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In this issue: trench warfare, necromancers, and the war that might be. All that plus a new short story by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller and nonfiction by Michael Z. Williamson!
    December 2021
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book cover HORROR IN THE TRENCHES

Illarion Glaskov’s quiet life on the fringes of the empire is thrown into chaos when an impossible tragedy strikes his village. When he is conscripted into the Tsarist military, he is sent to serve in The Wall—an elite regiment that pilots suits of armor made from the husks of dead golems. But the great war is not the only—or even the worst—danger facing Illarion, as he is caught in a millennia-old conflict between two goddesses. He must survive the ravages of trench warfare, horrific monsters from another world, and the treacherous internal politics of the country he serves.

Get Servants of War eARC here.






TO HELL AND BACK TO SAVE THE WORLD

When John Rast signed up for Knight Watch, he expected it to be all fighting dragons and rescuing maidens. You know, hero stuff. But instead he’s stuck patrolling game conventions and cosplayer competitions. Fortunately, all that changes when an honest-to-goodness necromancer shows up wielding a weapon created by Nazi occultists and accompanied by some badass evil valkyries, hell-bent on kicking off the end of the world. John and the team will go to great lengths—even Minnesota—to find out who’s responsible for all this and foil their plans. Also, there’s a giant dog who thinks the moon is a ball. It’s epic.

Get Valhellions eARC here.


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book cover TALES OF THE WAR BEYOND THE NEXT

What if there were a war after Armageddon? How would the survivors emerging from World War III’s radioactive slag heaps fight in this conflict? Wipe away the ashes of civilization and peer into a pit of atomic glass to witness the haunting visions of World War IV from today’s greatest minds in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Stories by Jonathan Maberry, D.J. Butler, Steven Barnes, Brad R. Torgersen, Martin L. Shoemaker, Michael Z. Williamson, and more!

Get Weird World War IV eARC here.




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New Fiction at Baen.com

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Sinit Caylon, delm-elect of Clan Mizel, has plans for her clan. But her mother is still Mizel-in-Truth, and will be for four years yet, when the Ring passes to Sinit. Despite unlikely odds, Sinit must try and rebuild Mizel's foundation and standing—a tall order indeed. But despite the dire straits Clan Mizel finds itself in, Sinit must remember that after the rain comes the rainbow.

Read “From Every Storm a Rainbow,” by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, here.




Stone Age Mysteries

Michael Z. Williamson’s new novel, That Was Now, This Is Then, and its prequel, A Long Time Until Now, are fast-paced military SF with a heaping dose of time travel thrown in. They are also meticulously researched meditations on what it would be like to survive in the Stone Age. Williamson did a great deal of research to bring these novels to life. The thing about any prehistoric period is it is prehistoric—no records exist from the time. Which leads archaeologists to speculate. In this month’s nonfiction article, Williamson breaks down the Solutrean Hypothesis and why he thinks it’s not nearly all it’s cracked up to be.

Read “When Is an Hypothesis Not an Hypothesis? When It's the Solutrean Hypothesis,” by Michael Z. Williamson here.


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December Liaden Universe® Ebook Sale

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TO THE LIADEN UNIVERSE®

Tis the season, to binge read! This month we’re celebrating the galaxy-spanning tales in Sharon Lee & Steve Miller’s nationally best-selling Liaden Universe® series with discounts on all of the books in this landmark series. For the entire month of December, take $1 off all Baen Liaden Universe® novels and story collections.

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

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, Gorg Huff, and others talk the latest Ring of Fire book, 1637: The Coast of Chaos with Griffin Barber, and editor Christopher Ruocchio and contributors sit down with Josh Hayes to discuss Sword and Planet.

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. And check out the new optional video podcast format!

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Baen Books

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Servants of War  - HALF
Larry Correia
Steve Diamond


Illarion Glaskov’s quiet life on the fringes of the empire is thrown into chaos when he is conscripted into the Tsarist military and sent to serve in The Wall—an elite regiment that pilots suits of armor made from the husks of dead golems. But the great war is not the only danger facing Illarion, as he is caught in a millennia-old conflict between two goddesses.
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Valhellions  - HALF
Tim Akers

When John Rast signed up for Knight Watch, he expected it to be all fighting dragons and rescuing maidens. You know, hero stuff. But instead he’s stuck patrolling game conventions and cosplayer competitions. Fortunately, all that changes when an honest-to-goodness necromancer shows up wielding a weapon created by Nazi occultists and accompanied by some badass evil valkyries, hell-bent on kicking off the end of the world.
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Weird World War IV  - HALF
edited by Sean Patrick Hazlett

How would the survivors emerging from World War III’s radioactive slag heaps fight in this conflict? Wipe away the ashes of civilization and peer into a pit of atomic glass to witness the haunting visions of World War IV from today’s greatest minds in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
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At the End of the Journey
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
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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The Jupiter Knife
D.J. Butler

A dark and ancient conspiracy is afoot in a small town set amid endless hills of warped and twisted sandstone. Local law enforcement seems powerless to stop a murderous magic from claiming victim after victim. Unraveling the plot will require a man of skill. A man equally at ease with magic and reason. A good man. A man of humility. But also a cunning man.
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Little People!
edited by Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann

Elves, pixies, sprites, fairies, gremlins, leprechauns: they are the creatures who inhabit a world just beyond the edges of our dreams. When they enter our conscious lives, they can be delightful and charming—or menacing and frightening.


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Ring of Fire Press

Daggers in Darkness
S.M. Stirling

In this first book of S.M. Stirling’s Treasures of Tartary trilogy, set in his Black Chamber alternate history, Luz O’Malley and Ciara Whelan, are agents of President Teddy Roosevelt. They are tasked to figure out where all the Chinese antiquities being smuggled into the USA are coming from. Bodies keep turning up all over Chinatown and Shanghai. Luz and Ciara have to watch out for daggers in the dark.

Demons of the Past: Revelation
Ryk E. Spoor

Now on the run, branded a rebel and a murderous psionic, Varan’s hope to save the Empire rests on his own determination and still-untested powers, two alien scientists with their own agendas, the mysterious trader named The Eonwyl . . . and his friend Taelin Mel’Tasne’s, one of the Five Families.


Pinbeam Press

Bread Alone
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller

This chapbook collects four stories about sustenance, all about the bakery, its people, and its influence. "Degrees of Separation," "Fortune’s Favors," and "Block Party" are reprints. The novelette "Our Lady of Benevolence" appears here for the first time.


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