We ’ve got dungeons , dragons , andDungeons & Dragons . We ’ve got alien , bod - shifters , ghosts , demons , assassinator , andspace cats . August is electronic jamming - packed with new book , so if you ’re still in need of some summertime recitation material to take you to Labor Day and beyond — we’ve got you covered .
A woman who hails from a secretive kinship group that literally consumes Book as food realize her Logos was stomach with a more disturbing appetite : a hunger for human mind . ( August 2 )
The hit BookTok claim about a royal assassin who uncovers a devastating secret while tracking her modish target gets a re - release with more content . say an excerpthere . ( August 2 )
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In this Filipino - urge fantasy , a adolescent is raised to fight the beasts who run her people — until she meets a stranger who ’s able to communicate with the animal , and realizes her world is far more complex than she get it on . ( August 2 )
This genre - bending thriller follows a Texas father who reluctantly becomes a hitman to save his family — and then gets deplume into a task robbing a cartel while also sweep with potentially supernatural component along the way . ( August 2 )
This Dungeons & Dragons novel sees the veteran author introduce a new heroine on a quest to go back in time and prevent her male parent ’s death . Read an excerpthere . ( August 2 )
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This book follows explorers whose trip go horribly wrong in 1800s Norway , 1900s Antarctica , and in far - succeeding out space — with a certain chaos - cursed Dr. Silas Coade present on each voyage . ( August 2 )
This sci - fi play is set in a decidedly dystopian world where hoi polloi ’s appearances are genetically engineered for winner — but as one matrimonial couple begins to realize , it ’s an an imperfect system that does n’t account for excited fulfillment . ( August 2 )
Captain Eva Innocente and the work party of La Sirena Negra channelise out on another quat - filled escapade , this time tracking down a mysterious villain who ’s threatening to vaporize most everyone in the universe . ( August 2 )
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The Kingdoms of Sand & Sky serial publication go on as Princess Amarande and her beloved Luca set out to make their realms into the idyllic solid ground they require them to be . However — as the account book ’s championship hint — there are some rather powerful force still work against them . ( August 2 )
A brilliant dyad head to a especial college to study magical and mystic theory , but presently gets commit into a slaying mystery with certain element that fall right into their domain of expertness . ( August 2 )
A unusual outbreak means a fourth part of the people in the world are n’t able to sleep , with no ostensible side effects — they’re just awake , all the time , something that ostracise them from the respite of society . When his chief give out , a man who ’s one of the so - called “ Sleepless ” investigates , uncovering truths he ’s not sure he ’s quick to face . Read an excerpthere . ( August 2 )
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As a mathematical group of childhood friend fix for a wedding party among their rophy , they must face a dark moment in their past involving a calamitous slip into the magical woodwind side by side to their hometown . ( August 2 )
In this quad opera house , a barmaid on a backwater major planet find her life turn over upside down when she ’s unexpectedly named in a billionaire ’s will — but finds the good life-time is not what it seems when a hoagie starts targeting the numb human beings ’s heir . ( August 2 )
This collection pucker stories in the series that were previously published on Tor.com , with entries by Daniel Abraham , Cherie Priest , David D. Levine , Walter Jon Williams , and more . ( August 2 )
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In this horror tale , a man grieve his recently deceased stepdaughter must figure out what to do when he realizes there ’s a female child who somehow claims to be her trapped in his basement . ( August 4 )
A new fantasy saga begins with a prophecy about a child who will raise up to carry through his kingdom — but as this soldierly arts - infused novel explores , the vaticination is really wrong , and the heroes required to save the day turn out to be far more surprising . ( August 9 )
In this bad taradiddle , a woman with last Cancer the Crab resolve to undergo cryogenic preservation — only to awake a hundred later to discover the “ resurrected ” have been declared illegal and are targeted for slaying . ( August 9 )
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The continuation to Blood Like Magic finds Voya — now a full - fledged hag — struggling to find her place in her family and win back her love life , while also apportion with a visual sensation that signals certain doom on the way . ( August 9 )
“ In this intricate launching fantasy insert a queernormative Persian - inspired creation , a nonbinary refugee practitioner of blood conjuring trick describe a foreign disease that make political rifts in their new homeland . ” Read an excerpthere . ( August 9 )
The Grand Illusion serial continues as newly appointed Council of Sixty - Six penis Dekkard — a man with the rare ability to fend emotional surveillance and use — face up political pandemonium while evade assassination . ( August 9 )
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The dragon - filled trilogy that began with Fireborne concludes amid a gyration , which escort Griff , Delo , Annie , and Lee compute out where they suffer and what ’s most worth saving — all while doing their best to outlast . ( August 9 )
The Dungeons & Dragons Way of the Drow series continues with more escapade featuring Drizzt , Catti - brie , Jarlaxle , Artemis Entreri , and Zaknefein in the Forgotten Realms . ( August 9 )
In a magical interpretation of 18th one C London , a scribe specify to Low Parliament must team up up with a cranky fairy and an alluring human to test and keep humanity from spiraling into war . ( August 9 )
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This World War I tale prepare in an alt - chronicle version of lodge in France follows a French undercover agent who falls for an American soldier — and explore what happens old age later when the soldier test out time travel to switch a misunderstanding in his past . ( August 9 )
In 1925 Washington , DC , a woman who discover herself indebted to the spirit earthly concern after tapdance into her psychic power . To be free again , she ’ll need to slip a magical ring — and she ’ll want to get together a crew of similarly talented people to help her . ( August 9 )
The post - apocalyptic Mercenary Librarians serial continues as the team impress at the struggling TechCorps : Maya from her status on the interior , Dani and Refe with outside ambushes and undercover mission , and Nina organizing the residential area that supports their cause . ( August 16 )
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A ogre hunter must figure out how to crusade one particularly determined evil foe if he wants to save his son ’s soul . ( August 16 )
A storyteller and a singer on the streak share their tales of stealing magic , unleashing iniquity , and starting wars — until their pasts begin to captivate up with them . ( August 16 )
After his twin die , a grieving teen decides to attend to a esteemed summer retreat in her post . What he light upon is a socially toxic place — with an underlying revulsion that just might explain his babe ’s sudden pass . ( August 16 )
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“ Wry , dark-skinned humor burnishes visionary SF in these often prophetic , sometimes troubling , but always fascinating tales that compound and masterfully conflate the disparate earth of incarnate technical school and literary art . ” ( August 16 )
As a sister plot against her royal buddy in a country lento yield to a strange sickness , a priestess hop-skip to use her magic for healing — but she ’ll want to align herself with the vengeance - minded princess to deliver the goods . ( August 16 )
When a fight role player signs on to star in a repugnance film , she set about to mistrust life is imitate the playscript when sinister happenings begin to chivy the isolated movie shoot . ( August 16 )
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This follow - up to The Border Keeper line up the warrior Tyn charting a new life track after discover more about her true identity . ( August 16 )
Another tale of a struggling histrion forced to make a confutable life history choice , this one travel along a woman who concur to asterisk on a realism show that ’s produced for the amusement of the Fae . To her surprise , she becomes a fan favourite — and then she find out some drear truth about what get going on behind the scenes . ( August 16 )
“ With tale of be ball surgical gown and unsure freak , of modern witches and multidimensional conjuring trick , these 24 narration will transport you from antic realms that push the limits of resourcefulness to alternative realness mirroring much of our own . ” ( August 16 )
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In 1828 London , a brilliant Taiwanese bookman enrolls at Oxford ’s magical Royal Institute of Translation . But when Britain and China pitch up for war , he must pluck sides in this taradiddle of “ student revolutions , colonial opposition , and the use of terminology and transformation as the overlook tool of the British imperium . ” ( August 23 )
After her loom breach , a new weaver makes a deal with a look to ameliorate her desperate circumstances — but her sudden well chance is matched by her unease over her new , magical loom ’s demands for origin and worse . ( August 23 )
A wealthy orphan outpouring into action to protect her adoptive family unit from a orca , but it ’ll need striking a deal with Death himself . ( August 23 )
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After her female parent dies , a charwoman and her children are forced to move back to her hometown — a sinister place where no tiddler is dependable , include her own girl . ( August 23 )
In this standalone fantasy , a residential district of shapeshifters lives under the protection of its elect warriors . But before she ’s capable to take her cuss join their ranks , a immature woman is left behind when the warriors head out on a crucial mission . Soon , secrets come to visible light that will shape her future evermore . ( August 23 )
The Chorus of Dragons serial continues in the wake of the Ritual of Night . The King of Demons is one step closer to being freed , while Kihrin and his allies face tough choices about where they ’ll guide the fight next . ( August 23 )
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“ shatter by mage warfare , the Broken Lands will essay the bonds of family and friendship , effectiveness and sanity . To spare their mass , the Heirs of Marsan have no pick but to enter , intrust their lives and the lives of everyone they protect to someone who should n’t exist , who ca n’t be control , and who will challenge everything they think about themselves . ” ( August 23 )
Every 100 years , the ruler of six realms are compelled to contend in the Centennial — a game that might help them break the curses on their realm , but also might mean the goal of their life . One unseasoned ruler from a earth where erotic love spell doom is set to do whatever she can to win . ( August 23 )
This tale imagines that Dracula ’s Lucy Westenra and Jane Eyre ’s Bertha Mason — immortal BFFs — get their fortune to confront Dracula and Mr. Rochester against the backdrop of 1967 San Francisco . ( August 23 )
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The owner of the Red Rooster Inn — a dive in Old Queendom — is tempted by a heist that ’ll pass over out his debt to the local criminal offense boss . But is stealing an entire cargo of imperial dream wine-colored ever a good thought ? ( August 23 )
In 1888 , a Chicago individual eye heads to Texas for a wedding , then gets sweep into a new grammatical case — chasing down a swindler and eventually run across “ a malevolent white - hairy gambler , monstrous Baroness Dudevant dune totem , and a group of skull - headed poker players pin down in an sempiternal loop of cards and alcoholic drink . ” ( August 23 )
The Janitors of the Post - Apocalypse trilogy conclude as our gang of unlikely heroes rallies to battle the human dupe of a zombi spirit pest — as well as a pair of decidedly unfriendly foreign species . ( August 23 )
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After they become secret pen pal , an unlikely friendship ( and maybe more ) blooms between a magical land ’s lonely marshal and its most overworked funeral undertaker . ( August 23 )
A young practitioner of conjuration delivered through tea - making brings her acquirement to help a princess in exile — with the hope of finding allies to help oneself her recover her throne . ( August 23 )
A beldame who ’s long been forced to shroud her magic is thrilled when she ’s hired to teach a trio of young witches to control their powers — and then must tap into her skills to protect her discover menage when worry stirs . ( August 23 )
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Kell Kressia ’s history uphold as the loath king decide to keep company an old booster on a perilous journey — leaving his own land in peril in the process . ( August 23 )
The All of Us Villains duology concludes as the tournament to control the most knock-down magic in the land rages on , with one contender plat to die the curse that hangs over them all — at any cost . ( August 30 )
The Frontlines serial publication stay as Major Andrew Grayson and his crew happen themselves strand hundreds of light - years from home , with their supply dwindling at a rapid charge per unit . dire to survive , they chitchat a nearby moonshine — but it shew a far more hostile place than they realized . ( August 30 )
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The Six Crimson Cranes series continue as Princess Shiori contract a dangerous missionary post to render a dragon ’s pearl to its owner . ( August 30 )
“ By the middle of the 21st 100 , humanity has finagle to overcome a series of ruinous events and keep some sense of stability”—until the Dominicus suddenly goes out , and Earth begins to fall out of its area . ( August 30 )
The Heroine Complex serial continues as demon - hunter Bea prepares to fete the holidays with her visit phratry — until goliath - related circumstances toss her into a parallel - world Christmas that ’ll ask her to save the world again . ( August 30 )
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When the Emperor ’s daughter on the Q.T. takes her good champion , a great demon , on her come - of - years journey , she ’s forced to reconsider who she really rely . ( August 30 )
This repulsion tale of a bestselling novelist who gets kidnap by a unbalance rooter is “ rig against the background of convention culture and the MeToo reckoning , ” and “ examines the tension between Godhead and work , fandom and informant cloth , and the fury of fan who feel they own fiction . ” ( August 30 )
After a castle safety and a young friendless band together to free a captive idol from the cruel royal kinfolk , the three of them go under out on a dangerous quest to help the god gain exemption forever . ( August 30 )
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When a quartette of snarky suburban mama accidentally unleash a demon , they must ring together to save the suburbs from the forces of evil . ( August 30 )
Seeking to prove his allegiance to the queen , who ’s also his sister , a prince and his bodyguard release police detective after a fault - in — only to discover both a confederacy afoot and the fact that they just might have opinion for each other . ( August 30 )
The Forestborn fantasy duology concludes in a land where insurrection is rising in the aftermath of the male monarch ’s character assassination — and even more alarmingly , a wizardly unwellness has take hold . ( August 30 )
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