TITLE: Kingdom of Needle and Bone AUTHOR: Mira Grant RELEASES: December 31st, 2018; Subterranean Press GENRE: Horror/Sci-fi AGE RANGE: Adult It starts with one little girl, the reappearance of a disease that should have long since been eradicated by vaccines, slowly making its way back into the world as anti-vaxxer movements rise. But this disease has a new strain, and […]
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TITLE: Afterimage AUTHOR: Naomi Hughes RELEASES: September 18th, 2018; Page Street Publishing GENRE: Sci-fi AGE RANGE: YA ACQUIRED: ARC (unsolicited) SYNOPSIS: A horrific explosion levels part of the city and Camryn Kingfisher is the sole survivor. Amidst controversy, conspiracy theories, and threats from government officials, Camryn longs for the truth. But the only person who she can turn to is a […]
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TITLE: Vicious AUTHOR: V. E. Schwab SERIES: The Villains, #1 RELEASED: September 24th, 2013; Tor GENRE: Fantasy/Sci-Fi AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing […]
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TITLE: Mirage AUTHOR: Somaiya Daud SERIES: Mirage, #1 RELEASES: August 28th, 2018; Flatiron Books GENRE: Sci-fi/Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a […]
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TITLE: Hullmetal Girls AUTHOR: Emily Skrutskie RELEASES: July 17th, 2017; Delacorte GENRE: Sci-fi AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS:Aisha Un-Haad would do anything for her family. When her brother contracts a plague, she knows her janitor’s salary isn’t enough to fund his treatment. So she volunteers to become a Scela, a mechanically enhanced soldier sworn to protect and serve the […]
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TITLE: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy AUTHOR: Douglas Adams RELEASED: October 12th, 1979; Pan Books GENRE: Science Fiction/Comedy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to […]
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TITLE: LIFEL1K3 AUTHOR: Jay Kristoff SERIES: Lifelike, #1 RELEASES: May 29th, 2018; Knopf Books for Young Readers GENRE: Sci-fi/Dystopian AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: On a floating junkyard beneath a radiation sky, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Eve isn’t looking for secrets—she’s too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she’s just spent six months […]
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