At Tom Smith’s previous gig, he was the global managing director for security of an international bank. Then the zombies emerged. And New York burned. His plan to the save the city long enough to find a cure for the zombie virus didn’t work out as planned, but Tom and a few trusted allies were able to escape. Now they seek refuge in the bank's prepared evacuation retreat in the Cumberland Valley of Tennessee. Between them and relative safety are hundreds of miles of clogged roads, burnt-out towns and howling mobs of infected humans who know only hunger. And even if Tom does pull off the journey, no one is sure how they are going to restart civilization. But even for that, Tom Smith has the spark of an idea. And, as always, the beginnings of a plan.

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Caine Riordan has finally received the message he’s been waiting for: a summons to visit the alien Dornaani, who still have his mortally wounded love, Elena Corcoran, in their advanced medical facilities. But the Dornaani are in chaos and have lost track of Elena’s surgical cryocell. Now, Riordan must blaze a trail through dying and dangerous worlds to find her. But rescuing Elena is just half the mission. Riordan must report that the Dornaani collapse is not only being engineered, but that it is the prelude to a far more malign scheme: To clear a path for a foe bent on destroying Earth.

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Maung is used to being hunted. As the last "dream warrior," a member of a Burmese military unit whose brains are more machine than grey matter, everyone wants him dead—punished for the multiple atrocities his unit committed during war. But when an alien race makes its presence known on Earth and threatens to annihilate mankind, it gives Maung a chance to escape. Maung travels to the farthest reaches of the solar system, where he uncovers a lost secret weapon system that may help his people redeem themselves—and may just prove the salvation of the human race.

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Something strange is going on in the city of Tai-tastigon—and it's not just that the eyes on the potatoes stare back at you or that the tomatoes bleed. Something, be it a malevolent god or mischievous demon, is stealing the shadows of the Tai-tastigon residents, and with them, their souls. Now, a horde of the undead make the streets impassable after dark. But for cook and housekeeper Cleppetania, life must go on. And Cleppetty knows something other residents don't. That Jame Knorth is returning to Tai-tastigon.

Read “Waiting for the Talisman,” a new story in P.C. Hodgell's Kencyrath series, here.

From the first warships to take to the water to the most advanced battleships today, form follows function when it comes to designing military craft. In this month's free nonfiction essay, Jim Beall traces the history of warship design from antiquity to the present—and into the future!

Read “Warships of Sea and Space: Form Follows Function Follows Technology” by Jim Beall here.

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Wm. Mark Simmons talks about A Witch in Time, a new entry in the HalfLife chronicles featuring a half-human, half-vampire detective. And Eric Flint discusses 1637: The Polish Maelstrom, a new solo Ring of Fire novel. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure.

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