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In this issue: a fight for lunar freedom, a boatful of teens try to outsail a zombie plague, and a bard and a mercenary join forces. All that plus a new short story by Nancy Kress!
   April 2020
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book cover THE EPIC FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE ON OUR MOON HAS BEGUN!

The lunar colony is a mining colony with only internal security capabilities. Nobody had even considered that there might someday arise a need to defend the place from the Earth! But that day has come. Something has been uncovered on the Moon. Something important. The lunar colonists perceive this great discovery as their own. But as far as the governments of Earth are concerned—they paid for everything on the Moon, so it belongs to them.

There is only one solution: turn Luna into a battlefield!

Get Battle Luna eARC here.




CASTAWAYS IN A ZOMBIE PLAGUE

Behold the ketch Crosscurrent Voyager, bound on a senior year summer cruise to adventure and serious fun. Six kids aboard, ranging from suburban geeks to street-smart pariahs, and a British captain who rarely smiles. What could go wrong? Zombies could go wrong. Just days after they leave, a plague starts spreading like wildfire, turning most of its survivors into shrieking, cannibalistic rage-monsters. Now the Crosscurrent Voyager becomes these teens’ one hope for survival. If they can avoid killing each other in the process of reaching their destination.

Get At the End of the World eARC here.


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book cover "BARD AND ROGUE SEEK WORK. PREFERABLY AS GOOD GUYS."

Bard Indrajit Twang and mercenary Fix have been hired by a powerful risk-merchant to protect the life of opera star Ilsa without Peer for the duration of a risk contract he’s taken on. When an attempt is made on Ilsa’s life, Indrajit and Fix find themselves hunted by multiple mercenary squads and targeted by some of the most powerful men in the city of Kish. Will they be able to save themselves, not to mention protect Ilsa, in the Palace of Shadow and Joy?

Get In the Palace of Shadow and Joy eARC here.





SURVIVE THE CITY OF CRIES

Bhaajan grew up in the Undercity, a community hidden in the ruins buried beneath the glittering City of Cries on the imperial planet Raylicon. Caught between the astonishing beauty and crushing poverty of that life, and filled with wanderlust, she enlisted in the military. Now Major Bhaajan is a private investigator who solves cases for, among other clients, the House of Majda, the powerful royal family centered in Cries. The powerful elite of the City of Cries are disappearing, and only Bhaajan, who grew up in the Undercity, can find them—if she isn’t murdered first. But if she survives, waiting for Bhaajan is a revelation that may transform Cries—and the Empire itself—forever.

Get The Vanished Seas eARC here.


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New Fiction and Nonfiction at Baen.com

story graphic Cry Wolf

Decades ago humanity fled an Earth ravished by climate change and biowarfare. The majority of survivors escaped to new worlds through alien jump gates, leaving only a few enclaves behind to eke out an existence in a ruined world. But Dr. Ethan Louis Jedson III didn’t want to leave his home, nor did he desire to live in what amounted to an underground cage. Instead, he’s spent a solitary life in what was once Alaska—the last wild place on Earth. But now his solitude has ended. Mary Peregoy is a representative of the Peregoy family, one of the three wealthiest families responsible for Earth’s destruction. She and her ilk live happily on the planet New California. Now she’s returned to Earth to take what no human can rightfully lay claim to. Jedson is older and with far less advanced tech—but she’ll have to go through him first—and he is not a man who gives up easily.

Read “Peregoy's Wolves” by Nancy Kress here.




Living in a Material World?

Recently, someone suggested to Dr. Robert E. Furey, author of this month’s nonfiction essay, that they might both be simulations. Indeed, that our entire universe is virtual, running on some super-smart computer somewhere out in the “real world.” Dr. Furey’s initial reaction was something akin to “No way!” But Dr. Bostrom’s trilemma and Simulation argument nagged. So, are we living in a digital or a material world? Find out in this essay we’re sure Jim Baen would have loved.

Read “The Bridge of Sighs: Are We What We Might Have Been?” by Robert E. Furey 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: Larry Niven and Steven Barnes discuss Starborn and Godsons, the conclusion to the Legacy of Heorot series by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes. Publisher Toni Weisskopf discusses Baen Books news, and our hopeful response to the Great Hunkering Down currently underway. And Rob Furey talks about “Bridge of Sighs,” his nonfiction essay on the pro and con arguments on whether or not we all live in a computer simulation! Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure.

Listen to the Baen Free Radio Hour now.


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Facebook LIVE Readings from Your Favorite Baen Authors

Can’t get to the bookstore to see your favorite author? We will bring your favorite author to you! We are proud to announce the beginning of a weekly author reading series to be conducted at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time every Friday, starting April 3rd. The Baen Friday Night Live Reading Series will be hosted by our Junior Editor, Christopher Ruocchio, via Zoom and Facebook LIVE. Our authors will read from new and upcoming releases and take questions from the audience afterwards.

Find out more here.


Special Price on Starborn and Godsons Ebook

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In celebration of science fiction legend Dr. Jerry Pournelle’s legacy, and in light of recent events, Baen Books wants to make sure a major milestone in science fiction publishing is available to every reader, whether they can get to the bookstore or not. Baen is offering an ebook discount of 25 percent on Starborn and Godsons by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes, and a 50 percent discount on ebook editions of the previous two entries in the series.

Find out more here.


Baen Books Road Show Livestream

This Saturday, 4/18, the Baen editorial team is bringing the Baen Books Road Show to you via a Facebook LIVE event. We will discuss new and upcoming titles and work to connect our audience with our authors in these difficult times with a virtual version of our popular convention road show. Featuring authors David Weber, Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon, Catherine Asaro, Wil McCarthy, Griffin Barber, Robert E. Hampson, Robert Buettner, and Kacey Ezell.

Find out more here.


Baen Ebook Releases

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Battle Luna - HALF
Travis Taylor, Timothy Zahn, & Michael Z. Williamson


The lunar colony is a mining colony with only internal security capabilities. But now something has been uncovered on the Moon. Something important. The lunar colonists perceive this great discovery as their own, but so do the governments of Earth. There is only one solution: turn Luna into a battlefield!
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At the End of the World - HALF
Charles E. Gannon


Six teenagers bound on a senior summer cruise, ranging from suburban geeks to street-smart pariahs, and a British captain who rarely smiles. What could go wrong? Zombies could go wrong. Just days after they leave, a plague starts spreading like wildfire, turning its survivors into cannibalistic monsters. Now the small ship they are sailing becomes their one hope for survival.
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In the Palace of Shadow and Joy - HALF
D.J. Butler


Bard Indrajit Twang and mercenary Fix have been hired by a powerful risk-merchant to protect the life of opera star Ilsa without Peer for the duration of a risk contract he’s taken on. Will they be able—and save themselves—in the Palace of Shadow and Joy?
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The Vanished Seas - HALF
Catherine Asaro


The powerful elite of the City of Cries are disappearing, and only Bhaajan, who grew up in the Undercity, can find them—if she isn’t murdered first. But if she survives, waiting for Bhaajan is a revelation that may transform Cries—and the Empire itself—forever.
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1637: The Polish Maelstrom
Eric Flint

The Ottoman Empire has captured Vienna and is now laying siege to the Austrian government-in-exile established in the city of Linz. Both the United States of Europe and the Kingdom of Bohemia have come to Austria’s assistance, but everyone knows this is going to be a long and brutal struggle. Meanwhile, Poland is coming to a boil.
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Noir Fatale
Edited by Larry Correia & Kacey Ezell

An all-new anthology containing the full spectrum of noir fiction, each incorporating the femme fatale character archetype. From straightforward hardboiled detective story to dark urban fantasy to the dirty secrets of futuristic science fiction—all with a hard, gritty feel. Stories by Larry Correia, Laurell K. Hamilton, David Weber, Kacey Ezell, and more!
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Terra Nova: The Wars of Liberation
Tom Kratman

Contained herein are tales of the history of Mankind's future first colony, from the first failed attempt at colonization, to the rise in crime, to the rise in terrorism, to its descent into widespread civil war and rebellion . . . and ultimately liberation.

Get the July Ebooks bundle here

*This Baen Ebooks subscription bundle will dissolve on July 7, 2020. After that date, these books will be available for individual sale only.*

Other Baen Ebook Releases
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Albion
John Grant

A lost solider unable to help the people he has encountered who have no memory. A son of who is destined to battle against the repressive House of Ellon. A daughter destined to follow in the footsteps of her courageous family. Albion: a vivid story of the struggles of a people who strive for knowledge and release from a life of enforced drudgery.
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The World
John Grant

Book two in the Albion series by John Grant
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Earthdoom!
John Grant & David Langford

As the Earth tilts on its axis, precipitating a new Ice Age, hordes of rabid lemmings race towards Europe. Meanwhile a time-travelling Hitler emerges and proceeds to clone himself. Will a Fourth Reich rise in the UK? Or will London be devastated by a nuclear accident on the Bakerloo line? And can things get any worse? Sure they can. The disasters are just getting started!
Ring of Fire Press

Diamonds Are Forever
Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor

Clint Slade is nervous. How can he explain to his wife-to-be the secret behind the his family’s wealth, a secret involving diamonds, an extensive system of caverns . . . and a race of very inhuman beings who guard the treasures below?

Magdeburg Noir
David Carrico

Musicians murdered, new and brutal religious cults arising, bombings and arson, spies and informers and those hunting them—these are only some of the ingredients in the reborn city of light and darkness.

London Days, Demon Nights
John Lambshead

The world is not what it seems. There are vampires, demons, shape changers, mermaids and sirens. The underworld is real and the people of twenty-first century England don’t know a thing about it.

City by the Bay
Walter H. Hunt

Robber barons, soldiers of fortune, tale-spinners, prophets and native shamans—people of all kinds pass through Saint Helena or take up residence, winning and losing fortunes in a world where revolutions never took place. These are their stories.

Everything Works in Theory
K.B. Bogen

After retiring, C.E. MacLeary expected to spend his days combing through old cases. Instead, he wakes up one morning to find himself in Theory, a place where anything that exists as a description can be brought to life. Unfortunately for the people who inhabit Theory, having things suddenly pop into existence can be dangerous, if not fatal . . .

Pinbeam Books

Splinter Universe Presents!
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller

It isn't a Liaden Universe® novel. It isn't a collection of Liaden Universe® short stories. It isn't an Adventure in the Liaden Universe®. So what is it? Well . . . it’s something a little bit different. And it’s sure to delight fans of Lee and Miller’s best-selling series!

Wordfire Press

Rambunctious
Rick Wilber

A collection of nine previously published short stories by Rick Wilber, selected by the author to reflect his interest in characters who struggle to overcome adversity and move forward in their lives. Features the Sidewise Award-winning “Something Real” and the recent “Today is Today,” a selection for The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 2019.

Shadow Warriors: Resolution
Nathan B. Dodge

Cal and Letty are missing, and the Horde appears to be massing a titanic fleet to attack Earth. Tony, Opi, and Sasha rally together to lead the Alliance fleet in what may be both Molethan’s and the Alliance’s last stand. Can the remaining members of crew Red-17 lead Alliance forces to one final victory?

X Marks the Spot
edited by Lisa Mangum

Set sail on the high seas with dashing rogues, daring rebels, and wily pirates searching for treasures of all kinds. X Marks the Spot is a collection of 21 unforgettable stories about those men and women who live on the fringes of society, who are beholden to no man, no law, and who always have one eye on the horizon.

The Clockwork Boxed Set
Ebook Bundle
Kevin J. Anderson & Neil Peart


A Clockwork boxed set with Clockwork Lives and Clockwork Angels by Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart. Clockwork Angels: The Novel contains illustrations by noted album artist Hugh Syme and complete with album lyrics. These two novels are remarkable, innovative stories unlike any other.

The Blue Gem
M.B. Wood

Hive-Mother, Suh-Joh, leads the once-decadent world of Hool. Her scientists detect a faint EMP of a fusion weapon, which they believe comes from a habitable planet. Suh-Joh sends a ship there by jumping through a space-time gate. It blunders into a space battle between humans and the Qu’uda and is damaged. Trying to communicate, the humans give the Hoo-Lii water who regard it as a symbol of submission.

Chris Kennedy Publishing

Super-Sync
Kevin Ikenberry

Two crews must work together to bring a satellite back to Earth, but who will come back with the satellite at the end of the mission . . . and who won’t come back at all?


Don’t forget to check out the Baen new book releases here. Enter the April Contest here. And for upcoming appearances by Baen authors and editors, check here.

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