Adult SciFi, Fantasy & Horror

These science fiction, fantasy, and horror books are new to our shelves in the last 30 days (most recent on top).

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Tempest / Victoria Aveyard.
"Cat Rose knows what it is to live in two worlds, in two times. Before, as Lady Catrine of the Meridian Empire, chained to a loathsome lord with a dwindling fortune. And after, as the Widow Rose, queen of a pirate tavern in the Lyrian Sea, determined to b…
Kiss slay replay / Rachel Harrison.
"Every wedding guest's worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty and Play Nice. It's the picture-perfect wedding weekend: The venue is dreamy, the weather is beautiful, l…
Rider of dragons / A.T. Qureshi.
"She wants to race dragons Genevieve's family forbids her from joining the deadly dragon races. But she won't let them stop her. He's the trainer she doesn't want, but needs Without her family's money, nobody will train her. Desperate for help, she agr…
Scion / James Islington.
"My job, when you think about it, isn't so different from a lot of people's. The more old-fashioned crowd do still get hung up on the "killing people" part of it, I guess, but that's a them problem: it's been perfectly legal to take out lifers for ages. B…
The knave and the moon / Rachel Gillig.
"Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew, and Maude Bauer are rumored to be dead—and the king has taken Sybil Delling as his bride. To show off their union and solidify his power over Traum, Benji proposes a series of tournaments th…
Siren says : a novel / Jennifer Herrera.
"Twenty-five-year-old Raven Wynn knows that the ancient plant magic running through her veins brings nothing but destruction. It doomed her Welsh ancestors. It killed her mother. It’s the reason she’s now bound by a painful curse—one that will destroy her…
The queen's bodyguard : a novel / Lauren Blackwood.
"Queen Theora grudgingly agrees to make peace with the neighboring enemy who killed her predecessor and friend, making her the new monarch of Aranea, over a year ago. But that doesn’t mean she’s going to the negotiations unprotected. Theora quickly select…
Carrion Crow / Heather Parry.
"Marguerite Périgord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames. For company she has a sewing machine, Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, and a carrion crow who has come to nest in the raft…
And the sea gave up the dead : a novel / William Friend.
"When Morwenna receives a troubling call from her reclusive Aunt Bethan, she reluctantly returns to the family's crumbling chateau by the French seaside. Bethan has lived there alone for years—ever since her husband vanished in circumstances the locals ar…
The pumpkin bride / Fiona Buttercup.
"Some curses just need a cozy fire, a little magic, and a second chance to break them. A cursed knight. Sir Bram Duncan was once a knight of legend in Harvest Hollow—until the whim of a jealous prince and the trickery of an autumn sprite turned him into …
A snake among swans / Hannah Kaner.
"Tilde has always heard the whispers of the kithwood, the voices of her ancestors speaking through the mysterious forest of her homeland. But now both the kithwood and her kingdom are in danger, for Tilde is the only surviving heir of a conquered land. To…
Bee speaker / Adrian Tchaikovsky.
"The end of the world has been and gone. There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Only scores of storms, draughts, and selfish regional conflicts. Humanity was not granted a heroic end. Instead, it ble…
Earthbound : a novel / Saara El-Arifi.
"Lettle is on a quest to uncover the truth. Along with the human Alder, the last of his kind, she sets off on an arduous journey of discovery. But after a painful separation from King Rayan, she is struggling to find her way. Alder is determined to learn …
These vile hearts / Melody Robinette.
"Maddox Sinclair has run out of options. No job means no health insurance - a death sentence for a type one diabetic like herself. She flees to the forest to make a desperate deal with a dryad queen: kill the Redwood King and be cured of the illness that …
Lovecraft's brood : tales of cosmic horror / edited by Ellen Datlow.
"A prison guard and a convict have an affair fueled by the hallucinations of fungal spores. Squatters arrive in a weird train station where they unearth a strange idol. Researchers discover skin thieves instead of normal turtles. A mescal-tasting tour tur…
Never whistle at night. Part II, Back for blood : an indigenous horror anthology / edited by Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
"The bestselling Indigenous dark fiction anthology Never Whistle at Night returns with a new selection of even more daring and sinister stories. In these twenty-one brand-new, groundbreaking, gruesome stories - authored by both established and newly unear…
The calamities / Chuck Wendig.
"Mourning Mayne knows he'll one day bear the duty of managing his family's vast empire of wealth and power. But the feckless Mourning has always struggled to accept this legacy, which is one of cruelty, domination, and exploitation... and something even d…
A dance of burning blades / M. H. Ayinde.
"Tension simmers across the Nine Lands. In the capital, the people of Lordsgrave seethe with resentment after the horrors of the greyblood attack. Clan Adatali is in open rebellion against the king. And as war in the Feverlands rages on, a humble tree fel…
Dragonlance: war wizard. Vol 1 / Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman.
"Vinus Solamnus wrote: The practice of magic is secretive, inherently deceitful, and dishonorable. Those who practice magic are forbidden to enter the knighthood, nor should they be connected to the knighthood in any way. The boy with a rare gift for mag…
The inevitable undoing of Zahara Douglass / Leslye Penelope.
"In April 1994, Zahara watched her twin sister, Annica, get hustled into a stranger's car and disappear-only to return to a world where no one remembers Annica ever existed. Not her mother. Not the police. No one. Now, as the world braces for the looming …
A plagued sea / Kim Bo-Young ; translated by Sophie Bowman.
"While waiting for a train to Haewon, an isolated Korean seaside village, bodyguard Mu-young gets a disaster alert on her phone. TVs throughout the station report breaking news of a massive earthquake on the eastern coast. Despite the danger, Mu-young boa…
Reliquary / Hannah Whitten.
"When Claire’s fiancé mysteriously dies of an unknown neurological illness, she’s prepared to sink back into the lonely life she lived before. Orphaned by a freak boating accident in her childhood, she never expected to find connection like she did with E…
She haunts me still : a novel / De Elizabeth.
"After surviving a shadowed childhood, Mallory Webb is ready to start fresh as a theater major at her mother's alma mater, a sanitarium turned liberal arts university in Rhode Island. Landing the lead role in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet feels like a dr…
Them : a novel / W. H. Chizmar.
"A top-secret government project hits upon a revolutionary idea for transporting matter across the vast reaches of the universe, and it succeeds in bringing something back. Something alive. Soon, mankind’s reign comes to an abrupt halt when a truck haulin…
The witch queen / Heather Walter.
"The wicked queen's story did not end with a happily ever after. And she wouldn't have it any other way. With the king bound to her magic mirror and his daughter, the rightful heir, hidden away in the countryside, Queen Ayleth has the kingdom entirely at …
Settle down / Jeremy Robinson.
"When Clayton survives a plane crash, he figures the worst is over—but he's wrong—in this sci-fi genre mashup from the author of the Infinite Timeline series. Stranded on a thirty-acre island with a handful of art students, a grieving widow, and a growin…
The dungeon book : as told by Cornelius the Skull / Gareth Hanrahan.
"Enter a world of dungeons and dragons, magic and manticores, and goblins and gargoyles … Bait doesn’t remember a time before the dungeon. Before the dragon stole her from her cot. She doesn’t know what her name was before she was handed over to the mons…
Daggerbound / T. Kingfisher.
"Learned Edmund, a disillusioned scholar, is transporting yet another precious relic from one stuffy temple to a different stuffy temple. Another great adventure for the ages… But when Edmund is set upon by bandits, in desperation, he breaks the cardinal …
The divine gardener's handbook, or What to do if your girlfriend accidentally turns off the sun / Eli Snow.
"Cyprin grows perfect apples. No other worker tends the orchards like she can. Sick of living in a Jenga-esque megacity where she's never alone (there's always a rat), Cyprin dreams of a job in the Divine Gardens, tending to the plants overseen by God. He…
The castle & the cloister / Laura E. Weymouth.
"Two centuries ago, the Inver clan conquered the nation of Honoria, ushering in an era of blood. Now, after a period of fragile peace, a king’s whims may reignite the engines of war. At the last stronghold of Honoria’s sun goddess, Fia, a young postulant…
Steelborn / Taylor J. LaRue.
"Reya Connery became the Crimson Dagger, the most notorious thief in Rhiterra, by following a strict set of rules. One: There is no honor among thieves. Two: A good blade is key to any negotiation. Three: Only the dead keep secrets. And Reya has a secret …
Bedeviled / Laura Thalassa.
"It's been two thousand years since Selene Bowers first fell in love with Memnon Uvagukis, the sorcerer king of the Sarmatians. So when, at present, an unbreakable vow forces Selene to marry this soul mate she once died for, it is in many ways a dream mad…
Hell's half acre / Sherrilyn Kenyon.
"Being the heir to hell comes with enemies. Being a pawn in someone else's game? That's where Luke draws the line. Luke Tievel has always known his enemies outnumber his friends. When your inheritance is the underworld, that comes with the territory. But …
Be still my unbeating heart / Josh Winning.
"Bastian may be a vampire, but he doesn't bite. Not anymore, at least. These days, Bastian just wants to live his best undead life: visit charming Italian villages, maybe dance in the square with a cute boy, all with Whitby, his best friend (and magical t…
The infinite state / Richard Swan.
"THE INFINITE STATE begins at a flashpoint in the lives of a widowed party member, a disgraced investigator, and a hypersled pilot—entangled in a plot to escape the suffocating authority of a fascist state. WHO GIVES YOU LIFE? PATER AETERNUS. Katherine F…
To dance with death / Brittney Arena.
"Once a spy for the ruthless King Illian, Vasalie sacrificed herself to kill him and prevent a prophesied war. But Illian's brother, Anton-the king she allied with and began to love-struck a deal with Moranya, the goddess of the underworld, to bring Vasal…
Green thumb / Tom Cardamone ; [illustrated by Michael Bukowski]
"Mutability blooms in the Florida Keys after the Red War. The genie boxes created King Pelicans with single human hands to rule the ruins of half-drowned Miami...and other, stranger persons. Slavers roam the deep waters offshore, taking captives to feed t…
When squirrels fly : a novel / D.E. Carr.
"When Allie Caldwell gets a rambling middle-of-the-night call from her very excited aunt Mel, she initially curbs her concern; her aunt has always been a bit eccentric, after all. But when Mel disappears before telling anyone what has her so worked up, Al…
The last house on Earth / Death walks South Boston : a double creature feature / Christoph Paul.
The Last House on Earth: "An abducted couple find themselves under the thumb of nearly-omnipotent omniscient aliens, who use these humans to navigate a celestial haunted house said to hold the secrets of creation. Oh, and the house is trying to kill them.…
Grief eater / Emma Osborne.
"When Kristina rises from her violent death, she’s not the same fragile woman her family once abandoned. She’s rageful, powerful, and hungry—for the blood of the ones who were supposed to love her. With a newfound craving to see vengeance and grief served…
The Riven War / Eirien
"The Riven War is an epic fantasy novel that follows Eirien-a halfbreed seer-as she navigates life in the midst of a bloody civil war. Alone and wary in the Forest of Morhir, she finds herself in a state of constant, roving desperation: while humans and e…
Scrapped hope / Remy W. Anders
"They call me a troublemaker. A jinx. A hazard who doesn't know her limits. Fine. Let them talk. My name is Mita, and I’m the best derelict pilot on this trash-heap island, even if the Company owns the air I fly in and the minutes I breathe. My job is lur…
Twig's traveling tomes / Gryffin Murphy
"When visiting Twig’s Traveling Tomes, customers will get the exact book they need, even if it isn’t the one they want. As for the proprietor and renowned Book Witch, Louella Twig lives her life sequestered with her stories, just as she likes it. When dev…