New Books in Fantasy
Episodes
Lauren J.A. Bear, "Aphrodite in Pieces" (Ace, 2026)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aphrodite in Pieces gathers diverse myths featuring the goddess and unites them to create a comprehensive portrait. Beginning with her innocent days ...
Cameron Sullivan, "The Red Winter" (Tor Books, 2026)
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron Sullivan’s novel The Red Winter (Tor Books, 2026) follows Sebastian Grave, a centuries old monster hunter, recounting events that occu...
Nicole Glover, "The Starseekers: A Murder and Magic Novel" (Harper Voyager, 2026)
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Starseekers: A Murder and Magic Novel (Harper Voyager, 2026), the fourth offering in the Magic and Mystery series follows Dr. Cynthia Rhodes as s...
Mia Tsai, "The Memory Hunters" (Erewhon Books, 2025)
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia Tsai’s novel The Memory Hunters centers Kiana Strade, Key, a reckless young archaeologist and religious figure, who is capable of diving deepe...
Caskey Russell, "The Door on the Sea" (Solaris, 2025)
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Caskey Russell’s novel The Door on the Sea (Solaris, 2025) follows Elan, the youngest member of once revered Flicker Clan, on a journey to find a ...
Gabriel Ertsgaard, "A Fiction Writer’s Guide to Peace: Crafting Nonviolent Heroism" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Superhero violence and graphic action sequences are prevalent on the screen and on the page, but this book takes an alternative route with practical g...
Tochi Onyebuchi, "Harmattan Season: A Novel" (Tor Books, 2025)
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel Harmattan Season: A Novel (Tor Books, 2025) follows Boubacar, a veteran and private eye living in French occupied West...
Katherine Addison, "The Tomb of Dragons" (Tor Books, 2025)
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine Addison’s novel The Tomb of Dragons (Tor, 2025) is the concluding novel in her Cemeteries of Amalo Trilogy. The novels follow Thara C...
Caitlin Starling, "The Oblivion Bride" (Neon Hemlock Press, 2025)
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Starling’s novella The Oblivion Bride (Neon Hemlock, 2025) follows Lorelei, an obscure member of the wealthy Steddart family, who suddenly...
Peter Darbyshire, "The Mona Lisa Sacrifice" (Poplar Press, 2024) This
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With this dry observance Peter Darbyshire introduces us to Cross, a man who has lived thousands of years, though he’d prefer not to have, and who is...
Robert G. Penner, "The Dark King Swallows the World" (Radiant Press, 2024)
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Penner’s best-selling novel, The Dark King Swallows the World (Radiant Press, October 2024) is a phenomenal genre-bending read. A coming-o...
Recall This Story: Ivan Kreilkamp on Sylvia Townsend Warner's "Foxcastle" (JP)
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ivan Kreilkamp, Indiana University English professor and no stranger to Recall This Book, is the author of two books on Victorian literature and on...
P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
P. Djèlí Clark is the author of acclaimed and award-winning speculative fiction, including the much-loved Dead Djinn universe books, Ring Shout, an...
Cami D. Agan, "Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium" (Mythopoeic Press, 2024)
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 13 essays collected in Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth: Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien's Legendarium (Mythopoeic Press, 2024) foreg...
Premee Mohamed, "The Siege of Burning Grass" (Solaris, 2024)
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Premee Mohamed’s novel The Siege of Burning Grass (Solaris, 2024) is set during an ongoing war between two empires: Varkal and Med’ariz and foll...
Eric Reinders, "Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Approaching translations of Tolkien's works as stories in their own right, Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation (Bloomsbury...
Dana Elmendorf, "In the Hour of Crows" (Mira Books, 2024)
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Elmendorf’s novel In The Hour of Crows (Mira Books, 2024) takes place in small town Appalachia and follows Weatherly Opal Wilder, a young wom...
C. J. Spataro, "More Strange Than True" (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024)
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Award winning author and short fiction writer, C. J. Spataro's debut novel, More Strange Than True (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024) takes us in to a w...
Eliza Chan, "Fathomfolk" (Orbit, 2024)
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eliza Chan’s debut novel Fathomfolk (Orbit, 2024) takes place in the semi-submerged city of Tiankawi, where humans and fathomfolk - a collection o...
Rachel Greenlaw, "Compass and Blade" (Inkyard Press, 2024)
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Greenlaw's debut young adult romantasy, Compass and Blade (Inkyard Press, 2024) is filled with sirens and mysterious magic, swoony romance ...
Alix E. Harrow, "Starling House" (Tor Books, 2023)
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alix E. Harrow’s new novel Starling House (Tor Books, 2023) is named for the infamous old mansion in the otherwise unremarkable town of Eden, Kent...
Bradley P. Beaulieu, "The Dragons of Deepwood Fen" (Daw Books, 2023)
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Dragons of Deepwood Fen (Daw Books, 2023) is an immersive fantasy which takes you deep into a world of duality. There are two suns, one light and...
Wole Talabi, "Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon" (Daw Books, 2023)
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wole Talabi’s debut novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (Daw Books, 2023) follows Shigidi–a former nightmare god–and his partner, th...
Hannah Kaner, "Godkiller" (Harper Voyager, 2023)
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Kaner’s debut novel Godkiller (Harper Voyager, 2023) takes place in Middren, a country where gods have been banned as the result of a bruta...
A Better Way to Buy Books
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has alre...
Earthsea, and Other Realms: Ursula Le Guin as Social Inactivist (EF, JP, [UKL])
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the publication of John's book Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea (My Reading), with Oxford University Press (2023), John and Elizabeth take to the ai...
Aparna Verma, "The Phoenix King" (Orbit, 2023)
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aparna Verma’s debut novel The Phoenix King (Orbit, 2023) takes place in the desert kingdom of Ravence as war brews on its borders and the king is...
Garth Nix, "Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer" (Harper Voyager, 2023)
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Garth Nix’s new collection Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Pupper Sorcerer (Harper Voyager, 2023) gathers toget...
Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, "The Witch and the Tsar" (Ace Books, 2022)
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Any novel set in Russia during the reign of Ivan the Terrible (1533–1584) is an instant draw for me; that is, after all, the setting for most of my ...
M. A. Carrick, "Labyrinth's Heart" (Orbit, 2023)
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
M. A. Carrick’s newest novel Labyrinth’s Heart (Orbit, 2023) is the culmination of their Rook and Rose trilogy, which chronicles the life of the...
T. Kingfisher, "Thornhedge" (Tor, 2023)
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
T. Kingfisher’s newest novel Thornhedge (Tor, 2023) is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty that follows Toadling, the person in charge of keeping the f...
L. R. Lam, "Dragonfall" (DAW, 2023)
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to L. R. Lam about Dragonfall (DAW, 2023). Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying worl...
Melvin Burgess, "Loki: A Novel" (Pegasus Books, 2023)
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In his new novel Loki (Pegasus Books, 2023), Melvin Burgess follows the antics of Norse mythology’s trickster god as he takes the reader on a wild...
Daniel M. Ford, "The Warden" (Tor, 2023)
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel M. Ford’s new novel The Warden (Tor, 2023) follows Aelis de Lenti, a young necromancer in her first year as the Warden of Lone Pine—a sma...
Kelly Barnhill, "The Crane Husband" (Tordotcom, 2023)
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Kelly Barnhill about her book The Crane Husband (Tordotcom, 2023). Our unnamed narrator, a fifteen-year-old girl, manages to care...
Olivia Atwater, "Half a Soul" (Orbit, 2022)
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Olivia Atwater about her new book Half a Soul (Orbit, 2022). When a nasty fairy Lord tries to take young Dora’s soul, her dotin...
Hadeer Elsbai, "The Daughters of Izdihar" (Harper Voyager, 2023)
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Daughters of Izdihar (Harper Voyager, 2023), like last year’s A Master of Djinn, is set in a world similar to Egypt, during the time of the suf...
Christopher M. Hood, "The Revivalists" (Harper, 2022)
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A road trip novel, The Revivalists (Harper, 2022) is intimate, funny, and at times, shocking. It has only the dystopian setting in common with Corm...
Tanvi Berwah, "Monsters Born and Made" (Sourcebooks Fire, 2022)
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Tanvi Berwah about Monsters Born and Made (Sourcebooks Fire, 2022). In our narrator Koral’s world—an oceanic world full of se...
Marion Deeds, "Comeuppance Served Cold" (Tordotcom, 2022)
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A clever magical mystery which needs your full attention, Comeuppance Served Cold (Tordotcom, 2022) challenges this podcaster to write a review wit...
R. F. Kuang, "Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution" (Harper Voyager, 2022)
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In R. F. Kuang’s Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (Harper Voyager in 2022), we meet Ro...
Foz Meadows, "A Strange and Stubborn Endurance" (Tor Books, 2022)
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (Tor, 2022) is marketed as a historical fantasy novel, but its subtle and humane sweetness set it aside from most e...
Richard Swan, "The Justice of Kings" (Orbit, 2022)
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Justice of Kings (Orbit, 2022) opens with our young narrator, Helena, traveling from town to town as clerk to the King’s Justice, a learned and...
Cassandra Rose Clarke, "The Beholden" (Erewhon Books, 2022)
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Cassandra Rose Clarke about her book The Beholden (Erewhon Books, 2022). Two impoverished sisters, one with magical gifts and one...
Hester Fox, "A Lullaby for Witches" (Graydon House Books, 2022)
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Augusta is a meek museum curator trapped in a dead-end job and relationship, when an employment offer to become the collections manager at Harlowe Hou...
78 Fantasy Then, Now, and Forever with Anna Vaninskaya
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and John talk about fantasy's power of world-making with Edinburgh professor Anna Vaninskaya, author of William Morris and the Idea of Com...
Sara A. Mueller, "Bone Orchard" (Tor Books, 2022)
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a cruel dark world of abnegation and revenge, featuring a woman who struggles to achieve psychic integration after a succession of betra...
G. R. Macallister, "Scorpica" (Gallery / Saga Press, 2022)
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to G. R. Macallister about her book Scorpica (Gallery / Saga Press, 2022). A centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal soci...
Peng Shepherd, "The Cartographers" (William Morrow, 2021)
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nell Young, a dedicated cartographer, once had it all—a dream job in the New York Public Library, a stylish boyfriend, Felix, who understood her obs...
David R. Slayton, "Trailer Park Trickster" (Blackstone, 2021)
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did you ever hear the one about the elf, druid, and warlock that walk into—no, not a bar—but a trailer? Trailer Park Trickster (Blackstone, 2021)...
Sue Lynn Tan, "Daughter of the Moon Goddess" (Harper Voyager, 2022)
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Sue Lynn Tan about her new book Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Harper Voyager, 2022). The immortal Xinyin lives a quiet life on th...
Rin Chupeco, "Wicked As You Wish" (Sourcebooks Fire, 2020)
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rin Chupeco's Wicked As You Wish (Sourcebooks Fire, 2020) begins with our Filipina narrator, Tala, and her best friend, Alexei, who both attend hig...
Greta Kelly, "The Seventh Queen: A Novel" (HarperCollins, 2021)
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Seventh Queen (HarperCollins, 2021) is the second book in the Warrior Witch Duology, so the following review and questions for author Greta Kell...
Jennifer Estep, "Capture the Crown" (HarperCollins, 2021)
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Jennifer Estep about her new book Capture the Crown (HarperCollins, 2021). Princess Gemma Ripley is famous for her glittering out...
Matt Bell, "Appleseed" (Custom House, 2021)
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We have a collective memory of a primeval world embodied in myth. It is a world where spirits lived in the trees, water, and mountains, and nature was...
P. Djèlí Clark, "A Master of Djinn" (Tordotcom, 2021)
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel: A Master of Djinn (Tordotcom,...
Ava Reid, "The Wolf and the Woodsman" (Harper Voyager, 2021)
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Ava Reid about her new book The Wolf and the Woodsman (Harper Voyager, 2021) The wolf, in the title refers to a pagan woman, give...
Andrea Stewart, "The Bone Shard Daughter: The Drowning Empire Book One" (Hachette, 2020)
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Andrea Stewart about The Bone Shard Daughter: The Drowning Empire Book One (Hachette UK, 2020). In a world of floating islands, v...
Greta Kelly, "The Frozen Crown" (Harper Voyager, 2020)
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The horror of the battlefield is fresh for Princess Askia. She’s just been forced to flee her kingdom, the northern country of Seravesh, where her c...
Anne Marie Lutz, "Taylenor" (Hydra, 2019)
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Anne Marie Lutz about her book Taylenor (Hydra, 2019). Taylen is the designation for magical power in the world that Anne Marie ...
Seanan McGuire, "Across the Green Grass Fields" (Tor.com, 2021)
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields (Tor.com, 2021), a stand-alone novel in the Wayward Children series, a portal transports a horse-lovi...
Mike Chen, "We Could Be Heroes" (Mira Books, 2021)
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This quirky, offbeat novel introduces us to two people, Zoe and Jamie, who both have amnesia and super-powers. While Jamie is a criminal who holds up ...
Ilona Andrews, "Emerald Blaze: A Hidden Legacy Novel" (Avon Books, 2020)
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Ilona Andrews about her book Emerald Blaze: A Hidden Legacy Novel (Avon Books, 2020). Catalina Baylor is the titular Prime of Ho...
Evan Winter, "The Fires of Vengeance" (Orbit Books, 2020)
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In order to reclaim her throne and save her people, an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in the second book of this"relentlessly grip...
S. J. Hartland, "The 19th Bladesman" (Dark Blade, 2018)
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A rich and complex world of sword-wielding fighters and seductive sorceresses, written in percussive, lyrical prose. The 19th Bladesman (Dark Blade...
Menna Van Praag, "The Sisters Grimm" (Harper Voyager, 2020)
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I talked to Menna Van Praag about her new book The Sisters Grimm (Harper Voyager, 2020)... In a set up reminiscent of the show Orphan Black, fou...
Premee Mohamed, "Beneath The Rising" (Solaris, 2020)
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Premee Mohamed's Beneath the Rising (Solaris, 2020) is simultaneously a far-flung horror story and an exploration of an intimate relationship. At the...
Laura Ruby, "Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All" (Balzer and Bray, 2019)
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Francesca and Toni are brought to the orphanage when their mother suffers a breakdown and dies, and their father gets involved with a new woman. Their...
Emily B. Martin, "Sunshield: A Novel" (Harper Voyager, 2020)
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A frustrated prince out to make a name for himself, a mysterious young woman who goes by the name of the Sunshield Bandit, and a prisoner named Tamsin...
Kathleen Jennings, "Flyaway" (Tor.com, 2020)
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Flyaway (Tor.com) is a rich and simmering stew of vivid images, psychological tension, and dashes of horror which conspire to create an original and s...
Brian Greene, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" (Random House, 2020)
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Greene is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he is the Director of the Institute for S...
S. M. Hardy, "The Evil Within" (Allison and Busby, 2020)
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim, our narrator, experiences a crisis of conscience in the wake of the possible suicide of his girlfriend. He quits his high-paying job seizing asse...
Leslie M. Harris, "Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies" (U Georgia Press, 2019)
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies (University of Georgia Press, 2019), edited by Leslie M. Harris, James T. Campbell, and Alfred L. B...
Keren Landsman, "The Heart of the Circle" (Angry Robot, 2019)
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
dReed Katz is in many ways an ordinary guy. He shares an apartment in Tel Aviv with his best friend, Daphne, works in a coffee shop, crushes on Lee, a...
Joseph Rex Young, "George R.R. Martin and the Fantasy Form" (Routledge, 2019)
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“In the game of thrones you either win or you die”––with over 10 million viewers per episode of Game of Thrones, one of the most successful te...
Carrie Vaughn, "The Immortal Conquistador" (Tachyon Publications, 2020)
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ricardo de Avila would have followed Coronado to the ends of the earth. Instead, Ricardo found the end of his mortal life, and a new one, as a renegad...
Phillipa Chong, “Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times” (Princeton UP, 2020)
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does the world of book reviews work? In Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times (Princeton University Press, 2020), Philli...
Gabrielle Mathieu, "Girl of Fire" (Five Directions Press, 2019)
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the fantasy medieval land of Trea—a conservative society that despite its worship of the goddess Amur respects her human daughters only as wives ...
Sarah Kozloff, "A Queen in Hiding" (Tor, 2020)
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Kozloff does her world building gradually and carefully, introducing you to a few characters you get to know and care for, before moving on to o...
Priya Sharm, "Ormeshadow" (Tor.com, 2019)
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A slim volume you can swallow in one melancholy winter afternoon, best with sips of a mellow amber whisky with undertones of peat, Priya Sharm's Ormes...
Christopher Brown, "Rule of Capture" (Harper Voyager, 2019)
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Donny Kimoe, a wise-cracking lawyer who used to work for the prosecution and has kept his security clearance, believes in the legal system. His work a...
Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As you may know, university presses publish a lot of good books. In fact, they publish thousands of them every year. They are different from most trad...
Emily Roberson, "Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters" (FSG, 2019)
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to New Books in fantasy and adventure, a podcast channel on the New Books Network. Today we’ll be talking with Emily Roberson about her debu...
Melissa Albert, "The Hazel Wood" (Flatiron Books, 2018)
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Albert's novel The Hazel Wood(Flatiron Books, 2018) is a shivery delight, like a dazzling vintage ball gown of paisley silk, slithering over y...
Eyal Kless, "The Lost Puzzler: The Tarakan Chronicles" (Harper Voyager, 2019)
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A picaresque novel about a serious boy with special powers, The Lost Puzzler takes place in an impoverished, technologically backwards world. After th...
Sharon Shinn, "Echo in Onyx: Uncommon Echoes" (Audible Studios, 2019)
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brianna, our narrator, is the daughter of a country inn-keeper. Her quick thinking and compassion during a job interview earn her a coveted position a...
R. Scott Boyer, "Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy" (2013)
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When sixteen-year-old Bobby Ether is abducted and brought to the secluded Jade Academy in Tibet, monks teach him and other special students how to tap...
R. F. Kuang, "The Poppy War" (Harper Voyager, 2019)
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rin, an orphan raised by a family that treats her badly, is no Harry Potter, despite the superficial similarities. No kindly wizards await her; there ...
Madeline Miller, "Circe" (Little, Brown and Company, 2018)
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Circe is an immortal naiad, the daughter of the Sun God, Helios. Ignored or belittled by her divine kin because of her human-sounding voice, dull-colo...
Matthew Binder, "The Absolved" (Black Spot Books, 2018)
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Henri is a middle-aged doctor, one of the few employed people left in the U.S, though the reader suspect his job might be in danger. The hospital admi...
Yang-Sze Choo, "The Night Tiger" (Flatiron Books, 2019)
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Night Tiger (Flatiron Books, 2019) is much more than just a fantasy novel—it’s also a mystery, a historical novel, and a love story. Yang-Sze ...
Marshall Ryan Maresca, "The Way of the Shield" (DAW, 2018)
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dayne has the highest respect for the order he’s joined, the Tarians. The Tarian warriors adhere to a chivalrous code of honor, though they live in ...
Lauren C. Teffeau, "Implanted" (Angry Robot, 2018)
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Emery, Em for short, is a smart and dedicated college graduate. She anticipates a future in which she, and eventually, her parents, can escape the low...
Anthony Ryan, “The Empire of Ashes” (Ace, 2018)
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Draconis Memoria series is comprised of a trilogy set in a world where drake (dragon) blood is a prized commodity, the basis of the trading fortun...
Sam Hooker, “The Winter Riddle” (Black Spot Books, 2018)
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you are a young moody woman who likes to wear black, you might well be a witch. Or aspire to be a witch. If you needed a tongue-in-cheek guide on h...
Bernard Cornwell, “War of the Wolf” (Harper, 2018)
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As seems appropriate for a character as resourceful, skilled, and self-confident as Uhtred of Bebbanburg, he goes from strength to strength. In additi...
Cat Rambo, “Hearts of Tabat” (WordFire Press, 2018)
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cat Rambo‘s Hearts of Tabat (WordFire Press, 2018) is rich in emotions and description, though it revolves around a murder mystery as well. We expe...
Julia Fine, “What Should be Wild” (Harper, 2018)
31 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“What should be wild” is really asking who should be wild? Simultaneously a plea against the domestication of women, a unique fairy tale, and impr...
Danielle Teller, “All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother” (William Morrow, 2018)
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us hear the Cinderella story in childhood: a mean stepmother favors her own daughters and controls her hapless husband, turning the sweet and ...
Patrice Sarath, “The Sisters Mederos” (Angry Robot, 2018)
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There is something almost sweetly Victorian about the new fantasy novel, The Sisters Mederos (Angry Robot, 2018), by Patrice Sarath, which concerns tw...