August Books |
|
Islands of Rage and Hope
John Ringo
(hardcover)
With the world consumed by a devastating plague, what was once a band of desperate survivors bobbing on a dark Atlantic ocean has now become Wolf Squadron, humanity's last hope for salvation. |
|
Trial by Fire
Charles E. Gannon
(trade paperback)
War has erupted and Earth's fleet has been shattered by an alien sneak attack. The survivors fight for their lives as reluctant interstellar diplomat and intelligence officer Caine Riordan contends with a non-humanoid enemy willing to do anything to prevent war—even if that means exterminating the human race.
|
|
Slow Train to Arcturus
Eric Flint Dave Freer
(trade paperback)
Ye civilized of Earth: send forth your outcasts, your primitive throwbacks, your religious fundamentalists! Pack them onto a generation ship to intergalactic nowhere! But if you’re an alien explorer stranded on that vessel, your only chance lies in seeking out the true pioneers in a sea of nutcases.
|
|
Throne of Stars
David Weber John Ringo
(trade paperback)
Stranded on the wild and dangerous planet Marduk, Prince Roger MacClintock must turn from a spoiled brat to a competent and compassionate leader of men. Now, with the forces of an interstellar empire arrayed against him, Roger must fight for the just rule of a thousand stars.
|
|
Treecat Wars
David Weber Jane Lindskold
(trade paperback)
It’s up to Honor Harrington ancestor Stephanie Harrington to save the treecats of planet Sphinx from ambitious humans bent on their exploitation. Book Three in the Star Kingdom series.
|
|
The Death of Sleep
Anne McCaffrey Jody Lynn Nye (mass market paperback)
Like every other citizen of the Federation of Sentient Planets, Lunzie Mespil believed that no harm would come to her, but when the planet pirates attack the space liner on which she is a passenger, she might have to suffer more than just inconvenience.
|
|
Eight Million Gods
Wen Spencer (mass market paperback)
Reality starts to unravel around horror novelist Nikki when she’s attacked by creatures out of Japanese myths. Now reality is mimicking her books and the bodies are piling up—and Nikki’s novels always end with everyone dead!
|
|
Wolf in Shadow
John Lambshead (mass market paperback)
A young woman finds a haunting and dangerous world of demons and shapeshifters—and a shadowy government organization that fights them—on the streets of modern day London.
|
|
|
Baen Appearances |
|
Author |
Appearance |
|
Ben Bova Charles E. Gannon Jody Lynn Nye Mark Van Name
|
August 14 - 18
WorldCon (LonCon) London, UK
|
|
Charles E. Gannon Jody Lynn Nye
|
August 15 6:00pm
Forbidden Planet
London, UK
|
|
Les Johnson
|
August 16 7:00pm
North Alabama Science Fiction Association Huntsville, AL
|
|
John Ringo David Weber Timothy Zahn
|
August 28 7:00pm
Cauldron Of Ghosts Launch Party
Dragon Con
Atlanta, GA
|
|
Charles E. Gannon Les Johnson Jim Minz John Ringo Mark Van Name Jody Lynn Nye Toni Weisskopf Michael Z. Williamson Timothy Zahn
|
August 29 - September 1
Dragon Con
Atlanta, GA
|
|
Michael Z. Williamson
|
August 23 - 31
Indy 1500 Gun & Knife Show
Indianapolis, IN
|
Don't forget to check out the newest ebook releases here, plus Baen.com free fiction from Charles E. Gannon here. don’t miss the second and final part of Tedd Robert’s nonfiction essay, “Why Science is Never Settled” here.
|
|