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Saint's Blood

Sebastien de Castell · Jo Fletcher
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

How do you kill a Saint? Falcio, Kest, and Brasti are about to find out, because someone has figured out a way to do it and they've started with a friend. The Dukes were already looking for ways out of their agreement to put Aline on the throne, but with the Saints turning up dead,...
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Age of Myth: Book One of The Legends of the First Empire

Michael J Sullivan · Del Rey
Pages: 409
Format: Print book

Michael J. Sullivan s trailblazing career began with the breakout success of his Riyria series: full-bodied, spellbinding fantasy adventures whose imaginative scope and sympathetic characters won a devoted readership and comparisons to fantasy masters Brandon Sanderson, Scott Lynch, and J. R. R. Tolkien...
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The Chimes

Anna Smaill · Quercus
Pages: 304
Format: eBook

A young orphan named Simon arrives in London with nothing but the vague sense of a half-forgotten promise, to locate someone. What he finds is a new family--a gang of scavengers that patrols the underbelly of the city looking for valuable metal to sell. Drawn in by an enigmatic and charismatic...
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Binti: Home

Nnedi Okorafor · Tor.com
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places.And now she must...
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Carnivalesque

Neil Jordan · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Magical storyteller Neil Jordan steps into the realm of fantasy--for fans of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and The Watchmaker of Filigree Street.It looked like any other carnival, but of course it wasn't. The boy saw it from the car window, the tops of the large trailer rides over...
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All Our Wrong Todays: A Novel

Elan Mastai · Dutton
Pages: 373
Format: Print book

"A novel about time travel has no right to be this engaging. A novel this engaging has no right to be this smart. And a novel this smart has no right to be this funny. Or insightful. Or immersive. Basically, this novel has no right to exist." - Jonathan Tropper, New York Times...
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Roses and Rot

Kat Howard · Saga Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Publishers Weekly Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Novel of Summer 2016 "Captivating, fiercely smart (about sisters, artists) , utterly transporting. I read it so consumingly, it was more akin to swallowing it whole. Not to be missed." - Megan Abbott, Edgar-winning author of The Fever...
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Gotham: Dawn of Darkness

Jason Starr · Titan Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

GOTHAM is an American crime-drama television series from Warner Bros. Television developed by Bruno Heller, based on the characters from DC Comics in their Batman mythology - centering on a young Bruce Wayne, then-detective James Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth, a pre-Catwoman Selina Kyle, as well...
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016

Joe Hill · Mariner Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"A great, fun, romping collection of stories." - San Francisco Book Review "This volume's diverse list of well-known and rising stars . . . makes it a welcome addition to the 'Best American' series." - Washington Post "A powerful collection that is worth your...
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A Green and Ancient Light

Frederic S Durbin · Saga Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

A gorgeous fantasy in the spirit of Pan's Labyrinth and John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things.Set in a world similar to our own, during a war that parallels World War II, A Green and Ancient Light is the stunning story of a boy who is sent to stay with his grandmother for the summer...
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Thrawn

Timothy Zahn · Del Rey
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

In this definitive novel, readers will follow Thrawn's rise to power - uncovering the events that created one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars history. One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most...
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The Wall of Storms

Ken Liu · Saga Press
Pages: 858
Format: Print book

In the much-anticipated sequel to the "magnificent fantasy epic" (NPR) Grace of Kings, Emperor Kuni Garu is faced with the invasion of an invincible army in his kingdom and must quickly find a way to defeat the intruders.Kuni Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago...
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Eagle in Exile: The Clash of Eagles Trilogy Book II

Alan Smale · Del Rey
Pages: 556
Format: Print book

Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Steve Berry, Naomi Novik, and Harry Turtledove, Alan Smale's gripping alternate history series imagines a world in which the Roman Empire has survived long enough to invade North America in 1218. Now the stunning story carries hero Gaius Marcellinus...
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Return of the Witch

Paula Brackston · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Paula Brackston's debut novel, The Witch's Daughter, was the little book that could--with a captivating story, remarkable heroine, and eye-catching package, it has now netted over 200,000 copies in all formats. Now Paula returns with its sequel The Return of the Witch, another bewitching...
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