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
I spotted a few cover reveals this week, let me know what you think:
Melville’s Moby Dick unfolds in a world of dragon hunters in Black Leviathan, an epic revenge fantasy from German award-winning author Bernd Perplies.
Beware! A shadow will cover you, larger than that cast by any other dragon of this world. Black as the lightless chasm from whence it was born at the beginning of time.
In the coastal city Skargakar, residents make a living from hunting dragons and use them for everything from clothing to food, while airborne ships hunt them in the white expanse of a cloud sea, the Cloudmere.
Lian does his part carving the kyrillian crystals that power the ships through the Cloudmere, but when he makes an enemy of a dangerous man, Lian ships out on the next vessel available as a drachenjager, or dragon hunter.
He chooses the wrong ship. A fanatic captain, hunts more than just any dragon. His goal is the Firstborn Gargantuan—and Adaron is prepared to sacrifice everything for revenge.
Black Leviathan by Bernd Perplies. Releases in February 2020 from Tor Books. This appears to have steampunk elements to it, which makes it sound really good! Plus I’m curious about the Moby Dick reference.
This debut epic fantasy follows a deadly battle for succession, where brother is pitted against brother in a singular chance to win power and influence for their family.
The cavern city of Pelismara has stood for a thousand years. The Great Families of the nobility cling to the myths of their golden age while the city’s technology wanes.
When a fever strikes, and the Eminence dies, seventeen-year-old Tagaret is pushed to represent his Family in the competition for Heir to the Throne. To win would give him the power to rescue his mother from his abusive father, and marry the girl he loves.
But the struggle for power distorts everything in this highly stratified society, and the fever is still loose among the inbred, susceptible nobles. Tagaret’s sociopathic younger brother, Nekantor, is obsessed with their family’s success. Nekantor is willing to exploit Tagaret, his mother, and her new servant Aloran to defeat their opponents.
Can he be stopped? Should he be stopped? And will they recognize themselves after the struggle has changed them?
Mazes of Power (The Broken Trust #1) by Juliette Wade. Releases in February 2020 from DAW Books. This sounds like an epic family saga set in a fantasy world, and I have a feeling the world building is going to be epic as well!
The stunning sequel to instant New York Times bestseller, Wicked Saints!
Darkness never works alone…
Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who–and what–he’s become.
As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer.
In her dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in her Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A. Duncan paints a Gothic, icy world where shadows whisper, and no one is who they seem, with a shocking ending that will leave you breathless.
Ruthless Gods (Something Dark and Holy #2) by Emily A. Duncan. Releases in April 2020 from Wednesday Books. I just spotted this cover reveal yesterday, and I knew I had to showcase it this week! I thought the first book in the series, Wicked Saints, was a bit uneven, but it did leave me wanting to read the sequel. And I have to say I love this cover even more!
I still need to read Wicked Saints, but ooh how exciting there’s already a great cover for the next one!
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And the covers look good next to each other:-)
The Ruthless Gods cover is GORGEOUS. It makes me want to read it ASAP.
It is gorgeous, I want a copy for my shelves:-)
Ooh, Mazes of Power is going on my tbr!
It sounds good, right? 🙂
I’ve heard such mixed things about Wicked Saints. I agree, this cover is so much better. And I love the cover of Black Leviathan but really can’t see me picking it up.
Wicked Saints was pretty good, and it ended really well so I do want to see what happens next.
*siiiiigh* Like my TBR needed more books added to it. But you know now I’m gonna have to read Black Leviathan because, A, dragons and, B, Moby Dick sci-fi retelling. I mean, what’s not to love? The cover’s gorgeous, too!
I still need to read Wicked Saints, too. I had requested it through my library, but doesn’t look like they’re going to get it in, so I guess I’ll have to get myself a copy lol . I didn’t realize the sequel had a cover and title already, but yeeees, it looks so good!
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I think the cover and title of Ruthless Gods was just revealed, and doesn’t Black Leviathan sound awesome??:-)
The premise for Black Leviathan is too intriguing, and would be enough to make me pick up the book immediately, but with that cover… ah, that cover…!!! 🙂
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I agree, the purple cover is sooo good!
That Ruthless Gods cover is so impressive! I love all of these, Tammy! Mazes of Power sounds super good, too.
Ruthless Gods is one of my favorite covers this year:-)
I just couldn’t get into Wicked Saints at all, but I’m glad a sequel is already on the horizon for fans! Beautiful cover too!
I mostly wanted to show the cover, which I think is so pretty! And I am curious about where the story is going, I have to admit.
Mazes of Power has got my name written all over it! Black Leviathan looks awesome too. I’m not sure if I’ll continue with Wicked Saints or not. It wasn’t a bad book, just wasn’t a wow for me.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. It depends on what other books come out at that time, as to whether I’ll actually read it or not.
I wanted to read Wicked Saints so bad but didn’t get around to it. I didn’t know it was going to have a sequel! Guess I need to get going. Thanks for sharing with us! You can check out my Wednesday post below!
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I think it might be a trilogy? Not sure. But I do love the covers;-)
I’m looking forward to Ruthless Gods. I agree about the first book in the series being a little uneven, but I’m definitely still curious as to where the story goes. And OMG, that first book. I hated Moby Dick when I read it in college ( too many pages overall and way too many boring chapters about whale blubber, etc., that got in the way of the main story), but just the thought of a fantasy retelling has me very excited.
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I’m hoping Ruthless Gods is overall better, since it’s her second book. But so many readers loved Wicked Saints, so who knows?;-)
Black Leviathan – give it to me. That is all.
Lynn 😀
I’ve heard good things about Emily Duncan! Looks like some great things to look forward to here.
I love the cover for Ruthless Gods and am so mad I hated the first book & don’t want to support the author because my shelves WANT The PRETTIES. *sobs*
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Oh now I have to go back and see if you review it, I can’t remember why you hated it!
Dragons!! Arrr!!
x The Captain
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