PW looks at 10 particularly intriguing and promising debut novels. A strikingly varied assortment, these fictional works discuss artificial intelligence, the extinction of human life, and the Iraq War from two distinctly different viewpoints.

Click the links below to read this year's ten first fiction profiles:

First Fiction 2012: Franck Thilliez: Thriller from Across The Atlantic

First Fiction 2012: David R. Gillham: Wrong Side of History

First Fiction 2012: Peter Heller: After Extinction

First Fiction 2012: Amanda Coplin: Sitting Under The Apple Tree

First Fiction 2012: Kevin Powers: Bonds of War

First Fiction 2012: David Abrams: War as a Laughing Matter

First Fiction 2012: Eduardo Halfon: A Grandfather's Inspiration

First Fiction 2012: Scott Hutchins: A Literary Turing Test

First Fiction 2012: Richard Kramer: A Talent for Writing Teens

First Fiction 2012: Lisa Lang: Unusual Utopian