Anderson, Poul : Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra
(Baen 978-1451638226, $7.99, 640pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012

(First edition: Baen, December 2010)

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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Bishop, Anne : Twilight’s Dawn
(Roc 978-0-451-46405-7, $7.99, 480pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Mar 2012
• Black Jewels #9

(First edition: Roc, March 2011)

Collection of four fantasy novellas set in the universe of the author’s “Black Jewels” series (most recently Shalador’s Lady, 2010).
• The author’s website has this description of the book with an excerpt.

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Bledsoe, Alex : Burn Me Deadly
(Tor 978-0-7653-6204-9, $7.99, 352pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012
• Eddie LaCrosse #2

(First edition: Tor, November 2009)

Sword-and-sorcery detective novel, sequel to The Sword-Edged Blonde (2007), about sword-jockey Eddie LaCrosse.
• In this book Eddie is ambushed and implicated in the murder of damsel in distress Laura Lesperitt.
• Tor’s website has this description.
• Faren Miller reviewed it in Locus Magazine: “Alex Bledsoe managed a successful hybrid of fantasy and hardboiled detective in his first novel The Sword-Edged Blonde and surpasses even that in sequel Burn Me Deadly. … I’ll urge you to discover how much depth, mental and emotional, a really effective genre hybrid can possess.”

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Buckner, M. M. : The Gravity Pilot
(Tor 978-0-7653-6284-1, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012

(First edition: Tor, March 2011)

Near-future SF novel about a skydiver who becomes a media star after a record-breaking jump.
• Tor’s site has this description.
• The author’s site has this page for the book, with links to reviews and an excerpt.
• Buckner won the Philip K. Dick Award in 2006 for War Surf.

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Cherryh, C. J. : Betrayer
(DAW 978-0-7564-0714-8, $7.99, 384pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Mar 2012
• Foreigner #12

(First edition: DAW, April 2011)

SF novel, 12th volume in Cherryh’s long-running Foreigner series about humans and the alien atevi, following Deceiver (2010).
• DAW’s LiveJournal has a post with the book description.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides a preview.

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Feist, Raymond E. : A Kingdom Besieged
(Harper 978-0-06-146840-7, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012
• Chaoswar Saga #1

(First edition: UK: Harper Voyager, March 2011)

Epic fantasy novel, first book in the Chaoswar Saga, a new part of the Riftware Cycle that comprises most of Feist’s works.
• The publisher’s site has this description with an audio excerpt and a browse inside feature.
• The second book, A Crown Imperiled, just came out in hardcover.

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Harris, Charlaine : Dead in the Family
(Ace 978-0-441-02015-7, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Mar 2012
• Sookie Stackhouse #10

(First edition: Ace, May 2010)

Humorous fantasy novel, tenth in the popular Southern Vampire series about Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse that began with Dead Until Dark (2001) and included most recently Dead and Gone (2009).
• The author’s website has this PDF excerpt.
• Carolyn Cushman’s review in Locus Magazine said: “The plot ends up too complicated, with too many threads needing to be tied off, but fans of the series will appreciate seeing old friends reconnect…”

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Kratman, Tom : The Amazon Legion
(Baen 978-1451638134, $7.99, 624pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012
• Carrera #4

(First edition: Baen, April 2011)

Military SF novel, fourth in a series following A Desert Called Peace (2007), Carnifex (2007), and The Lotus Eaters (2010), about Carrera and his battles against Islamic terrorists and other threats on the world of Terra Nova.
• In this book Carrera employs a regiment of fighting women.
• Baen’s site has this description and links to excerpts.

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Pehov, Alexey : Shadow Chaser
(Tor 978-0-7653-6368-8, $7.99, 464pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012
• Chronicles of Siala #2

(First edition: Tor, April 2011)

Epic fantasy novel, second of a trilogy following Shadow Prowler and first published in Russia in 2002, about a legendary thief in pursuit of a magic Horn that will restore peace to his kingdom.
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• The author’s site has descriptions, background on the author, etc.

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Rothfuss, Patrick : The Wise Man’s Fear
(DAW 978-0-7564-0712-4, $19, 1008pp, trade paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 6 Mar 2012
• Kingkiller Chronicle #2

(First edition: DAW, March 2011)

Fantasy novel, sequel to The Name of the Wind (2007), about a wizard telling his life story.
• The publisher’s site has this description with a video interview with the author.
• Faren Miller’s review in Locus Magazine is posted online: “Was the wait worth it for the reader? I’d answer that with an emphatic yes, crediting Rothfuss’s undiminished ability to transmute what looks like just another ‘doorstop fantasy’ into a narrative far more fluid and unexpected than the norm. Despite its length, The Wise Man’s Fear fairly leaps off the page, whatever the setting and circumstances.”

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Strieber, Whitley : Hybrids
(Tor 978-0-7653-6350-3, $7.99, 400pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012

(First edition: Tor, April 2011)

SF novel about an invasion by hybrids of humans and the aliens who abducted them.
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Wilson, Robert Charles : Vortex
(Tor 978-0-7653-6320-6, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, March 2012)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 28 Feb 2012
• Spin #3

(First edition: Tor, July 2011)

SF novel, third in the sequence following Hugo Award winning Spin (2005) and follow-up Axis (2007).
• In this book Turk Findley pursues the true purpose of the Hypotheticals, aliens who built gateways that give humanity access to other worlds.
• Tor’s website has this description.
• Gary K. Wolfe reviewed the book last year in Locus Magazine: “As a conclusion to one of the most important series in recent SF, however, it does not disappoint, and attains moments of true brilliance.”

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