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
Quite a mixed bag this week. The publishers listed are ones I don’t normally follow, but check out these must-read books!
For fans of CJ Box and Michael Koryta, Owen Laukkanen’s thrilling Neah Bay series continues with a new adventure for the tough ex-Marine, the sensitive ex-convict, and the rescue dog who changed both their lives.
A body washes up on the shore near Deception Cove. It belongs to “Bad” Brock Boyd, a disgraced former professional athlete from Makah County who recently finished a prison sentence for dogfighting.
Marine veteran Jess Winslow, now a trainee deputy in Deception Cove, is assigned to help investigate the suspicious death. But when it comes out that her friend, ex-convict Mason Burke, had a run-in with the victim on the day of his death, she’s forced to question whether everything she thinks she knows about Burke is wrong.
As prime suspect in the case, Burke is forced to go on the run. Jess is torn between the man she could love and the facts of the case, which seem to point squarely at him.
Lone Jack Trail (Neah Bay #2) by Owen Laukkanen. Releases in May 2020 from Mulholland Books. I absolutely loved the first book in this series, Deception Cove, and I was thrilled to see this sequel pop up on Goodreads. For dog lovers, there’s a fantastic dog named Lucy in this story, who is a service dog and companion to the main character. I’m very excited to revisit these characters!’
From the New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author of the Angelology series comes a bewitching gothic novel of suspense that plunges readers into a world of dark family secrets, the mysteries of human genetics, and the burden of family inheritance.
It feels like a fairy tale when Alberta ”Bert” Monte receives a letter addressed to “Countess Alberta Montebianco” at her Hudson Valley, New York, home that claims she’s inherited a noble title, money, and a castle in Italy. While Bert is more than a little skeptical, the mystery of her aristocratic family’s past, and the chance to escape her stressful life for a luxury holiday in Italy, is too good to pass up.
At first, her inheritance seems like a dream come true: a champagne-drenched trip on a private jet to Turin, Italy; lawyers with lists of artwork and jewels bequeathed to Bert; a helicopter ride to an ancestral castle nestled in the Italian Alps below Mont Blanc; a portrait gallery of ancestors Bert never knew existed; and a cellar of expensive vintage wine for Bert to drink.
But her ancestry has a dark side, and Bert soon learns that her family history is particularly complicated. As Bert begins to unravel the Montebianco secrets, she begins to realize her true inheritance lies not in a legacy of ancestral treasures, but in her very genes.
The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni. Releases in April 2020 from William Morrow. I can’t remember where I saw this book, maybe on another blog? Or most likely on Edelweiss. In any case, the brooding cover caught my attention, and the story sounds fabulous!
Blade Runner meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this thrilling story of how far a mother will go to protect her son in a hostile world transformed by the sudden absence of men.
Cole and her twelve-year-old, Miles, are on the lam. Fleeing across the American West, they’re desperate to find a safe haven. Until they do, they must maintain their disguise–as mother and daughter. Because Miles, a boy, is the most valuable commodity in the world.
Within just a few, horrifying years, ninety-nine percent of the global male population has died in a pandemic. Now, women run everything, from neighborhood bars to police departments to research programs searching for a way to keep the human race going.
Stealthily and swiftly carving a trail from luxury bunker to anarchist commune to nomadic religious cult, Miles and Cole will need all their cunning, planning, and luck to outmaneuver the very bad, very dangerous people who are hot on their heels-among them, Cole’s own sister.
A brilliant blend of psychological suspense, American noir, and trenchant science-fiction, Afterland is the high-concept feminist thriller that Lauren Beukes’s fans have been waiting for.
Afterland by Lauren Beukes. Releases in July 2020 from Mulholland Books. Wow, this book had a complete overhaul! It’s been on my radar since March of 2018 when it had the title Motherland and a completely different cover. Not sure what happened, but hopefully this is the final publication schedule. There are also multiple release dates listed on Goodreads, so who knows?? In any case, I love apocalyptic fiction and I’m super excited for this one.
I have to admit the cover for Afterland isn’t jiving with the synopsis for it. Maybe it will all make sense in the end. I’m thrilled to see a sequel for Deception Cove. Perhaps so thrilled that I’ll finally pick up the first one! So you know you could rename this feature – “What Barb is adding to her wishlist this week.” Although I’m pretty sure The Ancestor is already on it!
I agree, Barb. The cover for Afterland isn’t really working for me. I loved the first cover much better. But maybe it ties in with the story somehow, at least I’m hoping! Hey, maybe I found The Ancestor from your blog?
I feel like Lauren Beukes is an author I’ve wanted to read in the past. And it sounds pretty good. Thanks for sharing, not really impressed with the covers this week though. :-). You can check out my Wednesday post in the link below!
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I’ve read a couple of Beukes’ books and I really like her. This one better be good, it’s been a long time coming!
Afterland sounds awesome, exactly the kind of sci-fi that draws my attention. On the TBR it goes for sure!
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Agreed, it sounds like my kind of story too:-)
Afterland sounds interesting… although part of me also feels like I’ve been there, done that, after reading the Y: The Last Man series.
I’m not familiar with that series, I may have to check it out!
I like the sounds of all of these! I’m a sucker for a suspenseful read! Thanks for stopping by.
Me too, I feel like I need to read more suspense!
That cover is hurting my eyes. Yikes, I hope they rethink that. I still have The Shining Girls sitting here unread. Ugh, why am I like this? Also, that first one about the rescue dog is calling my name!
Me too! I still haven’t read The Shining Girls…
I like the sounds of all three but that cover for Afterland is a bit of a turn off, I am not a fan of pink and it just doesn’t fit.
That flower and bright pink are throwing me off, but maybe they have something important to do with the story??
Afterland sounds interesting, but I agree with others, the cover just isn’t working for me. Lauren Beukes has been someone I’ve wanted to try for a while now. I have an ebook version of Zoo City I’ve yet to read.
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Yeah, that cover is weird! I thought the original cover was much better – I think it’s still up on Goodreads.
These are a mixed bag this week, Tammy, and I love the variety! I’m reading The Ancestor, too, and it does sound completely original. I hope we both love it!
I hope we love it too, it sounds like something I’d love:-)
I am also so excited for Afterland! I too have been following it since it was called Motherland. It sounds awesome. But The Ancestor sounds awesome too.
I wish they hadn’t changed the cover of Afterland. This one looks so strange, but hopefully it relates to the story!
OMG IS THE SNOWFLAKES NEW?! Or am I just so unobservant? I love it. It’s so stinking cute.
Anyway. now that I’m sufficiently distracted lol. Lone Jack Trail sounds like a really fun read! You always have the best reveals. I dread this post every week (in a good way), because I inevitably add something to my TBR. xD
Ha ha, the snowflakes are a plugin! I turn it on every December, but I forgot until just recently. Oops. WP Snow Effect!
I’m pretty interested in the Neah Bay series, I think I grabbed the audio of the previous book because of your recommendation but still need to get to it, but glad to see there’s a new one!
I was surprised how much I enjoyed it!
Great selection. The Ancestor sounds especially good and I love that wild cover on the third one.
That cover is pretty wild, I haven’t decided if I like it or not:-)
Somehow ‘gothic novel’ always sells me, might have to check it out. And a new Beukes! I still need to get to the one book I have of hers in my TBR, one of my backlist challenge books too. Only got 11 days left to the month too. Welp. LOL
Lauren Beukes. Give it to me.
Lynn