* Anderson, Poul : Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra
(Baen 978-1-4391-3401-6, $13, 432pp, trade paperback, December 2010, cover art Dave Seeley)

Omnibus collection of four long stories, including novella The Plague of Masters (1960) and novel A Knight of Ghost and Shadows (1975), in Anderson's "Technic Civilization" saga.
• This is the fifth of Baen's series collecting Anderson's "Technic Civilization" saga, following The Van Rijn Method (Sept. 2008), David Falkayn: Star Trader (Jan. 2009), Rise of the Terran Empire (June 2009), and Young Flandry (March 2010).
• Baen's site has this description with links to the first several chapters of the first novel.

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* Cook, Glen : Darkwar
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-201-7, $16.99, 570pp, trade paperback, December 2010, cover by Raymond Swanland)

Omnibus of three space opera novels, Doomstalker (1985), Warlock (1985), and Ceremony (1986), all first published by Popular Library/Questar, about Marika, a young Meth who develops psychic powers as her planet is overrun by wolflike aliens called the Sith.
• The publisher's site has this description.
• Amazon's "Look Inside" feature provides an excerpt.
• Amazon has the Publishers Weekly review, which describes the books as "mid-1980s proto-steampunk science fantasies"; its review concludes, "Played out against an intriguing and well-detailed culture of feudal guilds contending with wooden spaceships, Marika's tale is affecting even as her path leads over the bodies of many she once loved."

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Kay, Guy Gavriel : Lord of Emperors
(Roc 978-0-451-46354-8, $16, 429pp, trade paperback, October 2010)
(First edition: HarperPrism, March 2000)

Historical fantasy novel of an alternate Byzantium, volume two of "The Sarantine Mosaic" following Sailing to Sarantium which was reissued by Roc in September).
• The author's site has this page about the books, with links to background information, excerpts, and a map.
• The novel was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 2001.

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* Kuttner, Henry, edited by Stephen Hffner : The Early Kuttner, Volume One: Terror in the House
(Haffner Press 978-1893887466, $40, 43+661pp, hardcover, October 2010, cover art Harry V. Parkhurst)

Collection of 40 stories, first published from 1936 to 1939 in various pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, Thrilling Mystery, and Thrilling Wonder Stories.
• Richard Matheson provides a foreword, and Dr. Garyn G. Roberts provides an introduction.
• The publisher's site has this description with the complete table of contents (including original publication credits), reviews by Ed Gorman and George Kelley, and a link to a PDF errata sheet with a corrected TOC.

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Moorcock, Michael : Hawkmoon: The Runestaff
(Tor 978-0-7653-2476-4, $14.99, 203pp, trade paperback, December 2010, cover art Vance Kovacs)

Sword and sorcery fantasy novel, fourth of four books in the series about Dorian Hawkmoon (also known as the Runestaff series), following The Jewel in the Skull, The Mad God's Amulet, and Sword of the Dawn.
• Wikipedia has this entry about the Hawkmoon series.
• This book was first published in 1969 in the US by Lancer, as The Secret of the Runestaff, then revised in 1977 in a DAW edition.
• Tor's website has this description.
• Amazon's "Look Inside" function has an excerpt.

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