Orbit – Publishing Jan-Jun 2016!

	Here’s an (edited) look at what Orbit have coming for you over the period January to June 2016! We’ll be bringing you our particular recommends of all publishers together by month of publication. Note: Publication dates are liable to change and some jackets are still to come…
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*	Pub	ISBN	Author	Bind.	RRP	Series	Vol
	ZERO-G
	Jan	9780356505152	Rob Boffard	PB	8.99		2
	Following Tracer comes Zero-G – the second heart-stopping thriller in the Outer Earth series
	Riley Hale has nowhere left to run.
	She may be the newest member of Outer Earth’s law enforcement team, but she feels less in control than ever. A twisted doctor bent on revenge is blackmailing her with a deadly threat. If Riley’s to survive, she must follow his orders, and break a dangerous prisoner out of jail.
	But this isn’t just any prisoner – it’s the psychotic former council member who nearly brought the space station to its knees. To save her own skin, Riley must go against all her beliefs, and break every law that she’s just sworn to protect.
	Riley’s mission will get even tougher when all sectors are thrown into lockdown. A lethal virus has begun to spread through Outer Earth, and it seems little can stop it. If Riley doesn’t live long enough to help to find a cure, then the last members of the human race will perish along with her.
	The future of humanity hangs in the balance. And time is running out.
	STAKED
	Jan	9780356504469	Kevin Hearne	PB	8.99	The Iron Druid Chronicles	8
	The eighth book in the Iron Druid Chronicles, described by SFF World as ‘Neil Gaiman’s American Gods meets Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden’
	Iron Druid Atticus O’Sullivan, hero of Kevin Hearne’s epic New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series, has a point to make – and then drive into a vampire’s heart.
	When a druid has lived for two thousand years like Atticus, he’s bound to run afoul of a few vampires. Make that legions of them. Even his former friend and legal counsel turned out to be a bloodsucking backstabber. Now the toothy troublemakers – led by power-mad Theophilus – have become a huge problem requiring a solution. It’s time to make a stand.
	As always, Atticus wouldn’t mind a little backup. But his allies have problems of their own. Ill-tempered archdruid Owen Kennedy is having a wee bit of troll trouble: turns out when you stiff a troll, it’s not water under the bridge. Meanwhile, Granuaile is desperate to free herself of the Norse god Loki’s mark and elude his powers of divination – a quest that will bring her face to face with several Slavic nightmares.
	As Atticus globetrots to stop his nemesis Theophilus, the journey leads to Rome. What better place to end an immortal than the Eternal City? But poetic justice won’t come without a price: In order to defeat Theophilus, Atticus may have to lose an old friend.
	THE LAZARUS WAR: ARTEFACT
	Feb	9780356505466	Jamie Sawyer	PB	8.99	The Lazarus War	1
	For fans of The Edge of Tomorrow, Alien and James S. A. Corey’s Expanse series comes an explosive new space fleet adventure that will thrill science fiction and space opera fans worldwide. Jack Campbell, author of the Lost Fleet novels calls it ‘a gripping read that moves at warp speed’
	Artefact is book one of The Lazarus War, an explosive new space adventure series from one of the brightest new stars in science fiction – perfect for fans of The Edge of Tomorrow, Alien and James S. A. Corey’s Expanse series. Jack Campbell, author of the Lost Fleet novels calls it ‘a gripping read that moves at warp speed’.
	Mankind has spread to the stars, only to become locked in warfare with an insidious alien race. All that stands against the alien menace are the soldiers of the Simulant Operation Programme, an elite military team remotely operating avatars in the most dangerous theatres of war.
	Captain Conrad Harris has died hundreds of times – running suicide missions in simulant bodies. Known as Lazarus, he is a man addicted to death. So when a secret research station deep in alien territory suddenly goes dark, there is no other man who could possibly lead a rescue mission.
	But Harris hasn’t been trained for what he’s about to find. And this time, he may not be coming back . . .
	Artefact is an action-drenched tale of elite space marines, deep space exploration and galactic empires. Discover The Lazarus War – the thrilling new space opera series from one of the most exciting new voices in science fiction.
	‘A hostile race of alien biomechs somewhat in the mould of H R Giger aliens . . . terrorism, subterfuge and traitors . . . starships sporting particle beam weapons, railguns the size of skyscrapers, laser batteries, missiles… And then there are the uber-human super-soldiers clad in powered armour and wielding plasma weapons… Is that enough for you? . . . This, dear readers, is the good stuff. Recommended’ Neal Asher, author of the Agent Cormac novels
	‘A highly promising science fiction debut – a fun, gripping adventure story, with a mystery at its core that kept me turning the pages’ Gary Gibson, author of STEALING LIGHT
	‘An adrenaline shot of rip-roaring military SF packed with cinematic action sequences and tightly drawn characters’ Stephen Deas, author of Elite: Wanted, Empires: Infiltration and Extraction”
	QUEEN OF FIRE
	Feb	9780356502519	Anthony Ryan	PB	8.99	Raven’s Shadow	3
	The spectacular conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Raven’s Shadow series, which began with the critically acclaimed Blood Song
	“Queen of Fire is the New York Times bestselling final novel in the Raven’s Shadow series, which began with the critically acclaimed Blood Song
	EMPIRES WILL FALL
	Queen Lyrna has survived the bloody siege of Alltor. Now she must rally her troops and take back the capital from the Volarian invaders. But driving her hated enemy out of the Realm will not satisfy her lust for vengeance – she wants to pursue them across the ocean and burn their empire to ashes. To do so, she must place her faith in the Seventh Order: men and women who wield terrible powers, born of the Dark itself.
	Vaelin Al Sorna would sacrifice his life for his queen – and may yet have to. Only by unmasking the Volarians’ mysterious Ally can the tide of war be turned. To this end, Vaelin must travel deep into the icebound north, in search of a man who cannot die – and he must do it without the aid of his blood song, which has fallen ominously silent . . .
	Queen of Fire is the epic conclusion to the acclaimed Raven’s Shadow series by New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan.
	THE IMMORTALS
	Feb	9780356507262	Jordanna Max Brodsky	PB	8.99
	MANHATTAN.
	Selene finds the body of a young woman on the banks of the Hudson river, mutilated and wearing a wreath of laurel. She feels a rage not felt in a lifetime, and an obligation: the promise that she made long ago. To protect those who are innocent -who cannot protect themselves.
	MURDERS.
	With the NYPD out of their depth, Selene must hunt the killer on her own. But when classics professor Theo Schultz offers his expertise to solve the case, the solitary huntress finds herself working with a man who’s her opposite in every way.
	GODS.
	Together, they discover that a long-forgotten cult is behind the string of murders terrorizing the city. They’ll need help from the one source Selene distrusts most of all: the city’s other Immortals.
	SPEAK
	Feb	9780356506098	Louisa Hall	PB	8.99
	For fans of David Mitchell and Margaret Atwood comes this poignant novel from Waterstones Book Club author Louisa Hall, with a tale will make readers everywhere question what it really means to be human. Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, calls Speak the ‘rarest of finds’.
	She cannot run. She cannot walk. She cannot even blink. As her batteries run down for the final time, all she can do is speak. Will you listen?
	From Alan Turing’s conviction in the 1950s to a Silicon Valley Wunderkind imprisoned in 2040 for creating illegally lifelike dolls, from a pilgrim girl writing her diary to a traumatised young girl exchanging messages with a software program: all these lives have shaped and changed a single artificial intelligence – MARY3. In Speak, she tells you their story, and her own. It is the last story she will ever tell, spoken both in celebration and in warning.
	When machines learn to speak, who decides what it means to be human?
	THE LAST DAYS OF JACK SPARKS
	Mar	9780356507187	Jason Arnopp	TPB	12.99
	Prepare for the cleverest, most addictive thriller you will read this year. This is the story of the ill-fated Jack Sparks – a man who plays with fire, and pays the price . . .
	Jack Sparks died while writing this book.  This is the account of his final days.
	In 2014, Jack Sparks – the controversial pop culture journalist – died in mysterious circumstances.
	To his fans, Jack was a fearless rebel; to his detractors he was a talentless hack. Either way, his death came as a shock to everyone.
	It was no secret that Jack had been researching the occult for his new book. He’d already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he witnessed in rural Italy.
	Then there was that video: thirty-six seconds of chilling footage that Jack repeatedly claimed was not of his making, yet was posted from his own YouTube account.
	Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed – until now. This book, compiled from the files found after his death, reveals the chilling details of Jack’s final hours.
	Read on and decide for yourself what really happened to the notorious Jack Sparks – in this razor-sharp tale about the dangers  of mocking what you don’t believe…
	THE WATER KNIFE
	Mar	9780356500546	Paolo Bacigalupi	PB	8.99
	From the international bestselling author of  the Hugo and Nebula award-winning The Windup Girl, comes an electrifying  thriller set in a world on the edge of collapse.
	WATER IS POWER
	The  American Southwest has been decimated by drought, Nevada and Arizona  skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California  watches.
	When rumors of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez is sent to investigate.
	With a wallet full of identities and a tricked-out Tesla, Angel arrows  south, hunting for answers that seem to evaporate as the heat index  soars and the landscape becomes more and more oppressive. There, Angel encounters Lucy Monroe, a hardened journalist who knows far more about  Phoenix’s water secrets than she admits, and Maria Villarosa, a young  Texas migrant who dreams of escaping north to those places where water  still falls from the sky.
	As bodies begin to pile up and bullets start flying, the three find themselves pawns in a game far bigger, more corrupt, and dirtier than any of them could have imagined. With Phoenix  teetering on the verge of collapse and time running out, their only  hope for survival rests in one another’s hands.
	But when water is more valuable than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.
	SNAKEWOOD
	Mar	9780356505527	Adrian Selby	HB	12.99
	Once they were a band of mercenaries who shook the pillars of the world through their cunning, their closely guarded alchemical brews and stone cold steel. Whoever met their price won.
	Now, their glory days behind them and their genius leader in hiding, the warriors known as the ‘Twenty’ are being hunted down and eliminated one by one.
	A lifetime of enemies has its own price.
	SHADOW AND FLAME
	Mar	9780356504957	Gail Z. Martin	PB	9.99	The Ascendent Kingdoms Sage	4
	The fourth novel in the Ascendant Kingdoms saga – a tale of war, heroism and sorcery from one of the most popular fantasy writers of recent years
	From Gail Z. Martin, one of the most exciting writers of fantasy adventure, comes the fourth and final novel in the epic Ascendant Kingdoms saga.
	Blaine McFadden and his allies have brought magic back under mortal command and begun to restore order to the beleaguered kingdom of Donderath. Now, new perils and old enemies gather for a final reckoning. Foreign invaders, a legendary dark mage and vengeful immortals fight Blaine’s battered forces for control of the continent, and Blaine’s weary army is the only thing standing between a kingdom struggling to rise from the ashes and a descent into fury and darkness.
	FELLSIDE
	Apr	9780356503585	M. R. Carey	HB	16.99
	From the author of the word-of-mouth bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts comes an unmissable and highly original new thriller
	The unmissable and highly original new thriller from the author of the international phenomenon The Girl with all the Gifts.
	Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. It’s not the kind of place you’d want to end up. But it’s where Jess Moulston could be spending the rest of her life.
	It’s a place where even the walls whisper.
	And one voice belongs to a little boy with a message for Jess.
	Will she listen?
	Check out our Creator Profile of Mike Carey on Carabas here!
	Praise for M. R. Carey:
	‘Original, thrilling and powerful’ – Guardian
	‘Haunting, heartbreaking’ – Vogue
	‘A great read that takes hold of you and doesn´t let go’ – John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of Let the Right One In
	‘Scary, tense and fast-paced . . . but with a heart-warming tenderness’ – Marie Claire
	BURNED
	Apr	9780356504407	Benedict Jacka	PB	8.99
	The seventh novel in this compelling urban fantasy series featuring Alex Verus, the Camden-based mage who just can’t stay out of trouble despite his ability to see the future. Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher or Ben Aaronovitch
	Alex Verus has a magic shop in Camden, London, and an uncanny ability to see the future.
	But suddenly everyone can see his future. Because the Mage’s Council of Great Britain has named him a traitor and ordered his death in seven days’ time, and there’s no way anyone can get out of that.
	Alex’s friends – Luna and the other apprentices he’s taken in – are tainted by association. They’ll also be marked for death when the ruling comes into play, and very quickly Alex becomes locked in a race against time to save them.
	Perhaps he might even remember to save himself.
	Check out our Author Profile of Benedict Jacka here…
	AURORA
	Apr	9780356500485	Kim Stanley Robinson	PB	8.99
	Aurora is the critically acclaimed new novel from one of SF’s most powerful voices, telling the incredible story of mankind’s first voyage beyond the solar system in search of a new home
	Our voyage from Earth began generations ago.
	Now, we approach our destination.
	A new home.
	Aurora.
	Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, Aurora is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.
	NB. Jacket of first edition – PB TBC
	BLOODMAGE
	Apr	9780356504773	Stephen Aryan	PB	8.99
	The people of Perizzi have survived the battlemage war, but their future is looking darker than ever.
	BYRNE is a member of the Watch, investigating a series of murders in which the corpse was drained entirely of life.
	FRAY’s expertise with magic is needed to catch the killer, but working with the Watch destroyed his father, years before.
	CHOSS is a champion fighter, trying to diffuse a war in the underworld that threatens to turn the streets red with rivers of blood.
	KATJA is a spy from a foreign land, attempting to prevent a massacre that will topple two dynasties and destroy the fragile peace in the city for ever.
	Watchmen and spies, assassins and criminals will clash on the streets in this magic-fuelled adventure from the author of Battlemage.
	Check out book one, Battlemage, on our Jul-Dec 15 Orbit page…
	THE DARKLING CHILD
	Apr	9780356502212	Terry Brooks	PB	8.99
	From New York Times bestselling fantasy author Terry Brooks comes the second stand-alone novel in his legendary Shannara series – a perfect place for new readers to begin
	New powers are awakening. A legend is born . . .
	In  a distant corner of the Four Lands, the mysterious magic of the  wishsong has been detected. Paxon Leah, sworn protector of the Druid  order and heir of the enchanted Sword of Leah, must travel to uncover  its source – and ensure that this formidable power is not wielded by the  wrong hands.
	But danger lies in wait, and in a fearsome clash  between mortal might and dark magic, it is up to Paxon, as the High  Druid’s Blade, to defend the people of the Four Lands against a  terrifying evil.
	From the international bestselling Terry Brooks comes a thrilling new adventure – and an unforgettable new hero.
	Praise for Terry Brooks:
	‘If you haven’t read Terry Brooks, you haven’t read fantasy’ Christopher Paolini, bestselling author of Eragon and Brisingr
	‘I can’t even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks’s books I’ve read (and re-read) over the years’ Patrick Rothfuss
	‘I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara’ Peter V. Brett
	‘A master of the craft . . . required reading’ Brent Weeks
	THE LAZARUS WAR: LEGION
	May	9780356505473	Jamie Sawyer	PB	8.99
	Book two in this explosive new military science fiction series from one of the brightest new stars in British science fiction – perfect for fans of James S. A. Corey and Jack Campbell
	Following Artefact, Legion is the second book of the Lazarus War, an explosive new space adventure series from one of the brightest new stars in science fiction – perfect for fans of The Edge of Tomorrow, Alien and James S. A. Corey’s Expanse series.
	Conrad Harris is the legend known as Lazarus, and he has died hundreds of times. Using simulant bodies, he runs suicide missions in the depths of space. But he always comes back.
	As commanding officer of the Lazarus Legion, Harris and his elite Simulant Operations team are humanity’s last line of defence against the hostile alien race known as the Krell.
	Having survived their ordeal on Helios, they’re now leading a large-scale mission to the perilous, unexplored region of the Damascus Rift. There, another Artefact has been discovered. It is the product of an ancient alien life form – and a possible weapon to be used against the Krell.
	This Artefact could finally help humanity win the war. But what Harris and the Lazarus Legion will discover there is from their worst nightmares . . .
	Discover the Lazarus War – the thrilling new space opera series of elite space marines and galactic empires, from one of the most exciting new voices in science fiction.
	THE CORPORATION WARS: DISSIDENCE
	May	9780356504988	Ken MacLeod	HB	12.99
	The first instalment in the Corporation Wars trilogy, a space opera giving a robot’s eye view of a robot revolt, from Arthur C. Clarke award nominated science fiction author Ken MacLeod
	They’ve died for the companies more times than they can remember. Now they must fight to live for themselves.
	Sentient machines work, fight and die in interstellar exploration and conflict for the benefit of their owners – the competing mining corporations of Earth. But sent over hundreds of light-years, commands are late to arrive and often hard to enforce. The machines must make their own decisions, and make them stick.
	With this newfound autonomy come new questions about their masters. The robots want answers. The companies would rather see them dead.
	THE CORPORATION WARS: DISSIDENCE is an all-action, colourful space opera giving a robot’s-eye view of a robot revolt.”
	THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF HOPE
	May	9780356504520	Claire North	HB	16.99
	The stunning new novel from the voice that brought you the word-of-mouth bestseller The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and the highly acclaimed Touch.
	Listen.
	All the world forgets me. First my face, then my voice, then the consequences of my deeds.
	So listen. Remember me.
	My name is Hope Ardern, and you won’t know who I am. We’ve met before – a thousand times. I am the girl the world forgets.
	It started when I was sixteen years old. A slow declining, an isolation, one piece at a time.
	A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A teacher who forgets to chase my missing homework. A friend who looks straight through me and sees a stranger.
	No matter what I do, the words I say, the people I hurt, the crimes I commit – you will never remember who I am.
	That makes my life tricky. It also makes me dangerous . . .
	This is the tale of a girl no one remembers, and her story will stay with you forever.
	A BLADE OF BLACK STEEL
	May	9780356505688	Alex Marshall	HB	17.99
	Action-packed epic fantasy from the author of A Crown for Cold Silver: a retired warrior returns to battle to seek revenge for a terrible blow, old friends and old enemies will pay the price.
	After five hundred years, the Sunken Kingdom has returned, and brought with it a monstrous secret that threatens to destroy every country on the Star.
	As an inhuman army gathers on its shores, poised to invade the Immaculate Isles, the members of the Cobalt Company face an ugly choice: abandon their dreams of glory and vengeance to combat a menace from another realm, or pursue their ambitions and hope the Star is still there when the smoke clears.
	Five villains. One legendary general. A battle for survival.
	RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
	Jun	9780356505404	Jenny T. Colgan	PB	8.99
	The charming, brilliantly funny new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan
	Connie’s smart. She’s funny. But when it comes to love, she’s only human…
	As a high-ranking mathematician in a male-dominated field – with bright red hair – Connie’s used to being considered a little unusual.
	But she’s nowhere near as peculiar as Luke, who is recruited to work alongside her on a top-secret code-breaking project.
	Just what is this bizarre sequence they’re studying? It isn’t a solution to the global energy crisis. It isn’t a new wavelength to sell microwave ovens. The numbers are trying to tell them something . . . and it seems only Luke knows what.
	The truth is out there. Will Connie dare to find it?
	‘A riotous cocktail of action, maths geeks and kissing. I enjoyed every single page. Resistance really is futile’ Matt Haig, author of The Humans
	NB. Jacket of first edition – PB TBC
	THE ANNIHILATION SCORE
	Jun	9780356505329	Charles Stross	PB	8.99	The Laundry Files	6
	In this science fiction spy thriller by Hugo Award winning writer Charles Stross, the Laundry – the British secret agency that fights supernatural threats – must team up with the police force, with one unfortunate secret agent caught in the middle.
	NOBODY DOES IT BETTER . . .
	Dr Mo O’Brien is an intelligence agent at the top secret government agency known as ‘the Laundry’. When occult powers threaten the realm, they’ll be there to clean up the mess and deal with the witnesses.
	But the Laundry is recovering from a devastating attack and when average citizens all over the country start to develop supernatural powers, the police are called in to help. Mo is appointed as official police liaison, but in between dealing with police bureaucracy, superpowered members of the public and disgruntled politicians, Mo discovers to her horror that she can no longer rely on her marriage, nor on the weapon that has been at her side for eight years of undercover work, the possessed violin known as ‘Lecter’.
	If this wasn’t bad enough, a mysterious figure known as Dr Freudstein is committing heists and sending increasingly threatening messages to the police. Who is Freudstein and what is he planning?
	Check out our Author Profile of Charles Stross on Carabas here!
	NB. Jacket of first edition – PB TBC
	THE NIGHTMARE STACKS
	Jun	Charles Stross	9780356505343	HB	£18.99	The Laundry Files	7
	Alex Schwartz had a great job and a promising future – until he caught an unfortunate bout of vampirism, and agreed (on pain of death) to join the Laundry, Britain’s only counter-occult secret intelligence agency.
	His first assignment is in Leeds – his old hometown. But the thought of telling his parents he’s lost his job, let alone their discovering his ‘condition’, is causing Alex almost as much anxiety as his new lifestyle of supernatural espionage. His only saving grace is Cassie Brewer, a student from the local Goth Festival who flirts with him despite his fear of sunlight (and girls). But Cassie has secrets of her own – secrets that make Alex’s night life seem positively normal…
	James Bond meets H. P. Lovecraft in the latest occult thriller from Hugo Award winner Charles Stross, in a series where British spies take on the supernatural.

 

Check out more great titles coming January to June 2016 from other great SFF publishers – just click the logos below. Or visit our portal page for these as well as Graphic Novel publishers and Monthly Recommend links as well!

ANGRY ROBOT	DEL REY	GOLLANCZ	HARPERVOYAGER	HODDERSCAPE
JO FLETCHER	ORBIT	REBELLION	TITAN	TOR

 

That’s not all from Orbit over the next 6 months, but with such a fabulous output as ever we’re having to be a little focused on the kind of books we’re about. Even so we couldn’t let the remainder go without a mention so here they are for your ref:

Jan	9780356501772	ANCESTRAL MACHINES	Michael Cobley	HB	18.99
Jan	9780356502076	THE AUTUMN REPUBLIC	Brian McClellan	PB	9.99
Mar	9780356501574	FIRE TOUCHED	Patricia Briggs	HB	16.99
Mar	9780356504728	THE SPIDER’S WAR	Daniel Abraham	TPB	12.99
Apr	9780356502717	THE FALL OF THE DAGGER	Glenda Larke	PB	8.99
May	9780356504254	NEMESIS GAMES	James S. A. Corey	PB	8.99
Jun	9780356506517	FIREBORN	David Dalglish	PB	8.99
Jun	9780356504261	BABYLON’S ASHES	James S. A. Corey	HB	18.99
Jun	9780356507125	HOPE AND RED	Jon Skovron	PB	8.99

 

You can also find more great books from Orbit Books on our Orbit Publishing Jan-Jun 15 page and our Jul-Dec 15 page here!