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Hilari Bell. FORGING THE SWORD. Farsala Trilogy 3. Simon & Schuster, 22.99. Pure, complex and detailed fantasy, aimed at the younger reader market.
Mary Gentle. ILARIO: THE LION'S EYE. An Ash: A Secret History Novel. Gollancz, 24.95. Gentle continues to explore the alternate world she built. ILARIO is set in her own private version of the fifteenth century , and she weaves a careful history of human events that is just a wee bit... different.
Kim Harrison. BLOODRING: FAITH HUNTER. Roc, 17.50. Beginning of a new series set in a post-apocalyptic world. Yes, THAT apocalypse. Complete with seraphs, demons and plagues.
Nina Kiriki Hoffman. SPIRITS THAT WALK IN SHADOW. Viking, 23.50. Lovely writing style and consitently evocative world makes Hoffman's writing a pleasure. For readers of THE THREAD THAT BINDS THE BONES, Jamie Locke reappears.
Robert Jordan. KNIFE OF DREAMS. Tor, 10.99. Newest in Jordans immeasurable Wheel of Time series. Book Eleven, for those still counting.
Evan Kuhlman. WOLF BOY. Three Rivers Press. 17.00. Illustrated by Brendan and Brian Fraim. Impressive novel about loss and love, as teenagers try to cope with their older brother's death.
Alastair Reynolds. PUSHING ICE. Gollancz, 12.95. Excellent new sf adventure from the author of REVELATION SPACE. Reynold's always working on an immense scale and grand sweeping vistas.
Jeanne C. Stein. THE BECOMING. Ace, 10.99. New series about a bounty hunter turned... well, she's workin' nights, let's just leave it at that. Spooky and fast-paced.
John C. Wright. FIGITIVES OF CHAOS. Tor, 34.95. Second in Wright's CHAOS series. Quirky fantasy series bringing together a group of students with exceptional powers to break all the known laws of physics.
