| November Baen Ebook Releases |
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Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
Lois McMaster Bujold - HALF
When Captain Ivan Vorpatril, cousin to Imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, encounters a damsel fleeing the violent overthrow of her home planet, it’s soon evident that Ivan’s carefree days are over. But behind Ivan’s façade of wry humor lies a cunning protector willing to make the ultimate sacrifice: his hard-won freedom from the politics of empire. |
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Phoenix Rising
Ryk Spoor - HALF
Kyri is a highborn young woman whose life is shattered by the murder of her kin. Her quest: find a legendary weapon smith, take up the sword and armor of a new order, and bring justice to the evil and corruption that has darkened her native land.
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A New American Space Plan
Travis S. Taylor
Stephanie Osborn - HALF
Popular SF author and host of National Geographic’s Rocket City Rednecks calls for an American return to manned space travel using the grit, know-how, and can-do spirit that made America a leader in space in the first place.
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A Cosmic Christmas
Hank Davis - HALF
How do robots celebrate Christmas? What about vampires? Can Santa make it up to a space station or does vacuum not go very well with magic reindeer? Twelve very unusual Christmas tales from a star-spangled list of contributor including Larry Correia, Mark L. Van Name, Catherine Asaro, and Mercedes Lackey.
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Himmler's War
Robert Conroy
Hitler is gone and Himmler's in charge. Now the allies face a resurgent Germany and the growing likelihood that a German a-bomb is well on its way.
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Carnelians
Catherine Asaro
Galactic emperors attempt to steer their realms away from generations of war without themselves being assassinated in the process.
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First Command
A. Bertram Chandler
The second in a three-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes books. After moving on from the Terran Navy, wry and adventurous Grimes tries his hand at a private ship command, and finds he likes being his own man.
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| August 2012 Night Shade Book |
The Constantine Affliction
T. Aaron Payton
1864, London: a city beset by a malady that kills some and physically transforms others into the opposite sex. Society is in upheaval, clockwork courtesans, alchemical fires at Whitechapel, and acidic monsters lurking in the Thames are the norm. Can aristocratic detective Pimm Hanover save the city from the arcane machinations of one of history's most infamous monsters--and uncover the shocking origin of the Constantine Affliction?
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Get the Night Shade Book here
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| August 2012 Fairwood Press Bundle |
The Terrorists of Irustan
Louise Marley
Zahra IbSada is a talented medicant, and sees much of the joy in the lives of the women she heals–and much of the pain. She sees a wife brutally beaten, a prostitute suffering at the hands of her employer, and her friend Kalen, a mother who is struggling to save her daughter from a cruel betrothal. Now Zahra is fighting back—for herself, and for all the women of her planet.
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The Singers of Nevya
Louise Marley
In the wintry world of Nevya, music is literally the only thing that keeps the population alive. Gifted Singers call up safe circles of light and heat; they use their music to heal the sick and broken. But a Gift forces sacrifices, and now one Singer must find a way to make sure that her sacrifice not become the lives of those she loves.
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Unpossible and Other Stories
Daryl Gregory
Be they neuroscientists, superhero sidekicks, middle-aged heroes of children’s stories, or fanatics spreading a virus-borne religion these characters are all convincingly human. The critically acclaimed short stories of Daryl Gregory. Includes two never-before published stories and an introduction by Nancy Kress.
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Harbinger
Jack Skillingstead
After a drunk driver kills his mother and brother on Halloween night, Ellis Herrick finds himself changed by a mysterious power. For the next two centuries, Ellis pursues answers to the riddle of his immortality, a journey that takes him from the irredeemable past to the far reaches of space—and ultimately to the innermost caverns of his own psyche.
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Get the discount bundle here
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