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These new books will be out sometime within the next 18 months, so if you see a title you'd like,
make a note. With 50,000 books coming out every year, I sure do!

From Publishers Weekly:
Former Fulbright scholar on Persian dialects, professor at Tehran University, and director of the American Institute of Iranian Studies, Colin MacKinnon's MORNING SPY, EVENING SPY, a novel on CIA anti-terrorist activities, to Diane Reverand at St. Martin's, for publication in spring 2006, in a two-book deal, by Philip Spitzer at Philip Spitzer Literary Agency (world).

LA police officer and investigator in the anti-gang unit Will Beall's LA REX and THE LION HUNTER, two novels set in South Central LA, that present a look at the life of the police and criminal cultures of this volatile city within a city, to Julie Grau at Riverhead, in a pre-empt, by Marc Gerald at The Agency Group (world). Film rights are with Shari Smiley at CAA.marcgerald@theagencygroup.com

Author of Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez's IN THE COMPANY OF OGRES, a humorous fantasy novel about an army officer who has the annoying habit of returning from the dead, so he's assigned to lead the army's worst unit where his unique talents just might come in handy, and A NAMELESS WITCH, about a pair of star-crossed lovers: A white knight who is dedicated to the eradication of all evil and a witch with no name who is a cannibal with an overwhelming desire to nibble on his flesh, to Paul Stevens at Tor, in a nice deal (world).Paul.Stevens@tor.com

Raelynn Hillhouse's second novel, currently untitled, a modern day spy thriller about for profit, private intelligence companies and their involvement in America's war on terror, to Eric Raab at Forge, by Scott Miller at Trident Media Group (NA).

Sharon Weinberger's HAFNIUM DREAMS: Fringe Science and National (In)Security, the "somewhat bizarre" story of how the US government got behind the development of an "isomer weapon," a futuristic device that would supposedly rival the power of a nuclear bomb, even though it was completely baseless -- just one illustrative example of how the government has been increasingly backing initiatives based on bad science, to Carl Bromley at Nation Books, in a nice deal, by Michelle Tessler at Michelle Tessler Agency (NA).michelle@tessleragency.com

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