New Titles - w/e 4th August 2012

in hardback:

Steven Erikson – Forge of Darkness the 1st volume of a new series, The Kharkana’s Trilogy
Trudi Canavan – The Traitor Queen the final volume in her Traitor Spy Trilogy, which began with The Ambassador’s Mission

G. W. Dalquhist – The Alchemikal Marriage the 3rd book in the Glass Books of the Dream Eaters sequence. Strange quasi-Victorian adventure and intrigue!
Tom Pollock – The City’s Son there is another city of strangeness and miracles beneath London and an ancient foe has returned…
Ali Shaw – The Man Who Rained in Thunderstown the weather can come to life…

Harry Turtledove – Coup D’etat the 4th in his The War That Came Early series, where ww2 started in 1938
James Rollins – Bloodline the latest Sigma Force adventure

in large format:

Graham McNeill – The Legend of Sigmar fat omnibus edition of Heldenhammer, Empire and God King, together with a 40 page extra story, all set in the Warhammer background.

in ‘B’ format:

Lilith Saintcrow – The Iron Wyrm Affair the 1st Bannon & Clare (she’s a special agent and he’s the next target of a nefarious plot to murder geniuses) adventure, set in a magic & steampunk background… Looks fun

Terry Brooks – The Measure of Magic the 2nd volume of the Legends of Shannara; sequel to Bearwers of the Black Staff
Terry Goodkind – The Omen Machine a new novel featuring Richard & Kathlan from his 12-volume Sword of Truth series…
Rowena Cory Daniells – Exile the sequel to Beseiged and part 2  of her Outcast Chronicles
Lev Grossman – The Magician King the sequel to Potter-esque adventure The Magicians, which I quite enjoyed.
Jim Butcher – Ghost Story the 13th Dresden File title
Ali Shaw – The Girl With Glass Feet Ida is slowly turning into glass…

Madeline Ashby – vN Amy is a young humanoid robot whose ‘First Law’ failsafe has failed and she’s on the run!
Tim Lebbon – The Heretic Land on a prison island a once-dead weapon is restoring itself…
Gabriella Pierce – 666 Park Avenue Jane finally meets her fiance’s family!

Jenny Diski – What I Don’t Know About Animals a somewhat autobiographical meander through her life and various animals she knows something about… Full of anecdotes and interesting information

in paperback:

David Weber – How Firm a Foundation the 5th in his Safehold series…
Michael Cobley – The Ascendant Stars the 3rd in his Humanity’s Fire set
Jean Johnson – An Officer’s Duty the 2nd in the Their’s Not to Reason Why sequence; the first was A Soldier’s Duty. Off-planet military sf.
T. C. McCarthy – Chimera the 3rd in his fairly near future Subterrene War series, which began with Germline
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller – Ghost Ship the latest adventure in their Liaden Universe

Tom Kratman – Countdown: H Hour the 3rd in his military fiction series, Countdown…

Kevin J. Anderson – The Key to Creation the final part of his Terra Incognita trilogy
Chris Evans – Ashes of a Black Frost the final volume of his Iron Elves trilogy

Ilona Andrews – Gunmetal Magic a new Kate Daniels adventure, with an additional bonus 100 novella
K. Bennett – I Ate the Sheriff the 3rd in the Mallory Caine, Zombie at Law series…
Rob Thurman – All Seeing Eye 1st in a new series; Jason is a cynical psychic for hire, blackmailed by the government to help with a bizarre experiment gone wrong!

Star Trek – Fallen Gods the latest adventure for the USS Titan and her crew, led by Captain Riker. Written by Michael A. Martin
Star Wars – Lost Tribe of the Sith and collected stories 8 short stories that appeared as e-books plus a 150 page novella, all by John Jackson Miller

art, etc:

Dougal Dixon – If Dinosaurs Were Alive Today large softcover laid out slightly differently from the hardback, with great illustrations of how dinos might fit in to today’s world!

audio:

Doctor Who – The Guardians of Prophecy the Lost Stories #3.4 from Big Finish