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
Two new YA covers and of course a cover reveal from Tor.com:
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner . Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan’s reign of terror
D. W. Griffith is a sorcerer, and The Birth of a Nation is a spell that drew upon the darkest thoughts and wishes from the heart of America. Now, rising in power and prominence, the Klan has a plot to unleash Hell on Earth.
Luckily, Maryse Boudreaux has a magic sword and a head full of tales. When she’s not running bootleg whiskey through Prohibition Georgia, she’s fighting monsters she calls “Ku Kluxes.” She’s damn good at it, too. But to confront this ongoing evil, she must journey between worlds to face nightmares made flesh–and her own demons. Together with a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter, Maryse sets out to save a world from the hate that would consume it.
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. Releases in November 2020 from Tor.com. The moment I saw this cover I knew I wanted to read this novella. It’s gorgeous yet terrifying! Djèlí Clark has written a bunch of Tor.com novellas but I haven’t read him yet. I hope to make this my first.
Some people ARE illegal.
Lobizonas do NOT exist.
Both of these statements are false.Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who’s on the run from her father’s Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida.
Until Manu’s protective bubble is shattered.
Her surrogate grandmother is attacked, lifelong lies are exposed, and her mother is arrested by ICE. Without a home, without answers, and finally without shackles, Manu investigates the only clue she has about her past–a mysterious “Z” emblem—which leads her to a secret world buried within our own. A world connected to her dead father and his criminal past. A world straight out of Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a bruja and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizón, a werewolf. A world where her unusual eyes allow her to belong.
As Manu uncovers her own story and traces her real heritage all the way back to a cursed city in Argentina, she learns it’s not just her U.S. residency that’s illegal. . . .it’s her entire existence.
Lobizona (Wolves of No World #1) by Romina Garber. Releases in May 2020 from Wednesday Books. Romina Garber also writes under the pen name Romina Russell, and you may be familiar with her Zodiac series from a few years ago. I actually hadn’t heard of this book at all until a publicist contacted me and offered a review copy. I think it sounds really good, and that cover is to die for!
“Sharply written with a crackling, compassionately determined heroine, A Golden Fury is a vivid ride through eighteenth century Europe with darkness and dread creeping at its corners. Utterly enchanting.” — Emily A. Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints
Thea Hope longs to be an alchemist out of the shadow of her famous mother. The two of them are close to creating the legendary Philosopher’s Stone—whose properties include immortality and can turn any metal into gold—but just when the promise of the Stone’s riches is in their grasp, Thea’s mother destroys the Stone in a sudden fit of violent madness.
While combing through her mother’s notes, Thea learns that there’s a curse on the Stone that causes anyone who tries to make it to lose their sanity. With the threat of the French Revolution looming, Thea is sent to Oxford for her safety, to live with the father who doesn’t know she exists.
But in Oxford, there are alchemists after the Stone who don’t believe Thea’s warning about the curse—instead, they’ll stop at nothing to steal Thea’s knowledge of how to create the Stone. But Thea can only run for so long, and soon she will have to choose: create the Stone and sacrifice her sanity, or let the people she loves die.
In her debut novel, Samantha Cohoe weaves a story of magic and danger, where the streets of Oxford and London come to life, and the curse of the Philosopher’s Stone will haunt you long after the final page.
A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe. Releases in October 2020 from Wednesday Books. I guess Wednesday Books had a bunch of cover reveals recently, lol. This sounds fantastic, and hey, another beautiful cover!
I’m particularly curious about A Golden Fury, that ‘Is it Science or Magic? Power or Possession’ on the cover piqued my curiosity instantly!
I agree, the cover is so gorgeous. Hopefully the story will be just as good:-)
Ring Out sounds great! Looking forward to seeing some reviews for that.
Me too, I think it sounds really unusual.
Lobizona looked really interesting but I wasn’t ready to commit to it just yet. I didn’t know Djèlí Clark had a new one coming out!! He’s wonderful so I hope you get a chance to read this one.
I’m excited to try his work!
Aha! I’m not adding any of these to my wishlist – because they are already there LOL. I just saw Ring Shout and A Golden Fury earlier this week and added them then and for some reason, the other one has been on it a while. There are WAY too many good books coming out!
Hey, it was bound to happen!
All sound great! Lobizona’s cover is gorgeous.
I agree, such a colorful cover:-)
Where do I sign up for the Clark book!?!?!
ha ha me too!!
These all look and sound intriguing. Especially A Golden Fury. I can’t stop looking at the cover. Wow! 😀
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It’s pretty, isn’t it?
The cover of Ring Shout just sort of freaks me out. I don’t even know why. xD Ooooh, A Golden Fury sounds interesting! I’ve kind of been keeping my eye on Lobizona, and I’m interested to see what people think when reviews start rolling out.
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Ring Shout is definitely the weird/scary cover of the week:-/
Though the first two don’t sound like something I would read they do have interesting covers!! I do like the sounds of the third one though. 🙂
I agree, the covers are very interesting, especially the first one:-)
These all sound really good, A Golden Fury especially! Thanks for stopping by my CWW earlier.
I can’t wait to read A Golden Fury:-)
Ring Shout sounds interesting. And that cover has me curious, mouths for eyes?
Yes, I think those are mouths, eeek!
These are some great covers. Not my usual genre, but some awesome covers anyway.
Thanks for visiting, Cheryl:-)
That first one looks really scary! I’ve seen the second one and am intrigued by it. And the third one is a new one for me! You can check out my picks this week in the link below!
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The first one is really scary, I agree:-)
Yikes, that first one! The second one is so intricately designed, and love the synopsis. I’m definitely adding that one, Tammy.
I know, the first one is a little startling!
Oh wow- publishers are kinda killing it with the covers lately aren’t they??
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Yeah, covers seem to be getting better and better!
I hope you’ll enjoy these if you get to them – I remember seeing these around recently, especially the last two because the beautiful covers really stand out. But maybe I’m finally learning my lesson on being enchanted by pretty YA covers, because I’m actually resisting! 😀
I know, I get burned by YA so much. I’m trying to be more selective, so we’ll see…
Now, these covers are really works of art!
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They are, I think that’s why I wanted to feature them:-)
Lobizona sounds like a very intriguing read: I like it when present-day issues are woven inside a fantasy setting, because the blend usually turns into a compelling story. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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I do like the sound of it, and hopefully it will live up to the gorgeous cover:-)
I got an invite to review Lobizona as well and have been sitting here debating whether or not to accept since I’m trying to read books I own more. It does sound really good though, doesn’t it? So tempted, lol.
I think I agreed because it was a few months out and I’m always optimistic when I’m pitched books like that:-)
A Golden Fury sounds interesting, oh, who am I kidding – I just love the cover! Fickle much.
Lynn 😀
I agree, that cover is so pretty:-)
All of these sound fascinating. There are so many amazing books coming out again, I don’t know how I’m supposed to figure out which ones to read LOL
I don’t either! It’s not fair…
Oh my goodness, Lobizona has such a gorgeous cover DD:
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