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Cover art for THE IRON WYRM AFFAIR
FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012

"Intriguing but messy; two of the chief ingredients would have sufficed, four is extreme overkill."
Sorcery, steampunk, Sherlock Holmes and an alternate world: first of a series from the author of Angel Town (2011, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for ENERGIZED
FICTION
Released: July 17, 2012

"An overdose of Message."
Near-future struggle over energy resources, previously serialized in Analog magazine, from the author of Moonstruck (2005, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for ORION AND KING ARTHUR
FICTION
Released: July 3, 2012

"A pleasant, if unremarkable, time-travel diversion."
Prolific sci-fi author Bova (Leviathans of Jupiter, 2011, etc.) returns with the sixth installment of his Orion series, his first since 1995's Orion Among the Stars.This latest story of time-jumping warrior Orion opens with him helping Beowulf defeat the monster Grendel (and Grendel's mother) in ancient England. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE LONG EARTH
FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012

"Still, the authors have plenty of fresh insights to offer, and fans of either will want to tag along and see where it all leads."
Pratchett, author of the esteemed Discworld yarns (Snuff, 2011, etc.), and collaborator Baxter (Stone Spring, 2011, etc.) venture into alternate worlds. Read full book review >
Cover art for JUDGMENT AT PROTEUS
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"Finishes with enough loose ends to allow for sequels, but that shouldn't be encouraged."
The fifth installment of Zahn's science fiction thriller series concerning the Quadrail, an interstellar train system, brings the series to a close. Read full book review >
Cover art for LIVE AND LET DROOD
FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"Let your path lead you to the Nightside series, which has everything--real wit, personalities, plot, invention--that this book does not."
Another in Green's Secret Histories series about Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond (For Heaven's Eyes Only, 2011, etc.), set in the same universe as his Nightside yarns and occasionally intersecting with them. Read full book review >