

respective authors are to be found in the Review Index. , while reviews of earlier books in the series or other books by the As 2012 is coming to an end, I put together a list of my highly awaited sff/related books of 2013 with a few comments and some (possibly not final) covers. I divided them into a few self-explanatory categories with a more or less chronological listing. I expect there will be surprises, indies and late year books that will deserve their own posts, but for now the following books are on the list









Read - all will be top 25 of 2012





You can fi nd fairly extensive comments about all these four books from the Goodreads link above, some of which I actually posted here too. So far Where Tigers Are at Home is the book to beat for 2013.



Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Imager's Battalion (Quaeryt #3)



Lord, Karen • The Best of All Possible Worlds (standalone sf )













Weber, David • Shadow of Freedom (Honorverse #N, N > 20)

Blas de Robles, Jean-Marie • Where Tigers Are at Home (standalone )









Currently Reading



Brett, Peter V. • The Daylight War (3rd Demon Cycle)









To Be Published





Roberts, Adam • Adam Robots (short stories)

Kay, Guy Gavriel • River of Stars (sta ndalone fantasy, related to earlier books)

Abraham, Daniel • The Tyrant's Law (3rd Dagger and Coin)















Weber, David, et al • House of Steel: The Honorverse Companion (1st out of 3 planned companion volumes; contains a short novel plus universe details)



Corey, James S. A. • Abaddon's Gate (3rd Expanse)

Elliott, Kate • Cold Steel (trilogy ending)













Reynolds, Alastair • On the Steel Breeze (2nd Poseidon's Children)

McAuley, Paul • Evening's Empires (4th in the lo ose Qui et W ar series)

Egan, Greg • The Arrows of Time ( Orthogonal trilogy ending)













Gibson, Gary • Marauder (standalone in the Shoal universe)



Priest, Christopher • The Adjacent (standalone ?? sf)



Modesitt, L. E., Jr. • Antiagon Fire ( 4th Quaeryt)





Baxter, Stephen • Proxima (standalone ?? sf, possibly re lated to the Xelee universe )



Roberts, Adam • Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea (standalone sf)

Weber, David • Safehold #7 (title tbd)



Tchaikovsky, Adrian • War Master's Gate (9th Shadows of the Apt)



Wilson, Robert Charles • Burning Paradise (standalone sf)







Possible





Hoffman, Paul • The Left Hand of God Volume 3 (title tbd)

Cameron, Christian • The Fell Sword (2nd in the Traitor's Son series)











Series Debuts:





The Emperor of All Things - Paul Witcover

Quintessence - David Walton

Promise of Blood - Brian McClellan

Thousand Names - Django Wexler