Future Fiction #82 – Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books

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 found three great picks this week in a Simon & Schuster catalog, so I thought, what the heck?


#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris is at her best in this alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power in this third installment of the Gunnie Rose series.

Picking up right where A Longer Fall left off, this thrilling third installment follows Lizbeth Rose as she takes on one of her most dangerous missions yet: rescuing her estranged partner, Prince Eli, from the Holy Russian Empire. Once in San Diego, Lizbeth is going to have to rely upon her sister Felicia, and her growing Grigori powers to navigate her way through this strange new world of royalty and deception in order to get Eli freed from jail where he’s being held for murder.

Russian Cage continues to ramp up the momentum with more of everything Harris’ readers adore her for with romance, intrigue, and a deep dive into the mysterious Holy Russian Empire.

The Russian Cage (Gunnie Rose #3) by Charlaine Harris. Releases in February 2021 from Gallery/Saga Press. I was thrilled to spot this on Edelweiss and even more excited to find it on Goodreads as well. I really love this series, even if the last book wasn’t as good as the first one. I have high hopes for book #3, however!


A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki with illustrator Charles Vess (Stardust).

The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife; the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions; the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size; and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris’s first collection of fairy tales.

Dark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall in a uniquely illustrative edition.

The tales are beautifully illustrated by renowned illustrator Charles Vess (StardustSandman, The Books of Earthsea).

Honeycomb by Joanne M. Harris, Illustrated by Charles Vess. Releases in March 2021 from Gallery/Saga Press. I know there are a lot of Harris fans out there, and the fact that this is an illustrated collection of fairy tales makes it even more alluring. I can’t wait to see the illustrations inside!


From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invited and The Winter People comes a chilling new novel about a woman who returns to the old family home after her sister mysteriously drowns in its swimming pool…but she’s not the pool’s only victim.

Be careful what you wish for.

When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it’s just another one of her sister’s episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. But the next day, Lexie is dead: drowned in the pool at their grandmother’s estate. When Jax arrives at the house to go through her sister’s things, she learns that Lexie was researching the history of their family and the property. And as she dives deeper into the research herself, she discovers that the land holds a far darker past than she could have ever imagined.

In 1929, thirty-seven-year-old newlywed Ethel Monroe hopes desperately for a baby. In an effort to distract her, her husband whisks her away on a trip to Vermont, where a natural spring is showcased by the newest and most modern hotel in the Northeast. Once there, Ethel learns that the water is rumored to grant wishes, never suspecting that the spring takes in equal measure to what it gives.

A haunting, twisty, and compulsively readable thrill ride from the author who Chris Bohjalian has dubbed the “literary descendant of Shirley Jackson,” The Drowning Kind is a modern-day ghost story that illuminates how the past, though sometimes forgotten, is never really far behind us.

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon. Releases in April 2021 from Gallery/Scout Press. I’ve never read McMahon before, but I’ve heard quite a few bloggers talk about her book The Winter People. This sounds creepy and sooo good!


What do you think of this week’s Future Fiction picks? Let me know in the comments!

Posted July 22, 2020 by Tammy in Future Fiction / 42 Comments

Divider

42 responses to “Future Fiction #82 – Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books

    • Tammy

      Yes, I’ve heard so many good things about The Gospel of Loki. I hope to try this new one!

  1. The Drowning Kind sounds really creepy, but really good – however, for me it’s allll about The Russian Cage. While I had some issues with the ending of A Longer Fall, I really love the world Harris has developed and am curious to see where the adventure goes next. Thank you for a wonderful selection, as ever, Tammy!

  2. I just started a Joanne M. Harris book last night, so I’m excited to see this new one! I’ll definitely be wanting it. Not sure about CHarlaine Harris… haven’t touched anything of her since the Sookie series.

    • Tammy

      I actually love Harris’ Gunnie Rose series, although the second book sort of faltered a bit for me. But the first one is fantastic!

  3. I’m definitely interested in The Drowning Kind. I’ve read one other book by the author and really enjoyed it. Now that you’ve shown it here, I do recall seeing the Harris book. I will definitely be wanting that one (if I can catch up with the second one) but what is up with these covers? I loved the first one, the second one was “meh” at best and this one is like WTH???? Great choices this week though.

    • Tammy

      I’m disappointed at how different all the covers are. I actually like them all, but they don’t match!!

    • Tammy

      It’s very different from Sookie Stackhouse, but it’s got her trademark feel to it:-)

    • Tammy

      I know, I really love the cover of The Russian Cage! The first book was amazing, the second was pretty good, so I’m hoping she comes back to amazing with the third book.

    • Tammy

      I figure it’s best to look ahead to 2021 at this point. 2020 is over as far as I’m concerned, lol.

  4. verushka

    The cover for Harris’ book is just mesmerising and the hints of the stories in the blurb just sound so brilliant — and illustrations too!!

  5. You know, I still really need to pick up the Gunnie Rose series! I’ve heard good things about it, and those covers are fabulous, and it *sounds* like something I’ll like. Buuuut … *glances over at perilously growing TBR* Siiiigh. I think I also need a time chamber where time passes extra slowly while I get some reading done haha.

    Honeycomb sounds really interesting, too. I’ll be curious to see what the illustrations look like and what the fairy tales are about. I do love me some fairy tales, especially if they’re dark fairy tales.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.