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In this issue: Honorverse beginnings, shapeshifters in Colorado and demons in London—plus, a contest to design a new Baen exploding spaceship animation with a prize you won’t believe!
   Books on Sale in Bookstores July 2013
The Roots of Courage, Heroism—and Honor

The hottest military science fiction series of all time continues with an all-new collection. The mission: to boldly explore David Weber’s Honorverse; to deliver all the action, courage, derring-do, and pulse-pounding excitement of space naval adventure with tales set in a world touched by the greatness of one epic heroine: Honor Harrington. This sixth volume in the popular Worlds of Honor series includes stories by best sellers Timothy Zahn, Charles E. Gannon, and Joelle Presby and other great writers—and is rounded out with an all-new David Weber-authored novella.

Get Beginnings: Worlds of Honor 6 now



Shapeshifters, Unite—or Reality Itself Will Crumble

A deadly feral shifter is loose in normally quiet Goldport just as dragon shapeshifter Tom Ormson must challenge for the leadership of his clan. It seems someone, or some thing, is attempting to breach the wall between the worlds and bring all shifters down. A new entry in Sarah A. Hoyt’s celebrated Shifter contemporary fantasy series.

Get Noah’s Boy now



London Crawling—with Monsters

A young woman finds a haunting and dangerous world of demons and shapeshifters—and a shadowy government organizations that fights them—on the streets of modern day London. Beneath the digital façade of the city in the old East End where the layers of two thousand years of dramatic and violent history slide over one another, a master of magic threatens to open the doors of the Otherworld and unleash the monsters within.

Get Wolf in Shadow now



The Roots of the Liaden Universe® Revealed

Seventeen tales of the Liaden Universe® brought together for the first time. The nationally best-selling Liaden Universe® novels are treasured by space opera aficionados for their wit, world-building, strong characterizations, tender romance, and edge-of-the-chair action. Here are the connecting stories that round out this exciting world of space adventure.

Get Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume 1 now

Baen Free Radio Hour Says Happy Independence Day with a Larry Correia Interview

An all-new interview with Larry Correia talking about Monster Hunter Legion and his other work, debuts July 5, 2013, for your holiday weekend listening enjoyment.

The Baen Free Radio Hour weekly podcast is full of interviews, writing and reading suggestions, and much more featuring your favorite Baen authors. Plus, in association with Audible.com, we are serializing the audiobook of David Weber’s new Honor Harrington novel, Shadow of Freedom, absolutely free!

Listen to the podcast here

July Contest

Win $500 in Exploding Spaceship Contest

Contest

Here’s a fun contest, folks. Baen Books editors frequently travel to science fiction conventions and put on an amazing slide show display of upcoming cover art, along with presentation of all the ways we bring you the authors and stories you love. This is known as the Baen Roadshow.

Now, Baen Books is known far and wide for the best in military science fiction, so we have an exploding spaceship animated graphic we use to start the show. The current graphic is good. But we want a new one.

So here is the challenge to all you graphic designers and animators and any who think they are up to the task: design an exploding spaceship animation that will knock the socks off a Roadshow audience. The winner of this contest will be offered $500 for the use of the graphic in upcoming roadshows!

Contest details here

July Books

Beginnings
David Weber
(hardcover)

The mission: to boldly explore David Weber’s Honorverse. This sixth volume in the popular Worlds of Honor series includes stories by Charles E. Gannon, Timothy Zahn, Joelle Presby, and David Weber.


Noah's Boy
Sarah Hoyt
(trade paperback)

A deadly feral shifter is loose in normally quiet Goldport just as dragon shapeshifter Tom Ormson must challenge for the leadership of his clan. It seems someone, or some thing, is attempting to breach the wall between the worlds and bring all shifters down. A new entry in Sarah A. Hoyt’s celebrated Shifter contemporary fantasy series.


Wolf in Shadow
John Lambshead
(trade paperback)

A young woman finds a haunting and dangerous world of demons and shapeshifters—and a shadowy government organizations that fights them—on the streets of modern day London. Beneath the digital façade of the city in the old East End where the layers of two thousand years of dramatic and violent history slide over one another, a master of magic threatens to open the doors of the Otherworld and unleash the monsters within.


Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume 1
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
(trade paperback)

Seventeen tales of the Liaden Universe® brought together for the first time. The nationally best-selling Liaden Universe® novels are treasured by space opera aficionados for their wit, world-building, strong characterizations, tender romance, and edge-of-the-chair action. Here are the connecting stories that round out this exciting world of space adventure.


Monster Hunter Legion
Larry Correia
(mass market paperback)

A creature left over from a World War Two weapons experiment wakes up and goes on a deadly rampage through Las Vegas, and it’s up to Owen Pitt and Monster Hunter International to stop it.


When Diplomacy Fails
Michael Z. Williamson
(mass market paperback)

High tech near-future mercenaries Ripple Creek Security must protect an obnoxious world government minister from the scores of enemies who want her dead—and killed in the worst possible way.



Don't forget to check out the latest Ebook releases here, plus Baen.com free fiction from Wolf in Shadow author John Lambshead here and the 2013 Jim Baen Memorial Prize winner here. Also, don’t miss the monthly free nonfiction, the story of NASA’s resilient Mission Operations Computer here. And check out the new Baen Free Radio Hour here.


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