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Cover art for LOVE MINUS EIGHTY
FICTION
Released: June 11, 2013

"Intriguing, quirky, perversely charming and definitely affecting."
Set approximately 100 years after McIntosh's previous work (Soft Apocalypse, 2011), this novel ponders the effect that a 24-hour virtual lifestyle and an almost psychotically appearance-focused culture can have on romance. Read full book review >
Cover art for EARTH AFIRE
FICTION
Released: June 4, 2013

"Another solidly engrossing installment, where the aliens are really just a sideshow: What we're witnessing is how and why Ender's child armies came to be."
Second entry in the prequel series (Earth Unaware, 2012), set many years before the deeds of the Ender's Game novels. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE BEAUTIFUL LAND
FICTION
Released: June 4, 2013

"Overall, half enjoyable, half unpalatable."
Time travel thriller, complete with suicidal hero, crazy girlfriend and mad, bad scientist: Averill's debut. Read full book review >
Cover art for The Transformation of Adam Higgins
INDIE
Released: May 31, 2013

"Piques curiosity for the next installment, but too much detail stalls the action. "
The wrath of deep-space gods imperils human existence in this fantasy sequel. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY
FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013

"The hip, knowing and sometimes hysterically funny narrative, interspersed with excerpts from the guide of the title, lurches along in splendid fashion. Combine wit, style and acute observation: The result is irresistible."
From the author of Playing for Keeps (2008), a comedic fantasy about monsters and New Yorkers--and, as residents will be unsurprised to learn, monsters who are New Yorkers. Read full book review >
Cover art for ANTIAGON FIRE
FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013

"Series fans will snap it up."
Fourth installment of the prequel fantasy series (Imager's Battalion, 2013, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for TARNISHED
FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013

"Series fans will--well, they'll wolf it down."
Werewolf Andrew Dare and his mate, Silver, face new challenges in this sequel to Silver (2012). Read full book review >
Cover art for THE HUMAN DIVISION
FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013

"A Heinlein-like adventure for a serious sci-fi fan."
Scalzi (Redshirts, 2012, etc.) offers his fifth in the Old Man's War series. Read full book review >
Cover art for NEBULA AWARDS SHOWCASE 2013
FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
edited by Catherine Asaro

"Essential fare for short story aficionados, even though some of the contents have appeared in other collections."
Despite being dated 2013, this edition of the Nebula Awards Showcase presents the winning and nominated stories as voted by the members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America for the year 2011. Better late than never. Read full book review >
Cover art for GUARDIAN
FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013

"Well up to the high standards established by this intriguing series."
Continuing the deep-space adventures of Adm. John "Black Jack" Geary and company (Invincible, 2012, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for TIME THIEF
FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013

"Not erotic, not convincingly fantastic, not well-researched and not worth your time."
A paper-thin plot and unconvincing romance kick off what will no doubt be a best-selling paranormal series. Read full book review >
Cover art for READER
INDIE
Released: May 1, 2013

"A richly detailed, compelling story about the power of love."
An original take on various sci-fi motifs that meditates on themes of love and humanity. Read full book review >