Now at peace, the Republic of Cinnabar Navy is able to explore regions of the galaxy without the explorers being swept up in conflict. The Far Traveller is probing sponge space, surveying and cataloging life forms on the worlds it touches. Aboard, the ship's Director of Science, Dr. Veil, has her own agenda: to learn more about the Archaic Spacefarers who roamed the universe tens of thousands of years before humans reached the stars. The crew of the Far Traveller is poised to clear more of the shadows away from the deep past than ever before in human history—if they survive.

For more than thirty years, the Liaden Universe® novels by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have captivated readers with their unique blend of action adventure, science fiction, and romance. Now discover the shorter works that fill in the cracks of the best-selling Liaden Universe®. Sure to delight longtime fans and newcomers alike, these tales highlight why the nationally best-selling Liaden Universe® novels are treasured by space opera aficionados, with detailed world-building, strong characterizations, compelling romance, and edge-of-the-chair action in stories that range from cosmic to comic.

The elite terrorist known as the Asp has survived a U.S. drone strike. Now he sets his sights on America's heartland. Meanwhile, ambitious aircraft historian Cassandra Gooding and irascible Colorado cowboy Frank Luck unlock an aviation relic's dark secret and discover the terrible truth the Asp may be closing in on. It seems that in late 1939, Nazi mastermind Heinrich Himmler commissioned a secret superweapon—a weapon thought to be nothing more than myth. Until now. Old secrets collide with new as Cass and Frank try to prevent the massive devastation of an American city. If they fail? Millions may perish.

The Year's Best Military and Adventure SF series roars into its fifth year filled with derring-do, military combat, and edge of your seat suspense. Two lovable interplanetary rogues fight off implacable aliens to save the proprietors of a spacecraft scrapyard, and perhaps escape with a prize in the bargain. Bitter interplanetary war erupts when a rogue planet is bent on winning its freedom from Earth's bureaucratic oppression. And a cybernetic soldier’s replacement parts discuss their situation with mordant humor—and together arrange the ultimate fate of their master.

It’s a year’s worth of the best of the best science fiction from Michael Z. Williamson, Brendan DuBois, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, William Ledbetter, Christopher Ruocchio, Stephen Lawson, Suzanne Palmer, Richard Fox, and more!

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Spanning over two dozen novels and many more short stories, novelettes and novellas, the Liaden Universe® by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller is one of the most complex, enduring series in SF. This month, Baen is proud to release A Liaden Universe Constellation, Vol. 4, and to celebrate we're asking you to tell us your favorite entry in the long-running series for a chance to win a signed copy of the new collection! Just send in the name of your favorite Liaden Universe® novel, novella, novelette, or short story to be entered in our random drawing.

In honor of the new anthology Noir Fatale, we asked you to tell us the name of your favorite femme fatale from literature, film, or television. We got quite a list of ladies who we wouldn't want to tangle with, but in the end we had to pick only one. Congrats to Anthony Houser! He wins a copy of Noir Fatale signed by editors Larry Correia & Kacey Ezell.

Read the winning entry here.

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