THE THERMOPYLAE PROTOCOL Virtual Launch Party (WITH PRIZES!)
H.P. Holo chats with author David Weber* about his new sci-fi mystery THE THERMOPYLAE PROTOCOL (and gives out some signed books)!
*Jacob was going to be present, too, but he got sick and lost his voice. :(
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NEW NOVEL IN THE BEST-SELLING GORDIAN DIVISION SERIES FROM NYT BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DAVID WEBER AND JACOB HOLO
After an industrial ship carrying advanced self-replicating machines explodes on its way to Mercury, analysis of the wreckage reveals it to be forty years too old. Raibert Kaminski, the Gordian Division’s top agent, and his crew on the TransTemporal Vehicle Kleio soon discover the ship was transported to an uncharted universe, one with temporarily accelerated time. Forty years passed for the ship’s industrial machines while everyone else experienced only a few short days. Raibert is certain a powerful weapon of some nature has been built out in the unexplored reaches of the multiverse, but where and by whom remains unknown.
The search is on, and the Gordian Division musters its fleet of time machines at Providence, a massive transdimensional station under construction. They call upon their allies from the militaristic Admin for aid in their search—but before plans can be formalized, the leader of the Admin’s Department of Temporal Investigation is murdered while visiting Providence, and the joint operation is thrown into chaos.
Accusations fly and tensions mount between the two organizations. Detectives Isaac Cho and Susan Cantrell—both fast becoming experts in transdimensional crime—are dispatched to Providence. But the clock is ticking for the detectives and Raibert’s cr
Q&A (& PRIZES!) with CASEY MOORES, co-author of NO FAIL (BLOOD and ARMOR #2)
H.P. Holo chats with Baen author Casey Moores about NO FAIL, Book 2 in Bill Fawcett's Blood and Armor series.
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“For fans of Tom Clancy and John Ringo, edge-of-your-seat near-future military science fiction with the verisimilitude that you'd expect from historian Fawcett and special-ops pilot Moores. Get set for a pulse-pounding adventure that hinges on plausible technology and a deep understanding of our precarious world situation.” — Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer Alternative
Thanks to the General Ordnance Garment, or “GOG” combat suits, the Kurdish Republic’s military forces have defeated the Iranian armored columns. But now the theocratic dictatorship has a much more sinister plan to eradicate the newly formed Kurdish Republic.
Three elite GOG teams will have to launch on three desperate, high-risk, deep strikes.
And if even one of them fails, their home will be a radioactive wasteland, and their people will be gone forever.
READING & Q&A (& PRIZES!) with Lydia Sherrer, author of ODYSSEY (LOVE, LIES, & HOCUS POCUS #8)
H.P. Holo chats with Baen author Lydia Sherrer about ODYSSEY, Book 8 in her snarky urban fantasy LOVE, LIES, AND HOCUS POCUS series. Join us for a reading and fun book chatter, and enter to win a ~ sort of secret ~ eBook!
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THE JOURNEY MAKES THE MAN ... IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU FIRST.
Lily, Sebastian, and Sir Kipling's next adventure starts off with a bang as they regroup from their crippling battle with Nergal and search for the fabled city of the ancients.
Only they know the threat Nergal poses, and they must race across the world to find the city and warn the inhabitants before this prince of demons destroys it all.
BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
Thrown together once again with the fae of Melthalin and Lily's own murderous, conniving father, they'll have to navigate waters so treacherous that one misstep could kill them all.
Long-held secrets are coming to light, secrets that could destroy everything they hold dear.
INCLUDING EACH OTHER.
With 2000+ five star ratings on Amazon and Goodreads and over half a million copies sold, this urban fantasy series full of adventure and snarky humor is guaranteed to cause loud snorts of laughter, tea cravings, and sleep loss. Don't start reading at night or you'll never go to bed! Great for fans of urban fantasy from Harry Potter to Harry Dresden. Pick up Book 8 to join the fight against the darkness.
Q&A (& PRIZES!) with Marisa Wolf, author of BEYOND ENEMIES
H.P. Holo chats with author Marisa Wolf about her new sci-fi novel, BEYOND ENEMIES (available now from Baen Books). Join us for fun book chatter and enter to win a signed book of your own!
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An assignment on a backwater world turns deadly for a combat vet and her AI tank. Military SF with heart and humor from up-and-coming author Marisa Wolf.
SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS TO BURN IT ALL DOWN.
Talinn Reaze and Bee serve as “Breezy,” part of the United Colonial Force’s elite Artificial Intelligence Troops. Trained for full integration since before Talinn’s birth, they exceeded expectations and became one of the premier heavy tanks, leading assaults on several fronts of the long war against the Interstellar Defense Corps.
When they’re thrown to a backwater base without cause, boredom becomes their main enemy—until the world falls out from under their treads and they begin to question everything they’ve ever known.
As they orient to their new reality, they have a decision to make: Uphold the status quo, or risk burning civilization to the ground?
Talinn and Bee always did have a fondness for fire.
Q&A (& PRIZES!) with Monalisa Foster, author of THREADING THE NEEDLE
H.P. Holo chats with author Monalisa Foster about her new sci-fi novel, THREADING THE NEEDLE (available now from Baen Books). Join us for fun book chatter and enter to win a signed book of your own!
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A NEW START—OR AN OLD CALLING?
Talia Merritt, a former military sniper once known as Death’s Handmaiden, is a woman haunted by her past. Her cybernetic arm and her phantom—the implant that allows her to control it—serve as a constant reminder of what she’s lost. But Talia is hoping to leave her past and her reputation behind and start anew on the colony world of Goruden, a hardscrabble planet of frontier-minded people seeking a better life. And she’s finally earned enough to start to make that dream come true.
In the bucolic town of Tsuri, she interviews for a job as a marksmanship instructor for local bigwig Signore Ferran Contesti. But Contesi is not what he seems. A recent arrival on Goruden, he hopes to mold the colony world in his own image—an image at odds with the unencumbered life free of government and corporate meddling that Talia has come to find.
Soon, Talia finds herself thrust into the start of another conflict. Talia desperately wants to stay out of it, but she may not have that luxury.
With the fate of a planet and her own peace of mind hanging in the balance, Talia must decide whether or not to once again take up the mantle of Death’s Handmaiden. . . .
"LIGHT OF THE VEIL" by Richard Fox. Available for pre-order now! #LightoftheVeil #TheShatteredStarLegacy #RichardFox #BaenBooks
THE CITY OF MARBLE AND BLOOD Virtual Launch Party (WITH PRIZES!)
H.P. Holo chats with author Howard Andrew Jones about his new sword & sorcery epics LORD OF A SHATTERED LAND and THE CITY OF MARBLE AND BLOOD (and gives out some signed books)!
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LORD OF A SHATTERED LAND
A VAST EMPIRE'S GREATEST FOE. A CONQUERED PEOPLE'S LAST HOPE. HIS NAME IS HANUVAR, AND HE WILL SET HIS PEOPLE FREE!
The Dervan Empire has at last triumphed over Volanus, putting the great city to the torch, its treasures looted, temples defiled, and fields sown with salt. What little remains of Volanus is scattered across the empire, its wealth plundered and its survivors sold into slavery. It is an absolute victory for the Dervans in every way but one.
Hanuvar, last and greatest general of Volanus, still lives. He now travels the length of the Dervan Empire that conquered his homeland, driven by a singular purpose—to find what remains of his people who were carried into slavery across the empire, and free them from subjugation by any means necessary.
Against the might of a vast empire, he had only an aging sword arm, a lifetime of hard-won wisdom, and the greatest military mind in the world, set upon a single goal. No matter what the empire musters against him, no matter what man or monster stands in his way, from the empire’s festering capital to its furthest outposts, Hanuvar would find his people, every last one of them.
And he would set them free.
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THE CITY OF MARBLE AND BLOOD
THE CHRONICLES OF HANUVAR CONTINUE—SWORD AND SORCERY HEROICS ABOUND!
Gladiators, legionaries, scheming sorcerers, and dark gods had battered Hanuvar but
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The Dragon Awards are just around the corner and voting is taking place now. Awarded annually at Dragon Con, the awards highlight the best in science fiction and fantasy literature, films, gaming, and more. Baen is thrilled to have several books up for awards this year, and we want to share the excitement. So, until the end of the month, get the Baen Books Dragon Award Finalist Bundle at a discount price!
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This week on the Baen Free Radio Hour, we talk about our July paperbacks, "THE ICARUS PLOT" by Timothy Zahn, "TROUBLE WALKED IN" by Mike Kupari, and "ROBOSOLDIERS" edited by Stephen Lawson. Also, Part 10 of Wen Spencer's "TINKER" is read!
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THE DYSON FILE Virtual Launch Party (WITH PRIZES!)
H.P. Holo chats with author Jacob Holo about his new sci-fi mystery THE DYSON FILE (and gives out some signed books)!
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A TIME TRAVEL POLICE PROCEDURAL
NEW GORDIAN DIVISION NOVEL: When a top engineer on Mercury commits suicide, Detective Isaac Cho and Special Agent Susan Cantrell of the Gordian Division are called in to review the case. But what seems like an open-and-shut case spirals into the strange. And if Cho and Cantrell don't solve the mystery soon, they may be the next ones to wind up dead.
The Atlas Corporation was all set to tear apart the planet Mercury—converting its resources into a swarm of solar-collecting megastructures—when Esteban Velasco, lead Atlas engineer, is found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Detective Isaac Cho and Special Agent Susan Cantrell, both eager to return to active duty despite close calls on their last case, are sent in to assess the situation. Their superiors expect a simple declaration of suicide, but Velasco’s death proves anything but typical.
The detectives soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery far more complex—and strange—than anyone expected, leading them to a church for Mercury-loving weirdos, a “nudist” colony open to Saturn’s unbreathable atmosphere, an exclusive park for hunting dinosaurs, and a ghost town where forgotten machines wage war over condo floorplans.
What was meant to be an easy return to duty for the detectives takes a sudden dark turn when ruthless mind-hackers ambush and nearly kill them, making one fact crystal clear:
If they don’t solve this case soon, it’ll be their corpses that turn up next.
THE WELTALL FILE Virtual Launch Party (WITH PRIZES!)
H.P. Holo chats with authors David Weber and Jacob Holo about their new sci-fi mystery THE WELTALL FILE (and gives out some signed books)!
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COME FOR THE GAMES. STAY FOR THE MURDER.
A mystery in the Gordian Division universe.
The Weltall Tournament’s professional VR games were supposed to be a symbol of cooperation between SysGov and its militaristic neighbor, the Admin. But that was before star Admin player Elly Sako received a death threat, written in blood next to a copy of her own severed head. The Admin’s Department of Temporal Investigation swiftly seizes control of the crime scene, and the tournament transforms into a flashpoint of charged politics and conflicting jurisdictions.
SysPol Detective Isaac Cho and DTI Special Agent Susan Cantrell—partners in the officer exchange program—are sent in to take charge of the investigation and bring the situation under control. But solving this mystery won’t be easy, and the pair struggles to determine who is telling the truth. A jilted relationship between players soon explodes into signs of a far-reaching conspiracy, and the two detectives find themselves racing against time before the tournament ends.
Because the killer will be the only one who wins, should they fail.
Tick... tick... tick...
The Baen Fantasy Adventure Award enters its final week of submissions! Have you sent in your very best fantasy adventure short story yet?
Don't forget to follow the guidelines and rules found here -- https://www.baen.com/contest-faa
Contest closes on April 30, 2023 at 11:59:59 PM Eastern. Any submissions received after this time will be automatically rejected.
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HOUSE OF ROUGH DIAMONDS Virtual Launch Party (WITH PRIZES!)
H.P. Holo chats with author Jane Lindskold about her new portal fantasy HOUSE OF ROUGH DIAMONDS (and gives out some signed books)!
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NEW ENTRY IN JANE LINDSKOLD’S OVER WHERE PORTAL FANTASY SERIES
Beware the Book Wraith!
No one is at all sure what a book wraith might be, but whatever it is definitely has the battered tomes in the Library of the Sapphire Wind very worried indeed.
Figuring out what a book wraith could be is hardly the least of the challenges that the newly formed House of Rough Diamonds will face as the motley assortment of members—including three women who are literally “out of this world”—attempt to secure ownership of the Library.
Enemies old and new, both within and without the contested property, will strain the Rough Diamonds ingenuity and resources, forcing the small group to recruit new and possibly dangerous allies.
Swords flash and spells fly, as secrets are concealed and revealed, in this latest installment of the series of which Publishers Weekly said, “This vivid, magical tale is sure to please” and Fantasy and Science Fiction recommended for its “fascinating cast of characters moving through an inventive and wondrous world.”
WRAITHBOUND Virtual Launch Party (WITH PRIZES!)
H.P. Holo chats with author Tim Akers about his new epic fantasy WRAITHBOUND (and gives out some signed books)!
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EPIC FANTASY BY A RISING STAR OF FANTASY
Since he was a boy, Rae Kelthannis has dreamed of being a stormbinder like his father, with an air elemental stitched into the fabric of his soul and the winds of heaven at his command. Those dreams died when his father, through no fault of his own, fell into disgrace and was banned by the justicars of the Iron Council. The family fled to the edge of the Ordered World, to live in fear in the shadow of encroaching Chaos.
When Rae defies his father’s orders and attempts to stitch an air elemental to his soul, he instead binds himself to a mysterious wraith. That’s when things get complicated and the world starts to fall apart around him. Literally.
ESCAPE ORBIT Virtual Launch Party (WITH PRIZES!)
H.P. Holo chats with author Patrick Chiles about his new space adventure ESCAPE ORBIT (and gives out some signed books)!
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A RACE AGAINST TIME AND A GATEWAY TO THE UNKNOWN AWAITS
Thrilling space adventure from a Marine vet.
Five years ago, astronaut Jack Templeton took the spacecraft Magellan to the farthest reaches of our solar system, never to be heard from again.
Until now.
When the Magellan suddenly reappears where an undiscovered planet was suspected to be, it poses more questions than answers. How did Jack survive all this time? Can he be rescued before his life support runs out? And what is the object long thought to be the elusive “Planet Nine?”
In a race against time, Jack’s former crewmate Traci Keene spearheads a desperate effort to outfit a rescue mission. But she has competition. Agencies of both American and foreign governments have their own agendas, and rescuing rogue astronauts isn’t among them.
And at the edge of all that is known, a gateway to the unknown awaits. . . .
Reading and Q&A with Robert E. Hampson, author of THE MOON AND THE DESERT
H.P. Holo chats with author Robert E. Hampson about his medical sci-fi thriller THE MOON AND THE DESERT!
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What would it really take to make the Six Million Dollar Man? a medical thriller on earth and in space!
Glenn Armstrong Shepard had his sights set on going to Mars as a flight surgeon, but a training accident on the Moon left him crippled. Now he has a new plan: to be fitted with bionic prosthetics and come back even stronger.
Fate and the Space Force have other plans, and Glenn is grounded. Another doctor—his ex-fiancée—takes his place, and Glenn will have to fight to prove he can be an astronaut once more. . .
Reading and Q&A with James L. Cambias, author of THE SCARAB MISSION
H.P. Holo chats with author James L. Cambias about his new sci-fi novel THE SCARAB MISSION!
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A scavenger and her oddball crew are catapulted into the midst of a strange secret at the heart of a derelict colony ship among the Billion Worlds of the Tenth Millennium in a new novel of explosive SF from James L. Cambias.
Solana Sina is a scarab, salvaging wrecked and abandoned space habitats among the Billion Worlds of the Tenth Millennium. She and an oddball crew—a raven, a cyborg, and a dinosaur—board the derelict colony Safdaghar hoping to score some loot before the colony gets catapulted into the outer reaches of the Solar System. But Solana and the scarabs come face-to-face with a gang of vicious pirates looking for slaves and treasure, and a mysterious stranger intent on preserving an explosive secret. Solana must overcome her own horrifying past to survive and escape before it’s too late. But there’s an even more dangerous threat lurking in the dark passages and ruined buildings of Safdaghar . . .
