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In this issue: Monster Hunters in the Big Easy, a war for the future of alternate-history Europe, atomic women, and steely mercenaries. All that plus the winner of this year’s Baen Fantasy Adventure Award! | ||||
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Nightmare in the Big Easy With New Orleans out of control, Chad Oliver Gardenier, one of Monster Hunter International’s premier hunters, has been dispatched from Seattle to reinforce the beleaguered members of MHI’s Hoodoo Squad in their fight against the darkness. New Orleans in the ’80s gives a whole new perspective to the term “Hell on Earth.” In fact, more monsters are popping up than crawfish at a fais do do! Chad may be able to collect enormous bounties for the monsters he kills. But there’s one catch: he has to stay alive to do it! Get Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners eARC here. |
War Erupts In the year 1635, the Rhineland is in turmoil. The impact of the Ring of Fire, the cosmic accident which transported the small modern West Virginia town of Grantville to Europe in the early seventeenth century, has only aggravated a situation that was already chaotic. The wars for the Rhine have erupted, and only the devil knows how they will end. Get 1635: The Wars for the Rhine eARC here. |
New Fiction and Nonfiction at Baen.com |
Dead or Alive
Frank Dragic and his team of mercenaries are used to jobs where the payouts are big and it’s best not to ask too many questions. He’s just finished one such job on the Chinese/ Kazakhstani border. Then he gets a call from The Office. They’ve got a new assignment for him. They want him to find a man named Anders and bring him in, dead or alive. Dragic knows Anders. They have a history. And Dragic would like nothing more than to see Anders dead. That’s what worries him. Because in Dragic’s business, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is—and lies can get you killed. A new two-part story set in the Dead Six military adventure series, by Peter Nealan and series co-creator Mike Kupari. Read “Rock, Meet Hard Place (Part 1)” by Peter Nealan here. Read “Rock, Meet Hard Place (Part 2)” by Mike Kupari here. |
The Apocalypse in Verse
Baen Books presents 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 will do whatever it takes to save their world. Check out all the installments to-date here. |
With the ten-part serialization of Apocalypse drawing to a close, we’re proud to present this modern epic in eBook format. Available Sept. 22, from Baen Books. To find out more click here. |
Atomic Women in the Lab and on the Page Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman to work in the field of nuclear science—unless of course you count Dr. Christmas Joes, the “Bond Girl” portrayed by Denise Richards in The World is Not Enough. But Curie and Jones are far from the only two women—fictional or otherwise—to work in the field of nuclear science. In this month’s nonfiction essay, nuclear engineer Jim Beall traces the history of women in the field of nuclear science, in the laboratory and in the pages of science fiction novels and stories. Read “Radium Girls of Science and Science Fiction” by Jim Beall here. |
Baen Fantasy Adventure Award |
The third annual Baen Fantasy Adventure Award, which honors the best original fantasy adventure short story, was awarded earlier this year at Gen Con. The contest was judged by the Baen editorial staff. Congratulations to Shawn Snider, who won the grand prize for his short story “The Lavender Paladin.” Read “The Lavender Paladin” here. And find out more about the Baen Fantasy Adventure Awards, including this year’s runners-up and honorable mentions, here. |
Don’t Touch that Dial: It’s the Baen Free Radio Hour |
Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Wen Spencer on her collection of great stories and novellas set in the Elfhome series, Project Elfhome. David Drake discusses a new edition of his novel Patriots, which Baen is issuing in a new young adult format. Eric Flint and David Carrico talk about The Span of Empire, book three in The Jao Empire series. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure. Find out more here. |
The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF Readers’ Choice Award |
Pinbeam Books Debuts at Baen Ebooks |
Baen Books is teaming with Pinbeam Books to offer fifteen ebooks and ebook story collections by Liaden Universe® creators Sharon Lee and Steve Miller on the Baen Ebooks web site. “We are very happy to be offering these excellent tales by Sharon and Steve,” says Toni Weisskopf, Publisher of Baen Books. “We definitely want to make available to their readers as much Lee and Miller content as we possibly can.” Pinbeam Books joins a lineup of top publishers with titles available at Baen Ebooks. More information can be found here. The first group of Pinbeam Books ebooks are at Baen Ebooks here. |
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