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In this issue: a cruise back through time, a reality show on the moon, and new breakthroughs in genetic research. All that plus a new Liaden Universe® story by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller.
   April 2017
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book cover Cruise through Time

What was supposed to be a relaxing cruise becomes a nightmare when the modern-day cruise ship the Queen of the Sea is transported through time and space. Now two thousand years in the past and afloat in the middle of the Mediterranean, the passengers and crew of the Queen of the Sea must band together to find a way to survive in a chaotic world—and start to build a brighter future.

Get The Alexander Inheritance eARC here.





Stay Alive on the Far Side of the Moon

What happens when you get the one thing you wanted most in life? Lonely 16-year-old farm girl Barbara Winton has been following one reality show for years. Then in an instant she goes from fangirl to participant when the call comes from Dr. Keegan Bright: She’s been selected out of a horde of applicants to join him on the Moon.

She’ll be one of his Bright Sparks, six students with expertise in STEM and plenty of their own ingenuity chosen to work with Dr. Bright and given big responsibilities to undertake new projects important to the growth of the colony. Her first task? Build a radar telescope using an entire crater on the far side of the Moon.

But Barbara soon learns that life on a burgeoning frontier outpost like the Moon is a far cry from safe, civilized Earth. The loner from farm country must find a way to weld a functional team out of fiercely independent thinkers. Not only are they a bit trickier to work with than farm robots, not only is the working environment incredibly dangerous—she also has to perform this miracle in front of millions of fans…

Get Moon Beam eARC here.


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New Fiction and Nonfiction at Baen.com

story graphic By the Book

Cargo Master Therny Chirs likes to do things by the book. But when massive amounts of money are on the line, others prefer to cut corners. But doing so often spells danger. Now, what is supposed to be a routine pilot recertification test takes a turn for the worse, and Chirs finds himself embroiled in intrigue he wants nothing to do with. An all-new story by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller set in the Liaden Universe®, with latest entry The Gathering Edge out next month.

Read “Cutting Corners” here.




Ancient Myths Come to Life

The chimera: a mythical beast described in Homer’s Iliad as having the head of a lion, the midsection of a goat, and the tail of a snake. A fire-breather made up of various pieces of different animals. In this month’s nonfiction essay, genetics researcher Dan Kobolt takes us to the cutting edge of the field to discuss how modern science is creating chimeras—not those of myth, but just as fascinating—and explores how science fiction has used chimeras as storytelling devices.

Read “Chimeras: Science and Science Fiction” here.



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


Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Eric Flint and Griffin Barber on Ring of Fire novel 1636: Mission to the Mughals, and Larry Correia talks about the leatherbound edition of Monster Hunter Vendetta and reflects on writing the Monster Hunter series. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure.

Listen to the Baen Free Radio Hour now.


Baen Ebook Releases


The Alexander Inheritance - HALF
Eric Flint & Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett


What was supposed to be a relaxing cruise becomes a nightmare when the modern-day cruise ship the Queen of the Sea is transported through time and space. Now two thousand years in the past and afloat in the middle of the Mediterranean, the passengers and crew of the Queen of the Sea must band together to find a way to survive in a chaotic world—and start to build a brighter future.

Moon Beam - HALF
Travis S. Taylor & Jody Lynn Nye


Barbara Winton has been following one reality show for years. Then in an instant she goes from fangirl to participant when the call comes from Dr. Keegan Bright: She’s been selected out of a horde of applicants to join him on the Moon. But Barbara soon learns that life on the Moon is a far cry from safe, civilized Earth.



Straight Outta Tombstone
- HALF
ed. by David Boop

All new stories of the weird, wild west. These tales aren’t the ones your grandpappy spun around a campfire, unless he spoke of soul-sucking ghosts, steam-powered demons and wayward aliens.  Includes stories from Larry Correia, Jim butcher, Kevin J. Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, Sarah A. Hoyt, Jody Lynn Nye, Michael A. Stackpole, and many more.

Wolfling - HALF
Gordon R. Dickson

When the first expedition from Earth reaches Alpha Centauri III, it makes a startling discovery: all life, including humankind, is governed by the Throne World. The Earth is a mere outpost in a vast star empire.

Jim Keil was a superman on Earth, but on the Throne World he is nothing more than a “wolfing,” a trained pet whose sole purpose is to entertain the High-Born. But Jim Keil will show the High-Born that the people of Earth aren’t so easily tamed.

Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge
Larry Correia & John Ringo

When Marine Private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the Marine barrack bombing in Beirut, he’s given a choice: Go to Heaven or return to Earth, where the Boss has a mission for him. He's a Marine: He'll choose the mission.

Galactic Games
ed. by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

From downhill figure skating to horse racing with alien life forms; from baseball played with speedboats to basketball on Mars, Galactic Games shows us what happens when humanity takes sporting events to the stars. Includes stories by George R.R. Martin, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Correia, Robert Silverberg, Randall Garrett, Gene Wolfe, Mike Resnick—and more.

Get the July ebooks bundle here

*This Baen Ebooks subscription bundle will dissolve on July 4, 2017. After that date, these books will be available for individual sale only.*


Fairwood Press

The Final Trick of Funnyman
Bruce Taylor

For more than 20 years, fantasist Bruce Taylor has been entertaining readers all over the world with his masterful blend of surrealism and magic realism. Now these stories have been collected, along with new work. From the vaguely sinister adventures of Mr. M. to the “Bradburyesque” boyhood exploits of Edward, Taylor’s tales showcase an imagination at once intense and gentle, absurd and cutting.

Pinbeam

Change Management
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller

Times are perilous, violence rife, and the future uncertain. Success and the survival of all you hold dear may hinge on how you manage change. Here are two Lee and Miller stories set in the Liaden Universe®: “Street Cred,” original to this chapbook; and “Wise Child,” reprinted from Baen.com. Both stories with the complications arising from decisive change, and decisive Change Management at the point of peril.

Lone Star Press/Event Horizon

Combat Corpsman
Greg McPartlin

The often humorous—and sometimes heartbreaking— true account of one Navy SEAL’s year of combat in what had been a Viet Cong stronghold until the SEALs took control and Charlie placed bounties on the men with green faces. It is the first inside story of a Navy SEAL medic, a man who wanted to heal, not to kill, but did both to save lives.

Wordfire Press

The Road to Hell
D.J. Butler

Heaven doesn’t want them. Do they stand a chance in Hell? The second omnibus volume of Rock Band Fights Evil by D.J. Butler, author of Witchy Eye. Contains three complete novels, Devil Sent the Rain, This World Is Not My Home, The Good Son.



The Dustpan Cometh
Josh Vogt

The hilarious, gripping story of The Cleaners continues. Dani struggles in her job with the supernatural cleaning company that keeps reality tidy and safe, but she faces her nemesis against Sydney, the entropy-wielding Scum whose very touch can turn anything to dust.



Club Anyone
Lou Agresta

In an age of augmented reality, love is found in the most dangerous places. Stranded on Mars, washed-up megacorp programmer Derek Tobbit is caught in a conspiracy that could threaten the solar system. Based on the popular Interface Zero game from Gunmetal Games.



She Murdered Me With Science
David Boop

It’s 1953 and scientist-turned P.I. Noel Glass tries to clear his name after an experiment goes awry. A clandestine organization is trying to conquer the world using his “failed” invention, but Glass and his team of unlikely allies stand in their way.


Get the April Wordfire Press Bundle here



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