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When student Rae accidentally summons a demon the pair must team up to take down the cult who have trapped him.
Taylor J LaRue Steelborn Wayward Txf, 4th August, hb, eb, £20, 9780857509147
Notorious thief must carry out an impossible heist to save an immortal warrior from the curse that is killing him.
Shauna Lawless Son of the Serpent Head of Zeus, 10th September, hb, eb, £22, 9781035911325
Second volume in Gael Song: Era II sees invaders mass on Irish soil, kings lose their crowns and Ireland’s immortals discover new magical powers.
Mark Lawrence The Bookshop Book HarperVoyager, 22nd October, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008800406
Fantasy adventure through magical bookshops set in the world of Lawrence’s Library Trilogy.
Geneva Lee Harbinger Red Tower Books, 3rd September, hb, £20, 9781911750895
Game of Thrones crossed with Sarah J Maas touched up with Divergent.
Wen-yi Lee
When They Burned the Butterfly Wildfire, 22nd September, pb, £10.99, 9781035429967
Fierce fantasy reimagines the secret societies of postcolonial Singapore. For fans of Jade City, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and the feverish intensity of RF Kuang’s Poppy War trilogy.
Yoon Ha Lee, Ann Leckie Ninefox Gambit Solaris, 13th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781837868018
Tenth-anniversary edition of the Locus Award- winning modern sci-fi classic. New introduction from Ann Leckie.
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (tr) Death’s End Head of Zeus, 5th November, hb, eb, £25, 9781035920907
Final instalment of China’s breakout apocalyptic space opera trilogy, the Three-Body Problem.
Ken Liu The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories Head of Zeus, 3rd September, hb, eb, £20, 9781035929283
Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning
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E Lockhart The Pools Hot Key Books, 6th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781471422201
Deeply romantic, smalltown mystery in which five swimmers vanish. Chilling supernatural undertones.
James Logan The Blackfire Blade Arcadia Books, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529432879
Sequel to The Silverblood Promise. Scott Lynch fans will go for this.
Rustin Lovewell Strangebrew Apothecary Magpie, 24th September, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008842369
A supernatural apothecary joins con- artists while hiding her powers, then must rely on her misfit crew when vigilantes force them on the run.
James Luceno Star Wars: Cloak of Deception
Penguin, 11th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804964002
Prequel following Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi- Wan Kenobi as they uncover assassination plots, corruption and Sith conspiracies.
Jordan Lynde Until the Stars Burn Out HQ, 29th December, hb, eb, £20, 9780008776060
Follow-up to Until the World Falls Down. Nell and Enver race to find a priceless artefact and save the kingdom.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J Maas Bloomsbury, hb, eb, 978103720
author of The Paper Menagerie writes a new collection of stories that explore the boundaries of imagination.
MK Lobb The Dark in Her Veins Sourcebooks Casablanca, 25th August, pb, £9.99, 9781464274121
In this noir romantasy sin is a fatal disease and the rich hire the poor to carry out their base instincts.
Maas returns to the courts of Prythian. 6 27th October, £25,
0076Series 7 12th January, £30, 5682
Gregory Maguire Galinda Headline, 29th September, hb, £22, 9781035444045
Prequel to Wicked: the origin story of Galinda, the pink-clad Good Witch.
From global bestseller comes a story of obsession in which hunter and hunted both become prey.
Hannah Mathewson The Age of Blood and Magic HarperVoyager, 10th September, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008778941
A fallen CEO sparks a vicious succession battle in a magical empire of wealth, betrayal, vampires and power.
Seanan McGuire Inkpot Gods Tor, 20th August, hb, £22, 9781250339324
McGuire takes readers back to the world of the Alchemical Journeys in this action-packed follow-up to Middlegame, Seasonal Fears and Tidal Creatures.
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Emily St John Mandel Exit Party Picador, 17th September, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781035081288
From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is a story of the broken boundaries between parallel worlds and a single party that links two versions of reality.
Kuzhali Manickavel A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School Angry Robot, 6th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915998866
Boundary-pushing fantasy that blends magical realism with dark academia. Will be liked by fans of Bunny by Mona Awad and Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth.
Freya Marske Bodies of Magic Tor, 17th September, hb, eb, £22, 9781035039333
Set in a magical medical school and appealing to fans of Olivie Blake’s The Atlas Six and RF Kuang’s Babel.
Tina Mars This Wretched Alchemy Magpie, 3rd December, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008830229
In a fractured realm Revel enters a deadly contest to kill a powerful alchemist but secrets, desire and a god-shard hunt complicate things.
Jasmine Mas
The Emperor’s Enemy HarperVoyager, 24th September, hb, eb, £22, 9780008834715
Trinity
Fiona McIntosh Bedford Square, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781835014
Epic fantasy with strands of politics and romance. 1: Betrayal 5th November, 905 2: Revenge 19th November, 882 3: Destiny 3rd December, 929
Juliet E McKenna The Riven Kingdom Angry Robot, 27th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781836730378
Sharp historical fantasy from a feminist viewpoint blends politics and religion.
Brian D McLaren The Great Rift Hodder Faith, 5th November, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781399838788
In this second instalment of the series 10 pioneers flee a dying Earth for Mars.
Maria Z Medina Maker of Gods Magpie, 3rd December, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008774257
Last part of the Mistress of Bones duology. A necromancer and the God of Death confront awakened gods, revenge and betrayal.
Alexis L Menard Vices and Virtues Piatkus Books, 24th November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780349448909
Romantic fantasy from author of the Vows of Vengeance series.
Jean Menzies (ed) Folk Tales for Winter Nights Macmillan Collector’s Library, 1st October, hb, eb, £10.99, 9781035072194
China Miéville The Rouse Picador, 17th September, hb, eb, £35, 9781509847396
The long-awaited magnum opus, 20 years in the making, from one of the world’s most lauded living SF authors.
Caitríona Moran The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow HarperVoyager, 5th November, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008824136
Scholar, healer and outlawed magician Magdalena Overmorrow awaits trial.
Dan Moren Eternity’s Tomb Angry Robot, 24th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915998026
The score of a lifetime is out there just waiting to be claimed. Cheeky sci-fi novel, perfect for fans of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia Signal to Noise Arcadia Books, 15th October, hb, eb, £22, 9781529453683
Incredible magical- realist debut.
Erin Morgenstern The Night Circus Harvill, 17th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781787305809
Special anniversary edition fans will want to keep.
Jaclyn Moriarty Time Travel for Beginners HQ, 4th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008725402
Three strangers’ lives converge in the waiting room of Sydney’s Time Travel Agency, a nondescript shopfront that promises impossible things.
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Wintry stories from around the world.
Jessie Mihalik Roses & Stone Magpie, 28th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008782283
Conclusion to Silver & Blood. Riela must navigate court intrigue, forbidden love, ancient magic and dangerous power that could shape kingdoms.
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