* Armstrong, Kelley : Deceptions
(Dutton 978-0-525-95306-7, $26.95, 464pp, hardcover, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698191129
Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780698402959
Cainsville #3

Paranormal romance novel, third in a trilogy following Omens (2013) and Visions (2014), about a young adopted woman who discovers her real parents were serial killers.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a link to an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “By the story’s end, many questions are answered, but whether readers will get that far is debatable.”

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* Belcher, R. S. : Nightwise
(Tor 978-0-7653-7460-8, $25.99, 320pp, hardcover, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466842748
Nightwise #1

Urban fantasy novel, first in a new series, set in the modern occult underworld.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review comments, “Belcher tells a tense, tightly paced story and has a knack for stomach-turning depictions of violence and gore, though he also has a fondness for heavy expository dialogue and introducing key characters very late in the novel.”

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* Clamp, Cathy : Forbidden
(Tor 978-0-7653-7720-3, $14.99, 352pp, trade paperback, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466854604
Luna Lake #1

Urban fantasy novel, first in a series and the author’s first solo novel, following eight books cowritten with C.T. Adams about the Sazi shapeshifters.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Series fans will hold out hope for Clamp to discover her solo voice and continue building this intriguing world.”
• Carolyn Cushman reviews it in the August issue of Locus Magazine, calling it “an entertaining (and occasionally very dark) mystery.”

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* Datlow, Ellen, ed. : The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
(Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-829-3, $15.99, 412pp, trade paperback, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015

Anthology of 22 horror stories first published in 2014.
• Authors include Nathan Ballingrud, Garth Nix, Brian Evenson, John Langan, and Cody Goodfellow.
• The table of contents is posted on Laird Barron’s site.
• SF Signal has this interview with the editor.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Datlow shows a great sense of the scope and quality of the genre, adding (as always) superb year-in-review notes on horror markets large and small.”

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* Duncan, Dave : Irona 700
(Open Road 978-1-50400–218-9, $16.99, 402pp, trade paperback, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781504005920

Fantasy novel about a girl chosen, out of all the children reaching age 16 in the year 700, to join the Chosen who govern the city of Benign.
• Open Road’s site has this description.
• Faren Miller reviewed it in the July issue of Locus Magazine: “While I’ve been reviewing Dave Duncan since the 1980s and have dealt with at least a dozen of his books in the new millennium, Irona 700 still managed to surprise me.”

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* Elliott, Kate : Court of Fives
(Little, Brown 978-0316364195, $18, 448pp, hardcover, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316364249
Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478904588
Court of Fives #1

Young adult fantasy novel, first in a series, about an upper-class girl who yearns to participate in an athletic competition called The Fives.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Jessamy’s challenges are only just beginning, and readers will be eager to know how she fares in future books.”

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* Fletcher, Charlie : The Paradox
(Orbit 978-0-316-27954-3, $15.99, 432pp, trade paperback, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316279529
Oversight #2

Dark fantasy novel, second in a series following The Oversight (2014), about a group that guards the border between the mundane and the magic.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: ” Fletcher’s Victorian London is an atmospheric, creepily delicious concoction of alleyways and dark magic, mirror worlds where danger dwells at every turn, and nuanced, complex characters, all with their own story.”

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* Hough, Jason M. : Zero World
(Del Rey 978-0-553-39126-8, $27, 592pp, hardcover, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780553391275

Near-future SF thriller about a spy tracking the sole survivor of a vanished spaceship into an alternate world.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “This massive brick of a science fiction thriller smashes The Bourne Identity together with The End of Eternity to create a thrilling action rampage that confirms Hough as an important new voice in genre fiction.”

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* Marmell, Ari : Hallow Point
(Titan 978-1781168257, $14.95, 336pp, trade paperback, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Mick Oberon #2

Fantasy novel, second in a series following Hot Lead, Cold Iron (2014), about a supernatural detective in 1932 Chicago.
• Titan’s site has this description.

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* Nagata, Linda : The Trials
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1481446587, $27.99, 464pp, hardcover, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481440967
Red Trilogy #2

Near-future military SF novel , second of a trilogy following Nebula and Campbell finalist The Red: First Light (2013), about a squad of high-tech soldiers in Africa.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description with a Google preview.

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* Otsuichi : Goth
(Viz/Haikasoru 978-1-4215-8026-5, $14.99, 288pp, trade paperback, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015

Horror novel about a schoolgirl obsessed with understanding serial killers.
• There was an earlier English-language edition published in 2008 by TokyoPop, according to Wikipedia. This edition includes bonus novelette “Morino’s Souvenir Photo”.
• Haikasoru’s site has this description with an excerpt.

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* Wendig, Chuck : Zer0es
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-235155-5, $25.99, 384pp, hardcover, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062351586

Near-future SF novel about five hackers who are coerced into working for the US government.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “While the major revelations are easy to see coming, Wendig wields the tools of suspense and tension with skill. His large cast of characters is entertaining, the moments of horror are sharp and chilling, and the story races to a breathless conclusion.”

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* Wilson, Daniel H., & John Joseph Adams, eds. : Press Start to Play
(Vintage 978-1-101-87330-4, $15.95, 544pp, trade paperback, August 2015)
Nominal Publication Date: Tue 18 Aug 2015
Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101873311

Anthology of 26 stories, most original to this volume, by SF and gaming writers about the potentials of video games.
• Authors include Charles Yu, Charlie Jane Anders, Seanan McGuire, Marc Laidlaw, Cory Doctorow, Yoon Ha Lee, Ken Liu, and Andy Weir.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with the table of contents.
Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Wilson and Adams have assembled a provocative assortment of thoughtful stories, making a valuable contribution to ongoing conversations about the future directions of video gaming.”

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