New Books, 5 March 2024

Baptiste, Bethany: The Poisons We Drink (Sourcebooks Fire 9781728251950, $18.99, 480pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 03/05/2024)

Young-adult fantasy novel. Teen witcher Venus Stoneheart makes illegal potions to support her family, but a corrupt coven forces her to make potions to enslave politicians.

 

Black, Holly: The Prisoner’s Throne (Little, Brown 9780316592710, $20.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 03/05/2024)

Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Stolen Heir duology in the ...Read More

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New Books, 27 February 2024

Bakis, Kirsten: King Nyx (Norton/Liveright 9781324093534, $28.99, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 02/27/2024)

Feminist gothic novel with possible fantasy elements, about Charles Fort’s wife in 1918, who investigates the disappearance of three girls, but can’t tell if she’s seen ghosts or her mind is unraveling.

 

Bishop, Anne: The Lady in Glass and Other Stories (Ace 9780593639054, $28, 480pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 02/27/2024)

Collection of short stories. All of ...Read More

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New Books, 20 February 2024

Albert, Melissa: The Bad Ones (Macmillan/Flatiron 9781250894892, $19.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 02/20/2024)

Young-adult contemporary thriller/dark fantasy novel. Nora looks into the disappearance of four people who vanished in a single night, one her estranged best friend, in a town with a sinister magical history.

 

Armentrout, Jennifer L. & Salvador, Rayvn: Visions of Flesh and Blood (Evil Eye Concepts/Blue Box Press 9781957568324, $31.99, 578pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ...Read More

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New Books, 13 February 2024

Arden, Katherine: The Warm Hands of Ghosts (Penguin Random House/Del Rey 9780593128251, $28.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 02/13/2024)

Historical fantasy novel. During WWI, Laura Iven, a retired field nurse hears word that her brother has been killed in combat, but something doesn’t make sense. She returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital, where she hears whispers about haunted trenches and a strange hotelier whose wine gives ...Read More

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New Books 6 February 2024

Bennett, Robert Jackson: The Tainted Cup (Penguin Random House/Del Rey 9781984820709, $28, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 02/06/2024)

Fantasy mystery novel, first in the Shadow of the Leviathan series. A high Imperial officer dies when a tree erupts from his body, and the brilliant detective Ana Dolabra investigates with the help of her new magically altered assistant Dinios Kol.

 

Callender, Kacen: Infinity Alchemist (Tor Teen 9781250890252, $19.99, 400pp, formats: ...Read More

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New Books: 30 January 2024

Chen, Mike: A Quantum Love Story (Harlequin/Mira 9780778369509, $18.99, 384pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 01/30/2024)

SF time-loop romance novel. Neuroscientist Mariana Pineda, working at a top secret particle accelerator, starts looping in time, the same four days over and over, with a man who also remembers the loop — for a while.

 

Gibson, Lena: Switching Tracks: Out of the Trash (Black Rose Writing 9781685133641, $24.95, 359pp, formats: trade ...Read More

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New Books: 23 January 2024

Bristow, Su: The Fair Folk (Europa Editions 9798889660125, $18, 400pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 01/23/2024)

Faustian fairytale fantasy novel. In 1959 eight-year-old Felicity accepts a gift from the fairy queen. As an adult she is constantly visited by the queen’s companions, wreaking havoc with her friendships and love life. Felicity finally begins to explore the true nature of the Fair Folk with the help of a folklorist professor, to try ...Read More

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New Books: 16 January 2023

Avery, Amy: The Longest Autumn (Macmillan/Flatiron 9781250896490, $28.99, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 01/16/2024)

Fantasy mystery romance novel. Seasons stop turning when the mortal Time and the god of Autumn are trapped in the mortal world, and the two are torn between the need to fix things and their forbidden attraction to each other. A first novel.

 

Bertino, Marie-Helene: Beautyland (Macmillan/Farrar, Straus, Giroux 9780374109288, $28, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, ...Read More

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New Books: 9 January 2023

Ascher, Aurora: Sanctuary of the Shadow (Entangled/Red Tower 9781649374110, $29.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 01/09/2024)

Fantasy romance novel about a woman hiding in a circus where she disguises her gift of prophecy as part of her act until an alluring monster turns up.

 

Berwah, Tanvi: Somewhere in the Deep (Sourcebooks Fire 9781728247656, $18.99, 359pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 01/09/2024)

Young-adult fantasy novel inspired by South Asia, The ...Read More

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New Books: 2 January 2024

Avery, Annaliese The Immortal Games (Scholastic 9781338754520, $12.99, 336pp trade paperback, ebook, audio 01/02/2024)

Young-adult fantasy romance novel. 16-year-old Ara is seeking revenge on the Gods for allowing her sister to die in the games. She’s determined to be selected as a token, but when she is, she realizes that it isn’t just her life at stake, but also her heart.

 

Butler, D.J.: Among the Gray Lords (Baen 9781982193133, ...Read More

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New Books: 26 December 2023

Lackey, Mercedes: Valdemar (Astra House/DAW 9780756417390, $29, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 12/26/2023)

Fantasy novel. third in the Founding of Valdemar series. The refugees’ city of Haven thrives, but their Tayledras allies are withdrawing, and magicians move in to take advantage.

 

Motayne, Maya: Lucero (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray 9780062842794, $18.99, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 12/26/2023)

Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in a trilogy begun in Nocturna. In the aftermath of ...Read More

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New Books 19 December 2023

Carthage, Jo: Nuclear Sunrise (NineStar Press 9781648907005, $6.49, 361pp, formats: ebook, 12/19/2023)

Historical SF gay romance novel set in 1951 about a US Air Force Captain from Roswell, New Mexico in charge of security at a top-secret atomic energy research facility in Idaho, against his will falling for a rebellious nuclear physicist.

 

Hoffmann, Ada: Resurrections (Apex Book Company 9781955765121, $6.99, 345pp, formats: ebook, audio, 12/19/2023)

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New Books 12 December 2023

Cadigan, Pat: Ultraman (Titan Books UK 9781803362458, $16.95, 288pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 12/12/2023)

Tie-in novel based on a movie based on the series. Pursuing a fugitive space monster, a Being of Light enters Earth’s atmosphere. Accidentally colliding with a patrolling jet, piloted by Science Patrol Agent Shin Hayata, the Being merges with the pilot to save his life and vows to defend the Earth. Now whenever the planet is ...Read More

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New Books 5 December 2023

Anderson, Justin Lee: The Bitter Crown (Orbit US 9780316454308, $19.99, 560pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 12/05/2023)

Fantasy novel, the second in the Eidyn Saga series. The fog of war is lifted and the conspiracy at the heart of Eidyn finally exposed. Now that they know the truth, Aranok and his allies must find a way to free a country that doesn’t know it’s held captive.

 

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New Books: 28 November 2023

Edgmon, H.E.: Godly Heathens (St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books 9781250853615, $20, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 11/28/2023)

Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Ouroboros series. Gem, a nonbinary Seminole teen who’s having dreams of magic and violence, doesn’t know how to deal with a strange new girl who knows too much, and then the Goddess of Death attacks.

 

Elliott, Lauren: Murder in a Cup (Kensington Cozies 9781496739070, $27, 304pp, formats: hardcover, ...Read More

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New Books 21 November 23

Adams, Gillian Bronte: Of Sea and Smoke (Enclave Escape 9798886050783, $26.99, 512pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 11/21/2023)

Young-adult fantasy novel, second in The Fireborn Epic series. Rafi Tetrani reluctantly takes on his dead brother’s responsibilities as the empire’s lost heir, and vows to fight the usurper on the throne. A stolen shipload of magical horses he finds may offer just the edge he will need.

 

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New Books: 14 November 2023

Bruno, Rhett C. & Bakutis, T.E.: Mind Burn (Blackstone Publishing 9798200996421, $27.99, 464pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, audio, 11/14/2023)

Near-future SF techno-thriller/mystery novel. Detective Cowan Soto, a trainee with a cybernetic implant, investigates the first successful mass shooting in 12 years — while trying to hide the fact he’s illegally unbound by behavioral modification protocols himself.

 

Danan, Rosie: Do Your Worst (Penguin Random House/Berkley 9780593437148, $17, 352pp, formats: ...Read More

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New Books: 7 November 2023

Alderman, Naomi: The Future (Simon & Schuster 9781668025680, $28.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 11/07/2023)

Dystopian, near-future technothriller. Raised on an isolated compound in Oregon, Martha Einkorn becomes embroiled in the apocalyptic warnings present in a world ruled by mega-rich tech companies. Uniting with Zhen, an internet-famous survivalist in Singapore, an explosive chain of events is set in motion, as their relentless drive and insatiable curiosity resists the cataclysmic end of ...Read More

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New Books: 31 October 2023

Armentrout, Jennifer L.: A Fire in the Flesh (Evil Eye Concepts/Blue Box Press 9781957568553, $31.99, 560pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, audio, 10/31/2023)

Fantasy romance novel, third in the Flesh and Fire series. In order to prevent the forces of the Shadowlands from invading and igniting a War of Primals, Sera must convince Kolis to relent. But nothing could have prepared her for the cruelty of Kolis’s Court and the ...Read More

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New Books: 24 October 2023

Bacon, Eugen & Hook, Andrew: Secondhand Daylight (John Hunt/Cosmic Egg Books 9781803413549, $17.95, 224pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 10/27/2023)

SF time-travel novel, a reverse story in two timelines, following a future scientist traveling backwards in time, trying to help an ordinary man jumping uncontrollably forward in time.

 

 

Ballard, J.G. & Blacklock, Mark: Selected Nonfiction, 1963-2007 (MIT Press 9780262048323, $32.95, 424pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 10/24/2023)

Collection of the most ...Read More

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New Books: 17 October 2023

Baker, A. Deborah: Under the Smokestrewn Sky (Tordotcom 9781250848475, $21.99, 208pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 10/17/2023)

Fantasy novel, the fourth book in the Up-and-Under series begun in Over the Woodward Wall, the book-within-a-book from Middlegame by Seanan McGuire. Since stumbling from their world into the Up and Under, Avery and Zib have walked the improbable road across forests, seas and skies, finding friends in the unlikeliest of places and ...Read More

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New Books: 10 October 2023

Adams, Seth C.: The Rift (Flame Tree Press 9781787588783, $16.95, 208pp, formats: trade paperback, hardcover, ebook, 10/10/2023)

Fantasy horror novel. Joe Jimenez, grieving father and estranged husband, on the eve of the anniversary of his son’s death is on the brink of complete despair when he witnesses the arrival of a strange atmospheric anomaly. The rift – a curious tear in the very air of his backyard – appears nightly, ...Read More

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New Books: 3 October 2023

Baker, Kylie Lee: The Scarlet Alchemist (Harlequin/Inkyard Press 9781335458018, $19.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 10/03/2023)

Young-adult historical fantasy novel, the first in a duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a poor biracial girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family.

 

Basu, Samit: The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport (Tordotcom 9781250827517, $28.99, 416pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, ...Read More

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New Books: 26 September 2023

Anderson, Taylor: Devil’s Battle (Ace 9780593200773, $28, 480pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 09/26/2023)

Alternate-world military SF novel, third in the Artillerymen series set in the world of the Destroyermen series. After being stranded on a very different and more perilous Earth, Colonel Lewis Cayce led his small army of Americans displaced from 1847 to defeat the Dominion and its depraved Blood Priests.

But more Dominion troops have been drawn from ...Read More

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New Books: 19 September 2023

Blake, Kendare: Champion of Fate (HarperCollins/Quill Tree 9780062977205, $19.99, 480pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 09/19/2023)

Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Heromaker series. An orphan raised by the Aristene, an order of mythical female warriors, Reed grew up surrounded by by her future sisters-in-arms and the incredible stories of their quests. She must pass one final test before initiation: shepherding her first hero to glory on the battlefield. Reed’s assigned ...Read More

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New Books: 12 September 2023

Armentrout, Jennifer L.: Fall of Ruin and Wrath (Tor/Bramble 9781250750198, $27.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 09/12/2023)

Fantasy romance novel, the first in a series for adults. Nine cities dot a vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city ruled by royalty who feed on mortal pleasure. Calista lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for protection she uses the infallible intuition she ...Read More

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New Books: 5 September 2023

Anders, Lou, ed.: Tales from Stolki’s Hall (Lazy Wolf 9798985153125, $29.99, 294pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 09/05/2023)

Anthology of 10 stories set in Norrengard, the Norse-inspired land created by Lou Anders for his Thrones & Bones middle-grade trilogy and adult/all-ages Thrones & Bones roleplaying game. Authors include J. Dianne Dotson, Ed Greenwood, and Joel Shepherd.

 

Anderson, Kevin J.: The Funny Business (WordFire Press 9781680575026, $33.99, 284pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ...Read More

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New Books: August 29 2023

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Arndt, Skyla: Together We Rot (Penguin Random House/Viking 9780593526279, $18.99, 272pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 08/29/2023)

Young-adult horror/thriller/romance novel. Wil Greene’s mom has been missing for over a year, and the police are ready to call the case closed — they claim she skipped town and you can’t find a woman who wants to disappear, but she knows her mom wouldn’t just leave. Meanwhile, Wil’s former best ...Read More

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New Books: 22 August 2023

Creagh, Kelly: Strange Unearthly Things (Penguin Random House/Viking 9780593116081, $19.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 08/22/2023)

Young-adult paranormal romance, a reimagining of Jane Eyre. Orphan Jane Reye is a psychic artist who sees spirits and the supernatural. After graduating from the girls’ school she’s spent most of her life at, she gets an invitation to join a study at the English manor Fairfax Hall, where the elusive proprietor is a handsome ...Read More

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New Books: 15 August 2023

Alsberg, Sasha: Fracturing Fate (Harlequin/Inkyard Press 9781335453754, $19.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 08/15/2023)

Young-adult fantasy novel. While battling the demigod Llaw, Klara is catapulted five hundred years into the past, alone and distraught that she and her fated love Callum killed the demigod at the cost of Callum’s life.

Klara is the last Pillar of Time, an anchor point in the timeline of the world. Treacherous enemies both magical ...Read More

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New Books: 8 August 2023

Anderson, Kevin J.: Skeleton in the Closet (WordFire Press, $20.99, 242pp, formats: trade paperback, hardcover, ebook, 08/08/2023)

Humorous fantasy novel about a motley crew of medieval con artists. Cullin the former scamp, Sir Dalbry a washed-up knight in shining armor; Reeger, ready and eager for any part of the dirty work; and Affonyl, former princess, who wanted to study science and alchemy, rather than embroidery. Together, they cross the land ...Read More

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New Books: 1 August 2023

Bacon, Eugen: Languages of Water (Mvmedia 9798985733662, $5.99, 179pp, formats: ebook, 8/1/2023)

Original anthology of stories, poems, and essays; a rare but intimate fusion of East, West and Africa, a stunning artefact of writerly immersion and cultural exchange. This child of digital collaboration brings together writers, illustrators and translators of poetry, fiction and essays, and refuses to be contained.

 

 

Bergman, Rebekah: The Museum of Human History (Tin House ...Read More

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