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In this issue: the dark side of the city streets, two friends trying to make a go of it, and the glimpses of future war! All that plus a new contest! |
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Books on Sale in Bookstores January 2024 |
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NEW FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION STORIES WITH A HARDBOILED NOIR TWIST—FOCUSING ON THE MEAN STREETS OF THE CITY Humans have always been fascinated by darkness. Especially the darkness of a city at night, when the black sky is made ever more inky by the pools of illumination dropped under streetlights. Whether the mean streets be in an alternate past charmed with dark magic or the dirty alleyways of futuristic crowded space stations, the city—and its darkened streets—will always fascinate us. Here then, an anthology of all new stories of science fiction and fantasy with a hardboiled noir twist that acknowledge that the city is a living, breathing entity . . . and it isn’t always on our side. “The authors successfully create a fantasy pastiche of Chandleresque hardboiled fiction.” —Tangent Online Get Down These Mean Streets. |
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SOMETIMES, THE REAL ENEMIES ARE THE FRIENDS WE MAKE ALONG THE WAY.
An encounter with an old friend becomes tragically fatal, and Indrajit and Fix set out on a high-stakes quest across the ancient city of Kish to bring their friend back to life. At each step, the complications and the enemies alike pile up. The mysterious necromancers, the Vin Dalu priests, bind the heroes on an errand that sends them shuttling from one thieves’ guild to the next, pitting Indrajit and Fix against the deadly House of Knives and embroiling them in a plot by the giant, wasplike Kattak to take dire revenge on Kish and all its great houses. Can the heroes save their friend? Can Indrajit and Fix survive? Will Kish itself fall? “If you like your sword and sorcery with lots of action, outrageous settings, and two amiable—if occasionally clueless-—protagonists, I think you'll love these books.” —Jane Lindskold Get Among the Gray Lords. |
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FUTURE WAR
What if the United States went to war with the People’s Republic of China? How would these rivals fight for supremacy on land, sea, air, and across the stochastic streams of time? What wonder weapons would be unleashed? What horrors would emerge from the irradiated sludge of the South China Sea? What heroes would rise and forever change the course of history? Tread into the deepest and darkest dimensions of the multiverse, gaze through a kaleidoscope of fractured realities, and bear witness to the disturbing visions of World War III from today’s greatest minds in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. “A fascinating way to see how different authors of speculative fiction approach a similar theme . . .” —Tangent Online Get Weird World War: China. |
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New Audiobooks |
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COMING SOON FROM AUDIBLE.COM:
Down these Mean Streets edited by Larry Correia & Kacey Ezell Available 1/2/24 What Price Victory? edited by David Weber Available 1/9/24 Through the Storm by John Ringo & Lydia Sherrer Available 3/5/24 Tower of Silence by Larry Correia Available 3/19/24 |
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January Ebook Promotion |
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JANUARY DAVID DRAKE EBOOKS SALE
We lost David Drake on December 10, 2023. He was a giant in the genre and a friend to Baen Books, and he will be missed. Drake wrote some of the most influential fiction in the genre and touched the lives of many readers and writers. To celebrate his legacy we’re offering discounts on some key Drake titles from his backlist along with discounts of works that show the mark of his influence. Learn more! |
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January Contest |
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AMONG THE GRAY LORDS GIVEAWAY
To celebrate the release of the latest installment in the Indrajit and Fix series, we’re giving away a free copy of Among the Gray Lords. Send an email with your name to contest@baen.com to be entered into our random drawing. Find out more! |
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December Contest Winner |
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Congrats to Logan Horning, winner of a copy of Richard Fox’s Light of the Veil. |
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Don’t Touch That Dial: Listen to or Watch the Baen Free Radio Hour |
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Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Editors and contributors to Down These Mean Streets discuss SF Noir; D.J. Butler talks Indrajit and Fix; and we remember David Drake.
Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure. All previous episodes are also archived at Baen’s YouTube and Rumble channels. And check out the new optional video podcast format! |
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