Diviner’s Bow, the 27th novel set in the Liaden Universe® created and maintained by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, will be published on April 1 2025.  David Mattingly created the cover, featuring Counsel to Chaos Blays essWorthi and Majel ziaGorn, the Deaf Councilor.

So, I just finished reviewing the page proofs for “The Last Train to Clarkesville,” a Liaden Universe® Western that will be appearing in this anthology of all-new stories, edited by David Boop, coming from Baen on November 5.

Man we did a good job on that story!

Here’s a teaser:

He was big, and strong, and peaceable.  Nobody was expecting a fight.

Nobody expected him to knock down one deputy, much less two, or take off running, and if they’d ever even thought about his pony, they sure hadn’t expected the bolt of hoofed lightning that answered his whistle, nor the ease with which a big man could swing into the saddle from a dead run.

Meld and Questa were gone before the second deputy lumbered to his feet.

Out of town.

And on the wrong side of the law.

Here’s the full Table of Contents:

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Albacon 2024 is being held at the Marriott Courtyard, Clifton Park, NY, September 13, 14, 15.  GOHs are Elizabeth Bear, Scott Lynch, Geri Sullivan, Cory Doctorow.

NOTE: Sharon will be attending remotely. She will NOT be physically at the con.

Sharon Lee Reading Readings (room 101) Sat 4:00 PM Duration: 00:45
Description Sharon Lee Reading from Ribbon Dance

Plotter or Pantser Meeting A Sat 5:30 PM Duration: 01:15
Description They say there are two ways to write: plotting everything out carefully, and just writing and seeing what happens to your story as you go along. Is writing really this binary? Is there a way between? What is the advantages — and disadvantages — of each method? Which are you and why?
Vikki Ciaffone (mod), Daniel M...

First, a history lesson.

In 1999, Meisha Merlin published Plan B, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, effectively bringing the authors and their Liaden Universe® back from the dead.

This is not a thing that happens often, and Steve immediately recognized it as an opportunity Not To Be Wasted.  We had already been keeping in touch with our readers through Liaden Universe® listserves — the Friends of Liad were born there.  Steve had started SRM Publisher, providing chapbooks of Liaden stories to an unsuspecting world.  And Meisha Merlin provided the opportunity for us to attend science fiction conventions.

We attended a lot of science fiction conventions, a good number of them as Writer Guests of Honor...

“Core Values,” regarding the case of Geritsi slentAlin, who appears in Liaden Universe® novels, Trader’s Leap, Ribbon Dance, and Diviner’s Bow, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, is now on Splinter Universe, where those who have an interest may read it.

Those who have an interest may also donate, to the story, to the site, to the Coon Cat Food Bank, or to the author.  A donation is not required to read the story.

Core Values Introduction

Core Values

For Immediate Release: February 25 2025
From Baltimore Science Fiction Society

Sharon Lee Wins 2025 Robert A. Heinlein Award

Sharon Lee, novelist, is the 2025 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award. The award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. This award is in recognition of Ms. Lee’s body of work of over 38 novels and short stories. A majority of her space themed work is in the Liaden Universe®, written with her late husband Steve Miller, and features merchant families trading across the galaxy. The next Liaden Universe novel, Diviner’s Row, is forthcoming from Baen Books in April 2025.

The award will be formally presented during opening ceremonies on Friday, May 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM for Ba...

The Uncle has begun shipping Diviner’s Bow with its very handsome signed bookplate. So, if you want a signed hardcover, now isn’t too soon to order, and the Uncle is going to make it Extra Easy for you to get your book.

If you ordered a signed copy of Ribbon Dance from Uncle Hugo’s last year, and your payment information has not changed, all you have to do to get your copy of Diviner’s Bow into the mail is this:

Write to unclehugoATaolDOTcom. State your name, that you purchased Ribbon Dance last year, that your payment information has not changed, and how many copies of Diviner’s Bow you would like to receive.

The Uncle will do the rest.

It really doesn’t get any easier than this, so! What’re you waiting for?

Sharon Lee

The 27th novel set in the star-spanning Liaden Universe® created by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, third in the Padi yos’Galan internal arc, Diviner’s Bow riffs on classic Lee-and-Miller themes of what does it mean to be human, and the proposition that we’re all better when we help each other.

A world divided cannot stand. A people divided cannot thrive.

The Oracle has Seen the end of Civilization — and of the Haosa. While well-meaning people struggle to implement change that might, at least, mitigate a disaster, others are looking toward the profit they can make from the end of the world.

And the lives of two small children may be the threads that bind the future — or unravels it.

The Padi yos’Galan arc: Trader’s Leap, Ribbon Dance, Diviner’s Bow.

All three available from your favorite ven...