Twenty-five years after members of a religious cult committed mass suicide, the lone survivor returns to the scene of the tragedy with a documentary crew in tow.

All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep on Your Radar This Fall. Look, guys. This fall’s offering of books is huge. We’re not even going to suggest reading all of these, unless you yourself are some kind of alien or wizard capable of stopping time. However, we’ve gathered a stellar assortment for readers of all tastes to choose from, including a wide range of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and short stories. September. Acadie by Dave Hutchinson. The latest from Hutchinson (author of the Fractured Europe Sequence series) imagines that after a group of colonists engage in genetic tinkering across the galaxy, humans back on Earth decide they won’t stand for that kind of enhanced evolution—and go on the attack. She’ll have to return to the tough neighborhood where she grew up and find the killer before another victim falls.

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In Clade, there’s both an apocalyptic storm and a terrible pandemic lurking in the future, as well as a young man obsessed with bringing people (virtually) back from the dead. So he undertakes the ultimate long- distance race across a wasteland and against time as the apocalypse looms.

Martinez. The author’s second novel in his series about a covert, Cold War- era program called MAJESTIC- 1. Variants,” government agents with paranormal abilities. Their secret missions are dangerous enough, but a shadowy new enemy lurks that’s way scarier than the Soviet Union. The adrenaline junkies soon come to find that disease- ridden bugs are just one among many things they have to fear in the outer zone. Robert Cargill. It’s been 1. Most of the robot population feeds into the same AI, but a few resist—including scavenger Brittle, a kind of lone mechanical cowboy who wanders the ruins of the Midwest, grappling with an unfamiliar feeling: guilt.

Penumbra’s 2. 4- Hour Bookstore returns with this tale of an overworked San Francisco software engineer who gets into baking when she’s given a special sourdough starter. Free The Wedding Plan (2017) Online. But the local food market proves hard to crack, and she’s tempted by an offer that involves a strange new fusion of food and tech. When one rebel decides being tech support for the dead isn’t how he wants to spend his days, he soon learns he’s not alone in that desire. As women take on multiple husbands out of necessity, one man still hopes to find love despite the seemingly insurmountable odds.

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This is actually a collection of military science fiction stories by Carrie Vaughn (Bannerless), Elizabeth Bear (Shoggoths in Bloom), Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom), Genevieve Valentine (Persona), and many others. Anderson. Alien invaders bring advanced technology to Earth, but humans still struggle under their new rulers. A young couple figures out a creative way to capitalize on the aliens’ love of nostalgia (it involves 1.

What at first appears to be an obvious suicide soon gets very complicated. Is it a murder? If so, whodunnit? And will it completely derail the mission, potentially threatening the survival of the human race? After the catastrophic events of the first book, the ragtag survivors set about putting their lives back together—a task far easier said than done. The trio soon very much regrets their shenanigans, because while disturbing a haunted skeleton is one thing, disturbing a skeleton of something demonically haunted is way worse. Her life takes a very strange turn when the game’s creator hires her to go undercover at the global Warcross tournament—a gig that soon turns more perilous than she’d ever imagined. But her creations aren’t without dangerous side effects, so a military agent and his robot partner head out in pursuit.

Read an excerpt here. Passing herself off as the “chosen one” who can defeat the menacing Ancients is task number one, but she’s also trying to save her best friend, who’s slowly turning evil thanks to his poisoned blood. Contributors include Hugo and Nebula winner Ken Liu, Rysa Walker (the Chronos Files series), and Daniel Arthur Smith (Tales From the Canyons of the Damned). You can pre- order the e- book now, with a print edition coming soon. He’s dying to know more about her, but his curiosity drags him into a high- stakes world of ever- changing American history (and present, and future).

Instead, she finds political upheaval has pushed things to the brink of interstellar war—and she’ll need that ex- con’s help if she wants to save the world. Yang. These interconnected (yet standalone) “silkpunk” fantasy novellas follow the lives of twins, one of whom is a prophet who loses an arm and gets a lizard appendage as a replacement. Author Yang describes the books as “Dragon Age meets Jurassic World meets Star Wars meets Mad Max,” and we really can’t do better than that. See both gorgeous book covers up close and read an interview with the author here. This one, a collaboration with his son Owen, is a scifi tale that imagines a world where almost all women have retreated into permanent dream states, safe in protective cocoons.

How will men handle an all- male world—and how will they react to the one woman left on Earth who’s still awake? But there’s a darkness looming that’s caused the magic to weaken, and the one person whose gifts are powerful enough to stop it isn’t sure she’s willing to step up and help. Notable authors include Peter S. Beagle, N. K. Jemisin, Catherynne M. Valente, and Genevieve Valentine. Justifiably concerned, a man fights to save his brother from what certainly feels like a covert alien takeover in the making.

Authors in the trick- or- treat mix include Seanan Mc. Guire, Jonathan Maberry, Garth Nix, Jeffrey Ford, Brian Evenson, and Stephen Graham Jones.

Every entry includes a note from the author explaining its genesis. Molly number one has learned how to evade her murderous clones, but how long will she really be able to hide from herself? After barely surviving and seeing his family in chains, he sneaks off to gather a crew of friends and new allies, determined to fight back. But there’s no real way to prepare the kids for the incredible amounts of culture shock they’re about to face. Arsenault Rivera. Two goddess- warriors aim to fulfill their destiny by joining together to save their land—but it won’t be easy, as a long- held magic border wall has begun to crack and dauntingly evil forces will soon be upon them.

Martin, intriguingly titled “The Sons of the Dragon.” But! There are also stories by Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, C. J. Cherryh, Ellen Kushner, and many more, all weaving swashbuckling tales of fantasy. Dao. A beautiful teenager with a royal destiny is haunted by dark magic in this East Asian fairy tale, a debut novel that offers a rich retake on the origin story of Snow White’s Evil Queen.

He’s always been a bit of an outcast, but he suddenly becomes the royal family’s greatest hope when he stumbles upon an ancient spell that could help thwart an assassination plot. Of more immediate concern, however, is the fact that a smartphone- app glitch has started allowing random wanderers into their magical realm. This volume is actually an expanded edition of Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, adding five newly- collected stories to the speculative bunch. Anderson’s Dune. Parker. Various battle- weary characters intersect in this first book in a new series, about a war that’s been going on so long there are few still alive who remember why it even started. This first entry in a new three- part work is set 1.

His Dark Materials series begins, and covers the early life of Lyra Belacqua and her daemon Pantalaimon. Making matters worse, there’s a murderer in their midst—and the Temple of One Thousand Monsters threatens to unleash something even more terrifying. Stearns. Unable to find legitimate work in their war- torn solar system, a pair of engineers decide to join up with a ragtag group of space pirates—but they’ll need to take down a sinister AI to earn their place with the crew. So far he’s doing a decent job at it, until he becomes pulled into a royal conspiracy that threatens his love, his life, and his world.