Edited by Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weisman. Tachyon, $16.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-61696-257-9
This excellent anthology showcases up-and-coming speculative fiction writers, many of whom have received award nominations and critical attention to support their status as future influencers of the genre. The anthology opens with Alyssa Wong’s...
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Max Gladstone. Tor, $24.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3310-0
In the world of Gladstone's fascinating debut, gods communicate directly with their followers, and magic—known as Craft—is practiced like law. First-year associate Craftswoman Tara Abernathy; her mentor, Elayne Kevarian; and novice priest Abelard...
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Max Gladstone. Tor, $25.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3312-4
Gladstone outdoes himself in this exciting and imaginative return to the brilliantly realized world of Three Parts Dead. In the city of Dresediel Lex, the civic water supply is managed by the magical Concern of Red King Consolidated (RKC). When one...
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Max Gladstone. Tor, $25.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3574-6
In the rich and complex world of Gladstone’s third Craft novel (after Three Parts Dead), the tropical island of Kavekana thrives as an offshore investment haven for the soulstuff driving the economy. The idols of Kavekana are supposed to be neutral...
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Max Gladstone. Tor, $25.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7653-7940-5
Gladstone adds to his outstanding Craft sequence with a tense legal thriller (the first volume chronologically, but the fourth one published) centered on the Skittersill Rising, an event that sets the scene for
the events of 2013’s Two Serpents...
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Max Gladstone. Tor, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-7942-9
In the fifth installment of the Craft sequence, two-time Campbell Award–finalist Gladstone returns to the city of Alt Coulomb and the adventures of Craftswoman Tara Abernathy. A year after the events of Three Parts Dead, Tara—now in-house counsel to
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Max Gladstone. Tor.com, $24.99 trade paper (576p) ISBN 978-0-7653-9589-4
Gladstone’s powerful sixth Craft Sequence novel (after Four Roads Cross)—set in a parallel world in which magic (or Craft) relies as much on complicated legal agreements as raw power—shows the author taking narrative risks that pay off. Kai Pohala (h
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Max Gladstone. Tor, $18.99 trade paper (480p) ISBN 978-0-7653-9581-8
The first epic space opera from fantasist Gladstone (the Craft Sequence) incorporates wonder and wit to create a feminist, humanist playground of thought exercise. Viv Liao is a titan of industry, revered and feared in equal measure, and her enemies
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Max Gladstone. Tor, $18.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3573-9
College students discover they can manipulate the inherent uncertainties of reality to step into alternate universes in the brilliant latest from Hugo and Nebula Award winner Gladstone (This Is How You Lose the Time War, written with Amal El-Mohtar).
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Max Gladstone. Tordotcom, $17.99 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-7653-9591-7
New horrors join familiar problems in the taut, densely packed fantasy that launches Gladstone’s Craft Wars trilogy, part of his Craft Sequence universe. When storied Craftswoman (or magic user) Tara Abernathy returns to her hometown, a small...
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Max Gladstone et al. Saga, $34.99 (800p) ISBN 978-1-4814-8556-2
This perfectly fluffy urban fantasy yarn, a compiled “season” of 16 serial “episodes” (all published online by Serial Box as both text and audio), begins with NYPD detective Sal Brooks rescuing her brother, Perry, from demonic possession with the...
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Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Saga, $19.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-5344-3100-3
In this exquisitely crafted tale, two special agents from competing factions forge an unexpected relationship through messages left behind as they wage a secret war across space and time. Red, who represents a society dominated by technology and...
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Edited by George R.R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass. Bantam, $28 (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-35783-5
Martin and Snodgrass continue the long-running Wild Cards series (after Pairing Up) with a fascinating anthology exploring the elusive character of the Sleeper. In 1946, an alien virus forever changed the course of humanity. Many who survived were...
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