Clan Korval saved Liaden civilization from insurrection within, and its reward has been relentless pursuit by enemies. Now, the exiled clan leadership has sent Korval Master Trader Shan yos'Galan to establish new trade routes—the sooner the better. Korval’s very existence depends on his success.

But Shan’s ship, Dutiful Passage, has been denied docking at respectable ports and cheated at those less respectable. Struggling to recuperate from an attack on his life while managing his daughter Padi’s emerging psychic talents, Shan is running out of options—and time. Now Shan must band with risky allies and turn the Passage toward a port only just emerging from Rostov’s Dust. A port awash with strange energies. Yet a port that may be worth gambling it all in one desperate, brilliant Trader’s Leap!

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2185 CE: Humans have conquered our Solar System, and now the starship Victoria carries 10,000 colonists to a world beyond. There, those colonists will build a new civilization. There, the original actors upon the stage of a new world will become celebrated in story and song. There, they will become the stuff of legend. For on any frontier it is the pioneers—the brave, the not-so-brave, the whip-smart, and the foolish—who establish the resonances that echo into the halls of the future they hope to build. Call it destiny. Call it the Founder Effect.

All-new fiction from Dragon Award winner and New York Times best-selling author David Weber, Dragon Award winners Brad R. Torgersen and D.J. Butler, Jody Lynn Nye, Chris Kennedy, Mark Wandrey, and more. With an introduction by multiple New York Times best-selling author Larry Correia!

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Brash and idealistic, they were rebels without a cause in a world governed by science, reason . . . and immortality. Banished for their troubles to the starship Newhope, they now face a bold future: to settle the worlds of Barnard’s Star. Now King Bascal Edward de Towaji Lutui, former prince of the Queendom of Sol, together with Captain Xiomara “Xmary” Li Weng and her lover, first mate Conrad Mursk, face a perilous voyage with thousands of their fellow exiles. The journey will last a century, but with Queendom technology, it’s no problem to step into a fax machine and “print” a fresh, youthful version of yourself.

But what this crew of rebels will find is far from the paradise they seek. Before long, their optimistic young colony has started to show signs of strain. And worst of all, death itself has returned with a vengeance.

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Lieutenant Sarah Schoeffel and her father, the scientist Kim Schoeffel, were enjoying a beer on the back porch when out of nowhere there was a spike in chronometric activity and all of time came crashing in on itself. Kim Schoeffel thinks he might be able to stop the phenomenon, but to do so he'll need data from when the event happened. And the only way to do that would be a time machine. As Sarah races through time in the prototype Traveler One, reality continues to come apart at the seams. It's a race through and against time in this month's free short story, which is set in the universe of David Weber and Jacob Holo’s Gordian Division series, and upcoming entry The Valkyrie Protocol.

Read "At the Seams" by Jacob Holo here.

Tom Kratman’s Patricio Carrera series has cut a swath through the military science fiction genre. In “Notes on the Carreraverse,” the first part of a three-part essay, Kratman outlines the history and worldbuilding of his popular creation.

Read part two of “Notes on the Carreraverse (A Concordance, More or Less)” by Tom Kratman here.

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Larry Correia on epic fantasy, Destroyer of Worlds. Tim Akers on contemporary fantasy Knight Watch. Christopher Ruocchio on far future science fiction Devil in White. Plus two anthologies, including Charlaine Harris on her story in Straight Outta Deadwood, and star-spanning authors of Stellaris: People of the Stars. 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, here. And check out the new optional video podcast format!

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A licensed graphic novel adaptation of John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series is crowdfunding on Indiegogo right now, and we need your support to make it happen!

Hound Dog Media has assembled legendary comics writer Chuck Dixon (The Punisher, Batman, co-creator of Bane), artist Derlis Santacruz (Tomb Raider, Fantastic Four), colorist Brett Smith (The Avengers, Wolverine), and iconic Star Wars cover artist Dave Dorman to bring the epic zombie series to life on the visual printed page!

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