Powerful forces in the young Star Kingdom of Manticore’s Parliament are agitating for the dissolution of the Royal Manticoran Navy. But the universe can be a far more dangerous place than they think, and they’re about to find out why they need the RMN . . . and how very fortunate they are that a young lieutenant named Travis Long is in it. Sequel to A Call to Duty.

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Caine Riordan has come through fire unfazed. Now, on a diplomatic mission to the very alien worlds of the Slaasriithi, Caine must nurture a crucial alliance for the fledgling Consolidated Terran Republic. But Caine isn’t the only one journeying into the unknown reaches of Slaasriithi space. A renegade group with the intention to destroy humanity’s hopes for a quick alliance is on his trail. Caine Riordan must once again step into the fire. Sequel to Nebula award nominated Trial by Fire.

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Libya, 1970: Muammar al Khaddafi has recently overthrown the government and instituted the Libyan Arab Republic. The region is unstable—and so are oil prices. Fortunately the Marathon Oil Company has a contract to drill beneath the desert sands. But what they find may be far more precious than any black gold. New fiction from the author of the best-selling Orphan’s Legacy series.

Read “The 100 MPG Carburetor and Other Self-Evident Truths” by Robert Buettner here.

Private Investigator Justis Fearsson comes from a long line of weremysts. Like his father before him, Justis wields powerful magic, but this gift comes at a price: when the moon is full, Justis goes insane. That’s why when it comes time for a father/son camping trip to Sonoran Desert National Monument, Justis waits for the new moon. But what begins as a run-of-the-mill vacation soon turns ominous. A new short for modern tastes story from David B. Coe, set in the Casefiles of Justis Fearsson universe.

Read “New Moon Wolf” here and check out the first Justis Fearsson novel, Spell Blind, here.

When Jim Baen acquired the reprint rights to the classic YA novel The Fire-Hunter by Jim Kjelgaard there was only one problem: the novel was much too short for modern tastes. Enter David Drake. Tasked with expanding the book, Drake transformed The Fire-Hunter into a new novel altogether. Read how The Fire-Hunter became The Hunter Returns in this month’s nonfiction essay by best-selling author David Drake.

Read “Slaughtering Early Humans for Fun and (a Slight) Profit” by David Drake here and check out The Hunter Returns here.

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