New Books: 1 February 2022
Dawson, Delilah S.: The Violence 
(Penguin Random House/Del Rey 978-0-593-15662-9, $28.00, 512pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Apocalyptic novel about a pandemic that causes a mysterious outbreak of primal violence.
Donnelly, Lara Elena: Base Notes 
(Amazon/Thomas & Mercer 978-1542030700, $15.95, 411pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Thriller/horror novel with SF elements. A client blackmails perfumer Vic Fowler into creating a perfume that will give him access to secret information, but Vic’s technique requires killing the memories’ owners.
Fu, Kim: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century 
(Tin House 978-1951142995, $16.95, 220pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Original collection of 12 stories (three reprints) of modern life with fantastic/surreal elements. A first collection.
Fulton, Victoria, McLaren, Faith: Horror Hotel 
(Penguin Random House/Underlined 978-0593483480, $9.99, 256pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Young-adult supernatural mystery novel about teen ghost hunters in a haunted Los Angeles hotel.
Hansen, Essa: Azura Ghost 
(Orbit US 978-0-316-43068-5, $16.99, 528pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, February 1, 2022)
SF space opera novel, the second in The Graven trilogy. One man and his sentient starship are all that stand between the multiverse and its total destruction.
Howard, Greg: The Visitors 
(Penguin Random House/Putnam 978-0-593-11188-8, $16.99, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Middle-grade ghost story novel. A lonely twelve-year-old ghost is trapped at the deserted Hollow Pines Plantation in Georgetown, South Carolina with no recollection of his name, how long he’s been there, or how to leave.
Jacobs, Simon: String Follow 
(Macmillan/MCD X FSG Originals 978-0-374-60385-4, $18.00, 416pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Gritty “suburban gothic” horror novel about teens in Ohio being watched by a sinister collective entity that messes with their psyches.
Lee, Sharon, Miller, Steve: A Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume 5 
(Baen 978-1-9821-2590-5, $16.00, 360pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, February 1, 2022)
Collection of seven recent stories set in the Liaden Universe–space opera and romance in a galaxy full of interstellar trading clans–brought together for the first time.
Lindskold, Jane: Library of the Sapphire Wind 
(Baen 978-1-9821-2591-2, $15.99, 304pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, February 1, 2022)
Fantasy novel. Three mages trying to summon mentors get strange creatures they’ve never seen before: human women.
Lofficier, Jean-Marc, Lofficier, Randy, eds.: French Tales of Alien Encounters 
(Black Coat Press 978-1-64932-109-1, $2.995, pp, formats: trade paperback, February 1, 2022)
Nine short stories on the theme of alien encounter from the French roman scientifique genre, published between 1859 and 1939, plus a full-length novel by Maurice Leblanc, The Three Eyes, published in 1919. Translated by Brian Stableford.
Long, H.M.: Temple of No God 
(Titan Books US 978-1789095562, $15.95, 368pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Epic fantasy novel, followup to Hall of Smoke, second and final book in the duology. A fragile alliance between warring tribes is threatened the remnants of a nearby empire undergoing strife over a newfound source of magical power.
Mafi, Tahereh: This Woven Kingdom 
(Harper 978-0-06-297244-6, $19.99, 512pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Young-adult fantasy novel based on Persian myths. An entrancing servant girl is actually the long-lost heir to an ancient kingdom, and prophesied to change the world.
Mihalik, Jessie: Hunt the Stars 
(Harper Voyager US 978-0-06-305103-4, $16.99, 432pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
SF romance novel, the first in the Starlight’s Shadow series. A crew of bounty hunters is asked to find a stolen ring, but the client belongs to a humanlike alien race until recently at war with humanity.
Rice, Anne, Rice, Christopher: Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris 
(Penguin Random House/Anchor 978-1-101-97033-1, $17.00, 368pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Dark fantasy thriller/horror novel, third in a series begun in The Mummy. Ramses the Great has awakened from centuries of slumber to the mystifying and dazzling world of Edwardian England.
Sebastian, Laura: Castles in Their Bones 
(Penguin Random House/Delacorte 978-0593118160, $18.99, 528pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy about triplet princesses, each trained from birth to bring down monarchies, as they now go to wed their target princes.
Showalter, Gena: The Immortal 
(Harlequin/HQN 978-1335453440, $25.99, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Paranormal romance novel, the second in the Rise of the Warlords series, a spin-off of the Lords of the Underworld series. Halo the assassin and Ophelia the harpy warrior are trapped in a horrific time loop together.
Smith, Luanne G.: The Raven Spell 
(Amazon/47North 978-1542034043, $14.95, 267pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Fantasy novel. A witch and a private detective hunt for a serial killer in Victorian England.
Thor, Rosiee: Fire Becomes Her 
(Scholastic Press 978-1-338-67911-3, $18.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, February 1, 2022)
Young-adult Jazz Age fantasy novel about a teen in a world where magic buys votes.
Weber, David, Zahn, Timothy, et al.: A Call to Insurrection 
(Baen 978-1-9821-2589-9, $26.00, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, February 1, 2022)
Military SF novel, fourth in the Manticore Ascendant series, prequel to Weber’s Honor Harrington series.
