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In this issue: meta-humans risk all, a private eye on the trail of an interstellar mystery, and two classic Heinlein novels together at last! All that plus a new contest just in time for the holidays!
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Meta-Humans on the Brink of War!

The meta-humans are back! ECHO may have struck a blow against the Thulians, but the trans-dimensional bad guys are far from down for the count, as they continue their attack on Earth and on ECHO headquarters around the globe. Meta-human Red Savior has a plan: risk everything to find the Thulian Headquarters in a dangerous gambit that will either end with the world in flames—or victory!

Get Collision: Book Four of the Secret World Chronicle here.



The Mean Streets of a Star Empire

The means streets of Undercity, the enormous capital of a vast star empire. Here former Imperial Space Command officer turned private investigator Major Bhaajan must sift through the shadows to find answers to an incredible secret that may change the future of the empire itself. An all-new science fiction detective series set in the Skolian Empire from Nebula Award winner Catherine Asaro.

Read the Undercity here.

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book cover Patterns of Darkness and Light

When an informant shows up dead on his doorstep, Jason Wood of Wood’s Information Service is plunged into a world far stranger than he ever imagined. Jason has three weapons against the sinister occult forces arrayed against him: his psychic girlfriend, his ancient vampire best friend, and his ability to think not just outside but beyond the box to see a solution no one else imagined. For Jason Wood knows that against the darkness of the unknown, the greatest weapon is the light of reason.

Get the Paradigms Lost here.


December Contest

Twas the Night Before Christmas (on Mars?)

“The Night before Christmas” is one of the most enduring signs of the holiday season. Beloved by generations, the poem about jolly St. Nick and his eight tiny reindeer is a classic. No doubt it will be read well into the future. Which got us to thinking... How would the poem sound with a science fiction or fantasy twist? Give us your take for a chance to win big: $250 dollars’ worth of Baen books!

Find out more here.

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Onward the Baen Free Radio Hour

The Baen Free Radio Hour is the gift that keeps on giving the whole year ‘round! This holiday season settle in—not for a long winter’s nap—but with everyone’s favorite podcast. With new episodes every Friday and access to our archive, there’s plenty of science fiction and fantasy goodness to last you through those long winter nights. Coming up: discussions with Catherine Asaro, Ryk E. Spoor, Marcus Wynne, the Royal Manticoran Navy, and more!

Listen to The Baen Free Radio Hour now


Tales of Honor: The Game & Comic

Tales of Honor, based on David Weber’s best-selling Honor Harrington series, launched earlier this year as a mobile game and comic series. Join other Honor fans to engage in online live community challenges and share gameplay footage. Watch trailer and download game for free here.

Check out the stellar comic series based on “On Basilisk Station” that Unleash the Fanboy gives 8.5/10 stars and says “A brilliant introduction to the Honorverse.” Issue #4 just released July 30th so get it while it’s hot! Click here to watch the new trailer, download a free preview of the first issue, & purchase issues #1 - #4 to catch up.

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December Books

Collision: Book Four of the Secret World Chronicle
Mercedes Lackey
Veronica Giguere
Cody Martin
Dennis Lee

(hardcover)

Meta-human Red Savior has a plan to defeat ECHO once and for all: risk everything to find the Thulian Headquarters in a dangerous gambit that will either end with the world in flames—or victory!


Undercity
Catherine Asaro
(hardcover)

The means streets of Undercity, the enormous capital of a vast star empire. Here Private Investigator Major Bhaajan must sift through the shadows to find answers to an incredible secret that may change the future forever.


Paradigms Lost
Ryk E. Spoor
(hardcover)

When an informant shows up dead on his doorstep, Jason Wood of Wood’s Information Service is plunged into a world far stranger than he ever imagine, in this vastly expanded version of Spoor’s Digital Knight, sure to please fans and newcomers alike.


Worlds in Chaos
James P. Hogan
(trade paperback)

Planet Earth is in peril in two classic novels of great SF from best-selling author James P. Hogan. Includes Cradle of Saturn and The Legend that Was Earth.


To Sail a Darkling Sea
John Ringo
(mass market paperback)

With human civilization annihilated by a biological zombie plague, a rag-tag fleet of yachts and freighters known as Wolf Squadron must take on another massive challenge: clear the assault carrier USS Iwo Jima of infected and began to take the world back from the infected. Sequel to Under a Graveyard Sky.


Trade Secret
Sharon Lee
Steve Miller

(mass market paperback)

In a universe full of interstellar intrigue and burgeoning commerce, novice Terran trader Jethri Gobelyn is determined to make a name for himself as trader and adventurer. But he has plenty of enemies who are just as determined to put him in his place!


The Man Who Sold the Moon/Orphans of the Sky
Robert A. Heinlein
(mass market paperback)

Two journeys into space: one taking humans to space by hook or by crook, the other the classic first-time tale of a generation vessel with passengers who do not realize they are in a spaceship. All-new afterword by Mark Van Name.
Baen Appearances
Author Appearance
Ryk E. Spoor

December 6
Annie's Book Stop of Worcester
Worcester, MA

Ryk E. Spoor

December 7
Flights of Fantasy
Albany, NY


Don't forget to check out the newest ebook releases here, plus Baen.com free fiction from Ryk E. Spoor here. Also, don’t miss “Using Outer Space to Improve Life on Earth (Or Why Space Advocates and Environmentalists Should Work Together),” new non-fiction from Les Johnson, here.
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