Fantasy and Science Fiction
October 2025

Recent Releases
Alchemised by Senlinyu
Alchemised
by Senlinyu

Alchemist Helena Marino, a prisoner with amnesia, fights to survive in a necromancy-ridden world as the ruthless High Reeve attempts to unearth the vital secrets hidden within her missing memories.
Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon
Among the Burning Flowers
by Samantha Shannon

It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind. Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world.
Colin gets promoted and dooms the world by Mark Waddell
Colin gets promoted and dooms the world
by Mark Waddell

Colin, a lowly employee at Dark Enterprises, a Hell-like corporation solving the world's most difficult problems in the most questionable ways, is ready to start exerting his own power...at the top of the corporate ladder. The only problem is he's pretty sure he's getting fired. Then Colin meets a shadowy figure promising his heart's desire if he agrees to a small favor, and he can't resist the urge to fast-track his goals.
Exiles : a novel by Mason Coile
Exiles : a novel
by Mason Coile

The human crew sent to prepare the first colony on Mars arrives to find the new base half-destroyed and the three robots sent to set it up in disarray--the machines have formed alliances, chosen their own names, and picked up some disturbing beliefs. Each must be interrogated. But one of them is missing. The astronauts will need to examine all the stories--especially their own--to get to the truth.
The maiden and her monster by Maddie Martinez
The maiden and her monster
by Maddie Martinez

The forest eats the girls who wander out after dark. As the healer's daughter, Malka has seen how the wood's curse has plagued her village. A clergy girl wanders too close to the forest and Malka's mother is accused of her murder. Malka strikes a bargain with a zealot Ozmini priest to bring the monster out, then the priest would spare her mother.
Princess of blood by Sarah Hawley
Princess of blood
by Sarah Hawley

With only a sentient dagger and her two closest—and most powerless—friends by her side, Kenna must navigate the treacherous politics of Mistei while coming to terms with her new identity as not just fae, but princess of the reborn Blood House.
The summer war by Naomi Novik
The summer war
by Naomi Novik

When Celia's accidental curse condemns her brother Argent to a loveless life, she spends years mastering her prophetic magic to break it, uncovering along the way a buried truth about an ancient war that could finally bring peace—or destroy her people entirely.
Thief of Night by Holly Black
Thief of Night
by Holly Black

There'd always been something wrong with Charlie Hall, crooked from the day she was born, never met a bad decision she wasn't willing to double down on, but will she be good enough to steal back a heart?
To clutch a razor by Veronica Roth
To clutch a razor
by Veronica Roth

A funeral. A heist. A desperate mission. When Dymitr is called back to the old country for the empty night, a funeral rite intended to keep evil at bay, it's the perfect opportunity for him to get his hands on his family's most guarded relic--a book of curses that could satisfy the debt he owes legendary witch Baba Jaga.
What stalks the deep by T. Kingfisher
What stalks the deep
by T. Kingfisher

Alex Easton does not want to visit America. They particularly do not want to visit an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia with a reputation for being haunted. But when their old friend Dr. Denton summons them to help find his lost cousin-who went missing in that very mine-well, sometimes a sworn soldier has to do what a sworn soldier has to do.
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