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Fantasy Is Fantastic! Winter 2020 |
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Infinity son
by Adam Silvera
In a world where some people are born with powers and some people take them, brothers Emil and Brighton Rey get swept up in a supernatural turf war generations in the making.
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Diamond City
by Francesca Flores
Trained as a highly skilled assassin, a young woman from a magical kingdom of immigrants is forced to betray her mentor to establish her career by targeting a wealthy industrialist in support of a mysterious conspiracy. A first novel.
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Red Hood
by Elana K. Arnold
Living a quiet life with her grandmother in Seattle, Bisou Martel is attacked by a mysterious wolf on the night of her school’s homecoming before confronting difficult questions about her past and her growing sense of empowerment.
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Woven in moonlight
by Isabel Ibañez
Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena's motivated by her insatiablethirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonlight. When Atoc demands the real Condesa's hand in marriage, it's Ximena's duty to go in her stead. She relishes the chance, as Illustrian spies have reported that Atoc's no longer carrying his deadly relic. If Ximena can find it, she can return the true aristócrata to their rightful place.
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A song below water
by Bethany C. Morrow
A metaphorical tale follows the experiences of a Black teen siren and her haunted best friend, who find themselves targeted by violence when they are unable to hide their supernatural identities in an alternate world that discriminates against magic.
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Deeplight
by Frances Hardinge
Discovering the still-beating heart of a formidable deity believed long dead, 15-year-old Hark races to keep the dangerous object out of the hands of smugglers, scientists and cult fanatics in the hope of saving a best friend’s life. By the award-winning author of The Lie Tree.
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The empire of dreams
by Rae Carson
The award-winning author of The Girl of Fire and Thorns presents a standalone tale in which a foundling orphan with a veiled past is barred from being adopted into the royal family before she becomes a first woman recruit into the legendary Royal Guard.
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Havenfall
by Sara Holland
Seeking solace from her complicated life in a Colorado inn that is an unrecognized gateway to other dimensions, Maddie is embroiled in a murder that implicates her crush and reveals terrifying otherworldly dangers.
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Seven endless forests
by April Genevieve Tucholke
Sisters Torvi and Morgunn, surviving on their own after a plague, decide to search for a mythical sword in a stone tree in the Green Wild Forest, but when Morgunn is captured, Torvi must do whatever it takes to rescue her sister.
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Shuri
by Nic Stone
An original novel starring T’Challa’s younger sister, breakout character Shuri, details her treacherous journey from Wakanda to discover what is killing the plants her people depend on for their survival. Media tie-in.
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Thorn
by Intisar Khanani
A fantasy retelling of the “Goose Girl” fairy tale follows the experiences of a betrothed princess who is robbed of her identity by a mysterious sorceress before a threat against her betrothed prince compels her to make a dangerous choice.
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A song of wraiths and ruin
by Roseanne A. Brown
A first entry in a planned duology inspired by West African folklore finds a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee on a collision course to destroy each other despite their growing attraction.
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