Sci-Fi and Fantasy
The book of doors : a novel
Brown, Gareth, author
2024
Cassie Andrews works in a bookshop living an unassuming, ordinary life. When one of her favourite customers dies right in front of her, she is left with the last book he was reading. But this is no ordinary book. It's a book that promises Cassie that "any door is every door." You just need to know how to open them. The tome, now in Cassie's possession, is not the only book with great power, but it is the one most coveted by those who collect them. There are those willing to kill to obtain those secrets. And a dark force - in the form of a shadowy, sadistic woman - is at the very top of that list
The Book of Elsewhere A Novel.
Reeves, Keanu.
This is a genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, and an outcast who cannot die. Hometown: Toronto, ON. Print run 500,000.
Bride
Hazelwood, Ali, author
2024
Misery Lark's days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold an historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres. Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what's hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory - alone with the wolf.
A Darkness Returns Book One of The Dragonwar Saga.
Feist, Raymond E.
2024
Hatushaly, last scion of the Firemane dynasty, has been transported across space and time from his war-torn world of Garn to the relative peace of Midkemia. Under the guidance of the great magician Magnus, Hatu will explore and expand his unique magical abilities: for if Garn is to be saved, they will be needed. With the evil Pride Lords defeated, the Church of the One has risen to bring death and destruction to Hatu's home world. But there are even greater menaces than the Church of the One waiting in the wings, beings from the Void, creatures born of Darkness. Print run 100,000.
The Half King
Landers, Melissa.
Unlike her peers, Cerise is a complete failure as an oracle. Her inability to foretell a single tragedy has brought shame upon her family. Everything changes when the head seer offers Cerise an opportunity to serve the Half King - a young man who rules by day and turns to shadow at sunset. While searching for a way to restore him, Cerise finds a kindred spirit in the mysterious young ruler, and with his help discovers a startling revelation about herself that unlocks a powerful set of gifts. But the truth comes with a price. Print run 500,000.
House of flame and shadow
Maas, Sarah J., author
2024
Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied.
Jumpnauts
Hao, Jingfang, author
2024
In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations, tensions are high as each side waits for the other to make a move. But neither side is prepared for a powerful third party that has apparently been an influential presence on Earth for thousands of years, and just might be making a reappearance very soon. With the realization that a highly intelligent alien race has been trying to send them messages, three rising scientists within the Pacific League of Nations form an uneasy alliance. Fueled by a curiosity to have their questions answered and a fear that other factions within their rival Atlantic Division of Nations would opt for a more aggressive and potentially disastrous military response, the three race to secure first contact with this extraterrestrial life they aren't quite convinced is a threat. Bolstered by recent evidence of alien visitations in the distant past, the three scientific minds must solve puzzles rooted within human antiquity, face off with their personal demons, and discover truths of the universe.
The last murder at the end of the world
Turton, Stuart, author
2024
On an island, 122 villagers and three scientists living in peaceful harmony. Until, to the islanders' horror, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death - and triggerin the lowering of the island's security system that is keeping a deadly fog at bay. If the murder isn't solved within ninety-two hours, the fog will smother the island - and everyone on it. But the security system has also wiped out everyone's memory of exactly what happened the night before - which means that someone on the island is a murderer - and they don't even know it.
The ministry of time : a novel
Bradley, Kaliane, author
2024
A recently established government ministry is gathering "expats" from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible. A civil servant is tasked with working as a "bridge:" living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as "1847" or Commander Graham Gore. By the time the true shape of the Ministry's project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how - and whether she believes - what she does next can change the future.
Under the Oak Tree, Volume 1
Kim, Suji.
Lady Maximilian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso. When she is forced to marry Sir Riftan, a low-born knight caught in one of her father's schemes, Maxi doesn't dare hope for happiness, let alone love. Three years after their wedding vows, Riftan is a war hero. To Maxi's bewilderment, despite rumors that he was offered marriage to Princess Agnes, Riftan still wants Maxi for his wife. And his want becomes a desire that threatens to suffocate Maxi, even as she is overcome by the scorching heat that Riftan's presence now ignites within her. Print run 50,000.