SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
Wildfire, 23rd May, hb, £20, 9781472292209 The beguiling story of the queen of Mount Olympus, told by the author of Atalanta, Elektra and Ariadne.
Brandon Sanderson Tress of the Emerald Sea Gollancz, 2nd April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399613392 Sanderson the reader deeper into the Cosmere universe with a standalone adventure that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.
Lynsay Sands Single White Vampire Avon, 6th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780063360709 It was love at first bite in the third book of Sands’ Argeneau Vampire series.
Meg Shaffer The Wishing Game Jo Fletcher, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529436280 Cult-hit, feelgood novel of the year. It’s Willy Wonka for booklovers of all ages.
SERIES
Te Bone Season Samantha Shannon Bloomsbury, 97815266 By the New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree. 1: The Bone Season 21st March, pb, eb, £9.99, 64754 2: The Mime Order 16th May, hb, eb, £20, 75989 3: The Song Rising 16th May, hb, eb, £20, 76009 4: The Mask Falling 16th May, hb, eb, £20, 75996
Nalini Singh Resonance Surge Book 7 Gollancz, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399604574 A return to Singh’s spectacular Psy-Changeling Trinity series which will challenge the bonds of blood.
Evelyn Skye The Hundred Loves of Juliet Headline, 7th May, pb, £9.99, 9781035400362 Fresh take on “Romeo and Juliet” is an unforgettable romantasy.
AG Slatter The Briar Book of the Dead Titan, 13th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803364544 Beautifully told gothic fairy tale of ghosts, witches, deadly secrets and past sins.
KX Song The Night Ends With Fire Hodderscape, 2nd July, hb, eb, £20, 9781399725255 A young girl disguises herself as a boy to enlist
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and is thrown into war and love as she learns to wield outlawed magic.
Emma Sterner-Radley Snowblooded Solaris, 9th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781837860685 The Princess Bride meets Six of Crows in this uproarious fantasy début set in 18th-century Scandinavia full of assassins, magic potions, romance and rivalry.
Kelsie Stoker Silenda Palavro, 1st April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781912092345 Witty, action-packed and achingly honest, Silenda is a love letter to young people who have felt in limbo in a black-and- white world.
Chris Sugden, Jen Sugden High Vaultage Gollancz, 14th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781399604161 New in the world of the hit podcast Victoriocity and perfect for fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.
Fumio Takano Swan Knight Luna Press, 30th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781915556356 Alternative history/ steampunk featuring Richard Wagner and the Mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria, analogue TV, remixed music, a
charismatic virtual singer and an early 1980s atmosphere.
Wole Talabi
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Gollancz, 8th February, hb, eb, £22, 9781399615655 Bold contemporary fantasy reminiscent of Master of Djinn and The City We Became.
Adrian Tchaikovsky Alien Clay Tor, 28th March, hb, eb, £22, 9781035013746 Far-future thriller by acclaimed Arthur C Clarke Award winner.
Adrian Tchaikovsky Lords of Uncreation Tor, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529052008 Gripping conclusion to the Final Architecture trilogy.
Emily Thiede This Cursed Light Hodderscape, 26th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399700207 Dante and Alessa face their most daunting challenge yet when the gods demand they prove their worth by choosing the ultimate sacrifice to save humanity.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction
Caroline Thomason Crown and Scalpel Palavro, 17th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781912092352 YA fantasy follows the journey of a young, blind doctor and an Elven princess.
Rebecca Thorne Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea Tor, 9th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781035030996 Cosy fantasy featuring a murderous queen, dragons and a sapphic romance. Best enjoyed with a cup of tea.
Lavie Tidhar (ed) The Best of World SF Vol 3 Head of Zeus, 11th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804548059 Twenty-eight new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction.
Jack Vance The Complete Lyonesse: Suldrun’s Garden, The Green Pearl, Madouc Gateway, 28th March, pb, eb, £30, 9781399620314 Latest of the bestselling Gollancz Black Books brings together Vance’s masterpiece of fantasy in one gorgeous volume.
SERIES
Te Big Book of Cyberpunk Various, Jared Shurin (ed) Vintage Classics, 2nd May, hb, eb, £25, 9781784879 Genre-defining and redefining collection of fiction’s boldest, most rebellious, and most prescient genre. A smorgasbord of stories from all over the globe. Vol 1 297 Vol. 2 617
Alexandria Warwick The North Wind Simon & Schuster, 9th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781398533660 Simon & Schuster Audio, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398532540 Enthralling romantic fantasy inspired by “Beauty and the Beast” and the myth of Hades and Persephone.
Kit Whitfield All the Hollow of the Sky Jo Fletcher, 23rd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529414950 Jedediah’s father walked out of his life 40 years earlier. Now he is back but won’t apologise and won’t explain. He has not aged a day.
Donna Glee Williams The Night Field
Jo Fletcher, 11th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529422702 Magnificent ecological fable, great for fans of “Annihilation” and Oryx & Crake.
Vanessa K Williams (ed), Samuel David Warriors Arrow Gate, 25th June, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781913142278 Aaron Hunter wanted to meet his hero. But when a confrontation with an icon of the past blasts him into an intergalactic crossfire, he is forced into an unseen war.
CL Wilson Lord of the Fading Lands Avon, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063353756 Driven wild with grief over the murder of his beloved, the majestic Fey King Rain Tairen Soul laid waste to the world before vanishing into the Fading Lands.
Lorraine Wilson The Last to Drown Luna Press, 19th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781915556264 People from this house go down to the sea at night and drown.
John Wiswell Someone You Can Build a Nest in Jo Fletcher, 11th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781529431339 “Beauty and the Beast” meets “The Shape of Water” in latest work by Nebula Award-winning author of Open House on Haunted Hill.
Kell Woods After the Forest Titan, 18th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803366074 Lush fantasy retelling of “Hansel and Gretel” set in 17th-century Germany.
Rebecca Zahabi The Hawkling Gollancz, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781473234444 Exciting sequel to Sunday Times top ten bestseller The Collarbound.
Rebecca Zahabi The Lightborn Gollancz, 9th May, hb, eb, £22, 9781473234475 End of the series that began with The Collarbound sees war come to the mages, a war that may cost them everything to win.
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