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
Three new books on my radar and they all sound good, take a look:
Dark Matter meets Annihilation in this mind-bending and emotional speculative thriller set in a world where the exact moment of your death can be predicted–for a price.
Our narrator is the most talented salesman at Dare to Know, a prestigious and enigmatic company in the death-prediction business. While he has mastered the art of death, the rest of his life is an abject failure. Divorced, estranged from his sons, and broke, he’s driven to violate the cardinal rule of his business by forecasting his own death day. The problem: apparently he died 23 minutes ago.
The only person who can confirm his prediction is Julia, the woman he loved and lost during his rise up the ranks of Dare to Know. As he travels across the country to see her, our narrator is forced to confront his past, the choices he’s made, and the terrifying truth about the company he works for–and his role there.
Highly ambitious and totally immersive, this adrenaline-fueled thriller explores the destructive power of knowledge and collapses the boundaries between reality, myth, and conspiracy as it races toward its stunning conclusion.
Dare to Know by James Kennedy. Releases in September 2021 from Quirk Books. That Dark Matter comparison definitely got me on this one, and I’m willing to take a chance just to see how accurate it is! Give me all these twisty SF thrillers, please:-)
New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson delivers a harrowing and pulse-pounding survival story set in the near-future Midwest—with a cosmic twist. When a teenage girl thinks she may be the only person left alive in her town—maybe in the whole world—she must rely on hope, trust, and her own resilience. A must-have for readers of Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave and Neal Shusterman’s Dry.
Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future—they’re gone.
But Paige is a warrior, so she pushes through her fear and her grief. And as she gets through each day—scrounging for food, for shelter, for safety—Paige encounters a few more young survivors. Together, they might stand a chance. But as they struggle to endure their new reality, they learn that the apocalypse did not happen by accident. And that there are worse things than being alone.
New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson tells a contemporary and all-too-realistic story about surviving against the odds. The award-winning author brings the vivid world-building, memorable characters, and extraordinary writing she is known for to this near-future thriller. With page-turning suspense, a light sci-fi twist, and an emotional focus on the resolute qualities of the human spirit, Any Sign of Life will electrify fans of Rory Power’s Wilder Girls and Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven.
Any Sign of Life by Rae Carson. Releases in October 2021 from Greenwillow Books. It’s been a while since I’ve read Rae Carson, and wow does this sound right up my alley! I absolutely love this cover, it looks like there is a dog in the story, and that alone makes me excited to read this!
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of The Mongrel Mage, has a brand new gaslamp political fantasy Isolate.
Industrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance.Something is about to give.
Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party.
When a respected Landor Councilor dies of “heart failure” at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they, in a covert and deadly struggle for control of the government and economy.
Steffan is about to understand that everything he believed is an illusion.
Isolate (The Grand Illusion #1) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Releases in October 2021 from Tor Books. I’ve never read Modesitt Jr. before, but I’ve seen plenty of bloggers talking about his books over the years. I thought this would be a good chance to check him out since this is a new series. Plus gaslamp fantasy, sounds like fun!
Isolate seems intriguing. A lot! Thanks for sharing!!
I agree, thanks Susy!
Any signs of Life sounds heartbreaking but fascinating: given the current situation I might have to steel myself to read it, but it looks very promising…
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It does seem a little too on the nose right now, but I’m very curious:-)
I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets excited whenever there’s a dog in a book. That was the first thing that appealed to me about the Rae Carson one, lol.
Let’s hope there’s actually a dog in the story, unlike some books I see with dogs on the cover just to attract readers, lol.
L.E. Modesitt, Jr. is one of those authors who’ve I’ve yet to read but I’m so looking forward to, and I have such high expectations of, that I end up collecting huge numbers of his books before trying even one. So I really hope I end up enjoying his work… if not I’ll have a lot of books to get rid of. 🙂 And I’m curious about the reason for spelling Any Sign of Life the way they did, where “0F” actually appears to be “zero eff”, which is hexadecimal. Is this the intention and does it tie into the story? Or was it just an attempt at being creative with the title? Perhaps it’s a temperature? If nothing else, that little quirk has me curious about the book. 🙂
Interesting. I had to look up “hexadecimal” and now you’ve got me curious!
Damn, but that new Modesitt has an AMAZING cover! I love it.
I agree! I can’t wait to read one of his books.
I am sold on Isolate and Need to Know!
They sound so different from each other, and I need to read both of them:-)
The first one sounds really good! And I love Rae Carson, so I’ll have to check that one out as well. Hope you get your hands on these soon. Thanks for stopping by my Wednesday post on Lisa Loves Literature!
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Thanks Lisa!
These all sound great! I think I’d especially want to read Dare to Know, but the Rae Carson book sounds good too! I’ve never read anything by her, but the description of waking up in a hospital to a changed world has such strong Walking Dead vibes that I need to know what it’s all about!
I really loved the Rae Carson book I read, which was much different from this one. Can’t wait!
Thank you for your great list:)). I’ve just nicked across to Netgalley and requested Dare To Know, fingers crossed!!! And I’m a fan of Modesitt’s writing, so I’ll keep an eye for Isolate – it sounds right up my alley. I think you single-handedly expand my TBR list to twice its intended size:).
I’m definitely going to request Dare to Know too:-)
Some good choices this week. I almost featured Any Sign of Life myself. Love that cover.
Me too, I’m probably going to have to request it:-)
I agree, these all sound good! I am especially interested in Any Sign of Life. I hope you enjoy all three of these when you read them, Tammy!
Thanks Wendy:-)
I had no idea Rae Carson had a new book coming!
Me either! I can’t remember where I stumbled across this.
I adored Dark Matter and Annihilation was incredibly interesting so yes, I’m quite excited for Dare To Know!
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Let’s hope it lives up to those two books:-)
Darek Matter meets Annihilation sounds like a TRIP. Any Sign of Life is one I definitely want to try as well.
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Anything that gets compared to Dark Matter, I’m grabbing:-)
I didn’t know there was a new Rae Carson!
Me either! It just came out of nowhere:-)
Dare to Know is on my radar, though the comparison to Annihilation has me hesitating. I do like the comparison to Dark Matter, on the other hand!
I just added Dare to Know to my TBR, it sounds like it’ll be a ride!
They all sound amazing, Tammy, but I’m especially drawn to Rae Carson’s because I love survival stories! All interesting covers too!
Ooooh, Any Sign of Life sounds absolutely fantastic! Definitely gonna add that one to my TBR!
I love the description for the Rae Carson book – and the cover too. Very eye catching.
Lynn 😀