New August 2011 WebScription Releases |
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Ghost Ship - HALF
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Theo Waitley, ace starship pilot and heir to a powerful Liaden Universe® clan comes of age in a dangerous galaxy. The rousing sequel to Saltation.
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The Wild Side: Urban Fantasy with an Erotic Edge - HALF
Mark L. Van Name, editor
Tales of love, eros, betrayal and seduction in a beguiling vein from best-selling authors. When the werewolf cubs are asleep and the baby vamps are tucked into their coffins, the adults come out to play.
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First Command - HALF
A. Bertram Chandler
The second in a three-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes books! It’s classic Star Trek meets the high seas.
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Monster Hunter Alpha - HALF
Larry Correia
Earl Harbinger of Monster Hunter International faces down an old nemesis—a very nasty former KGB werewolf who may be working to create a new, unstoppable breed.
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Do Unto Others
Michael Z. Williamson
An army of hired goons descends upon a lonely interstellar mining outpost. The test is on for a tough-as-nails mine owner and her crew. Compulsively readable SF adventure from frequent John Ringo collaborator Michael Z. Williamson.
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Citizens
John Ringo and Brian M. Thomsen
Gritty takes on future combat by legendary SF writers who are also citizen warriors and veterans. Penetrating looks into the warrior’s character and how a society deals with those it desperately needs and often fails to honor as it should.
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Tran - HALF
Jerry Pournelle and Roland Green
U.S. Army Captain Rick Galloway is dropped on a distant world inhabited by humans transplanted in the past from now-vanished nations. A fascinating entry in the legendary Janisaries series.
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May 2011 Night Shade eBooks |
Dancing with Bears
Michael Swanwick
Darger and Surplus: con men who have lied and cheated their way onto the caravan that is delivering a priceless gift from the Caliph of Baghdad to the Duke of Muscovy. But as these two connive to make off with a priceless bounty, the only thing more dangerous than the convoluted political web they weave is the gift itself, the Pearls of Byzantium, and Zoësophia, the governess sworn to protect their virtue. Steampunk espionage and adventure from multiple award-winner Michael Swanwick.
Eclipse Four
Jonathan Strahan
In the spirit of classic science fiction anthologies such as Universe and Orbit, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year) delivers new fiction by some of the genre’s most celebrated authors, including Andy Duncan, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Damien Broderick, Michael Swanwick, Nalo Hopkinson, Gwyneth Jones and many more. Startling new tales of the strange and wonderful at the luminous cutting edge where reality is eclipsed by something magical and new.
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Frederik Pohl, Builder of Worlds |
Frederik Pohl Bundle Volume II
Volume II of two blockbuster compilations of the best of SF storytelling legend, Frederik Pohl. You’ll get Pohlian wit, wisdom and adventure in his near future romps, his insightful tales featuring the shape of humanity to come, as well as within Pohl’s fascinating takes on how to deal with deceptive and/or invidious aliens. And, as always with Frederik Pohl, each and every one of the books in the bundle abounds with wonder inducing ideas galore! For the next two months, Volume II of the Best of Frederik Pohl will go for $40. Then the e-volume dissolves and we offer the individual e-book titles for $5 each.
The bundled volume includes: The World at the End of Time, Narabedla, Ltd., Homegoing, Slave Ship, The Age of the Pussyfoot, Pohlstars, Mining the OortZ, The Voices of Heaven, O Pioneer!, and The Early Pohl.
Don’t forget to check out the Baen new book releases. And for upcoming appearances by Baen authors and editors, check here.
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