Publisher: Bantam

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown Genres: Adult, British Literature, Fantasy, Magic, Urban Fantasy, Magical Realism Published by Bantam on August 11, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 352 Source: Goldsboro Books The world of unknowable objects – magical items that most people have no idea possess powers – has been quiet for decades . . .  But three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. They are pledged to protect their archive of magical items hidden away, safe from the outside world – and keep the world safe from them. But when Frank Simpson, the longest-standing member of the Society of Unknowable Objects, hears of a new artefact coming to light in Hong Kong, he sends the Society’s newest member, author Magda Sparks, to investigate.  Within hours of arriving in Hong Kong, Magda is facing death and danger, confronted by a professional killer who seems to know all about unknowable objects, specifically one that was stolen from him a decade before. Magda is forced to flee, using an artefact that not even the rest of the Society knows about.  Returning to London, Magda …

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao Genres: Adult, Asian Literature, Japanese Literature, Fantasy, Magic, Speculative Fiction Published by Bantam on January 13, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 374 Source: Illumicrate Would you rewrite your destiny if it meant losing a part of your past?  On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it.  Most will see only a cosy ramen restaurant. And just the chosen ones – those who are lost – will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets.  Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike other customers. For he offers help, instead of seeking it.  Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice – through rain puddles, hitching rides on paper cranes, across the bridge between midnight and morning and through a night market in the clouds.  But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own – and risk making a choice she …