The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

MACDONALD, JAMES D(ouglas) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _Land of Mist and Snow (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.

McDONNELL, VINCENT (1951- ) (chron.)

• * +Children of Stone (Dufour/The Collins Press Ireland 1-903464-88-9, May 2006, $9.95, 206pp, tp) Young-adult Stone Age fantasy novel. An absent chief’s children flee their village when a ruthless man takes control. This first US edition is the Collins Press Ireland (2005) edition. Order from Dufour Editions, PO Box 7, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005; [www.dufoureditions.com].

MacDOUGALL, SOPHIA (chron.)

• * _Romanitas (Orion 0-7528-7709-7, Mar 2006, £6.99, 607pp, tp) [Romanitas] Reprint (Orion 2005, not seen) alternate history fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy set in a world where the Roman Empire survived to the present.

McDOWELL, MICHAEL (McEachern) (1950-1999) (chron.)

• * _Candles Burning (with Tabitha King) See entry under Tabitha King.

McGANN, OISÍN (chron.)

• * *Small-Minded Giants (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-61051-3, Jul 2006, £12.99, 354pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel. A trade paperback edition (-61052-1) was announced but not seen.

McGARRY, CHARLES (chron.)

• * _The Last Supper (Overlook Press 1-58567-762-0, Mar 2006, $24.95, 391pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1983) associational spy novel with SF elements in the Paul Christopher series, which presents a secret history of the 18th-20th centuries.
• * _The Tears of Autumn (Overlook Press 1-58567-661-6, Mar 2005, $24.95, 276pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1974) associational spy novel, the first in the Paul Christopher series, which presents a secret history of the 18th-20th centuries, some volumes with actual SF or fantasy elements.

McGARVEY, ROBERT (1948- ); see pseudonym Steve White (chron.)

McGOUGH, SCOTT (chron.)

• * *Magic: The Gathering: Time Spiral (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3988-5, Sep 2006, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Scott M. Fischer) [Magic: The Gathering: Time Spiral] Novelization based on the card game, the first book in the Time Spiral Cycle. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

McGOWAN, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * _Hellbent (Random House UK/Definitions 0-09-948213-4, Apr 2006, £5.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Jerry Paris) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Henry Tumour (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60861-6, Apr 2006, £10.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Jerry Paris) Young-adult fantasy novel. A bullied teenager’s brain tumour has a literal life of its own.

MacGREGOR, KINLEY; also as Sherrilyn Kenyon (stories) (chron.)

• * *Knight of Darkness (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-079662-6, Nov 2006, $6.99, 377pp, pb) [Lords of Avalon] Arthurian fantasy novel, second in the Lords of Avalon series. The author also writes as Sherrilyn Kenyon.
• * *Sword of Darkness (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-056544-6, Apr 2006, $6.99, 360pp, pb) [Lords of Avalon] Arthurian fantasy novel, first in the Lords of Avalon series. A woman destined to give birth to the next Merlin is captured by the black knight Kerrigan and taken to a Camelot ruled by dark forces.
• * _Sword of Darkness (SFBC #1207905, May 2006, $10.99, 375pp, hc) [Lords of Avalon] Reprint (HarperCollins 2006) Arthurian fantasy novel, first in the Lords of Avalon series. The author also writes as Sherrilyn Kenyon. This has ISBN 0-7394-6647-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Sword of Darkness (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-056544-6, Oct 2006, $6.99, 360pp, pb) [Lords of Avalon] Reissue (Avon 2006) Arthurian fantasy novel, first in the Lords of Avalon series. Second printing.

MacGREGOR, T(rish) J(aneshutz) [i.e., Patricia Marie Janeshutz MacGregor] (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Cold as Death (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1681-7, Oct 2006, $6.99, 341pp, pb) [Tango Key] Horror novel, fifth in the Tango Key series begun in Black Water. Psychic Mira Morales has visions of victims of a madman.

McGUIRE, JOHN J(oseph) (1917-1981) (chron.)

• * _Null-ABC (with H. Beam Piper) See entry under H. Beam Piper.

MacHALE, D. J. (chron.)

• * _Pendragon: The Merchant of Death (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 1-4169-2495-7, May 2006, $2.99, 374pp, tp, cover by Victor Lee) [Pendragon] Reissue (Aladdin 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. Bobby Pendragon is transported to an alternate dimension where he’s expected to save the world.
• * *Pendragon: The Quillan Games (Simon & Schuster 1-4169-1423-4, May 2006, $15.95, 486pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Pendragon] Young-adult fantasy, seventh in the series.
• * _Pendragon: The Rivers of Zadaa (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-86912-6, Jun 2006, $6.99, 392pp, tp, cover by Victor Lee) [Pendragon] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2005) young-adult fantasy, sixth in the series.

McHUGH, MAUREEN F. (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Mothers & Other Monsters (Small Beer Press 1-931520-19-4, Nov 2006, $16.00, 271pp, tp) Reprint (Small Beer Press 2005) collection of 13 stories. This adds a Reading Group Guide with an essay by McHugh and an interview.
• * *Wicked (Small Beer Press no ISBN, 2006, free, 1pp, pc) Reprint vignette distributed on a postcard to advertise McHugh’s collection Mothers & Other Monsters.

McINTOSH, FIONA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Betrayal (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-457-7, Aug 2006, £7.99, 521pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Trinity] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2001) fantasy novel, the first in the Trinity series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Blood and Memory (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-074759-5, Jul 2006, $7.99, 422pp, pb, cover by Les Petersen) [Quickening] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2003) fantasy novel, the second in “The Quickening” trilogy.
• * +Bridge of Souls (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-074760-9, Mar 2006, $14.95, 512pp, tp, cover by Les Petersen) [Quickening] Fantasy novel, the third in The Quickening trilogy. First US edition (Voyager Australia 2004).
• * _Bridge of Souls (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-074761-9, Jan 2007, $7.99, 486pp, pb, cover by Les Petersen) [Quickening] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2004) fantasy novel, the third in The Quickening trilogy.
• * _Destiny (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-459-3, Oct 2006, £7.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Trinity] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2002) fantasy novel, the third book in the Trinity series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Myrren’s Gift (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-074757-9, Feb 2006, $7.99, 514pp, pb) [Quickening] Reprint (Voyager Australia 12/03) fantasy novel, the first book in The Quickening trilogy.
• * _Revenge (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-458-5, Sep 2006, £7.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Trinity] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2002) fantasy novel, second in the Trinity series. [First U.K. edition]

MACK, DAVID (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Warpath (Pocket 1-4165-0775-2, Apr 2006, $7.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

MACK, DAVID ALAN (chron.)

• * *Wolverine: Road of Bones (Pocket Star 1-4165-1069-9, Nov 2006, $7.99, 391pp, pb, cover by David W. Mack) [Wolverine] Novelization based on the comic book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

MACKAY, ALLIE (chron.)

• * *Highlander in Her Bed (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 0-451-21981-3, Nov 2006, $6.99, 340pp, pb) Paranormal romance. American Mara McDougall inherits a Scottish Castle and acquires a bed haunted by a hunky ghost.

McKEAN, DAVID (Jeff) (1963- ) (chron.)

• * _The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.
• * _The Homecoming (with Ray Bradbury) See entry under Ray Bradbury.

McKELDEN, SHANNON (chron.)

• * *Venus Envy (Tor/Forge 0-765-31585-8, Jan 2007, $12.95, 336pp, tp) Fantasy romance novel. Zeus has reduced Venus to fairy godmother status, and her latest charge has given up men for public service.

McKENNA, JULIET E. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Eastern Tide (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-377-5, Oct 2006, £8.99, 599pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Tales of Einarinn: Aldabreshin Compass] Fantasy novel. Book Four of the Aldabreshin Compass sequence, set in the world of the Tales of Einarinn.
• * _Southern Fire (Tor 0-765-35275-3, Aug 2006, $7.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Scott M. Fischer) [Aldabreshin Compass] Reprint (Orbit 2003) fantasy novel, the first in a quartet set in the same world as the Tales of Einarinn.

McKENNA, LINDSAY (chron.)

• * _Hangar 13 (Harlequin/Silhouette 0-373-47084-3, Sep 2006, $4.99, 251pp, pb) Reissue (Silhouette 1994) horror romance novel.
• * *Unforgiven (Harlequin/Silhouette Nocturne 0-373-61748-8, Oct 2006, $5.25, 296pp, pb) [Warriors for the Light] Paranormal romance in the Warriors for the Light series. An ex-military Native American shape-shifter is hired to kill a woman, but finds her too seductive.

MACKENZIE, SARA (chron.)

• * *Passions of the Ghost (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-079582-4, Dec 2006, $5.99, 373pp, pb) Paranormal romance. The ghost of a medieval warrior wakes after centuries to find his ancestral home a modern hotel. Copyrighted by Kaye Dobbie.

McKIERNAN, DENNIS L(ester) (1932- ) (chron.)

• * *Once Upon a Spring Morn (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46112-6, Oct 2006, $23.95, 379pp, hc, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Faery] Fairy-tale fantasy novel, fourth in the Faery series, this time mixing elements of Arthurian story “Le Bel Inconnu” and “Childe Rowland”.
• * _Once Upon a Summer Day (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46031-6, Apr 2006, $7.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Faery] Reprint (Roc 2005) fairy-tale fantasy novel based on “Sleeping Beauty”, second in a series of retellings begun in Once Upon a Winter’s Night.
• * *Once Upon an Autumn Eve (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46069-3, Apr 2006, $23.95, 332pp, hc, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Faery] Fairy-tale fantasy novel, third in the Faery series. Princess Liaze seeks her love, a knight carried away by dark forces.

McKILLIP, PATRICIA A(nne) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Harrowing the Dragon (Ace 0-441-01443-7, Nov 2006, $14.00, 310pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reprint (Ace 2005) collection of 15 stories.
• * _Od Magic (Ace 0-441-01334-1, Jun 2006, $14.00, 315pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reprint (Ace 2005) fantasy novel.
• * *Solstice Wood (Ace 0-441-01366-X, Feb 2006, $22.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Gary Blythe) Contemporary fantasy novel. Bookstore owner Sylvia Lynn returns to her childhood home and learns why the woods there fascinate and frighten her so.
• * _Solstice Wood (SFBC #1207136, Mar 2006, $11.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Gary Blythe) Reprint (Ace 2006) contemporary fantasy novel. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

McKINNEY, JOE (chron.)

• * *Dead City (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1781-3, Nov 2006, $6.99, 288pp, pb) Horror novel. The Texas Gulf Coast is hit by a series of deadly hurricanes, followed by a virus-raised zombies.

McKINTY, ADRIAN (1967- ) (chron.)

• * *The Lighthouse Land (Abrams/Amulet 0-8109-5480-X, Oct 2006, $16.95, 387pp, hc, cover by August Hall) [Lighthouse] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first volume in the Lighthouse trilogy. A one-armed boy and his single mother inherit an Irish lighthouse with a portal to another world.

MacLEOD, IAN R. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The House of Storms (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-6247-5, Feb 2006, £6.99, 457pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Light Ages] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) fantasy novel set in an industrial England powered by magic, the sequel to The Light Ages.
• * _The House of Storms (Ace 0-441-01342-2, Aug 2006, $14.00, 457pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Light Ages] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) fantasy novel, sequel to The Light Ages, set in an industrial England powered by magic.
• * *Past Magic (PS Publishing 1-904619-55-X, Nov 2006, £25.00, 277pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) Collection of 11 stories, two original (one a lost chapter from House of Storms). Introduction by Jack Dann. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a slipcased edition of 200 (-56-8, £60.00) signed by Dann and MacLeod is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG. (Contents)

MacLEOD, KEN(neth Macrae) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Giant Lizards from Another Star (NESFA Press 1-886778-62-0, Feb 2006, $25.00, 349pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Collection of 12 poems (one original), six stories, and 38 non-fiction pieces, most published or posted online. Published in honor of MacLeod’s appearance as Guest of Honor at Boskone 43. Introduction by Jo Walton. This is a limited edition of 1,200, of which 200 are signed and slipcased (-63-9, $40.00), and ten lettered. Available from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; [www.nesfa.org/press]; add $3.00 postage.
• * *The Highway Men (Sandstone Vista 1-905207-06-9, Nov 2006, £5.95, 70pp, tp) Near-future SF novella of forced laborers laying a power line in Scotland. Sandstone Press, PO Box 5725, Dingwall, Ross-shire, IV15 9WJ, Scotland UK; [www.sandstonepress.com].
• * _Learning the World (SFBC #1197741, Jan 2006, $12.50, 303pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Orbit 2005) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Learning the World (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-344-9, May 2006, £6.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Orbit 2005) SF novel.
• * _Learning the World (Tor 0-765-35177-3, Oct 2006, $7.99, 364pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Orbit 2005) far-future SF novel. Winner of the Prometheus Award.

McMULLEN, SEAN (Christopher) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Voidfarer (Tor 0-765-31437-1, Feb 2006, $27.95, 397pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Moonworlds Saga] Fantasy novel, third in the Moonworlds series. Wayfarer Inspector Danolarian and his Wayfarer Constables fight an invasion by the sorcerers of Lupan.
• * _Voidfarer (SFBC #1202021, Feb 2006, $13.99, 397pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Moonworlds Saga] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, third in the “Moonworlds Saga”. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

McNAMEE, EOIN (1961- ) (chron.)

• * _The Navigator (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-720977-0, Aug 2006, £5.99, 348pp, tp, cover by Mel Grant) [Navigator] Reprint (HarperCollins Children’s Books 2006, not seen) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series.
• * *The Navigator (Random House/Lamb 978-0-375-83910-8, Jan 2007, $15.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Mel Grant) [Navigator] Young-adult time-travel fantasy, the first in a series. Owen discovers he has a mission to help the Wakeful stop the Harsh from reversing the flow of time.

McNAUGHTON, JANET (chron.)

• * _The Secret Under My Skin (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-008991-1, Nov 2006, $6.99, 354pp, pb, cover by Matthias Clamer) Reprint (HarperCollins Canada 2000) young-adult SF novel set in 2368 on an environmentally damaged Earth.

McNEILL, GRAHAM (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: False Gods (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-370-9, Jul 2006, $7.99, 406pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Library UK edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: False Gods (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6370-9, Jul 2006, £6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Philip Sibbering) [Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy] Novelization set in the roleplaying game universe, second in a trilogy.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: The Ultramarines (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-403-9, Jun 2006, $10.99, 765pp, tp, cover by Karl Kopinski) [Warhammer 40,000: Ultramarines] Omnibus of three novelizations based on the Warhammer 40,000 SF roleplaying game universe: Nightbringer (2002), Warriors of Ultramar (2003), and Dead Sky, Black Sun (2004) plus one story. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK edition (5/06) but gives only US and Canadian prices. (Contents)
• * *Warhammer: Guardians of the Forest (Black Library 1-8441-6235-4, Sep 2005, £6.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Jeff Johnson) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe.

McNISH, CLIFF (chron.)

• * *Breathe (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-110-8, Jul 2006, £9.99, 232pp, hc) Young-adult ghost novel.

McPHERSON, F. M. (chron.)

• * *Secrets (Medallion Press 1-932815-3-09, Nov 2005, $9.99, 267pp, tp, cover by Adam Mock) Young-adult dark fantasy novel about a not-so-typical teen. Medallion Press, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallion press.com].

MADORE, NANCY (chron.)

• * _Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories for Women (Harlequin/Spice Books 0-373-60509-9, Jun 2006, $13.95, 249pp, tp) Reprint (Llumina Press 2004 as Bedtime Stories for Women, not seen) collection of 13 erotic stories based on fairytales. Originally published as an ebook by DLSIJ Press (2003 as Bedtime Stories for Women).

MAGUIRE, GREGORY (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Four Stupid Cupids (HarperTrophy 0-06-441072-2, Aug 2005, $5.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Dan Santat) [Hamlet Chronicles] Reissue (Clarion 2000) young-adult fantasy, fourth in The Hamlet Chronicles. This “revised edition” is dated 2005, but not seen until now; the degree of revision is unknown.