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In this issue: Ringo’s Demons, Jupiter’s Moons—and a link to sign up for the Planet Baen FB game beta test!
   May 2012
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Queen of Wands John Ringo Returns to the Demon Hunt

Soccer mom and demon fighter Barbara Everette is back in an intricately interwoven monster noir thriller, the sequel to bestselling Princess of Wands. Now Barb must save her assistant, a Nordic priestess and stripper, from demon abduction.

Get Queen of Wands eARC here


Dragon Ship Theo Waitley Takes to Space

First Class courier pilot Theo Waitley has graduated and now has a trade route to run for Clan Korval—that is, if she can convince the near mythic ghost ship Bechimo—and herself—that she wants to commit herself as the human side to their immensely powerful symbiosis. She must decide soon, for she’s about to be called on to rescue hundreds of stranded pilots and crewmen from an explosive situation in near orbit around a suddenly hostile planet. The newest exciting entry in the Liadin Universe®.

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Countdown: H Hour Do Whatever It Takes

Third hard-hitting entry in the Countdown modern-day military adventure series. In the Philippines outback it's hostage rescue time for Terry Welch's special operations company. No help, no backup, team members in the soup. Welch knows there's only one solution: do whatever it takes.

Get Countdown: H Hour eARC here
New Fiction and Articles

The Age of the Warrior
 An Aging Warrior’s Ultimate Battle

A barbarian warrior serving a good king must lead one last desperate thrust to send word for reinforcements to fight against an implacable enemy who has his beloved sovereign surrounded. A tale of blood, swords, humanity, and heroism from legendary weaponsmith and fight-master Hank Reinhardt, author of upcoming nonfiction masterpiece of bladed weapon history and fighting technique, Hank Reinnhardt’s Book of Knives.

Read “The Age of the Warrior” now.


Science: Planet Tales and Beyond

Is Pluto still a planet? Where is extraterrestrial life most likely to be found? A fascinating tour of the solar system full of cutting-edge science and delivered with epic scope by popular Baen author and editor Les Johnson, who is also the Deputy Manager for the Advanced Concepts Office at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Johnson and multiple-award-winner Jack McDevitt are the editors of upcoming Going Interstellar, a collection of science and science fiction stories on interstellar travel using technology we could develop now.

Read “Rediscovering the Solar System” now.

 		Rediscovering the Solar System


Planet Baen Planet Baen Seeks Beta Testers!

Your planet. Your rules. Earn free ebooks. Planet Baen is here: the Baen Books Facebook integrated game. Well, the beta version, that is. The offer: one free Baen ebook for being a beta tester for Planet Baen.

More info here.

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Baen Designer Carol Russo on Covers, Baen History, and More

Long-time Baen Books designer Carol Russo delivers the goods on Baen covers, Baen history, and recollections of Jim Baen himself in an illuminating interview.

Read Carol Russo interview here.

 		Carol Russo

August Baen Ebook Releases

Queen of Wands
John Ringo - HALF

Soccer mom and demon fighter Barbara Everette is back in an intricately interwoven monster noir thriller, the sequel to bestselling Princess of Wands.
When Diplomacy Fails
Michael Z. Williamson - FORTHCOMING

High tech near-future mercenaries Ripple Creek Security must protect an obnoxious world government minister from the scores of enemies who want her dead—and killed in the worst possible way.


Ice and Shadow
Andre Norton - HALF

Two bestselling novels of science fiction adventure set in the Forerunner universe from legendary storyteller Andre Norton together for the first time. Ancient alien artifacts bring slavery and freedom in far future worlds of adventure. Contains Ice Crown and Brother to Shadows.


Countdown: H Hour
Tom Kratman - HALF

Third hard-hitting entry in the Countdown modern-day military adventure series. In the Philippines outback it's hostage rescue time for Terry Welch's special operations company. No help, no backup, team members in the soup. Welch knows there's only one solution: do whatever it takes.
Ghost Ship
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

Theo Waitley’s saga continues in the Liaden Universe® series. Now that Theo has survived the Pilot Academy, her destiny as master pilot and leader of a powerful Liaden clan calls, and there are lots of enemies who will try to make sure she’s quite dead before she has the chance to make an answer.
Loose Cannon
David Drake

Tom Kelly: the fixer in an alternate history where the American space program is on the line against alien invasion. Kelly will do whatever it takes to save humanity—and is prepared to annihilate anyone who gets in his way. Contains Skyripper and Fortress.
Imperium
Keith Laumer
Eric Flint
Brion Bayard had been an American diplomat—until he was abducted on the streets of Stockholm and thrust into an alternate universe where his own doppelganger is a ruthless tyrant.
May 2012 Night Shade Bundle

The Croning
Laird Barron

Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyond our firelight. Donald Miller, geologist and academic, is about to discover the dark secrets along the edges, unearthing savage truths about his wife Michelle, their adult twins, and all he knows and trusts.

The Black Opera
Mary Gentle

Naples, the 19th Century. In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, holy music has power. When a secret society stages its own black opera to empower the devil himself, a lone musician must create a counteropera to cancel out the apocalyptic threat—that is, if a cabal of spies and saboteurs don't get to him first.

Scourge of the Betrayer
Jeff Salyards

Hired to chronicle the exploits of a band of rugged warriors, scribe Arki finds himself in the grips of the group’s enigmatic leader, Captain Braylar Killcoin. A secretive figure haunted by the memories of those he's killed with his deadly flail, Braylar has already disposed of at least one impertinent scribe—and Arki might be next. A gripping military fantasy in the tradition of Glen Cook.


The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
edited by Ellen Datlow

An all-new collection of masterful horror currated by Ellen Datlow, winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards.
Get the Night Shade Bundle here
New from Thomas T. Thomas

Time-twisting fiction from best seller Thomas T. Thomas. Time Jugglers Tsverin retrieves an artifact for a collector: a home-run baseball from 1998. Her theft sets off a chain of consequences which threaten the very shape of life on Earth. A thrilling ride through intricacies of metaphysics, evolution, retribution—and baseball.

Get Children of Possibility here
Contest News

The winner of April’s Best SF Buddy Team Contest is William Coughlin. William will receive signed first editions of David Drake’s The Road of Danger, and Dave Freer’s Dog and Dragon.

Enter the May contest here
Winning Tales of the High Frontier!

Upcoming on May 25: Baen Books and the National Space Society announce the winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award at the International Space Development Conference in Washington, D.C. The award will be presented by legendary author Ben Bova, and goes to a story that exemplifies the pioneering spirit of space travel. Plus, the winning story will appear next month at Baen.com!


Don’t forget to check out the Baen new book releases here, and our May contest here. And for upcoming appearances by Baen authors and editors, check here.
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