Apr 2, 2013)
• Use of Weapons By Iain M. Banks, Narrated By Peter Kenny for Hachette Audio — Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 04-02-13 — a recording available in the UK for some time now
• Blood Trade (Jane Yellowrock, #6)  by Faith Hunter (Roc, April 2)
• The Heretic (Raj Whitehall) by Tony Daniel and David Drake (Baen, April 2)
• Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon (Baen, Apr 2, 2013)
• Fearless: Mirrorworld By Cornelia Funke, Narrated By To Be Announced for Listening Library — Length: 7 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 04-02-13
• Collection: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron (Night Shade, April 2)
• Reaper’s Legacy (Toxic City Book Two) by Tim Lebbon (Pyr, Apr 2, 2013)
• Anthology: Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations by Simon R. Green, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale and Paula Guran (Prime Books, Apr 3, 2013)
• The Far Time Incident by Neve Maslakovic and read by Mary Robinette Kowal (Apr 9, 2013)
• Teen: The Flame in the Mist By Kit Grindstaff, Narrated By Rosalyn Landor — Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 04-09-13
• Fiction: The Interestings: A Novel by Meg Wolitzer (Apr 9, 2013)
• The Machine by James Smythe (Blue Door UK, 11 Apr 2013)
• A Stranger in Olondria: a novel by Sofia Samatar (Small Beer Press, Apr 16, 2013) — no audio news
• YOU by Austin Grossman (Mulholland Books, 04/16/2013) — “A novel of mystery, videogames, and the people who create them, by the bestselling author of Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman. When Russell joins Black Arts games, brainchild of two visionary designers who were once his closest friends, he reunites with an eccentric crew of nerds hacking the frontiers.” Unfortunately no audio news yet for this new novel, called “moving” by Cory Doctorow.
• London Falling by Paul Cornell (Tor, Apr 16, 2013)
• Equilateral: A Novel by Ken Kalfus (Bloomsbury, Apr 16, 2013)
• Promise of Blood (The Powder Mage Trilogy) by Brian McClellan (Orbit, Apr 16, 2013)
• The Silver Dream: An InterWorld Novel by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves (HarperTeen, Apr 23, 2013)
• Unnatural Creatures: Short Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman (Harper Collins, Apr 23, 2013)
• The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (Harper, Apr. 23) – “Harper is really getting behind this debut in the vein of The Night Circus and The Discovery of Witches. The novel combines historical fiction with a magical fable about two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-20th-century New York City.” (via PW)
• Rogue Descendant (Nikki Glass, #3) by Jenna Black (Pocket Books, April 30)
• NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (William Morrow, April 30) — no audio news
• The Whispering Muse, The Blue Fox, and From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón (FSG, April 30) — new US English editions of “one of Iceland’s greatest living novelists”
• The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (Angry Robot: 30 April)
• Collection: The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan (Hippocampus Press, April 2013)

• The Kings and Queens of Roam: A Novel by Daniel Wallace (Touchstone, May 7)
• Shield of Sea and Space (The Chaos Knight Book Three) by Erin Hoffman (Pyr, May 7, 2013)
• Never (Lightbringer) by K. D. Mcentire (Pyr, May 7, 2013)
• Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig (Abaddon, May 7, 2013)
• The Summer Man by S.D. Perry (47North and Brilliance Audio, May 7, 2013)
• Non-Fiction: Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier (Simon & Schuster, May 7, 2013) — from the author of You Are Not a Gadget: Being Human in an Age of Technology
• Red Moon by Benjamin Percy (Grand Central, May 7) - “Exploring one of the oldest themes in weird fiction—the werewolf—Percy (The Wilding) delivers a stunning alternate history epic that transcends its genre trappings to read as a provocative reflection on the contemporary zeitgeist. At a point where many other writers would flinch, Percy follows through on the direst possibilities of his premise, building to a shocking denouement and even more shock climax in the final pages.” (via PW)
• Baneblade by Guy Haley (Games Workshop/Warhammer, May 7, 2013)
• Keeper of the Shadows (The Keepers: L.A., #3) by Alexandra Sokoloff (Harlequin, May 7)
• The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Teen, May 14, 2013) -- coming simultaneously from Macmillan Audio, read by Michael Kramer
• The Tyrant’s Law (The Dagger and the Coin) by Daniel Abraham (Orbit, May 14, 2013)
• Magician’s End by Raymond E. Feist (Harper Voyager, May 14)
• The Human Division by John Scalzi (Tor, May 14, 2013) — currently being serialized in both ebook and audiobook
• Collection: Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee (Prime Books, May 21, 2013)
• Teen: THE PLANET THIEVES by Dan Krokos (Blackstone Audio, 21 May)
• The Garden of Stones (Echoes of Empire) by Mark Barnes (47North and Brilliance Audio, May 21, 2013)
• The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty (Orbit, May 28)
• RED HORSE by Alex Adams (Blackstone Audio, 28 May) — sequel to White Horse
• The Eighth Court by Mike Shevdon (Angry Robot: 28 May)
• The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig (Angry Robot: 28 May)
• Antiagon Fire (Imager Portfolio) by L. E. Modesitt (Tor, May 28, 2013)
• Anthology: Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy edited by Jonathan Strahan (Solaris, May 28)
• After Earth By Peter David, Narrated By To Be Announced for Random House Audio — Length: 10 hrs — Scheduled Release Date: 05-28-13 — novelization of the forthcoming Will Smith film
• Fiction: WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES by Karen Joy Fowler (Blackstone Audio, 31 May)
• Unfettered edited by Shawn Speakman (Grim Oak Press, May 2013) –a charity anthology with stories from Terry Brooks, Patrick Rothfuss, Tad Williams, Brandon Sanderson, R.A. Salvatore, Naomi Novik, Peter V. Brett, Lev Grossman, Daniel Abraham, Michael J. Sullivan, David Anthony Durham, Robert V.S. Redick, Kevin Hearne, Mark Lawrence, …
• Wraiths of the Broken Land by S. Craig Zahler (Raw Dog Screaming Press, May 2013) -- "A brutal and unflinching tale that takes many of its cues from both cinema and pulp horror, Wraiths of the Broken Land is like no Western you've ever seen or read. Desperate to reclaim two kidnapped sisters who were forced into prostitution, the Plugfords storm across the badlands and blast their way through Hell. This gritty, character-driven piece will have you by the throat from the very first page and drag you across sharp rocks for its unrelenting duration. Prepare yourself for a savage Western experience that combines elements of Horror, Noir and Asian ultra-violence."

• The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (Mulholland Books, 6/04/2013) — “A time-traveling serial killer is impossible to trace–until one of his victims survives. In Depression-era Chicago, Harper Curtis finds a key to a house that opens on to other times. But it comes at a cost. He has to kill the shining girls: bright young women, burning with potential.” No audio news.
• Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse) by James S.A. Corey (Orbit, Jun 4, 2013)
• In Thunder Forged: Iron Kingdoms Chronicles (The Fall of Llael Book One) by Ari Marmell (Jun 4, 2013)
• Gameboard of the Gods (Age of X) by Richelle Mead (Penguin Audio, Jun 4, 2013)
• Fiction: The Blood of Heaven by Kent Wascom (Grove Atlantic, Jun 4, 2013) — “an epic novel about the American frontier in the early days of the nineteenth century”
• Siege and Storm (Grisha Trilogy (Shadow and Bone)) by Leigh Bardugo (Henry Holt, Jun 4, 2013)
• After the End: Recent Apocalypses by Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Margo Lanagan and Nnedi Okorafor (Jun 5, 2013)
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow and Harper Audio, Jun 18, 2013)
• The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter (Harper, Jun 18, 2013) — sequel to The Long Earth
• The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn (47North and Brilliance Audio, Jun 18, 2013)
• The Adjacent by Christopher Priest (Orion UK, Jun 20, 2013) — no US release news
• Divinity and the Python by Bonnie Randall (Panverse, June 21)
• Cold Steel (The Spiritwalker Trilogy) by Kate Elliott (Orbit, Jun 25, 2013)
• Anthology: Aliens: Recent Encounters by Alex Macfarlane (Prime, Jun 25, 2013)
• Thieves’ Quarry by D.B. Jackson (Tor, July 2) — sequel to Thieftaker
• Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross (Ace, Jul 2, 2013) — “The year is AD 7000. The human species is extinct—for the fourth time—due to its fragile nature. Krina Alizond-114 is metahuman, descended from the robots that once served humanity. She’s on a journey to the water-world of Shin-Tethys to find her sister Ana. But her trip is interrupted when pirates capture her ship. Their leader, the enigmatic Count Rudi, suspects that there’s more to Krina’s search than meets the eye.”
• A Discourse in Steel by Paul S. Kemp (Angry Robot: 2 Jul 2013)
• Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond (Jul 2, 2013)
• The Thousand Names: Book One of The Shadow Campaigns by Django Wexler (Roc Hardcover, Jul 2, 2013) — “Enter an epic fantasy world that echoes with the thunder of muskets and the clang of steel—but where the real battle is against a subtle and sinister magic.”
• Anthology: Wastelands II: More Stories of the Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams (Night Shade Books, Jul 2, 2013)
• North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press, July 16)
• Beacons edited by Gregory Norminton (Oneworld Publications, Jul 16, 2013) — “Beacons throws down the gauntlet, challenging best-selling and award-winning authors to imagine where we, and out planet, might be headed and, in imagining, help us transform the way we look at our world and change things for the better. From Joanne Harris’ powerful vision of a near future where ‘outside’ has become a thing of history to Nick Hayes’ beautifully illustrated tale of the bond between man and nature, Beacons sees the coming together of dystopian satire, speculative and historical fiction, metaphorical flights of fancy, quiet tragedy, and farcical comedy in stories that are as various as our possible futures. Provocative, encouraging, and deeply moving, Beacons represents the best of short story writing — and collectively illuminates the immediacy of the ecological problems at hand. All author royalties will go to the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, one of the largest groups of people dedicated to action on climate change and limiting its impact on the world’s poorest people.”
• Anthology: Carniepunk (Pocket Books, July 30)
• Anthology: Impossible Monsters edited by Kasey Lansdale (Subterranean Press, July 2013) -- "The Lansdale name is legendary in the horror field. Now acclaimed musician and actress Kasey Lansdale follows in her father’s footsteps, making her editing debut with this anthology of monstrously innovative stories. The twelve creatures that stalk the pages of Impossible Monsters spring from the twisted imaginations of a dozen of today’s most noted authors." This anthology includes Neil Gaiman's "Click-Clack the Rattlebag" among other tales.
• Darwen Arkwright and the School of Shadows (Darwen Arkwright #3) by AJ Hartley (Razorbill, August 1)
• The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles #1) by Michael J. Sullivan (Orbit, August 3)
• The Emergence of the Digital Humanities by Steven E. Jones (Routledge, Aug 3, 2013)
• Wrath-bearing Tree (A Tournament of Shadows Book Two) by James Enge (Pyr, Aug 6, 2013)
• Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire) by Mark Lawrence (Ace, Aug 6, 2013)
• Kindred and Wings (A Shifted World Novel) by Philippa Ballantine (Pyr, Aug 6, 2013)
• Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik (Del Rey, Aug 13, 2013)
• The Time of Contempt (The Witcher) by Andrzej Sapkowski (Orbit, Aug 27, 2013)
• Billy Moon: A transcendent Novel Reimagining the Life of Christopher Robin Milne by Douglas Lain (Tor, Aug 27, 2013)
• The Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson (Jo Fletcher Books, August 2013) — a “Viking fantasy novel” by a new Icelandic author
• Super Stories of Heroes and Villains edited by Claude Lalumiere (Tachyon, August 2013) — Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola, Jonathan Lethem, Cory Doctorow, Kelly Link’s “Origin Story”, Carol Emshwiller, Gene Wolfe, GRRM, …

• The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) by Scott Lynch (Spectra, September 3)
• Shaman: A novel of the Ice Age by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit, 3 Sep 2013) — UK release date, US date not confirmed for this historical fiction “novel set in the ice age, about the people who made the paintings in the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in southern France, about 32,000 years ago”
• Constellations: A Play by Nick Payne (Faber and Faber Plays, Sep 3, 2013) -- already available in Kindle and in the UK -- via an interesting review on Tor.com
• Monsters of the Earth (Books of the Elements #3) by David Drake (Tor, September 2013)
• Three (Duskwalker Cycle #1) by Jay Posey (Angry Robot, Autumn 2013)
• Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest (Tor, Autumn 2013)
• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner and Simon & Schuster Audio, September 24) — King returns to The Shining
• Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Sep 24, 2013)
• Dead Run, The by Adam Mansbach (HarperCollins, Sep 24, 2013)
• Hero by Alethea Kontis (Harcourt Children’s Books, October 1)
• Pandemic by Scott Sigler (Crown, Oct 1, 2013)
• Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer and Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image, Oct 15, 2013) — an audiobook for this doesn’t make sense and so there isn’t one and won’t be one, but definitely a project I’m looking forward to
• Copperhead by Tina Connolly (Tor, October 15, 2013) — follow-on to Ironskin – cover revealed
• The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar (Hodder UK, October 2013) -- just announced -- "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy meets Watchmen in Tidhar’s The Violent Century, the thoughtful and intensely atmospheric novel about the mystery, and the love story, that determined the course of history itself. The Violent Century is the sweeping drama of a time we know too well; a century of fear and war and hatred and death.  In a world where everyday heroes may become übermenschen, men and women with extraordinary powers, what does it mean to be a hero? To be a human? Would the last hundred years have been that much better if Superman were real? Would they even have been all that different?"
• Collection: Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor (Prime, October 2013)
• Twenty-First Century Science Fiction by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, Nov 5, 2013)
• Maze by J.M. McDermott (Apex, January 2014)
• City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett (Crown/Broadway and Recorded Books, April 1, 2014) — “a second-world story of spies, subterfuge, and statesmanship set in a nation of dead gods.”
• The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman (Viking, Early 2014) — book three after The Magicians and The Magician King
• Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2014) — the first of three “Southern Reach” novels being published in 2014 — “For thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious, remote, and concealed by the government as an environmental disaster zone even though it is to all appearances pristine wilderness. For thirty years, too, the secret agency known as the Southern Reach has monitored Area X and sent in expeditions to try to discover the truth. Some expeditions have suffered terrible consequences. Others have reported nothing out of the ordinary. Now, as Area X seems to be changing and perhaps expanding, the next expedition will attempt to succeed where all others have failed. What is happening in Area X? What is the true nature of the invisible border that surrounds it?”
• Anthology: Dangerous Women edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (May 2014) -- table of contents includes Joe Abercrombie, Lev Grossman, and Pat Cadigan, among others

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