Silence, Maine, was once a town left behind by progress, full of dread and misery because the Blackthorns—the first family of Silence who also happen to be dark elves who fed off the town’s misery—liked it that way. But all that’s changed thanks to teenage Staci and her friends. The Blackthorns have been all but defeated, industry is returning to the town, and Staci's mom, once a hopeless alcoholic, is improving with each passing day.

But evil dies hard. And Staci, now a mage-in-training, senses that the Blackthorns have not yet given up the fight. The soul of Silence is on the line, and it is up to Staci and her friends to push back against the encroaching darkness.

A new entry in the heralded SERRAted Edge series.

If people who can work magic are so powerful, why don't they rule the world? Well, as it happens, they do. One man wants to change that. The Apkallu are masters of magic. They rule the world from the shadows, using mind control and deadly monsters to eliminate any threat to their power. Sam Arquero lost his family to a demon sent by an Apkallu. He knew that nobody would believe the truth, but now an old man offers Sam the chance to find out who is responsible, and bring down the Apkallu forever.

Under a new identity Sam must learn the secrets of magic, infiltrate the Apkallu, and walk a razor's edge of daring as he attempts to destroy the Apkallu leaders, and avoid the supernatural detectives on his trail. But Sam’s greatest challenge perhaps lies within—to avoid becoming like the hated Apkallu himself!

It’s the final showdown between heroes and darkness in the Old West. Humans versus monsters. Supernatural beings versus greater evils—with a dinosaur or two thrown in for fun. Come explore the untold myths of the west—but no dying on the trail! A passel of great tales of western weirdness by Joe R. Lansdale, Mercedes Lackey, Jonathan Maberry, James A. Moore, Harry Turtledove, Tex Thompson, and more!

The Straight Outta…series rides back into town with a new passel of weird west stories in Straight Outta Dodge City. We love our westerns mixed with a bit of the macabre, the fantastic, the science fictional, but we’re also a fan of your more straightforward tales of the wild west—and we’re sure you are, too. So, let us know your favorite Western book, movie, or television show—weird or otherwise—for a chance to be entered into a random drawing to win Straight Outta Dodge City, signed by editor David Boop.

We wanted to get the year started off right, so last month we decided to give away signed copies of all three new January Baen titles—Gunpowder and Embers, Penric’s Progress, and Frozen Orbit. Congrats Kelly Jensen! Enjoy the books. And here’s to 2020! We hope everyone’s year includes lots of great science fiction and fantasy reading!

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