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Red Lightning (Apr., $23.95) by John Varley is the sequel to the author's bestselling Red Thunder.
Definitely Dead (May, $23.95) by Charlaine Harris. The latest Sookie Stackhouse novel follows Dead as a Doornail.
Pushing Ice(June, $24.95) by Alastair Reynolds tells another deep space adventure story.
DAW
Pretender (Mar., $25.95) by C.J. Cherryh is the eighth book in the Foreigner series of human-alien conflict.
Regeneration: Species Imperative #3(May, $24.95) by Julie E. Czerneda brings the exploits of the Imperative series into its third installment.
Smoke and Ashes (June, $24.95) by Tanya Huff follows Huff's last dark fantasy, Smoke and Mirrors.
DEL REY
Judas Unchained (Mar., $26.95) by Peter F. Hamilton. This follow-up to Pandora's Star pits the Commonwealth civilization against an alien species.
Engaging the Enemy (Apr., $24.95) by Elizabeth Moon follows Marque and Reprisal as the third entry in the military SF series starring Kylara Vatta.
The Blood Knight (May, $25.95) by Greg Keyes. Book three in the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone tetralogy takes place after the murder of the king of Crotheny.
DEL REY/LUCAS
Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (June, $25.95) by Aaron Allston. All the familiar Star Wars characters populate the first in a new series.
EOS
Acorna's Children: Second Wave (Aug., $24.95) by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough serves up the second installment in the series. 50,000 first printing.
Flight of the Nighthawks: Book One of the Darkwar Saga (Apr., $25.95) by Raymond E. Feist. The New York Times bestselling author ushers in a new trilogy. 75,000 first printing.
The Obsidian Key: Book Two of the Legend of Asahiel (June, $24.95) by Eldon Thompson continues the series begun with The Crimson Sword.
GOLDEN GRYPHON
The Empire of Ice Cream (Apr., $24.95) by Jeffrey Ford. This collection mixes the mundane with the metaphysical.
PYR
River of Gods (Mar., $25) by Ian McDonald. Filled with war and betrayal, this multiplotted saga takes place in India in 2047.
The Crooked Letter: Books of the Cataclysm, One (Apr., $25) by Sean Williams tells of two mirror-image twins grappling with an unsuspected reality.
REGAN BOOKS
The Swarm (June, $26.95) by Frank Schatzing joins a team of scientists as they discover an intelligent life force that wreaks havoc on humans. 100,000 first printing.
ROC
Proven Guilty (May, $23.95) by Jim Butcher is the eighth installment in the Dresden Files series.
Valentine's Exile: A Novel of the Vampire Earth (June, $23.95) by E.E. Knight. In the fifth of the Vampire Earth series, a fellow freedom fighter asks Valentine to find his wife.
ST. MARTINS
Dark Side of the Moon (June, $19.95) by Sherrilyn Kenyon is the first Dark Hunter novel to be published in hardcover.
TOR
Phantom (Mar., $25.95) by Terry Goodkind. This second book in the Sword of the Truthtrilogy finds Richard Rahl desperately searching for his wife. 500,000 firstprinting. $500,000 ad/promo.
A Shadow in Summer (Mar., $24.95) by Daniel Abraham. The forces of money and power threaten to destroy a city in this fantasy of magic and intrigue.
When Darkness Falls (July, $27.95) by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory. The world must be saved from the Demon Queen in this conclusion to the Obsidian Trilogy.
The Grays (Aug., $24.95) by Whitley Strieber revolves around an alien presence on Earth.
WARNER ASPECT
Mystic Empire (Apr., $25.95) by Tracy and Laura Hickman concludes the dragon-filled Bronze Canticles trilogy.
Of Fire and Night (July, $25.95) by Kevin J. Anderson. The Klikiss robots are up to no good in book five of the Saga of Seven Suns.
The Younger Gods(Aug., $26.95) by David and Leigh Eddings. The Vlagh launch a final attack in the fourth and final book in the Dreamers series.
