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In this issue: A fight to save the future of Eastern Europe, a sorcerer comes into his own, and the race to build the first space elevator. All that, plus a new story by David Carrico!

August 2022

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The Future of Eastern Europe Lies in the Past

Up-timer Morris Roth and his Grand Army of the Sunrise stand at a crossroads. Military success against the Polish-Lithuanian magnates has all but guaranteed a continued push east into Ruthenian lands. There, Roth hopes to further his Anaconda Project so that tens of thousands of Jews are not slaughtered in what’s to become known as the Chmielnicki Pogrom of 1648. Transylvania is thrown into political, social, and religious turmoil as battle lines are drawn. Whatever happens and whoever wins the fight, one thing is certain: the history of Eastern Europe will change radically. In fact, it already has.

Get 1637: The Transylvanian Decision eARC here.

Penric and Desdemona Are Back

Three novellas of fantasy from Lois McMaster Bujold. Join Penric as he journeys from young lord to sorcerer and scholar in the Bastard’s Order. Includes “Masquerade in Lodi,” “The Orphans of Raspay,” and “The Physicians of Vilnoc,” plus a new introduction, “outroduction,” and suggested reading order by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Get Penric’s Labors eARC here.

A Hard-SF Novel About the Race to Build Earth’s First Space Elevator!

Tchami “Chummy” Fabrice’s task: bring together an oil rich West African family; two engineer cousins; an ambitious megacorp executive; the nephew of a powerful Bakweri tribal chieftain; and others. His mission: to construct the world’s first space elevator in Africa, thus ensuring the space industry that it catapults will enrich the continent and all involved. They have the carbon nanofiber, prime land around Kilimanjaro, and a captured rock in orbit for the tether. The hard part will be getting all these different people to work together long enough to see it built.

Get The Dabare Snake Launcher eARC here.

Once a Defector, Now a Leader

Admiral Jared Clement has returned to Trinity. With his promotion comes increased responsibility that weighs heavy on his shoulders: 30,000 settlers are leaving the dying planets of the Rim, his home, and resettling next to the natives of the planet Bellus, and Clement is responsible for those lives and the lives of the natives, Trinity’s children. But when his migrant fleet arrives in the Trinity system, it is faced with enemies both old and new. With just a small military fleet, Clement is faced with the nearly impossible task of defending both his people and the natives.

Get Trinity’s Children eARC here.

Sometimes a Dark Past Can Haunt You. Other Times, It Just May Be the Only Thing Keeping You Alive.

Fresh out of college with his Ship Engineer 3rd-Class certificate, Dave Walker’s only thought is to try to find a berth on a corporate ship plying the trade routes of the Solar System. Instead, he winds up on the Iowa Hill, an old tramp freighter plying the routes that the corporations ignore, and visiting the kinds of places that the folks on Earth pretend don’t exist. Between the assassins, the criminals, and the pirates he needs to deal with, Dave is discovering that there are a lot of things out there that he still needs to learn. But there’s one hard lesson he learned long ago that he’s being forced to remember: how to be ruthless.

Get Summer’s End eARC here.

New Fiction at Baen.com

A Vampire on the Side of the Angels

When a dead body is found, mutilated, in the Golan Heights area, in the Druze village of Ayn Qunya, Rivka Dayan knows that this job is not one that can be handled through the usual police channels. Something about the corpse tells her this isn’t just a run-of-the-mill killer on the loose. Fortunately, Rivka knows Mordechai Zalman is just the man for the job—though man might not be the right word. For Zalman is a creature of the night himself. Fortunately, he’s on the side of the angels.

Read “Dark Angel,” by David Carrico, here.

August Ebook Sale

Discounts on Baen Ebooks with Teacher’s Guides

Did you know that Baen Books offers free teaching guides for many of our books? These guides can be used by teachers, homeschoolers, and more to dive deep into learning with Baen! Kevin Ikenberry’s The Crossing, which comes out this month, will be getting the teaching guide treatment, and to celebrate, we thought we’d offer discounts on all our backlist of novels with teaching guides.

Find out more here.

Don’t Touch That Dial: It’s the Baen Free Radio Hour

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Kevin Ikenberry discusses his new alternate history, The Crossing. Mike Kupari talks about Trouble Walked In. And Travis S. Taylor goes Ballistic.

Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure. All previous episodes are also archived at Baen’s YouTube Channel. And check out the new optional video podcast format!

Listen to the Baen Free Radio Hour.

Baen Books

	*1637: The Transylvanian Decision* - HALF Eric Flint & Robert E. Waters Transylvania is thrown into political, social, and religious turmoil as battle lines are drawn. Whatever happens and whoever wins the fight, one thing is certain: the history of Eastern Europe will change radically. In fact, it already has.
	*Penric’s Labors* - HALF Lois McMaster Bujold Includes “Masquerade in Lodi,” “The Orphans of Raspay,” and “The Physicians of Vilnoc,” plus a new introduction, “outroduction,” and suggested reading order by Lois McMaster Bujold.
	*The Dabare Snake Launcher* - HALF Joelle Presby Tchami “Chummy” Fabrice’s task: bring together an oil rich family, a megacorp executive, a tribal chieftain’s nephew, and others to construct the world’s first space elevator in Africa. They have the carbon nanofiber, prime land around Kilimanjaro, and a captured rock in orbit for the tether. The hard part will be getting all these different people working together long enough to see it built.
	*Trinity’s Children* - HALF Dave Bara Admiral Jared Clement has returned to Trinity. There, he is responsible for the lives of his people and the lives of the natives, Trinity’s children. But when his migrant fleet arrives in the Trinity system, it is faced with enemies both old and new.
	*The Romanov Rescue* Tom Kratman, Justin Watson, & Kacey Ezell An escaped prisoner of war, the crew of an airship at loose ends after a failed mission, and a German general must come together to save the Russian royal family and prevent the scourge of communism taking hold.
	*Gunfight on Europa Station* Edited by David Boop The final frontier ain’t so final in these twelve tales of space exploration and adventure. Get ready to hit the hyperthrusters as you set course for adventure, mystery, romance, and two-lasergun slinging action!

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This Baen Ebooks subscription bundle will dissolve on November 1, 2022. After that date, these books will be available for individual sale only.

Fairwood Press

No Enemy But Time
Michael Bishop

Joshua Kampa, the illegitimate son of a mute Spanish whore and a black serviceman, has always dreamed of Africa. But his dreams are of an Africa far in the past and are so vivid that he is able to question the understanding of eminent paleontologists. As a result, Joshua is invited to join a most unusual time travel project and is transported millions of years into the past of his dreams.

Wordfire Press

Prodigals
Alan Dean Foster

If they’re coming for us, who’s coming for them? The galaxy is vast, and not everything is what it seems. The invasion we always feared is here.

The Serpent’s Head
Bryan Young

A hired gun on a frontier planet discovers three young children as survivors of a massacre. They change his life forever when he agrees to help them rescue their stolen sibling and get their revenge.

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