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In this issue: a young man fights for humanity, a CIA agent can’t seem to make a memorable impression, and a privateer captain transports most unusual cargo. All that plus mathematics professor Dr. Robert Dawson tells you how to make some big bucks . . . all you gotta do is solve the world's most difficult math problems.
   October 2015
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Rogues' Gallery

Alternate 1635: The Baltic War is over and the members of the diplomatic embassy of the United States of Europe have left Great Britain and returned to the Continent. All save for a rag-tag crew led by Britain’s most notorious rebel, Oliver Cromwell. When King Charles demands Cromwell’s head, it falls to up-time sharpshooter Julie Sims to teach the Brits a lesson that has already been learned on the Continent: A safe distance isn’t what you think it is. Not when the American angel of death spreads her wings.

Get 1635: A Parcel of Rogues eARC now.

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Join the Resistance

Sixteen-year-old Randy Knox has vague memories of Earth before the aliens came and destroyed life as we know it. Now a member of the New Hampshire National Guard, Randy does all he can to resist what appears to be humanity’s inevitable defeat. Just as things look their worst, a ray of hope cuts through the darkness. But before victory can be declared, Randy must complete one final mission. Along the way, he’ll learn that his skills in combating aliens may not be enough to survive the dark conspiracies of his fellow humans.

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

In the near future, a fluke of quantum mechanics renders Nat Morgan utterly forgettable. No one can remember he exists for more than a minute after he’s gone. A handy trick for a CIA agent. When his attempt to steal a quantum chip prototype is thwarted, Nat must team up with an enemy agent and a brilliant physicist to stop a ruthless billionaire from finishing a quantum supercomputer that will literally control the fate of the world.

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New Fiction and Nonfiction at Baen.com

story graphic Fanning the Flames of the Future

Privateer Captain Catherine Blackwood knows that when a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. So when a mysterious client approaches her with the promise of an unusually large payday, she thinks twice before accepting. But the job sounds easy enough—transport some cargo and one person to New Peking—and she’s ready to move on from her current assignment in the Folsom 4101-B Star System. What could go wrong?

A prequel story to Her Brother’s Keeper, by the co-author of Dead Six, Mike Kupari.

Read “Ember of the Past” here.



Solutions for a New Millennium

In the year 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute published a list of seven “Millennium Problems,” math problems they considered to be the most difficult and important problems of the new millennium. Be the first to solve one, and you’ll win a cool one million bucks. In this month’s nonfiction essay, Dr. Robert Dawson walks us through some of these problems to show us why they’re so hard to solve, why they’re so important—and how their solutions could change the way all of us live.

Read “Tomorrow's Math” 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: Charles E. Gannon discusses Raising Caine, book three in the Caine Riordan science fiction series, and contributors to the excellent David Drake tribute collection of original fiction and nonfiction discuss the project, their work, and their thoughts on an SF legend. 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



1635: A Parcel of Rogues
Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis

Alternate 1635: When King Charles demands Cromwell’s head, it falls to up-time sharpshooter Julie Sims to teach the Brits a lesson that has already been learned on the Continent: A safe distance isn’t what you think it is.



Dark Victory
Brendan DuBois

Sixteen-year-old Randy Knox has vague memories of Earth before the aliens came and destroyed life as we know it. Now a member of the New Hampshire National Guard, Randy does all he can to resist what appears to be humanity’s inevitable defeat. But before victory can be declared, Randy must complete one final mission.



Unforgettable
Eric James Stone

In the near future, a fluke of quantum mechanics renders CIA agent Nat Morgan utterly forgettable. Now, Nat must team up with an enemy agent and a brilliant physicist to stop a ruthless billionaire from finishing a quantum supercomputer that will literally control the fate of the world.



Worst Contact

ed. by Hank Davis

These stories from SF greats answer the question, “Are we alone in the universe?” with a resounding, “No, but we wish we were!” Includes stories by Poul Anderson, David Drake, William Tenn, Sarah A. Hoyt, Tony Daniel, and many more.



Barrayar

Lois McMaster Bujold

Sick of combat and betrayal, Cordelia Vorkosigan is ready to settle down to a quiet life. But when the Emperor dies, her husband Aral becomes guardian of the infant heir to the imperial throne of Barrayar and the target of high-tech assassins in a dynastic civil war.



Strands of Sorrow

John Ringo

Steve Smith and the members of Wolf Squadron prepare to do the impossible: take back the mainland from the zombie horde, starting on Smith’s home turf. Science-based, frightening, and all too believable, a classic of heroism in the face of extinction.



The Sword of Michael

Marcus Wynn

Targeted by a powerful sorcerer and caught up in a battle for the souls of his friends, Marius Winter must leave ordinary reality behind. Together with his unconventional spirit guides, he must descend to the darkest dungeons of the underworld and confront Belial himself.



Forging the Runes

Josepha Sherman

His honor riven from him, Elven Prince Ardagh suffers that worst of all possible fates: banishment to the world of humans. Soon, he is called upon to defend Ireland against the fierce magic of an Anglo-Saxon menace and so fulfill his pledge to human King Aedh.

Get the January ebooks bundle here

*This Baen Ebooks subscription bundle will dissolve on December 15, 2015. After that date, these books will be available for individual sale only.*


Event Horizon Press

Warrior . . . Doctor . . . Knight . . . Detective . . . Defender of the Light!
The Adept Trilogy from Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris


The Adept
He is Sir Adam Sinclair—nobleman, physician, scholar—and an Adept. When his beloved Scotland is defiled by a ruthless cult of black magicians willing to commit any atrocity to achieve their evil ends, only one man can stand against them—the Adept.


The Lodge of the Lynx
Endowed with the elemental energy of an ancient Druidic artifact and forbidden Nazi black magic, the Lodge of the Lynx stands ready to unleash destruction on Sir Adam Sinclair. The game is afoot for the Adept . . . but this time, his enemies are also hunting him!


The Templar Treasure
An urgent summons sets the Adept on a life-or-death search for the Seal of Solomon, an ancient bronze artifact that can bind—or unleash—the demons of old. If humanity is to survive, Sinclair must prevent his enemy from unleashing an ancient terror into the modern world.


Get the Event Horizon ebooks here

Wordfire Press

Lincoln’s Wizard
Tracy Hickman & Dan Willis

In an alternate Civil War, the North fights with new war machines, while the South has to rely on … dragons! The start of a new series, “Dragons of the Confederacy,” by legendary DragonLance author Hickman, coauthored with Dan Willis.


The Flux Engine
Dan Willis

A charming steampunk adventure with steam-powered metal men, heirloom crystals, and a shadowy wizard named Wild Bill Hickok. Left for dead but revived by Hickok, John Porter embarks on a perilous journey to recover his crystal, discover his legacy, and ultimately save the world.


Pack Dynamics
Julie Frost

Take it from Larry Correia: “Nanotech-enhanced werewolves, enjoyable characters, and killer bunnies. Julie Frost is a fine writer and her debut novel is a lot of fun.” A tale of werewolves, mad scientists, vampires, and industrial espionage.


A Game of Horns

ed. by Lisa Mangum

A red unicorn anthology. Contains 21 original stories about red unicorns—red, the color of blood, of war, of passion—from famous and soon-to-be-famous authors, including New York Times best-selling authors Jody Lynn Nye and David Farland. All profits go to the Don Hodge Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Superstars Writing Seminars.


The Dandy Boys Mysteries

Peter J. Wacks & J.R. Boyett

The adventures of young Friedrich Von Helsing, who will eventually grow to fight the supernatural alongside the mysterious Brotherhood. Friedrich and his band of four friends set out to debunk the supernatural in 1839. But what starts as an innocuous investigation leads them down a dark path to true occult.


Get the October Wordfire Press Bundle here



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