* Atwood, Margaret : The Heart Goes Last
(Doubleday/Talese 978-0-385-54035-3, $26.95, 320pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780385540360
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781101924761

Near-future SF novel set amidst an economic collapse, about a community called the Positron Project that provides employment and comfort to residents in exchange for their spending alternating months in prison.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives this a starred review: “Atwood is fond of intricate plot work, and the novel takes a long time to set up the action, but once it hits the last third, it gains an unstoppable momentum. The novel is full of sly moments of peripeteia and lots of sex, which play alongside larger ideas about the hidden monsters lurking in facile totalitarianism, and, as implied by the title, the ability of the heart to keep fighting despite long odds.”

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* Butcher, Jim : The Aeronaut’s Windlass
(Roc 978-0-451-46680-8, $27.95, 640pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698138001
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781611762297
• UK edition: 978-0356503653 (Tue 29 Sep 2015)
• The Cinder Spires #1

Steampunk fantasy novel, first in a new series, about a world where humanity is protected by aristocratics living in miles-high spires.
• Penguin’s site has this description with a preview function and blurbs from Patricia Briggs, David Weber, and others.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Butcher brings a fresh and exciting perspective to secondary-world steampunk, giving the reader a thrilling ride.”

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* DeLima, Jan : Autumn Moon
(Ace 978-0-425-26622-9, $7.99, 304pp, mass market paperback, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101615706
• Celtic Wolves #3

Fantasy novel, third in a series following Celtic Moon (2013) and Summer Moon (2014), about a clan of werewolves in an isolated Maine town.
• Penguin’s site has this description.

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* Higgins, C. A. : Lightless
(Del Rey 978-0-553-39442-9, $25, 304pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780553394436
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781101926550
• Lightless #1

SF novel, first of a series and the author’s first novel, about attempted terrorist sabotage against an experimental spacecraft launched by the ruthless government that runs the solar system.
• Penguin Random House’s site has this description with a preview function.
• The Publishers Weekly review says, “Debut author Higgins blends political philosophy into space opera adventure with moderate success in a series launch that rewards a patient reader.”
• Saray Lyall reviewed it in The New York Times earlier this month: ” ‘Lightless’ is contained, disciplined, tense and occasionally lyrical, more psychological thriller than futuristic-gadget porn. And while the story takes place against a backdrop of disquiet across the solar system — murmurings of a rebellion here, an explosion there, suppression and reprisal everywhere — the action in the book is confined to the ship, creating a pleasing claustrophobia.”

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* Latham, Mark : The Lazarus Gate
(Titan 978-1783296804, $14.95, 400pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Lazarus Gate #1

Alternate history fantasy novel set in 1890 London, about a gentleman’s club battling a supernatural threat to the British Empire.
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* Lindsey, Erin : The Bloodforged
(Ace 978-0425276297, $7.99, 368pp, mass market paperback, October 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698168565
• Bloodbound #2

Romantic fantasy novel, second of a series following The Bloodbound (2014), about palace intrigue and magicians who can wield powerful weapons.
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* Myer, Ilana C. : Last Song Before Night
(Tor 978-0-7653-7830-9, $26.99, 400pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466861039
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427265142

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a young woman’s quest to restore her world’s lost magic.
• Macmillan’s site has this description with an excerpt and blurbs from Brian Staveley, Fran Wilde, and others.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Despite jarring modern dialogue and some foggy lapses in character development, Lin’s quest moves steadily to an effective though expected conclusion, leaving room for adventures to come.”

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* Riggs, Ransom : Library of Souls
(Quirk 978-1594747588, $18.99, 464pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 22 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: B00RKX364M
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 978-1504634342
• Miss Peregrine #3

Young adult fantasy novel, third in a series following Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2011) and Hollow City (2014), about a boy’s search for his grandfather’s childhood home, as inspired by vintage photographs.
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• The author’s page for the book links to an excerpt on Scribd.

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* Watson, Angus : Reign of Iron
(Orbit 978-0316399814, $15.99, 560pp, trade paperback, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316399821
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781478905110
• Iron Age #3

Fantasy novel set in the Iron Age, final volume of a trilogy following Age of Iron (2014) and Clash of Iron (April 2015).
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* Westerfeld, Scott, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti : Zeroes
(Simon Pulse 978-1481443364, $19.99, 560pp, hardcover, September 2015)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 29 Sep 2015
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481443388
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781442388567
• Zeroes #1

Young adult fantasy novel, first in a series, about six California teens with supernatural powers.
• Simon & Schuster’s site has this description.
• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “With action, romance, and thorny ethical questions, it’s a book with a little something for everyone.”

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