SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY Science
fiction & fantasy
Knicky L Abbott Tanglewood Luna Press, 19th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781915556240 Post-colonial, gothic romance set in a fictional 1840s Barbados explores the isolation of the Irish indentured workers in a unique origin story for the local folkloric legends.
Esme Addison An Intrigue of Witches Severn House, 7th May, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448312610 American history professor Camille Fitzsimmons is plunged into a glittering world of secret societies, blood, royalty and magic when she investigates a missing archaeological treasure.
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Chain-gang All-stars Vintage, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529920567 Hotly anticipated from New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black.
Kelly Andrew Your Blood, My Bones Gollancz, 4th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781473234895 Seductively twisted romance about the lengths we go to hide the darkest parts of ourselves and the people who love those parts most of all.
Ilona Andrews Burn for Me Avon, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063353732 Private detective Nevada Baylor navigates her way through an alternative world where dynasties, built on inherited wealth and magic, guide the course of humanity. A Hidden Legacy story.
Piers Anthony Question Quest Open Road, 20th February, pb, £14.95, 9781504089470 Youth is wasted on the young. Being grown up is a drag, or so thinks Lacuna, one of the mischievous Castle Zombie twins.
Piers Anthony Isle of View Open Road, 20th February, pb, £14.95, 9781504089487 Perplexed Prince Dolph,
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Xanth’s precocious shapeshifter, should be in love but is not. Nonetheless, he must chose between two fiancees—Nada the uninterested and Electra the uninteresting.
Jules Arbeaux Lord of the Empty Isles Hodderscape, 6th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781399724975 When a curse backfires a grieving young man must work together with the outlaw who killed his brother to save his own life—and thousands more he inadvertently doomed.
Stephen Aryan The Blood Dimmed Tide Angry Robot, 9th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915202864 Sequel to 2023’s The Judas Blossom, a sprawling historical fantasy with high stakes at the heart of war.
Edward Ashton Mal Goes to War Solaris, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781837861828 Author of Mickey7 returns with a new sci-fi adventure which follows an AI trapped in the body of a cyborg mercenary.
Victoria Aveyard Fate Breaker Orion, 27th February, hb, eb, £22, 9781409194040 Highly anticipated final book in the Realm Breaker trilogy from the
multimillion-selling author of Red Queen. For fans of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo.
Paolo Bacigalupi Navola Head of Zeus, 4th July, hb, eb, £25, 9781035908639 Ambitious fantasy epic that is richly textured, alternately humorous and horrifying, bawdy and solemn, viciously twisted and beautifully humane.
Leigh Bardugo The Familiar Viking, 11th April, hb, eb, £20, 9780241655306 From Sunday Times bestselling author of the Shadow and Bone series comes a nicely written historical novel with a dusting of magic, peril and dark deeds.
Natania Barron Queen of None Solaris, 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781837860616 Anna Pendragon, King Arthur’s sister, returns to Carelon carrying her deceased husband’s crown to face the demons of her childhood—Merlin,
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her sisters and the man she once loved.
Stephen Baxter Behemoth Gollancz, 28th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781399620628 The story of Silverhair, Longtusk and Icebones, Baxter’s shattering drama of nature’s behemoth—the mammoth.
Peter S Beagle The Way Home Gollancz, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399607032 “At his best, Peter S Beagle outshines the moon, the sun, the stars, the entire galaxy”— Seattle Times.
Peter S Beagle I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons Gollancz, 16th May, hb, eb, £22, 9781399616959 First new novel in decades from the author of The Last Unicorn. Perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and Damsel.
Miya T Beck The Pearl Hunter Balzer and Bray, 20th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780063238206 Major début fantasy in the vein of Grace Lin about how a young pearl diver goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue her twin sister.
Aman J Bedi Kavithri Gollancz, 16th May, hb, eb, £22, 9781399609852 Action-packed and empowering South Asian epic fantasy, this is a twisted version of The Unbroken, The Poppy War and Gideon the Ninth.
Robert Jackson Bennett The Tainted Cup Hodderscape, 6th February, hb, eb, £22, 9781399725354 Eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining of the classic crime novel.
Melissa Blair A Vicious Game Union Square, 22nd February, pb, £8.99, 9781454955566 A new king is on the throne, the rebellion is in ruins. Pivotal third instalment in the Halfling Saga will upend everything Keera knew about her enemies—and her allies.
Olivie Blake One for My Enemy Tor, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035011599 Captivating fantasy of
ambition, sacrifice and the enduring power of family legacies, from the number one, international bestselling author of The Atlas Six.
Mark Bould, Steven Shaviro This is Not a Science Fiction Textbook Goldsmiths, Unversity of London, 13th February, pb, £17.99, 9781915983091 Science fiction as a vital bridge between technoscience and culture, an early warning system and a method for imagining differently.
Carissa Broadbent The Serpent and the Wings of Night Tor, 16th May, pb, £9.99, 9781035040957 Début, dark fantasy romance full of heart- wrenching romantic twists and bloodthirsty intrigue from the BookTok star.
Carissa Broadbent The Ashes and the Star-cursed King Tor, 6th June, hb, £20, 9781035040964 The Hunger Games with vampires. Book two in the Crowns of Nyaxia series.
Gareth Brown The Book of Doors Bantam, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781787637245 Unforgettable characters in spell-inding, mind- bending, heart-pounding fantasy adventure.
Christopher Buehlman The Daughters’ War Gollancz, 27th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781399608732 Delivers the gut-punching action of Joe Abercrombie’s The Heroes and the montrous mayhem of John Gwynne’s The Shadow of the Gods.
Davis Bunn No Man’s Land Severn House, 6th February, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448312528 CIA field agent Kelly Kaiser is drawn into a dangerous, top-secret mission to stop the number of people affected by the rowan tree’s mysterious forces getting out of control.
Gabi Burton Sing Me to Sleep Hodderscape, 4th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399718455 First in wickedly seductive YA fantasy duology with an all Black and Brown cast.
Gabi Burton Drown Me With Dreams
Hodderscape, 4th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781399718462 In the second book in the duology, a siren must decide if saving her kingdom is worth betraying the boy she loves.
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Anne Milano Appel (tr) The Singularity NYRB Classics, 7th May, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781681378008 In this prophetic allegory about AI by a renowned figure of 20th-century Italian literature, a university professor becomes involved in a project in the middle of the Cold War.
Natasha Calder Whether Violent or Natural Bloomsbury, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526653703 Twisted solo début novel about secrets, lies and a strange revenge.
Miles Cameron The Age of Bronze Book 3 Vol 3: Breaking Hell Gollancz, 16th July, hb, eb, £22, 9781473232570 Continuing the epic story which began in Against All Gods, this thrilling historical fantasy raises the stakes in a war against the gods themselves.
Sebastien de Castell Play of Shadows Jo Fletcher, 28th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781787471474 Swordplay, magic, intrigue and friendships stronger than iron: the first volume in a swashbuckling fantasy series by the author of The Greatcoats.
AY Chao
Shanghai Immortal Hodderscape, 25th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399717458 Richly told adult fantasy début teems with Chinese deities and demons cavorting in Jazz-Age Shanghai.
AY Chao Paris Celestial Hodderscape, 20th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781399717465 All aboard the Immortal Express. Lady Jing is off to Paris where she will encounter romance, danger and vampires. Follow-up to Shanghai Immortal.
Elizabeth Chatsworth The Brass Queen II: Grand Tour CamCat, 23rd April, hb, £26.95, 9780744306293 In a fantastical steam- powered world eccentric aristocrat and secret
arms dealer Constance Haltwhistle has been blackmailed into stealing alien artefacts from the crown heads of Europe.
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay The Inhumans and Other Stories MIT Press, 12th March, pb, £17.99, 9780262547611 First English translation of cult science fiction favourite by Hemendra Kumar Roy, one of the giants of early Bangla literature, and other SF stories from the colonial period in India.
Ted Chiang Stories of Your Life and Others Picador, 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035038596 First story collection by science fiction legend and the basis for the Oscar- winning film “Arrival”. Reissued as part of the Picador Collection.
Zen Cho Spirits Abroad Tor, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035015665 Nineteen sparkling stories in an award-winning collection from acclaimed fantasy author.
Bora Chung, Anton Hur (tr) Your Utopia Honford Star, 13th February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781915829016 By International Booker- shortlisted duo, Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and dystopia, death and immortality. Translated from Korean.
Rin Chupeco Court of Wanderers Hodderscape, 2nd April, hb, eb, £20, 9781399711623 Action-packed fantasy where a vampire hunter must team up with a vampire couple to solve the mystery of a devastating mutation.
Piper CJ The Deer and the Dragon Bloom, 7th May, pb, £8.99, 9781464219955 For years, Marlow has been haunted by a mysterious figure. When he suddenly disappears her quest to find him drags her into a world of gods, monsters and demons.
Genevieve Cogman Elusive Tor, 23rd May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781529083774 Thrilling, fast-paced sequel to Scarlet.
August 2023–January 2024
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