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The Dispatcher

The Dispatcher

by John Scalzi

Hardcover, 130 pages
  • 'The Dispatcher' Is A Short Stroll In A Strange Neighborhood
Beren and Lúthien

Beren and Lúthien

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Hardcover, 288 pages

An important chapter in the saga of The Silmarillion, first conceived by Tolkien at the end of his service in World War I, follows the romance between an immortal elf and a mortal whose worthiness is put to an impossible test.

  • 'Beren And Lúthien' Reflects Tolkien's Real Life Love Story
River of Teeth

River of Teeth

by Sarah Gailey

Paperback, 175 pages
  • Hip, Hippo Hooray For 'River Of Teeth'
A Face Like Glass

A Face Like Glass

by Frances Hardinge

Hardcover, 487 pages

This tale by the award-winning author of The Lie Tree depicts an underground city with a sinister past, rival families vying for power and an out-of-place girl yearning to escape into the sunlight.

  • 'A Face Like Glass' Is A Magical, Perfectly Ticking Machine Of A Tale
Off Rock

Off Rock

by Kieran Shea

Paperback, 309 pages

When he discovers a significant gold pocket during a routine shaft-demolition procedure, Jimmy Vik, who works at a galactic mining company, must find a way to smuggle his good fortune "off rock," and, with the help of a scrounger and gambler and his sidekick, he puts together a plan that leads to the adventure of a lifetime.

  • Thin But Fun, 'Off Rock' Is An Old-Fashioned Space Caper
City of Miracles

City of Miracles

by Robert Jackson Bennett

Paperback, 451 pages

After the assassination of his former friend and ally, Prime Minister Shara Komayd, a fugitive and exile, Sigrud je Harvaldsson, sets out on a mission of revenge.

  • An Old Soldier Is Back In Action In 'City Of Miracles'
The Boy on the Bridge

The Boy on the Bridge

by M. R. Carey

Hardcover, 392 pages

A standalone novel set in the same world as The Girl with All the Gifts finds a clever boy declared the savior of his land and dispatched outside the gates to the region of monsters.

  • Actions Can Have Horrifying Consequences In 'The Boy On The Bridge'
Winter Tide

Winter Tide

by Ruthanna Emrys

Hardcover, 366 pages

Two decades ago, the U.S. government rounded up the people of Innsmouth and took them to a desert prison, far from their ocean, their Deep One ancestors, and their sleeping god, Cthulhu. Only Aphra and Caleb Marsh survived the camps, emerging without a past or a future. Now it's 1949, and the government that stole Aphra's life needs her help.

  • Remastering The Mythos: Questions For Ruthanna Emrys
American Gods

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman

Paperback, 541 pages

On the plane home to attend the funerals of his wife and best friend, Shadow, an ex-con, encounters an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him. When Shadow accepts the stranger's job offer, he finds himself plunged into a perilous game with the highest of stakes: the soul of America itself.

  • In 'American Gods,' Even Deities Have The Immigrant Experience
  • Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
  • Millions Of Book Club Readers, 140 Characters
Walkaway

Walkaway

by Cory Doctorow

Hardcover, 379 pages

Abandoning formal society to pursue a minimalist counterculture life in a near-future world wrecked by climate change, a disenchanted senior and his heiress paramour inspire a host of followers who become obsessed with cheating death in ways that turn the world upside down. By the award-winning author of Little Brother.

  • In 'Walkaway,' A Blueprint For A New, Weird (But Better) World
Tender

Tender

Stories

by Sofia Samatar

Hardcover, 273 pages
  • 'Tender' Stories Are A Feast Of Ideas
Eartha

Eartha

by Cathy Malkasian

Hardcover, 255 pages

Eartha lives in bucolic town whose citizens harvest dreams — but when the dreams stop arriving, she must journey to the City Beyond the Sea to find out why.

  • Long-Buried Secrets, Scampering Dreams And A Cat That Talks: 'Eartha'
Brimstone

Brimstone

by Cherie Priest

Paperback, 324 pages

"WAR IS HELL. AND ITS FIRES HAVE FOLLOWED TOMAS CORDERO HOME.... In the trenches of Europe during the Great War, Tomas Cordero operated a weapon more devastating than any gun: a flame projector that doused the enemy in liquid fire. Having left the battlefield a shattered man, he comes home to find yet more tragedy—for in his absence, his wife has died of the flu. Haunted by memories of the woman he loved and the atrocities he perpetrated, Tomas dreams of fire and finds himself setting match to flame when awake.... Alice Dartle is a talented clairvoyant living among others who share her gifts in the community of Cassadaga, Florida. She too dreams of fire, knowing her nightmares are connected to the shell-shocked war veteran and widower. And she believes she can bring peace to him and his wife's spirit. But the inferno that threatens to consume Tomas and Alice was set ablaze centuries ago by someone whose hatred transcended death itself..."—

  • 'Brimstone' Burns Brightly, Despite A Few Flaws
Afar

Afar

by Leila Del Duca, Kit Seaton and Taneka Stotts

Paperback, 0 pages

A young girl and her brother must learn to fend for themselves after their parents abandon them to seek work — and learn to handle her sudden ability to to astrally project to other worlds, unintentionally possessing the bodies of people light years away.

  • Rich, Colorful 'Afar' Reimagines The Magical Girl
Wolf Moon

Wolf Moon

by Ian McDonald

Hardcover, 382 pages

On an unstable lunar environment, the shifting loyalties and political machinations of different family corporations reach the zenith of their most fertile plots as outright war erupts.

  • 'Luna: Wolf Moon' Is A Howling Good Read
Redder Than Blood

Redder Than Blood

by Tanith Lee

Paperback, 368 pages

A vampiric Snow White, a supernatural Cinderella and a sleeping beauty never meant to wake up — these are just a few of the dark, twisted tales retold in author Tanith Lee's posthumous collection.

  • Tale As Old As Time: The Dark Appeal of 'Beauty And The Beast'
The Collapsing Empire

The Collapsing Empire

by John Scalzi

Hardcover, 333 pages

When humanity discovers the existence of an extra-dimensional field capable of transporting travelers to different worlds instantly, a galactic empire is threatened by a subsequent finding that the field is unstable and may be cutting travelers off.

  • Welcome To 'The Collapsing Empire:' Questions For John Scalzi
New York 2140

New York 2140

by Kim Stanley Robinson

Hardcover, 613 pages

When a New York City of the near future is submerged by rising waters, the residents rapidly adapt the thriving metropolis until it becomes a vibrant, though permanently changed, canal region of island skyscrapers and remarkable inhabitants.

  • In '2140,' New York May Be Underwater, But It's Still Home
The Vine That Ate the South

The Vine That Ate the South

by J. D. Wilkes

Paperback, 212 pages
  • 'The Vine That Ate The South' Blends Folk Tales With Southern History
The Erstwhile

The Erstwhile

by B. Catling

Paperback, 462 pages

In Africa, when the colonial town of Essenwald falls into disarray after the timber workforce disappears into the Vorrh, a team of specialists—led by Ishamel, the former cyclops—discover that the forest has plans for them, while a child of mixed race with powers beyond her own understanding is found abandoned in a remote cottage.

  • Myth And History Collide In 'The Erstwhile'
The Wrong Dead Guy

The Wrong Dead Guy

by Richard Kadrey

Hardcover, 384 pages

A sequel to the best-selling The Everything Box finds master thief Coop and his DOPS teammates triggering unexpected chaos when they steal a not-quite-dead and very lovesick Egyptian mummy that wields terrifying magic. By the New York Times best-selling author of Sandman Slim.

  • 'The Wrong Dead Guy' Lives And Dies By Its Comedic Timing
Spaceman of Bohemia

Spaceman of Bohemia

by Jaroslav Kalfar

Hardcover, 276 pages

Raised by his grandparents on the Czech countryside and rising to the country's first astronaut, Jakub abandons his wife to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer by accepting a dangerous solo mission to Venus and encounters fantastical, philosophical elements before clashing with Russian rivals.

  • Sanity Is Slowly Lost In 'Spaceman Of Bohemia'
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