Valynne E Maetani Archives | The Nerd Daily https://thenerddaily.com/tag/valynne-e-maetani/ All Things Nerdy Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:47:30 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/thenerddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-Nerd-Daily-Logo-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Valynne E Maetani Archives | The Nerd Daily https://thenerddaily.com/tag/valynne-e-maetani/ 32 32 122026701 Q&A: Courtney Alameda & Valynne E. Maetani, Authors of ‘Seven Deadly Shadows’ https://thenerddaily.com/courtney-alameda-valynne-e-maetani-interview/ https://thenerddaily.com/courtney-alameda-valynne-e-maetani-interview/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.thenerddaily.com/?p=21174 We had the pleasure of chatting to authors Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani about their upcoming YA novel, Seven Deadly Shadows. Releasing on January 28th 2020, readers will discover a retelling of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, which follows a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness and it is perfect for fans of Marie Lu and Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows! The pair chat about its inspiration, what it’s like co-writing a book, upcoming book releases, and much more! You can […]

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]]> We had the pleasure of chatting to authors Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani about their upcoming YA novel, Seven Deadly Shadows. Releasing on January 28th 2020, readers will discover a retelling of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, which follows a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness and it is perfect for fans of Marie Lu and Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows!

The pair chat about its inspiration, what it’s like co-writing a book, upcoming book releases, and much more!

You can find Courtney on Twitter and Instagram and Valynne on Twitter and Instagram.

Hi Courtney & Valynne! With the new year, what are three things you both are looking forward to or hoping to achieve?

C: I can’t believe it’s 2020! This year, I’m hoping to write my first adult fantasy/horror novel. I’m also going to attempt some difficult new bakes (for me). Thirdly, I’d like to work on learning Korean to better enjoy all my favorite K-pop tracks!

V: Having gotten married recently, I’m also looking forward to spending time with my new husband and kids. But most of all, I am looking forward to having this book released!

Seven Deadly Shadows releases on January 28th. If you could only describe your book in five words, what would they be?

C: Action-packed, thrilling, fast-paced, monstrous, and brave.
V: Fresh, fantastical, vibrant, diverse, and artistic

Now tell us a little more! What can readers expect?

C: SEVEN DEADLY SHADOWS is a love letter to Japanese pop culture, and has been inspired by some of the world’s best storytellers: Kurosawa. Miyazaki. CLAMP. Kubo. Ohba and Obata. And so many, many more. Whether or not you’re familiar with Japanese culture, I hope you thoroughly enjoy Kira’s story!

V: Seven Deadly Shadows is set in modern day Japan. Readers can expect a world that is rich in the culture and one that honors Japanese traditions, while following a storyline full of mystery and adventure.

Where did the inspiration for Seven Deadly Shadows come from?

C: If I recall correctly, it started with a tweet. Valynne and I had been talking about writing a novel for years; and during a Twitter conversation about SEVEN SAMURAI, someone mentioned yokai and shinigami and it was all downhill from there.

V: We both have a love for the film Seven Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa. In addition, we share a passion for anime and manga.  Combining all of these things into one project seemed irresistible.

How did you go about co-writing the novel?

C: Co-writing a novel in one voice is difficult, but not impossible. In general, I’d first draft the odd-numbered chapters, and Valynne drafted the even ones. I’d revise the even-numbered chapters, and she revised the odd.

We had a verbal framework for the first draft—we’d meet weekly to discuss where we wanted the novel to go; but by the second draft, we needed a hard outline to make it all work. I’m not a great outliner, but I learned!

V: Originally we met to discuss the major themes of the book and how we would go about making the book alternated chapters, but we found that in the end

Do each of you have a favourite scene, character, or moment that you really love?

C: My favorite scene in the novel is the introduction of O-bei Katayama, the first shinigami that Kira encounters. I remember the night I wrote it, being up alone in a houseful of people over Thanksgiving, unable to sleep. I turned to the keyboard and found myself standing before a demon queen.

In every novel, there always comes a point when the book “wakes up,” so to speak; that night, SEVEN DEADLY SHADOWS woke up and stared me straight in the eye.

V: My favorite scene is the introduction of the grandmother.  There’s something so macabre and unexpected about her that makes me all kinds of happy.

Every author has a different approach when it comes to writing. What is yours like? Do you share any similarities?

C: I’m very invested in my projects—they tend to take up large spaces in my intellectual life. I let them grow organically, and only put them on the page when they are no longer content to live in my head.

I spend a lot of time outlining these days. Each of the projects I’m working on is very ambitious in its own way, and requires a clear, detailed plan of execution.

V: I am a plotter. I like to know how every scene is going to go before it gets on the page. Courtney is much better at letting the story happen organically.  I actually wish I could write more like that because I think there is a lot of creativity in the discovery process.

What’s next for you both? Any plans of co-writing another book in the future?

C: I’m currently researching a historical horror set in Paris during the Belle Epoque; developing a YA sci-fi world and mythos for [redacted—sorry, if I told you I’d have to kill you!]; and writing a brutal, feminist adult fantasy novel. I’ve also got another comic in the works.

I co-write/create on a lot of different projects—I tend to think it creates a stronger work overall!

V: I am currently working on a companion book for my debut novel, Ink and Ashes. I’m also working on another mystery/suspense young adult novel which involves two childhood friends.

Lastly, do you have any book recommendations for us? Any 2020 releases you’re looking forward to?

C: I’m currently reading Ryan Graudin’s YA novel INVICTUS, which is fantastic. If you haven’t read Madeline Miller’s CIRCE, you’re missing out on one of the most gorgeous books of this decade. My agent recently recommended GIDEON THE NINTH to me, which is also excellent.

Insofar as 2020 releases are concerned, I’m really looking forward to EMPIRE OF GOLD by S.A. Chakraborty, DARK AND DEEPEST RED by Anna-Marie McLemore, and I think Robin LaFevers has a new one out next year, too!

V: I cannot wait for My Calamity Jane, written by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Reamer.

Will you be picking up Seven Deadly Shadows? Tell us in the comments below!

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]]> https://thenerddaily.com/courtney-alameda-valynne-e-maetani-interview/feed/ 0 21174 January 2020 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Book Releases https://thenerddaily.com/january-2020-fantasy-sci-fi-books/ https://thenerddaily.com/january-2020-fantasy-sci-fi-books/#respond Sat, 04 Jan 2020 20:00:17 +0000 https://www.thenerddaily.com/?p=19055 If 2020 already seems daunting to you, then perhaps it’s time to bury your nose in a new book! These January fantasy and sci-fi releases will whisk you away into a new world or immerse you in an exciting story! January sees the release of new books from authors William Gibson, Joanna Kavenna, Charlie N. Holmberg, and Melissa Albert, along also debuts from authors Simon Jimenez and Francesca Flores! Plus there’s some exciting retellings including a gender-swapped sci-fi YA retelling […]

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]]> If 2020 already seems daunting to you, then perhaps it’s time to bury your nose in a new book! These January fantasy and sci-fi releases will whisk you away into a new world or immerse you in an exciting story!

January sees the release of new books from authors William Gibson, Joanna Kavenna, Charlie N. Holmberg, and Melissa Albert, along also debuts from authors Simon Jimenez and Francesca Flores!

Plus there’s some exciting retellings including a gender-swapped sci-fi YA retelling of Cinderella, a retelling of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, and a gender-swapped retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo.

Read on to discover our picks and tell us if you will be picking up any of these fantasy and sci-fi releases!

The God Game by Danny Tobey, Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers, Agency by William Gibson, Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani

The God Game by Danny Tobey
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Charlie and his friends enter the G.O.D. Game, a video game run by underground hackers and controlled by a mysterious AI that believes it’s God. Through their phone-screens and high-tech glasses, the teens’ realities blur with a virtual world of runes, gods, mythical creatures, and more. But then the threatening messages start. Worship me. Obey me. Who else is playing this game, and how far will they go to win?

Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers
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A princess fleeing an arranged marriage teams up with a snarky commoner to foil a rebel plot in B. R. Myers’ Rogue Princess, a gender-swapped sci-fi YA retelling of Cinderella.

Agency by William Gibson
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In William Gibson’s first novel since 2014’s New York Times bestselling The Peripheral, a gifted “app-whisperer” is hired by a mysterious San Francisco start-up and finds herself in contact with a unique and surprisingly combat-savvy AI.
Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani
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This thrilling YA retelling of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai features a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Marie Lu.

Diamond City by Francesca Flores, Zed by Joanna Kavenna, The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez, Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim

Diamond City by Francesca Flores
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Fierce and ambitious, Aina Solís as sharp as her blade and as mysterious as the blood magic she protects. After the murder of her parents, Aina takes a job as an assassin to survive and finds a new family in those like her: the unwanted and forgotten.

Zed by Joanna Kavenna
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From the winner of the Orange Award for New Writing comes a blistering, satirical novel about life under a global media and tech corporation that knows exactly what we think, what we want, and what we do–before we do.

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
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A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever in this captivating debut of connection across space and time.

Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
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Packed with high-stakes adventure, romance, and dueling identities, this gender-swapped retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo is the first novel in an epic YA fantasy duology, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Sabaa Tahir, and Leigh Bardugo.

The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg, The Night Country by Melissa Albert, The Heap by Sean Adams, Strange Exit by Parker Peevyhouse

The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg
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A spellbinding story of truce and trickery from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician series.

The Night Country (The Hazel Wood #2) by Melissa Albert
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In The Night Country, Alice Proserpine dives back into a menacing, mesmerizing world of dark fairy tales and hidden doors. Follow her and Ellery Finch as they learn The Hazel Wood was just the beginning, and that worlds die not with a whimper, but a bang.

The Heap by Sean Adams
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Blending the dark humor of Patrick deWitt and the jagged social and techno-satire of Black Mirror, an audacious, eerily prescient debut novel that chronicles the rise and fall of a massive high-rise housing complex, and the lives it affected before—and after—its demise.

Strange Exit by Parker Peevyhouse
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Strange Exit is Parker Peevyhouse’s next suspenseful, near-future, stand-alone thriller, perfect for fans of Kass Morgan’s The 100 and Patrick Ness’s More Than This.

Will you be picking up any of these fantasy and sci-fi releases? Tell us in the comments below!

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Get ready to escape 2020 with its upcoming fantasy and sci-fi book releases! While there’s many, many exciting new books being released this year, we’ve picked a few titles that are releasing between January and June this year!

There’s plenty of favourites authors releasing new books, including Sarah J. Maas, Mark Lawrence, Veronica Roth, Max Brooks, Sarah Gailey, Yoon Ha Lee, and Tamsyn Muir, along with debut authors releasing their first novels!

Read on to discover our picks and tell us in the comments below if you are looking forward to any of them!

JANUARY

January 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

A Queen in Hiding by Sarah Kozloff
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Debut author Sarah Kozloff offers a breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy of a ruler coming of age in A Queen in Hiding, and all four books will be published within a month of each other, so you can binge your favourite new fantasy series.

Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani
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This thrilling YA retelling of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai features a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Marie Lu.

Agency by William Gibson
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
In William Gibson’s first novel since 2014’s New York Times bestselling The Peripheral, a gifted “app-whisperer” is hired by a mysterious San Francisco start-up and finds herself in contact with a unique and surprisingly combat-savvy AI.
The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository

A spellbinding story of truce and trickery from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician series.

January 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository

Packed with high-stakes adventure, romance, and duelling identities, this gender-swapped retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo is the first novel in an epic YA fantasy duology, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Sabaa Tahir, and Leigh Bardugo.

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository

A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever in this captivating debut of connection across space and time.

Zed by Joanna Kavenna
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository

From the winner of the Orange Award for New Writing comes a blistering, satirical novel about life under a global media and tech corporation that knows exactly what we think, what we want, and what we do–before we do.

The Heap by Sean Adams
Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository

Blending the dark humour of Patrick deWitt and the jagged social and techno-satire of Black Mirror, an audacious, eerily prescient debut novel that chronicles the rise and fall of a massive high-rise housing complex, and the lives it affected before—and after—its demise.

FEBRUARY

February 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
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A. K. Larkwood’s The Unspoken Name is a stunning debut fantasy about an orc priestess turned wizard’s assassin.

The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
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A former soldier turned PI tries to help the fantasy creatures whose lives he ruined in a world that’s lost its magic in a compelling debut fantasy by Black Sails actor Luke Arnold.

The Seventh Sun by Lani Forbes
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Rich in imagination and romance, and based on the legends and history of the Aztec and Maya people, The Seventh Sun brings to vivid life a world on the edge of apocalyptic disaster.

Finna by Nino Cipri
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Nino Cipri’s Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the multiverse has to offer with the everyday awfulness of low-wage work. It explores queer relationships and queer feelings, capitalism and accountability, labour and love, all with a bouncing sense of humour and a commitment to the strange.

February 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
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In Upright Women Wanted, award-winning author Sarah Gailey reinvents the pulp Western with an explicitly antifascist, near-future story of queer identity.

Mazes of Power by Juliette Wade
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This debut work of sociological science fiction follows a deadly battle for succession, where brother is pitted against brother in a singular chance to win power and influence for their family.

A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers
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A young witch is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes, as both troubled muse and frustrated artist, in this haunting debut novel.
The Unwilling by Kelly Braffet
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An epic tale of greed and ambition, cruelty and love, this deeply immersive novel is about bowing to traditions and burning them down.

MARCH

March 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas launches her brand-new CRESCENT CITY series with House of Earth and Blood: the story of half-Fae and half-human Bryce Quinlan as she seeks revenge in a contemporary fantasy world of magic, danger, and searing romance.

Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco
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An unforgettable alternative history fairytale series from the author of The Bone Witch trilogy about found family, modern day magic, and finding the place you belong.

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
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Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.

The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee
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In the sequel to The Fever King, Noam Álvaro seeks to end tyranny before he becomes a tyrant himself.

March 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag
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The critically acclaimed author of The House at the End of Hope Street combines love, mystery, and magic with her first foray into bewitching fantasy with a dark edge evocative of V.E. Schwab and Neil Gaiman.

Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer
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Modern witchcraft blends with ancient Celtic mythology in an epic clash of witches and gods, perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic trilogy and A Discovery of Witches.

Cries from the Lost Island by Kathleen O’Neal Gear
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This standalone fantasy brings an ancient Egyptian mystery to life against a modern background, in a tale expertly crafted by a seasoned anthropologist

The Raven and the Dove by Kaitlyn Davis
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Four fates collide in this avian-inspired, epic fantasy retelling of Tristan and Isolde perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Sabaa Tahir, and Leigh Bardugo!

APRIL

April 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
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The first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise: five twenty-something heroes famous for saving the world when they were teenagers must face even greater demons—and reconsider what it means to be a hero…by destiny or by choice.

Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross
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A forest, besieged. A queen, unyielding. Fans of Leigh Bardugo and Holly Black will devour this deliciously dark Eastern European–inspired YA fantasy debut.

Looking Glass by Christina Henry
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In four new novellas, Christina Henry returns to the world of Alice and Red Queen, where magic runs as freely as secrets and blood.

The Glass Magician by Caroline Stevermer
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A gilded menagerie rules a Gilded Age: Bears and Bulls are not only real, but dominate humanity in The Glass Magician, an amazing historical fantasy by Caroline Stevermer.

April 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

Repo Virtual by Corey J. White
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Corey J. White’s debut novel Repo Virtual blurs the lines between the real and virtual in an action-packed cyberpunk heist story.

Goldilocks by Laura Lam
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Ravaged by environmental disaster, greed and oppression, our planet is in crisis. The future of humanity hangs in the balance – and one woman can tip it over.

The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
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The first in a gripping new trilogy, The Book of Koli charts the journey of one unforgettable young boy struggling to find his place in a chilling post-apocalyptic world. Perfect for readers of Station Eleven and Annihilation.

The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence
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A stunning new epic fantasy series following a young outcast who must fight with everything she has to survive, set in the same world as Red Sister.

MAY

May 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
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A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse…

Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
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Our heroes are back . . . kind of. From the bestselling co-authors of the Illuminae Files comes the second book in the epic Aurora Cycle series about a squad of misfits, losers, and discipline cases who just might be the galaxy’s best hope for survival.

Feathertide by Beth Cartwright
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Feathertide is an enchanting, magical novel perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale.

Lobizona by Romina Garber
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In Lobizona, the first in the Wolves of No World series, bestselling author Romina Garber weaves together Argentine folklore and what it means to be illegal in a timely, intimate, and emotionally powerful narrative.

May 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

Devolution by Max Brooks
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The #1 bestselling author of World War Z takes on the Bigfoot legend with a tale that blurs the lines between human and beast—and asks what we are capable of in the face of the unimaginable.

The Eleventh Gate by Nancy Kress
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Despite economic and territorial tensions, no one wants the city-states of the Eight Worlds to repeat the Terran Collapse by going to war. But when war accidentally happens, everyone seeks ways to exploit it for gain.

Empress of Flames by Mimi Yu
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In this dark, sweeping fantasy perfect for fans of Girls of Paper and Fire and Wicked Saints, two princesses must save their home, no matter the cost.

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
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In a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic, a desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial lady find a connection on the high seas.

JUNE

June 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
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Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor’s haunted space station.

The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant
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Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris’s criminal underground in the wake of the French Revolution.

The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
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The Obsidian Tower begins a bold new epic fantasy trilogy in which the broken magic of one woman will either save an entire continent-or completely destroy it.

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
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For generations the empire has spread across the world, nigh-unstoppable in their advance. Its power depends on its automata, magically animated and programmed with sigils and patterns painted in mystical pigments. A symbol-painter – themselves a colonial subject – is frustrated in their work when their supply of Phoenix Extravagant dries up, and sets out to find the source. What they’ll discover is darker than anything they could have imagined…

June 2020 Fantasy Sci-Fi Books

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes a reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico—and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets.

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
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A fast-paced, well-plotted fantasy retelling of an ancient Scottish fairy tale ballad, this exciting debut will appeal to fans of Stephanie Garber’s Caraval, Shea Ernshaw’s The Wicked Deep, and Kendare Blake’s Three Dark Crowns.

Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson
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The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in this timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City at the dawn of WWII.

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
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Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy that combines the vibrancy of old school martial arts movies with characters drawn from the margins of history.

What 2020 fantasy or sci-fi book are you looking forward to? Tell us in the comments below!

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