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In this issue: A boat full of misfit teenagers tries to save the world, a retired sorcerer finds himself pulled back into a life of magic and mayhem, and a solar-system-spanning empire faces an existential crisis. All that plus a new short story by Dan Koboldt.
   December 2020
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book cover A MISFIT CREW. A WORLD TO SAVE FROM ZOMBIE RAGE.

The Misfit Cruise. For Alvaro, Chloe and the rest of the crew, it was supposed to be fun. Six mismatched teenagers from every part of society and their crusty British captain aboard the ketch Crosscurrent Voyager headed on a senior year summer cruise to excitement and adventure—with maybe a little science done along the way. Then the world ended. On land and by sea, a plague spread throughout the globe, killing millions and turning survivors into cannibalistic rage monsters—zombies, in so many words.

Now, Alvaro and the crew he leads must step up to leadership or face disaster. They must seek others who were fortunate enough—or tough enough—to have made it through the apocalypse. In order to do so, they must traverse dangerous seas to a European Space Agency complex in French Guiana, even as thousands of infected stand in the way. But if the crew members of the Voyager are able to use their smarts, courage, and barely-functioning GPS receiver to fight through and link up with others, then maybe—just maybe—the plague won’t be the end of humanity’s journey after all!

Get At the End of the Journey eARC here.






THE MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON IS A PAST SCORNED

Thomas Quinn is a sorcerer haunted by the memories of the things he’s done over centuries of service to the Arcanum. He has long retired from that life, running an occult shop in Philadelphia for the past several decades, wanting nothing more than to be left alone with his books and his whiskey and his shame. But when two detectives come to his door asking about a brutal ritual murder in his city, Quinn must reluctantly take up the mantle of a Sorcerer of the Arcanum once more. Thomas Quinn was prepared to fight rogue sorcerers and Fae monsters. But the greatest threat he faces may be his own inner demons.

Get Blood and Whispers eARC here.


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New Fiction at Baen.com

Dragons are Forever?

Noah Parker was a dragon designer. Working for Build-A-Dragon in Phoenix, he helped pioneer the art and science of genetically engineering "dragons," including the wildly popular "Rover" model, designed to replace canines when "man's best friends" were all but wiped out. But Build-A-Dragon is a business. And when Parker butts heads with the firm's marketing department, he'll have to find some radical workarounds to keep his corporate boss happy while maintaining his own integrity.

Read “One-way Dragon,” by Dan Koboldt here.


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WILLIAMSON HOLIDAY MAYHEM EBOOK SALE!

story graphic A Barrage of Christmas Season Savings on Michael Z. Williamson Ebooks.

$2 off on Freehold: Resistance ($4.99, regular $6.99)

Plus $1 off on all other Michael Z. Williamson ebooks.


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Don’t Touch That Dial: It’s the Baen Free Radio Hour

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Sharon Lee and Steve Miller discuss new Liaden Universe® novel Trader’s Leap. Editors and authors in a roundtable discussion of SF anthology The Founder Effect. And a retrospective on the life and work of Ben Bova with Orson Scott Card and Les Johnson. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure. All previous episodes are also archived at Baen’s YouTube Channel, here. And check out the new optional video podcast format!

Listen to the Baen Free Radio Hour now.


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Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams, 30th Anniversary Edition

story graphic The Novel that Inspired the Hottest Video Game of the Year, Cyberpunk 2077, in a New Anniversary Edition.

Earth lies prostrate beneath the lash of the Orbital powers, with no choice but to let the Orbitals plunder their remaining wealth. But now, if the criminal underworld and the guerrilla underground can join forces, there is a chance to shift the balance of power—in a war fought on the ground by hardwired commandos, in the air by high-flying deltajocks, and by genius hackers in the neural interface.


Get Hardwired: 30th Anniversary Edition by Walter Jon Williams here.




Baen Books

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At the End of the Journey - HALF
Charles E. Gannon


Six mismatched teenagers and their crusty British captain were out at sea when the world ended. Now, they must step up to leadership or face disaster. They must seek others who were fortunate enough—or tough enough—to have made it through the apocalypse. If they can, then maybe—just maybe—the plague won’t be the end of humanity’s journey after all!
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Blood and Whispers - HALF
A.C. Haskins


Thomas Quinn is a sorcerer haunted by the memories of the things he's done over centuries of service to the Arcanum. He has long retired from that life, running an occult shop in Philadelphia for the past several decades. But when two detectives come to his door asking about a brutal ritual murder in his city, Quinn must reluctantly take up the mantle of a Sorcerer of the Arcanum once more.
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To Crush the Moon - HALF
Wil McCarthy

Once the Queendom of Sol was a glowing monument to humankind’s loftiest dreams. Ageless and immortal, its citizens lived in peaceful splendor. But as Sol buckled under the swell of an “immorbid” population, space itself literally ran out.
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Forced Perspectives
Tim Powers

Fugitive federal agents Sebastian Vickery and Ingrid Castine are both sensitive to the ghosts that haunt modern Los Angeles. They may be old hands at dealing with the spirit world of L.A., but they have never been in a pursuit so deadly with stakes so high.
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The Eleventh Gate
Nancy Kress

When war breaks out between the city-states of the Eight Worlds, the key to victory and peace lies with two unlikely allies—through the eleventh stargate, at the end of which lies a planet of danger and mystery.
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Sorcerers!
Edited by Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann

Tales of magic, illusion, mages, and dark wizards by such talents as Ursula K. LeGuin, Jack Vance, Theodore Sturgeon, Joe Haldeman, and others highlight a collection of fourteen stories about the world of sorcery.

Get the March 2021 Ebooks bundle here

*This Baen Ebooks subscription bundle will dissolve on March 2, 2021. After that date, these books will be available for individual sale only.*


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.



Wordfire Press

Madrenga
Alan Dean Foster

A vital message. A desperate queen. A hero in the making. He is plainly too young and too inexperienced for the mission, but on the advice of her aged adviser Natoum, and with her husband off at war, the Queen reluctantly assigns the task of delivery to . . . Madrenga.

The War in the Air
H.G. Wells

Long out of print! A visionary novel by the author of The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. In a case of mistaken identity, a rural British bike mechanic with an interest in aviation is drawn into a World War waged in the air which leads to the collapse of society.

Kipps
H.G. Wells

Long unavailable to readers, Kipps is a classic rags-to-riches story that addresses the moral and emotional difficulties that come with wealth and a change of social station. It will make you think, have you laughing, and capture your heart.


Pinbeam Press

Ambient Conditions
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller

Contains two shorter works set in Lee and Miller's Liaden Universe®: Short story "A Visit to the Galaxy Ballroom," which first appeared on Baen.com; original novelette "Ambient Conditions;" and an authors' foreword.
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