All-new science fiction, epic fantasy and must-read LitRPG – these are the 40 (so far) most anticipated new sci-fi and fantasy books of April 2023
Gripping alien invasions, arcane knights and steampunk uprisings. From epic high fantasy to sprawling time travel mysteries, sprawling dungeon crawlers to battle mages and fallen dimensions. These are some of the most anticipated new sci-fi and fantasy books of April 2023.
Complete with titles, release dates, authors, synopsis and links to pre-order and buy your favourite new science fiction, fantasy and LitRPG book releases right now…
40 Incredible New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books in April 2023
The Rascor Plains
Phil Tucker, 1 April 2023
The sequel to Bastion and book 2 in Phil Tucker’s The Immortal Great Souls series, The Rascor Plains sees Scorio continue his search for the truth about his past, why he was first welcomed to the academy of defenders and then outcast. The quest continues through the perilous Rascor Plains, a place of intrigue, powerful enemies and perhaps some of the darkest secrets of this world. Will Scorio finally uncover the truth and regain his reputation? We find out in Phil Tucker’s new The Rascor Plains.
Genres Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Action
Author Phil Tucker Home Asheville, North Carolina, US
Publisher Self | Buy it
Arcane Knight 3
Timothy McGowen, 2 April 2023
New among the sci-fi and fantasy books of April, the third instalment in Timothy McGowen’s Chaos & Order litRPG series, Arcane Knight 3 sees Caldor and Warrick caught in a war between the Houses of Newalyn in the Southlands. And when Caldor is thrust into a leadership role as Knight in the battle, he must fight both political battles (while staying true to his Oath) and keep his men alive during skirmishes. But war has a way of changing people, and there might yet be a terrible cost to pay in Timothy McGowen’s Arcane Knight 3.
Genre Fantasy, LitRPG Author Timothy McGowen Home Modesto, California, US
Publisher Rising Tower Books | Buy it
The Scourge Between Stars
Ness Brown, 4 April 2023
A new take on the classic “something’s on the ship” science fiction horror. Ness Brown’s new novella The Scourge Between Stars sees acting captain Jacklyn Albright leading the starving and desperate remnants of humanity back to Earth. The colony mission had failed. They’re frayed and at breaking point. Travelling through interstellar space is taking a terrible toll. But now something’s picking off the crew one by one. And it’s up to Jacklyn to find it or be the captain who saw the last of humanity perish in the cold, dark depths of space.
Genres Horror, Science Fiction, Novella, Adult, Fantasy, Space Opera, Thriller
Author Ness Brown | Home born New Mexico; lives New York, US
Publisher Tor Publishing Group | Buy it
Star Wars: Cataclysm
Lydia Kang, 4 April 2023
Part of the Star Wars: The High Republic prequels, Star Wars: Cataclysm takes us back to the Forever War when planets Eiram and E’ronoh are about to call a truce when news of the disastrous treaty signing at Jedha (see Star Wars: The Battle Of Jedha among our sci-fi books in February) sparks new violence. The Jedi suspect a group called the Path of the Open Hand are orchestrating the war. And one of them, Jedi Gella Nattai, thinks a prisoner can give them some answers, but they have to get to him before the Path does.
Genres Star Wars, Science Fiction, Adult, Space Opera, Fantasy, Canon
Author Lydia Kang | Home Omaha, Nebraska, US
Publisher Random House Worlds | Buy it
Paradise-1
David Wellington, 4 April 2023
One of the most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy books of April. The first book in David Wellington’s new Red Space trilogy, Paradise-1 sees Special Agent Petrov and Dr Lei Zhang awake from cryosleep to learn that the colony they were headed to, the first-ever human interstellar colony, has gone dark. All 150’000 souls are missing, and it falls to them to investigate. But the further they go, the more horrifying it gets in David Wellington’s new Paradise-1.
Genres Horror, Science Fiction, Adult, Mystery
Author David Wellington | Home born Pittsburgh; lives New York, US
Publisher Orbit | Buy it
Engines Of Chaos
RS Ford, 4 April 2023
Finally some more new steampunk! The 2nd book in RS Ford’s The Age of Uprising series, Engines of Chaos sees the Guilds in disarray as the now-victorious usurper Sanctan Egelrath tightens his grip and exerts his power. Alone and all but beaten, Rosomon Hawkspur might yet find an alley in Torwyn’s greatest warrior, Lancelin Jagdor. But with her family gone, very few friends and being so vastly outnumbered, Rosomon will have to choose her battles very carefully in RS Ford’s Engines of Chaos.
Genres Fantasy, Steampunk, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy
Author RS Ford (Richard Ford) Home born Leeds; lives Cambridgeshire, UK
Publisher Orbit | Buy it
The Captain
Will Wight, 4 April 2023
Also new among the sci-fi and fantasy books of April. Book 1 in Will Wight’s all-new sci-fi-and-fantasy-blending The Last Horizon series, The Captain sees space-faring Archmage Varic Vallenar so troubled by terrible memories of his previous lives (especially the way his former selves died) that he casts a spell to unite himself with the preceding 6 – giving him all their power and complete memories. Problem is, now that he knows the terrible overpowering forces they faced, he knows he’s nowhere near strong enough to defeat it. Will he die like the others? Or is there hope in the stories of a mythical starship inhabited by near-invincible heroes? Is The Last Horizon real? We find out in Will Wight’s The Captain.
Genres Science Fiction, Fantasy
Author Will Wight | Home Orlando, Florida, US
Publisher Hidden Gnome Publishing | Buy it
Tower Of Silence
Larry Correia, 4 April 2023
Book 4 in Larry Correia’s lauded Saga of the Forgotten Warrior (aka Son of the Black Sword) series, Tower of Silence sees The Great Extermination of the casteless now spread throughout the realm of Lok. And the people’s Protector, Vadal, must escape his prison and fight his way through an army of demons to rejoin Thera and the Sons of the Black Sword, while treacherous politics in the capital conspire to grant his opponents godly powers should he ever return in Larry Correia’s new Tower of Silence.
Genres Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Author Larry Correia | Home Utah, US
Publisher Baen | Buy it
Potentia: Bonds Forged
Michael Anderle & Auburn Tempest, 4 April 2023
Seom of the most prolific contributors to this list of sci-fi and fantasy books of April. The third book in co-authors Michael Anderle & Auburn Tempest’s Chronicles of an Urban Elemental, Potentia: Bonds Forged sees Jules and her four sisters, aka the Quebec Quint, set off for Montreal. The Orphans of the lost Fae Realm, complete with friends and police backup have their work cut out for them in cleaning up another big city with troubles in all-new Potentia: Bonds Forged.
Genres Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
Authors Michael Anderle & Auburn Tempest Home Texas US & Ontario, Canada
Publisher LMBPN Publishing | Buy it
Duskbringer
Actus, 4 April 2023
The third book in Actus’ My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror litRPG series sees Damien strike an uneasy truce with the dark force to stabilise the Mortal Plane. But laying low is not easy with competition ramping up ahead of the big upcoming intraschool tournament. To make matters worse, other forces still conspire for control of the Mortal Plane, and a stranger arrives with a secret that could change everything in Actus’ all-new Duskbringer.
Genres Fantasy, Mystery, LitRPG Author Actus Home Unknown
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
The Tyrant Riot
YB Striker, 6 April 2023
The second instalment in YB Striker’s Virtuous Sons series, The Tyrant Riot, sees Lio and Sol fresh from battle at the unending storm and thrust into a new challenge as the Tyrants vie for the throne surge towards uprising. The duo will once again have to stand against Tyrants, the Heavens and all who seek to bring disorder to the realms in YB Striker’s The Tyrant Riot.
Genres Fantasy, Mystery
Author YB Striker Home likely US
Publisher Timeless Wind Publishing | Buy it
Forge Of The High Mage
Ian C Esslemont, 6 April 2023
The fourth book in Ian C Esslemont’s Path to Ascendancy series, Forge of the High Mage sees new, untested and quite freshly injured high mage Tayschrenn accompany a tired rag-tag army sent fresh from the fight at Quon Talian on a new expedition to invade the lands of Falar. As if the odds weren’t stacked enough, they run into an ancient elemental horror along the way. Tayschrenn knows what it is… and that he is desperately inadequate to face it. But everything rides on this, and this is his chance to prove he is worthy of the title in Ian C Esslemont’s new epic fantasy Forge of the High Mage.
Genres Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Author Ian C Esslemont Home Alaska, US
Publisher Transworld Digital | Buy it
Mark Of The Fated 2
Ricky Fleet, 7 April 2023
The second instalment in Ricky Fleet’s Mark of the Fated series sees hero Mark barely catch a breath after saving the first world from orcs before heading straight into tech and dinosaur trouble in world two. Someone’s been breeding deadly prehistoric predators to release onto an unsuspecting population, and it’s once again up to Mark to stop the tyranny (and tyrannosaurs!). Except, this time, the evil forces are onto him and Sunlight and they’ll stop at nothing to see this apocalypse through in Ricky Fleet’s new Mark of the Fated 2.
Genre Fantasy, LitRPG Author Ricky Fleet Home Portsmouth, UK
Publisher Self | Buy it
Some Desperate Glory
Emily Tesh,11 April 2023
Emily Tesh’s debut novel Some Desperate Glory sees Kyr, once thought the best among what’s left of humanity’s warriors on Gaea Station, trained all her life to wield the reality-shifting weapon meant to win back mankind’s homeworld, dealt a terrible blow. Command forces her brother to certain death and assigns her to “the Nursery” to live out her days bearing the children of men she doesn’t know. But she won’t have it. This is the moment. Along with her brother’s seditious friend, and a strange captive alien “majoda”, she turns against everything she knows to find her true destiny in Emily Tesh’s Some Desperate Glory.
Genres Science Fiction, LGBTQ, Adult, Lesbian, Fantasy, Space Opera, Space
Author Emily Tesh | Home born London; lives Hertfordshire, UK
Publisher Tor.com | Buy it
Untethered Sky
Fonda Lee, 11 April 2023
A new novella from World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky is a fantasy epic with science fiction undertones. It’s the story of the battle-forged relationship between warrior, Ester, and her mount, an immature roc (giant eagle) called Zahra. Raised by an embittered father obsessed with avenging the murder of Ester’s mother and baby brother by a vicious manticore, Ester gets the chance to exact her revenge. But success will hinge on her ability to cooperate and trust in the seemingly loveless and willful bird, Zahra, in Untethered Sky.
Genres Fantasy, Novella, Adult, Science Fiction, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Asian Literature
Author Fonda Lee | Home born Canada; lives Portland Oregon, US
Publisher Tor Publishing Group | Buy it
Promises Stronger Than Darkness
Charlie Jane Anders, 11 April 2023
Hugo-nominated and Nebula-winning Charlie Jane Anders is back with book 3 in the young adult Unstoppable series. Promises Stronger Than Darkness sees Elza, Rachael and the crew up against the impending end of the world. Problem is, to stop it they have to get help from the crazy Captain Thaoh Argentian who stole their friend Tina’s body – suddenly the most annoying frenemy imaginable. Now all that’s left is for the Unstoppable crew to take on and conquer the entire universe in Promises Stronger Than Darkness.
Genres Young Adult, Science Fiction, LGBTQ, Lesbian, Fantasy
Author Charlie Jane Anders | Home born Connecticut; lives San Francisco Bay, US
Publisher Tor Teen | Buy it
Mark Of The Fool 3
JM Clarke, 11 April 2023
The third book in JM Clarke’s magic-academy series, Mark of the Fool, sees Alex Roth taking extra classes to build up his magic skills over the summer – he has to, considering what he’d learnt about the kingdom in his first year. But now the university expedition to Thameland comes under demonic attack and conspiracies brew all around. Can he keep his secret in the midst of all this? Let’s find out in JM Clarke’s Mark of the Fool 3.
Genres Fantasy, Magic, Academy, LitRPG Author JM Clarke
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
The Best Science Fiction Of The Year: Volume Seven
Neil Clarke, 11 April 2023
After a two-year hiatus, award-winning Clarkesworld Magazine editor Neil Clarke is back with his annual collection of the year’s best short stories in sci-fi and fantasy. The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Seven features shorts by 32 top authors including Christopher Rowe, Ellen Klages, Rachel Pollack, KJ Parker, would you believe it Ken Liu, Neil Gaiman and many more – with foreword by Jonathan Strahan.
Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Collections, Adult
Author Neil Clarke | Home New Jersey, US
Publisher Night Shade | Buy it
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook For Surviving Medieval England (Secret Project 2)
Brandon Sanderson, 11 April 2023
The second of Brandon Sanderson’s Secret Projects is here! The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England is a Jason Bourne-style setup in an epic fantasy style. Seriously, check it out: A man wakes up with no memories in medieval England. He’s chased by time travelling agents, and his only clue to what is going on was meant to be a guidebook that accidentally got incinerated. The few fragments that remain can provide some cryptic clues if he can figure them out in time in Brandon Sanderson’s new The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England.
Genres Fantasy, Adult, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction, Time Travel, High Fantasy, Adult
Author Brandon Sanderson Home born Lincoln, Nebraska; lives American Fork, Utah
Publisher Tor Books | Buy it
Arcoplex
Dakota Krout, Dennis Vanderkerken, 12 April 2023
Things get weirder (if that’s possible) in the 14th book in Dennis Vanderkerken and Dakota Krout’s Artorian’s Archives series. In Arcoplex, beloved headmaster turned mage turned… whatever else… Artorian is now the Administrator of a new realm, Eternia Beta. Fortunately, in the first round, he defeats the Task Manager and a new run can begin properly, if he can just sort out the never-ending bugs in the system, in Dennis Vanderkerken’s Acroplex.
Genres Fantasy, Dungeons, LitRPG Authors Dakota Krout, Dennis Vanderkerken
Publisher Mountaindale Press | Buy it
Master Of The Fallen
Justin Call, 13 April 2023
The third instalment in Justin Call’s The Silent Gods epic fantasy series, Master of the Fallen sees magically cursed-blessed Annev and friends set out on another adventure. As always, Annev is all too acutely aware of (and desperately trying to control) his nascent “evil” nature. And other survivors of the attack on the Academy in Book 2 might have made decisions that could have ripple effects well into the future in Justin Call’s Master of the Fallen.
Genres Fantasy, High Fantasy, Adult, Young Adult, Epic Fantasy
Author Justin Call Home Park City, Utah, US
Publisher Gollancz | Buy it
The Blood Gift
NE Davenport, 18 April 2023
The final book in The Blood Gift duology, The Blood Gift sees elite warrior Ikenna hunted for the blood gift she’d paid to save her squad. And not just by her own people, the Blood Emperor’s Warlord is now also hot on her trail. Problem is both these realms are also waging a bloody war against each other, and she and her crew are smack-bang in the middle of it. No one realises the extent of the incredible powers the Goddess of Blood Rites gave her, though – or that it is slowly tearing her apart from the inside. Perhaps she can put it to some good use though… in The Blood Gift.
Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adult, Young Adult, High Fantasy
Author NE Davenport | Home Texas, US
Publisher Harper Voyager | Buy it
For The First Time, Again
Sylvain Neuvel, 18 April 2023
The 3rd and final book in the alternate-history sci-fi-thriller Take Them to The Stars series, which started off with Nazis, rocketry and war in the 1940s, For the First Time, Again flings us to the 90s where a new heroine clone, Aster, is totally alone – with no ancestors to tell her whom she really is. Imagine her surprise when she becomes the focus of a deadly hunt, with the Trackers and the US government all willing to part the earth to get at her first. Who is Aster and what do they want with her?
Genres Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Aliens, Speculative Fiction, Alternate History, Adult
Author Sylvain Neuvel | Home Montreal, Canada
Publisher Tor Publishing Group | Buy it
Furious Heaven
Kate Elliott, 18 April 2023
The second book in Kate Elliott’s The Sun Chronicles series, Furious Heaven sees mother-and-daughter rulers Queen-Marshal Eirene and Princess Sun drive back the invading Phene Empire. But, determined to destroy their little republic, the Empire employs a secret sect of assassins and kills Queen Eirene. Now Sun stands alone with her mighty fleets and carefully laid plans to defend their home. But will it be enough, or will she have to forge her own path to victory? Let’s find out in Kate Elliott’s Furious Heaven.
Genres Science Fiction, LGBTQ, Lesbian, Adult, Retellings, Space Opera
Author Kate Elliott | Home Hawaii, US
Publisher Tor Books | Buy it
He Who Fights With Monsters 9
Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell, 18 April 2023
Book 9 in Shirtaloon and Travis Deverell’s He Who Fights With Monsters series sees once-normal Australian Jason eager to leave the politics behind and get back to journeying (and putting all his new power to the test). New threats come to the fore on the road, though. And soon Jason can’t help but wonder if his newfound powers don’t make him closer related to the enemies he’s fighting than those he’s protecting. His foes seem to think so, that he’s just another tool they can manipulate. Clearly, they haven’t met the real Jason yet. But we will in He Who Fights With Monsters 9.
Genres Fantasy Authors Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
The Bone Shard War
Andrea Stewart, 20 April 2023
The third and final book in Andrea Stewart’s The Drowning Empire epic high fantasy series, The Bone Shard War sees new empress Lin Sukai’s Phoenix Empire hang in the balance as her own governours plot treason while old enemies including Nisong and the dangerous Ragan set their sights on ending her dynasty once and for all. But legend tells of 7 mythical swords, and Lin’s salvation might yet lie in discovering these ancient magical weapons in The Bone Shard War.
Genres Fantasy, Adult, LGBTQ, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Lesbian, Romance, Young Adult
Author Andrea Stewart Home California, UA
Publisher Orbit | Buy it
The Remarkable Retirement Of Edna Fisher
EM Anderson, 21 April 2023
The debut novel of beloved short story author EM Anderson, The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher sees geriatric 83-year-old Edna Fisher hailed as the Chosen One destined to defeat the dragon-riding sorcerer set on destroying the world. Funny, since she’s never had any magic, wielded a weapon or done much of anything other than knitting. Prophecy is prophecy, though, and Edna leaps to action with gusto – there might yet be a reason for her choosing, something only a sympathetic mother can solve in EM Anderson’s The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher.
Genres Fantasy, Adult, Dragons, LGBTQ, Science Fiction Fantasy, High Fantasy, Mystery
Author EM Anderson Home Ohio, US
Publisher Hansen House | Buy it
In The Lives Of Puppets
TJ Klune, 25 April 2023
In the brand-new standalone novel In the Lives of Puppets, TJ Klune weaves a darkly fantastical retelling of Pinocchio. When fatherly inventor droid Gio, who lives in hiding with two other droids and a human named Vic, reactivates an old droid named “HAP” from back in his human-hunting days, Hap accidentally alerts acquaintances from Gio’s former life – and they come to take him away. Now, Vic, Hap and the others must go on a perilous journey through a strange, wonderful and dangerous sci-fi-fantasy world to find Gio and bring him back.
Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, LGBTQ, Adult, Retellings, Romance
Author TJ Klune | Home born Oregon; lives Virginia, US
Publisher Pan Macmillan | Buy it
Harley Quinn: Ravenous
Rachael Allen, 25 April 2023
The seventh book in the DC Icons Series (the second in the Harley Quinn origin trilogy), Harley Quinn: Ravenous sees the once devoted and optimistic parts of Harleen Quinzel all nearly undone as all her feministic, revenge-crazed antics land her in Arkham Asylum. But another chance meeting with the likes of Talia al Ghūl slowly reawakens all of Harleen’s darkness. Until it seems the only way to survive the horrors that haunt the halls of Arkham is to give in and finally let the darkness out… in Harley Quinn: Ravenous.
Genres Young Adult, DC Comics, LGBTQ, Comics, Science Fiction, New Adult
Author Rachael Allen | Home Atlanta, Georgia, US
Publisher Random House Books for Young Readers | Buy it
Alien Agendas
Ian Douglas, 25 April 2023
Now among the sci-fi and fantasy books of April. The final book in Ian Douglas’ Solar Warden series sees Commander Mark Hunter and his Joint Space Strike Team as the only thing standing in the way of the highly evolved reptilian Saurians (who survived the dinosaur extinction 65mil years ago) and complete world domination. As the humanoid reptiles revive Nazi strong-man tactics to pry political control of the planet from humans, Hunter must also deal with the Men in Black who’re not helping as the Saurians plan to bring the whole thing crashing down on his head, in Alien Agendas.
Genres Science Fiction, Military, Space Opera, Hard Science Fiction, War
Author Ian Douglas | Home Pennsylvania, US
Publisher Harper Voyager | Buy it
A Sleight Of Shadows
Kat Howard, 25 April 2023
The second book in Kat Howard’s amazing An Unkindness of Magicians urban fantasy, A Sleight of Shadows sees Sydney, once one of the world’s most dangerous magicians, completely drained of magic after spending it all to stop the corruption in the Unseen World. Problem is the House of Shadows in New York is rebuilding itself and the Unseen World, forcing Sydney into a desperate move to regain her spent magic, but at what cost? We find out in Kat Howard’s A Sleight of Shadows.
Genres Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Adult, Magic, Science Fiction Fantasy
Author Kat Howard Home Minnesota, US
Publisher Gallery / Saga Press | Buy it
Night Angel Nemesis
Brent Weeks, 25 April 2023
Another of the most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy books of April. Brand-new from Brent Weeks, a return to the world of Night Angel in the all-new The Kylar Chronicles series, but with a twist. Night Angel Nemesis sees Kylar Stern fatigued from all the war and bloodshed, ready to hang up his assassin’s robes – except for one last job. To keep the fragile peace, High King Logan Gyre needs a trusted ally to secure a magical item, and who is better suited than his friend Kylar? If all goes well, this will be a heist, not more bloodshed. But Kylar knows better than to expect an easy task; he has enemies who’ll leap at the chance to get hold of such a magical item, after all. It all starts with Brent Weeks’ new Night Angel Nemesis.
Genres Fantasy, High Fantasy, Adult
Author Brent Weeks Home Portland Oregon, US
Publisher Orbit | Buy it
Defiance Of The Fall 9
JF Brink, 25 April 2023
Little is known about the ninth book in JF Brink’s Defiance of the Fall series. Zac has come a long way since the planet was thrust into an unfeeling and treacherous multiverse of new worlds. We’ve seen a human not only survive the perils of uncountable worlds of enemies with unfathomable powers but actually start to build his own Cultivation powers. After the battle for the dimensional seed and the once-in-a-millennium challenge at Twilight Ascension, what comes next for Zac in Defiance of the Fall 9?
Genres Fantasy, Science Fiction, LitRPG
Author JF Brink (TheFirstDefier) More info on Defiance of the Fall
Publisher Aethon Books | Buy it
Ascension
Nicholas Binge, 27 April 2023
One of the most anticipated books on this list of new Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books in April, Nicholas Binge’s Ascension tells the story of teams sent to investigate a huge mountain that suddenly and inexplicably appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Time slows as you climb it, and the cold seems to slowly rob you of your memories of everything that came before. Not to mention there are creatures pursuing you through the ice and snow. But you can’t stop, something compels you to try and find the top. That’s where you’ll find the secrets to the limitations of science and belief, where you’ll see the true face of human nature, in Nicholas Binge’s Ascension.
Genres Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Adult, Fantasy
Author Nicholas Binge | Home Edinburgh, Scotland
Publisher HarperCollins UK | Buy it
Lords Of Uncreation
Adrian Tchaikovsky, 27 April 2023
The final book in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s The Final Architecture series. The brief (though miserable) peace human warrior Idris and crew enjoyed after the alien threat, The Architects, seemingly disappeared in Shards of Earth (Book 1) is well and truly shattered when they return with a vengeance in Eyes of the Void, able to destroy entire planets at will. We join Idris as he returns from terrible “unspace” with news that will spell either hope or doom for the human race in Lords of Uncreation.
Genres Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fantasy, Adult
Author Adrian Tchaikovsky | Home born Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire; lives Leeds, UK
Publisher Pan Macmillan | Buy it
Fused
Lindsay Buroker, 29 April 2023
Rounding up these sci-fi and fantasy books of April. The sixth book in Lindsay Buroker’s Legacy of Magic urban fantasy series Fused sees Matti Puletasi and elf assassin Sarrlevi finally get the chance to confront her parents’ kidnappers. But it turns out there’s way more going on than just some missing people – dragons, a secret organization, a plot to sever Earth realm from the rest of the Cosmos and, you know, the end of humanity and all that. Looks like finding Matti’s parents might mean having to save the entire world too, in Lindsay Buroker’s Fused.
Genres Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Dragons, Magic, Elves, Paranormal Romance
Author Lindsay Buroker Home Bend, Oregon, US
Publisher Self | Buy it
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