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In this issue: star traders, merciless interplanetary warriors, galactic spheres of influence—and the science of the Zombie Apocalypse.
   August 2013
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book cover Terran Trader to the Stars!

In a universe full of interstellar intrigue and burgeoning commerce, novice Terran trader Jethri Gobelyn is man from Earth who has been adopted by an interstellar merchant clan. Jethri is determined to make a name for himself as trader and adventurer in this wonderful cosmos, but he has plenty of enemies who are just as determined to put this upstart back in his place!

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A Fight for Rights and Freedom in a Pan-galactic Arena

After leading her crew in discovery of the nigh-omnipotent Arena—a meeting place and battleground for a billion alien races—Captain Ariane Austin must find what it means to be the Leader of Humanity before her enemies destroy her. In the end, humanity’s fate in the galaxy hinges on Ariane’s trust in an uncertain ally who has nothing to gain, and everything to lose, by aiding those neophyte upstarts, the humans.

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A Ninja Shadow Warrior Seeks Justice

Shinobujin disciple Ran has been tasked with “acquiring” a legendary sword from the castle of the dread sorcerer Seriyu to graduate from his training. But when an imprisoned princess stands in the path to completing his mission, Ran must make a decision of honor that will set him on a course of confrontation with a dangerous tyrant in league with powerful forces of evil. Derring-do and a quest of honor from the author of The Undead Hordes of Kan-Gul, entry one in the Shadow Warrior series.

Read “The Sorcerer of Daigwa” by Jon F. Merz here



The Science of the Zombie Apocalypse

Research neurologist and SF science consultant Dr. Tedd Roberts takes an in-depth look into what it might take to create a scientifically accurate version of the Zombie Apocalypse. Case in point: John Ringo’s first entry in a great new series, Under a Graveyard Sky.

Read “A Terrible Things to Lose” by Dr. Tedd Roberts here

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Writers and Books You Love on The Baen Free Radio Hour

Interviews with your favorite Baen writers including Eric Flint, Larry Correia, David Drake, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, and much more. Plus the complete audiobook serialization of David Weber’s Shadow of Freedom.

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Contest News

And we have winners to announce! The winner of the Eight Million Gods Best Japanese God Sidekick contest, as judged by none other than Wen Spencer, is Edward Higgins. Check out Edward’s winning entry here.

The winner of the BuNine Grand Alliance Campaign Contest is Greg Marchand. His design has been made into a very cool medal that Honor Harrington will wear with pride. Check it out in full detail here. And check out David Weber consultant group BuNine’s blog site here.

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November Baen Ebook Releases

Trade Secret
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller - HALF

In a universe full of interstellar intrigue and burgeoning commerce, novice Terran trader Jethri Gobelyn is man from Earth who has been adopted by a Liaden Universe® interstellar merchant clan. Jethri is determined to make a name for himself as trader and adventurer in this wonderful cosmos, but he has plenty of enemies who are just as determined to put this upstart back in his place!




Come and Take Them
Tom Kratman - HALF

Carrera. Relentless. Machiavellian. Without compunction. Also victorious. Now his own government welches on Carrera and leaves his country practically defenseless. And when the Tauran Union inevitably attacks, Carrera must build an army from scratch once again and defeat a leviathan enemy. Sequel to Amazon Legion.




Spheres of Influence
Ryk Spoor - HALF

After leading her crew in discovery of the nigh-omnipotent Arena—a meeting place and battleground for a billion alien races—Captain Ariane Austin must find what it means to be the Leader of Humanity before her enemies destroy her. In the end, humanity’s fate in the galaxy hinges on Ariane’s trust in an uncertain ally who has nothing to gain, and everything to lose, by aiding those neophyte upstarts, the humans. Sequel to Grand Central Arena.




A Cosmic Christmas 2 You
Hank Davis - HALF

Twelve new stories of Christmas in very unusual circumstances, from the hills of Appalachia to a high orbit space station, all celebrating the holiday in their own, off-beat ways. Features tales by Baen authors Larry Correia, Sarah A. Hoyt, Wen Spencer, Tony Daniel—and much more!




Rising Sun
Robert Conroy

It is the summer of 1942 and what historians have called the Incredible Victory in the Battle of Midway has become a horrendous disaster instead. Now a desperate, isolated U.S. must fight back.


Darkship Renegades
Sarah Hoyt

After rescuing her star pilot husband and discovering the dark truth of her own past on Earth, Thena Sinistra is sentenced to death. Her only escape: to return to Earth and bring back the lost recipe for the creation of the Powertrees. Sequel to Darkship Thieves.

*This Baen Ebooks subscription bundle will dissolve on October 15, 2013. After that date, these books will be available for individual sale only.*

Dozois/Dann Anthologies Bundle

Treasuries of Great Stories—Arranged by Theme!

Wonder inducing. Mind blowing. Comprehensive. Simply amazing. Here are hundreds of popular and award-winning science fiction and fantasy stories collected in thirty-five volumes gathered by the winner of fifteen Hugo awards for editing, the inimitable Gardner Dozois, and award-winning writer and anthologist, Jack Dann.

We are presenting these thirty-five anthologies in six discount bundles. Get them all, and you will own a huge swath of some of the best short science fiction ever written.


Get the Dozois/Dann Stories Bundle Four here

Ron Miller Classics of Science Fiction

Groundbreaking science fiction, amazing classics, prescient tales of wonder—these are great books, many never available before, carefully edited, footnoted, and illustrated by science fiction eminence Ron Miller.


Get Ron Miller Classics of Science Fiction Discount Bundle Eight here

Fairwood Press

Beyond the Sun
Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Colonists take to the stars to discover new planets, new sentient beings, and build new lives for themselves and their families. Tales that reach for the stars from a collection of SF greats.


Get the August Fairwood Press ebook here

Walter Jon Williams Metropolitan Bundle

Metropolitan
Walter Jon Williams

Aiah has fought her way from poverty and discovered a limitless source of plasm, the mysterious substance that powers the world-city. Her discovery soon involves her with Constantine, the charismatic, dangerous, seductive revolutionary who plans to overthrow, not simply the government, but the cosmic order . . .


City on Fire
Walter Jon Williams

With her help, Aiah's lover Constantine has established himself in the metropolis of Caraqui, a nation dominated by corrupt officials, gangsters, and the genetically altered known as the "twisted." Here they hope to create a revolution in the cosmic order—but first they must fend off treachery, war, and the threat of Taikoen, the "hanged man," a deadly creature that lives within plasm itself.


Get the Walter Jon Williams Bundle 3 now

Wordfire Press Bundle

Five by Five Volume 2
Kevin J. Anderson

Five action-packed novellas by five masters of military SF: William C. Dietz, Kevin J. Anderson, Brad R. Torgersen, R.M. Meluch, and Aaron Allston.


Tales of Dune
Brian Herbert
Kevin J. Anderson

Previously uncollected stories set in the Dune Universe, includes the all-new tale "Wedding Silk," a story of young Paul Atreides.


Hopscotch
Kevin J. Anderson

Suppose you could swap bodies with other people, anytime, anywhere. The lives of four friends intertwine across a future society—an artist who wants to experience the spectrum of human existence, a woman seeking her soul but who has lost her body along the way, a murderer on the run from justice by fleeing from body to body, and the determined man hunting him down.


Timeweb
Brian Herbert

The first volume in Brian Herbert's original space-opera trilogy, a universe of wondrous possibilities populated by sentient spaceships, shapeshifters, intriguing robots, and miniature aliens with mysterious powers.


The Web and the Stars
Brian Herbert

Volume 2 in Brian Herbert's original space-opera trilogy. Galactic ecologist Noah Watanabe struggles to hold the cosmic filigree together while an evil shapeshifter race threatens to use a doomsday weapon against humanity.


Webdancers
Brian Herbert

The final volume in Brian Herbert's original space-opera trilogy, as the human race continues to war against the shapeshifter Mutati, the strands holding the entire cosmos together begin to unravel.

Get the August Wordfire Press Bundle here

E-reads Bundle

SF legend Greg Bear’s equally great modern fantasy novels of a modern teenager thrown into the dangerous faerie land of the Sidhe, where he must adapt or perish. Plus, science fiction epics from Grand Master Robert Silverberg, and a mind-twisting near-future SF classic.


Get the Epic Greg Bear and Robert Silverberg Bundle here


Don’t forget to check out the Baen new book releases here. Enter the puntastic Chicks n’ Chainmail New Anthology Naming Contest here. And for upcoming appearances by Baen authors and editors, check here.

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