SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
Maya Motayne Nocturna Hodder Paperback, 5th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781473675933 Fates collide and darkness is unleashed in this lush, own-voices Latin-inspired fantasy. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and VE Schwab.
Jaime Lee Moyer Brightfall Jo Fletcher Books, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787479227 Someone is murdering the Merry Men and if Marian doesn’t stop them, her children will be next. Wonderful reimagining of Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
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New Dimensions in Science Fiction Jerry Määttä (ed), David Higgins (ed), Katherine E. Bishop (ed) Vol 4: Plants in Science Fiction: Speculative Vegetation University of Wales Press, 15th May, hb, eb, £60, 9781786835598 First-ever volume on plants in science fiction allows us to speculate further on what plant life may be.
the author of the award- winning Vagrant series.
Jeff Noon Creeping Jenny: The Nyquist Mysteries, Book III Angry Robot, 14th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857668400 John Nyquist finds himself in a village whose bizarre rules change every day with the whims of its ruling saints. He must solve the mystery of his missing father.
Mel Odom Warlord Voyager, 20th February, pb, £6.99, 9780062284532 Master Sergeant Frank Sage struggles to defend against the Phrenorian threat as battle lines will be redrawn and blood will spill.
Temi Oh Do You Dream of Terra-two? Simon & Schuster, 20th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471171277 A century ago, scientists theorised that a habitable planet existed in a nearby solar system. Today, 10 astronauts will leave a dying Earth to find it.
at a remote Siberian research facility. But the virus has a mind of its own and it wants out.
Den Patrick Stormtide HarperVoyager, 1st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008228194 Critically acclaimed, Scandinavia-inspired fantasy trilogy The Ashen Torment continues.
Sam Peters From Divergent Suns: Book 3 Gollancz, 20th February, pb, £9.99, 9781473214828 Thrilling conclusion to the brilliant trilogy set on a distant world.
Menna van Praag The Sisters Grimm Bantam Press, 6th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787631663 A tour de force of fairytale and imagination, The Sisters Grimm is a magical tale of life, death and sisterhood from one of our most accomplished fantasy authors.
Bob Proehl The Nobody People Titan Books, 14th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789094619 When a group of outcasts with extraordinary abilities comes out of hiding, their clash with a violent society will spark a revolution— or an apocalypse.
Marie O’Regan (ed), Paul Kane (ed)
John P Murphy Red Noise Angry Robot, 9th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857668479 Caught up in a space station turf war between gangs and corrupt cops, a lone asteroid miner decides to take them all down.
Brian Naslund Blood of an Exile Pan, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529016147 Bershad is sentenced to kill dragons until he meets an early grave. Then the king offers him a mission that could buy him redemption.
Peter Newman The Boundless HarperVoyager, 11th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008229085 Final book in The Deathless trilogy from
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Cursed: An Anthology of Dark Fairy Tales Titan Books, 3rd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789091502 Twenty curses, old and new, from bestselling fantasy authors such as Neil Gaiman, Christina Henry, MR Carey and Charlie Jane Anders.
Ada Palmer Perhaps the Stars Head of Zeus, 4th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781786699602 Fourth volume of the Terra Ignota series starts with the long years of near-utopia coming to an abrupt end, making peace and order figments of the past.
Jason Parent The Apocalypse Strain Flame Tree Press, 28th May, pb, £9.95, 9781787583542 A research team studies an ancient pandoravirus
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Natasha Pulley The Lost Future of Pepperharrow Bloomsbury, 5th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781408885161 Step back into the enchanting world of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. This extraordinary sequel takes readers to Japan where time, destiny and love collide to electrifying effect.
Jane Rawson From the Wreck Picador, 16th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529006568 A novel of strange and wonderful imagination, imbued with beauty and feeling, existential loneliness and a deep awareness of the interdependence of all life.
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Te Long Winter AG Riddle Vol 1: Winter World Head of Zeus, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789543223 A new ice age. A mysterious object in space. And a desperate mission to save humanity from extinction. Vol 2: The Solar War Head of Zeus, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789544930 On a ruined world, humanity’s last survivors are fighting a losing battle against against an unknowable enemy and impossible odds.
Jane Rogers Body Tourists Sceptre, 11th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529392975 Youth is wasted on the young, isn’t it?
Matt Ruff Lovecraft Country: TV Tie-in Picador, 11th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529019032 Matt Ruff, the critically acclaimed cult novelist, makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work.
Christopher Ruocchio Demon in White Gollancz, 9th July, pb, £18.99, 9781473218321 Hadrian Marlowe is a hero and a murderer but there’s only one way to hear his story: relayed in his own words, in this fusion of space opera and fantasy.
Hannah M Sandoval Arcamira Cosmic Egg Books, 28th February, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781789042627 An act of war and a hybrid king. Adventure awaits and Arcamira hangs in the balance.
Chen Qiufan, Ken Liu Waste Tide Head of Zeus, 4th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786691293 “Waste girl” Mimi becomes infected with a virus and hosts an omniscient consciousness, hellbent on righting wrongs and igniting a class war.
John Scalzi The Last Emperox Pan, 16th April, hb, eb, £8.99, 9781509835355 Explosive conclusion to Scalzi’s award-winning Interdependency series.
Samantha Shannon The Priory of the Orange Tree Bloomsbury, 6th February, pb,
eb, £9.99, 9781408883358 Enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons and the women who must lead the fight to save it.
James Shepherd Irish Fairy & Folk Tales Arcturus, 1st May, pb, £6.99, 9781838575397 Immerse yourself in a world of fairy queens and Celtic warriors in this remarkable collection of Irish folk tales. Ten stories.
Nikhil Singh Club Ded Luna Press Publishing, 2nd June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913387068 Afrofuturism meets Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in an exhilarating psychedelic-noir novel from the author of Taty Went West, shortlisted for Best African Novel in the Nommo Awards.
Charles Soule Anyone Hodder & Stoughton, 11th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529346732 When a scientist searching for an Alzheimer’s cure throws a switch and finds herself transported into her husband’s body, she changes her life and the world forever.
Anna Smith Spark The House of Sacrifice HarperVoyager, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008204150 Powerhouse grim and dark fantasy of bloodshed, ambition and fate, this is the thunderous conclusion to the Empires of Dust trilogy.
Anna Stephens Bloodchild HarperVoyager, 1st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008216023 The deliciously dark final instalment in the epic Godblind fantasy trilogy.
Neal Stephenson Fall Or, Dodge in Hell Borough Press, 20th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008168858 From one of the greatest speculative writers of our time comes an epic saga about a future that isn’t as far away as it seems.
Simon Stephenson Set My Heart to Five Fourth Estate, 28th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008354206 Hilarious, touching and dazzlingly perceptive debut novel about what it truly means to be human. “Such a funny, cathartic story”—Simon Pegg.
Barbara Stevenson Where the Ocean
Meets the Sky Luna Press Publishing, 19th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911143932 Collection of surreal, humorous short stories by the Orkney author. Carole Stivers The Mother Code Hodder & Stoughton, 5th May, hb, eb, £20.99, 9781529378153 Will robots save humanity or destroy it?
Allen Stroud Fearless Flame Tree Press, 28th June, pb, £9.95, 9781787585416 Captain Ellisa Shann commands Kidhr, a search and rescue ship with a crew of 25, when it picks up a distress call from the freighter Hercules.
Annie Sullivan Tiger Queen Blink, 16th April, pb, £8.99, 9780310768784 Join Princess Kateri as she trains with the rebel Desert Boys to overthrow the cruel captain of the guards in the mythical desert kingdom of Achra.
Jeremy Szal Stormblood Gollancz, 20th February, hb, £16.99, 9781473227415 Alien technology, addictive upgrades, a soldier determined to protect his family and a thief who is prepared to burn the world down.
Sarah Tarkoff Ruthless: Eye of the Beholder Harper Voyager, 14th May, pb, £10.99, 9780062456427 The heart-pounding series finale, set in a near-future dystopian society. One young woman sets out to expose the global conspiracy that has played God for far too long.
Jodi Taylor Plan for the Worst Headline Book Publishing, 14th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472266798 Eleventh book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary’s series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around history.
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Yes Laini Taylor Remarkable and beautiful series that is distinct in its originality and perfect for fans of Philip Pullman and Pan’s Labyrinth. Vol 1: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Hodder Paperbacks, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99,
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