February may be the shortest month , but it ’s jam - packed with Modern sci - fi and fantasy books — including title from big names like Marlon James , Ken Liu , and io9 co - founderCharlie Jane Anders ! Plus : runaway outer space princesses , fabulous monster , post - apocalyptic natural selection taradiddle , and long ton more , admit a few non - fiction picks .
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
The Man Booker Prize success ( A Brief chronicle of Seven Killings ) kicks off what ’s charge as his “ African Game of Thrones ” Dark Star trilogy , a portmanteau of story and fantasy the explores the saga of a missing small fry and the man named Tracker who ’s hired to find him — with the help ( and hindrance ) of configuration - stir animals and other awe-inspiring puppet . ( Feb. 5 )
Endgames by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The final book in the Imager Portfolio fantasy series finds immature ruler Charyn barely in dominance of a body politic that ’s on the brink of war , while a dim group aims to leverage their privilege into power and stomp out the Bob Hope of the less - golden once and for all . ( Feb. 5 )
Figuring by Maria Popova
This employment of non - fabrication trace the lives of historic figures “ whose public donation [ rose ] out of their unclassifiable and often heartbreaking private relationship to exchange the way we understand , experience , and appreciate the universe . ” The book ’s substantial - life history graphic symbol emphasize singular woman and include astronomer Maria Mitchell , poet Emily Dickinson , and biologist and generator Rachel Carson . ( Feb. 5 )
The Ingenius by Darius Hicks
Political deportation have resorted to crime to go in the unusual city where they ’ve been bar — a place cast out of space and prison term by alchemists that has grow over thousand of year into a sprawling , dangerous place . Escape seems insufferable , but that does n’t cease its most despairing occupier from stargaze of a way home . ( Feb. 5 )
The People’s Future of the United States edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams
This collection of “ badass ” brusk speculative fiction that aims to “ challenge tyrannous American myths , loose us from the choke hold of our account , and give us new futurity to think in ” is packed with contributions from acclaimed source likeN.K. Jemisin , Charles Yu , G. Willow Wilson , and io9 carbon monoxide gas - founding father Charlie Jane Anders . ( Feb. 5 )
Polaris Rising by Jesse Mihalik
A new blank opera house trilogy start as a princess lead on the run to void being coerce into an arranged marriage — which form for a few years , until she ’s captured by her angry ex - fiancé ’s family and must trust a fellow fugitive ( who just pass off to be a grievous crook ) to help oneself her lam again . ( Feb. 5 )
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
A new fantasy serial publication plain off as a stealer is deplumate from the street after being revealed as the long - drop off son of a disgraced prince — only to retrieve that happy endings do n’t necessarily play out like they do in the old fairy story , and also that not everyone is destined to be a hero . ( Feb. 5 )
Same Same by Peter Mendelsund
In this symbolic and satiric novel inspired by Thomas Mann ’s The Magic Mountain , a man toils at a prestigious institute located in a desert just outdoors of a large metropolis , until he has intellect to make a life sentence - changing sojourn to a shop where any item can be exactly reproduced .
Sisters of Fire by Kim Wilkins
The follow - up to Daughters of the Storm come up the five sisters have scatter since helping restore their father to his commode — and nobody ’s life is exactly burst with happiness , whether they ’re kick upstairs fry , maintain up with royal duties , or hit dragon . And thing might get worse before they get proficient , as one sister ’s grave secret is poise to get them back together again . ( Feb. 5 )
Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems by Theodora Goss
The World Fantasy Award success shares a new accumulation of verse form and stories inspired by Greco-Roman fairy tales but rework with an heart toward empowering their female characters . ( Feb. 5 )
Stray Moon by Kelly Meding
This sequel to Stray Magic blame back up with the Paranormal Marshals just as agent Shiloh Harrison is upgrade to supervene upon her recently - choke turncoat superscript . The reluctant new boss must deal with frustrating bureaucratism and severe supernatural mysteries when a case involving missing werewolves drops in her lap .
Strife’s Bane by Evie Manieri
The author roll up her Shattered Kingdom epic fantasy series by follow formidable former brand - for - hire Lahlil as she return home after stopping a fucking rebellion — only to find the kingdom in bedlam and in danger of falling to an previous enemy . ( Feb. 5 )
Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You by Scotto Moore
In this novella , a medicine blogger decides to investigate a mysterious new band whose songs have an peculiarly hypnotic effect anyone who listens to them — and finds out something rather unbelievable about the jumper lead singer . ( Feb. 5 )
All Roads End Here by David Moody
The sequel to One of Us Will Be beat by Morning ( set in the same population as the writer ’s Hater series , in which the public becomes overproduction by sudden , horribly violent soul - on - person blast ) sees Matthew Dunne eventually make it domicile … to a post - revelatory metropolis he no longer recognise . And as a self - instruct expert in “ Hater ” behavior , he ’s both an asset and terror to the populace once he come back . ( Feb. 12 )
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
The best - sell writer ofAll the Birds in the Sky(and , as we love to remind you , the Centennial State - father of io9 ) is back with a newfangled novel . It ’s set on a major planet that ’s permanently carve up between frozen night and blazing - hot twenty-four hours , where most people live in cities built on the borders between the extremes — and a youthful woman who finagle to live after being ostracise into the darkness just might take hold the key to saving the world . ( Feb. 12 )
The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-Jung, translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl
This is a mark - young translation of a very erstwhile work , first published in the 17th century and considered a classic of Korean fiction . After he gives in to a forbidden enticement , a monk is punished by being transmigrate as “ the most ideal of men , ” and contract a journey to truly live and learn Buddha ’s teachings . ( Feb. 12 )
The Revenant Express by George Mann
The author ’s steampunk whodunit serial preserve with a case that begins in crisis : Veronica Hobbes , help to Sir Maurice Newbury , is in heroic motivation of an contrived heart . Newbury and Veronica ’s sister board a railroad train to collect the precious harmonium , but their journeying gets sidetracked when an honest-to-god nemesis appears along the way — and there ’s fuss involving the deliberate spread of a plague back home in London , too . ( Feb. 12 )
Terminal Uprising by Jim C. Hines
In this continuation to Terminal Alliance — set in a universe where aliens accidentally ( or not ) transformed almost all of Earth ’s human population into feral monsters — a bunch of heroic place janitor creep back to their devastated home planet to try and save the time to come of the human backwash and the beetleweed too . ( Feb. 12 )
The Test by Sylvain Neuvel
An “ immigration dystopia ” is the setting for this novel , which imagines a man ’s life taking an unexpected bout while he ’s completing a citizenship trial run in nigh - future tense Britain . ( Feb. 12 )
The Afterward by E.K. Johnson
Romantic gamey illusion about an improbable pair of rarified heroes — an learner knight longing for a stable hereafter , and a former street stealer having trouble get by with her newfound fame — who realise the quest they think had ended is actually far from over . ( Feb. 19 )
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation edited by Ken Liu
Acclaimed author and translator Ken Liu ( Invisible Planets ) presents his second anthology of very recent speculative fiction from China , with short story , novellas , and essay from a all-encompassing range of authors — including give name ( like Hugo winners Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang ) and some who are being bring out in English for the first fourth dimension . ( Feb. 19 )
Earth-Shattering: Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and Other Hazards to Life in Our Universe by Bob Berman
A veteran astronomy writer delves into the biggest burst in our universe ’s story — go with the Big Bang and be active on to other awesome examples of “ cosmic vehemence ” and cataclysmal catastrophes . ( Feb. 19 )
For the Killing of Kings by Howard Andrew Jones
A raw trilogy complain off with this epic fancy escapade about two kingdoms that have settled into a peace only because the ruler of one trust the other owns the mighty sword that ’s doom to kill him . When a lowly squire discovers the weapon system is a faux , with a cabal surrounding the truth , a desperate pursuance to preclude all - out war start . ( Feb. 19 )
Gates of Stone by Angus Macallan
In a sorcerous island realm , the destiny of three character are intertwined : a necromancer with world mastery on the brain , a young royal stag on the outpouring after being denied her patrimony ( and slaying her husband - to - be ) , and the local prince who obtain himself somewhat reluctantly drawn into the ruffle . ( Feb. 19 )
Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
This new novelette , rig in the same population as the author ’s short story “ A Dead Djinn in Cairo , ” returns to 1912 Egypt as a fresh case involving a mysterious tram car perplexes the factor of the Ministry of Alchemy , Enchantments , and Supernatural Entities . ( Feb. 19 )
Kellanved’s Reach by Ian C. Esslemont
The Path to Ascendancy trilogy concludes as an on-going warfare disquiet the various Byzantine rulers from some pressing new problems : a mage who ’s taken over a large swath of ocean , the rise of a semi - mythical army , and an ancient mystery the deed hero ca n’t balk . ( Update : The release for Kellanved ’s Reach has been moved to April . )
The Outcast Hours edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
A shortsighted - fiction anthology about character who live , body of work , and breathe in the darkness , with new report from China Miéville , Genevieve Valentine , Marina Warner , and many more . ( Feb. 19 )
Possible Minds: Ways of Looking at AI edited by John Brockman
This nonfictional prose body of work meet 25 scientists — specifically , “ people who have been thinking about artificial intelligence for most of their careers”—for an interrogatory of issues ring AI as it fend now , as well as how it will affect the future tense of humanity . ( Feb. 19 )
The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan by Caitlín R. Kiernan
A retrospective that gathers the dark fantasy and horror generator ’s standout works of poor fiction . ( Feb. 19 )
Where Oblivion Lives by T. Frohock
In 1932 Europe , a half - demon , half - Angel Falls must get across down a stolen fiddle and face up to a catastrophe in his distant past tense — only then can he summon a band of melodic angels to end a looming supernatural battle that could destruct all of humankind . ( Feb. 19 )
The Dysasters by P.C. and Kristin Cast
In this supernatural illusion , a teenaged girl who can control the weather ( among other strange talents ) must team up with a similarly - talented ( but right smart more pop at schooltime ) classmate when they realize they ’re both being tail by malevolent forces hellbent on rein their powers . ( Feb. 26 )
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
In a realm that was , until very recently , ruled by four queens , a adolescent thief and one of her marks accidentally become catch up in a dangerous and deadly royal conspiracy . ( Feb. 26 )
In the Land of the Everliving by Stephen R. Lawhead
The author ’s Eirlandia Celtic fantasy series continues as Conor and his sword - wield valet de chambre leave the earthly concern of the fagot to take on the uncivilized kinship group that are imperil their borders — a terror that will ask all of Eirlandia to work together in parliamentary law to repel . ( Feb. 26 )
Miss Violet and the Great War by Leanna Renee Hieber
The Strangely Beautiful series continues with this standalone risky venture , as the deed of conveyance case — a psychical who can communicate with wraith — attempts to use her gifts to help amid the chaos of World War I. ( Feb. 26 )
No Way by S.J. Morden
The sequel to One means find scrappy agonist Frank Kitteridge strand on Mars and specify to find a way home — an already - complicated task made even trickier when he realizes he ’s not as alone on the planet as he once assumed . ( Feb. 26 )
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
The Hugo , Nebula , and Arthur C. Clarke - winning writer leaps into a newfangled phantasy region with this story of a kingdom protect by the Raven , a god whose fade powers have brought novel vulnerability to the country . A warrior steps up to help , but he before long give away a sour enigma that could end everything . ( Feb. 26 )
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois
The pop annual science fiction anthology celebrates 35 eld of fib by collecting , as the title suggests , the very best of the best works from its robust history . ( Feb. 26 )
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