We are delighted to be able to reveal the cover for V. V. James’ upcoming novel Sanctuary, a modern day thriller that looks into the world of witchcraft, as well as an exclusive piece written by the author herself, below. Sanctuary will be published on 8 August by Orion Books, and is available to pre-order now. A
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We are thrilled to be able to reveal the cover for Jaine Fenn’s upcoming sci-fi/fantasy novel Broken Shadow, the finale to her Shadowlands duology – a post-apocalyptic world, divided between the bright, alien skyland and the intrigue-ridden shadowlands. Rhia Harlyn, noble and rebellious scientist, watches the skies. The stars are changing shape: something is happening to
Coming from Orbit Books this October, we have the cover reveal for Tade Thompson’s The Rosewater Redemption, designed by Charlotte Stroomer. “In this powerful finale to the award-winning Wormwood trilogy, life in the newly independent city state of Rosewater isn’t everything its citizens were expecting… Life in the newly independent city state of Rosewater isn’t everything
With the release of Paul Tremblay’s new short story collection Growing Things And Other Stories on the horizon for 2019, we’re thrilled to be able to reveal the cover for the book, as well as an exclusive excerpt from short story The Thirteenth Temple (the ‘new’ A Head Full Of Ghosts story). A mixture of some of Paul’s most acclaimed short
Genevieve Cogman knows a thing or two about libraries. Her best-selling The Invisible Library series follows magical librarian-spy Irene on covert adventures to different times and realms, likened to Doctor Who and Sherlock. But what is real research actually like? Well, not as shown in the movies… Research In Fictional Libraries In a great many
Thanks to the folks at Angry Robot, we’ve got the UK cover reveal for The Light Brigade, the latest SF novel from the most excellent Kameron Hurley. The cover was designed by Eve Ventrue. Published by Angry Robot in the UK and Saga in the US, The Light Brigade is an ambitious and thought-provoking military SF
We’ve got the cover for Dan Moren’s spy-fi The Bayern Agenda and the author’s reasons why James Bond is a terrible spy By Jonathan Hatfull 23-11-18 441 Thanks to the folks at Angry Robot, we have the cover reveal for Dan Moren’s galactic cold war novel The Bayern Agenda, designed by Amazing15! The spy-fi tale hits
On the lead up to the release of The Migration by Helen Marshall (publishes 5 March 2019 in paperback from Titan Books), we’re thrilled to be able to give you a first look at the cover, and an exclusive excerpt from the book. Storms and flooding are worsening around the world, and a mysterious immune disorder has
Recently in one interview someone asked me to quickly sum up the Sleeper series in three words. Caught off-guard I wracked my brain trying to think of three suitable descriptors. Not as easy a task as you might expect. Boiling approximately ninety thousand-ish words per book down to three is quite the challenge. I swallowed.
Charlie Jane Anders’ debut novel All The Birds In The Sky was one of the best SF stories in recent memory, so we’re very excited to host the cover reveal for her follow-up The City In The Middle Of The Night, thanks to Titan Books. Coming in February next year, the book is described as “a
Here’s the gorgeous cover for Tade Thompson’s new novel The Rosewater Insurrection By Poppy-Jay Palmer 12-09-18 52 The second volume in a vibrant and compellingly told trilogy by one of science fiction’s most engaging new voices – perfect for fans of N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice and Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach trilogy. The year
My Dogs I love dogs. It feels like I’ve been around them all of my life. I grew up in a family with dogs around, and so did my wife, Caroline, so it’s the most natural thing in the world for us to have them as part of our family. Family has played a large
Everyone loves a good hypothetical. Would you do a truly awful thing if it meant saving someone’s life? In The Cabin At The End Of The World, A Head Full Of Ghosts and Disappearance At Devil’s Rock author Paul Tremblay twists a classic home invasion opening into a nightmarish and much broader scenario, all within
COULD A LOST DINOSAUR CIVILIZATION EVER HAVE EXISTED? It’s a bit of a silly idea, I know. And obviously the answer, before I’ve even started waffling, is very, very probably not. But why not? And how would we ever really know for sure? In my 147th century space opera series The Amaranthine Spectrum (getting the
Aristocrats – aren’t they the worst? Entitled and elitist; cruel and often willfully sadistic. They’re more than wealthy, more than powerful – they believe the right to rule runs in their very veins. That’s what separates them from mere Bond-style supervillains. Anyone can claw themselves up to fortune or position, but you can’t buy class.
As an author, when you attempt to write a genre crossover, you do so with some degree of trepidation. Are you about to create the literary equivalent of the Chindian takeaway, a monstrosity that dilutes two separate culinary delights? For which audience are you primarily writing, fans of genre A or genre B? Why does
I love my truck. It’s a 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac that I got new and immediately dubbed Mister Joe Fixit after my favorite incarnation of the Incredible Hulk (because it’s ill-tempered, slightly underpowered, but mean looking and always gets the job done). I know I won’t be able to keep him on the road
The incredibly talented, prolific and outspoken writer Harlan Ellison has passed away at the age of 84. The news was broken by Christine Valada, who tweeted: Susan Ellison has asked me to announce the passing of writer Harlan Ellison, in his sleep, earlier today. “For a brief time I was here, and for a brief
SciFiNow is delighted to launch the cover today for Splinter, the final book in Joshua Winning’s compelling, critically acclaimed dark fantasy series, The Sentinel Trilogy. This cover was designed by Scott James, a designer at Peridot Press, and holds a number of clues about what we can expect from the book. We asked the author
Shapeshifters are a big thing with me – in keeping with my general fascination for looking out from other shapes and faces is the idea of being transformed, willingly or not, from human to Other and back. Here are some of my absolute favourites from the canon and, in keeping with my general malleability, most
The Tangled Lands is a collaborative fantasy from Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S Buckell, set in the world of Khaim. It is a world ruined by magic, which has been relied upon too much and turned against its wielders. A deadly thorn called bramble crawls across the land wherever magic is used, forcing an empire
James Brogden has followed Hekla’s Children with another tale of long-buried horrors unearthed, but the author’s interest in British history and folklore is combined with an ambition and narrative slipperiness that makes this a compelling chiller in its own right. The story begins with a fantastically rendered moment of horror in the form of an
Tucked away down a side street in Edwardian London is the most wonderful toy shop imaginable. Papa Jack’s Emporium sells patchwork dogs that are as loyal as the real thing, paper trees that really put down roots, and intricately painted toy soldiers who march off to war with one another. But when a real war
Autonomous arrives bearing the endorsement of William Gibson, Lauren Beukes and Neal Stephenson, and io9 co-founder Annalee Newitz’s debut lives up to the hype. It’s a cyberpunk thriller but the author is much more interested in big questions than big futuristic fight sequences. The story is divided between Jack, a pirate who reverse-engineers patented drugs
SFF screen adaptations that need to happen immediately …and a few that are already on their way. Like many avid readers, I’ve always been wary of screen adaptations, particularly when it comes to books I loved. I still haven’t got over the treatment meted out to Susan Cooper’s The Dark Is Rising, adapted for the
Princesses have it rough. Sure, Disney makes it look like fun, with all the balls, dresses, money and perfect skin. Sometimes they even get to be feisty and make their own decisions, just so long as they’re still wasp-waisted and doe-eyed. But no one takes a princess seriously. It took 20 years for Princess Peach
Writing historical fantasy should be easy. After all, if you’re going to put gods, monsters, devils, demons, witches or even the odd unicorn into, say, the US invasion of Grenada in 1983, then getting the exact deployment of the enemy communist forces (I always struggle to remember if it was two fishing boats and a
This year’s edition of London Book & Screen Week (9-15 April 2018) is set to celebrate women’s suffrage, marking the centenary of the women’s vote, and pay homage to exceptional book adaptations with a range of exciting events in store suitable for book and film lovers alike. Genre fans might want to get themselves down to Frankenstein: The
Everyone loves a good monster mash, so we’re very excited to reveal the beautiful cover for SA Sidor’s upcoming novel Fury From The Tomb thanks to Angry Robot! This excellent cover was created by Daniel Strange, who said “The real buzz line given to me as a means to get the imagination flowing was Indiana
On publication of Before I Let Go (Sourcebooks), bestseller Marieke Nijkamp talks exclusively to SciFiNow about a central character often sidelined: winter. Lost Creek, the setting in my new novel, is an eerie, strange community, that’s cut off from the rest of the world. A place where truth matters little and secrets are the preferred