This month, we’ve got new releases from M.R. Carey (The Girl With All the Gifts) and Victor LaValle (The Ballad of Black Tom, The Changeling), as well as a whole bunch of others, featuring rebellious royals, time-travelers, time-loop travelers, space adventurers, monsters, witches, and so much more.
This novel by the acclaimed Chinese sci-fi writer follows a man who falls mysteriously ill, then must negotiate his way through a surreal and dystopian hospital system. (March 1)
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A scientist working at CERN makes an incredible and alarming discovery: a message that could be from the future or outer space... or somewhere else entirely. Read an excerpt here. (March 2)
The sequel to Scorpica returns to the Five Queendoms, a matriarchal society pushed to the brink of war when there’s a 10-year gap between girls being born. Will the realm’s first-ever king ascend in the chaos? (March 7)
The long-running InCryptid series continues as Alice Price-Healy, who’s spent decades searching the universe for her missing husband, must figure out what to with her life now that he’s been found—especially once she realizes Earth has changed a lot since she left on her quest. (March 7)
The legendary Greek villainess gets her due in this origin story exploring her point of view and motivations. (March 7)
The Gargoyle Queen epic fantasy trilogy concludes as crown princess Gemma tries to track down her kingdom’s most dreaded enemy against the backdrop of a gladiator tournament. (March 7)
“A Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine.” (March 7)
The Craft Wars series begins in this standalone novel serving as an entry point to the author’s Craft Sequence world, following warrior in exile Tara Abernathy as she heads to her hometown to bury her father. (March 7)
An advertising creative and his team take on a tricky new client: a watch said to kill whoever wears it. Their clever ad campaign turns the timepiece into a must-have accessory—but what if its inventor’s wild claims are actually real and not a publicity stunt? (March 7)
The Magic of the Lost trilogy continues as “soldier Touraine and princess Luca return to Balladaire to reclaim Luca’s throne and face the consequences of dismantling an empire.” Read an excerpt here. (March 7)
When a young woman’s power of “death magic”—the ability to raise the dead—is accidentally exposed, she’s pressed into service at the command of the Sainted King, and finds court a far more treacherous place than she’d ever imagined. (March 7)
A woman who was made immortal in 1834 endures through the years until 1984, when her quiet life as a fine-arts teacher is thrown into turmoil by a mysterious new student, as well as her uncomfortable new longing for blood. (March 7)
A troubled teen is sent to live with her father on an isolated houseboat, where she meets an alluring girl whose connection to the bayou is worrisomely supernatural. (March 7)
This Greek mythology-inspired tale follows a girl doomed as a human sacrifice to appease Poseidon—but ends up meeting a mysterious woman with ties to the sea who helps her chart a new future for her people. (March 7)
Billed as “One Day meets Groundhog Day,” this novel follows a workaholic woman who lives the same frantic day over and over, trying to prevent her husband’s untimely death. (March 7)
In this sci-fi mystery, a detective and her ex-girlfriend reunite on Jupiter to unravel a disturbing missing-person case. Read an excerpt here. (March 7)
A grieving mother saves a piece of her deceased young son’s lung, using her motherly magic to secretly grow a new version of him that’s part boy and part monster. (March 7)
This novel riffs on Mr. and Mrs. Smith, except the secrets the spouses are keeping from each other aren’t of the secret-agent variety, they’re of the “she’s a witch, he’s a witch-hunter” variety instead. (March 7)
A collection of 15 short stories from the author of The Handmaid’s Tale. (March 7)
The Black Jewels series continues with this story of a vulnerable young queen-in-training, a witch preparing for an important ritual, and the High Lord of Hell’s daughter, who’s on a quest of self-discovery. (March 7)
“Cal Kestis leads the Stinger Mantis crew on an adventure set between Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and the highly anticipated Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.” (March 7)
In this follow-up to The Sentient, a woman pregnant with her own clone goes on the run in a dystopian world where people are controlled by mind-controlling drugs. (March 7)
When a witch accidentally summons a demon, he declares he won’t leave her side until she hands over her soul, which she refuses to do. So they fake a relationship while figuring out how to proceed... and things get complicated when they start to fall for each other. (March 7)
In this sequel to Mickey7, an “expendable” clone being kept alive to protect his colony is sent on a dangerous mission to retrieve a bomb... or else. (March 14)
The sequel to Vita Nostra picks back up with Institute of Special Technologies student Sasha Samokhina as she aces her final exam and prepares to embrace her future—only to discover certain old-world forces are intent on exploiting her powers for their own use. (March 14)
In this novella, a scientist who studies wolves uses a neurological interface to “see” through the eyes of a wolf—an obsession that threatens her human relationships, wreaks havoc on her body, and brings unwanted attention to the very creatures she’s trying to understand. (March 14)
On the night of the kingdom’s big ball, a village girl and a roguish prince realize they’re caught in the same deadly time loop—and are forced to work together to try and break the curse. (March 14)
This novella takes place in a small town where a constant rain washes away memories from any residents who become caught in its drops. (March 14)
A New Yorker connecting with her roots in Mexico comes into contact with ancient artifacts possessed by evil forces—and soon realizes that same evil is targeting her and her young daughters. (March 14)
“Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation from South Korea about an alien’s hunt for food that transforms into an existential crisis about what it means to be human.” (March 14)
Winner of “creative title of the month” goes to this parody offering a deep dive into legendary director Ed Wood’s most famous (and most maligned) film.(March 15)
In a small Texas town, a man begins to believe that an evangelical, UFO-obsessed cult known as “the Saucer People” is behind the sudden disappearance of his ex-wife. (March 21)
After a man loses his job, he suspects his former employers are using time-travel to cover up a series of crimes; along the way, his quest becomes entangled with a young boy who’s just lost his mother, a man set to testify in a high-profile case against a failed tech startup, and the washed-up star of an ‘80s detective series. (March 21)
In this sequel to The Other Merlin, a wizard’s apprentice in Camelot struggles to control both her magic and her growing feelings for Prince Arthur. (March 21)
In this novella, a boy sets out across the Forever Desert in search of water that will save both his mother and his entire city. (March 21)
In 1915 Montana, a young woman sets up a homestead she hopes is isolated enough to hide her terrible secret: whenever she opens the mysterious trunk she carries with her at all times, people begin to disappear. (March 21)
A selection of short stories from the Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick-award winning author. (March 21)
“Continuing in the aftermath of events of The Wizard King Trilogy, this standalone story delves deeper into the Tralodren cosmos and the gods who call it home, revealing the formation of a new era for both god and mortal alike.” (March 21)
The sequel to The Left-Handed Booksellers of London tells another tale of enchanted booksellers who must battle sinister magic to protect the mortal world. (March 21)
Vampire hunter and Preternatural U.S. Marshal Anita Blake returns for a new mystery involving her husband-to-be, who happens to be America’s vampire king—a pairing that befuddles both humans and vampires, but will prove to be their biggest asset when they face both a serial killer and an ancient evil. (March 21)
The acclaimed short-story author’s first novel is a frontier tale set on Mars, circa 1931, with a 14-year-old heroine seeking revenge on behalf of her shattered family. (March 21)
“A queer Rapunzel retelling where a witch and a vampire who trust no one but themselves must journey together through a cursed forest with danger at every turn.” (March 21)
A failed children’s television host has trouble pulling himself from the shadow of his grandfather, a famous children’s fantasy author—a situation that gets worse when he’s yanked into Underhill, the not-so-whimsical world where the books are set. (March 28)
“Two long-lost siblings risk everything to save their mother from oblivion in an authoritarian near-future America obsessed with digital consciousness and eternal life.” (March 28)
A new YA fantasy duology begins in this tale of a woman who v Source: Gizmodo