War is coming to the Cutter Stream colonies. A war that the colonists must win. Allen Allenson has known war, and has hated it. But it is this very experience that makes him the only man fit to lead the colonial army. Faced with the choice to roll over or fight, Allenson takes up the general's mantle.

Because the one thing Allenson won’t do is quit.

Get Into the Maelstrom eARC now.

It is in the battles of epic fantasy and sword and sorcery where heroism comes alive, magic is unleashed, and legends are made and unmade. Here are stories on the military side of high fantasy, featuring beautifully crafted worlds filled with magic and mayhem.

All new stories of heroes engaged in epic battle from the top names in the genre including, Elizabeth Moon, Tobias Buckell & David Klecha, Jonathan Maberry, and many more.

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For Moss, home is his father’s pack slung across his back and an empty stretch of highway. Kicked out of the house at sixteen, he’s hitching cross country to the Atlantic Ocean to keep a promise he made a long time ago. But when he arrives in the seaside town of Archers Beach, Maine, he finds not only a job and a surrogate family, but much more than he ever imagined in this all-new story set in the world of Sharon Lee's upcoming Carousel Seas.

Read “The night don’t seem so lonely” now.

When Justis Fearsson’s job as a private investigator leads to a job tracking down the person or persons responsible for stealing cars off of Mitch Sullivan’s lot, he thinks it’ll be fast and easy money. Just the thing he needs right now. Because Christmas is coming up, but what’s more, so is the full moon. And Fearsson isn’t just an ordinary gumshoe—he’s a weremyste, and that means the full moon brings trouble in the form of a night of insanity. But the job turns out to be trickier than he thought. Now he’s in a race against time and hopelessly outnumbered by a gang of car thieves with a very dark secret.

All new fiction from award winning author David B. Coe, and set in the world of upcoming Spell Blind.

Read “Long Nights Moon” here.

If you’ve marveled at the maps in some of our books, chances are you’ve seen the work of Randy Asplund. But Randy isn’t just a mapmaker extraordinaire; he’s also a gifted artist and an expert on Medieval bookmaking. In this month’s nonfiction, he walks us through his growing passion for discovering lost bookmaking processes and his growth as a “Medieval Artist in the 21st Century.

Read “A Medieval Artist in the 21st Century” here.

So you've been good and haven't deep-sixed anybody who didn't deserve it this year? Baen Books has a present for you: a lushly produced adaptation of Larry Corriea's "Detroit Christmas," set in the world of the Grimnoir Chronicles and featuring a full cast of fifteen actors, movie quality sound effects, and an original musical score! "Detroit Christmas" will be posted complete—and absolutely free— on Christmas Eve day as a Baen Free Radio Hour podcast. Check out on the Baen Free Radio Hour, and be prepared for the clip-clop-clip-clop-bang-bang-bang of little reindeer tommy guns bringing you Christmas cheer—and a great hardboiled story filled with mystery, mayhem and magic. Posting at noon on December 24, here!

The Baen Free Radio Hour is the gift that keeps on giving the whole year ‘round! With new episodes every Friday and access to our archive, there’s plenty of science fiction and fantasy goodness to last you through the holidays and make for a happy new year! Coming up: discussions with Catherine Asaro, Ryk E. Spoor, Sharon Lee, and more! Plus the audio drama adaptation of Larry Correia's "Detroit Chrismas"!

New podcast every Friday at noon, or download any time here.

David Weber’s best-selling Honor Harrington can now be found in a gaming app for Apple and Android devices! Find out more here. And don’t forget to check out the latest issue of Tales of Honor, the Honor Harrington comic. Click here to download a free preview of the first issue.

Baen goes mobile! Get the Baen app at Google Play here and Apple iOS here. Or point your mobile device bowser to the Baen Ebooks mobile site here.

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