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Standalone Fantasy October 2021
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First, become ashes
by K. M. Szpara
After spending his life training and suffering to develop his magic to fight monsters, Lark vows to continue after he is told by the government that the monsters don’t exist and all his pain was for nothing. 75,000 first printing.
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The bonemaker : a novel
by Sarah Beth Durst
"Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor, a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived. Since then, Kreya, the group'sleader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice; for each day he lives, she will live one less"
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Careful what you wish for : a novel of suspense
by Hallie Ephron
A professional organizer whose husband is a hoarder distracts herself from her growing relationship troubles by focusing on her new clients, one of which takes her tipsy fantasy about life being more pleasant without spouses a little too far. 40,000 first printing.
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Cries from the lost island
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Sixteen-year-old Hal Stevens is joined by a famous archaeologist on a journey to Egypt to fulfill the last wish of a murdered woman claiming to be the reincarnation of Queen Cleopatra.
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The midnight bargain
by C. L. Polk
The award-winning author of Witchmark presents a romantic fantasy set in a magical Regency England, where a sorceress must balance magic-ending familial duty with her ambition to become her world’s first great sorceress. 25,000 first printing.
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Chosen ones
by Veronica Roth
On the 10th anniversary of the Dark One’s defeat, one of the Chosen Ones—who brought the Dark One down—dies and the remaining four discover the Dark One’s ultimate goal was much bigger than they, the government or even prophecy could have foretold. 250,000 first printing.
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The house in the cerulean sea
by TJ Klune
Given a curious classified assignment to evaluate the potential risks posed by six supernatural orphans, a case worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth bonds with an enigmatic caregiver who hides dangerous secrets.
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The invisible life of Addie LaRue
by Victoria Schwab
Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early 18th-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name. By the best-selling author of the Villains series. Read by Julie Whelan. Simultaneous.
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The starless sea
by Erin Morgenstern
Discovering a mysterious book of prisoner tales, a Vermont graduate student recognizes a story from his own life before following clues to a magical underground library that is being targeted for destruction. By the best-selling author of The Night Circus.
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The year of the witching
by Alexis Henderson
Observing a life of strict submission to minimize discrimination for her mixed heritage, Immanuelle discovers dark truths about her community’s church and her late mother’s secret relationship with the spirits of four witches. A first novel.
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Master of poisons : {a novel}
by Andrea Hairston
The righthand man to the lord of the Arkhysian Empire and a young woman training to be a powerful sorcerer work together to save their homeland from the poison that is eating farmlands and fouling drinking water. 50,000 first printing.
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Race the sands : a novel
by Sarah Beth Durst
A pair of strong and determined women risk their lives battling injustice, corruption and deadly enemies in their quest to become monster-racing champions. Original. 30,000 first printing.
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A master of djinn
by P. Djèlí Clark
In 1912 Cairo, a new world where the Egyptian Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities maintains an uneasy peace, the Ministry’s youngest agent, Fatima, must stop an imposter who threatens to tear apart the very fabric of this new Egyptian society. 75,000 first printing.
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Black water sister
by Zen Cho
A reluctant medium is visited by the ghost of her estranged grandmother who is determined to settle a score against a business magnate who has offended a god in the latest novel in the series following The True Queen. Original.
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Fireheart tiger
by Aliette de Bodard
Sent away to Ephteria as a child hostage, Thanh returns to her mother’s imperial court as a diplomat where she is reunited with her first love and has to make some dangerous decisions. Original.
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