DAW Catalog Fall 2022 - Spring 2023

The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley

Mercedes Lackey, Elemental Masters #16

When Sorrows Come...............................................................................................

Seanan McGuire, October Daye #15

Days of Grass

Tanith Lee

Into the Broken Lands

Tanya Huff

Terminal Peace

Jim C. Hines, Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #3

Be the Serpent

Seanan McGuire, October Daye #16

Holiday Heroine

Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex #6

Winterlight

Kristen Britain, Green Rider #7

The Godstone

Violette Malan, The Godstone #1

Threader God

Gerald Brandt, Quantum Empirica #3

Hate Machine

Stephen Blackmoore, Eric Carter #8

Nightwatch On the Hinterlands

K. Eason, The Weep #1

The Tangled Stars

Edward Willett

Bound to a Single Sun

Stephen Leigh

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The Scavenger Door

Suzanne Palmer, The Finder Chronicles #3

Nightwatch Over Windscar

K. Eason, The Weep #2

The Quarrygate Gambit

Marshall Ryan Maresca, Streets of Maradaine #4

Reckoning

W. Michael Gear, Donovan #6

Rise of the Demon

Diana Rowland, Kara Gillian #9

To Each This World.................................................................................................23

Julie E. Czerneda

The Ice Orphan

Kathleen O’Neal Gear, The Rewilding Reports #3

Into the West............................................................................................................ 25

Mercedes Lackey, The Founding of Valdemar #2

Ashes of Man

Christopher Ruocchio, The Sun Eater #5

Shenanigans

Mercedes Lackey, Valdemar Anthologies #16

Sword-Bearer

Jennifer Roberson, Tiger and Del #8

Spelunking Through Hell

Seanan McGuire, InCryptid #11

Seven Mercies

L. R. Lam & Elizabeth May, Seven Devils #2

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Mercedes Lackey

The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley

ELEMENTAL MASTERS #16

304pp

Now in paperback, the sixteenth novel in the magical alternate history Elemental Masters series follows sharpshooter Annie Oakley as she tours Europe and discovers untapped powers.

Annie Oakley has always suspected there is something “uncanny” about herself, but has never been able to put a name to it. But when Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show goes on tour through Germany, Bill temporarily hires a new sharpshooter to be part of his “World Wide Congress of Rough Riders”: a woman named Frida, who also happens to be an Elemental Master of Air. Alongside this new performer, Annie discovers that she and her husband, Frank, are not simply master marksman, but also magicians of rare ability.

As they travel and perform, Annie must use her newfound knowledge and rare skill to combat creatures of the night scattered across the countryside, who threaten both the performers and the locals. Annie’s got her gun, and it’s filled with silver bullets.

MERCEDES

LACKEY is a fulltime writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the bestselling Heralds of Valdemar series. She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator.

MM ISBN: 9780756412180

eBook: 9780756412197

SERIES OVERVIEW - THE ELEMENTAL MASTERS

Elemental Masters is a series of interconnected standalone novels, centered on a reimagined fairytale, set in an alternate history world where magical masters control the powers of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth.

“Lackey’s fantastical world of Elementals, plus her delightful Nan and Sarah, create an amusing contrast for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and John Watson... The mix of humor, history, fantasy, and mystery is balanced in a way that any reader could pick up the book and thoroughly enjoy it from beginning to end.” —RT Reviews

“The action and dialogue flow freely, mingling with beautiful descriptions of European countryside and just a hint of romance. A well-developed heroine and engaging story.” —Publishers Weekly

McGuire

When Sorrows Come OCTOBER DAYE #15

URBAN FANTASY

ON SALE August 02, 2022

$8.99 / $11.99 CAN 416pp • 4-1/8 x 6-3/4

Toby’s getting married! Now in paperback, the fifteenth novel of the Hugonominated, New York Times-bestselling October Daye urban fantasy series.

It’s hard to be a hero. There’s always something needing October “Toby” Daye’s attention, and her own desires tend to fall by the wayside in favor of solving the Kingdom’s problems. That includes the desire to marry her long-time suitor and current fiancé, Tybalt, San Francisco’s King of Cats. She doesn’t mean to keep delaying the wedding, it just sort of...happens. And that’s why her closest friends have taken the choice out of her hands, ambushing her with a court wedding at the High Court in Toronto. Once the High King gets involved, there’s not much even Toby can do to delay things...

...except for getting involved in stopping a plot to overthrow the High Throne itself, destabilizing the Westlands entirely, and keeping her from getting married through nothing more than the sheer volume of chaos it would cause. Can Toby save the Westlands and make it to her own wedding on time? Or is she going to have to choose one over the other?

SEANAN MCGUIRE lives and works in Washington State, where she shares her somewhat idiosyncratic home with her collection of books, creepy dolls, and enormous blue cats. When not writing— which is fairly rare—she enjoys travel, and can regularly be found any place where there are cornfields, haunted houses, or frogs. Seanan is a Campbell, Hugo, and Nebula Award-winning author.

PB ISBN: 9780756412562 eBook: 9780756412579

This New York Times bestselling and Hugo-nominated series follows changeling knight and sometime P.I. Toby Daye through the streets of San Francisco and into the mercurial world of Faerie.

“Of all the “Faerie” urban fantasy series out there, I enjoy this one the most. If you like the Dark Fever series or Kate Daniels series, you’ll def like this one.”—Felicia Day, author of Embrace Your Weird

“[The Brightest Fell] is a great book, a wonderful addition to the adventures of Toby.”—Charlaine Harris, New York Times-bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels

“Urban fantasy enthusiasts should find this a must-read series, brimming with masterly characters, setting, and plots.”—Library Journal

Tanith Lee Days of Grass

FICTION /

ON SALE August 23, 2022

$7.99 / $8.99 CAN 204pp

For readers of dystopian science fiction and fans of N.K. Jemisin, Naomi Alderman, and Ursula K. Le Guin . . . Now for the first time in e-book, genre master Lee’s postapocalyptic dystopia that follows a young woman after the fall of humanity.

The free humans lived underground, secretive, like rats. Above, the world was a fearsome place for them—the open sky a terror, the night so black, and the striding machines from space so laser-flame deadly.

Esther dared the open; she saw the sky; she saw the Enemy. And she was taken —captive—to the vast alien empty city. Surrounded by marvels of science not born on earth, Esther did not know what they wanted of her. There was mystery in the city, dread in the heavens, and magic in the handsome alien man who came to her.

TANITH LEE HAS WON MULTIPLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS! Lee won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Fantasy Convention in 2013 and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror in 2014

MORE FROM AUTHOR TANITH LEE

GORGON AND OTHER BEASTLY TALES

9780698404526

TANITH LEE (1947–2015) was a legend in science fiction and fantasy writing. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Awards, a British Fantasy Society Derleth Award, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror.

PRAISE FOR TANITH LEE

eBook: 9780698404557

“[Tanith Lee is the] Princess Royal of Heroic Fantasy and GoddessEmpress of the Hot Read.”—Village Voice

“Tanith Lee writes in sensual, emotion-rich prose”—Publishers Weekly

“Lee evokes a raw sensuality, an alien seductiveness, which draws you in and haunts you and makes you want her books to never end.” —Books Without Any Pictures

“Tanith Lee, again, shows her talent for writing a “can’t put it down” book and shows that besides being a top-notch fantasy and science fiction writer, she is inventive as well. Highly recommended.”—Baryon Magazine

Tanya Huff Into the Broken Lands

FANTASY / EPIC ADVENTURE / DRAGONS

ON SALE August 23, 2022

$28.00 / $37.00 CAN 464pp • 6 x 9

From sci-fi and fantasy master Tanya Huff comes a new epic fantasy set in a land of dangers and mysteries

Shattered by mage wars, the Broken Lands will test the bonds of family and friendship, strength and sanity. To save their people, the Heirs of Marsan have no choice but to enter, trusting their lives and the lives of everyone they Protect, to someone who shouldn’t exist, who can’t be controlled, and who will challenge everything they believe about themselves.

STANDALONE NOVEL perfect for readers looking for a self-contained story

ENVIRONMENTAL FANTASY where the setting as important a player in the narrative as the main characters

UNIQUE MAGICAL SWAMP SETTING filled with deadly fauna and flora

LOCUS BESTSELLING AUTHOR: The second of Huff’s science fiction Peacekeeper novels reached #1 on the Locus paperback bestseller list in September 2018

MORE FROM AUTHOR TANYA HUFF

HC ISBN: 9780756415242

eBook: 9780756415259

TANYA HUFF lives in rural Ontario with her wife Fiona Patton, four cats, a dog, and an increasing number of fish. Her 32 novels and 83 short stories include horror, heroic fantasy, urban fantasy, comedy, and space opera. Her Blood books were turned into the twenty-two-episode series Blood Ties, and writing episode nine allowed her to finally use her degree in Radio & Television Arts. Many of her short stories are available as eCollections. She’s on twitter at @TanyaHuff and Facebook as Tanya Huff. She has never used her Instagram account and isn’t sure why she has it.

“It’s a wild romp, full of dark humor, a delightfully twisted version of the usual haunted house story.”—Locus

“Huff is one of the best writers we have at contemporary fantasy, particularly with a supernatural twist.”—Chronicle

“[Huff’s] delightfully light touch lends a sense of timeliness to this effortlessly told fantasy mystery.”—Library Journal

Jim C. Hines

Terminal Peace

JANITORS OF THE

SCIENCE FICTION

ON SALE August 23, 2022

$27.00 / $36.00 CAN 368pp • 6 x 9

The third and final book of the Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse follows a group of unlikely heroes trying to save the galaxy from a zombie plague.

Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos and her team were trained to clean spaceships. They were absolutely not trained to fight an interplanetary war with the xenocidal Prodryans or to make first contact with the Jynx, a race who might not be as primitive as they seem. But if there’s one lesson Mops and her crew have learned, it’s that things like “training” and “being remotely qualified” are overrated.

The war is escalating. (This might be Mops’ fault.) The survival of humanity— those few who weren’t turned to feral, shambling monsters by an alien plague—as well as the fate of all other non-Prodryans, will depend on what Captain Mops and the crew of the EDFS Pufferfish discover on the ringed planet of Tuxatl.

But the Jynx on Tuxatl are fighting a war of their own, and their world’s longburied secrets could be more dangerous than the Prodryans.

To make matters worse, Mops is starting to feel a little feral herself…

BOOK THREE of the humorous science fiction series Janitors of the PostApocalypse

FINAL BOOK of the trilogy, making this series perfect for binge readers

HUGO AWARD WINNER: Hines won the Hugo for Best Fan Writer in 2012

HC ISBN: 9780756412807 eBook: 9780756412821

JIM C. HINES has published more than forty short stories as well as numerous fantasy and sci-fi novels, including the humorous Jig the Dragonslayer trilogy; the Princess series, which re-imagines traditional fairy-tale princesses as butt-kicking action heroines; and the Magic Ex Libris series, about a centuries-old secret society dedicated to the use and control of book magic. In 2012, he won the Hugo for Best Fan Writer.

PRAISE FOR THE JANITORS OF THE

SERIES

“It’s like Guardians of the Galaxy meets MacGyver, with zombies.” —Howard Tayler, Hugo-winning author of Schlock Mercenary

“Terminal Alliance was a really fun read. Mops is a great POV character.”—Ann Leckie, Nebula-and Hugo-winning author of Ancillary Justice

“The book is damn hilarious. It’s less Tanya Huff and more Phule’s Company in the best possible way. It’s witty and sharp, it sneaks in some social commentary, and it skates just on the right side of the line between clever absurdity and complete chaos.”—Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author

2022

368pp

Now in hardcover, the sixteenth novel of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times bestselling October Daye urban fantasy series.

October Daye is finally something she never expected to be: married. All the trials and turmoils and terrors of a hero’s life have done very little to prepare her for the expectation that she will actually share her life with someone else, the good parts and the bad ones alike, not just allow them to dabble around the edges in the things she wants to share. But with an official break from hero duties from the Queen in the Mists, and her family wholly on board with this new version of “normal,” she’s doing her best to adjust.

It isn’t always easy, but she’s a hero, right? She’s done harder.

Until an old friend and ally turns out to have been an enemy in disguise for this entire time, and October’s brief respite turns into a battle for her life, her community, and everything she has ever believed to be true.

The debts of the Broken Ride are coming due, and whether she incurred them or not, she’s going to be the one who has to pay.

SEANAN MCGUIRE lives and works in Washington State, where she shares her somewhat idiosyncratic home with her collection of books, creepy dolls, and enormous blue cats. When not writing—which is fairly rare—she enjoys travel, and can regularly be found any place where there are cornfields, haunted houses, or frogs. Seanan is a Campbell, Hugo, and Nebula Award-winning author.

HC ISBN: 9780756416867 eBook: 9780756416881

This New York Times bestselling series follows changeling knight and sometime P.I. Toby Daye through the streets of San Francisco and into the mercurial world of Faerie.

THREE-TIME HUGO NOMINATED SERIES: The series was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2017, 2019, and 2021, the first series to be nominated three times

“October has evolved from an embittered loner into a fierce protector of her chosen family, making for a richly emotional tale filled with series-standard fare of adventure, intrigue, and bloodsoaked mayhem.”—Publishers Weekly

The sixth book in the smart, snarky, and action-packed Heroine series continues the adventures of Asian-American superheroine Bea Tanaka as she takes on demons in Hawaii.

Nobody loves Christmas like Bea Tanaka—so when her family visits her for a special holiday celebration, she’s beside herself with joy.

After years of chaos, questionable decisions, and flirtations with the supervillain path, Bea is finally thriving. She’s got a sweet, new gig hunting demons in Maui, she’s working hard to hone her powers, and her big sister Evie is proud of her at last. In fact, everyone is so proud of her that she can’t tell them the truth: she’s feeling lost and adrift. She and her boyfriend Sam Fujikawa are struggling to make their long-distance love work, and her powers are displaying some intriguing new elements—elements that could lead her down an evil, mind-controlling path once more.

When her family’s holiday visit is disrupted by otherworldly monsters rising out of the Maui ocean, Bea throws herself into the battle—until she’s suddenly and mysteriously transported to the perfect Christmas back in San Francisco, surrounded by her family and an excess of merrymaking.

As she finds herself trapped in the bizarre holiday rom-com of her nightmares, Bea must unravel a treacherous demon plot, save the world from unspeakable evil, and resist the siren song of a supervillain destiny. And hey, maybe she’ll find time for a little holiday cheer after all...

SARAH KUHN was a 2018 finalist for the John W. Campbell Award. The first two books in her Heroine Complex series were 2016 and 2017 RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominees for Best Urban Fantasy. The first book was also a Locus bestseller and one of the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog’s Best Books of 2016. Kuhn’s YA debut, the Japan-set romantic comedy I Love You So Mochi, launched in summer 2019.

“The decisively entertaining and deceptively complex final installment in Kuhn’s Heroine trilogy is saturated with action, surprises, and a beautifully developed cast.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“An absolute blast. Aveda, Evie, & co. continue grow and develop while remaining San Francisco’s premiere superlady team, and it’s a ton of fun to see all of the characters we’ve come to know and adore from Bea’s perspective.”—BookRiot

“When it comes to superhero novels, Heroine’s Journey might not be what you’re expecting, but it’s certainly what we might need these days. Heroine’s Journey is probably the best so far, yours truly is excited to see where everyone goes next.”—Culturess

$20.00

Now in paperback, this seventh novel of the Green Rider series follows the adventures of messenger, magic wielder, and knight Karigan G’ladheon as she fights to save king and country from dark magic and a looming war

After her capture and near-death at the hands of Grandmother and the Second Empire, Green Rider Karigan G’ladheon is making halting progress towards recovery. Haunted by the specter of her torturer, Nyssa, Karigan takes on increasingly dangerous missions, trying to outrun her trauma, even as she sinks further into the mire of her recollections of the past and the losses she has sustained.

Meanwhile, the forces of the Second Empire are moving on Sacoridia. Their primary target is a vulnerable garrison that guards a crucial mountain pass. Faced with new fatherhood and a country on the verge of war, King Zachary sends a contingent of soldiers and Green Riders to the pass—but his own recovery from the events of the north is not yet complete either.

Reunited with her fellow Riders at the pass, Karigan takes on a leadership role, but quickly finds that the Riders are not as she last left them. As tension mounts and war draws ever closer to the heart of Sacoridia, Karigan must discover what it truly means to be a Rider and a hero of the realm—and what sacrifices must be made to truly heal from her past.

KRISTEN BRITAIN is the author of the New York Times bestselling Green Rider series. Deep within the spruce-fir forest of coastal Maine, down a rambling mossy vale, and far beneath the inkwell of the sky, you will find her woodland home, where she crafts her tales and consorts with a pair of furry, tuft-eared sprites. Kristen can be found online at kristenbritain.com.

ISBN: 9780756418175 eBook: 9780756411589

“In masterly fashion, Britain ultimately manages to bring the major plotlines together in a big battle... A rousing, satisfying adventure.”— Locus

“Britain packs her exciting sixth Green Rider epic fantasy (after Mirror Sight) with new perils for her heroine, Karigan G’ladheon... The pages fly by in this dramatic tale.”—Publishers Weekly

“Kristen Britain’s Firebrand rounds back into proper Green Rider form...readers will find they’ll fly through the pages.”—Culturess

Now in paperback, this new epic fantasy spins a tale of magic and danger, as a healer finds herself pulled deeper into a web of secrets and hazardous magic that could bring about the end of the world as she knows it.

Fenra Lowens has been a working Practitioner, using her magic to heal, ever since she graduated from the White Court and left the City to live in the Outer Modes. One of her patients, Arlyn Albainil, is summoned to the City to execute the final testament of his distant cousin Xandra, a legendary Practitioner who is missing and presumed dead. Arlyn suspects the White Court intends to use him to access his cousin’s vault which he knows contains a Godstone, an artifact so dangerous he can’t allow it to be freed.

Fenra quickly realizes that there is no cousin, that Arlyn and Xandra are the same person. The Godstone almost destroyed the world and sealing it away left Arlyn powerless and ill. He needs Fenra to help him keep it, and the world, safe.

NOW IN PAPERBACK following initial hardcover release

FIRST BOOK in a new epic fantasy series

RAVE REVIEWS from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, and more

POLITICAL FANTASY featuring court intrigue and mysterious secrets

PB ISBN: 9780756416287 eBook: 9780756416294

RESURGENCE OF ADVENTURE FANTASY: The Godstone capitalizes on the rising interest in adventure-based fantasy due to the popularity of games like D&D and shows like The Witcher

VIOLETTE MALAN is the author of the epic fantasy Dhulyn and Parno novels and the Godstone series. Born in Canada, Violette’s cultural background is half Spanish and half Polish, which makes it interesting at meal times. She has worked as a teacher of creative writing, English as a second language, Spanish, and beginner’s French. On occasion she’s been an administrative assistant and a carpenter’s helper. Her most unusual job was translating letters between lovers, one of whom spoke only English, the other only Spanish. She can be found at violettemalan.com.

“Well-drawn characters and a quest that’s eventually revealed to be as epic as they come add depth to the story, but the standout here is this strange, highly original world.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Malan’s elaborate worldbuilding and nuanced characters help keep the pages turning... The unexpected plot twists and a subtle hint of romance will leave readers eagerly awaiting the next installment.”

Publishers Weekly

“Come for the characters and themes, stay for the plotting and worldbuilding, or the reverse. I loved it.”— nerds of a feather

Gerald Brandt

EMPIRICA

The third and final book of the Quantum Empirica sci-fi series explores an alternate earth where powerful Threads have the power to alter reality as we know it.

Scarred and disfigured, Darwin Lloyd travels the country with Teresa, trying to find a life without Threads—quantum strings that can change or control reality. His only real skill in the new reality he helped create is the Dance, passed on to him by Baila as she took his ability to use Threads.

But time doesn’t stand still. Though SafeHaven and Forsyth have control of the QPS, the machine Darwin and his dad built and the reason the Threads exist, and the remnants of Salem and the Qabal are building an army to take it back.

With another brutal war looming over him, Darwin will have to make a decision that may change his and Teresa’s lives forever.

THIRD AND FINAL BOOK of the Quantum Empirica sci-fi series

E-ONLY EDITION of the last book of the trilogy

AURORA AWARD FINALIST: The Courier, the first novel of Brandt’s previous series, was a finalist for the Canadian Aurora Award for Best Novel

LOCUS BESTSELLER: The novels of Brandt’s San Angeles trilogy have made the Locus bestseller lists.

“Gerald Brandt knocks it out of the park again! Quantum physics, parallel worlds, and a rip-roaring plot—what more could you want? In some reality, this book will win major awards — not just because all quantum possibilities do occur but because it bloody well deserves to.”—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids

GERALD BRANDT is the author of the cyberpunk San Angeles sci-fi trilogy: The Courier, The Operative, and The Rebel. The first of the trilogy was a finalist for the Aurora Award for Best Novel. His short story “Storm” appeared in the 2013 Prix Aurora Award-winning anthology Blood & Water. By day, he’s an IT professional and coding guru. In his limited spare time, he enjoys riding his motorcycle, rock climbing, camping, and spending time with his family.

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“It’s rare to get ‘thought-provoking’ and ‘page-turner’ in the same novel, but Brandt has done it, and then some!”—Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of The Darwin Elevator

Threader Origins is a compelling, thought-provoking look at the potential in each of us, and society itself, that never falters or flinches. Breathtakingly original and memorable, I can’t wait to see where Brandt goes with this new series. A must read!” —Julie E. Czerneda, author of the Web Shifter’s Library series

2022

The eighth book of this dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts.

If there’s one thing Eric Carter can count on, it’s his past coming back to bite him in the ass.

Gabriela Cortez, La Bruja, has had her soul trapped... somewhere, and the only one who knows how to get it back is the Oracle of Las Vegas, a powerful artifact that Carter helped create almost thirty years before. It doesn’t just predict the future—it makes things happen, influencing events to reach the goal it wants.

Only somebody’s gone and stolen it, attempting to turn it into an artifact that doesn’t just change the future, but also the past.

Eric needs to find it and steal it back before this comes to pass. If he doesn’t, Gabriela’s soul is lost. And quite possibly the future as well.

STEPHEN BLACKMOORE is a writer of crime, horror, and urban fantasy whose work has appeared in the magazines Needle, Plots With Guns, Spinetingler, Thrilling Detective, Shots, and Demolition. He has also written essays on LA politics and crime for the website LAVoice.org and the LA Noir true crime blog.

“Carter’s wry voice is amusing as ever, but the grief he carries is palpable, adding depth and a sense of desperation to this actionpacked adventure. Readers will be eager for more after this thrilling, emotionally fraught installment.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Ghost Money is reminiscent of Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid series, pitting a powerful human magic-user against the gods, while use of the Aztec gods calls all the way back to Mercedes Lackey’s Diana Tregarde books. Blackmoore’s fast pace and no-holds-barred prose give him a unique place in the genre.”—Booklist

K. Eason

Nightwatch On the Hinterlands

THE WEEP #1

SPACE

October 18, 2022

$18.00 / $24.95 CAN 416pp • 5-3/16 x 8

Now in paperback, this sci-fi mystery set in the universe of Rory Thorne follows an unlikely duo who must discover the motive behind an unusual murder.

Generations ago, a massive war tore a hole in the multiverse. Now extraplanar monsters surge out of the Weep at irregular intervals, held back by an alliance of templars and arithmancers, soldiers and priests.

When Lieutenant Iari hears screams in the night, she discovers a murder with an impossible suspect: a riev, one of the battle-mecha decommissioned after the end of the last surge, repurposed for manual labor. Riev don’t kill people. And yet, clearly, one has. Iari sets out to find it.

Officially, Gaer is an ambassador from the vakari Five Tribes. Unofficially, he’s also a spy, sending information back to his government about the Weep. Unlike Iari, Gaer isn’t so sure the riev’s behavior is just a malfunction. It can’t be a coincidence that here, along the edge of the Weep, the riev are acting in unexplained ways.

As Iari and Gaer search for the truth, they discover that the murderous riev is just a weapon in the hands of a wielder with wider ambitions than homicide, who is willing to release horrors not seen since the war.

SET IN RORY THORNE UNIVERSE: Nightwatch on the Hinterlands explores new facets of the universe that Eason created within the Rory Thorne novels

STARRED REVIEWS from Kirkus, Library Journal, and Booklist raved about Rory Thorne’s cleverness and excellent balance of sci-fi and fairy tale tropes

K. EASON is a lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, where she and her composition students tackle important topics such as the zombie apocalypse, the humanity of cyborgs, and whether or not Beowulf is a brave man. Her previous publications include the On the Bones of Gods fantasy trilogy and the Thorne Chronicles duology, and she has had short fiction published in Cabinet-desFées, Jabberwocky 4, Crossed Genres, and Kaleidotrope. When she’s not teaching or writing, Eason can be found knitting, drinking coffee, or gaming. Sometimes all at the same time.

“Readers will be clamoring for the second installment before Chapter One is over. Told with just enough editorializing from a Dickensian narrator, this story delights from cover to cover... Do not, under any circumstances, miss out on this.”—Kirkus (starred review)

“Eason adds a feminist modern twist to fairy tale and sf tropes while presenting an intergalactic adventure that enthralls in its own right, striking that ideal balance between original and familiar.” Booklist (starred review)

Edward Willett

The Tangled Stars

SPACE OPERA / SCIENCE FICTION ACTION & ADVENTURE ON SALE October 18, 2022

$9.99 / $10.99 CAN

This new novel from an Aurora Award-winning author presents a sci-fi caper of high-stakes interstellar travel.

More than a century ago, the network of MASTTs, the space-time tunnels that made interstellar travel possible, violently collapsed, the backlash destroying a lot of the solar system’s space-based infrastructure. Cooper “Coop” Douglas, a thief and conman, is in serious debt to outer-system crime-lord Eric Galioto. While trying to salvage a valuable chunk of a space station destroyed by the backlash, Coop makes a startling discovery: MASTT Primus, the tunnel that used to lead to New Earth, is open again. That raises an intriguing possibility: Coop could flee the solar system and his debt to Galioto and make a new life—and possibly fortune—around another star.

Accompanied by his first mate, the wisecracking, AI-uplifted, genetically modified cat Thibauld, Coop sets out to “liberate” the solar system’s only remaining functioning starship from an Earthside museum, enlisting the help of Laysa Grey, a former-lover-turned-cop on Luna. Along the way, he is pursued by Galioto and dogged by law enforcement and thugs.

And beyond MASTT Primus, the tangled stars await . . .

STANDALONE NOVEL perfect for readers seeking an exciting, self-contained adventure

eBook: 9780756418151

AWARDS RECOGNITION: Willett has been nominated for the Aurora Award and Saskatchewan Book Award multiple times; his sci-fi novel Marseguro won the Aurora Award for Best Novel in 2009

AWARD-WINNING PODCASTER: Willett hosts a podcast called The Worldshapers, in which he interviews prominent science fiction and fantasy authors about their creative process; the podcast won the 2019 Aurora Award for Best Fan Related Work

SPACE OPERA CAPER that investigates the mystery of the collapsed interstellar transportation system that has allowed humanity to expand to the stars

EDWARD WILLETT is the awardwinning author of more than sixty books of science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction for readers of all ages. He won Canada’s Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English for Marseguro, and a Saskatchewan Book Award for his young-adult fantasy Spirit Singer

His podcast, The Worldshapers, featuring conversations with other science fiction and fantasy authors, also won an Aurora Award for Best Fan Related Work.

PRAISE FOR EDWARD WILLETT

“Willett brings J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise into the distant space age in this dystopian tale of class, power and freedom that will entertain devotees and non-genre fans alike.” —RT Reviews

“Willett wraps his capable new adult science fiction adventure around the fate of a mysterious many-tiered city and its inhabitants... Willett’s spunky protagonists and colorful world will entertain SF adventure fans.” —Publishers Weekly

“Set in a metal city at the center of the mountain ringed Heartland, The Cityborn is sprawling space opera centering on Alania, born to the City’s privileged caste, and Danyl, a lowborn scavenger... This is one suspenseful sci-fi thriller not to be missed.” —Unbound Worlds

Stephen Leigh

Bound to a Single Sun

For readers of space opera and fans of C. J. Cherryh, John Scalzi, Elizabeth Moon, and Ann Leckie.

Now in e-only, this new near-future sci-fi novel explores the boundaries of what makes us human

In the near future, humankind has founded colonies on Mars and the inner planets as well as under the oceans, populating them via by direct genetic manipulation, changing us to suit the environment. The haves are those who are “ecomods” (genetically modified) or “surgenmods” (surgically modified); the have-nots are the “typics”—those who haven’t undergone modification. The typics are forced to live in walled-off, filthy, and run-down areas, held away from the wealthier surgenmods, while the ecomods have formed communities based around their own archetypes— insular societies all, each with their own particular customs.

There’s a greater wall, as well. Someone or something has put a sphere of exclusion around the inner solar system, an unseen barrier that allows no living being to pass beyond AU 3.0. For all humankind knows, this SunWall has existed for only the last half century, when the first manned expeditions attempted to reach Jupiter, or perhaps it existed for aeons, long before humans ever dreamed of flight.

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Sofia is an ecomod, but not from a standard ‘race’ that anyone recognizes. She claims to have pierced the SunWall and lived. Against increasingly stubborn resistance, Sofia and the group of misfits who gather around her attempt to uncover the secret of the SunWall and release humankind from its imprisonment.

STEPHEN LEIGH s an awardwinning author with nineteen science fiction novels and over forty short stories published. He has been a frequent contributor to the Hugo-nominated shared world series Wild Cards, edited by George R. R. Martin. He teaches creative writing at Northern Kentucky University. Stephen Leigh has written Immortal Muse, The Crow of Connemara, the Sunpath duology, and the fantasy trilogy Assassin’s Dawn.

PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEIGH

“Leigh (A Rising Moon) puts an inventive spin on a familiar trope in this provocative tale of first contact set in the far future... Exploring big ideas about interplanetary travel, this finely crafted sci-fi saga is full of both surprises and charm.” —Publishers Weekly

“Leigh builds a vivid, thrilling and exciting new world that will captivate and hold the imagination.”—RT Reviews

“Leigh did a wonderful job doing the world building of this story... An exciting and interesting ending.”—The Reading Café

K. Eason

Nightwatch Over Windscar

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Set in the universe of Rory Thorne, the second book in this sci-fi mystery series follows unlikely heroes who must discover the secrets of ancient ruins.

Iari is being hailed as a hero—which she finds annoying. As far as she’s concerned, she just did her job as a templar of the Aedis, a multi-species military organization committed to protect the multiverse. But after she helped stop separatists from sabotaging the entire Confederation, Iari has received a lot of unwanted attention.

The attention, at least, provides a reprieve after she’s promoted to lead a team to the northern tundra of Windscar. There is a report of recently discovered ancient, subterranean ruins that have mysterious connections to the dangerous arithmancy used by the now-dead wichu separatists.

With her team, Iari brings her friends: Char, a decommissioned battle-mecha and newly-joined templar, and Gaer, ostensible ambassador and talented arithmancer. As they delve the ruins, they find remnants of long-ago battles, bits of broken armor and mechs—which unexpectedly reanimate and attack. But they aren’t the only danger, as the inhabitants of Windscar also prove unexpectedly hostile to visitors.

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K. EASON is a lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, where she and her composition students tackle important topics such as the zombie apocalypse, the humanity of cyborgs, and whether or not Beowulf is a brave man. Her previous publications include the On the Bones of Gods fantasy trilogy and the Thorne Chronicles duology, and she has had short fiction published in Cabinet-desFées, Jabberwocky 4, Crossed Genres, and Kaleidotrope. When she’s not teaching or writing, Eason can be found knitting, drinking coffee, or gaming. Sometimes all at the same time.

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“The political intrigue never fails to surprise, each character is layered and compelling, and there’s a perfect balance between science-fiction action and fairy-tale fantasy. Do not, under any circumstances, miss out on this.” —Kirkus (starred review)

“Eason adds a feminist modern twist to fairy tale and sf tropes while presenting an intergalactic adventure that enthralls in its own right, striking that ideal balance between original and familiar.”—Booklist (starred review)

Ryan Maresca

Mixing urban and high fantasy, the fourth Streets of Maradaine novel follows the crew of outlaws led by the Rynax brothers as they struggle to protect the city they love.

After having thwarted some of the forces responsible for ruining their lives, reformed thieves Asti and Verci Rynax and the rest of the Holver Alley Crew had mostly settled back into sedate lives as upright citizens of Maradaine. But when they are suddenly arrested in mysterious circumstances, they find themselves in Quarrygate Prison, which tests the limits of their cunning and skill. While Verci struggles to keep their friends alive and safe in the prison, Asti gets pulled into a mysterious scheme in the underbelly of the prison, teaming him up with some of the most dangerous people in Maradaine. The cracks in Asti’s tenuous sanity get torn open as he is thrown into a cat-and-mouse game with one of the city’s most infamous killers.

Meanwhile back in their neighborhood, Verci’s wife Raych is desperate to help him and Asti and get them home. When her attempts to go through proper channels fail, she accepts a ludicrous deal from the local crime boss: Verci and Asti’s freedom in exchange for her pulling off a daring, nigh-impossible heist that would challenge even seasoned thieves. Raych doesn’t know how a simple baker like her could hope to succeed at such a task, but she will use every trick and wild idea she has to help her family. None of the Rynaxes will rest until they are free from Quarrygate and together at home again, no matter the risk, no matter the cost.

HUGO-NOMINATED PODCAST: Maresca is one of three hosts of the Hugo-nominated podcast Worldbuilding for Masochists.

FAN-CREATED WIKI: Enthusiastic fans of the Maradaine novels have created a wiki site for the series to capture all the complexity of the world of Maradaine.

HIGH FANTASY, ACTION, AND POLITICS: Magic, adventure, and political machinations mix together in Maresca’s tales of unlikely heroes.

MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA is a fantasy and science-fiction writer, author of the Maradaine Saga: four braided series set amid the bustling streets and crime-ridden districts of the exotic city called Maradaine, which includes The Thorn of Dentonhill, A Murder of Mages, The Holver Alley Crew, and The Way of the Shield. He is also the author of dieselpunk novel The Velocity of Revolution, and has been a playwright, an actor, a delivery driver, and an amateur chef.

“Maresca’s doughty heroes remain sturdy as ever, and the story moves with lightning speed. Fantasy adventure fans will enjoy this action-packed thriller, and series readers will be gratified to see all the pieces come together.”—Publishers Weekly

“This epic adventure is hard to put down, leaving readers curious about the future progression of these characters while smoothly setting up the next adventure.”—Booklist

“Maresca writes solid action scenes and has an eye for the believably absurd.”—Locus

The sixth book in the thrilling Donovan sci-fi series returns to a treacherous alien planet where corporate threats and dangerous creatures imperil the lives of the colonists.

Three years after Ashanti spaced for Solar System, Turalon reappears in the Donovanian sky. The Corporation has returned. Donovan’s wealth is a lure for the powerful families who control the Board. Unburdened by morals, they are bringing their battle for supremacy to Port Authority and a showdown that could tear The Corporation apart.

Nothing on Donovan is static, and in the three years since Ashanti’s departure, life on the planet has hardened Kalico Aguila and the scrappy inhabitants of Port Authority. Life in the bush breeds a different kind of human, genetically altered, tough, and self-reliant. And on Donovan, determining who is predator, and who is prey has never been easy.

Meanwhile, for Kylee Simonov and her bonded quetzal, Flute, there will be a final comeuppance. Because on Donovan, blood vendetta needs to be paid. And then she’s going to town. After which, nothing will be the same.

W. MICHAEL GEAR is a New York Times and international bestselling author with 17 million copies of his books in print. Married to bestselling author Kathleen O’Neal Gear, he holds a master’s degree in anthropology, has authored more than 50 novels, and has been translated into 29 languages. He has worked as a forensic anthropologist, was principal investigator in his own archaeological firm, and raised bison for 29 years. He was twice awarded Producer of the Year by the National Bison Association. His hobbies include shooting large-caliber rifles and longdistance touring on his Moto Guzzi named Sheela. Gear lives in Wyoming.

“What a ride! Excitement, adventure, and intrigue, all told in W. Michael Gear’s vivid, compulsively readable prose. A terrific new science-fiction series; Gear hits a home run right out of the park and all the way to Capella.”—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Quantum Night

“A marginal colony on a living world—where human life and human will are tested to the limits. An intriguing and inventive new work from Michael Gear, first of a trilogy. Recommended!” —C. J. Cherryh, Hugo Award-winning author of Downbelow Station

Diana Rowland

Rise of the Demon KARA GILLIAN #9

The long-awaited ninth book in the Demon series returns to the adventures of Kara Gillian and the supernatural threats that surround her

Kara’s drastic ceasefire deal with the formidable demon Imperator Dekkak slowed the attacks on Earth to a trickle, but her troubles are far from over. The god-like demahnk are desperate to return to their own kind, but unless they can stabilize the demon realm, they’ll be forever exiled—and they’ve subjugated Kara’s beloved Mzatal to further their hellacious cause. One faction of demonic lords and demahnk has a plan to fix their world, yet their salvation would come at the expense of Earth.

Meanwhile, Kara is wrestling with government bureaucracy, backstabbing allies, enemy lords, as well as the powerful young demonic lord Ashava, who’s packing the drama, angst, and rebellion of the terrible teen years into just a few months.

Kara’s in a race to stop an apocalypse, but in order to prevail she’ll have to make a terrible sacrifice or risk losing everything she holds dear.

DIANA ROWLAND has lived her entire life below the Mason-Dixon line. She has worked as a bartender, a blackjack dealer, a pit boss, a street cop, a detective, a computer forensics specialist, a crime scene investigator, and a morgue assistant, which means that she’s seen more than her share of what humans can do to each other and to themselves. A master of urban fantasy, she’s the author of the Demon series and the White Trash Zombie series. She can be contacted via her website, www.dianarowland.com.

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Mark of the Demon is a nifty combination of police procedural and urban fantasy. Not too many detectives summon demons in their basement for the fun of it, but Kara Gillian is not your average law enforcement officer.”—Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels

“Mark of the Demon is a fascinating mixture of a hardboiled police procedural and gritty yet other-worldly urban fantasy.” —L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of the Saga of Recluce

BOOK NINE of the Demon novels and the seventh published with DAW Books

Julie

Czerneda

15, 2022

From an Aurora Award-winning author, a new sci-fi novel follows three intrepid humans caught up in a conflict that stretches across time and space.

Biologist Julie E. Czerneda’s new standalone science fiction novel To Each This World follows a desperate mission to reconnect with long lost sleeper ships, sent centuries earlier from Earth to settle distant worlds.

A trio of Humans must work with their mysterious alien allies to rescue any descendants they can find on those worlds. Something is out there, determined to claim the cosmos for itself, and only on Earth will Humans be safe.

Or will they?

The challenge isn’t just to communicate with your own kind after generations have passed. It’s to understand what isn’t your kind at all.

And how far will trust take you, when the truth depends on what you are?

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Having written twenty-three novels (and counting) published by her beloved DAW Books and Hugo-winning editor Sheila E. Gilbert, JULIE E. CZERNEDA was inducted in the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2022. Julie’s works combine her training and love of biology with a boundless curiosity and optimism. Julie is represented by Sara Megibow of KT Literary. You can find her website at www.czerneda.com.

“Julie Czerneda’s novels ignite my sense of wonder, from the amazing worlds she creates, to the fully realized aliens and likeable characters. I eagerly await her next.” —Kristen Britain, New York Times bestselling author of Green Rider

“Search Image is the guaranteed most delightful and fun SF read of the year.” —Marie Bilodeau, author of the Aurora-nominated Destiny series

“As always, there are plenty of oddball alien hijinks, misunderstandings, and intrigues, all illustrating how badly the library is needed while providing excellent entertainment.” —Locus

Orphan

CLI-FI / POST-APOCALYPTIC ON SALE November 22, 2022

$27.00 / $37.00 CAN 304pp 5-1/2 x 8-1/4

This third book in a cli-fi series from a nationally-recognized anthropologist explores a frozen future where archaic species struggle to survive an apocalyptic Ice Age.

It’s been 925 summers since the Jemen introduced zyme, a bioluminescent algae, into the world’s ocean and unwittingly triggered an Ice Age that has consumed most of the planet. All but a handful of Jemen flew to the stars, but before they left, they recreated several extinct species that had thrived in the last Ice Age. After almost a thousand summers, the archaic hominins that struggle along the edges of massive glaciers are dwindling. All they have to save them is a dying quantum computer called Quancee and her student, a Denisovan man named Lynx.

When the last Jemen, Vice Admiral Jorgenson, tells Lynx he’s going to dismantle Quancee and use her parts to create a new computer, Lynx is stunned. He can’t let Jorgenson kill Quancee! Meanwhile, in the lodges of the Sealion People, a sick boy on the verge of manhood hears voices. One is an old woman who sings to him. When Jawbone goes on his first quest to find a spirit helper, the old woman finds him…

While Lynx battles to save Quancee, the quantum computer has other priorities. Before it dies, it has to save a special boy who cannot save himself.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR for her acclaimed People books, cowritten with her husband and fellow archaeologist W. Michael Gear

CLI-FI: The Rewilding Reports series is part of a growing movement of climate-based science fiction that imagines a world ravaged by the effects of climate change

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KATHLEEN O’NEAL GEAR has over two hundred non-fiction publications in the fields of archaeology, history, and bison conservation, and has authored or co-authored 47 international bestsellers. She has received numerous awards, both for her writing and for her work as an archaeologist. The United States Department of the Interior has twice awarded her a “Special Achievement Award” for outstanding management of America’s cultural resources. In 2015, she was honored by the United States Congress with a “Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition.” Also in 2015, the State of California passed Joint Member Resolution #117 saying, “The contributions of Kathleen O’Neal Gear to the fields of history, archaeology, and writing have been invaluable.” She lives with her husband, William Michael Gear in northern Wyoming.

PRAISE FOR THE REWILDING REPORTS

“With this engrossing series launch, Gear conjures a vivid postapocalyptic world... This mesmerizing adventure through a world destroyed by climate change is sure to have readers hooked.”—Publishers Weekly

“Gear brings her vast knowledge of prehistoric cultures to this climatefiction tale with beautiful and engaging worldbuilding... A loose, beautiful tapestry of a tale.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Written by both a master storyteller and scientist, it’s a chilling tale of a different climate change.”—Amazing Stories

Suzanne Palmer

The Scavenger

Now in paperback, from a Hugo Award-winning author comes the third book in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring Fergus Ferguson, interstellar repo man and professional finder.

Fergus is back on Earth at last, trying to figure out how to live a normal life. However, it seems the universe has other plans for him. When his cousin sends him off to help out a friend, Fergus accidently stumbles across a piece of an ancient alien artifact that some very powerful people seem to think means the entire solar system is in danger. And since he’s the one who found it, they’re certain it’s also his problem to deal with.

With the help of his newfound sister, friends both old and new, and some enemies, too, Fergus needs to find the rest of the artifact and destroy the pieces before anyone can reassemble the original and open a multidimensional door between Earth and a vast, implacable, alien swarm. Problem is, the pieces could be anywhere on Earth, and he’s not the only one out searching.

MACGYVER MEETS FIREFLY: Already a fan favorite, Fergus Ferguson is a reluctant hero who finds unconventional solutions with whatever’s on hand, and hides reckless heroism beneath sarcasm and self-deprecation

HOPEPUNK SCI-FI TREND: Finder was included in the Wall Street Journal’s article about the trend of hopepunk, or radicially optimistic sci-fi, in recent sf/f

HUGO WINNING AUTHOR: Palmer’s “The Secret Life of Bots” was awarded the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette

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SUZANNE PALMER is an awardwinning and acclaimed writer of science fiction. In 2018, she won a Hugo Award for Best Novelette for “The Secret Life of Bots”. Her short fiction has won readers’ awards for Asimov’s, Analog, and Interzone magazines, and has been included in the Locus Recommended Reading List. Her work has also been features in numerous anthologies, and she has twice been a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and once for the Eugie M. Foster Memorial Award.

PRAISE

“Wicked, fast-paced, and fun. This is a total romp, and I loved it.”—Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-Award winning author of Ancestral Night

“Fergus Ferguson makes an excellent lead in this fast-paced hard-sf repo adventure set in space opera’s sweeping scale and balanced on the heart of one very finely wrought character. Suzanne Palmer’s writing is delightful.”—Hugo-, Nebula-, and World-fantasy finalist Fran Wilde, author of the award-winning Bone Universe trilogy

Mercedes Lackey Into the West

THE FOUNDING OF VALDEMAR #2

EPIC FANTASY / ACTION

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The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this second book in the new series from a New York Times-bestselling author and beloved fantasist.

Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. Trouble could follow on their heels at any moment, and there are too many people for Crescent Lake to support. Those who are willing to make a further trek by barge on into the West will follow him into a wilderness depopulated by war and scarred by the terrible magics of a thousand years ago and the Mage Wars. But the wilderness is not as “empty” as it seems. There are potential friends and rapacious foes...

...and someone is watching them.

SECOND BOOK of the Founding of Valdemar series. This series explores the longawaited tale of an era crucial to Valdemar’s history—the original founding of the nation itself by the legendary Duke Valdemar.

LONG-AWAITED STORY: Fans of Valdemar have waited decades to read about the kingdom of Valdemar’s founding

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER HISTORY: All five of the Collegium Chronicles novels hit the extended New York Times hardcover bestseller list

BESTSELLING SERIES: Lackey’s Valdemar novels are her highest-selling series

BELOVED UNIVERSE: Valdemar is a staple of high fantasy, beloved by its committed fans

MERCEDES

LACKEY is a fulltime writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the best-selling Heralds of Valdemar series.

She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator.

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PRAISE FOR THE FOUNDING OF VALDEMAR

“Lackey’s fans will be pleased to return to Valdemar.”—Publishers Weekly

“Whether it’s the spellbinding world, the intrigue of the plot, or the simple yet remarkable narrative style—it is impossible to say which of these makes the story so good, but one thing is for sure: Closer to Home marks the beginning of another fantastic Lackey series.”—RT Reviews

Christopher Ruocchio

Ashes of Man

The fifth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire.

The galaxy is burning. The Prophet-King of the Cielcin has sent its armies to burn the worlds of men, and worse, there are rumors... whispers that Hadrian Marlowe is dead, killed in the fighting. What is more, the Emperor himself is in danger. The Prophet-King has learned to track his movements as he travels along the borders of Imperial space. Now the Cielcin legions are closing in, their swords poised to strike off the head of all mankind.

But it is not so. Hadrian survived with the help of the witch, Valka, and together they escaped the net of the enemy having learned a terrible truth: the gods that the Cielcin worship are real and will not rest until the universe is dark and cold.

What is more, the Emperor himself is in danger. The Prophet-King has learned to track his movements as he travels along the borders of Imperial space. Now the Cielcin legions are closing in, their swords poised to strike off the head of all mankind.

#3 DEMON IN WHITE

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CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO is the internationally award-winning author of The Sun Eater, a space opera fantasy series, and the former Junior Editor at Baen Books, where he edited several anthologies. His work has also appeared in Marvel comics. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University, where he studied English Rhetoric and the Classics. Christopher has been writing since he was eight and sold his first novel, Empire of Silence, at twentytwo. His books have appeared in five languages. Christopher lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, Jenna.

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#1 EMPIRE OF SILENCE

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The Sun Eater series follows antihero Hadrian Marlowe as he recounts the tale of his controversial life in a galaxy-spanning saga that combines the best of space opera and epic fantasy “Empire of Silence is epic science fiction at its most genuinely epic. Ruocchio has made something fascinating here, and I can’t wait to see what he does next.”—James S.A. Corey, New York Times-bestselling author of The Expanse novels

“Christopher Ruocchio’s Empire of Silence is epic-scale space opera in the tradition of Iain M. Banks and Frank Herbert’s Dune, without being a clone of either of them. His is a welcome new voice in science fiction.”—Eric Flint, author of the bestselling 1632 series

This sixteenth anthology of short stories set in the beloved Valdemar universe features tales by debut and established authors and a brand-new story from Lackey herself.

The Heralds of Valdemar are the kingdom’s ancient order of protectors. They are drawn from all across the land, from all walks of life, and at all ages—and all are Gifted with abilities beyond those of normal men and women. They are Mindspeakers, FarSeers, Empaths, ForeSeers, Firestarters, FarSpeakers, and more. These inborn talents—combined with training as emissaries, spies, judges, diplomats, scouts, counselors, warriors, and more—make them indispensable to their monarch and realm. Sought and Chosen by mysterious horse-like Companions, they are bonded for life to these telepathic, enigmatic creatures. The Heralds of Valdemar and their Companions ride circuit throughout the kingdom, protecting the peace and, when necessary, defending their land and monarch.

SIXTEENTH ANTHOLOGY in the long-running and beloved series

VALDEMAR OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION by Radar Pictures, set to adapt Lackey’s beloved and bestselling Herald-Mage trilogy first

MERCEDES

LACKEY is a fulltime writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the bestselling Heralds of Valdemar series.

She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator.

PRAISE FOR THE

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All-original tales of the Heralds, Bards, and Healers—Valdemar’s elite protective force—from a variety of authors, including a new story by Mercedes Lackey.

“New readers will have no trouble understanding the world and its characters. The strength of the anthology comes in the unity and flow of the stories as each one builds subtly toward a gentle, thoughtful point with a perfect blend of emotion and intrigue.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)

“Each story brings unique ideas that carry on the fantastical elements from the world created by Lackey. Fans new and old will step into a literary world that’s unlike any other and will be sucked into tales that will take them on wondrous journeys.”—RT Reviews

Jennifer Roberson Sword-Bearer

A return to the classic fantasy world of Tiger and Del in book eight of the highly popular Sword-Dancer saga.

Sword-Bearer marks a return to the vivid world of Jennifer Roberson’s highly popular Sword-Dancer saga, featuring iconic characters Tiger—the South’s most famous and gifted sword-dancer—and Del, a Northern-born woman and expert sword-singer.

Tiger and Del have settled into semi-retirement to raise their daughter, establishing a school for those who wish to become sword-dancers, part of a highly ritualized rite in which specially trained sword-fighters are hired to settle feuds among rich and powerful desert princes. Death-dances are few and far between; the goal is simply to win within the confines of “the circle.”

But Tiger is an outcast, a man who attained the highest level of achievement at the training school he attended faster than anyone before him, only to voluntarily break all oaths in order to save Del. By doing so, he made himself a target of men formerly his colleagues, now sworn enemies. He is constantly challenged to death-dances where rules, and oaths, no longer apply.

Fans of Roberson’s best-selling series should enjoy this wildest of rides alongside the Sandtiger and Delilah.

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In a 40-year career, JENNIFER ROBERSON has created the Sword-Dancer saga, the Chronicles of the Cheysuli, the Karavans universe, and the urban fantasy series Blood & Bone. Roberson plans more adventures in all of those series, but her current project is a historical fantasy trilogy featuring well-known women of legend and lore in keeping with her approach to the Robin Hood legend in Lady of the Forest and Lady of Sherwood, and her Scottish historical Lady of the Glen. She shows Cardigan Welsh Corgis, creates mosaic art and jewelry, and lives in Arizona.

“Roberson doesn’t take the easy way out... She has the courage and the writing ability to let her characters be true to themselves, and the result is a taut and breathless novel.”—American Fantasy Magazine

“The best part [of the Sword-Dancer series] is the interplay between the two main characters, who are one of the best teams in all fantasy fiction... Go out and buy this book. Buy a copy for a friend.”—Science Fiction Chronicle

“Exciting swordplay, elegant prose . . . a must-read.”

—RT Book Reviews

Joshua Phillip Johnson The Endless Song

EPIC FANTASY / NATURE & THE

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The second book in this environmental epic fantasy series delves into the mysteries of a world where ships kept afloat by magical hearthfires sail an endless grass sea.

After setting fire to the Forever Sea and leaving the surface world behind, Kindred Greyreach dives below to find a Seafloor populated by roving bands of scavengers. Among them, Kindred discovers a familiar face working to save the Sea from the continued spread of the Greys and the ravages of the world above. But when Kindred finds herself at odds with a faction below the Sea, she and her friends will have to use every power available to them—including their link to the surface world—to forestall disaster.

Meanwhile, above, a boy named Flitch, son of the Baron of the Borders, finds himself caught in a dangerous political crisis as survivors from Arcadia and the Once-City arrive on the Mainland. As monsters from the depths of the Sea begin to surface near the Mainland’s shores, Flitch must also navigate a crisis closer to home. As Flitch, his family, and their allies search for solutions, the truth they seek may lay hidden in old stories and long-held family secrets.

Above and below, Flitch and Kindred must work together to save themselves, their loved ones, and the Forever Sea itself.

BOOK TWO of a fantasy series set in a captivating world of grass seas and magical secrets

STARRED REVIEWS from Library Journal and Booklist praised The Forever Sea’s unique setting and complex characters

JOSHUA PHILLIP JOHNSON lives in a little red house on what used to be the prairie with his partner and their child. The Endless Song, the sequel to The Forever Sea, is his second novel.

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PRAISE FOR TALES OF THE FOREVER SEA

“This ending of this excellent debut promises more adventures in its fragile, Miyazaki-esque world.”—Booklist (starred review)

“The book’s setting and plot are so original as to be a breath of fresh air to the fantasy genre.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“I can rarely remember being this excited for a debut novel. This was everything I wanted it to be. Wind-swept prairie seas, pirates, magic, and found families.”—Mary Robinette Kowal, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awardwinning author of the Lady Astronaut series

L.R. Lam, Elizabeth May Seven Mercies

SEVEN DEVILS #2

February 14, 2023

$17.00 / $23.00 CAN 432pp • 5-1/2 x 8-1/4

The second book in a feminist space opera duology that follows the team of seven rebels who will free the galaxy from the ruthless Tholosian Empire—or die trying.

After an ambush leaves the Novantae resistance in tatters, the survivors scatter across the galaxy. Wanted by two great empires, the bounty on any rebel’s head is enough to make a captor filthy rich. And the seven devils? Biggest score of them all. To avoid attacks, the crew of Zelus scavenge for supplies on long-abandoned Tholosian outposts.

Not long after the remnants of the rebellion settle briefly on Fortuna, Ariadne gets a message with unimaginable consequences: the Oracle has gone rogue. In a planned coup against the Empire’s new ruler, the AI has developed a way of mass programming citizens into mindless drones. The Oracle’s demand is simple: the AI wants its daughter back at any cost.

Time for an Impossible to Infiltrate mission: high chance of death, low chance of success. The devils will have to use their unique skills, no matter the sacrifice, and pair up with old enemies. Their plan? Get to the heart of the Empire. Destroy the Oracle. Burn it all to the ground.

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: The week of the initial release, Seven Devils hit the Top 5 of the London Sunday Times bestseller list

FEMINIST ROGUE ONE: The main cast of Seven Devils is led by powerful women with a variety of skillsets and personalities, who are poised to take down an empire from within

PB ISBN: 9780756418168 eBook: 9780756415839

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ELIZABETH MAY is the author of the YA fantasy trilogy The Falconer and short fiction published in the anthology Toil & Trouble. She was born and raised in California before moving to Scotland, where she earned her PhD at the University of St Andrews.

L.R. LAM is the author of feminist space opera Seven Devils (co-written with Elizabeth May), BBC Radio 2 Book Club selection False Hearts, the companion novel Shattered Minds, and the award-winning Micah Grey series. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in anthologies such as Nasty Women, Solaris Rising 3, Cranky Ladies of History, Scotland in Space, and more.

PRAISE FOR THE SEVEN DEVILS SERIES

A former princess, a mechanic, a hacker, a courtesan, a royal bodyguard, a resistance leader, and a brainwashed soldier must unite to wrest control from a ruthless empire in this dramatic space opera duology.

“This first collaboration from Lam and May revels in the frenetic energy of its girl power-infused, space operatic premise.”—Publishers Weekly

“A thrilling ride from two of the most exciting authors in the genre.” — Gareth L. Powell, BSFA award-winning author of Embers of War

“More gripping than The Expanse.” —Charles Stross, award-winning author of The Laundry Files

Spelunking Through Hell

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352pp

Now in mass market, the eleventh book in the fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans.

It’s been fifty years since the crossroads caused the disappearance of Thomas Price, and his wife, Alice, has been trying to find him and bring him home ever since, despite the increasing probability that he’s no longer alive for her to find. Now that the crossroads have been destroyed, she’s redoubling her efforts. It’s time to bring him home, dead or alive.

Preferably alive, of course, but she’s tired, and at this point, she’s not that picky. It’s a pan-dimensional crash course in chaos, as Alice tries to find the rabbit hole she’s been missing for all these decades—the one that will take her to the man she loves.

Who are her allies? Who are her enemies? And if she manages to find him, will he even remember her at this point?

It’s a lot for one cryptozoologist to handle.

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SEANAN MCGUIRE lives and works in Washington State, where she shares her somewhat idiosyncratic home with her collection of books, creepy dolls, and enormous blue cats. When not writing—which is fairly rare—she enjoys travel, and can regularly be found any place where there are cornfields, haunted houses, or frogs. Seanan is a Campbell, Hugo, and Nebula Awardwinning author.

The InCryptid series is a witty urban fantasy saga featuring an eccentric family of cryptozoologists who act as a buffer between the humans and the magical creatures living in secret around us.

“The ninth InCryptid novel is recommended... It centers on series favorite Sarah and dives into a cryptid angle that fans have been waiting for.”—Library Journal

“Imaginary Numbers is a stunning installment and one that every urban fantasy reader is sure to relish.”—Fresh Fiction