A vampire struggling to find his purpose. A Virtue, pledged to hunt evil but unable to live alone in a city of strangers who know nothing about monsters. A sixteen-year-old ward of the Wolf King. A college-bound high school senior whose life is shattered when he wakes up in a field, covered in blood. These four must come together to unravel a plot by Wickers, witches who gain power from human sacrifices and have the power to turn any human into their puppet. Four people who have lost everything must struggle to save Boston by saving each other.

General Alexander Moore has faced down an alien menace bent on the total destruction of the human race and lived to tell the tale. But his encounters with the Chiata were not without cost, and the fight is far from over. The Chiata are still out there, and they will stop at nothing short of complete annihilation. Humankind is not the only species engaged in battle against the Chiata, and Alexander Moore receives a tip from an alien allied against their common enemy that there may be something on a planet in a far-flung star system that might give humanity an edge in the ongoing war.

Caine Riordan, fresh from serving as envoy to the aliens known as the Slaasriithi, has been given yet another daunting task: apprehend raiders that are terrorizing a distant planet. As difficulties mount, Caine becomes aware that the mission his superiors sent him to perform may not be the one they actually hope he will achieve. Which means Caine may be forced to choose between honoring a promise to friends or following orders—a choice that could ultimately put him in front of a board of inquiry. Or a firing squad.

Wen Spencer’s latest, The Black Wolves of Boston, comes out in hardcover this month and we’re so excited here at the Baen offices, we’re howling at the moon. We must have a bit of full moon fever, because we’re making it incredibly easy to enter this month’s contest. Just drop us an email to be entered into our random drawing. The winner will receive a copy of The Black Wolves of Boston, signed by Wen Spencer.

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Last month we asked you what technological advance you’d most like to see if you were to live to the ripe old age of 1,000. Congrats to Mike Barker! Mike wins a signed copy of Robert Buettner’s latest novel The Golden Gate.

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