Mankind's history is bound up in the fabric of fate, a strong cloth, tough and closely woven. Consider 1918. The last year of the greatest war in human history, to date. As the belligerents stagger, Russia descends into civil war and chaos. It is there that a once mighty family awaits its fate. But even the strongest fabric has flaws. An escaped prisoner of war, injured but still highly capable, may be one. An airship at loose ends after a failed mission might be another. A German general suddenly coming face to face with the reality of the monster rising in the east could be a third. And if all these loose threads are somehow yanked out together, the effect just might be enough to tear the fabric of time, and to rescue a desperate family—a family that happens to contain the last heirs of the Tsars of old Russia, and perhaps the Russia that is to come!

Since boyhood, Druadaen expected he’d command an elite legion and become the leader his father predicted he would be. Fate had other plans. Assigned to a small group of outriders tasked with watching nearby kingdoms, Druadaen discovers that the larger world is riddled with impossibilities. How do humanoid raiders, known as the Bent, suffer staggering losses and yet return as a vast horde every decade? How do multi-ton dragons fly? How have fossils formed in a world which sacrists insist has existed for only ten millennia? To solve these mysteries, Druadaen journeys into the dank warrens of the Bent, seeks out a dragon’s lair, and ventures into long-buried ruins in search of ancient scrolls. But Druadaen’s most lethal enemies might lurk in even more unusual places: the temples and council chambers of his own homeland.

The final frontier ain’t so final in these twelve tales of space exploration and adventure. There’s a story for everyone who’s ever dreamed of taking that star-dusty trail to the farthest stars. Or of facing down a belligerent alien at high noon in a frontier settlement under the light of a strange sun.

Get ready to hit the hyper-thrusters as you set course for adventure, mystery, romance, and two-lasergun slinging action! Yarns by Elizabeth Moon, Alan Dean Foster, Jane Lindskold, Wil McCarthy, Martin Shoemaker, Alex Shvartsman, and more.

To celebrate the release of Charles E. Gannon's new epic fantasy novel This Broken World, we're offering up a cornucopia of savings on Gannon's backlist.

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Gunfight on Europa Station takes the wagon train to the stars! In this new anthology, David Boop offers up tales of science fiction with a western twist. Which got us thinking, what historical or fictional western character would you most like to see transported to a science fiction or fantasy setting and why? Tell us in a short paragraph (100 words or fewer) for a chance to win a copy of the anthology, signed by David Boop.

Each year, Baen Books and The National Space Society present the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, which honors short fiction that looks to the near future to ask what might be when humankind uses technology to create a brighter world. Now in its sixteenth year, the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award conest is open to submissions until February 1, 2022. So send us your stories of a better tomorrow!

Contest rules and submssion guidelines can be found here.

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: David Weber talks In Fury Born, one of his most celebrated novels. Contributors to Gunfight on Europa Station discuss their stories and bringing the wild west to outer space. And Charles E. Gannon gives us the inside scoop on his new epic fantasy novel This Broken World.

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