Search

Be it a Witch's prophesy or an artificial intelligence, trying to discern the future is a constant theme in many speculative works. LJ takes up that call this season to [...]

Klune, T.J. Somewhere Beyond the Sea. Tor. (Cerulean Chronicles, Bk. 2). Sept. 2024. 416p. ISBN 9781250881205. $28.99. Fantasy Arthur Parnassus knows how one can feel as an orphan--different, feared, and [...]

Madson, Devin. Between Dragons and Their Wrath. Orbit. (The Shattered Kingdom, Bk. 1). Aug. 2024.432p. ISBN 9780316417983. pap. $19.99. FANTASY The city-states of the old kingdom have governed themselves for [...]

* Wagers, K.B. And the Mighty Will Fall. Harper Voyager. (NeoG, Bk. 4). Nov. 2024. 464p. ISBN 9780063115248. pap. $19.99. SF The peace between Earth and Mars has been tenuous, [...]

* Suri, Tasha. The Lotus Empire. Orbit. (The Burning Kingdoms, Bk. 3). Nov. 2024. 528p. ISBN 9780316538602. pap. $19.99. FANTASY Malini has finally claimed her throne, as the nameless gods [...]

Hackwith, A.J. Toto. Ace: Berkley. Nov. 2024. 368p. ISBN 9780593546574. pap. $19. FANTASY Toto always tried to be a good dog, but when he was taken by an animal control [...]

Broaddus, Maurice. Breath of Oblivion. Tor. (Astra Black, Bk. 2). Nov. 2024. 400p. ISBN 9781250265128. $30.99. SF The Muungano empire continues to face off against those who want to impede [...]

* Caruso, Melissa. The Last Hour Between Worlds. Orbit. (The Echo Archives, Bk. 1). Nov. 2024. 432p. ISBN 9780316303477. pap. $19.99. Fantasy On leave from the Guild of Hounds, Kembral [...]

Bestselling Lambda Literary Award winner TJ Klune is the author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, Under the Whispering Door, In the Lives of Puppets, and the forthcoming Somewhere [...]

McDonald, Ed. Witch Queen of Redwinter. Tor. (The Redwinter Chronicles, Bk. 3). Nov. 2024. 400p. ISBN 9781250811967. $30.99. FANTASY Raine may have escaped her execution by the Draoihn, but she [...]

Novik, Naomi. Buried Deep and Other Stories. Del Rey: Ballantine. Sept. 2024. 448p. ISBN 9780593600351. $30. Fantasy The various worlds that Novik (The Golden Enclaves) has created appear in a [...]

Dewes, J.S. The Relentless Legion. Tor. (The Divide Series, Bk. 3). Nov. 2024.512p. ISBN 9781250851253. pap. $19.99. SF Adequin Rake now commands the Sentinels, while Cavalon Mercer continues to work [...]

For genres beloved for the ways they predict the future, explore speculative worlds, and reflect the present, the forthcoming season of science fiction and fantasy is notably shadowed by the [...]

Walter, Heather. The Crimson Crown. Del Rey: Ballantine. Aug. 2024.544p. ISBN 9780593598368. $29.99. FANTASY Snow White's wicked stepmother finally tells how she became the greatest villain of them all. Once [...]

Reid, Ava. Lady Macbeth. Del Rey: Ballantine. Aug. 2024.320p. ISBN 9780593722565. $28.99. FANTASY Lady Rocille has left everything she knows in France to become the wife of the Thane of [...]

Marske, Freya. Swordcrossed. Bramble. Oct. 2024.384p. ISBN 9781250341624. $28.99. FANTASY Mattinesh Jay is heir to his family's wool-production business, but the last 10 years of declining profits and bad luck [...]

Rambo, Cat. Rumor Has It. Tor. (The Disco Space Opera, Bk. 3). Sept. 2024.256p. ISBN 9781250269393. $28.99. SF The crew of You Sexy Thing is running low on supplies, funds, [...]

* Roanhorse, Rebecca. Mirrored Heavens. Saga. (Between Earth and Sky, Bk. 3). Jun. 2024. 608p. ISBN 9781534437708. $29.99. FANTASY Serapio has been crowned the Carrion King in Tova. The avatar [...]

Dawson, Juno. The Shadow Cabinet. Penguin Pr. (The HMRC Trilogy, Bk. 2). May 2023. 384p. ISBN 9780143137153. pap. $17. FANTASY Her Majesty's Royal Coven (HMRC) is preparing to initiate its [...]

Harrow, Alix E. Starling House. Tor. Oct. 2023. 320p. ISBN 9781250799050. $28.99. FANTASY The town of Eden, KY, has its share of bad luck, and Opal has seen much of [...]

* Valdes, Valerie. Where Peace Is Lost. Harper Voyager. Aug. 2023. 400p. ISBN 9780063085930. pap. $19.99. sr For the last five years, Kel has led a quiet, mostly isolated life [...]

Rambo, Cat. Devil's Gun. Tor. (The Disco Space Opera, Bk. 2). Aug. 2023. 288p. ISBN 9781250269355. $27.99. SF Captain Niko Larsen and her crew know that the only way to [...]

Gornichec, Genevieve. The Weaver and the Witch Queen. Ace: Berkley. Jul. 2023. 432p. ISBN 9780593438244. $27. FANTASY Gornichec's (The Witch's Heart) latest gives quasi-historical figure Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, a [...]

Carey, Jacqueline. Cassiel's Servant. Tor. Aug. 2023. 528p. ISBN 9781250208330. $30.99. FANTASY 'Love as thou wilt.' Those words from Carey's beloved series 'Kushiel's Legacy' are burned into scores of readers' [...]

The Book of Witches: An Anthology. Harper Voyager. Aug. 2023.512p. ed. by Jonathan Strahan. ISBN 9780063113220. $40. FANTASY From fairy tales to fantasy, witches are at the core of some [...]

Bova, Ben & Doug Beason. Space Station Down. Tor. Aug. 2020.352p. ISBN 9781250307439. $26.99. SF Astronaut Kimberly Hasid-Robinson has been on the International Space Station long enough not to get [...]

* Wallace, Matt. Savage Crowns. Gallery/Saga. (Savage Rebellion, Bk. 3). Jun. 2023.336p. ISBN 9781534439269. pap. $18.99. FANTASY Crache is a nation that knows war, but now the rebellion is gaining [...]

* Wagers, K.B. The Ghosts of Trappist. Harper Voyager. (NeoG, Bk. 3). Jun. 2023. 560p. ISBN 9780063115163. $30. SF The third 'NeoG' book, after Hold Fast Through the Fire, opens [...]

Lam, L.R. Dragonfall. DAW. (Dragon Scales, Bk. 1). May 2023.352p. ISBN 9780756418410. $27. FANTASY Morally gray characters take the lead in this multiple points-of-view story. Arcady is a thief, living [...]

* Stewart, Andrea. The Bone Shard War. Orbit. (The Drowning Empire, Bk. 3). Apr. 2023. 624p. ISBN 9780316541510. $29. FANTASY The Phoenix Empire is on the precipice of falling, and [...]

* Dawson, J.R. The First Bright Thing. Tor. Jun. 2023. 352p. ISBN 9781250805546. $27.99. FANTASY DEBUT The Circus of the Fantasticals always arrives at the right place at the right [...]

Harrison, Kim. Demons of Good and Evil. Ace: Berkley. (The Hollows, Bk. 17). Jun. 2023. 448p. ISBN 9780593437544. $28. FANTASY Rachel Morgan knew that taking the position of demon subrosa--protector [...]

Davenport, N.E. The Blood Gift. Harper Voyager. (The Blood Gift Duology, Bk. 2). Apr. 2023. 448p. ISBN 9780063058538. $32. FANTASY Ikenna Amari is on the run with her Praetorian squad, [...]

Mihalik, Jessie. Eclipse the Moon. Harper Voyager. (Starlight's Shadow, Bk. 2). Jul. 2022. 448p. ISBN 9780063051065. pap. $16.99. SF Mihalik's follow-up to Hunt the Stars is a delightful science fiction [...]

AS WE APPROACH the end of 2017, it is with some sadness that I say goodbye to my co-columnist, Megan McArdle, as she moves on from her post at LJ. [...]

* Edwards, K.D. The Hourglass Throne. PYR. (The Tarot Sequence, Bk. 3). May 2022.379p. ISBN 9781645060550. pap. $19. FANTASY Rune Saint John has finally assumed the Sun Throne and now [...]

Abdullah, Chelsea. The Stardust Thief. Orbit. (Sandsea Trilogy, Bk. 1). ISBN 9780316368766. Abdullah brilliantly unfolds a tale built from the threads of One Thousand and One Nights. It is an [...]

Ballingrud, Nathan. The Strange. Saga. Mar. 2023.304p. ISBN 9781534449954. $26.99. SF DEBUT After a catastrophic event termed 'The Silence,' the Mars colony has been completely cut off from Earth. Anabelle's [...]