Release Week: The Returned, The Fall of the Kings, Ice Forged, Abaddon's Gate, Reanimators, and Shadows of the New Sun
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Release Week: The Returned, The Fall of the Kings, Ice Forged, Abaddon's Gate, Reanimators, and Shadows of the New Sun
Posted on 2013-08-28 at 17:55 by Sam
AUGUST 21-27, 2013: It’s quite a release week haul this week: a powerful debut in the form of Jason Mott’s The Returned, the return of Neil Gaiman Presents with another full cast “illuminated production” in Ellen Kushner’s Riverside series, a pair of Recorded Books titles first published in print by Orbit Books earlier this year, a concurrent new release read by one of the best narrators in the business, and a star-studded all-original anthology set in Gene Wolfe’s New Sun milieu. And! There’s several more titles well worth checking out in the “Also Out This Week” listings, including a pair of complete series in audio for the first time (Sevenwaters and the Cleric Quintet) and the late James Herbert’s terrifying novel The Fog, read by the masterful Sean Barrett. Meanwhile, in the “Seen but Not Heard” listings this week, there’s just about as long a list of compelling titles, led by SFWA Grand Master James Gunn’s first novel in several years, Transcendental (which seems perfectly suited for a Stefan Rudnicki narration, Blackstone Audio I’m looking at you) and Billy Moon, both out from Tor Books, Ramez Naam’s Crux (which should be coming any day now), and sf author Kay Kenyon’s “first foray into fantasy”, A Thousand Perfect Things, along with a pair of tempting anthologies. The week also brings a free prologue plus first five chapter preview of the audiobook for Brandon Sanderson’s first YA novel, Steelheart, ahead of the full audiobook’s September 24 release date. As usual: Enjoy!
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
The Returned: A Novel by Jason Mott, narrated by Tom Stechschulte for Audible Inc. and Brilliance Audio, is being reviewed highly for both its compelling, moving story and — with no surprise as the author is a well-regarded poet with two collections under his belt — the language and composition. Mott’s debut novel (out in print/ebook from Harlequin MIRA) has been the subject of a three-week free audiobook campaign of prequel stories, and will in March 2014 come to the small screen on ABC from Bratt Pitt’s Plan B production company [trailer]. Here, narrator Stechschulte (Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Mark Van Name’s Children No More and No Going Back, Robert McCammon’s Swan Song, and Daniel Wallace’s Big Fish, among other favorites) navigates a “beautiful meditation on what it means to be human” (Booklist), centered on the inexplicable return of a long-dead child: “Harold and Lucille Hargrave’s lives have been both joyful and sorrowful in the decades since their only son, Jacob, died tragically at his eighth birthday party in 1966. In their old age they’ve settled comfortably into life without him, their wounds tempered through the grace of time…. Until one day Jacob mysteriously appears on their doorstep—flesh and blood, their sweet, precocious child, still eight years old. All over the world people’s loved ones are returning from beyond.” I’ve already had the chance to talk to Mott about the book [interview] and look forward to ruminating over this novel with friends once I convince them all to read it — or listen to it.
The Fall of the Kings (2003) continues the Riverside series by Ellen Kushner after (Audie Award winning) Swordspoint and The Privilege of the Sword, adding co-author Delia Sherman. Neil Gaiman Presents returns with another full cast “illuminated production” adaptation, narrated by Ellen Kushner, Nick Sullivan, Neil Gaiman, Ryan McCabe, and Katherine Kellgren, visiting Riverside a generation after the events of the previous books: “In this stunning follow-up to Kushner’s The Privilege of the Sword and the Audie-award winning Swordspoint, co-author Delia Sherman (The Freedom Maze) joins Ellen to return to that world of labyrinthine intrigue, where sharp swords and even sharper wits rule. This time, they explore the city’s University, where a troubled young nobleman and his scholar lover find themselves playing out an ancient drama destined to explode their society’s smug view of itself.” Also this week, Tor.com is running a sweepstakes which will give out free downloads of all three Riverside books.
Ice Forged: Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, Book 1 by Gail Z. Martin was published in print/ebook by Orbit in January, beginning a new world for veteran epic fantasist Martin after six books in the world of her Chronicles of the Necromancer series. Here, narrated by fellow epic fantasy veteran Tim Gerard Reynolds (Michael J. Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations) for Recorded Books, Martin takes a starker approach: “Condemned as a murderer for killing the man who dishonored his sister, Blaine “Mick” McFadden has spent the last six years in Velant, a penal colony in the frigid northern wastelands. Harsh military discipline and the oppressive magic keep a fragile peace as colonists struggle against a hostile environment. But the supply ships from Dondareth have stopped coming, boding ill for the kingdom that banished the colonists. Now, as the world’s magic runs wild, McFadden and the people of Velant must fight to survive and decide their fate.”
Out from Orbit in June, Abaddon’s Gate By James S.A. Corey is the third book in Corey’s (a pseudonym for the combined pen of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) well-received space opera series The Expanse after Leviathan Wakes and Caliban’s War. Here, the book is once again narrated by Jefferson Mays for Recorded Books: “For generations, the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt - was humanity’s great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus’s orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artifact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core. As the emissaries of the human race try to find whether the gate is an opportunity or a threat, the greatest danger is the one they brought with them.”
Reanimators by Peter Rawlik is out this week from Night Shade Books, a novel in the Lovecraftian bent complete with Dunwich, Miskatonic University, and “unspeakable horrors”. Here it’s narrated by Oliver Wyman for Audible Frontiers, and follows in a wonderful pattern of some of my favorites of Wyman’s narrations by beginning with: “My name is…” — OK, it begins with “For the record, my name is” but still, this is how both Pohl’s Gateway and Brandon Sanderson’s Legion, both narrated marvelously by Wyman, begin, and let’s not let mere facts get in the way of good fun, shall we? “Two men, a bitter rivalry, and a quarter-century of unspeakable horrors. Herbert West’s crimes against nature are well-known to those familiar with the darkest secrets of science and resurrection. Obsessed with finding a cure for mankind’s oldest malady, death itself, he has experimented upon the living and dead, leaving behind a trail of monsters, mayhem, and madness. But the story of his greatest rival has never been told until now.”
Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe is an all-original anthology edited by Bill Fawcett and Bill J.E. Mooney for Tor Books, read by MacLeod Andrews (Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim, Steven Gould’s Jumper, Brandon Sanderson’s Steelheart) and Amy McFadden (Liesel Schwarz’s A Conspiracy of Alchemists) for Brilliance Audio. “In this volume, a select group of Wolfe’s fellow authors pay tribute to the award-winning creator of The Book of the New Sun, The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Soldier of the Mist, The Wizard Knight, and many others, with entirely new stories written specifically to honor the writer hailed by The Washington Post as “one of America’s finest."" The stories include: “A Lunar Labyrinth” © 2013 by Neil Gaiman; “The Island of the Death Doctor” © 2013 by Joe Haldeman; “A Touch of Rosemary” © 2013 by Timothy Zahn; “Ashes” © 2013 by Steven Savile; “Bedding” © 2013 by David Drake; ”… And Other Stories” © 2013 by Nancy Kress; “The Island of Time” © 2013 by Jack Dann; “The She-Wolf’s Hidden Grin” © 2013 by Michael Swanwick; “Snowchild” © 2013 by Michael A. Stackpole; “Tourist Trap” © 2013 by Mike Resnick and Barry Malzberg; “Epistoleros” © 2013 by Aaron Allston; “Rhubarb and Beets” © 2013 by Todd McCaffrey; “Tunes from Limbo, But I Digress” © 2013 by Judi Rohrig; “In the Shadow of the Gate” © 2013 by William C. Dietz; “Soldier of Mercy” © 2013 by Marc Aramini; “The Dreams of the Sea” © 2013 by Jody Lynn Nye; “The Log” © 2013 by David Brin; and “The Sea of Memory” © 2013 by Gene Wolfe.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK:
- Children of Fire: The Chaos Born, Book 1 By Drew Karpyshyn, narrated by Phil Gigante for Brilliance Audio, concurrent with the print/ebook release from Del Rey. "Drew Karpyshyn has made his mark with imaginative, action-packed work on several acclaimed videogames, including Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, as well as in a succession of New York Times best-selling tie-in novels. Now Karpyshyn introduces a brilliantly innovative epic fantasy of perilous quests, tormented heroes, and darkest sorcery - a thrilling adventure that vaults him into the company of such authors as Terry Goodkind, Brandon Sanderson, and Peter V. Brett. Long ago the gods chose a great hero to act as their agent in the mortal world and to stand against the demonic spawn of Chaos. The gods gifted their champion, Daemron, with three magical Talismans: a sword, a ring, and a crown. But the awesome power at his command corrupted Daemron, turning him from savior to destroyer. Filled with pride, he dared to challenge the gods themselves."
- Daughter of the Forest: Sevenwaters, Book 1 (1999) by Juliet Marillier, narrated by Terry Donnelly for Audible Frontiers is out this week, along with the rest of the Sevenwaters series, scattered across additional narrators Rosalyn Landor and Heather O'Neill. Beginning with this coming of age fantasy, the series continues as a "magnificent saga of enduring love" set in medieval Ireland and "the Otherworld". At about 20 hours per book, the six books of the series make for about 120 hours of fantasy listening.
- Another series, Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet by R. A. Salvatore, is also out in its entirety this week, narrated in its entirety by Victor Bevine, also for Audible Frontiers. Beginning with Canticle: Forgotten Realms The Cleric Quintet Book 1, the Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms set series continues for five books of about ten hours each, give or take. The first book is also "Whispersync for Voice" enabled, with a pretty lean price point of $5.59 Kindle plus $3.49 Audible: "High in the Snowflake Mountains sits the Edificant Library, a place of scholarly study for priests, bards, and others. Now from the hidden vaults beneath the library a devastating curse is unleashed, and a young cleric must battle the terrifying creatures set loose by a malevolent, consuming essence that's been released, before his own brethren turn against him. Cadderly must put his studies to the test and enter the catacombs far below to save his brothers and himself."
- The Fog By James Herbert, Narrated By Sean Barrett for Audible Ltd -- Barrett was a masterfully spooky narrator on the Penguin Audio UK's production of Patrick Suskind's Perfume and here takes on the late Herbert's chilling novel: "The peaceful life of a village in Wiltshire is suddenly shattered by a disaster which strikes without reason or explanation, leaving behind it a trail of misery and horror. A yawning, bottomless crack spreads through the earth, out of which creeps a fog that resembles no other. Whatever it is, it must be controlled; for wherever it goes it leaves behind a trail of disaster as hideous as the tragedy that marked its entry into the world. The fog, quite simple, drives people insane." Also out this week is Haunted: David Ash Series, Book 1, narrated by another fantastic voice, Steven Pacey (Joe Abercrombie's First Law series) reprising his role as narrator from Ash (which was published by AudioGO in 2012). Pacey will be on board as Ash again for the September 10th release of The Ghosts of Sleath: David Ash Series, Book 2 and several more Herbert books will come to audio in September as well, under various narrators.
- Perdition (The Dred Chronicles) by Ann Aguirre (Aug 27, 2013), Narrated By Kate Reading for Tantor Audio
- The Exodus Towers: The Dire Earth Cycle: Two By Jason M. Hough, Narrated By Simon Vance for Random House Audio -- quick on the heels of book one, The Darwin Elevator
- Kenobi: Star Wars By John Jackson Miller, Narrated By Jonathan Davis for Random House Audio
- Young Readers: Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper (Margaret K. McElderry Books and Simon & Schuster Audio, Aug 27, 2013) — a new middle grade novel, this one an historical adventure, from the author of the beloved young reader fantasy series The Dark is Rising
- The Time Fetch By Amy Herrick, Narrated By Luci Christian for HighBridge
- Brew By Bill Braddock, Narrated By Jeremy Arthur for Audible Inc.
- Disenchanted By Robert Kroese, Narrated By Phil Gigante for Brilliance Audio
- A Conspiracy of Alchemists: The Chronicles of Light and Shadow, Book 1 By Liesel Schwarz, Narrated By Amy McFadden for Brilliance Audio
- Deception Cove: A Rainshadow Novel, Book 2 By Jayne Castle, Narrated By Joyce Bean for Brilliance Audio
- Monstrous By Sean Platt and David Wright, Narrated By Peter Berkrot (Ben H. Winter's The Last Policeman) for Brilliance Audio
- Thriller: The Shadow Tracer By Meg Gardiner, Narrated By Tanya Eby for Brilliance Audio
- Zero Point (The Owner #2) by Neal Asher (Night Shade Books, August 27, 2013) -- read by John Mawson, Steve West for Audible Frontiers
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The Homecoming By Carsten Stroud, Narrated By Tom Stechschulte for Recorded Books -- follow-on to Niceville
- The Remaining: The Remaining, Book 1 and The Remaining, Book 2: Aftermath By D. J. Molles, Narrated By Christian Rummel for Audible Frontiers
- Heart of Venom: Elemental Assassin, Book 9 By Jennifer Estep, Narrated By Lauren Fortgang for Audible Frontiers
- Molly Fyde and the Fight for Peace: The Bern Saga, Book 4 By Hugh Howey, Narrated By Jennifer O'Donnell for Broad Reach Publishing
- Magic of Thieves: Legends of Dimmingwood, Book 1 By C. Greenwood, Narrated By Ashley Arnold
- Short: The Walk Up Nameless Ridge By Hugh Howey, Narrated By Jonathan Davis for Audible Inc.
- Teen: Black Spring By Alison Croggon, Narrated By Kim Hicks for AudioGO
- Teen: The Bitter Kingdom: Fire and Thorns, Book 3 By Rae Carson, Narrated By Jennifer Ikeda and Luis Moreno for Harper Audio
- Teen: The Fall of Five: Lorien Legacies, Book 4 by Pittacus Lore, Narrated By Neil Kaplan, Marisol Ramirez, and Liam Aiken for Harper Audio
- Teen: Love in the Time of Global Warming By Francesca Lia Block, Narrated By Julia Whelan for Brilliance Audio
- Exorcising Aaron Nguyen (The Millroad Academy Exorcists) by Lauren Harris (Aug 22, 2013)
- Anthology: Manifesto UF edited by Tim Marquitz and Tyson Mauermann (Angelic Knight Press, August 26) -- "From angels to vampires, dragons to wizards, Manifesto brings together twenty-three stories full of action, snark, and unadulterated badassery. Featuring stories from Lucy A. Snyder, Jeff Salyards, William Meikle, Teresa Frohock, Zachary Jernigan, Betsy Dornbusch, and more."
- Anthology: Glitter and Mayhem edited by John Klima, Lynne M. Thomas, and Michael Damian Thomas (Apex Books, August 26) — “Welcome to Glitter & Mayhem, the most glamorous party in the multiverse. Step behind the velvet rope of these fabulous Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror tales of roller rinks, nightclubs, glam aliens, party monsters, drugs, sex, glitter, and debauchery.”
- Collection: Celestial Inventories by Steve Rasnic Tem (ChiZine, Aug 27)
- Transcendental by James Gunn (Tor, Aug 27, 2013) — SFWA Grand Master Gunn’s first novel in several years: “Riley, a veteran of interstellar war, is one of many beings from many different worlds aboard a ship on a pilgrimage that spans the galaxy. However, he is not journeying to achieve transcendence, a vague mystical concept that has drawn everyone else on the ship to this journey into the unknown at the far edge of the galaxy. His mission is to find and kill the prophet who is reputed to help others transcend. While their ship speeds through space, the voyage is marred by violence and betrayal, making it clear that some of the ship’s passengers are not the spiritual seekers they claim to be.” -- there's also an excerpt up at Tor.com
- Billy Moon: A transcendent Novel Reimagining the Life of Christopher Robin Milne by Douglas Lain (Tor, Aug 27, 2013) -- a magical realism weaving its way through the turbulent streets of Paris in 1968: "In Douglas Lain's debut novel set during the turbulent year of 1968, Christopher Robin Milne, the inspiration for his father’s fictional creation, struggles to emerge from a manufactured life, in a story of hope and transcendence."
- Crux by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot, Aug 27, 2013) -- sequel to hard sf thriller Nexus -- was scheduled to be a Brilliance Audio concurrent release, but this seems to have slipped
- A Thousand Perfect Things by Kay Kenyon (Premier Digital Publishing, Aug 27) -- "In this epic new work, the award-winning Kenyon creates an alternate 19th century with two warring continents on an alternate earth: the scientific Anglica (England) and magical Bharata (India). Emboldened by her grandfather's final whispered secret of a magical lotus,Tori Harding, a young Victorian woman and aspiring botanist, must journey to Bharata, with its magics, intrigues and ghosts, to claim her fate. There she will face a choice between two suitors and two irreconcilable realms."
- The Crown and the Dragon by John D. Payne (WordFire Press, Aug 27, 2013) -- "The land of Deira burns. Two decades of war have laid waste to this once-green paradise . . . but even more destructive than rampaging armies is the wrath of the dragon—an uncontrollable living weapon unleashed by the invaders. Some brave rebels struggle against impossible odds. Others turn outlaw just to stay alive."
- Cast in Sorrow (Luna Books) by Michelle Sagara (Aug 27, 2013)
- The Time of Contempt (The Witcher) by Andrzej Sapkowski (Orbit, Aug 27, 2013)
- Spirits From Beyond (A Ghost Finders Novel) by Simon R. Green (Aug 27, 2013)
- Chosen (ALEX VERUS) by Benedict Jacka (Ace, Aug 27, 2013) -- feature of today's Big Idea piece on Scalzi's Whatever log: The Big Idea: Benedict Jacka
- Saxon’s Bane by Geoffrey Gudgion (Solaris, Aug 27)
- Collection: Tell My Sorrows to the Stones by Christopher Golden with an introduction by Cherie Priest (ChiZine, Aug 27, 2013)
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Kingmaker By Christian Cantrell, Narrated By Will Damron for Brilliance Audio -- Release Date: 08-28-13
- Babayaga by Toby Barlow and Dan Miller (Tantor Audio, Aug 30, 2013) — “By the author of Sharp Teeth, a novel of love, spies, and witches in 1950s Paris—and a cop turned into a flea.” — out in print from FSG on August 6
- Anthology: Tales of Jack the Ripper edited by Ross E. Lockhart (Word Horde, August 31)
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The Phoenix and the Mirror: Vergil Magus, Book 1 By Avram Davidson, Narrated By Robert Blumenfeld — Series: Vergil Magus, Book 1 — along with books 2 and 3 — September 2
- 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”
- Happy Hour In Hell (Bobby Dollar) by Tad Williams (Sep 3, 2013)
- MaddAddam: A Novel by Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese and Random House Audio, September 3) — “Bringing together Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood’s speculative fiction trilogy points toward the ultimate endurance of community, and love.”
- Chimes at Midnight: An October Daye Novel by Seanan McGuire (Sep 3, 2013) — narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal for Brilliance Audio
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The Last President: Daybreak, Book 3 By John Barnes, Narrated By Angela Dawe — Scheduled Release Date: 09-03-13
- 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
- Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond (September 3, 2013)
- Monsters of the Earth (Books of the Elements) by David Drake (Tor, Sep 3, 2013)
- 23 Years on Fire: A Cassandra Kresnov Novel by Joel Sheppard (Pyr, September 3, 2013) — “Commander Cassandra Kresnov has her hands full. She must lead an assault against the Federation world of Pyeongwha, where a terrible sociological phenomenon has unleashed hell against the civilian population. Then she faces the threat from a portion of League space known as New Torah, in which a ruthless regime of surviving corporations are building new synthetic soldiers but taking the technology in alarming directions.”
- The Given Sacrifice: A Novel of the Change (Change Series) by S. M. Stirling (Sep 3, 2013)
- Collection: Mother Box, and Other Tales by Sarah Blackman (Fiction Collective 2, Sep 3, 2013)
- Collection: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books, September 3, 2013)
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The Angel Stone: Fairwick Trilogy, Book 3 By Juliet Dark, Narrated By Justine Eyre — Scheduled Release Date: 09-03-13
- Channel Zilch by Doug Sharp (Panverse, September 8) — “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.”
- The Scroll of Years: A Gaunt and Bone Novel by Chris Willrich (Pyr, September 10) — fantasy debut novel from the well-published in short f/sf Willrich, in his “Gaunt and Bone” sword and sorcery milieu
- The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale (Mulholland Books, September 10) — ‘In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack’s about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme. In The Thicket, award-winning novelist Joe R. Lansdale lets loose like never before, in a rip-roaring adventure equal parts True Gritand Stand by Me–the perfect introduction to an acclaimed writer whose work has been called “as funny and frightening as anything that could have been dreamed up by the Brothers Grimm–or Mark Twain” (New York Times Book Review).’
- Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers / Listening Library, Sep 10, 2013)
- Dissident Gardens: A Novel by Jonathan Lethem (Sep 10, 2013)
- Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett (Tor, Sep 10, 2013)
- The Arrows of Time (Orthogonal) by Greg Egan (Night Shade Books, September 10, 2013) — book 3 after The Clockwork Rocket and The Eternal Flame
- Horse of a Different Color: Stories by Howard Waldrop (Small Beer Press, September 10)
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The First Betrayal: Chronicles of Josan, Book 1 and The Sea Change: Chronicles of Josan, Book 2 By Patricia Bray, Narrated By Christopher Kipiniak — Scheduled Release Date: 09-10-13
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The Pearls and The Crown: The Pearls and the Crown Duology, Book 2 By Deborah Chester, Narrated By A. Savalas — Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins — Scheduled Release Date: 09-10-13
- Mystery: The Bones of Paris (A Novel of Suspense) By Laurie R. King, Narrated By Jefferson Mays for Recorded Books (print release from Bantam) -- Scheduled Release Date: 09-10-13
- Anthology: Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales edited by Paula Guran (Prime Books, September 11)
- On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon’s Children) by Alastair Reynolds (Sep 12, 2013)
- Divinity and the Python by Bonnie Randall (Panverse, September 15)
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Super Stories of Heroes and Villains edited by Claude Lalumiere (Tachyon, September 15, 2013) — Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola, Jonathan Lethem, Cory Doctorow, Kelly Link’s “Origin Story”, Carol Emshwiller, Gene Wolfe, GRRM, …
- The One-Eyed Man: A Fugue, With Winds and Accompaniment by L. E. Modesitt (Sep 17, 2013)
- The Rose and the Thorn by Michael J. Sullivan (Orbit, Sep 17) — Riyria Chronicles #2
- Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon (Sep 17, 2013)
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Kinslayer: The Lotus War, Book Two By Jay Kristoff — Scheduled Release Date: 09-17-13
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The Cloning of Joanna May: A Novel By Fay Weldon, Narrated By Lesley Parkin — Scheduled Release Date: 09-17-13 — also by Weldon on this date: Darcy’s Utopia: A Novel narrated by Susannah Tyrrell
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Skirmishes: Diving Universe, Book 4 By Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Narrated By Jennifer Van Dyck — Scheduled Release Date: 09-17-13
- Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman and Skottie Young (Harper Children’s, September 17)
- Kids: Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (Disney-Hyperion and Listening Library, Sep 17, 2013) — “A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren’t exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see-and eradicate-these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic Detection Agencies have cropped up to handle the dangerous work, and they are in fierce competition for business. In The Screaming Staircase, the plucky and talented Lucy Carlyle teams up with Anthony Lockwood, the charismatic leader of Lockwood & Co, a small agency that runs independent of any adult supervision. After an assignment leads to both a grisly discovery and a disastrous end, Lucy, Anthony, and their sarcastic colleague, George, are forced to take part in the perilous investigation of Combe Carey Hall, one of the most haunted houses in England. Will Lockwood & Co. survive the Hall’s legendary Screaming Staircase and Red Room to see another day?”
- Non-Fiction: Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety By Eric Schlosser, Narrated By Scott Brick for Penguin Audio -- Length: 61 hrs and 39 mins -- Scheduled Release Date: 09-17-13
- Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollanz, Sep 19, 2013) — “The very far future: The Galaxy is a drifting wreck of black holes, neutron stars, chill white dwarfs. The age of star formation is long past. Yet there is life here, feeding off the energies of the stellar remnants, and there is mind, a tremendous Galaxy-spanning intelligence each of whose thoughts lasts a hundred thousand years. And this mind cradles memories of a long-gone age when a more compact universe was full of light…The 27th century: Proxima Centauri.”
- The Falconer by Elizabeth May (Gollanz UK, Sep 19) — I don’t see a US release until 2014 for this much-balyhooed debut fantasy
- The Ace of Skulls by Chris Wooding (Sep 19, 2013) — final novel in the Ketty Jay series
- 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) — narrated by Macleod Andrews for Audible Frontiers
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The Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White (Tor, Sep 24) — “Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries and Las Vegas all in one book? Shut up and take my money.” —John Scalzi — narrated by Ray Porter for Audible Frontiers
- The Dead Run by Adam Mansbach (HarperCollins, Sep 24, 2013)
- Love is the Law by Nick Mamatas (Dark Horse, September 24, 2013)
- The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes by George Mann (Sep 24, 2013)
- Stonecast (A Spellmason Chronicle) by Anton Strout (Ace, Sep 24, 2013) — book two after last year’s Alchemystic in this contemporary set urban fantasy concerning “spellmasons” who can construct stone gargoyles
- The Fall of the Governor: The Walking Dead, Book 3 By Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga, Narrated By Fred Berman — Scheduled Release Date: 09-24-13
- Harrowgate by Kate Maruyama (47North and Brilliance Audio read by Nick Podehl, Sep 24, 2013) -- "Michael should be overjoyed by the birth of his son, but his wife, Sarah won't let him touch the baby or allow anyone to visit. Greta, an intrusive, sinister doula has wormed her way into their lives, driving a wedge between Michael and his family. Every time he leaves the Harrowgate, he returns to find his beloved wife and baby altered. He feels his family slipping away and, as a malevolent force begins to creep in, Michael does what any new father would do--he fights to keep his family together."
- Charming (Pax Arcana) by Elliott James (September 24, 2013)
- The Plague Forge: The Dire Earth Cycle: Three by Jason M. Hough (Sep 24, 2013)
- Seven Forges by James A. Moore (Sep 24, 2013)
- Vicious by V.E. Schwab (Tor, Sep 24, 2013)
- Hard Magic: Paranormal Scene Investigations, Book 1 and Packs of Lies: Paranormal Scene Investigations, Book 2 By Laura Anne Gilman, Narrated By Romy Nordlinger — Scheduled Release Date: 09-24-13
- Soul of Fire (Book Two of The Portals) by Laura Anne Gilman (Harlequin/Luna, Sep 24, 2013)
- Collection: Jewels in the Dust by Peter Crowther (Subterranean Press, September 30)
- Collection: If Angels Fight: Stories by Richard Bowes (Fairwood Press/Patrick Swensen, September 2013) — collection of 14 stories – 3 new – all newly collected
- Treecat Wars by David Weber (Oct 1, 2013)
- Hero by Alethea Kontis (Harcourt Children’s Books, October 1)
- Bastion: Book Five of the Collegium Chronicles (A Valdemar Novel) by Mercedes Lackey (Oct 1, 2013)
- Pandemic by Scott Sigler (Crown, Oct 1, 2013)
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Ghosts Know by Ramsey Campbell (Tor, Oct 1)
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Collection: In the Company of Thieves by Kage Baker (Tachyon, Oct 1, 2013)
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1636: The Devil’s Opera (Ring of Fire) by Eric Flint (Oct 1, 2013)
- Anthology: In Space No One Can Hear You Scream by Hank Davis (Baen, Oct 1, 2013)
- Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre edited by Paula Guran (Prime Books, October 1)
- Teen: Blackout by Robison Wells (Harper Teen, Oct 1, 2013)
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The Lost Stars: Perilous Shield: Lost Stars, Book 2 By Jack Campbell, Narrated By Marc Vietor — Scheduled Release Date: 10-01-13
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Chimaera: Well of Echoes, Book 4 By Ian Irvine, Narrated By Grant Cartwright — Scheduled Release Date: 10-01-13
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The First Bird, Episode 1 By Greig Beck, Narrated By Sean Mangan for Bolinda Audio — Scheduled Release Date: 10-01-13
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William Shakespeare’s Star Wars By Ian Doescher — Scheduled Release Date: 10-01-13
- Pull Down the Night by Nathan Kotecki (Houghton Mifflin, October 8) — second book in his YA urban fantasy series after The Suburban Strange
- The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) by Scott Lynch (Spectra, October 8) -- read by Michael Page for Tantor Audio
- The Diamond Deep (Ruby’s Song) by Brenda Cooper (Pyr, Oct 8, 2013)
- The Circle by Dave Eggers (Knopf, Oct 8, 2013) -- a technothriller: "What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge."
- Veil of the Deserters (Bloodsounder’s Arc #2) by Jeff Salyards (Night Shade Books, Oct 8, 2013)
- A Dance of Cloaks by David Dalglish (Orbit, Oct 8) — originally self-published, now being re-published by Orbit — Orbit is also doing a “Making of a Cover” web series for this series
- Anthology: Welcome to the Greenhouse: New Science Fiction on Climate Change By Gordon Van Gelder (editor), Bruce Sterling, Gregory Benford, Paul Di Filippo, Alan Dean Foster, Narrated By Bob Dunsworth — Scheduled Release Date: 10-08-13
- 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
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METAtropolis: Green Space By Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Seanan McGuire, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Ken Scholes — Series: METAtropolis, Book 3 — Scheduled Release Date: 10-15-13
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Fiendish Schemes by K. W. Jeter (Tor, October 15) — “The long-awaited stand-alone sequel to the seminal novel Infernal Devices by one of the founding fathers of steampunk”
- The Last Dark: The climax of the entire Thomas Covenant Chronicles (Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen R. Donaldson (Oct 15, 2013)
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The Legacy: Legend of Drizzt: Legacy of the Drow, Book 1 By R. A. Salvatore, Narrated By Victor Bevine — Scheduled Release Date: 10-15-13
- The Blood Flower Throne by T.L. Morganfield (Panverse, October 19) — “the first book in a feminist retelling of the myths and legends surrounding the Toltec priest-king Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl”
- The Abominable: A Novel by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown and Company, Oct 22, 2013)
- The Faceless One by Mark Onspaugh (Hydra, Oct 28, 2013)
- Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone (Tor Books, October 29) — book one is in audio from Blackstone, so here’s hoping book two follows “suit”
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Dead Set: A Novel By Richard Kadrey, Narrated By Kate Rudd — Scheduled Release Date: 10-29-13 — a standalone dark fantasy from the author of the Sandman Slim series
- The Deaths of Tao by Wesley Chu (Angry Robot, Oct 29, 2013) — sequel to The Lives of Tao
- Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened… by Allie Brosh (Touchstone, Oct 29, 2013) — an audio edition for this 4-color illustrated book doesn’t make sense, of course, but it’s a book I have my eye on
- Teen: Horde (Enclave) by Ann Aguirre (Macmillan Young Listeners, Oct 29, 2013) — “The epic conclusion to the USA Today bestselling trilogy.”
- The n-Body Problem by Tony Burgess (ChiZine, October 2013) — “Tony Burgess returns to the realm of the zombie”
- 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)
- Datura by Leena Krohn, translated by Juha Tupasela and Anna Volmari (Cheeky Frawg, October 2013) — from the author of World Fantasy finalist Tainaron
- Parasite by Mira Grant (Orbit, November 1) — I know nothing about his other than the quite interesting cover…
- Collection: Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts (Tachyon, Nov 1, 2013)
- Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson (November 5, 2013)
- Starhawk (A Priscilla Hutchins Novel) by Jack McDevitt (Ace Hardcover, November 5, 2013)
- Contagion (Toxic City) by Tim Lebbon (Pyr, Nov 5, 2013) — book #3 in the Toxic City series
- Fortune’s Pawn (Paradox Series) by Rachel Bach (Orbit, Nov 5, 2013)
- A Dance of Blades (Shadowdance) by David Dalglish (Orbit, Nov 5, 2013)
- Twenty-First Century Science Fiction by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, Nov 5, 2013)
- Hell Bent: A Broken Magic Novel by Devon Monk (Nov 5, 2013)
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The Royal Ranger: Ranger’s Apprentice, Book 12 By John Flanagan, Narrated By John Keating — Scheduled Release Date: 11-05-13
- Anthology: A Cosmic Christmas 2 You edited by Hank Davis (Baen, Nov 5, 2013) — “Twelve new stories of Christmas in very unusual circumstances, ranging from vampires to robots, from the hills of Appalachia to a high orbit space station, all celebrating the holiday in their own, off-beat ways.” Includes stories by (among others) Joe Haldeman, Connie Willis, and Tony Daniel
- Anthology: Space Opera edited by Rich Horton, Kage Baker, Elizabeth Bear and Jay Lake (Nov 6, 2013)
- Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest (Tor, Nov 12, 2013) — latest novel in Priest’s Boneshaker series The Clockwork Century
- Hild: A Novel by Nicola Griffith (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Nov 12, 2013) — “Since Griffith has won the Tiptree, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards, the Premio Italia, and the Lambda Literary Award six times, you’re well advised to grab this fictionalized portrait of a girl name Hild who grew up in seventh-century Britain and became St. Hilda’s of Whitby. Griffith gives us a determined and uncannily perceptive Hild who seems capable of predicting the future (or at least of human behavior), a trait that puts her in the life-and-death position of being made the king’s seer. The writing itself is uncannily perceptive, with none of the flowery excess of some historical fiction writing, though the detailed narrative runs close to 600 pages. I thought of Hillary Mantel’s Wolf Hall even before I noted the comparison in the promotion.” — LibraryJournal
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Apparition by Trish J. MacGregor (Tor, Nov 12)
- Slam by Lewis Shiner, read by Stefan Rudnicki (Blackstone Audio, November 15, 2013) — Shiner’s 1990 novel of a paroled tax evader, anarchist skateboarders, and, well, 23 cats.
- The Orphans’ Promise (Secret of Ji, Book Two) by Pierre Grimbert, translated by Matt Ross and Eric Lamb (Nov 19, 2013)
- Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise (Tor, November 19)
- Bloodstone by Gillian Philip (Tor, Nov 19)
- Arcanum by Simon Morden (Orbit, Nov 19) — “A historical fantasy novel of medieval Europe in which the magic that has run the world for centuries is disappearing– and now the gifts of the gods must be replaced with the ingenuity of humanity.”
- The Land Across by Gene Wolfe (Tor, Nov 26)
- Last to Rise by Francis Knight (Orbit, Nov 26) — concluding volume in a new trilogy which started with Knight’s debut Fade to Black in early 2013
- The Irreal Reader: Fiction & Essays from The Cafe Irreal edited by G.S. Evans and Alice Whittenburg (Guide Dog, November 2013)
- Collection: Bleeding Shadows by Joe R. Lansdale (Subterranean, November 2013)
- Anthology: Dangerous Women edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (Tor, Dec 3) — table of contents includes Joe Abercrombie, Lev Grossman, and Pat Cadigan, among others
- Darkwalker: A Nicolas Lenoir Novel by E.L. Tettensor (Roc, Dec 3, 2013)
- A Dance of Mirrors (Shadowdance) by David Dalglish (Orbit, Dec 3, 2013)
- Cloak and Spider: A Shadowdance Novella by David Dalglish (Orbit, Dec 3, 2013)
- Andromeda’s Choice (Legion of the Damned) by William C. Dietz (December 3, 2013)
- Collection: Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories by Adam-Troy Castro (Prime Books, December 4)
- Year’s Best SF 18 edited by David G. Hartwell (December 10, 2013)
- Collected Stories by Lewis Shiner, read by Stefan Rudnicki, John Rubinstein, Janis Ian, Scott Brick, Kimberly Farr, Arthur Morey, Roxanne Hernandez Coyne, Kristoffer Tabori, Gabrielle de Cuir, and Karen Joy Fowler (Blackstone Audio, December 15, 2013) — the “definitive collection” of Shiner’s short fiction in the form of 41 stories
- The Grendel Affair: A SPI Files Novel by Lisa Shearin (Dec 31, 2013)
- The Iron Wolves by Andy Remic (Angry Robot and Angry Robot on Brilliance Audio, Dec 31, 2013)
- The Swords of Good Men by Snorri Kristjansson (Jo Fletcher Books, January 7, 2014) — a “Viking fantasy novel” by a new Icelandic author
- The Girl with All the Gifts by M.J. Carey (Orbit, Jan 7, 2014) — “Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her ‘our little genius’. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. She jokes that she won’t bite, but they don’t laugh.” — link to cover
- Rex Regis by L. E. Modesitt (Tor, Jan 7, 2014)
- Fury of the Demon by Diana Rowland (Jan 7, 2014)
- Work Done for Hire by Joe Haldeman (Ace Hardcover, January 7, 2014) — novel about an ex-sniper turned sf screenwriter turned reluctant hitman; I’ve hear Haldeman read from this novel in draft and am very much looking forward to its release
- Love in the Time of Metal and Flesh by Jay Lake (Prime Books, January 7, 2014) — “Markus Selvage has been bent by life, ground up and spit out again. In San Francisco’s darkest sexual underground, he is a perpetual innocent, looking within bodies – his own and others’ – for the lost secrets of satisfaction. But extreme body modification is only the beginning of where he will go before he’s finished…”
- Rex Regis (Imager Portfolio) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Jan 7, 2014)
- 1636: Seas of Fortune by Iver Cooper (January 7, 2014)
- Black Arts: A Jane Yellowrock Novel by Faith Hunter (Jan 7, 2014)
- Darkest Fear (Birthright) by Cate Tiernan (Jan 7, 2014)
- Watchers in the Night (Guardians of the Night) by Jenna Black (Jan 14, 2014)
- The Man Who Made Models: The Collected Short Fiction by R.A. Lafferty (Centipede Press, January 14, 2014)
- Dawn of Swords (The Breaking World) by David Dalglish (Jan 14, 2014)
- Dirty Magic (Prospero’s War) by Jaye Wells (Jan 21, 2014)
- Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (Tor, January 21, 2014) — book 2 in The Stormlight Archive after The Way of Kings
- The Book of the Crowman by Joseph D’ Lacey (Jan 28, 2014)
- A Darkling Sea by James Cambias (Tor, Jan 28, 2014)
- Maze by J.M. McDermott (Apex, January 2014)
- Leaving the Sea: Stories by Ben Marcus (Knopf, January 2014)
- The Emperor’s Blades (The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1) by Brian Stavely (Tor, January 2014) — “follows siblings Valyn, Kaden, and Adare, who are in different parts of the world when they learn about the assassination of their father, the Emperor. All of them are in danger of being the next targets, and all of them are caught in the maelstrom of conspiracy, intrigue, treachery, and magic that sweeps through Staveley’s auspicious debut novel.”
- Reign of Ash (Book Two in the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga) by Gail Z. Martin (Orbit, January 2014) — follow-on to Ice Forged
- Annihilation (Southern Reach, Volume 1) by Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, Feb 4, 2014) — the first of a trilogy of “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?”
- Like a Mighty Army (Safehold) by David Weber (Feb 4, 2014)
- The Crimson Campaign (The Powder Mage Trilogy, Book 2) by Brian McClellan (Orbit, February 2014)
- Like a Mighty Army (Safehold) by David Weber (Feb 4, 2014)
- V-S Day: A Novel of Alternate History by Allen Steele (Feb 4, 2014) — narrated by Ray Chase
- Empire of Men by David Weber and John Ringo (Feb 4, 2014)
- The Waking Engine by David Edison (Feb 11, 2014)
- The Judge of Ages (Count to a Trillion) by John C. Wright (Feb 25, 2014)
- The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison (Feb 25, 2014)
- Dreamwalker by C.S. Friedman (February 2014)
- Night Broken (A Mercy Thompson Novel) by Patricia Briggs (Mar 4, 2014)
- Ghost Train to New Orleans (The Shambling Guides) by Mur Lafferty (Orbit, Mar 4, 2014) — sequel to The Shambling Guide to New York City
- The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent (A Natural History of Dragons) by Marie Brennan (Mar 4, 2014)
- Hope Rearmed by S.M. Stirling and David Drake (March 4, 2014)
- Blood and Iron (The Book of the Black Earth) by Jon Sprunk (Pyr, March 11)
- Resistance by Jenna Black (Mar 11, 2014)
- Working God’s Mischief (Instrumentalities of the Night) by Glen Cook (Mar 11, 2014)
- Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert (March 11, 2014)
- Lockstep by Karl Schroeder (Mar 25, 2014)
- The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher (Mar 25, 2014)
- Anthology: The Time Traveler’s Almanac by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer (Tor, Mar 18, 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 Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (April 1, 2014)
- Cauldron of Ghosts (Crown of Slaves) by David Weber (April 1, 2014)
- Baltic Gambit: A Novel of the Vampire Earth by E.E. Knight (April 1, 2014)
- Shipstar by Larry Niven and Gregory Benford (Tor, April 8, 2014)
- Transhuman by Ben Bova (April 15, 2014)
- The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes (Gollanz UK, 17 Apr 2014) — from the author of Tome of the Undergates
- Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor (Hodder & Stoughton, April 2014) — “The Nigerian megacity of Lagos is invaded by aliens, and it nearly consumes itself because of it.”
- The Moon King by Neil Williamson (Newcon, April 2014) — Debut novel: “The story of The Moon King grew out of its setting, the sea-locked city of Glassholm, which is a thinly veneered version of Glasgow, Scotland where I live. Glasgow is a city of mood swings, brilliant with sun and warm sandstone one minute and dour with overcast and rain soaked tarmac the next. Summer days are long and filled with light. The winter months pass mostly in darkness. Living here, your spirit is tied to the city’s mood. As soon as I hooked that almost bipolar sense to the idea of natural cycles, the story blossomed. In Glassholm, the moon never sets and everything, from entropy to the moods of the populace, is affected by its phasing from Full to Dark and back to Full again. I wanted to know what would life be like there, what quirks nature might throw into the mix. And what would happen if it was discovered that the cyclic euphorias and depressions were not natural after all.”
- Immolation (Children, #1) by Ben Peek (Tor UK, Spring 2014) is “set fifteen thousand years after the War of the Gods. The bodies of the gods now lie across the world, slowly dying as men and women awake with strange powers that are derived from their bodies. Ayae, a young cartographer’s apprentice, is attacked and discovers she cannot be harmed by fire. Her new power makes her a target for an army that is marching on her home. With the help of the immortal Zaifyr, she is taught the awful history of ‘cursed’ men and women, coming to grips with her new powers and the enemies they make. The saboteur Bueralan infiltrates the army that is approaching her home to learn its terrible secret. Split between the three points of view, Immolation‘s narrative reaches its conclusion during an epic siege, where Ayae, Zaifyr and Bueralan are forced not just into conflict with those invading, but with those inside the city who wish to do them harm.”
- Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson (Tor, Spring 2014) — “Caeli-Amur: a city torn by contradiction. A city of languorous philosopher-assassins and magnificent creatures from ancient myth: minotaurs and sirens. Three Houses rule over an oppressed citizenry stirring into revolt. The ruins of Caeli-Amur’s sister city lie submerged beneath the sea nearby, while the remains of strange advanced technology lie hidden in the tunnels beneath the city itself.”
- The Furies: A Thriller by Mark Alpert (April 22, 2014)
- Authority: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy) by Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 1, 2014)
- The Sea Without a Shore by David Drake (May 6, 2014) — Lt. Leary series
- Graphic novel: All You Need Is Kill: The Graphic Novel by Nick Mamatas, Lee Ferguson, Fajar Buana, and Zack Turner, based on the novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (VIZ Media/Haikasoru, May 6, 2014)
- The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne (Random House/Crown, May 2014) — “traces the harrowing twin journeys of two women forced to flee their homes in different times in the near future. The first, Meena, is a Brahmin-caste student whose odyssey takes her from the coastal city of Mumbai toward Djibouti across a futuristic but treacherous bridge that spans the Arabian Sea. The second, Mariama, escapes from slavery as a small child in Mauritania, joining a caravan heading across Saharan Africa toward Ethiopia.”
- The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones and Ursula Jones (Greenwillow, Summer 2014) — “Fans of the late writer Diana Wynne Jones – who died in March 2011 – are in for an unexpected treat. In the summer of 2014, Greenwillow will publish a new title from the acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author. Titled The Islands of Chaldea, the book is a standalone novel unconnected to any of the author’s earlier works. It is also the result of an unusual, asynchronous collaboration between the writer and her younger sister, Ursula Jones.”
- The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman (Viking, August 2014) — book three after The Magicians and The Magician King
- The Chaplain’s War by Brad Torgerson (Baen, 2014)
- Colossus by Stephen Messer (Random House Children’s Books, 2014)
- The Broken Eye (Lightbringer #3) by Brent Weeks (Orbit, 2014)
- The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, translated by Ken Liu (Tor Books, 2014) — the first of an announced trilogy of translated editions of this 400,000-copy-selling Chinese sf series
- Frostborn (Thrones & Bones #1) by Lou Anders (Random House Children's Books, August 2014) -- longtime Pyr editor Anders' debut novel, a young reader book which "introduces Karn, who would rather be playing the board game Thrones and Bones, and Thianna, half-frost giant, half-human, who team up when they are chased by wyverns, a dead Viking sea captain, and a 1200-year-old dragon."