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In this issue: a snake god on the loose, an interstellar highway, and humanity's journey into the final frontier. Plus, a new contest!
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Hell Breaks Loose

Orkise is loose. The snake-god of plague has been awakened by Lucia del Maino. With the venomous magic of Orkise at her command, Lucia plots to marry and then murder the usurper who now rules Milan, the condottiere Carlo Sforza—known to friend and foe alike as the Wolf the North. On his side, Sforza has only the skill and cunning of his physician, Francisco Turner. But will that be enough to save the Wolf of the North? For out there in the countryside of northern Italy, Orkise is uncoiling all the plagues of hell.

Get All the Plagues of Hell here.





The Fate of Humanity on the Interstellar Highway

Well over a millennia in the past, men and women fled Earth. Escaping Armageddon. What they found—lost in some forgotten corner of the Milky Way Galaxy—was the Waywork: an alien superhighway system between a closed sphere of stars. Now, the five Starstates—which rule all that’s left of humanity—are poised on the brink of another terrible war. It’s a clash of civilizations, as the future of the human race hangs in the balance!

Get A Star-Wheeled Sky here.




Final Frontiers

Since the dawn of time, humankind has felt the urge to push at the boundaries of our world and discover what lies over the horizon. And since the dawn of science fiction, writers have wondered about the next frontier: the one that lies Out There. Here then, a generous collection of stories that reach out into the unknown void, finding awe, wonder, other minds—even terror—but always going beyond the world we know to explore a universe strange beyond the outermost limits of human imagination. Stories of brave men and women who risk all to explore, colonize, and settle the vast reaches of space. Stories by David Drake, Sarah A. Hoyt & Jeff Greason, Poul Anderson, Christopher Ruocchio, and more.

Get Space Pioneers here.


December Contest

contest
Cup of Good Cheer

It's the holiday season, and while it's the most wonderful time of year—as the song tells us—it can also be the most stressful. So what better way to lighten the mood than a good joke? Send us your original holiday-themed joke with a science fiction or fantasy twist for a chance to win a copy of All the Plagues of Hell and Space Pioneers, signed by the authors and editors!

Find out more here.


Contest Winner

November Contest Winner

Last month, we asked you what three items would you include in your zombie preparedness kit and why. Congrats to Jennifer Parr. She wins a copy of The Valley of Shadows, signed by John Ringo and Mike Massa!

Jennifer skimped on the why but we thought her choices were self-explanatory enough. See for yourself by reading her winning entry here.


Don't Touch that Dial: It's the Baen Free Radio Hour!

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: World Fantasy Award winner Tim Powers discusses the ghosts and demigods that shake L.A. in his novel Earthquake Weather. Plus BuNine Honorverse consultant Chris Weuve talks about working with David Weber and the BuNine’s latest Honorverse development projects. Missed past episodes? No problem. We’ve got every episode archived for your listening pleasure.

Listen to The Baen Free Radio Hour now


December Books

All the Plagues of Hell
Eric Flint & Dave Freer
(hardcover)

The snake-god Orkise has been awakened by Lucia del Maino. Lucia plots to marry and then murder the usurper who now rules Milan, the condottiere Carlo Sforza. On his side, Sforza has only the skill and cunning of his physician, Francisco Turner. But will that be enough to save the him as Orkise uncoils all the plagues of hell?


A Star-Wheeled Sky
Brad R. Torgersen
(trade paperback)

Well over a millennia in the past, men and women fled Earth. What they found was the Waywork: an alien superhighway system between a closed sphere of stars. Now, the five Starstates—which rule all that’s left of humanity—are poised on the brink of another terrible war. It’s a clash of civilizations, as the future of the human race hangs in the balance!


The Magnificent Wilf
Gordon R. Dickson
(trade paperback)

Tom Parent, his linguist wife Lucy, and their Great Dane Rex must travel the stars as ambassadors of Earth. Their mission: to prove Humanity deserves to be considered equal to the scores of established alien cultures. Earth’s acceptance hinges on building good relationships with these aliens, and the genteel Parents seem the perfect candidates for wooing extra-terrestrials.


Iron Angels
Eric Flint & Alistair Kimble
(mass market paperback)

When war erupts between two warring cults, FBI special agents Jasper Wilde and Temple Black must put a stop to the horrors. Something wicked has come to the east Indiana suburbs. And it is very evil—and very, very alien.


Space Pioneers
ed. by Hank Davis & Christopher Ruocchio
(mass market paperback)

A generous collection of stories that reach out into the unknown void, finding awe, wonder, other minds—even terror. Stories of brave men and women who risk all to explore, colonize, and settle the vast reaches of space.

Don't forget to check out the newest ebook releases here. Plus, read “Axabrast,” by Brad R. Torgersen here. And read this month’s nonfiction essay, part two of “Principles of Organization for War and Organizing for War in the Carreraverse” by Tom Kratman, here.
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