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Sunga) Novelization based on the
BioWare Dragon Age computer
games. Copyrighted by Electronic
Arts.
* Gaiman, Neil & Leslie S. Klinger The
Annotated Sandman Volume One
(DC Comics/Vertigo 978-1-4012-
3332-7, $49.00, 560pp, hc, cover by
Dave McKean) Annotated graphic
novel/omnibus collecting the first
20 issues of the Sandman comics
written by Neil Gaiman, originally collected
in graphic novels Preludes &
Nocturnes (1991), The Doll’s House
(1990), and Dream Country (1991).
The comics are reproduced in b&w.
Edited and with an introduction and
notes by Klinger, who had access
to Gaiman’s original scripts and
related correspondence. Foreword
by Gaiman.
* Gear, W. Michael & Kathleen
O’Neal Gear The Broken Land
(Tor 978-0-7653-2694-2, $25.99,
366pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen)
Associational historical novel in the
First North Americans (now retitled
North America’s Forgotten Past) series;
this is the third in the People of
the Longhouse series about Iroquois
leaders from the 15th century.
Gleason, Robert & Junius Podrug
Gary Jennings’ The 2012 Codex
(Tor 978-0-7653-6246-9, $7.99,
518pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 2010) thriller
of the Mayan end of the world, sequel
to Gary Jennings’ Apocalypse
2012. Inspired by Jennings’s Aztec
series and written by Gleason &
Podrug.
* Goss, Theodora The Thorn and the
Blossom (Quirk Books 978-1-59474-
551-5, $16.95, 80pp, tp) Fantasy novella
of a romance, told in two parts.
This is bound accordian style with two
sides: ‘‘Brendan’s Story’’ on one side
and ‘‘Evelyn’s Story’’ on the other,
with a card-stock slipcase.
* Greenberg, Martin H. & Jennifer
Brozek, eds. Human for a Day (DAW
978-0-7564-0700-1, $7.99, 305pp,
pb) Original anthology of 16 stories.
Authors include Jay Lake, Seanan
McGuire, and Tanith Lee.
* Grossman, Lev The Magician King
(Penguin/Viking 978-0-670-02231-1,
$26.95, 400pp, hc, cover by Didier
Massard) Contemporary fantasy
novel, sequel to The Magicians.
* Haldeman, Joe Earthbound (Ace
978-0-441-02095-9, $24.95, 261pp,
hc, cover by Fred Gambino) SF novel,
third in a series after Marsbound and
Starbound.
Halpern, Jake & Peter Kujawinski
World’s End (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt/Sandpiper 978-0-547-
57719-7, $7.99, 490pp, tp, cover by
John Rocco) Reprint (Houghton
Mifflin 2010) young-adult fantasy
novel, sequel to Dormia.
Harkness, Deborah A Discovery of
Witches (Penguin 978-0-14-311968-
5, $16.00, 579pp, tp) Reprint (Viking
2011) paranormal romance novel,
the first book in the All Souls trilogy.
* Hartley, A.J. Darwen Arkwright
and the Peregrine Pact (Penguin/
Razorbill 978-1-59514-409-6, $16.99,
438pp, hc, cover by Emily Osborne)
Middle-grade fantasy novel. Darwen
Arkwright moves to Atlanta, Georgia
and finds another world in a mirror.
+ Harvey, Alyxandra Bleeding
Hearts (Bloomsbury/Walker US
978-0-8027-2284-3, $9.99, 347pp, tp)
Young-adult urban fantasy/romance
novel, the fourth book in the Drake
Chronicles. This includes bonus story
‘‘Lost Girls’’, available only in the print
edition. A hardcover edition (-2285-
0, $16.99) was announced but not
seen. First US edition (Bloomsbury
UK 10/11).
* Harvey, Alyxandra Stolen Away
(Bloomsbury/Walker US 978-0-
8027-2189-1, $17.99, hc) Young-adult
fantasy/romance novel. Eloise Hart is
kidnapped by the Faery King.
Heinlein, Robert A. Sixth Column
(Baen 978-1-4516-3770-0, $13.00, vii
+ 183pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton)
Reprint (Gnome Press 1949) SF
novel. This has a new introduction
by William H. Patterson, Jr., and
afterword by Tom Kratman.
* Herbert, Brian & Kevin J. Anderson
Sisterhood of Dune (Tor 978-0-
7653-2273-9, $27.99, 496pp, hc,
cover by Steve Stone) SF novel in the
Dune series started by Frank Herbert;
this is set 80 years after the Battle
of Corrin. Copyrighted by Herbert
Properties.
* Hill, Joey W. Bound by the Vampire
Queen (Berkley Heat 978-0-425-
24344-2, $16.00, 449pp, tp, cover
by Don Sipley) Erotic paranormal
romance novel in the Vampire Queen
series.
Hill, Susan The Woman in Black
(Random House/Vintage 978-0-307-
74531-6, $14.00, 164pp, tp) Reprint
(Hamish Hamilton 1983) ghost story
novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.
Hocking, Amanda Switched (St.
Martin’s Griffin 978-1-2500-0631-8,
$8.99, 318pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy
novel, the first book in the Trylle trilogy.
Previously self-published as an
e-book/POD through CreateSpace
(2010); this adds an original bonus
story, ‘‘The Vitra Attacks’’.
* Hodder, Mark Expedition
to the Mountains of the Moon
(Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-61614-535-
4, $16.00, 398pp, tp, cover by Jon
Sullivan) Steampunk horror novel,
the third in the Burton & Swinburne
series.
Holland, Jaymie Claimed by
Pleasure (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-0-
312-38667-2, $14.99, 227pp, tp, cover
by Tricia Schmitt) Reprint (Ellora’s
Cave 2004 as Wonderland: King
of Spades by Cheyenne McCray)
erotic paranormal romance novel in
the Taken by Passion/Wonderland
series; originally published in e-book
form (Ellora’s Cave 2003). Holland is
a pen name for Cheyenne McCray.
Hunt, Stephen The Rise of the Iron
Moon (Tor 978-0-7653-6610-8,
$7.99, 455pp, pb) Reprint (Voyager
2009) steampunk fantasy novel, third
in the series begun in The Court of
the Air.
Hunter, Erin Warriors: Omen of
the Stars: Night Whispers (Harper
978-0-06-155517-6, $6.99, 295pp,
tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin)
Reprint (Harper 2010) young-adult
fantasy novel in the series about
warrior cats, the third book in the
Omen of the Stars sub-series. The
author is probably Kate Cary. This
includes ‘‘Uninvited Guests’’, a separately
paginated 35-page roleplaying
adventure in the Warriors Adventure
Game. Packaged and copyrighted by
Working Partners Limited.
* Husk, Shona The Goblin King
(Sourcebooks Casablanca 978-1-
4022-5985-2, $6.99, 317pp, pb, cover
by Don Sipley) Paranormal romance
novel about a former Celtic king
cursed to become part of a Goblin
Horde, the first book in a series.
* Ione, Larissa Immortal Rider
(Grand Central 978-0-446-57447-1,
$7.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Craig
White) Paranormal romance novel,
second in the Lords of Deliverance
series.
* Ivy, Alexandra Bound by Darkness
(Kensington/Zebra 978-1-4201-
1136-1, $7.99, 374pp, pb) Vampire
romance, the eighth book in the
Guardians of Eternity series.
Copyrighted by Debbie Raleigh.
Jama-Everett, Ayize The Liminal
People (Small Beer Press 978-1-
931520-33-1, $16.00, 190pp, tp, cover
by Adam S. Doyle) Reprint (Prophet
& Assassin Productions 2009) SF
novel. Originally self-pubished; this
is copyrighted 2011. Small Beer
Press, 150 Pleasant Street #306,
Easthampton MA 01027; .
* Jewel, Carolyn My Dangerous
Pleasure (Grand Central/Forever
978-0-446-56387-1, $7.99, 356pp,
pb) Paranormal romance novel, the
fourth book in the My Immortal series.
Jones, Darynda Second Grave
on the Left (St. Martin’s Griffin
978-1-250-00270-9, $14.99, 307pp,
tp, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint
(St. Martin’s 2011) urban fantasy/
paranormal romance/mystery novel,
second in the series about female PI
Charley Davidson, who moonlights
as the Grim Reaper.
Jones, Howard Andrew The Desert
of Souls (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-
1-250-00199-3, $14.99, 309pp, tp)
Reprint (St. Martin’s 2011) sword
and sorcery Arabian fantasy novel.
A Thomas Dunne book.
* Julian, Stephanie How to Worship a
Goddess (Sourcebooks Casablanca
978-1-4022-5150-4, $14.99, 282pp,
tp) Paranormal romance novel, the
second in the Forgotten Goddesses
series about about Etruscan deities
in the contemporary US. Lusna,
Goddess of the Moon, is now just
Lucy, who falls for a local hockey
player.
* Kahn, Gustave The Tale of Gold
and Silence (Black Coat Press 978-
1-61227-063-0, $20.95, 262pp, tp,
cover by Mike Hoffman) SF novel,
translated/adapted from the French
Le Conte de l’or et du silence
(Societé du Mercure de France
1898) by Brian Stableford, who also
provides an introduction. A print-ondemand
edition. Hollywood Comics.
com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA
91416; .
Keaton, Kelly Darkness Becomes
Her (Simon Pulse 978-1-4424-0925-
5, $9.99, 273pp, tp) Reprint (Simon
Pulse 2011) young-adult near-future
fantasy novel.
* Kikuchi, Hideyuki Demon City
Shinjuku: The Complete Edition
(Digital Manga Publishing 978-1-
56970-208-6, $14.95, 425pp, tp)
Omnibus of two dark fantasy novels in
the series: Demon City Shinjuku and
Demon Palace Babylon. Illustrated
by Jun Suemi. Translated by Eugene
Woodbury from the Japanese. The
original date is uncertain; this is
copyrighted 2005 but says ‘‘originally
published in Japan in 2007 by ASAHI
Shimbun.’’
* Kinch, Michael The Fires of New
Sun (Llewellyn/Flux 978-0-7387-
3076-9, $9.95, 275pp, tp) Youngadult
SF novel, second in the series
started in The Blending Time.
* King, Stephen 11/22/63 (Simon &
Schuster/Scribner 978-1-4516-2728-
2, $35.00, 849pp, hc) SF time travel
novel. A temporal hole in a Maine
diner leads to one day in 1958, and
two men try to use it to stop the
Kennedy assassination.
King, Stephen ’Salem’s Lot (Random
House/Anchor 978-0-307-74367-1,
$7.99, 653pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday
1975) vampire horror novel.
* Knaak, Richard A. Dragon Mound
(Sea Lion Books 978-0-9828186-1-
9, $24.95, 512pp, hc, cover by Jon
Sullivan) Fantasy novel, the first in
the Knight in Shadow trilogy.
* Knight, E.E. Dragon Fate (Penguin/
Roc 978-0-451-46356-2, $16.00,
352pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll)
Fantasy novel, the sixth and final
book in The Age of Fire series.
Knight, E.E. March in Country
(Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46360-9,
$7.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Steve
Stone) Reprint (Roc 2011) SF horror
novel, book nine of The Vampire
Earth.
* Koch, Gini Alien Proliferation
(DAW 978-0-7564-0697-4, $7.99,
458pp, pb, cover by Daniel Dos
Santos) SF novel, fourth in the series
begun in Touched by an Alien. Kitty
Katt-Martini is about to become a
mother to a half-alien child.
+ Koonchung, Chan The Fat Years
(Random House/Doubleday/Talese
978-0-385-53434-5, $26.95, xxi +
301pp, hc) Near-future SF novel.
A Chinese writer discovers there’s
a month missing from history, between
the time Western civilization
collapsed and China became
the world’s preeminent superpower.
Translated from the Chinese
Shengshi: Zhongguo 2013 (Oxford
University Press (China) 2009) by
Michael S. Duke, who provides notes.
Preface by Julia Lovell. First US edition
(Doubleday UK 7/11).
* Koontz, Dean 77 Shadow Street
(Bantam 978-0-553-80771-4, $28.00,
451pp, hc) Horror novel about a luxury
apartment building where residents
are driven to dark fates.
Kress, Nancy Beggars in Spain
(Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-
61242-057-8, $4.99, 98pp, tp) Reprint
(Axolotl 1991) Hugo and Nebula
Award-winning SF novella. A printon-demand
edition. Arc Manor, PO
Box 10339, Rockville MD 20849-
0339; .
* Lackey, Mercedes, ed. Under the
Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar
(DAW 978-0-7564-0696-7, $7.99,
343pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee)
Original anthology of 17 fantasy
stories set in Lackey’s world of
Valdemar, the seventh in the Tales
of Valdemar series. Authors include
Sarah Hoyt, Tanya Huff, and Larry
Dixon. Copyrighted by Lackey and
Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books.
Lackey, Mercedes, Steve Libbey,
Cody Martin, & Dennis Lee Invasion
(Baen 978-1-4516-3772-4, $7.99,
559pp, pb, cover by Larry Dixon)
Reprint (Baen 2011) mosaic novel,
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