* Adams, John Joseph, ed. : Wastelands II: More Stories of the Apocalypse
(Titan US 978-1783291502, $14.95, 336pp, trade paperback, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015

Anthology of 30 stories, a follow-up volume to 2008’s Wastelands.
• Authors include Robert Silverberg, Paolo Bacigalupi, Jack McDevitt, George R.R. Martin, Nancy Kress, Junot Diaz, Cory Doctorow, and Tananarive Due.
• Adams’ site has this description with links to the table of contents and numerous online story sources.

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* Carman, Patrick : Quake
(HarperCollins/Tegen Books 978-0062085900, $17.99, 288pp, hardcover, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062086013
Pulse #3

Young adult SF novel, third in a trilogy following Pulse (2013) and Tremor (2014), about classmates in 2051 who develop their telekinetic powers.
• HarperCollins’s site has this description.

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+ Elliott, Will : Shadow
(Tor 978-0-7653-3189-2, $24.99, 400pp, hardcover, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429943123
Pendulum Trilogy #2

First US edition (UK: Quercus, July 2012)

Alternate world fantasy novel, second of a trilogy following The Pilgrims (Australia 2010, UK 2011, US 2014), about a London journalist and a homeless drunk to discover a magical door to the land of Levaal.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Faren Miller reviews it in the February issue of Locus Magazine, noting that “this is a middle book [of a trilogy] – raising more questions than it
answers.”

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* Frater, Rhiannon : Dead Spots
(Tor 978-0765337153, $16.99, 416pp, trade paperback, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466831247

Horror novel about a grieving woman who stumbles into a dead zone between the worlds of the living and the dead.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “Breathless action and deep emotions carry this solid horror-fantasy, a fusion of Joseph Campbell and Stephen King.”

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* Goss, James : Haterz
(Solaris 978-1781083017, $7.99, 448pp, mass market paperback, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
UK edition: 9781781083000 (Thu 12 Mar 2015)

Near-future SF novel about a man who tries to rid the internet of annoying people.
• It’s the author’s first independent novel after several Torchwood and Doctor Who novels.
• Solaris’ site has this description.

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* Khoury, Jessica : Kalahari
(Penguin/Razorbill 978-1595147653, $17.99, 368pp, hardcover, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698151048

Young adult SF novel about five teens stranded in the Kalahari desert who encounter a silvery lion infected with a deadly virus.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Khoury’s favorite story elements are all on display, including the talented but isolated heroine, evil corporate scientists, and a wilderness setting. … it’s an enjoyable biological thriller that will appeal to Khoury’s existing readership.”

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* Lethem, Jonathan : Lucky Alan and Other Stories
(Doubleday 978-0-385-53981-4, $24.95, 176pp, hardcover, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 978-0-385-53982-1
Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 978-1-101-91342-0

Collection of nine stories, first published in The Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere.
• Random House’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews, including the table of contents.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “…the stories use absurdity, satire, or incongruity to contrast the quotidian.”

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* McAuley, Paul : Something Coming Through
(UK: Gollancz 978-1473203938, £20, 384pp, hardcover, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Thu 19 Feb 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781473203969

SF novel set in a devastated near future, about aliens who arrive to provide humanity access to 15 other worlds.
• Gollancz’ site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviews it in the February issue of Locus Magazine, noting that the alien Jackaroo first appeared in several McAuley short stories. He concludes, “The novel is efficiently enough plotted to satisfy both those readers who have been wanting more about the Jackaroo culture from those tantalizing stories, and those who may have never heard of the Jackaroo but know a good plot machine when they see one. It’s a clever ploy, and if the result is a somewhat lighter entertainment than McAuley’s Quiet War series, it’s also more tightly plotted and has more interesting characters than his earlier thrillers.”

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* Molles, D. J. : The Remaining: Allegiance
(Orbit 978-0316404266, $10, 576pp, mass market paperback, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316404273
The Remaining #5

Post-apocalypse zombie novel, fifth in a series following early volumes previously published as ebooks; this one has not been previously published.
• Hachette’s site has this description.

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* Reichert, Mickey Zucker : Fields of Wrath
(DAW 978-0756408657, $25.95, 576pp, hardcover, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
Renshai #8

Fantasy novel set in the author’s long-running Renshai sequence, based on Norse mythology.
• Penguin’s site has this description.
• The author’s Wikipedia entry has a detailed bibliography.

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* Schwab, V. E. : A Darker Shade of Magic
(Tor 978-0-7653-7645-9, $25.99, 400pp, hardcover, February 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 24 Feb 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466851375

Fantasy novel about a magical Traveler who can move among a series of alternate Londons.
• Macmillan’s site has this description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Confident prose and marvelous touches—a chameleon coat, a scarlet river of magic, a piratical antiheroine—bring exuberant life to an exhilarating adventure among the worlds.”

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