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In this issue: an oral history of the zombie apocalypse, a team of gifted teenagers who must save their mentor from death on the Moon, and a caretaker android who must learn to become much more. All that, plus a new contest.
   Books on Sale in Bookstores March 2019
Original Stories Set in the Best-selling Black Tide Rising Series

Civilization had fallen. Everyone who survived the plague lived through the Fall, that terrible autumn when life as they had known it ended in blood and chaos. Nuclear attack submarines facing sudden and unimaginable crises. Paid hunters on a remote island suddenly cut off from any hope of support. Elite assassins. Never-made-it retirees. Bong-toting former soldiers. There were seven and a half billion stories of pain and suffering, courage, hope and struggle crying out from history: Remember us.

These are their stories. These are the Voices of the Fall.

Get Voices of the Fall here.





Race Around the Moon!

Barbara Winton and the rest of the Bright Sparks, Dr. Keegan Bright’s team of youthful scientists, are competing in the first ever race to completely circle the Moon! The Sparks must count on one another as they face thousands of kilometers of unknown dangers, where a simple accident can have fatal consequences. While the Sparks compete in the race, Dr. Bright himself is part of a groundbreaking project to seek out rare minerals underneath a crater. Then on the far side of the Moon, in the airless, frozen depths beneath the lunar surface, disaster strikes—and only the Bright Sparks are close enough to help him!

Get Moon Tracks here.




Machine. Human. Carey.

Mildred has Alzheimer's. As memories fade, she acquires the aid of a full-time android to assist her in everyday life. Carey. Carey takes care of Mildred, but its true mission is to fill in the gaps in Mildred’s past. After Mildred passes, Carey must find a new purpose. For a time, that purpose is Mildred’s family. To keep them safe from harm. To be of service. Carey struggles. Carey seeks to understand life’s challenges. Carey makes its own path. Carey must learn to live. To grow. To care. To survive. To be.

Get Today I Am Carey here.


March Contest

contest
Almost Human

In Martin L. Shoemaker's new novel Today I am Carey, an android caretaker finds his place in a world of humans. Which got us thinking about other robots and androids from science fiction literature, film, and television. Now, we'd like to know your favorites. Tell us your favorite robot or android and why in a short paragraph (less than 100 words) for a chance to win Today I am Carey, signed by Martin L. Shoemaker.

Find out more here.





February Contest Winner

Last month we asked you to tell us which legendary sword (or edged weapon) from science fiction or fantasy literature is your all-time favorite. Congrats to Arlynn Horne. Arlynn wins a signed copy of Larry Correia's House of Assassins.

Read the winning entry here.


Don't Touch that Dial: It's the Baen Free Radio Hour!

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Martin L. Shoemaker discusses Today I Am Carey, his debut science fiction novel about a robotic Alzheimer’s caregiver who spends a generation devoted to a family, and learns to be a person himself as a result. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure.

Listen to The Baen Free Radio Hour now


March Books

Voices of the Fall
Edited by John Ringo & Gary Poole
(hardcover)

The zombie apocalypse is here in these all-new stories from John Ringo, Sarah A. Hoyt, Michael Z. Williamson, Jody Lynn Nye, Travis S. Taylor, and many more. Sequel to the best-selling anthology Black Tide Rising.


Moon Tracks
Travis S. Taylor & Jody Lynn Nye
(hardcover)

The Bright Sparks, Dr. Keegan Bright’s team of youthful scientists, are competing in the first ever race to completely circle the Moon! While they compete, Dr. Bright himself is part of a groundbreaking project on the fire side of the moon. When disaster strikes, only the Bright Sparks are close enough to help him!


Today I Am Carey
Martin L. Shoemaker
(trade paperback)

Mildred has Alzheimer's. As memories fade, she acquires the aid of a full-time android to assist her in everyday life. Carey. After Mildred passes, Carey must find a new purpose. Carey struggles. Carey seeks to understand life’s challenges. Carey makes its own path. Carey must learn to live. To grow. To care. To survive. To be.


Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!
Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson
(trade paperback)

The Interbeing League had been formed to make contact with new intelligent races in the galaxy and offer them membership. But when the League encountered the Hokas, furry creatures strongly resembling the teddy bears of Earth, the League’s agent, Alexander Jones, could have been excused for wishing he had a simpler assignment than making sense out of the Hokas—such as singlehandedly stopping an interstellar war.


1636: The Vatican Sanction
Eric Flint & Charles E. Gannon
(mass market paperback)

Pope Urban is on the run from the Vatican’s would-be usurper Borja. Fortunately, Urban has help from those indomitable modern West Virginians thrown back in time during the Ring of Fire cataclysm.


Cobra Traitor
Timothy Zahn
(mass market paperback)

The Cobras face an impossible decision: join with the hated Dominion of Man or risk annihilation at the hands of the alien Troft in the conclusion of the Cobra War trilogy.


Mission to Methone
Les Johnson
(mass market paperback)

Turns out, humanity is far from alone in the galaxy—and our future may depend on one man discovering a strange secret on the tiny, egg-shaped moon of Methone. The only question is, will he get there in time?
Baen Appearances
Author Appearance
Martin L. Shoemaker

March 8
Barnes & Noble
Mishawaka, IN

Martin L. Shoemaker

March 9
Barnes & Noble
Holland, MI

David B. Coe

March 13 - 16
ICFA
Orlando, FL
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/

D.J. Butler
Larry Dixon
Mercedes Lackey

March 14 - 17
Emerald City Comic Con
Seattle, WA
https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/

Tony Daniel
Timothy Zahn (Guest of Honor)

March 15 - 17
MidSouthCon
Memphis, TN
http://midsouthcon.org/

Michael Z. Williamson

March 15 - 17
Indy 1500 Gun & Knife Show
Indianapolis, IN
http://www.indy1500.com/

Martin L. Shoemaker

March 16
Barnes & Noble
Muskegon, MI

Tony Daniel
Kacey Ezell
Robert E. Hampson
Jacob Holo
Christopher Ruocchio
David Weber
Steve White
Marisa Wolf
Timothy Zahn (Guest Of Honor)

March 22 - 24
FantaSci
Raleigh, NC
http://fantasci.rocks/fantasci/

Chris Smith

March 22 - 24
AggieCon
College Station, TX
https://cepheid.org/aggiecon

Martin L. Shoemaker

March 23
Barnes & Noble
Rochester Hills, MI

Martin L. Shoemaker

March 24
Barnes & Noble Allen Park
Allen Park, MI


Don't forget to check out the newest ebook releases here. Plus, read “Today I Remember” by Martin L. Shoemaker here. And read this month's nonfiction essay "Genetics Advice for Generation Starships" by Dan Koboldt here.
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