Asher, Neal: War Bodies (Macmillan/Tor UK 9781529050080, £20.00, 576pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audio, 7/6/2023) Science fiction novel. Rebellion could be their salvation—or their doom. Long ago, the Cyberat left Earth to co-evolve with machines. Now, led by the powerful dictator Castron, their Old Guard believe that machines should replace the physical body. But these beliefs are upended with the arrival of the human Polity—and their presence ignites rebellion.

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Arm, Aaron H.: The Artifice of Eternity (John Hunt/Cosmic Egg Books 9781803412023, $23.95, 416pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 7/1/2023) Science fiction novel. War. Corruption. Overpopulation. Climate change. When Earth reaches a tipping point, the world’s wealthiest man decides to reboot civilization on another habitable planet. Deemed “Project Exodus,” the voyage includes 4,000 like-minded colonists, a political manifesto, and all the resources they can fit on their ship.

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Allen, Jeffery Renard: Fat Time and Other Stories (Graywolf Press 978-1-64445-239-4, $15.99, 288pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 6/20/2023)

Fantasy novel/fable, where Jimi Hendrix, Francis Bacon, the boxer Jack Johnson, Miles Davis, and a space-age Muhammad Ali find themselves in the otherworldly hands of Jeffery Renard Allen, reimagined and transformed to bring us news of America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Along with them are characters of Allen’s invention: two ...Read More

Bergren, Lisa T.: Estuary (Enclave 979-8-88605-046-2, $16.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 6/13/2023)

Fantasy romance novel. Lady Tiliani Forelli is the epitome of the She-Wolves who raised her, an adept archer with a mind of her own. It is long past time for her to wed, but she deems each young lord who comes to bid for her hand lacking. With battles upon their border, and rumors of war growing ...Read More

3dtotal Publishing: Sketching from the Imagination: Character Concepts (3dtotal Publishing 9781912843626, $37.00, 320pp, formats: trade paperback, 6/6/2023)

Following the success of previous titles in this popular series, Sketching from the Imagination: Character Concepts showcases the incredible character work of 50 artists and illustrators. Chosen especially for this book, these artists from around the globe take inspiration from folklore, myths, modern stories, and sometimes real life as a basis for their ...Read More

Buchbinder, Nat: Inkweed / The Mellification (Pink Narcissus Press 9781939056191, $15.00, 210pp, formats: trade paperback, 6/1/2023)

This is a collection of two novellas, both revised: futuristic “Inkweed” about a laborer who gets involved in selling a dangerous new drug in an underground city, and “The Mellification”.

Armstrong, Kelley: The Poisoner’s Ring (St. Martin’s/Minotaur 9781250820037, $28.00, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 5/23/2023)

Fantasy time-travel mystery novel. This is the second in the Rip Through Time series. Modern-day homicide detective Mallory, stuck in 1869 Edinburgh, helps medical examiner Dr. Duncan Gray investigate serial poisonings.

Bellin, Joshua David: Myriad (Angry Robot UK 9781915202468, $17.99, 328pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 5/23/2023)

Science fiction novel. Myriad has been in ...Read More

Ampuero, María Fernanda: Human Sacrifices (Feminist Press at CUNY, The 9781558612083, $15.95, 144pp, formats: trade paperback, 5/16/2023)

Original collection of 12 stories, translated from the Spanish Sacrificios humanos (Páginas de Espuma 2021) by Frances Riddle. Simultaneously terrifying and exquisite, Human Sacrifices is “tropical gothic” at its finest―decay and oppression underlie our humid and hostile world, where working-class women and children are consistently the weakest links in a capitalist economy. Against ...Read More

Allan, Nina: Conquest (Quercus UK/riverrun 9781529420777, £17.47, 284pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 5/11/2023)

Science fiction mystery novel. Rachel’s boyfriend Frank sees patterns everywhere and gets obsessed with an alien war just before he disappears; a 1950s science fiction story may have clues. 

Blackgoose, Moniquill: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (Penguin Random House/Del Rey 9780593498286, $18.00, 519pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 5/9/2023)

Fantasy novel. The remote island of Masquapaug ...Read More

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame: Chain-Gang All-Stars (Penguin Random House/Pantheon 978-0-593-31733-4, $27.00, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 5/2/2023)

This is a dystopian science fiction novel set in an alternate United States, where prisoners in a private-run prison system can compete for freedom in gladiator-style arena death matches.

Bazterrica, Agustina: Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird (Pushkin Press UK 978-1-782279013, $17.99, 176pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 5/4/2023)

From celebrated author Agustina ...Read More