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Jim Butcher. CURSOR'S FURY. Ace, 31.00. Third in his pure fantasy series, The Codex Alera. Butcher's DRESDEN series has been made in to a tv drama, airing on the SciFi channel in January.
Orson Scott Card. EMPIRE. Tor, 32.95. New stand-alone fiction from the author of the popular ENDER'S GAME series. EMPIRE finds the USA at war with itself, a fluid, fast-paced tale as only Card can give.
Simon R. Green. HELL TO PAY. Ace, 9.99. Newest of Green's NIGHTSIDE series, starring John Taylor, PI to the weird, and following SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH.
Shannon Hale. RIVER SECRETS. Bloomsbury, 21.95. Hale's BAYERN series continues. Lovely prose and fantasy lands, great for younger readers.
M. John Harrison. NOVA SWING. Gollancz, 24.95. British author Harrison is quickly taking over the edgy, zippy places once occupied by the likes of Bruce Sterling and Iain Banks. Sequel to his earlier LIGHT.
Judith Lindbergh. THE THRALL'S TALE. Plume, 18.50. Excellent first novel set in the early ages of Norse exploration. Minimal elements of fantasy blend with history and adventure in a rich tale of prophecy and romance.
Dana Stabenow, editor. POWERS OF DETECTION. Ace, 10.99. Collection of a dozen original murder mystery short stories, using fantasy or science fiction settings. Stories by Anne Perry, Sharon Shinn, Simon R. Green, Charlaine Harris and others.
S. M. Stirling. THE SKY PEOPLE. Tor, 33.95. Stirling's flair for alternatives to Earth history flares again, as he charts a whole new space-exploration path. Excellent story-telling, gripping plot, always a good read.
Clive Woodall. ONE FOR SORROW, TWO FOR JOY. Ace, 9.99. From last year's hardcover list, this fantasy uses birds as protagonists in a world dominated by crows and magpies. Woodall's first novel.
