New Books: 28 March 2023
Baer, Marianna: Wolfwood (Abrams/Amulet 9781419733710, $19.99, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
In this young-adult horror novel, a teen whose mother was a famous painter before her breakdown secretly forges paintings by her mother and gets drawn into a dangerous magical world. This is an international edition with US, Canadian, and UK prices.
Carey, M.R.: Infinity Gate (Orbit UK 9780-356-51801-5, $18.99, 544pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
This is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel. From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a genre-defying story of humanity’s expansion across millions of dimensions—and the AI technology that might see it all come to an end.
Davitt, Deborah L.: From Voyages Unreturning (Aqueduct Press , $5.95, 92pp, formats: ebook, 4/1/2023)
This novel tells the tale of a woman who sought escape from her own life. Skimming through time and space at light-speed, she comes to realize that she’s left everything that she loved behind. She forges a bond with a living ship, and together, they dare to dream that life can be more than perpetual loss.…
Dewes, J.S.: Rubicon (Tor 9781-250-85123-9, $19.99, 480pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 3/28/2023)
Science fiction space-opera novel about Sergeant Adriene Valero, a repeatedly resurrected enhanced soldier who wants to die, but can’t.
Faraday, Chris: Trine (Angry Robot UK 9781-915-20244-4, $17.99, 408pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Dark science fiction thriller about a black sheep who returns to his family to see his younger sister, who’s getting disturbing visions from a family heirloom, and investigates the possible extraterrestrial cause of weirdness in his hometown.
Gratton, Tessa Justina Ireland: Chaos Flame (Penguin Random House/Razorbill 9780593353325, $17.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Young-adult fantasy novel. From authors Justina Ireland and Tessa Gratton comes the first book in a ferocious YA fantasy duology featuring ancient magic, warring factions, and a romance between the two people in the world with the most cause to hate one another.
Green, Evie: The New One (Penguin Random House/Berkley 9780-593-43923-4, 17, 400pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Science fiction novel. A suspenseful, cutting-edge novel about two parents who finally get the daughter they’ve always wanted—it’s too bad she isn’t real. From the author of We Hear Voices.
Hyde, Allegra: The Last Catastrophe (Penguin Random House/Vin&tage 9780-593-31526-2, 17, 288pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Short story collection. A hopeful, speculative short story collection about how humanity grapples in a world transformed by climate change.
Kalfar, Jaroslav: A Brief History of Living Forever (Little, Brown 9780-316-46318-8, 28, 320pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Near-future science fiction novel set in a nativist/nationalist America threatened by technological surveillance. A dying Czech woman seeks the daughter she gave up at birth in America.
Kingfisher, T.: A House With Good Bones (Tor/Nightfire 9781-250-82979-5, 24.29, 256pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Southern gothic/contemporary horror novel. Samantha, between jobs, moves in with her mom, but everything’s oddly changed, and vultures circle overhead.
Leicht, Stina: Loki’s Ring (Simon Schuster/Saga Press 9781982170639, 18.99, 512pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Science fiction space adventure novel. Intergalactic spaceship captain Gita Chithra goes on a mission to save the AI robot she loves as a daughter, trapped in an alien-made star system.
LaValle, Victor: Lone Women (Penguin Random House/One World 9780-525-51208-0, 24.3, 304pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Historical horror novel about a Black woman trying to homestead in 1915 Montana, with a dangerous secrets hidden in a mysterious trunk. Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and a new vision of the American West, from the award-winning author of The Changeling.
Link, Kelly: White Cat, Black Dog (Penguin Random House/Random House 9780-593-44995-0, 24.3, 260pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Short story collection. Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers—characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose.
Lofficier, Jean-Marc Randy Lofficier: The Handbook of French Fantastic Cinema (Black Coat Press , 19.95, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, audio, 4/1/2023)
Non-fiction reference, a guide to French supernatural horror and pulp fiction from the middle ages to 2000. Parts previously appeared in French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror Pulp Fiction (McFarland 2000).
Martine, Arkady: Rose/House (Subterranean Press 9781-64524-033-4, $45.00, 128pp, formats: hardcover, trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/31/2023)
Science fiction novel. A house that is an artificial intelligence, infused in every load-bearing beam and fine marble tile with a thinking creature that is not human. The owner architect Deniau’s been dead a year, and Rose House is locked up tight, as commanded by the architect’s will. But there’s a dead body, and a mystery to be solved.
Miller, Rowenna: The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill (Orbit US/Redhook 9780-316-37847-5, $18.99, 416pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
In this historical fantasy novel about sisterhood and self-discovery, a woman does everything she can to help her sister escape her husband.
Ortiz, Amparo: Last Sunrise in Eterna (Page Street 9781-64567-614-0, $18.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
In this young-adult fantasy novel three teenagers are invited to spend seven days on the secluded island floating off the coast of Puerto Rico to learn the magic of the elves. Sevim can see through the elves’ illusions and seeks revenge for her father’s death, but the elf prince has noticed.
Oshiro, Mark: Into the Light (Tor Teen 9781-250-81225-4, 19.99, 448pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Young-adult fantasy novel. It’s been one year since Manny was cast out of his family and driven into the wilderness of the American Southwest. Since then, Manny lives by self-taught rules that keep him moving―and keep him alive. Now, he’s taking a chance on a traveling situation with the Varela family, whose attractive but surly son, Carlos, seems to promise a new future.
Otoo, Sharon Dodua Jon Cho-Polizzi: Ada’s Room (Penguin Random House/Riverhead 9780-593-53979-8, 27, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Fantasy novel about a woman across many reincarnations, from 1400s Ghana to present-day Germany, with a mystical bracelet that figures in each of her lives, with an angel-like narrator offering advice she never remembers.
Parker, K.J.: Under My Skin (Subterranean Press 9781-64524-079-2, 50, 680pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/31/2023)
Collection of 12 stories, two new, and one new short novel, Relics. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000. Parker is a pen name for Tom Holt.
Song, Jade: Chlorine (HarperCollins/Morrow 9780-06-325760-3, 30, 256pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Tchaikovsky, Adrian: And Put Away Childish Things (Rebellion/Solaris UK 9781-786188793, 29.99, 208pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 3/28/2023)
Voris, Jenna: Made of Stars (Penguin Random House/Viking 9780-593-52521-0, 16.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Young-adult military science fiction/romance novel inspired by the story of Bonnie and Clyde — set in space. Two teen renegades, one seeking revenge, the other fame, tangle with a flight/space academy valedictorian on his first posting.
Worrad, J.L.: The Keep Within (Titan Books UK 9781803362977, 16.95, 496pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
Zappia, Francesca: Greymist Fair (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 9780-06-316169-6, 19.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 3/28/2023)
