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In this issue: award winners, interpretive dancers, and time travelers. All that plus a new short story from Nebula nominee Charles E. Gannon.
   September 2015
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A Thriller Sure to Chill You to the Bone

When a freak winter storm lays siege to the small town of Sherridan, Michigan, police officer Mike Stuart must do what he can to keep the town safe with limited resources. But something is lurking in Sheridan. Something as cold as the snow and ice, and just as deadly. And as the death toll rises, Officer Stuart must face down enemies far more dangerous —and unpredictable—than any storm.

Get Storm Front eARC now.

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Human Revolt on a Harsh Alien World

Sasha Naradnyo has come a long way from the slums of Crack City. But when his world collapses into riots and civil war, Sasha will have to learn to navigate the violence and anarchy of a growing revolution, come to grips with the ghosts of his past, make common cause with those who want him dead, and expose a vast conspiracy. All without losing his soul.

Get Come the Revolution eARC now.



Dance of Destiny

After a visit to the seldom-seen human homeworld Earth, Lord Thomas Kinago and his trusty personal assistant Parsons are appalled to learn that enemies of the Imperium plan to have Sol system eradicated. Once again, it’s up to Kinago and Parsons to save the day—and the planet—before it’s too late. P.G. Wodehouse and Jeeves would approve!

Get Rhythm of the Imperium eARC now.

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Year’s Best Military SF and Space Opera Readers’ Choice Award

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The very first Year’s Best Military SF and Space Opera Readers’ Choice Award was handed out over Labor Day weekend at Dragon*Con. Readers selected Michael Z. Williamson’s Soft Casualty as their favorite story in The Year’s Best Military SF and Space Opera anthology. Congrats, Michael!

To find out more, including how you can read the winning story absolutely free, click here.


Fantasy Adventure Award

The second annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award, which honors the best original fantasy adventure short story, was given out earlier this year at Gen Con. The contest was judged by the Baen editorial staff and guest judge New York Times best-selling author of the Monster Hunter International series Larry Correia.

A story of World War II by the late master of alternate history Robert Conroy and military history expert J.R. Dunn.

Congratulations to Jeff Provine, who won for his short story “Kiss from a Queen.”

Read “Kiss from a Queen” here.

And find out more about the Baen Fantasy Adventure Awards, including this year’s runners-up and honorable mentions, here.



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New Fiction and Nonfiction at Baen.com

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The bad news: the alien Arat Kur are bringing the war to Earth’s doorstep—and they’re on their way now. The good news: though the Arat Kur are exceptionally advanced, every ship needs fuel, and the Arat Kur need deuterium for their fusion plants. In order to get it, they’ll have to make a pit stop at Jupiter. And it just so happens that the Russlavic Federation and the Americans are in orbit around Jupiter, waiting for them. But for Sergei Andreyev and the crew of the station Hephaestus, what is supposed to be a simple information gathering mission maybe soon turn out to be much, much more deadly.

Read “Not for Ourselves Alone”, a new novella in the Tales of the Terran Empire series, from Charles E. Gannon, here.



Handwaving into the Future

From alchemy to electricity to the power of the atom, science fiction writers have taken the latest technological advances and run with them. In this month’s free nonfiction article, Jim Beall takes us from Edison’s power plants to the smallest silicon computer chips and beyond, and illustrates how science fiction writers have used technology to tell revolutionary stories.

Read “Case Studies in Handwavium” here.



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

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Steve White on his new Jason Thanou time travel novel Soldiers Out of Time, David Drake discusses the genesis of his young adult novel written with classic adventure writer Jim Kjelgaard, The Hunter Returns, and a roundtable discussion on religion, science, and science fiction with David Weber, Les Johnson, and others. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure.

Listen to the Baen Free Radio Hour now.


September Baen Ebook Releases



Storm Front
Robert Conroy

When a freak winter storm lays siege to the small town of Sheridan, Michigan, police officer Mike Stuart must do what he can to keep the town safe with limited resources. But something is lurking in Sheridan. Something as cold as the snow and ice, and just as deadly.



Rhythm of the Imperium
Jody Lynn Nye

After a visit to Earth, Lord Thomas Kinago and his trusty personal assistant Parsons are appalled to learn that enemies of the Imperium plan to have Sol system eradicated. Once again, it’s up to them to save the day—and the planet.



Come the Revolution
Frank Chadwick

When his world collapses into riots and civil war, Sasha Naradnyo will have to learn to navigate the violence of a growing revolution, come to grips with his past, and expose a vast conspiracy. All without losing his soul.



Tales of the Time Scouts

Robert Asprin & Linda Evans

When it was discovered that a time traveler could zap himself out of existence, complex rules were established to maintain the time stream. But where time travel is concerned, things can get very, very messy. Contains Time Scout and Wagers of Sin.



1636: The Viennese Waltz

Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett & Gorg Huff

With the Austro-Hungarian Empire teetering on the brink, the United States of Europe sends auto mechanics and financiers to the rescue. What better way to bridge the gap than to create a racetrack for the emperor’s new muscle car?



Dinosaurs and a Dirigible

David Drake

Time travel and lost worlds in these stories from best-selling master of science fiction David Drake.



King’s Son, Magic’s Son

Josepha Sherman

Caught between conflicting vows, torn between the mortal world and the lands of Faerie, Aidan is about to learn the perils, even for a magician, of serving two masters....

Get the December ebooks bundle here

*This Baen Ebooks subscription bundle will dissolve on November 15, 2015. After that date, these books will be available for individual sale only.*


Event Horizon Press

The Dragonstar Series, from David Bischoff and Thomas F. Monteleone


Day of the Dragonstar
An artificial Jurassic world spins through space. An enticing mystery for the humans of the Heinlein exploratory mission, it holds deadly secrets from the universe’s savage past.


Night of the Dragonstar
After establishing communications with the sentient dinosaurs aboard the gigantic alien warship Dragonstar, the human exploration forces were ready to reveal their accomplishments to an eager public.


Dragonstar Destiny
The 160-million-year-old, world-sized starship with its crew of sentient dinosaurs mystified humankind when it entered our solar system. Now, someone—something—waits outside the ship, wanting to get in!


Get the Event Horizon ebooks here



Don’t forget to check out the Baen new book releases here. Enter the September Contest here. And for upcoming appearances by Baen authors and editors, check here.

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