Genre: Science Fiction

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson Series: Spin #1 Genres: Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Published by Tor on March 31, 2005 Format: Hardcover Pages: 364 Spin is Robert Charles Wilson’s Hugo Award-winning masterpiece―a stunning combination of a galactic “what if” and a small-scale, very human story.  One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his backyard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives.  The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk―a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world’s artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they’d been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, a space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside―more than a hundred …

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Genres: Adult, Dystopian, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Speculative Fiction Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on May 2, 2023 Format: Hardcover Pages: 367 Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own.  Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant private prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiators and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom.  In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death-matches for packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, she considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games, but CAPE’s corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastating consequences.  Moving …

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston Genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Fiction, Magical Realism, Romance, Time Travel Published by Berkley on June 27, 2023 Format: eBook Pages: 368 An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.  Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.  So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.  And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. …

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown Genres: Adult, Adventure, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Time Travel Published by William Morrow on February 12, 2024 Format: eBook Pages: 413 Source: Goldsboro Books If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go?  In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It’s a book – an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at the very front there is a handwritten message to Cassie, telling her that this is the Book of Doors, and that any door is every door.  What Cassie is about to discover is that the Book of Doors is a special book that bestows an extraordinary powers on whoever possesses it, and soon she and her best friend Izzy are exploring all that the Book of Doors can do, swept away from their quiet lives by the possibilities of travelling to anywhere they want.  But the Book of Doors is not the only magical book in the world. There are other books that can do wondrous and dreadful things when wielded by dangerous and ruthless individuals – individuals …

Morning Star by Pierce Brown Series: Red Rising Saga #3 Genres: Adult, Asian Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller Published by Del Ray on 9780345539847 Format: Hardcover Pages: 525 Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.  Finally, the time has come.  But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied—and too glorious to surrender. Much like Darrow facing impossible odds against the forces of the Sovereign, Morning Star had the daunting task of concluding an epic that is monstrous in scale. Breaking the …