When Marine Private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the Marine barrack bombing in Beirut, somebody who might be Saint Peter gives him a choice: Go to Heaven, which while nice might be a little boring, or return to Earth. The Boss has a mission. He's a Marine: He’ll choose the mission.

There’s gold in the skies—and other valuable minerals, too. With billions up for grabs, asteroid mining has jumpstarted the private space industry. But maneuvering an asteroid close to the Earth in order to mine its riches is tricky, and soon “close” becomes “too close.” Planetary destruction is about to become a grim reality unless the burgeoning space industry can stop the asteroid.

Against all odds, spaceship mechanic Zen Sienna finds herself in a fairytale palace, being courted by the ruler of vast lands. But when revolution erupts and heads start to roll, Zen finds that the life of a storybook princess is not all fancy balls and happy endings. Swept up in a whirlwind of fire and blood, Zen must earn her citizenship on Earth and find her place in a world on the brink of revolution.

Dr. Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz, the world's greatest alchemist, was a man history had forgotten. But when the town of Grantville was transported by a cosmic accident from modern West Virginia to central Germany in the early seventeenth century, he got a second chance at fame and fortune. Applying his superb grasp of the principles of alchemy to the muddled and confused notions the Americans have concerning what they call “chemistry,” Gribbleflotz leaves obscurity behind.

Baen Books is proud to present a new epic poem, serialized in ten parts. Written by celebrated poet Frederick Turner, Apocalypse examines the effects of catastrophic climate change—and the men and women who do whatever it takes to save the planet.

Read the latest installment as well as the full poem to date here.

In On to the Asteroid, a big chunk of outer space is barreling straight for Earth. The intrepid men and women of the burgeoning private space industry are doing what they can to avoid a cataclysm—but it may be too late! Which got us thinking. If an asteroid were heading straight for us, and you weren’t sure if disaster could be avoided, what SF/F series would you read or re-read to pass the time until the (possible) apocalypse and why. Let us know for your chance to win a copy of On to the Asteroid, signed by Travis S. Taylor and Les Johnson.

Find out more here.

Last month, in honor of Tony Daniel’s new novel The Dragon Hammer, we asked you what major (or not-so-major) events in American history might look like if Vikings took the place of the average American. Your entries provided some truly unique takes on the past. Congrats to Leonard Wechsler. He wins a copy of The Dragon Hammer, signed by Tony Daniel.

Read his winning entry here.

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To coincide with the release of The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF 2015, Baen Books is pleased to announce the second annual Year’s Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction Readers’ Choice Award. The award honors the best of the best in this grand storytelling tradition, and its winner will receive an inscribed plaque and a $500 prize. And YOU are the judge! Choose your favorite story from the contents of The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF 2015 and reward its author for excellence. Voting closes August 31, 2016.