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2042: The Battle is Coming by Frederick Ransom Gray
Tate Publishing. (ISBN-13: 978-1606965443) Paperback. Length: 284pp
Everyone fights. Few survive… In 2042: The Battle is Coming, brilliant bio-chemical discoveries elevate the Dark Forces of Evil (DFOE) to superpower status. Emperor Vuunderjahr’s relentless pursuit of global domination leads him to a systematic enslavement and dehumanization of the world’s population. Only three wayward field operatives remain active from the once-prominent Free World. The agents unexpectedly join allegiance with wacky rebels, known as Beaters. Their mission: vanquish Dr. Vuunderjahr and the DFOE empire, thereby restoring freedoms to a lost world. Meanwhile, they’re all too familiar with the realization that The Battle is Coming.
Hazards by Mike Resnick
Subterranean. (ISBN-13: 978-1596062306) Hardcover. Length: 280pp
After his Adventures in Africa, his Exploits in Asia, and his Encounters in Europe, everyone’s favorite man of the cloth, the irrepressible Right Reverend Honorable Doctor Lucifer Jones, is back to tell you about the Hazards he encounters in South America. They include the terrifying Island of Annoyed Souls, the discovery of the Lost Continent of Moo (spelled correctly for a change), a battle with safari ants that even Charlton Heston wouldn’t want any part of, and a pair of Bird Girls who live in matching Chartreuse Mansions.
The New Space Opera 2: New Tales of Science Fiction Adventure by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan
Eos. (ISBN-13: 978-0061562358) Paperback. Length: 560pp
Some of the most beloved names in science fiction spin all-new tales of interstellar adventure and wonder, including: Neal Asher, John Barnes, Cory Doctorow, John Kessel, Jay Lake, John Meaney, Elizabeth Moon, Garth Nix, Mike Resnick, Justina Robson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, John Scalzi, Bruce Sterling, Peter Watts, Sean Williams, Tad Williams, Bill Willingham, Robert Charles Wilson, and John C. Wright.
A Sense of Infinity by Howard L Myers
Baen. (ISBN-13: 978-1439132784) Paperback. Length: 592pp
An anthology of entertaining space adventure and humorous fantasy Inventive by a writer noted for original ideas developed with a sardonic wit. In a post-apocalyptic world, telepaths are common, but young Starn had no trace of telepathic ability, and was persecuted by those who had the talent—until he discovered he possessed an even more unusual ability… A criminal mastermind has been captured by the Space Patrol, and a Patrol ship is carrying him to a prison planet. Escape seems impossible, but he has a secret weapon. It’s only water—but water with a very unusual property… In the afterlife, it turns out that one’s existence is dependent on being remembered by the living. As you are forgotten, you shrink. How do you avoid this? Why, hire an unearthly public relations firm, of course.
The Women of Nell Gwynne’s by Kage Baker and J. K. Potter
Subterranean. (ISBN-13: 978-1596062504) Hardcover. Length: 120pp
Lady Beatrice was the proper British daughter of a proper British soldier, until tragedy struck and sent her home to walk the streets of early-Victorian London. But Lady Beatrice is no ordinary whore, and is soon recruited to join an underground establishment known as Nell Gwynne’s. Nell Gwynne’s is far more than simply the finest and most exclusive brothel in Whitehall; it is in fact the sister organization to the Gentlemen’s Speculative Society, that 19th-century predecessor to a certain Company… and when a member of the Society goes missing on a peculiar assignment, it’s up to Lady Beatrice and her sister harlots to investigate.
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