W201007 July 2010 Monthly Baen Bundle

Mission of Honor

by David Weber

Jump Gate Twist

by Mark L. Van Name

Taxpayers' Tea Party

by Sharon Cooper and Chuck Asay

Contact with Chaos

by Michael Z. Williamson

Diamond Star

by Catherine Asaro

Fires of Freedom

by Jerry Pournelle

Knight of Ghosts and Shadows

by Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guon

W201005 May 2010 Monthly Baen Bundle

Much Fall of Blood

by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer

Migration

by James P. Hogan

The Darkling Fields of Arvon

by James G. Anderson and Mark Sebanc

Storm from the Shadows

by David Weber

Grand Central Arena

The Rolling Stones

by Robert A. Heinlein

Prince Manfred and his mentor and bodyguard, the deadly warrior Erik, survived dangers and enemies both natural and supernatural, and if they thought that their new mission was going to be anything but more of the same, they soon gave up on that hope. Returning from Jerusalem, they and their escort of knights of the Holy Trinity are escorting an envoy of II Khan Mongol to the lands of the Golden Horde-between the Black Sea and the Carpathians, which happen to be eastern bastion against their old enemies, the demon Chernobog and his possessed puppet, the Jangellion.

 Unfortunately, what began as a diplomatic mission leads to Manfred and his knights being caught up in an inter-clan civil war, rescuing a fugitive woman and her injured brother, and becoming involved in the problems of Prince Vlad, Duke of Valahia, who has been held as a hostage by King Emeric of Hungary until freed by Countess Elizabeth Batholdy to use as bait to capture a group of nonhumans. Instead, the wolflike nonhumans, who masquerade as gypsies, free Prince Vlad, and help him to return to his homeland to raise revolt against Hungary and to renew age-old magics.

Manfred and Erik are forced into an alliance of convenience between the Golden Horde and the ancient magical forces of Valahia, as directed by the troubled Vlad. The magic calls for blood and Vlad is deathly afraid of it—and at the same time, is irresistibly drawn toward it . . .

W200908 August 2009 Monthly Baen Bundle

Grantville Gazette Volume V

created by Eric Flint

Belisarius III: The Flames of Sunset

by David Drake and Eric Flint

Hank Reinhardt's The Book of Swords

by Hank Reinhardt

The Puppet Masters

by Robert A. Heinlein

Monster Hunter International

by Larry Correia

And Less Than Kind

by Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis

The Spider: City of Doom

by Norvell W. Page

W200804 April 2008 Monthly Baen Bundle

And Less Than Kind

by Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis

Caliphate

by Tom Kratman

Moon Flower

by James P. Hogan

Unto the Breach

by John Ringo

1635: The Cannon Law

by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis

Harald

by David Friedman

And Less Than Kind HEIR TO A THRONE—OR TO A GRAVE

When it became certain that Edward VI was dying, the duke of Northumberland, who had been ruling England in his name, made a plan that would let him hold onto his power. He dared not let Mary come to the throne because she was fiercely Catholic and he had espoused the Protestant cause. And he did not want Elizabeth to rule because he knew her imperious nature would never defer to him. But there was more than one puppet master at work: The evil elf lord Vidal Dhu had no intention of losing the flood of power the misery of Mary's reign would bring the Dark Court, and intervened so that Mary was proclaimed queen.

Urged by her Chancellor and the Imperial ambassador to order Elizabeth's death, Mary chose a different path to insure that Elizabeth would never reign. Mary decided to marry and bear a child to be the Catholic heir. Vidal Dhu, replete with power from the pain and terror of Mary's burning of heretics, agreed with Mary. Vidal Dhu had very special plans for Mary's child. And since Oberon and Titania had disappeared, there now was no one except the double pair of twins to stand between the mortals of England and the rule of Evil.

Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series and the SERRAted Edge series (both Baen), the Heralds of Valdemar series (DAW), and many more. She was one of the first writers to have an online newsgroup devoted to her writing. Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose, The Lark and the Wren, and The Shadow of the Lion (with Eric Flint and Dave Freer). She lives in Oklahoma.

Roberta Gellis is author of over 25 novels in different fields. Her many awards include: The Silver and Gold Medal Porgy for historical novels from West Coast Review of Books and the Golden Certificate and Golden Pen from Affaire de Coeur. From Romantic Times she has received both the Award for Best Novel in the Medieval Period and also the Lifetime Achievement Award for Historical Fantasy, and the Romance Writers of America have presented her with their Lifetime Achievement Award. Her previous fantasy titles for Baen are Bull God and Thrice Bound.

Praise for Mercedes Lackey:

"She'll keep you up long past your bedtime."— Stephen King

"A writer whose work I've loved all along." — Marion Zimmer Bradley

"[Lackey is] an undoubted mistress of the well-told tale." — Booklist

"Lackey is one of the best storytellers in the field." — Locus

"(Lackey's fantasy] leaves us simultaneously satisfied and longing for more." — Realms of Fantasy

"[Lackey] packs as much action, suspense and twisting of conventions into one novel as many writers invest in whole trilogies." — Amazing Stones

Praise for Roberta Gellis:

"A superb storyteller of extraordinary talent."

— John fakes

"[Roberta Gellis is] a master of the medieval historical."— Publishers Weekly

"One of the romance genre's most formidable talents. . . ."— Romantic Times

"Ms. Gellis has become an extraordinary mythteller." — The Paperback Forum

"Let's hope the world of fantasy can steal Gellis from romance novels more often."

— Science Fiction Chronicle

"Roberta Gellis has already established herself as a great author in the |romantic fantasy genre. . . ."

— Affaire de Coeur

W200803 March 2008 Monthly Baen Bundle

When the Tide Rises

by David Drake

The Dragon Done It

by Eric Flint and Mike Resnick

Crosstime

by Andre Norton

Von Neumann's War

by John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor

By Slanderous Tongues

by Mercedes Lackey and
Roberta Gellis

Echoes of an Alien Sky

by James P. Hogan

The Robin and the Kestrel

by Mercedes Lackey

Rune, Robin and Nightingale
together they will save us all.
(If we're very lucky)

Rune: She ran away from an abusive home to become the greatest violinist her world had ever known—and when The Ghost of Skull Hill tried to stop her, she played him to sleep!

Robin: No mean musician herself, she must make her own visit to Skull Hill—to recruit the dreadful ghost to their cause.

Nightingale: Alone she could accomplish nothing. So she joined forces with T'fyrr, a strange nonhuman with the face of a raptor and the voice of an angelic choir.

This unlikely set of heroes had the daunting task of saving the King—and through him the Gypsies, Free Bards, and non-humans of the twenty kingdoms. Fortunately, their opponents had no idea how potent a weapon music could be . . . .

" . . . fast and furious. Romance, action, intrigue all blend in a believable fantastic setting. Fans of Lackey and fantasy will be delighted with this addition to her series."
—Kliatt

W200702 February 2007 Monthly Baen Bundle

By Slanderous Tongues

by Mercedes Lackey and
Roberta Gellis

Echoes of an Alien Sky

by James P. Hogan

The Long Twilight

by Keith Laumer
edited by Eric Flint

Old Soldiers

by David Weber
created by Keith Laumer

Bedlam's Edge

by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

W200709 September 2007 Monthly Baen Bundle

Vorpal Blade

by John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor

A Desert Called Peace

by Tom Kratman

When the People Fell

by Cordwainer Smith

The Two Worlds

by James P. Hogan

Music to My Sorrow

by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

Man-Kzin Wars XI

by Larry Niven, Hal Colebatch and Matthew Harrington

W200612 December 2006 Monthly Baen Bundle

Unto the Breach

by John Ringo

Paladins II: Knight Moves

by Joel Rosenberg

We the Underpeople

by Cordwainer Smith

Ill Met by Moonlight

by Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis

The Prometheus Project

by Steve White

The Lizard War

by John Dalmas

by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon

Elvish Conspiracies Afoot! Heroine, Arise!

Trouble, trouble, the plots do bubble! King Henry VIII has finally joined his unmerry wives in the afterlife, and the Unseleighe Sidhe, the Dark Elves, are bent on subverting the English throne and bringing back the sorrow, horror and despair of the Middle Ages. After all, that's what made the bad old days so much fun — for them!

Enlightenment's hope A mere fourteen-year-old girl. A bright and adaptable fourteen-year-old to be sure, but still—what chance has such a young thing against the Unseleighe Sidhe's tangled web of treachery and depravity

A pretty good one. You see, the girl's name is Elizabeth, and that fiery red hair is no lie. Whether immortal lord or malicious mortal, young Elizabeth Tudor's enemies cross her at their peril!

Two hugely-popular master storytellers of historical fantasy brew up an elvish conspiracy for the ages in this exciting sequel to This Sceptr'd Isle and Ill Met By Moonlight.

"[Mercedes] Lackey. . . produces elegant, compelling fantasy."
—Publishers Weekly on best-selling High Priestess of Fantasy, Mercedes Lackey.

"[K]nowledgeable readers. . .will enjoy the interplay between elven intervention and historical fact."
—Publishers Weekly on Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis's This Sceptr'd Isle.

W200601 January 2006 Monthly Baen Bundle

Princess of Wands

by John Ringo

Blood of the Heroes

by Steve White

Blackcollar

No Longer Available
by Timothy Zahn

The Wizard of Karres

by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer

Masters of Fantasy

by Bill Fawcett

W200512 December 2005 Monthly Baen Bundle

Music to My Sorrow

by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

Bridge of the Separator

by Harry Turtledove

Conrad's Lady

by Leo Frankowski

Catastrophes, Chaos and Convolutions

by James P. Hogan

Emerald Sea

by John Ringo

Demon's Gate

by Steve White

W200508 August 2005 Monthly Baen Bundle

Watch on the Rhine

by John Ringo and Tom Kratman

Bedlam's Edge

by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

The Weapon

by Michael Z. Williamson

Wind Rider's Oath

by David Weber

1634: The Galileo Affair

by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis

A State of Disobedience

by Tom Kratman

Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill are the biggest names in the urban fantasy subgenre-where elves, banshees, trolls, and even stranger creatures walk modern city streets, their presence, and even their existence unsuspected by the human inhabitants. Now these two present a volume of all new urban fantasy, with a stellar lineup of the best new fantasy writers, such as Roberta Gellis, Dave Freer and Eric Flint, Diana Paxton, and more-including two new stories and an afterword by Mercedes Lackey herself, as well as a story by Rosemary Edghill. This is an indispensable volume for fans of urban fantasy in general, and the thousands of fans of Mercedes Lackey in particular.

About the Authors

Mercedes Lackey is known for several bestselling fantasy series, including the Heralds of Valdemar and Bardic Voices series, work that ranges from historical fantasy to grittily realistic urban fantasy set in the modern world. In only a decade she has made her mark as one of the brightest stars of fantasy. She lives in Oklahoma where she can be found prying the talons of birds of prey she is attempting to nurse back to health out of her hands.

Rosemary Edghill, after holding the usual array of Weird Writer jobs, including freelance graphic designer and vampire killer, has settled down to a career as a full-time writer, publishing popular urban fantasies as well as novels in genres ranging from romance to mystery. Her latest book for Baen is The Warslayer.

Eric Banyon, also known as Bedlam's Bard, managed to rescue his young brother Magnus from what seemed to be a killer demon (in Mad Maudlin), but now he must rescue Magnus again, this time from their tyrannical parents.

Eric does not look forward to the battle, but is confident he can gain custody. His financial sources are virtually unlimited, his friend Ria Llewellyn heads the most high-powered law firm in New York, and in a pinch he and his friends can use to magic powers, even flummoxing a DNA test, it comes to that.

What Eric does not know is that his parents are allied with the evangelist Billy Fairchild, who himself is a tool of the evil Unseleighe elves, who feed off human sorrow and suffering. Fairchild specializes in getting "bad" children to shape up, which is accomplished by letting a soulsucker—malevolent creature from the elf world—drain the victim of all talent, creativity, and will, leaving an obedient zombie husk behind.

If Magnus and his friend Ace, who is also on the run from her twisted parents, fall into Fairchild's hands, they will join the Unseleighe's zombie ranks. And Eric's bardic magic may not be enough to save them.

W200506 June 2005 Monthly Baen Bundle

Into the Looking Glass

by John Ringo

The Time of Troubles I

by Harry Turtledove

This Rough Magic

by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer

A Logic Named Joe

by Murray Leinster
edited by Eric Flint

Gods and Androids

by Andre Norton

W200505 May 2005 Monthly Baen Bundle

The Way to Glory

by David Drake

Mission to Minerva

by James P. Hogan

Imperium

by Keith Laumer
edited by Eric Flint

The Enchanter Completed

by Harry Turtledove

Mad Maudlin

by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

A Plague of Demons

by Keith Laumer
edited by Eric Flint