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 lovely new covers spotted! Take a look:
The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find.
Djola, righthand man and spymaster of the lord of the Arkhysian Empire, is desperately trying to save his adopted homeland, even in exile.
Awa, a young woman training to be a powerful griot, tests the limits of her knowledge and comes into her own in a world of sorcery, floating cities, kindly beasts, and uncertain men.
Awash in the rhythms of folklore and storytelling and rich with Hairston’s characteristic lush prose, Master of Poisons is epic fantasy that will leave you aching for the world it burns into being
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston. Releases in September 2020 from Tor.com. Wow, I love this cover! Hairston’s short fiction has made an appearance in lots of anthologies, and she’s also written some novels, but I’ve yet to read her work. This seems like an excellent place to start:-D Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men.
As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home seventeen-year-old Fable has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The only thing that keeps her going is the goal of getting off the island, finding her father and demanding her rightful place beside him and his crew. To do so Fable enlists the help of a young trader named West to get her off the island and across the Narrows to her father.
But her father’s rivalries and the dangers of his trading enterprise have only multiplied since she last saw him and Fable soon finds that West isn’t who he seems. Together, they will have to survive more than the treacherous storms that haunt the Narrows if they’re going to stay alive.
Fable (Fable #1) by Adrienne Young. Releases in September 2020 from Wednesday Books. I absolutely loved Sky in the Deep, and this is the start to a new series that sounds like so much fun!
A teen outcast must work together with new friends to keep her family and town safe from murderous Fae while also dealing with panic attacks, family issues, and a lesbian love triangle in C.M. McGuires’s kick-butt paranormal YA debut, Ironspark.
For the past nine years, ever since a bunch of those evil Tinkerbells abducted her mother, cursed her father, and forced her family into hiding, Bryn has devoted herself to learning everything she can about killing the Fae. Now it’s time to put those lessons to use.
Then the Court Fae finally show up, and Bryn realizes she can’t handle this on her own. Thankfully, three friends offer to help: Gwen, a kindhearted water witch; Dom, a new foster kid pulled into her world; and Jasika, a schoolmate with her own grudge against the Fae.
But trust is hard-won, and what little Bryn has gained is put to the test when she uncovers a book of Fae magic that belonged to her mother. With the Fae threat mounting every day, Bryn must choose between faith in her friends and power from a magic that could threaten her very humanity.
Ironspark by C.M. McGuire. Releases in August 2020 from Swoon Reads. I love the graphic novel vibe of this cover, isn’t it wonderful? Swoon Reads isn’t my normal go-to publisher, but I think I’ll make an exception in this case. Cover art by Samya Arif.
Master of Poisons is definitely something I will look out for. The cover is stunning and the description also sounds really good.
Lynn 😀
Agreed, that cover is gorgeous:-)
…you had me at “lesbian love triangle”. I can’t believe I had never heard about Ironspark before.
I added Master of Poison when I heard of it last week, it sounds so interesting (bees? That cover is really interesting for sure). And Adrienne Young really gets amazing covers! This one is so pretty, and I think Sky in the Deep’s was stunning as well.
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I can’t remember where I spotted Ironspark, because it’s a publisher I don’t really follow. But I’m glad I did:-)
Master of Poisons sounds awesome! I feel like I’ve read a few of Hairston’s short stories also but I can’t remember them at the moment. And Ironspark sounds a little like a YA Fever novel so that’s pretty cool. Haven’t read a Fae book in awhile.
I can hardly look away from the cover of Ironspark, lol.
Whoa, that Master of Poisons cover is eye-catching, love it. It also suggests chemistry or bees/science/potions because of the hexagons, very effective and intriguing.
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I know, I think the cover combined with the blurb make it sound like a story I’d love.
Some great choices this week but I think Ironspark sounds like something I definitely need to grab!
I agree, and the cover is so bright and colorful, it’s hard not to love:-)
Hmm, based on the title or cover alone, I likely would have passed Master of Poisons by, but damn if that doesn’t sound awesome!
I agree, the blurb doesn’t give much away but it really grabs you, doesn’t it?
You always manage to find the best titles and covers. This week is no exception! I want them all!
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I still need to read Sky in the Deep. But the new one sounds good! All of these are great covers and sound good! You can check out my Wednesday post in the link below!
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I love all the covers this week as well:-)
Oooh I didn’t know Adrienne Young was coming out with a new book!!! I still haven’t read The Girl The Sea Gave back, even though I pre-ordered it But as usual her cover is absolutely gorgeous <3
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And her new book looks like it’s a new series, which should be fun:-)
I love the cover of Master of Poisons! And Fable sounds great too!
Master of Poisons is so pretty, right?
Ack, I need to FINALLY read Adrienne Young! I’ve had a copy of Sky in the Deep for months.
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Sky in the Deep is so good!
These all sound soo good and the covers are just gorgeous too!
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I just love all these covers as well:-)
You do manage to unearth so many fabulous books… I LOVE the sound of Fable!
I know, Fable just sounds amazing! I’ve had good luck with the author in the past, so I’m very hopeful:-)
Master of Poisons caught my eye in this group. The story sounds interesting and that cover is fantastic. I’d be curiuos to see how bees factor into the story, perhaps as a source of poison?
I’m very curious too about the bees. And yes, that cover!
Curious about Fable, I thought Sky in the Deep was just okay but always willing to give an author another go and this one sound good.
It sounds different, so maybe you’ll enjoy it more.
Yay Fable! I hope it’ll be better than The Girl the Sea Gave Back, that one was disappointing after Sky in the Deep…
I never read The Girl the Sea Gave Back, but I’m OK skipping it at this point.
Ooh Fable is probably gonna be a must- get for me too. Yay for more Adrienne young! I definitely like the sound of that one. 🙂
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Yeah, I’m intrigued. And I love the simplicity of the cover.
All of these are stunning covers. Great finds, Tammy!
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I think they are all gorgeous and I love the color variety. Of all of them, Master of Poisons is intriguing me the most visually and the synopsis!
That yellow cover really pulls you in, doesn’t it?
I’ve been enjoying Adrienne Young’s books so I’m excited to hear she has another new one coming out. Thanks for the head’s up!
I’m excited too, and this looks so different from her other series.
Oh wow, all of these covers are beautiful. Tor.com always has such interesting premises with their releases! I haven’t been interested in any of Young’s books published so far but this is one I am actually excited to try! And Ironspark is gorgeous!
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I think Ironspark is my favorite of the bunch, as far as covers that caught my eye:-)
These all look pretty interesting! Ironspark is intriguing me…. I love anything to do with the Fae.
I love that cover for Fable!
I didn’t know Adrienne Young was coming out with another book! I really loved Sky in the Deep (though I haven’t read the second book in the series yet), so I’ll definitely be checking that one out.
Murderous Fae, you say? I’ll have to keep my eye on that book, too.
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