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In this issue: Stephen R. Lawhead’s Masterpiece Pendragon Cycle, back in print, with an all-new prequel novel! Plus, a new short story by Richard Fox!

October 2‌0‌2‌4

STEPHEN R. LAWHEAD’S PENDRAGON CYCLE

As the mighty Roman conquerors fade from the captured Isle of Britain and the doomed kingdom of Atlantis is torn apart by bloody war, from chaos will rise a new ruler, who will bring about the Kingdom of Summer. And his name will become legendary.

The Pendragon Cycle, Stephen R. Lawhead’s historically rich and imaginative fantasy retelling of Arthurian legend, returns to print— and debuts as a prestige streaming series—in 2025. In addition, Lawhead has penned an all-new prequel novel in the series: Aurelia.

The first three novels, what Lawhead thinks of as “the original trilogy” of the Pendragon Cycle—Taliesin, Merlin, and Arthur—will be reissued exclusively by Baen Books, in stunning Trade Paperback and Mass Market eEditions, as well as all ebook formats. Aurelia, a new prequel novel, will be released in hardcover.

The series forms the basis for the new prestige streaming series The Pendragon Cycle, from Daily Wire+, coming soon!

Baen newsletter subscribers will receive a special edition e-newsletter when the ebooks are available as part of our monthly bundle, so watch your in-boxes!

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LAST WITNESS OF AN ELDER TIME, HANDMAID OF THE AGE TO COME.

It was a time of the end of empire. The world was in turmoil. The Romans were abandoning Britain, leaving the remaining servants of empire to try to stem the tide of chaos. Aurelia was one such, the child of a Magistrate, and wife of a Legate. The entire world was changing around her. How could she raise her sons to thrive in such a world?

Everywhere, it seemed, the old, well-ordered realm she had been born into was passing away to be replaced by . . . what?

It was that question her sons, Aurelius and Uther—with the help of Merlin—were to answer.

Praise for Pendragon Cycle Book Three, Arthur:

“Evocative . . . intriguing . . . enthralling."
—Locus

Get Aurelia eARC here.

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Nightly News

When the Hegemony collapsed, records of what exactly happened became hard to come by. Enter Francesco Muston of the Umbrian Coalition Scholarship Foundation. He’s a scholar and a researcher who is trying to piece together the true story of the collapse. In his possession: Data Rod I-37. On it is what appears to be a Hegemony nightly newscast from the planet Dharien. But this broadcast may contain a key to one of the great mysteries scholars have debated about the fall of the Hegemony . . . and the origin of the legendary Men of Bretton.

Read “Data Rod I-37“, a new story set in the world of Men of Bretton by Richard Fox here.

Fall into a Good Book October Ebooks Sale

FALL INTO A GOOD BOOK

With summer in the rearview, the leaves are changing, the temperatures are falling, and pumpkin spice is in the air! Of course, Baen Books are always in season, but there’s something about settling in with a good book come autumn. So, this month we’re offering ebook discounts on some of our favorite Baen books. For the month of October, get $1 off a selection of ebooks curated by the Baen Books staff.

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*Aurelia* HALF Stephen R. Lawhead It was the end of an empire. The world was in turmoil. The Romans were abandoning Britain, leaving the remaining servants of empire to try to stem the tide of chaos. Aurelia was one such, the child of a prefect, and wife of another. The entire world had changed around her. How could she raise her sons to thrive in such a world?
*Taliesin* HALF Stephen R. Lawhead As the mighty Roman conquerors fade from the captured Isle of Britain and the doomed kingdom of Atlantis is torn apart by bloody war, two unlikely lovers will find themselves drawn together amid the fires of chaos—and will spawn a new kingdom of myth and legend.
*Merlin* HALF Stephen R. Lawhead Born to a druid bard and a princess of lost Atlantis, Merlin was destined for greatness. As he navigates a world ruled by greedy chieftains and barbaric invaders, Merlin must prepare for a higher destiny and pave the way for the legendary King Arthur Pendragon.
*Arthur* HALF Stephen R. Lawhead They called him unfit to rule, a lowborn, callow boy, Uther’s bastard. But his coming had been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. Soon, Arthur will face his greatest test—a deadly trap set by the sorceress Morgian with his beloved Queen Gwenhwyvar as the bait . . .
*Monster Hunter Fantom* edited by Martin Fajkus& Jakub Mařík Stories of the things that go bump in the night and the men and women who bump back—set in the world of Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International and focusing on the myths, legends, and folklore of Czechia, by Czech authors.

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This Baen Ebooks subscription bundle will dissolve on January 7, 2‌0‌2‌5. After that date, these books will be available for individual sale only.

Fairwood Press

The History of the World Begins in Ice
Kate Elliott

Enter the Post-Roman Afro-Celtic icepunk regency fantasy world of the Spiritwalker Trilogy (Cold Magic, Cold Fire, Cold Steel)—starring Phoenician spies, well-dressed men, revolutionary women, and lawyer dinosaurs—with 11 vivid stories gathered in one place by RT Reviewers’ Choice winner and Nebula, World Fantasy, Norton, and Locus Awards finalist Kate Elliott.

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Beyond the Blue Moon
Simon R. Green

It has been many years since the long night of the Blue Moon. King Harald is dead, and chaos reigns in the Forest Kingdom. The long-lost heroes of Blue Moon Rising must return in order to save the nation of their birth—and it might already be too late.

Once in a Blue Moon
Simon R. Green

No one knows the hero business like Hawk and Fisher. That’s why they started the Hawk and Fisher Memorial Academy—to share their skills with the next generation of heroes. Decades later, their Hero Academy is the Dutchy of Lancre’s most profitable tourist attraction, its greatest pride, and now . . . its biggest problem.

Blood and Honor
Simon R. Green

It’s seven years after the end of the Demon War. Rupert and Julia are becoming legends, their story one for performers to tell.

Down Among the Dead Men
Simon R. Green

There is a part of the Forest where it is always night. The tall trees bow together to shut out the light, and whatever lives there has never known the sun. Mapmakers call this area the Darkwood, and add the warning: Here Be Demons.

Smoke & Shadows
Tanya Huff

Working on a direct-to-syndication show about a vampire detective doesn’t much compare to Tony Foster’s past as an actual vampire’s lover. But when shadows on set start moving independent of the people they’re supposed to be attached to, he can’t dismiss it as a trick of the light.

Smoke & Ashes
Tanya Huff

Coming out of the wizard closet has barely changed Tony Foster’s life. Then he intervenes to prevent a terrible accident, and discovers the stuntwoman involved is an immortal survivor of a 3500-year-old sex cult with a hellgate around her midriff.

Smoke & Mirrors
Tanya Huff

Working as a PA for a syndicated television show means when problems crop up, it’s Tony Foster’s job to figure them out. Once his producers decide to film at an isolated historic mansion for a week, the wizard-in-training expects disruptions: no cell signal, extras bumbling around the set, lighting cords tangled in hundred-year-old hallways. He doesn’t expect ghosts.

The Complete Smoke Series
Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff’s Smoke trilogy in a single omnibus edition. Includes Smoke and Shadows, Smoke and Ashes, and Smoke and Mirrors.

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