Welcome to Future Fiction, my reimagining of the Waiting on Wednesday meme! There are so many amazing new books coming out, that I can no longer pick just one. My goal with Future Fiction is to share at least three new books each week, a combination of recent cover reveals and books that I’ve recently added to my TBR pile. I’m still going to be linking up with Wishful Endings/Can’t Wait Wednesday, and I also want to give a shout out to Jill at Breaking the Spine for starting the original Waiting on Wednesday meme. I hope you’ll find some new books to add to your TBR piles, and as always, I look forward to hearing what YOU’RE looking forward to:-D
This week, a couple of cover reveals, one for a sequel I’m dying to read, and the other for a book I just heard about last week. And I’ve got a horror debut to spotlight as well, so let’s get to it!
The sequel to Sue Burke’s epic SF debut, Semiosis, follows the colonists on Pax and a team from Earth as they confront a new, implacable intelligence
Over two hundred years after the first colonists landed on Pax, a new set of explorers arrives from Earth on what they claim is a temporary scientific mission.
The Earthlings think the humans are in charge of the settlement, dismiss the Glassmakers as “pets”, and fail to understand that the sentient plant, Stevland, is in charge. Even as Stevland attempts to protect his humans from the intrusion, a more insidious enemy than the Earthlings makes itself known.
The humans and the Glassmakers weren’t the only colonists on Pax, and this new arrival has no desire for peace—only conquest.
Interference (Semiosis Duology #2) by Sue Burke. Releases in October 2019 from Tor Books. I really loved Semiosis, the first book in the series, and I’m very curious to see where Burke takes her story in this second book. If you love stories about colonizing new worlds, then this is one series you won’t want to miss! And this cover is seriously pretty…
A combat warrior will risk everything to awaken the dragons and save her kingdom in Jillian Boehme’s epic YA Fantasy debut, Stormrise, inspired by Twelfth Night and perfect for fans of Tamora Pierce.
If Rain weren’t a girl, she would be respected as a Neshu combat master. Instead, her gender dooms her to a colorless future. When an army of nomads invades her kingdom, and a draft forces every household to send one man to fight, Rain takes her chance to seize the life she wants.
Knowing she’ll be killed if she’s discovered, Rain purchases powder made from dragon magic that enables her to disguise herself as a boy. Then she hurries to the war camps, where she excels in her training—and wrestles with the voice that has taken shape inside her head. The voice of a dragon she never truly believed existed.
As war looms and Rain is enlisted into an elite, secret unit tasked with rescuing the High King, she begins to realize this dragon tincture may hold the key to her kingdom’s victory. For the dragons that once guarded her land have slumbered for centuries . . . and someone must awaken them to fight once more.
Stormrise by Jillian Boehme. Releases in September 2019 from Tor Teen. I do love the “girl disguised as a boy” trope, and add in a dragon and this sounds like a bunch of fun! Although the dragon on the cover looks furry and I honestly just want to pet him:-D
A tender and terrifying literary horror novel–the author’s debut–that tells the story of a family (creators of a haunted house attraction called the Wandering Dark) and the hereditary monsters–both metaphorical and all-too-real–that haunt them.
Monsters both figurative and very literal stalk the Turner family. The youngest child, Noah, narrates the family history: how in the late ’60s, his bookish mother Margaret marries Lovecraft-lover Harry against her better judgment. The couple has two daughters–Sydney, born for the spotlight, and the brilliant but awkward Eunice, a natural writer and storyteller. But finances are tight, Margaret and Eunice are haunted by horrific dreams, and Harry starts acting strangely. He becomes obsessed with the construction of an elaborately crafted haunted house attraction, christened the Wandering Dark. The family tries to shield baby Noah from the house’s faux horrors, but unbeknownst to them, he’s being visited by a furry beast with glowing orange eyes–the same ghastly being glimpsed by both his mother and sister. However, unlike them, Noah decides to let the creature in . . .
As he approaches the conclusion of his family’s tale, it becomes more and more apparent that there’s only one way the story can end: with Noah making the ultimate sacrifice.
A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill. Releases in September 2019 from Pantheon Books. Pantheon is a publisher that isn’t really on my radar, so I’m not sure how I learned about this book. But I’m a sucker for “literary horror” and I’m very excited to read this debut! Plus, that cover is adorable, and I love the Lovecraftian tentacles!
Ouuuu! I didn’t realize Semiosis was getting a sequel. Interesting.
I just found out too, it sounds really good!
I still need to read Semiosis. I think I started the sample at one point but it wasn’t quite what I was hoping for. What did you think?
I really loved it. It wasn’t at all what I expected, though. But once I got into it I couldn’t stop reading.
Yeah- I didn’t dislike what I read, I just needed to reset expectations. I was expecting something kind of like The Ruins I think- more horror than intrigue.
Me too, I was thinking more violent horror, but I’m actually glad it wasn’t, I think the author did a great job of focusing on the relationships between humans and the native plants/creatures.
I want the Burke book and the dragon book!! Arrrr!
x The Captain
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You know I’m all over a book with tentacles. And I knew right away the Burke book was the sequel for Semiosis. I love when I can tell things like that. The cover of the dragon book looks good as well!
I just got approved for A Cosmology of Monsters on NetGalley, which is funny because I forgot I requested it:-)
I love all these covers and how they sound, but that one with the sea anemones, so gorgeous! Love the green, especially!
I love green covers too, this is one of my faves:-)
Ooh. All sound good — but of the three, Interference sounds most like a book I need!
It’s such a good series, I’m excited to jump back into this world:-)
Stormrise looks absolutely amazing! And anything compared to Tamora Pierce is bound to be fantastic! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I’m very curious about the comparison, hopefully it’s spot on!
I want all of them! Especially Interference!
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Don’t you love the cover for Interference??
These are all totally new to me and I feel like I need to know more! Great Picks!
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Okay, Stormrise sounds awesome. Definitely adding it to be TBR list.
I think so too, can’t wait!
Haha, the dragon on that one cover does look furry. The book sounds amazing though. I’m loving Tor Teen’s books this year!
I had a short twitter exchange with the author and she said the dragon has both fur and scales!
Interference is my favorite from these! Thanks for sharing!
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I’m so excited about it as well:-)
Hmmm. Semiosis caught my eye when it came out, and now Interference… love the look of those!
Semiosis was very cool, I’m excited to read the next book:-)
Yeah it’s been a great week for cover reveals, Sue Burke and Stormrise were two I had debated featuring as well so I’m glad to see them here! The last one is new to me, but I’m kind of a sucker for literary horror too!
Yep, so many cover reveals lately! It’s hard to keep up:-)
I like the colors on the first one! I’ve seen A Cosmology of Monsters on both EW and NG, I think, but idk if I like literary horror, I don’t think I’ve ever read that genre, so I’m undecided about whether I should request it. It sounds interesting though and has a neat cover!
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I just requested it and got approved on NetGalley, and I’m so curious to read it now. Plus the author was really nice on Twitter:-)
The cover for Storm Rise is beautiful, and the blurb so good SO GOOD!
Right?? I want to read it right now:-)
A Cosmology of Monsters sounds like a ton of fun! I might have to give that one a shot.
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I really like the first two 😀 those are awesome looking
Stormrise looks promising! I need to be careful, my TBR pile is already huge and I keep adding to it, lol. Thanks for sharing!
I like that cover of Interference. Sounds interesting too.
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Wow, those covers really caught my eye! Every single one of them. Super interesting picks, thanks for sharing!
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I love your post this week. Firstly, I had no idea Sue Burke had a sequel to Semiosis coming out. I’m so happy. And, secondly, that literary horror novel sounds like something I’d love.
Colour me happy.
Lynn 😀
Stormwise and A Cosmology of Monsters is going on my tbr!