In the highly anticipated sequel to The City We Became from three-time Hugo Award winner Jemisin, the living embodiments of New York City’s boroughs face a new foe: a corrupt, Trumpian candidate for mayor. Wurth debuts with the story of an Indigenous woman who accidentally calls up her mother’s ghost, pushing her to finally investigate how her mother died.

15 ($21.99, ISBN 978-1-98)Ī murder in an 1883 Colorado mining town that’s ruled by the angelic Virtues and haunted by the demonic Fallen propels this dark fantasy from bestseller Roanhorse.Įrika T. Rumfitt puts a trans spin on the classic haunted house story in her debut horror novel, which finds a trio of friends reckoning with a terrifying night they spent in an abandoned house years before the novel’s start. 100,000-copy announced first printing.Īlison Rumfitt. Nayler’s debut turns the traditional first contact story on its head as intelligent life is discovered not in outer space, but deep within Earth’s oceans, sparking fierce competition between tech companies hoping to exploit the discovery. 9 ($17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-1)Ī colorful crew of criminals embarks on a high-stakes heist at the behest of a power-hungry spirit in this African American folk magic–infused historical fantasy from bestseller Penelope. The first collection of short fiction from the bestselling graphic novelist behind Watchmen brings together 40 years’ worth of speculative stories. Misery Nomaki seeks to understand their mystical abilities as they’re sucked into a galaxy-wide political conflict in a sci-fi adventure that PW’s starred review called a “tour du force.”Īlan Moore. 8 ($26.95, ISBN 978-1-64566-052-1)Ĭhronister’s debut sends a man and his nine-year-old daughter, Magdala, who has a clubfoot, trekking through a near-future desert wasteland toward the holy city of Las Vegas, where they believe Magdala will be cured. 10 ($27.99, ISBN 978-0-06-311474-6)Īn aristocrat and a bookseller who share forbidden magic band together to agitate for women’s rights in the Egypt-inspired world of Elsbai’s epic fantasy debut and series launch. Horror has never been more mainstream, and climate change looms large in this season’s outings-but writers still offer glimmers of hope in speculative tales highlighting social justice and inclusion.

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