In an alternate Renaissance where civilization is at a crossroads, roguish and resourceful captain Benito Valdosta of Italy and allies must deal with gods, goddesses and warfare in order to save his daughter at the siege of Constantinople—and prevent a new dark age. The sequel to Much Fall of Blood, and the latest entry in the Heirs of Alexandria series.

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Nikki is a horror novelist living in Japan. Her choice of career is dictated by an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that forces her to write stories of death and destruction. Reality starts to unravel around Nikki when Japanese myths and legends come to life and force her work to take on a very deadly life of its own.

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Cobras: technologically enhanced warriors bred to fight an alien menace no ordinary human can withstand. Now Cobra Merrick Broom is on a secret rescue mission to a world of humans enslaved by alien Troft masters.

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The Baen Free Radio Hour weekly podcast is full of interviews, writing and reading suggestions, and much more featuring your favorite Baen authors. Interviews this month with Wen Spencer, Timothy Zahn, Eric Flint, David Drake, Liaden Universe® authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, and more!

Plus, in association with Audible.com, we are serializing the audiobook of David Weber’s new Honor Harrington novel, Shadow of Freedom, absolutely free!

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Grumpy Cat. Facebook star. Internet sensation. She doesn’t care. Now she has begun to appear on Baen Books covers without warning. We asked why. Her answer? “I could tell you, but then I would have to shoot you. Oh wait, I guess I’ll just shoot you anyway.”

So we thought we’d hold a contest and ask you to tell us. Give us your best Grumpy Cat caption or captions for these Baen covers, and enter a contest to win a signed edition of New York Times best-selling author Timothy Zahn’s Cobra Slave!

By the way, Grumpy Cat had this say about the contest: “No.”

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Baen presents the latest in our popular series of teacher’s guides for books that might be appropriate for high school or college classroom reading. We have a new Baen Teacher’s Guide for Wen Spencer’s contemporary fantasy novel Eight Million Gods. The guide includes synopses, discussion questions, quizzes, and more. These guides are not just for teachers and students, but will provide loads of entertaining extras for book clubs and individual readers.

Download Baen Books Teacher’s Guide for Eight Million Gods by Wen Spencer here