UK SF Book News

Negima! #13 by Ken Akamatsu

Publisher: Del Rey Manga (US)
Date: February 27th 2007
Format: Manga paperback
Price: $10.95
About the Book: "As the Budokai Martial Arts Tournament draws to a close, Negi finds himself facing one of his own students, Setsuna, in battle. But after the strange disappearance of Takahata-sensei, and an ever stranger conversation with the mysterious Ku:nel Sanders, can Negi pull it together to emerge victorious?"
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks

Publisher: Little, Brown (UK)
Date: March 1st 2007
Format: Hardback
Price: £17.99
About the Book: Iain Banks' brand new non-sf novel. "Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks's fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire!; now a hugely successful computer game. So successful, the American Spraint Corp wants to buy the firm out..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Publisher: Atom (UK)
Date: November 28th 2006
Format: Hardback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: The third novel in Terry Brooks' classic fantasy series, re-packaged for the YA market. "Horror stalks the Four Lands. The Ildatch, immemorial book of evil spells, has stirred to eldritch life, sending its foul Mord Wraiths to accomplish at last Mankind's destruction. Once again Allanon, ancient Druid Protector of the Races, must seek the help of a descendant of Jerle Shannara..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

The Dragon Master Omnibus by Chris Bunch

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: March 1st 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £9.99
About the Book: Collects together the three volumes of Chris Bunch's military dragon saga: Storm of Wings, Knighthood of the Dragon and The Last Battle, telling the story of the rise to fame of Dragon Master Hal Kailis and his fellow Dragon flyers.
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Last of the Wilds by Trudi Canavan

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: January 18th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: "Although the architect of the White's victory, Auraya's first taste of war has left her sleep filled with nightmares. She walks in fields of blood while the dead rise in accusation. You killed us. You. It seems Auraya will know no peace while these nightmares haunt her, but the only one she trusts to help has vanished."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver

Publisher: Gollancz (UK)
Date: January 11th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: "The Twelve Colonies of man have been at peace for 40 years, ever since defeating the rebellion by the man-made Cylons, mechanical beings designed for manual labour But now the Cylons have returned. And they intend to destroy all humanity. Only a single warship survived the massive surprise attack: Battlestar Galactica."
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Ink by Hal Duncan

Publisher: Ballantine Books (US)
Date: February 27th 2007
Format: US proof
Price: $15.95
About the Book: Proof copy of the US edition of the sequel to Hal Duncan's critically-acclaimed Vellum. "It's twenty years since the Evenfall swept across the Vellum and the bitmites took reality apart, twenty years since Phreedom Messenger disappeared into the wilderness and Seamus Finnan was imprisoned in his own past."
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Runelords #1 -The Sum of all Men by David Farland

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: February 1st 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: The first part of the re-issued Runelords series. "Raj Ahten, the Wolf Lord of Indhopal, uses magic to transform himself into the ultimate warrior: The Sum of All Men. He seeks to bring all of humanity under his rule - destroying anything and anyone in his path. Standing in his way is Prince Gaborn Val Orden, who must fulfil a 2,000-year-old prophecy and become the Earth King, a mythic figure who can unleash the forces of the earth itself. Only then will humanity have a chance to survive..."
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Runelords #2 - Brotherhood of the Wolf by David Farland

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: February 1st 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: "Gaborn has managed to drive off Raj Ahten, but Ahten is far from defeated. Striking at far-flung cities and fortresses and killing dedicates, Ahten seeks to draw out the Earth King from his seat of power, in order to crush him. But as they weaken each other's forces in battle, the armies of an ancient and implacable enemy issue forth from the very bowels of the Earth..."
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Runelords #3 - Wizard Born by David Farland

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: March 1st 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: "Reeling from the battle at Carris, the young king Gaborn Val Orden finds that he has lost the powers that let him protect his people. As he struggles to rid his land of reavers, he discovers that the creatures are more resourceful and terrifying than even he imagined. Desperate for any weapon that will aid him in this battle, all of his hopes come to rest upon the nine-year-old girl, Averan, the Wizardborn apprentice to the earth wizard Binnesman. Despite her fears, he must convince her to lead him in battle against the reaver lord of the underworld. Meanwhile the ailing Wolf Lord, Raj Ahten, learns that a reaver horde is decimating his own homeland. There, he confronts his enemy, and finds that he must choose to strip himself of all humanity or face ultimate defeat..."
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Runelords #4 - The Lair of Bones by David Farland

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: March 1st 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book:
"The stars fall from heaven and the very earth trembles in pain. With Gaborn's kingdom of Mystarria in ruins, four powerful kings march to claim its spoils, even as a vast army of reavers sallies forth from the underworld, intending to put an end to mankind. In one last-ditch effort to heal the earth, the wizardborn Averan leads the Earth King, Gaborn Val Orden, far below the surface to the Lair of Bones, to face the leader of the reaver hordes. There Gaborn must confront an ancient evil - before the world is torn apart..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison

Publisher: Voyager (UK)
Date: March 5th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: The fifth Rachel Morgan novel. "As if being famous in the underworld - for all the wrong reasons - and sharing her home with a vampire and her jealous girlfriend didn't make her vulnerable enough, one night Rachel finds demons ransacking her home with no fear of sanctified ground..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Traitor to the Blood by Barb & J.C. Hendee

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: December 7th 2006
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: "Born a half-breed to an elven mother and human father, Leesil was raised in the Warlands as assassin, spy, and slave to Lord Darmouth, ruler to one of its independent provinces. But Leesil's mother trained him too well, and he used his skills to escape, leaving his parents to suffer Darmouth's wrath for all such traitors and their kin. Now, with newfound purpose in the company of his beloved Magiere, Leesil returns to confront the sins of his past and uncover his parents' fate."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Celtika by Robert Holdstock

Publisher: Gollancz (UK)
Date: January 11th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: Re-issued paperback edition of the first part of Holdstock's current fantasy saga, The Merlin Codex. "Merlin is almost young, and immortal, one of those born to walk the paths of the world, a man with charm carved into his bones, and enchantment running through his body thicker than blood... And this is a time of heroes, centuries before King Arthur is born, men and women who, though not gods themselves, are something more than mere mortals."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

The Iron Grail by Robert Holdstock

Publisher: Gollancz (UK)
Date: January 11th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: Re-issued paperback edition of the second part of Holdstock's current fantasy saga, The Merlin Codex. "Seven centuries have passed since Merlin journeyed with Jason and his Argonauts to find the Golden Fleece. Merlin is immortal, but when he uses the charm that is knit deep in his bones, his body ages - and he has no wish to be old, so rather than squander his magic, he prefers to rely on his own intelligence and cunning."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Barking by Tom Holt

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: March 1st 2007
Format: Hardback
Price: £12.99
About the Book: "Monsters are roaming the streets of London. Of course, some monsters are scarier than others: Unicorns? No bother. Vampires? Big deal. Werewolves? Ho hum. Lawyers? ...Aaargh! Duncan's boss doesn't think that he's cut out to be a lawyer. He isn't a pack animal. He lacks the killer instinct. But when his best friend from school barges his way back into Duncan's life, with a full supporting cast of lawyers, ex-wives, zombies and snow-white unicorns, it's not long before things become distinctly unsettling. Hairy, even."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Smoke and Mirrors by Tanya Huff

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: December 7th 2006
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: "Smoke and Mirrors is the second in Tanya Huff's new series about Tony, a former street-kid, rescued by vampire Henry Fitzroy. Tony has moved out of Fitzroy's home and is now working as a production assistant on TV show 'Darkest Night' - ironically, a fictional show about a vampire detective. The action centres around the filming of a haunted house story... unfortunately in an actual haunted house."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Mammote Lollipop #1 by Michiyo Kikuta

Publisher: Del Rey Manga (US)
Date: February 27th 2007
Format: Manga paperback
Price: $10.95
About the Book: "Junior high schooler Nina is ready to fall in love. She's looking for a boy who's cute and sweet - and strong enough to support her when the chips are down. But what happens when Nina's dream comes true... twice? One day, two cute boys literally fall from the sky. They're both wizards who've come to the human world to take the Magic Exam..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

The Mark Of The Beast And Other Fantastical Tales by Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks (UK)
Date: March 11th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: "Kipling, one of England's greatest writers, was born in Bombay. He was educated in England, but returned to India in 1882. He began writing fantasy and supernatural stories set in his native continent, such as 'The Phantom Rickshaw' and 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes', and his most famous weird story is 'The Mark of the Beast' (1890), about a man cursed to transform into a were-leopard."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

In the Earth Abides the Flame by Russell Kirkpatrick

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: November 6th 2006
Format: Paperback
Price: £7.99
About the Book: "Battered and bruised, suffering grievous loss, the Company enters the great city of Instruere. They have to warn the Council of Faltha of the Destroyer's threat, and have no idea of the depth of treachery that awaits them. Bhudwo's tentacles go far deeper in to Faltha than any of the Company realises ...they find Instruere to be a city divided against itself, and the Watchers are nowhere to be found."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

The Last Mimzy Stories by Henry Kuttner

Publisher: Del Rey (US)
Date: March 23rd 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: $13.95
About the Book: Originally published as The Best of Henry Kuttner, this volume of seventeen short stories has been re-issued to tie in with the forthcoming New Line Cinema movie The LAST Mimzy, based on the story 'Mimsy Were the Borogroves'.
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Brasyl by Ian McDonald

Publisher: Gollancz (UK)
Date: June 21st 2007
Format: UK proof
Price: £18.99
About the Book: "Ian MacDonald's River of Gods, painted a vivid picture of a near future India, 100 years after independence. It revolutionised British SF for a new generation by taking a perspective that was not European or American. Brasyl will do the same for South America's largest and most vibrant country. A story that begins in the favelas, the slums of Rio, and quickly expands to take in drugs, corruption, and a frightening new technology that allows access to all the multiple worlds..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon

Publisher: Ballantine Books (US)
Date: February 27th 2007
Format: Hardback
Price: $24.95
About the Book: A new novel in the Vatta's War military space opera saga. Ky Vatta tries to restore herself to a position of power and influence following the brutal slaying of her family in an attempt to wipe out their stellar trading empire.
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: January 18th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: "The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally ? well, to be accurate, artificially ? business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal sea beast named Steve with, shall we say, a thing for explosive oil tanker trucks."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Burning Tower by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: January 18th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £8.99
About the Book: Sequel to The Burning City. "The people of Tep's Town are desperate. Monstrous invaders have emerged from the desert, and people are being slaughtered. Danger on the roads means no trade. No trade means that Tep's Town itself will die. The fire god Yangin-Atep has retreated into myth, leaving the town's residents unprotected for the first time in its history - and they now face an army of fearsome birds with blades for wings, consumed by an inexorable lust for blood."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Selling Out by Justina Robson

Publisher: Gollancz (UK)
Date: May 17th 2007
Format: UK proof
Price: £10.99
About the Book: "Justina Robson's new series is a joyful melding of science fiction and fantasy brought together in the figure of the dangerously lovely Lila Black. Book two of the Quantum Gravity series sees Lila Black drawn into the intoxicatingly dangerous demon realm. Capricious, in love with beauty, demons are best left to themselves. Not easy when they can't resist tampering with humans... "
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Dead Man Rising by Lilith Saintcrow

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: December 7th 2006
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: "Dante Valentine is a licensed Necromance, one of the best ever to survive training, and she's got an emerald embedded in her forehead to prove it. She's also dangerous and prickly with a suicidal streak - who better to make a contract with the Devil - and survive to tell the tale? The Dark One himself is a hard act to follow, but fate has managed to store up a number of sinister and extremely unpleasant surprises for Dante. Raising the dead has never been so risky..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Suzuka #3 by Kuoji Seo

Publisher: Del Rey Manga (US)
Date: February 27th 2007
Format: Manga paperback
Price: $13.95
About the Book: "Everything was going just fine between Yamato and his gorgeous neighbour Suzuka... until Yamato opened his big mouth and said the three most dangerous words a guy can utter: 'I love you'. Now Suzuka is giving him the silent treatment. In a desperate bid to get back on her good side, Yamato joins the track team..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Eternal Sabbath #4 by Fuyumi Soryo

Publisher: Del Rey Manga (US)
Date: February 27th 2007
Format: Manga paperback
Price: $10.95
About the Book: "Isaac and Shuro are the products of a monstrous genetic-engineering experiment. Dr Mine Kujyou, a scientist researching this dangerous subject, knows that they were created with the superhuman ability to control people's minds, and that Isaac has been using his powers to commit a series of strange and brutal murders..."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Glasshouse by Charles Stross

Publisher: Orbit (UK)
Date: March 1st 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: "When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. It's the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities and target historians. The civil war is over and Robin has been demobilized, but someone wants him out of the picture because of something his earlier self knew."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Loop by Koji Suzuki

Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
Date: March 5th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: "
Stunning Japanese novel with a chilling twist from Japan's stylish new literary star, the acclaimed author of Ring and Spiral. Kaoru's father, Hideyuki, lies dying in a Tokyo hospital, his body ravaged by viral cancer. This nightmarish incurable disease has sprung out of nowhere and has begun to affect organisms all over the planet."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Spiral by Koji Suzuki

Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
Date: March 5th 2007
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
About the Book: "Pathologist Ando is at a low point in his life. His small son's death from drowning has resulted in the break-up of his marriage and he is suffering from traumatic recurrent nightmares. Work is his only escape, and his depressing world of loneliness and regret is shaken up when an old rival from medical school, Ryuji Takayama, turns up on his slab ready to be dissected."
Buying: Amazon.co.uk

Love Roma #5 by Minoru Toyoda

Publisher: Del Rey Manga (US)
Date: February 27th 2007
Format: Manga paperback
Price: $10.95
About the Book: The fifth and final volume of the Love Roma series. "Love at first sight doesn't always last. But it has for Hoshino and Negishi. They've made it to their senior year of high school as a couple, and their relationship has only gotten stronger. Now that they've learned so much about love–about trust, affection, and friendship–it seems like..."
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