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MAY

  • The Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander. 0060765704 AvonEos fantasy pb $6.99. First of an epic fantasy duology about a hidden queen who must fight to reclaim her birthright.
  • Cowl by Neal Asher. 0765314207 Tor SF hb $24.95. Excellent space opera in the current British mode. Powerful and over the top and well worth reading.
  • The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic by Avi. 0786608292 Hyperion YA fantasy hb $15.99. Set in medieval England and rish with mystery and atmosphere, this is a thought provoking fable about life and death, greed and betrayal, magic and secrets.
  • Mercury by Ben Bova. 0765304120 Tor SF hb $24.95. Part of Bova's Grand Tour of the Solar System utilizing the current science for day after tomorrow adventure.
  • Dead Beat: a Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. 0451460278 Roc Fantasy hb. $23.95. Seventh investigation in the best noir mystery contemporary fantasy series. First time in hardback.
  • Heartwood by Barbara Campbell. 0756402905 Daw Fantasy pb $6.99. Debut fantasy novel. Year after year, for as long as Darak's people could remember, the battle of the Oak and the Holly had taken place, bringing an end to Winter and the rebirth of Spring. But this year the battle went wrong as Darak's brother became possessed by the spirit of the Holly. To free him, Darak must undertake a quest to restore the very balance of nature.
  • The Abandoned by Douglas Clegg. 0843954108 Leisure Horror pb $6.99. Continuation of the Harrow House series.
  • Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer. 0786852895 Hyperion YA fantasy $16.95. Criminal mastermind Artemis Fawl is back and so is his brilliant and dangerous enemy, Opal Koboi.
  • The Innocent by Harlan Coben. 0525948740 Dutton Mystery hb. $25.95. Latest gripping thriller from the author of Just One Look and Tell No One.
  • The Closers by Michael Connelly. 0316734942 Little, Brown Mystery hb. $26.95. The latest thriller with LA Police Detective Harry Bosch. Now working cold cases, Bosch again finds himself at odds with the higher-ups in LAPD.
  • Whispering Nickel Idols by Glen Cook. 0451459741 Roc Fantasy pb original $6.99. In TunFaire, a city of gorgeous women, powerful sorcerers and dangerous magic, the beautiful, criminally insane daughter of a comatose crime boss has some lascivious designs on private investigator Garrett-who now has to figure out why everyone is suddenly after him.
  • The God Particle by Richard Cox. 0345462858 DelRey Fantasy tpb $13.95. When a devastating accident during a trip to Switzerland leaves Steve with extraordinary mental powers, he seeks out the lead physicist on a project seeking the Higgs boson, the so-called God Particle, for help only to find themselves up against a mysterious dark force.
  • The Naming by Allison Croggan. 0763626392 Candlewick YA Fantasy hb $17.99. Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her family is destroyed in war. She doesn't yet know she has inherited a powerful gift, one that marks her as a member of the noble School of Pellinor and enables her to see the world as no other can.
  • The Right Madness by James Crumley. 0670034061 Viking Mystery hb. $24.95. Crumley brings back C.W. Sughrue from his early novel The Last Good Kiss, for another bender through the dark bars of the the West.
  • The Jaguar and the Wolf by Leah Cutter. 045146026X Roc Fantasy pb original $6.99. When a Viking ship misses North America and drifts ashore in an ancient Mayan city, two cultures collide. The warrior Tyrthbrand and the high priestess Lady Two Bird must form an unlikely alliance to fight for their very lives. And as the clouds of war cover the earth, the Viking and Mayan gods are thrown into an ethereal conflict that could threaten the foundations of both Heavens and the Underworld.
  • Migration by Julie Czerneda. 0756402603 DAW SF hb $24.95. Second in her new Species Imperative Series.
  • Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow. 0765312786 Tor SF hc $24.95. Like his first two novels this is wildly imaginative, constantly whipsawing us between the preposterous, the amazing, and the deeply felt.
  • Darkwitch Rising by Sara Douglass. 0765305429 Tor Fantasy hb $27.95. The third title in Sara Douglass's compelling Troy Game series, a riveting historical fantasy series of love and revenge set against the very fabric of time itself.
  • By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle. 0805074961 Holt YA Fantasy hb $16.95. There's hidden places all over this land-old, old places. Places with a chain for them to chain up the wolf when it's time. A bone-chilling tale of werewolves and love, set in medieval Scotland.
  • George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth by George Alec Effinger. 1930846320 Golden Gryphon Press SF hc $25.95. Collection of stories from the late, great Effinger.
  • River of Wars by Eric Flint. 0345465679 DelRey SF hb $25.95. Alternate history sf novel of the American frontier.
  • Delectable Mountains by Earlene Fowler. 0425202496 Berkley Prime Crime hb $23.95. Twelfth in this bestselling quilting mystery series. Fowler is a Guest of Honor for Austin's new mystery convention, ConMisterio, this July.
  • The Jane Austin Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler 0452286530 Plume tpb. Associational literary novel from the acclaimed author of Sarah Canary. Now in paperback.
  • Mirrormask by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean. 0060798750 HarperCollins/Morrow Fantasy hc $34.95. The illustrated screenplay of the film from Jim Henson Studios. Going to be cooool.
  • Gravity Wells by James Alan Gardner. 0060087706 AvonEos SF trade pb $15.95. Author's first short story collection. Includes several nominated for various awards.
  • A Sundial in a Grave: 1610 by Mary Gentle. 0380820412 Perennial SF trade pb. $14.95. Finally published in the US. A sweeping alternate history novel of Henry IV of France and seeds of the Thirty Years War.
  • Hammerjack by Marc D. Giller. 0553383310 Bantam Spectra SF trade pb $12.00. A former hacker assigned to track down clandestine information traffickers becomes caught in the middle between ‘The Collective's' efforts to build a biological supercomputer and an antitechnology group waging war on ‘The Collective.'
  • Maiden, Matron and Crone edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Kerrie Hughes. 0756402840 Daw Fantasy pb $6.99. Thirteen stories about the Triple Goddess [or 3 Fates] represented in various cultures, religions and mythologies. Includes stories by Charles de Lint and Tanya Huff.
  • Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris. 0441012795 Ace Fantasy hb. $22.95. Fifth adventure of Sookie Stackhouse and the vampires of Louisiana.
  • Gossamyr by Michele Hauf. 037380220X Luna tpb $13.95. Paranormal fantasy romance.
  • Mission To Minerva by James P. Hogan. 0743499026 Baen SF hb $26.00. Parallel universes and archeology in this hard sf novel.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer™: Keep Me In Mind by Nancy Holder. 0689869868 Pocket pb $6.99. A choose your own path adventure with over two dozen possible endings.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer™: Queen of the Slayers by Nancy Holder. 1416902414 Simon Spotlight Horror pb $9.99. With the closing of the Hellmouth and the potential awakening of hundreds of would be slayers, Buffy thinks she has earned a normal life, but the forces of darkness naturally disagree.
  • The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Robert E. Howard. 0803273533 tpb $17.95 and 0803224214 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. Powerful collection of heroic fantasy and horror tales including “Pigeons From Hell” and “Black Canaan.” Part of an extensive reissue of the work of Howard leading into his Centennial next year.
  • Boxing Stories by Robert E. Howard. 0803273525 tpb $17.95 and 0803224230 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. Collection of 16 stories from the pulps showcasing Howard's love of boxing, including the completely restored version of “Iron Men”.
  • The End of the Trail: Western Stories by Robert E. Howard. 0803273568 tpb $17.95 and 0803224249 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. A Collection of 12 stories of outlaws, gunmen, lawmen etc taken from the pulps.
  • Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient by Robert E. Howard. 080327355X tpb $18.95 and 0803224222 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. Collection of stories that originally appeared in the pulps, now appearing in authoritative versions based upon the surviving manuscripts.
  • The Riot of Bucksnort and Other Western Tales by Robert E. Howard. 0803273541 tpb $14.95 and 0803224257 hb $35.00 University of Nebraska Press. Collection of the Breckinridge Elkins stories and others taken from the pulps.
  • Bran Mak Morn: the Last King by Robert E. Howard. 0345461541 DelRey Fantasy tpb $15.95. Reissue of a collection originally published in a limited edition by Wandering Star. Contains the Gary Gianni artwork. Notable in that this version includes a newly found never before published story.
  • Master of the Moon by Angela Knight. 0425203573 Berkley Horror romance pb $6.99. Small town policewoman Diana London is a shape shifting werewolf on the track of a killer vampiress.
  • To Tame A Wolf by Susan Krinard. 0373770472 Harlequin Fantasy Romance pb $6.99. Pact with the devil and werewolf lust.
  • Freedom's Apprentice by Naomi Kritzer. 055358742 Bantam Spectra Fantasy original pb $6.99. Book 2 of the Dead Rivers Trilogy based around ancient Greek culture.
  • Sanctuary by Mercedes Lackey. 0756402468 Daw Fantasy hb $25.95. Third novel in her Dragon Jousters series.
  • The Demonologist by Michael Laimo. 0843955279 Leisure Horror pb $6.99. A man fights to keep his sanity while possessed by a demon in a plot to take over hell.
  • Child of a Rainless Year by Jane Lindskold. 0765309378 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. Contemporary dark fantasy novel set in northern New Mexico.
  • The Book of Renfield: A Novel of Dracula by Tim Lucas. 0743243544 Touchstone horror tpb $14.00. A spin-off of Dracula from the point of view of insect eating scripture quoting Renfield.
  • Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister. 0451214943 Signet Romance Fantasy pb $6.99. Aisling Grey, Guardian, from You Slay Me is back. This novice Keeper of the Gates To Hell travels to Budapest in this paranormal romance.
  • The House of Storms by Ian R. MacLeod. 0441012809 Ace Fantasy hb. $24.95. Followup to the brilliant Dickensian radical urban fantasy alternate history, The Light Ages.
  • Deerskin by Robin McKinley. 0441012396 Ace Fantasy tpb. $14.00. Reissue of this powerful young adult fantasy where nightmare and hope exist side by side.
  • A Connecticut Fashonista In King Arthur's Court by Marianne Mancusi. 0505526336 Loveswept SF pb $6.99. An outspoken modern fashion editor stumbles back in time to Camelot and falls in love with Lancelot.
  • Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez. 0765311437 Tor Horror hb $24.95. A rippingly wonderful novel, funny enough to wake the dead and gripping enough to captivate the living.
  • The Martian War by Gabriel Mesta. 0743446399 Pocket SF hb $23.00. What if H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds had a basis in fact? That's the premise of Mesta's high-spirited, heartfelt tribute, in which Wells, his second wife, Amy Catherine ("Jane") Robbins, and his inspiring biology professor, T.H. Huxley, join forces with other real Victorians and various characters from Wells's books to thwart the Martian invasion of Earth in 1894.
  • End In Fire by Syne Mitchell. 0451460332 Roc SF pb original $6.99. Astronaut Claire Logan is living her dream working on the space station Unity. But two days before her mission ends, Earth is engulfed in nuclear war. Stranded, helpless, and desperate to contact her family, Claire refuses to give up. But when the crippled Unity rescues a Chinese space station from certain death, Claire discovers that the war on Earth has come to space.
  • The Unhandsome Prince by John Moore. 0441012876 Ace Fantasy pb $6.99. Latest humorous fantasy novel from this Houston author and FACT member. Sometimes a frog is just a frog.
  • 47 by Walter Mosley. 0316110353 Little, Brown SF hb $16.99. His first book for young adults, he deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction about the nature of freedom.
  • The Artsy Smartsy Club by Daniel Pinkwater. HarperCollins YA hb $15.99. The remarkable kids of Looking for Bobowicz returns with an entirely new mystery to explore--art! Pinkwater is the most subversive teen writer in the world!
  • Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. 0765311771 Tor Fantasy hb $24.95. Surprisingly well done first novel. Original high concept and well thought out subplots on the intersection of religion and politics. Not the usual high fantasy. Well worth discovering.
  • Killers of the Dawn: Cirque Du Freak Book 9 by Darren Shan. 0316156264 Little, Brown Horror hb $15.99. Teen vampire series full of satisfying macabre touches.
  • Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter. 074349749X Simon & Schuster Dark Fantasy tpb $12.00. When a number of ‘virile' humans are abducted, Mia Snow, a member of an elite police task force to stalk and kill otherworldly predators, discovers a powerful race of aliens with psychic talents are responsible and she must use her own psychic powers to end the terror.
  • Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair. 0553587986 Bantam Spectra SF pb $6.99. Captain Elliot hopes her luck has changed when a fighter ship crashes at her repair site but instead she discovers that someone very powerful wants her dead.
  • Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson. 0345481259 Berkley Paranormal romance tpb $12.95. Moving to The City to build a new life and career, a young woman finds her life becoming very strange as a series of odd things and odd creatures begin to happen around her and discovers herself taking a job for Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc.
  • The Spice Box by Lou Jane Temple. 0425200434 Berkley Prime Crime hb $21.95. First in a delicious new mystery series that takes readers on a cook's tour of kitchens through history.
  • The Crimson Sword by Eldon Thompson. 0060741503 AvonEos fantasy hb $24.95. Author's first novel. Magic, adventure and swordplay abound in this first volume in an imaginative new epic fantasy series.
  • Dark Moon Rising by James M. Thompson. 0786016167 Pinnacle Horror pb $5.99. Terrifying story of medical science gone wrong and werewolves.
  • The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp edited by Harry Turtledove. 0743499042 Baen Fantasy pb $6.99. Original anthology of humorous fantasy in honor of the late De Camp. Includes stories from Poul Anderson, Fred Pohl, David Drake etc.
  • 78 Reasons Why Your Book Will Never Be Published by Pat Walsh. 0143035657 Penguin Reference tpb. $13.00. Blunt, practical, and laugh out loud funny guide filled with advice that may actually help someone get into print.
  • The Resurrected Man by Sean Williams. 1591023114 Pyr SF hb $25.00. First US edition of an Australian novel that portrays what society might actually result in after the introduction of a comercially available matter transporter.

PAPERBACK REPRINTS

  • Horizon Storms: Saga of Seven Worlds 3 by Kevin J. Anderson. 0446610593 Warner Aspect SF pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • The Skinner by Neal Asher. 0765350483 Tor SF pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham. 034547137 Ballantine SF pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold. 0380818612 Eos fantasy pb $6.99. Finally in paperback; this was delayed to lead into The Hallowed Hunt which will appear in June.
  • Survival: Species Imperative Book 1 by Julie Czerneda. 0756402611 DAW SF pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • Sinner: Wayfarer Redemption Book 4 by Sara Douglass. 0765342782 Tor Fantasy pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Dead To the World: A Southern Vampire novel by Charlaine Harris. 0441012183 Ace Fantasy pb $7.50. Reprint.
  • Mad Maudlin by Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill. 0743499050 Baen Fantasy pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Sword of the White Rose by J. Ardian Lee. 044101223X Ace Fantasy pb $7.99. reprint.
  • The Light Ages by Ian R. MacLeod. 0441012744 Ace Fantasy pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Gods and Androids by Andre Norton. 0743499115 Baen SF pb $6.99. Reprint of Android At Arms and Wraiths of Time.
  • Brimstone by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. 0446612758 Warner Mystery pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling. 0345468651 DelRey SF pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • Heaven by Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen. Warner Aspect SF pb $6.99. Reprint
  • The Family Trade by Charles Stross. 0765348217 Tor Fantasy $6.99. Reprint.

JUNE

  • Changer of Days by Alma Alexander. 0060765704 AvonEos fantasy pb $6.99. Thrilling conclusion to this epic fantasy duology.
  • Haunted by Kelley Armstrong. 0553587080 Bantam Spectra Dark Fantasy original pb $6.99. Thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic has a rebellious-and formerly deceased-witch.
  • Meet the Thradons! by J.D. Austin. 0441012728 Ace SF pb $5.99. Sequel to Bobby's Girl has this other worldly lady taking Bobby to meet her parents.
  • The Forbidden: a Vampire Huntress Legend by L. A. Banks. 0312336225 Griffin Horror tpb original $14.95. Damali and her squad confront their ultimate nemesis in the evil persona of Lilith, the consort of the Un-Named One.
  • Soul Stealer by Martin Booth. 0316155918. Little, Brown YA Fantasy hb. $14.99. A modern day teen tale that merges past and present, alchemy and adventure, science and suspense. This is the sequel to Doctor Illuminatus [also available $14.00].
  • The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold. 0060574623 AvonEos fantasy hb $24.95. Third epic fantasy in the world Bujold introduced in The Curse of Chalion. The use of middle aged women characters makes this an outstanding read.
  • Diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esm´e Raji Codell. 0786809655 Little, Brown Fantasy hb $14.99. This sassy twist on fairy tales is for girls who have not quite outgrown the magic of classic fantasy--and are open to unconventional happily-ever-afters.
  • Age of Conan Hyborean Adventures: Blood of Wolves by Loren L. Coleman. 0441012922 Ace Fantasy pb original $6.99. Howard's mythic Conan returns in the first of a new trilogy: Legends of Kern.
  • The Tyranny of Night by Glen Cook. 0765306840 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. Beginning of a new series, apparently unconnected to the Black Company. Book one of The Instrumentalities of the Night.
  • Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land by John Crowley. 0060556587 Morrow SF hb $25.95. Secret history novel of a lost novel by Lord Byron, the daughter who tried to save it, and the scholar who discovered her secret. One of the best writers of our time.
  • Fantastic Four by Peter David. 1416509801 Pocket Star SF pb original $6.99. Based on the script for the life action movie featuring the Marvel Comic's classic heroes.
  • Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail by Christopher Dawes. 1560256788 Thunder's Mouth Fantasy tpb original $15.95. A modern day search for the Holy Grail plunges the investigators on a psychedelic globe trotting journey with Cathars, the Knights Templar, the Man in the Iron Mask, Tinagel and, of course, the Masons.
  • Embroidered Truths by Monica Ferris. 0425203018 Ace PrimeCrime hb. $22.95. Ninth investigation of full-time needlework shop owner and part time sleuth Betsy Devonshire.
  • The Tower of Ravens: Book One of Rhiannon's Ride by Kate Forsyth. 0451460324 Roc Fantasy pb $7.50. Author of the Eileanan series starts a new Celtic inspired trilogy.
  • Attack of the Jazz Giants and Other Stories by Gregory Frost. 1930846347 Golden Gryphon SF hb $25.95. Collection of 14 award nominated stories.
  • Grimm Memorials by R. Patrick Gates. 0786016981 Leisure Horror pb $6.50. For more than 50 years, Eleanor Grimm has been bewitching the parents and spiriting away the souls of their children.
  • The Tears of the Furies by Christopher Golden & Thomas Sniegoski. 0441012930 Ace Fantasy pb original $7.99. The second novel featuring the Menagerie.
  • Gateways edited by Martin H. Greenberg. 0756402859 DAW original SF pb $6.99. Original anthology offering gateways to worlds real or imagined by such writers as Gregory Benford and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  • Year's Best SF 10 edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer. 0060575611 Eos SF pb $7.99. Reprint anthology of these editors selections for the best short stories of 2004.
  • Vampire Beach by Alexa Hayes. 1416508228 iBooks Horror pb $6.99. Small California coastal town in changed with the arrival of a 400 year old vampire and his entourage.
  • Ashes by H.R. Howland. 0425203530 Berkley Horror pb $6.99. An unimaginable evil has worked its way across the world in search of a kindred spirit.
  • A Presence In An Empty Room by Velda Johnson. 141650799X iBooks Horror pb $6.99. The ghost of the ex-wife haunts a newlywed in her new home.
  • City of the Dead by Brian Keene. 0843954159 Leisure Horror pb $6.99. Sequel to the Bram Stoker Award™ winning zombie novel The Rising.
  • Silver's Bane by Anne Kelleher. 0373802226 Luna tpb $13.95. Paranormal fantasy romance sequel to: Silver's Edge.
  • Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner. 0425202526 Berkley Romance Horror trade pb. $14.00. Begins the adventures of a demon hunting surburban soccer mom. Author lives in Georgetown, TX. Never thought to look for creatures from the depths of hell there.
  • The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum. 0843955430 Leisure Horror pb $6.99. Reissue of the Overlook Connection limited edition with the addition of two bonus short stories.
  • The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. 0316011770 Little, Brown Horror hb $25.95. Literary horror novel of a motherless American Girl, who after discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, investigates the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler.
  • A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster, edited by Eric Flint. 0743499107 Baen SF pb $7.99. Omnibus of three novels, The Pirates of Zan, Gateway to Elsewhere, and The Duplicators and three short stories as Baen tries to reintroduce golden age author Leinster to a new generation.
  • To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy. 055358717X Bantam Spectra SF pb $6.99. Concluding the epic science fiction sequence of the Queendom of Sol begun with The Collapsium.
  • Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip. 0441012485 Ace Fantasy hb. $22.95. Latest thought provoking romantic fantasy from this unique writer. Kinuko Craft cover art.
  • Vigil by Robert Masello. 0425203506 Berkley Horror pb original $7.99. Paleontologist Carter Cox is a man of science whose faith in the empirical is about to be shaken by forces of evil when he begins to decipher the message left by two ancient artifacts--one reveals the secrets of heaven, and the other foretells an impending hell.
  • Alector's Choice by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. 0765313871 Tor Fantasy hb $27.95. A return to Corus, setting of his recent trilogy (Legacies, Darknesses, Scepters), to begin the epic story of the fall of a great civilization.
  • The White Wolf's Son by Michael Moorcock. 0446577022 Warner Aspect Fantasy hb $24.95. The final novel of The Albino, Elric, for awhile. Featuring the granddaughter of The Dreamthief's Daughter from the previous episode and Ulric von Bek searching for the Runestaff and other manifestations of the Grail. Wonderful cover art from Robert Gould.
  • Urban Shaman by C. E. Murphy. 0373802234 Luna tpb $13.95. Paranormal fantasy romance. A first novel.
  • Building Harlequin's Moon by Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper. 0765312662 Tor SF hb $25.95. The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology, and rife with political dangers. The John Glenn's crew intended to terraform the nearly pristine planet Ymir, in hopes of creating a utopian society that would limit intelligent technology. But by some miscalculation they have landed in another solar system.
  • The Dragon Scroll by I.J. Parker. 0143035320 Penguin Mystery tpb. $14.00. Debut of a new historical mystery series set in the lively world of eleventh century Japan.
  • Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. 039915275X Putnam Mystery hb $23.95. In this first of a new series of historical novels, wounded Seventeenth Century Spanish soldier Alatriste works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid. When his latest job takes an surprise deadly turn he discovers he is in the employ of one the the Inquisition's most dangerous men.
  • November Mourns by Tom Piccirilli. 055358720X Bantam Spectra Dark Fantasy pb $5.99. A man must confront the strange inhabitants of his old home town to discover the awful truth of his sister's death.
  • A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett. 0060586621 Harper Fantasy pb $6.99. For those waiting for the paperback of this fine teen sequel to The Wee Free Men.
  • Dance of Death by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. 0446576972 Warner Suspense hb $25.95. FBI Special Agent Pendergast lives in this sixth compelling thriller.
  • Stolen Magic by M. J. Putney. 0345476891 DelRey Fantasy hb $23.95. Assigned the task of ensuring that those of the Nobility do not misuse their powers, Simon Earl of Falconer confronts a rogue Guardian who turns the Earl into a Unicorn until an ensorcelled girl breaks the spell.
  • Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds. 0441012906 Ace SF hb. $24.95. First US edition. One of the best hard adventure sf writers latest novel. Political snarking worthy of Graham Greene.
  • Into the Looking Glass by John Ringo. 0743498801 Baen SF hb $24.00. An investigation into the explosion that led to the destruction of a Florida University and much of the surrounding countryside leads to the discovery of a series of interdimensional gateways through which alien invaders attempt to annihilate all life on Earth.
  • Beyond the Pale by Savannah Russe. 0451215648 Signet Romance pb $6.99. Beautiful vampire Daphne Urban has avoided detection for 500 years making her perfect as a spy. But when Darius, a sexy vampire slayer, discovers her both are torn with desire.
  • Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy edited by Al Sarrantonio. 0451460367 Roc Fantasy tpb. $16.00. Daring, star packed original anthology now in paperback. Includes stories by Neil Gaiman, Charles De Lint, George R.R. Martin, Joe Lansdale etc.
  • Thraxas and the Sorcerers by Martin Scott. 0743499085 Baen Fantasy hb $25.00. Reprint omnibus of the fifth and sixth Thraxas novels. First time in hardback.
  • The Emerald Wand of Oz by Sherwood Smith; illustrated by William Stout. HarperCollins Fantasy hb $16.99. With the blessings of the Oz estate this is the first of four brand new stories that blend the modern fantasy adventure with the classic story like Oz.
  • A Rumor of Gems by Ellen Steiber. 0312858795 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. "The city of Arcato holds masks and shape-shifters, tricksters and true love, gods and dragons, and a glittering hoard of amethysts and topaz, rubies and moonstones. Steiber weaves her spell with all this and more, to create a beautiful, dazzling, magical novel."--Lisa Goldstein.
  • The Hidden Family by Charles Stross. 0765313472 Tor SF hb. $24.95. Second Merchant Princes novel. Fun with parallel worlds.
  • Murder On Lenox Hill: A Gaslight Mystery by Victoria Thompson. 0425202607 Ace Mystery hb. $22.95. Seventh in this Edgar Award ™ nominated series of a midwife working the tenements of 1890's New York.
  • The Time of Troubles I by Harry Turtledove. 1416509046 Baen Fantasy hb $26.00. Reprint omnibus of the first two Videssos novels, The Stolen Throne and Hammer and Anvil, which had been paperback originals.
  • Mammoth by John Varley. 0441012817 Ace SF hb. $23.95. A tale with tusks. Modern archeologist finds an intact frozen wooly mammoth alongside a 12,000 year old Stone Age hunter wearing a wristwatch.
  • Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughn. 0765352648 Tor Fantasy pb $6.99. Author's debut novel is a Paranormal fantasy romance and the first of a trilogy.

PAPERBACK REPRINTS

  • Horizon Storms: Saga of the Seven Suns Book 3 by Kevin J. Anderson. 0446610593 Warner Aspect pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • The Hunted: A Vampire Huntress Legend by L. A. Banks. 0312937725 St Martin's Horror pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • A Flame in Hali by Marion Zimmer Bradley & Deborah Ross. 0756402670 Daw Fantasy pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • Tong Lashing by Peter David. 0743449134 Pocket Fantasy pb $7.99. Sir Apropos #3. Reprint.
  • Treason Keep by Jennifer Fallon. 0765348675 Tor Fantasy pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Lost and Found by Alan Dean Foster. 0345461274 DelRey SF pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • House of Reeds by Thomas Harlan. 076534114X Tor SF pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer™/Angel™: Heat by Nancy Holder. 06898969061 Pocket pb $6.99. Reprint
  • New Spring by Robert Jordan. 0765345455 Tor Fantasy pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • Crucible by Nancy Kress. 0765346036 Tor SF pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • This Rough Magic by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint & Dave Freer. 0743499093 Baen pb $7.99. Reprint
  • Earth Logic by Laurie Marks. 0765348381 Tor SF pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • The Child Goddess by Louise Marley. 0441012124 Ace SF pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • The Destruction of the Books by Mel Odom. 0765346494 Tor Fantasy pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancesters of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson. 0451460286 Roc Fantasy tpb. $16.00. Reprint. Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds. 0441012914 Ace SF pb $8.50. Reprint.
  • Black Creek Crossing by John Saul. 0449006549 Ballantine Horror pb $7.99. Reprint
  • Dark Within by John Wooley. 1416504524 iBooks Horror pb $6.99. Reprint.

JULY

  • Moon's Web by C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp. 0765349140 Tor paranormal romance pb $6.99. Psychic powered werewolf and his mate look into the kidnappings and murders of female Sazi.
  • The Tale of Holly How: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig Albert. 0425202747 Berkley Prime Crime hb. $23.95. Second of a new lighthearted series inspired by the charming children's author from Austin's Albert.
  • Scattered Suns: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 4 by Kevin J. Anderson. 0446577170 Warner Aspect SF hb. $24.95. No one is safe in the fourth book of this galaxy spanning space opera series.
  • The Misted Cliffs by Catharine Asaro. 0373802269 Luna Paranormal fantasy romance tpb $13.95. In this sequel to The Charmed Sphere, Chime's daughter must wed the enemy in order to preserve the wary peace and struggles to embrace her unexplored mage powers.
  • Fall Girl: Book 2 of the Inconstant Moon Trilogy by Pierce Askegren. 0441012973 Ace SF pb original $6.99. While a starship is being built to explore an alien artifact, a newswoman becomes a pawn in a conspiracy that could doom the project.
  • Scardown by Elizabeth Bear. 055358751X Bantam Spectra SF pb original $6.99. Second well done novel in this hard-edged and inventive military sf series. Sequel to: Hammered.
  • Greetings and Other Stories by Terry Bisson. 1892391244 Tachyon SF hb $24.95. Lasted short story collection from this Nebula Award™ winning author.
  • Another Word For Murder: A Crossword Mystery by Nero Blanc. 0425101704 Berkley Prime Crime tpb. $14.00. Includes crosswords included within the text of the story. Seventh of this lively series.
  • Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher. 0441012833 Ace Fantasy hb. $23.95. Book 2 of the Codex Alera. Epic high fantasy from the author of the Dresden Files.
  • Shadowfall: Book One of the Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemens. 0451459946. Roc Fantasy hb. $24.95. New series about a world where mysterious gods hold powerful secrets, knights walk in the shadows, and demons claw up from the darkness, as one man struggles to prove he didn't kill a god.
  • Age of Conan™: Hyborean Adventures: Legends of Kern Vol.2: Cimmerian Rage by Loren L. Coleman. 0441012957 Ace Fantasy pb original $6.99.
  • Undead and Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson. 0425204332 Berkley Horror hb. $19.95. Hardcover debut for book three of this amusing vampiric chick lit amateur sleuth paranormal romance tale worth sinking your teeth into.
  • Nylon Angel by Marianne de Pierres. 0451460375 Roc SF pb original $6.99. “A compelling blend of Mad Max and Dark Angel” says the Melbourne Age of the original Australian edition.
  • The Emperor of Gondwanaland and Other Stories by Paul DiFillipo. 1560256656 Thunder's Mouth Press SF tpb $16.95. This new collection is a wildly fantastic escape to alternate universes from one of the most imaginative writers around.
  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-second Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois. 0312336608 tpb $19.95 or 0312336594 Hardback $35.00 St Martin's. Latest edition of the Locus Award™ winning annual anthology collects over two dozen outstanding stories published in 2004.
  • Wizards At War by Diane Duane. 0152047727 Harcourt Fantasy hb $17.00. Nita and Kit return from their wizardly holiday, in this eighth novel of their adventures, looking forward to getting back to their everyday routine. But as usual there's trouble brewing.
  • Heart of America by Warren Ellis. 0060723939 Harper Dark Alley Mystery trade pb $13.95. First novel by this acclaimed comics genius. Packed with his usual mind-bending style brings a surreal twist to the hard boiled detective novel.
  • Mister Boots by Carol Emshwiller. 0670059684 Viking Fantasy hb $15.99. Teen historical fantasy set in a Depression era California desert from this Tiptree Award™ winning author.
  • Harshini by Jennifer Fallon. 0765309882 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. First US edition. The dazzling conclusion to the Hythrun Chronicles Trilogy.
  • The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde. 0670034231 Viking Fantasy hb $24.95. And now time for something completely different. Fforde takes a break from Thursday Next and embarks upon a new series of Nursery Crimes loosely derived from Mother Goose. Starting with the mysterious death of Humpty Stuyvesant Van Dumpty III. Should be quite entertaining.
  • Curse the Dark by Laura Anne Gilman. 0373802277 Luna Paranormal fantasy romance tpb $13.95. Retrievers go to Italy in search of a possessed manuscript. Whoever reads it disappears.
  • The Divided Crown by Isabel Glass. 0765307464 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. Glass tells the fascinating tale of a young woman seeking justice and power in a magical world of wizards and royalty, court intrigues and magical battles. Deftly written and filled with delightfully drawn details, employed in the service of an intriguingly twisted plot. Sequel to the fabulous Daughter of Exile. Cover by Kinuko Y. Craft.
  • The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. 1582349932 Bloomsbury USA Fantasy hb $16.95. Every teenage girl must attend a special and learn how to become a princess. Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
  • Dark Moon by Lori Handeland. 0312991363 St Martin's Paranormal romance pb $6.99. Dr. Elise Hanover is a werewolf who has spent years trying to find a cure for her lycanthropy is interrupted by the man she fell in love with in college, now an FBI agent.
  • Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison. 006057299X Harper Fantasy pb original $6.99. Witch and former bounty hunter Rachel Morgan must stop an archdemon before he pulls her into a sorcerous ever after.
  • Year's Best Fantasy 5 edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer. 0060776056 HarperEos fantasy pb original $7.99. A selection of the best fantasy stories of 2004.
  • The Dare by Susan Kearney. 0765351927 Tor SF romance pb $6.99. Dora, the sentient computer, wants a human body and uses 24th century technology to build a body specifically designed to appeal to a warrior pilot.
  • Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon. 0312934327 St Martin's Romance pb original $6.99. Dark hunters have a code of honor that even immortal vampires must follow. But when Alexion, the one the fearless fear, meets female Dark Hunter Dangereuse StRichard, something about her reawakens a heart he thought was long dead.
  • What Dreams May Come by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Robin Owens and Rebecca York. 0425202682 Berkley Fantasy trade pb $14.00. Trio of paranormal romance novellas.
  • Grave Intent by Deborah LeBlanc. 0843955538 Leisure Horror pb orignal $6.99. When funeral home operators bury a 19 year old gypsy girl, they are not prepared for the consequences when gold is stolen from the coffin.
  • The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier. 0765309955 Tor Fantasy hb $27.95. Book One of the Bridei Chronicles. First US ed. Compelling historical fantasy novel of Celtic mysticism in ancient Ireland.
  • A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin. 0553801503 Bantam Spectra Fantasy hb $28.00. Long overdue fourth novel in this epic series. It has been on and off the publishing schedule for years was to ship by Armadillocon. But now it's been broken in two volumes to start in November.
  • Crimson City by Liz Maverick. 0505526220 Loveswept Paranormal romance pb $6.99. Crimson City, formerly Los Angeles, where vampires, werewolves and humans now exist in a fragile peace.
  • Southern Fire by Juliet McKenna. 0765314118 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. The American hardcover debut of a writer who has already gathered many fans with the five volumes of her Tales of Einarinn, Southern Fire is an engrossing new epic of magic, intrigue, culture, and politics, in a fantasy setting in a colorful south seas archipelago.
  • Across the Wall: Stories From the Old Kingdom and Elsewhere by Garth Nix. 0060747137 AvonEos fantasy hb $16.99. Collection of short stories, including an original novella set in the world of the Sabriel series.
  • Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors by Jenny Nimmo. 0439545285 Orchard Fantasy hb $9.95. Book four of the Children of the Red King. Charlie must continue to outsmart wicked teachers and help his friends in this entertaining Canadian response to Harry Potter.
  • Lord of the Libraries by Mel Odom. 0765307243 Tor Fantasy hb $25.95. Third in the teen epic fantasy series of a newly promoted Second Level Librarian of Great Books. After The Rover and The Destruction of the Books.
  • A Princess of Roumania by Paul Park. 0765310961 Tor Fantasy hb $24.95. Well done contemporary fantasy of a world were Roumania was a great power. A truly complex, elusive, haunting magical tale, full of strangeness, terrors and wonders. Willie likes. Excellent John Jude Palencar cover.
  • Dutch Uncle by Peter Pavia. 0843953608 HardCase Crime pb original $6.99. Noir novel set in Miami Beach.
  • Women of War edited by Alexander Potter & Tonya Huff. 0756402867 Daw Fantasy pb original $7.50. Fifteen stories of strong, well-rounded female heroes. Includes Rosemary Edghill, Michelle West, Kristine Kathryn Rusch etc.
  • Strange Itineraries by Tim Powers. 1892391238 Tachyon SF tpb $15.95. This is a collection of the complete short stories of this wild and crazy guy. For the many people who couldn't afford the Subterranean Press collections.
  • Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett. 0060541847 HarperCollins YA SF hb $15.99. The first Johnny Maxwell teen novel is finally published in hardback in the US.
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. 0786856297 Hyperion Fantasy hb $17.95. Teen fantasy adventure with contemporary appearances by various Greek Gods and a summer camp for demigods on Long Island. Should be a crazy good time.
  • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling. 0439784549 Scholastic Fantasy hb $29.99. This sixth book of the series is available on line everywhere cheaper than I can even buy it from my wholesaler. I've included it for completeness, but if you really want me to get you a copy I'll be more than happy to. The UK edition is simultaneous and if you'ld rather follow the flag and get UK editions I can provide this as well.
  • Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder. 0765312190 Tor SF hb $24.95. Returning to the same distant future in which Ventus was set, but employing a broader canvas. This will be THE hard science fiction novel of the summer.
  • Killer Swell by Jeff Shelby. 0525948805 Dutton Mystery hb $23.95. Surfing and murder come together in this thrilling first novel featuring San Diego private investigator (and surfer dude) Noah Braddock.
  • The Truth Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn. 0670060003 Viking Fantasy hb $16.99. Sequel to last year's delightful Safe Keeper's Secret.
  • Olympos by Dan Simmons. 0380978946 AvonEos SF hb $25.95. Followup to Ilium.
  • Inda by Sherwood Smith. 0756402646 Daw Fantasy hb $24.95. Epic high fantasy from this popular young adult writer.
  • A Brother's Price by Wen Spencer. 0451460383 Roc SF pb original $6.99. In a world where males are rarely born, they're a commodity, traded and sold like property.
  • Accelerando by Charles Stross. 0441012841 Ace SF hb. $24.95. Expanding upon his award winning short story cycle from Asimov's SF Magazine. Greatly anticipated novel from this year's Armadillocon Guest of Honor.
  • The Bright Spot by Robert Sydney. 0553587595 Bantam Spectra SF pb original. Clever novel of science fiction suspense is an engaging, near future whodunit that is as funny as it is insightful. Sort of a ‘Nick and Nora Charles' for the 21st century.
  • The Remarkable Miss Frankenstein by Minda Webber. 0505526379 Loveswept Paranormal romance pb $5.99. When Dr. Frankenstein's neice Clair enters a castle in Regency England in search of vampires she finds a paranormal romp with more love bites than she knows what to do with.

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  • Furies of Calderon: Book 1 of the Codex Alera by Jim Butcher. 044101268X Ace Fantasy pb $7.99. Reprint.
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  • Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde. 014303541X Penguin Fantasy tpb. $14.00. Reprint of the fourth of whimsical Thursday Next novels.
  • The Wilding by C. S. Friedman. 0756402026 DAW SF pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • The Silent House: A Chronicle of Aglirta by Ed Greenwood. 0765347261 Tor Fantasy pb $7.99. Reprint.
  • Camouflage by Joe Haldeman. 0441012523 Ace SF pb $7.99. Reprint.
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  • Branded Woman by Wade Miller. 0843953597 HardCase Crime pb $6.99. Classic noir novel reissued for the first time in 47 years.
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  • Worlds that Weren't edited by Harry Turtledove. 0451460545 Roc SF pb $6.99. Reprint.
  • The Firebird's Vengeance by Sarah Zettel. 0765347237 Tor Fantasy pb $7.99. Reprint.
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AUGUST

  • Moon's Web by C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp. 0765349140 Tor Fantasy Paranormal romance pb original $6.99. Inventive second novel of werewolf love; sequel to: Hunter's Moon.
  • Cultural Breaks by Brian W. Aldiss. 1892391260 Tachyon SF hb $24.95. This special collection of short stories from Grand Master Brian Aldiss is being issued to coincide with his 80th birthday.
  • The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley. 078671574X Carroll & Graf Fantasy tpb $13.95. Original anthology of humorous fantasy stories from Neil Gaiman, Terry Jones, Tom Holt and other usual suspects.
  • Necklace of Kisses by francesca lia block. 0060777516 HarperCollins Fantasy hb $21.95. Weetzie Bat has a midlife crisis turning forty. She