May releases

From the list of coming up titles for 2013 I posted in January, Scott Lynch's The Bastard and the Knives, the Gentleman Bastard prequel novellas omnibus was pushed back to March 2014. Also, you might be interested in:

• The Rithmatist, the new YA novel of Brandon Sanderson will be out on May 14th
• Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura, the final novel in the Elves trilogy by James Barclay will be out on May 16th
• Blood and Bone by Ian C. Esslemont will be released in the US on May 21st.
• Antiagon Fire by L.E. Modesitt, the 7th Imager Portolio novel will be released on May 28th

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The Tyrant’s Law

The Dagger and the Coin book 3

Daniel Abraham
May 14th

The great war cannot be stopped.  

The tyrant Geder Palliako begins a conquest aimed at bringing peace to the world, though his resources are stretched too thin. When things go poorly, he finds a convenient target among the thirteen races and sparks a genocide. 

Clara Kalliam, freed by having fallen from grace, remakes herself as a "loyal traitor" and starts building an underground resistance movement that seeks to undermine Geder through those closest to him. 

Cithrin bel Sarcour is apprenticing in a city that's taken over by Antea, and uses her status as Geder's one-time lover to cover up an underground railroad smuggling refugees to safety. 

And Marcus Wester and Master Kit race against time and Geder Palliako's soldiers in an attempt to awaken a force that could change the fate of the world.

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Magician's End
The Chaoswar Saga book 3
Raymond E. Feist
May 14th

An uneasy quiet has settled upon Midkemia in the wake of a surprise invasion. Leaderless, the Kingdom is on the brink of anarchy and civil war, unless Hal conDoin, Duke of Crydee, and his brothers can rally their allies to crown a new king. War has left the land vulnerable to an agency of horrific destruction not of this world. The bravery of determined warriors is not enough to ensure the Kingdom’s preservation without the magic of the Master Sorcerer Pug. A powerful spell has trapped him, his son Magnus, and two unlikely allies in an unfamiliar realm. They must find their separate ways home, a journey of memory and discovery that will illuminate the truth of the destiny that awaits them. To save Midkemia Pug will have to pay the ultimate price.

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The Garden of Stones
Mark T. Barnes
May 21th

A New Epic Begins Fueled by visions promising him prolonged life and political power, the dying Corajidin, leader of a millennia-old dynasty, has brought the nation of Shrīan to civil war. But is his bright destiny assured, or do the events unfolding around him promise a more ignoble, and finite, future Indris, warrior-mage of the Sēq Scholars and scion of a rival Great House, is caught in the upheaval. Driven by loyalty and conscience to return to a city that haunts his past, Indris reluctantly accepts the task of finding a missing man, the only one able to steer the teetering nation toward peace? The celebrated warrior-poet, Mari, touches both men's lives: one as daughter, one as lover. As her world unravels around her, can she be true to both her duty to blood, and her own desires for freedom and happiness.

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Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy
Anthology
May 28th

A brand new series bringing you Fantasy stories from some of the biggest and most exciting names in the genre! The authors appearing in the launch volume include Trudi Canavan, Elizabeth Bear, Daniel Abraham, Kate Elliott, Saladin Ahmed, Glen Cook, Scott Lynch, Ellen Klages, Ellen Kushner & Ysabeau Wilce, Jeffrey Ford, Robert Redick and KJ Parker. An amazing array of the most popular and exciting names in Fantasy are set to appear in the first in a brand new series of Fantasy anthologies featuring original fiction, from the master editor Jonathan Strahan. The authors appearing in the launch volume include Trudi Canavan, Elizabeth Bear, Daniel Abraham, Kate Elliott, Saladin Ahmed, Glen Cook, Scott Lynch, Ellen Klages, Ellen Kushner & Ysabeau Wilce, Jeffrey Ford, Robert Redick and KJ Parker.