Sarah Calhoun, a fifteen‑year‑old with a natural talent for hexing and one bad eye, has her world turned on its head when a Yankee wizard‑priest tries to kidnap her. Sarah fights back with the aid of a mysterious monk named Thalanes, who is one of the not‑quite‑human Firstborn. It is Thalanes who reveals to Sarah a secret heritage she never dreamed could be hers. Now on a desperate quest, she is hunted by the Emperor’s bodyguard of elite dragoons, as well as by darker things—shapeshifting Mockers and undead Lazars. If Sarah cannot claim her heritage, it may mean the end of her, her family—and the world where she is just beginning to find her place.

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The Arena: a vast alien otherspace that all species were forced to enter when they discovered faster‑than‑light travel. The Arena: where the lives of entire species might hang in the balance in a single Challenge. The only thing you couldn't do was refuse to play the Arena's game. Ariane Austin and her crew had learned these lessons the hard way, and had managed to survive so far. But now a debt of honor to Humanity's oldest ally, Orphan, has come due. Ariane must travel with Orphan into the legendary Deeps of the Arena, leaving behind one of her most trusted friends and advisors to confront whatever new trials the Arena may throw at Humanity in her absence.

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Pete Dial is a Millennial: one of a tiny percentage of people destined to live until the ripe old age of one thousand—or beyond. In the early 21st century, Tim was a human Guinea pig for a procedure pioneered by biotech billionaire V.J. Patel. The procedure was a success—maybe too much of one. Once the rich and famous started to extend their lives indefinitely, the masses started to get jealous. Now it’s been over one hundred years since the procedure was outlawed, and Millennials have gone into hiding. So how did V.J. Patel track Pete down for a mysterious job repairing and flying an antique airplane? Where, exactly, is Patel planning to escape to? And who is he running from? To find the answers, Pete will have to risk shortening his life by a few hundred years. New short fiction by Robert Buettner set in the world of The Golden Gate.

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If human beings are going to leave this lovely little mud ball we call home and travel out into the galaxy, we’re going to have to adapt. Not just in our engineering of spacecraft, but in our very DNA. Life is going to be very different for humans living in the void of space or on alien worlds. In this month’s new nonfiction essay, Robert E. Hampson, Ph.D. examines what forms humanity might take to become Homo Stellaris.

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Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Lois Bujold talks about Vorkosigan novels The Vor Game and Gentlemen Jole and the Red Queen. Larry Correia and Toni Wiesskopf discusses Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge. And an interview with David Weber and BuNine on the consulting group’s role in shaping the Honorverse. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure.

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