Content to leave dangerous adventures behind them, Captain Daniel Leary and his friend, the spy and cybrarian Adele Mundy, settle into a peacetime existence. But a war is brewing between the Republic of Cinnabar and the Alliance of Free Stars, and Daniel and Adele are once again called to serve. But even with Daniel, Adele, and the crew of the Princess Cecile doing everything humanly possible, their efforts that may be no match for an enemy battleship. All they can do is race forward, hoping to come through into DEATH'S BRIGHT DAY.

Get Death's Bright Day eARC here.

The town of Grantville, West Virginia has been tossed through time and space. So, what does a group of can-do Americans do in seventeenth-century war-torn Europe? They start making—and changing—history! Follow the exploits of Grantville in this all-new anthology. New stories from top writers, including Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey, Charles E. Gannon and many more.

Get Ring of Fire IV eARC here.

As a weremyst, Justis Fearsson is on the front lines of a magical war. As a private investigator, he’s been hired to find a missing woman and her two children. Soon worlds collide, and Justis must find not only the young family, but also an ancient weapon that could prove decisive in the looming conflict. But he’ll have to do it quickly, or the reality he knows may be lost in a storm of darkest sorcery.

Get Shadow’s Blade eARC here.

Mike Ross courted danger. As a photojournalist, he’d been in war zones, run with street gangs, and photographed active volcanoes—from inside the caldera. But despite knowing how to handle himself, Mike winds up dead. Murdered, while on the phone to his little brother Xavier. The police think they have their man—a drug-peddling gang member—but Xavier knows better. It will fall to him to solve his brother’s murder and avenge his death. But to do so, Xavier will need help. And will find it in a most unlikely place. A new story set in the Balanced Sword universe from Ryk E. Spoor.

Read “Training and Truth” here.

After his father General Pewyan is killed in battle, seven-year-old Pohut and his younger brother Innel become sworn members of the Princess’ Cohort. They are taken to live in the Cohort bunkhouse and surrounded by strange customs and the hostile children of aristocrats. But Pohut promised his father he would take care of the family, and he’ll do what is necessary to make him proud. A new story by Sonia Lyris, set in the world of The Seer.

Read “Touchstone” here.

Male vs. Female. Liberal vs. Conservative. Creative vs. Analytical. We’ve all heard that people are wired differently from each other. But is that the case? Neuroscience researcher Dr. Tedd Roberts looks past the pop psychology and into the structure of the brain (and some classic works of SF) and asks “Are We Really Just Wired Differently?” in this month’s nonfiction essay.

Read “Are We Really Just Wired Differently?” here.

Please note there has been a major update to our website. We haven’t done a great deal of redesign, but have been working behind the scenes to make the site more responsive, and in some cases, significantly faster. Some of the changes to expect:

• You will be able to sort your ebooks more easily.
• The new search results show you the picture of the book, the price, the Add to Cart Button, and the Add to Wishlist Button.
• You should see significant improvements in the mobile apps (both IOS and Android).
• You will be able to pay with micropay and other payment methods.
• You will be able to convert gift cards to micropay.
• You can use a one-page checkout to buy books quickly.
• There is now a combined site map for baen.com and baenebooks.com.
• In order to update the security, we are now asking for CCV codes on order check out.

Please note that from now on all emails from the site will come from ebooks@baen.com instead of ebooks@baenebooks.com.

As we have mentioned in the past, there will be some differences that will certainly cause some users to have issues. These include the following:

• Folks who have not logged in over the last two months may need to RESET THEIR PASSWORDS.
• Folks will need to REENTER CREDIT CARD information as that will not migrate to the new site.

We have primed the tech support crew to be ready to answer any questions as quickly as they reasonably can. So if an issue does come up for you, don’t hesitate to let us know. We can’t fix it if we don’t know it’s broken.

Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Thanks!

Yours, for all of us at Baen & Baen Tech Support,
Toni Weisskopf
Publisher

A new reader guide filled with interesting and provocative questions and notes is now available for Lois McMaster Bujold’s latest entry in her legendary Vorkosigan saga, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen. It’s a great way to get discussion started for your book club or online reading group. And it’s also wonderful way to deepen the pleasure of . . . did we say there’s a new entry in the Vorkosigan saga!

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen Reader Guide is available here.

We know you love the monthly contest giveaways we do on the Baen website, but the truth is that we’re up to our eyes in books and giving them away at the pace of one per month is just not cutting it. So starting right now, we’re going to give away one book per week over on our Facebook page. Find out how you can win by following our Facebook page here.

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