June 2026
In this issue: Troy Rising brings us all new stories in John Ringo’s Troy universe and A. Lee Martinez’s Unbearable brings us a very different take on Arthurian legend . . .
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Praise for the Troy Rising series:
“. . . infused with plenty of old-fashioned two-fisted can-do attitude, a heavy dose of science, and occasional bursts of dry humor . . .”
—Publishers Weekly on Live Free or Die
“Ringo is back with a rousing tale of derring-do in space . . . [He] is as good as ever, giving the reader an epic space opera complete with grand vistas and large-scale numbers and keeping it humming with . . . pungent writing, snappy characters, and gallows humor.”
—Booklist on Citadel
DANGER: HERE BE HUMANS!
First the Glatun came, and we learned we were not alone in the galaxy. Then the Horvath arrived, and we learned the galaxy was a dangerous place. But our alien enemies underestimated how dangerous we could be.
It’s been over fifteen years since New York Times best-selling author John Ringo’s Live Free or Die dropped us into a war we didn’t want and couldn’t win, or so it seemed. From that first volume through Citadel and The Hot Gate, he let us experience the triumph of the human spirit through our entrepreneurial creativity, native-born toughness, and sheer patriotic stubbornness. We marveled at gargantuan technological accomplishments so well imagined they seemed not only possible but inevitable, and equally larger-than-life characters that seemed just as remarkable and even more real.
Now, for the first time, John has permitted a select cadre of authors to write new stories in his Troy Rising universe. In this volume, you’ll find stories of espionage and subterfuge, daring and cleverness, courage and sacrifice, told with heart and humor and, above all, humanity, including an all new novella by John Ringo and stories by Adam Oyebanji, Mike Massa, Marisa Wolf, Michael Mersault, Casey Moores, Michael Gants, Karl K. Gallagher, Chris Kennedy, and Jason Cordova & Melissa Olthoff.
Praise for A. Lee Martinez:
“Eccentric characters, all of whom are clever twists on stereotypes, populate a smart, rocket-fast read with a clever, twisty plot that comes to a satisfying conclusion.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Automatic Detective
“Martinez (Too Many Curses ) pokes at big-picture questions, like the nature of the universe and the meaning of life, with abundant, zany humor in this charming tale.”
—Publishers Weekly on Monster
THE FATE OF THE WORLD IS IN HIS HANDS.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
A sword. A dragon. A lowlife.
Ortiz is a man without grand ambition or talent. He survives by being mildly useful and eminently disposable, destined to end up in a shallow grave. But on the day he’s digging that grave, he discovers a magic sword. Not just any magic sword, but the magic sword: A weapon that keeps away the apocalypse in the form of an all-devouring dragon.
He’s the last guy who should bear it, but where can a man surrounded by the worst people find a hero to rise to the challenge? And how can he give away a sword that keeps his mob boss from killing him, a dragon from stepping on him, and his girlfriend from leaving?
Trapped between the Waking and Dreaming Worlds, from shadowy streets to the golden halls of Avalon, against criminal thugs and living myths, he’ll need smarts and luck—things he’s always had in short supply—if he’s going to figure out how to claw his way up from the bottom rung of a lousy life.
And maybe keep the world from ending, if he has time.
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Troy Rising
John Ringo &
Gray Rinehart, eds.
For the first time, John Ringo has permitted a select cadre of authors to write new stories in his Troy Rising universe. In this volume, you’ll find stories of espionage and subterfuge, daring and cleverness, courage and sacrifice, told with heart and humor and, above all, humanity, including an all new novella by John Ringo and stories by Adam Oyebanji, Mike Massa, Marisa Wolf, Michael Mersault, Casey Moores, Michael Gants, Karl K. Gallagher, Chris Kennedy, and Jason Cordova & Melissa Olthoff.
Unbearable
A. Lee Martinez
Ortiz is a man without grand ambition or talent. But on the day he’s digging that grave, he discovers a magic sword. Not just any magic sword, but the magic sword: a weapon that keeps away the apocalypse in the form of an all-devouring dragon. He’s the last guy who should bear it, but where can a man surrounded by the worst people find a hero to rise to the challenge? And how can he give away a sword that keeps his mob boss from killing him, a dragon from stepping on him, and his girlfriend from leaving?
The Mills of the Gods
Tim Powers
From the narrow streets and rooftops of post-war Paris to, finally, a supernatural battle between gods in a remote village in Spain, Nolan and Vivi must contend with forces natural and supernatural, enemies living and dead, and ultimately find themselves pitted against the god Moloch himself—at peril of their eternal souls. The Mills of the Gods is a harrowing supernatural adventure, full of color, drama, and romance, as only Tim Powers could tell it.
Divided Allegiance
Elizabeth Moon
Once a sheepfarmer’s daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Paks feels spurred to a solitary destiny. Against all odds she is accepted as a paladin-candidate by the fellowship of Gird. Years of study will follow, for a paladin must be versed in diplomacy and magic as well as the fighting arts. But before she is fully trained, Paks is called on her first mission: to seek out the fabled stronghold of Luap far to the west. The way is long, the dangers many—and not even the Marshal-General of Gird can say whether glory or ruin awaits.
Rebel
David Weber &
Richard Fox
The Five Hundred, the elite families who rule the Terran Federation, control its political power and its wealth, thanks to the war against the Terran League. There’s a few flies in the Five Hundred’s ointment, though. There’s a growing hatred and resentment of the Fringe Worlds, whose children do most of the dying in the war. There’s Terrence Murphy, a man of honor who knows the Federation for what it is and is determined to speak for its victims.
To Turn the Tide
S.M. Stirling
Many could see it coming. But one man could do something about it. Too bad he didn’t get to use it himself. Instead, a team of American grad students, led by their professor, is sent back to the late Roman Empire. Even though they are experts in this time and place, they are about to realize that books and actual experience are very different things. If they can survive, they hope to remake the world into a better place. But that’s a big “if.”
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