Locus, June 2013

by Locus Publications

  * Annandale, David Warhammer 40,000: The Death of Antagonis (Black Library US 978-1-84970-319-2, $12.99, 410pp, tp, cover by Slawomir Maniak) Gaming tie-in novel based on the far-future roleplaying game, part of the Space Marine Battles series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.

  * Anonymous, ed. Howl for It (Kensington/Brava 978-0-7582-7344-4, $14.00, 315pp, tp) Paranormal romance anthology of two novellas by Shelly Laurenston and Cynthia Eden. This is dated 2012 but not seen until now; e-book also available.

  * Arnaudo, Marco The Myth of the Superhero (Johns Hopkins University Press 978-1-4214-0953-5, $24.95, 206pp, tp) Associational non-fiction, a critical look at how superhero stories were influenced by religion, myth, epics, and other elements. Translated by Jamie Richards from the Italian Il fumetto supereroico (Tunué 2010). Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21218-4363.

  * Atkinson, Kate Life After Life (Little, Brown/Reagan Arthur Books 978-0-316-17648-4, $27.99, 529pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of alternate realities, about a woman with seemingly infinite/alternate lives, who dies repeatedly in the years before WWII.

  Ballard, J.G. The Drowned World (Norton/Liveright 978-0-87140-362-9, $15.95, 198pp, tp, cover by Matthew Brandt) Reprint (Berkley 1962) surreal SF novel. This has the 2012 introduction by Martin Amis.

  Ballard, J.G. Hello America (Norton/Liveright 978-0-87140-418-3, $15.95, 234pp, tp, cover by Thorney Lieberman) Reprint (Cape 1981) SF novel.

  Ballard, J.G. The Unlimited Dream Company (Norton/Liveright 978-0-87140-419-0, $15.95, 233pp, tp, cover by Patricia McDonough) Reprint (Cape 1979) SF novel. A BSFA winner.

  * Battersby, Lee The Marching Dead (Angry Robot US 978-0-85766-290-3, $7.99, 411pp, pb) Fantasy novel, sequel to The Corpse-Rat King. E-book also available. Simultaneous with the UK (Angry Robot) edition.

  * Baum, L. Frank, Eric Shanower & Skottie Young Road to Oz (Marvel 978-0-7851-6404-3, $24.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Skottie Young) Graphic novel version of Baum’s classic children’s fantasy, adapted by Shanower and illustrated by Young. Originally published as a series of six comic books.

  * Bentley, Richard James Greenbeard (Exterminating Angel Press 978-1-935259-21-3, $14.95, 286pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) Humorous historical fantasy pirate novel. A lawyer-turned-pirate has a strange encounter that turns his beard green and sends him on a mission of revenge. A first novel. E-book also available. Exterminating Angel Press, .

  * Berry, Nina Othermoon (Kensington/KTeen 978-0-7582-7693-3, $9.95, 310pp, tp) Young-adult paranormal romance novel about a shapeshifting teen, second in the Otherkin series. E-book also available.

  Bishop, Anne Bridge of Dreams (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46473-6, $7.99, 467pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 2012) fantasy novel, the third book in the Ephemera series.

  Black, Holly Black Heart (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-1-4424-0347-5, $9.99, 296pp, tp) Reprint (McElderry 2012) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, the third book in the Curse Workers series.

  * Black, Jenna Rogue Descendant (Pocket 978-1-4767-0008-3, $7.99, 370pp, pb) Urban fantasy novel, the third in a series featuring PI Nikki Glass, an immortal huntress descended from the goddess Artemis. E-book also available.

  * Boussenard, Louis Monsieur Synthesis (Black Coat Press 978-1-61227-161-3, $26.95, 384pp, tp, cover by David Lecossu) Omnibus of two early SF novels about a mad scientist: The Secrets of Monsieur Synthesis (Les Secrets de Monsieur Synthèse Marpon and Flammarion 1888) and Ten Thousand Years in a Block of Ice (Dix mille ans dans un bloc de glace Marpon and Flammarion 1890), translated from the French with annotations and introduction by Brian Stableford. A print-on-demand edition. Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416; .

  * Bowman, Erin Taken (HarperTeen 978-0-06-211726-7, $17.99, 360pp, hc) Young-adult dystopian novel. Teens in a walled community from which all males disappear at 18 decide to cross the wall. A first novel. E-book also available.

  * Brody, Jessica Unremembered (Farrar Straus Giroux 978-0-374-37991-9, $17.99, 304pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel, the first book in the Unremembered series. Seraphina, a teen with no memories found in a plane crash, searches for her past.

  * Brown, Eric The Serene Invasion (Rebellion/Solaris US 978-1-78108-092-4, $8.99, 512pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Near-future SF novel of first contact. The peaceful alien Serene bring peace to the Earth. E-book also available. Simultaneous with the Solaris UK edition.

  * Brown, Josie, ed. Daughters of Icarus (Pink Narcissus Press 978-1-939056-00-9, $17.00, 369pp, tp, cover by Jordan Tao Mambert) Original anthology of 28 feminist SF and fantasy stories, five reprints. Authors include Thoraiya Dyer, Eric Bosse, and Therese Arkenberg. A print-on-demand edition; e-book also available. Pink Narcissus Press, PO Box 303, Auburn MA 01501; ; .

  * Brundage, Margaret The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage (Vanguard Productions 978-1-934331-49-1, $24.95, 184pp, hc) Art book. A hardcover edition (-49-1, $39.95) and a slipcased limited edition with bonus folio, both with different covers, are also available. Vanguard Productions, .

  Butcher, Jim Furies of Calderon (Subterranean Press, $175.00, 493pp, hc, cover by Marc Fishman) Reprint (Ace 2004) epic fantasy, first in the Codex Alera series. This is a slipcased, signed, limited edition of 250; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 26 is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; .

  * Butcher, Shannon K. Falling Blind (Penguin/Signet 978-0-451-23972-3, $7.99, 370pp, pb) Paranormal romance novel, the seventh in the Sentinel Wars series. E-book also available.

  * Butler, A.K. The Burning of Cherry Hill (Flexion House 978-0-9885004-1-9, $16.00, 323pp, tp) Dystopian SF novel. Zay Scot, raised in hiding by fugitive parents, is forced into a seemingly ideal society where everything is controlled by the government. E-book also available. Flexion House, PO Box 497211. Garland TX 75149.

  Caine, Rachel Bitter Blood (Penguin/NAL 978-0-451-41424-3, $9.99, 406pp, tp) Reprint (NAL 2012) young-adult vampire novel, book 13 in The Morganville Vampires series. This is copyrighted by Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, who also writes as Roxanne Longstreet and Roxanne Conrad.

  Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game (Tor Teen 978-0-7653-3814-3, $18.99, 368pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award winning SF novel, the first book in the Ender series. This is an advance movie tie-in edition packaged for young adults; a trade paperback edition (-3754-2, $9.99) was announced but not seen.

  Card, Orson Scott & Aaron Johnston Earth Unaware (Tor 978-0-7653-6736-5, $7.99, 450pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 2012) SF novel, a prequel to the Card’s Ender series, about the First Formic War.

  * Carlson, Amanda Hot Blooded (Orbit US 978-0-316-20521-4, $13.99, 310pp, tp) Urban fantasy werewolf novel, second in the Jessica McClain series. E-book also available.

  Carter, Stephen L. The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln (Random House/Vintage 978-0307474483, $15.95, 667pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 2012) alternate-history SF novel.

  * Cast, P.C. & Kristin Cast Destined (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-0-312-38798-3, $9.99, 325pp, tp) Reprint (Griffin 2011) young-adult vampire novel, ninth in the House of Night series.

  * Caterer, Claire M. The Key & the Flame (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-1-4424-5741-6, $17.99, 468pp, hc, cover by Karl Kwasny) Middle-grade fantasy novel. Holly gets a key that opens a door to a magical medieval world. A first novel. E-book also available.

  Chalker, Jack L. Songs of the Dancing Gods (Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-089-9, $12.99, 274pp, tp) Reprint (Del Rey 1990) fantasy novel, the fourth in the Dancing Gods series. A print-on-demand edition; e-book also available. Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, PO Box 10339, Rockville MD 20849; .

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  Chandler, A. Bertram Galactic Courier (Baen 978-1-4516-3886-8, $7.99, 1014pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Reprint (Baen 2011) omnibus, the third book in the John
Grimes Saga series, this time with four novels: Star Courier (1977), To Keep the Ship (1978), Matilda’s Stepchildren (1979), and Star Loot (1980).

  * Chen, Justina Return to Me (Little, Brown 978-0-316-10255-1, $17.99, hc) Young-adult novel with paranormal elements. Rebecca Muir’s plans for college and her life get overset by family changes and the sixth sense that the women in her family all develop. E-book also available.

  * Cherryh, C.J. Protector (DAW 978-0-7564-0798-8, $24.95, 375pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) SF novel, 14th in the overall Foreigner series. E-book also available.

  * Chu, Wesley The Lives of Tao (Angry Robot US 978-0-85766-329-0, $7.99, 456pp, tp) SF novel. IT guy Roen’s brain in invaded by the alien Tao, who insists Roen get in shape and become a hero in an alien war. E-book also available.

  Clines, Peter Ex-Heroes (Random House/Broadway 978-0-8041-3657-0, $14.00, 310pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Bartlett) Reprint (Permuted Press 2010, not seen) horror mash-up novel pitting zombies vs. superheroes, the first book in a series. This has been slightly revised.

  * Clines, Peter Ex-Patriots (Random House/Broadway 978-0-8041-3659-4, $14.00, 402pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Bartlett) Reprint (Permuted Press 2011, not seen) horror mash-up novel, second in a series pitting zombies vs. superheroes.

  * Cooper, Karina One for the Wicked (HarperCollins/Avon 978-0-06-212775-4, $7.99, 356pp, pb) Paranormal romance novel in the Dark Mission series. E-book also available.

  Cornell, Paul London Falling (Tor 978-0-7653-3027-7, $24.99, 399pp, hc) Dark urban fantasy novel. London police investigators suddenly acquire the Sight. E-book also available. First US edition (Tor UK 12/12).

  * Courtenay Grimwood, Jon The Exiled Blade (Orbit US 978-0-316-07436-0, $15.99, 338pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Historical fantasy novel set in 15th-century Venice, the third book in the Assassini series. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition. E-book also available.

  * D’Aleo, Nina The Last City (Pan Macmillan Australia/Momentum 978-1-74334-065-3, $21.95, 398pp, tp) Science fantasy/noir novel. A print-on-demand edition; e-book also available. This is dated 2012, but not seen until now.

  * D’Lacey, Joseph Black Feathers (Angry Robot US 978-0-85766-345-0, $7.99, 494pp, pb) Fantasy novel, the first book in the Black Dawn series. Simultaneous with the Angry Robot UK edition. E-book also available.

  * Daneshvari, Gitty Monster High: Ghoulfriends Just Want to Have Fun (Little, Brown 978-0-316-22253-2, $12.99, 262pp, hc) Middle-grade tie-in novella based on dolls, second in the Ghoulfriends subseries. Illustrated by Darko Dordevic and Chuck Gonzales. Copyrighted by Mattel. E-book also available. Simultaneous with the UK (Atom) edition.

  * Daniel, Tony & David Drake The Heretic (Baen 978-1-4516-3881-3, $25.00, 317pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) Military SF novel in The General series, previously co-authored by Drake & S.M. Stirling and Drake & Eric Flint.

  * Dath, Dietmar The Abolition of Species (Seagull Books 978-0857420329, $25.00, 382pp, hc) Quasi-SF novel of the fall of mankind and the rise of a reign of animals. Translated by Samuel P. Willcocks from the German Die Abschaffung der Arten (Suhrkamp 2008). This is an international edition with US, UK, and Indian prices: it is date 2012 but not seen until now.

  * Datlow, Ellen, ed. Hauntings (Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-088-9, $16.95, 422pp, tp, cover by Valentina Brostean) Anthology of 24 stories involving ghosts. Authors include Peter Straub, Kelly Link, and Neil Gaiman. E-book also available. Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th Street #139, San Francisco CA 94107; .

  * Davidson, Avram The Wailing of the Gaulish Dead (Nutmeg Point District Mail, The, $25.00, 37pp, ph) Associational non-fiction, a previously unpublished essay musing on history, part of Davidson’s Adventures in Unhistory. Preface by Eileen Gunn. This is a chapbook with French flaps; a limited edition of 210. Published by the Avram Davidson Society and the Nutmeg Point District Mail; order from Henry Wessells, PO Box 43072, Upper Montclair NJ 07043;

  de Camp, L. Sprague An Elephant for Aristotle (Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-127-8, $14.99, 375pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1958) associational historical novel. A print-on-demand edition. E-book also available. Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick, PO Box 10339, Rockville MD 20849-0339; .

  Deas, Stephen The Order of the Scales (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46500-9, $7.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Gollancz 2011) fantasy novel, the third book in The Memory of Flames series.

  Dickinson, Peter Death of a Unicorn (Small Beer Press 978-161873040-4, $16.00, 174pp, tp) Reprint (Bodley Head 1984) associational mystery novel. E-book also available. Small Beer Press, 150 Pleasant Street #306, Easthampton MA 01027; .

  * Douglas, Ian Star Carrier: Book Four: Deep Space (Harper Voyager US 978-0-06-218380-4, $7.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) Military SF novel, the fourth book in the series. This is a pen name for William H. Keith, Jr., who has also written as H. Jay Riker, Keith Douglass, Bill Keith, Robert Cain, and Keith William Andrews. E-book also available.

  * Drake, Jocelynn Dead Man’s Deal (Harper Voyager US 978-0-06-211788-5, $14.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Don Sipley) Urban fantasy novel, the second in The Asylum Tales series. E-book also available.

  * Ekman, Stefan Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings (Wesleyan University Press 978-0-8195-7323-0, $27.95, 284pp, tp, cover by Agnes Dodart) Non-fiction, a critical examination of the use of landscapes and borders in fantasy fiction, particularly in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, but looking at works by other authors including Terry Pratchett, Garth Nix. and Patricia McKillip. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. An unjacketed hardcover edition (-7322-3, $75.00) was announced but not seen; e-book also available. Wesleyan University Press, 215 Long Lane, Middletown CT 06459; .

  Emerson, Kevin The Lost Code (HarperCollins/Tegen Books 978-0-06-206280-2, $9.99, 435pp, tp) Reprint (Tegen Books 2012) young-adult dystopian SF novel, the first book in the Atlanteans series.

  Endore, Guy The Werewolf of Paris (Pegasus 978-1-60598-457-5, $14.95, 294pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar & Rinehart 1933) historical horror novel.

  * Estep, Jennifer Crimson Frost (Kensington/KTeen 978-0-7582-8146-3, $9.95, 378pp, tp) Young-adult urban fantasy novel, the fourth book in the Mythos Academy series. Includes a ‘‘Beyond the Story’’ section with a letter from a character and information on the school, magic, etc. E-book also available.

  Evans, Bill Blackmail Earth (Tor 978-0-7653-6629-0, $9.99, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2012) thriller with SF elements about global warming and resulting international political crises. This is a premium/tall rack-size edition.

  Evenson, Brian Immobility (Tor 978-0-7653-3097-0, $14.99, 253pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2012) postapocalyptic SF horror novel.

  * Feist, Raymond E. Magician’s End (Harper Voyager US 978-0-06-146843-8, $29.99, 556pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) Fantasy novel of Midkemia, the final book of the Riftwar series, and third in the Chaoswar Saga. E-book also available. Simultaneous with the Voyager UK edition.

  Flinn, Alex Bewitching (HarperTeen 978-0-06-202416-9, $9.99, 342pp, tp) Reprint (HarperTeen 2012) young-adult fantasy novel with fairy tale elements, related to Beastly.

  Fowler, Karen Joy What I Didn’t See and Other Stories (Small Beer Press 089-193152048-5, $16.00, 197pp, tp, cover by Kathleen Jennings) Reprint (Small Beer 2010) collection of 12 stories. Small Beer Press, 150 Pleasant Street #306, Easthampton MA 01027; .

  Frater, Rhiannon Siege (Tor 978-0-7653-6684-9, $8.99, 400pp, pb, cover by David Frankland) Reprint (Rhiannon Frater 2009) zombie horror novel, the third book in the As the World Dies trilogy.

  Freer, Dave Dog and Dragon (Baen 978-1-4516-3885-1, $7.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (baen 2012) fantasy novel, sequel to Dragon’s Ring.

  * Friesner, Esther Spirit’s Chosen (Random House 978-0-375-86908-2, $17.99, 484pp, hc, cover by Lara Jade) Young-adult historical novel with fantasy elements, set in third-century Japan. Himiko uses her shaman tra
ining to help free enslaved members of her clan. E-book also available.

  Funke, Cornelia Fearless (Little, Brown 978-0-316-05610-6, $19.99, 424pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel, the second in the Mirrorworld series inspired by Grimm’s fairy tales, after Reckless. Translated from the German Reckless: Lebendige Schatten (Dressler 2012) by Oliver Latsch. First US edition (Chicken House UK 1/13). E-book also available.

  Funke, Cornelia Ghost Knight (Little, Brown 978-0-316-05616-8, $7.99, 346pp, tp, cover by Andrea Offermann) Reprint (Little, Brown 2012) middle-grade fantasy novel. Translated from the German Geister Ritter (Dressler 2011) by Oliver Latsch.

  * Gagnon, Michelle Strangelets (Soho Teen 978-1-61695-137-5, a17.99, 272pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel. Dying teens find themselves in a strange postapocalyptic world. E-book also available.

  * Gaiman, Neil & Maria Dahvana Headley, eds. Unnatural Creatures (Harper 978-0-06-223629-6, $17.99, 462pp, hc, cover by Iacopo Bruno) Young-adult anthology of 16 stories, three original, about unlikely, mythical, and/or impossible creatures. Only Gaiman is credited on the cover; the title page reads ‘‘Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman with Maria Dahvana Headley’’. Authors with original stories are Nnedi Okorafor, Megan Kurashige, and Nalo Hopkinson; other authors include Diana Wynne Jones, Larry Niven, and Peter S. Beagle. Illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs. Sales benefit literary nonprofit 826DC. Trade paperback edition (-223630-2, $9.99) and e-book also available.

  Gaiman, Neil & Michael Reaves InterWorld (HarperTeen 978-0-06-212530-9, $9.99, 264pp, tp, cover by Colin Anderson) Reprint (Eos 2007) young-adult fantasy novel.

  * Gaiman, Neil, Michael & Mallory Reaves The Silver Dream (HarperTeen 978-0-06-206796-8, $18.99, 240pp, hc, cover by Colin Anderson) Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Interworld. Story by Gaiman & Michael Reaves, written by Michael Reaves & Mallory Reaves. E-book also available. Simultaneous with the HarperCollins UK edition.

  * Geragotelis, Brittany What the Spell (Simon & Schuster 978-1-4424-6815-3, $16.99, 328pp, hc) Young-adult urban fantasy novel in the Life’s a Witch series. Brooklyn Sparks comes into her powers as a witch on her 16th birthday and discovers a knack for magical matchmaking. This is the first published book in the series; Life’s a Witch got 18 million reads on Wattpad.com. E-book also available.