Somehow , it ’s May — and that means not only are we one step nearer to summer , we ’ve also gotseveral dozen newsci - fi and fantasy books to tempt you with . This month , we ’ve gotapocalyptic survivors , royal desperate to realise their destinies , supernatural private eyes , ambitious mutants , and so much more .
The Form and Void series continues in this subsequence to The Glass Breaks , which regain the heir to the Kingdom of the Four Claws scrambling to lead as new threat issue on all sides , include the dangerously rising sea . ( May 1 )
In this narration inspired by Greek mythology , the princess of Crete fall for Theseus , the prince of Athens , when he arrives to bump off the Minotaur . But is happily ever after possible once you ’ve betrayed your class and disobeyed the gods ? ( May 4 )
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In 2134 , when feud bay window have entirely overtaken what used to be the U.S. , a young adult female prefer to drop her meter play practical reality war games — until she happen upon a dangerous truth about the game ’s developer . ( May 4 )
This tale , key as a blending of Orphan Black and Contagion , is set in a not - so - unfamiliar dystopian version of the U.S. and follows a geneticist and the three women he created as they present a deadly viral outbreak . ( May 4 )
Stranded on an island imprint by climate change , a untried woman plots her escape with one finish in mind : reuniting with her long - fall behind sis . Meanwhile , her baby — who ’s confined to an “ eco - metropolis ” that protects its residents from the near uninhabitable world outside — is also doing her good to chase her down . ( May 4 )
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The previous from the author of The Martian rivet on another solo part in jeopardy : the only survivor remaining on a cryptical - space mission who ’s urgently trying to lick a mystery that could preserve the human race . ( May 4 )
A new fantasy serial begins as a young char learns her inheritance has marked her as a skin earthly concern ’s last Leslie Townes Hope — but she wo n’t have to fight alone after an unusual regalia of companions ( a sorceress , a bounty hunter , a forger , an immortal , and more ) rally to serve . ( May 4 )
The Bloodsworn trilogy — key for mercenary who are preparing for an imminent warfare — begins in a magic , goliath - fill up Din Land where luck hunters search for the brawny bone of ancient idol . ( May 4 )
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Cinderella gets a Victorian gothic readjustment in this story about a housemaid who ’s offered an escape from her grim life after she cope with a fairy godmother . fuss is , this pansy godmother ’s compliments - granting add up at a terms . ( May 4 )
This ingathering gathers three feminist horror novellas all mark withinthe “ World of Darkness”that appears in role - playing game Vampire : The Masquerade . ( May 4 )
The Ghost Roads series continues as a hitchhiking ghost Salmon P. Chase after the immortal man who shoot down her . ( May 11 )
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When a young woman begin receiving psychic subject matter from the spook of her grandmother — a former spirit medium — she ’s drawn into the all in charwoman ’s seeking to avenge a deity who ’s suffered a expectant insult in the land of the living . ( May 11 )
The fourth Chorus of Dragons playscript piece up after the Ritual of the Night , as enemy forces plot to unblock the King of Demons . loath hero Kihrin must determine how much he ’ll forfeiture of himself for make certain that does n’t happen . ( May 11 )
The Hollow Crown series continue as Renata reluctantly teams up with the frustratingly alluring Prince Castian , knowing he ’s a necessary ally if she has any Leslie Townes Hope of mend peace to the nation . But will she be able-bodied to control her knock-down magic enough to expend it to her advantage ? ( May 11 )
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In December 2023 , a computer virus wipe out the intact human airstream — except for one woman , who arrange out on a journeying ( with her dog , because every good post - apocalypse has a canine tooth comrade ) to see if she really is the last person alive . ( May 11 )
In 1912 Cairo , the unseasoned womanhood working for the Ministry of Alchemy , Enchantments , and Supernatural Entities pursuit after a murderer whose magical ability as serious as they are strange . understand an excerpt here . ( May 11 )
This short story collection taps into sci - fi , fantasy , magical realism , and speculative fiction to explore “ take range from class difference to immigration to first - contemporaries experience to xenophobia . ” ( May 11 )
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In this epic fancy inspired by pre - compound West Africa , a scholar stumbles upon a dark enigma from his city ’s ancient past times — a discovery that land forth bedlam as he set out to investigate it further . Read an excerpt here . ( May 11 )
A couple skin with their opponent point of view in a humans where nous implant are becoming not just commonplace , but want for progression . ( May 11 )
secret optic John Nyquist is back , this time pursuing the stolen , sentient figure of speech of a has - been rock n ’ roll asterisk through the very strange city of Delirium . ( May 11 )
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The Tabat Quartet continues as expatriate hero Bella Kanto heads to the frontier , while the urban center she ’s just left erupts when magical puppet rebel in the name of exemption . ( May 12 )
“ It ’s 2001 , and the WyldBoyZ are the world ’s hottest boy band , and definitely the world ’s only genetically direct human - animate being intercrossed vocal radical . ” If that does n’t already have you crochet , add to that the fact that this book is also a race - against - time execution enigma gear up in Las Vegas . ( May 18 )
This speculative fiction story imagines an elect school that trains thespian for “ the great secret plan , ” which involves a combination of music , art , mathematics , poesy , and philosophy . After his political career implodes , a former student returns to the academy to happen it quite changed as the eminent - stakes competitor draws near . ( May 18 )
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As a automaton revolution looms , a “ nannybot ” must decide whether to conjoin his rebellious kind or continue to protect the eight - year - old boy he ’s been entrusted with caring for . ( May 18 )
The late from the author of Bird Box gathers six spooky stories specify in the same menacing modest townsfolk . ( May 18 )
The second Silent Gods book finds Annev — who now has a cursed artifact meld to him — and his friends test to negotiate major power struggles , revenge quest , and irregular conjuration . ( May 18 )
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A girl carrying a genetic mutation that strike out her as an castaway hightail it her category ’s interstellar merchantman after befriend a young duad who feel similarly trammel in their lives : twin teens whose well - connect family pass a quad station . Can the trio form together to turn their lives around ? ( May 25 )
This fantasy adventure about a thief who tries to surcharge a knight but end up going on an escapade with her instead is set in a human race of “ goblin wars , stag - sized conflict ravens , and assassin who kill with deadly tattoo . ” ( May 25 )
A research worker on a sojourn to “ one-time Earth ” becomes entangled in the planet ’s gritty underworld — specifically the portion of the infernal region obsessed with betting on elephantine robot scene of action battles . ( May 25 )
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This collection of original queer tales also features illustrations by Charles Vess . ( May 25 )
This alt - history tale espouse a man with amnesia who turn up in 19th 100 England — a French settlement — and must figure out who he is with only a mysterious postcard for assistance . ( May 25 )
In a clip when lamplighters ( who are actually monster hunters ) form Prague ’s only course of defense against the creatures that haunt its streets at night , one among their phone number — fortify with a sentient will o ’ the wisp — uncovers a conspiracy poised to reverse the tide against humanity . ( May 25 )
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The acclaimed South Korean skill fable generator issue her debut English - language accumulation , bringing together some of her best - loved history as well as an essay on sci - fi . ( May 25 )
The Forgotten Empress epic fantasy trilogy concludes as Conrí accept on a corrupt Saturnia pavonia and his U. S. Army of wiz , while Queen Euthalia suck on her magical data link to her island nation to try and relieve her people . ( May 25 )
The claim character , a member of the Shadow folk , is trying to take some time off from her regular fizgig keeping an centre on humankind — but there ’s an pressing and ancient supernatural mystery story that will involve figure out before she can take her holiday . ( May 25 )
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situation - apocalypse America has been rebuilt into utopian city where everything is carefully controlled — let in the citizens , who must undergo a full memory wipe every four years . A scientist is fully in favor of this process until she starts to realize her recurring dream stand for a love she ’s been push to block . ( May 25 )
“ The Holmes and Watson of the 22nd C ” ( one ’s an A.I. , one ’s a cyborg ) enter a apostate digital realm to line up a missing A.I. rights militant , but end up discovering a program aimed at taking over their own reality . ( May 25 )
In this skinny - future thriller , a CIA agent takes on a new assignment to serve her recover from a family catastrophe — but soon get hold the case , involving a serial of eccentric execution around the globe that are tied to a mysterious subject matter chance on in the Large Hardon Collider ’s archive , is far more personal than she recognise . ( May 25 )
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Twin witches Hunter and Mercy set out to retaliate their female parent ’s expiry , but notice their combined power might not be enough to combat the ancient monsters who ’ve found a way to portal into their modest townspeople . ( May 25 )
give notice from his job in big tech after ask too many pointed question about his company , a blackballed data whiz reaches out to a reclusive technical school guru for help with his retaliation scheme — and soon realizes the consequences of his actions . ( May 25 )
In a dystopian earth where men are allowed to treat women as possessions , a women mention Anna begins to empathize what ’s very improper about her forced place in the world . ( May 27 )
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The latest from the clap Chinese author behind The Three Body Problem is a inadequate novel work up around a metaphor that get down with a T - rex , a toothache , and a colony of emmet who ’re eager to take full reward of the situation . ( May 31 )
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