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 cover reveals and an unexpected surprise!
A god wages war—using all of humanity as its pawns—in the unforgettable conclusion to the Founders trilogy.
Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against plenty of long odds in the past. But the war they’re fighting now is one even they can’t win.
This time, they’re not facing robber-baron elites, or even an immortal hierophant, but an entity whose intelligence is spread over half the globe—a ghost in the machine that uses the magic of scriving to possess and control not just objects, but human minds.
To fight it, they’ve used scriving technology to transform themselves and their allies into an army—a society—that’s like nothing humanity has seen before. With its strength at their backs, they’ve freed a handful of their enemy’s hosts from servitude, even brought down some of its fearsome, reality-altering dreadnaughts. Yet despite their efforts, their enemy marches on—implacable. Unstoppable.
Now, as their opponent closes in on its true prize—an ancient doorway, long buried, that leads to the chambers at the center of creation itself—Sancia and her friends glimpse a chance at reaching it first, and with it, a last desperate opportunity to stop this unbeatable foe. But to do so, they’ll have to unlock the centuries-old mystery of scriving’s origins, embark on a desperate mission into the heart of their enemy’s power, and pull off the most daring heist they’ve ever attempted.
And as if that weren’t enough, their adversary might just have a spy in their ranks—and a last trick up its sleeve.
Locklands (The Founders Trilogy #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett. Releases in June 2022 from Del Rey Books. I was THRILLED to spot this cover reveal last week, and I’m giddy with anticipation! I love this trilogy, and I’m mesmerized by this cover. Here are all three covers together, aren’t they stunning?
From award-winning author Nghi Vo comes a dazzling new novel where immortality is just a casting call away.
It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic.
“No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.” Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill—but she doesn’t care. She’d rather play a monster than a maid.
But in Luli’s world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those who do survive to earn their fame, success comes with a steep price. Luli is willing to do whatever it takes—even if that means becoming the monster herself.
Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page.
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. Releases in May 2022 from Tor.com. I loved Nghi Vo’s The Chosen and the Beautiful, and her next book sounds even better! I love stories that explore the dark side of fame, and I just know this is going to be fantastic.
Sensible, practical Elinor Tregarth really did plan to be the model poor relation when she moved into Hathergill Hall. She certainly never meant to kidnap her awful cousin Penelope’s pet dragon. She never expected to fall in love with the shameless – but surprisingly sweet – fortune hunter who came to court Penelope And she never dreamed that she would have to enter into an outrageous magical charade to save her younger sisters’ futures.
However, even the most brilliant scholars of 1817 England still haven’t ferreted out all the lurking secrets of rediscovered dragonkind…and even the most sensible of heroines can still make a reckless wish or two when she’s pushed. Now Elinor will have to find out just how rash and resourceful she can be when she sets aside all common sense. Maybe, just maybe, she’ll even be impractical enough to win her own true love and a happily ever after…with the unpredictable and dangerous “help” of the magical creature who has adopted her.
A frothy Regency rom-com full of pet dragons and magical misadventures, Scales and Sensibility is a full-length novel and the first in a new series of standalone romantic comedies.
Scales and Sensibility (Regency Dragons #1) by Stephanie Burgis. Releases in October 2021 from Five Fathoms Press. I didn’t even know about this book until the author messaged me and asked if I’d like a review copy! I couldn’t be happier to see a new adult series coming out from Stephanie Burgis, who often writes novellas and YA/MG stories. And bonus, it’s a Jane Austen retelling with dragons!
Three great picks, but Siren Queen sounds especially good. It’s a unique premise, and the book description hooked me.
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Me too, plus I love her writing.
I’m so completely behind in reading the Founders trilogy, so far behind I’ve not even begun it. But I very much want to, and now that it’ll be complete there’s one less worry about starting it. 🙂
You’ll be able to binge it if you wait a little longer:-)
Jane Austen retelling with dragons…I think I need that…lol. 🙂
I know! I think everyone needs it:-)
I was already excited for Scales and Sensibility (that cover is gorgeous!) but Siren Queen sounds fantastic as well.
I’m very excited for both:-)
“Jane Austen with dragons” is a delightful way to showcase Ms. Burgis’ new novel, and I’m quite looking forward to it – it’s next on my TBR… 😉
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Looking forward to comparing notes!
OoooOoooOoooOoo just look at those covers
They are beautiful….:-)
Wowza! The Founders Trilogy really has some great covers! Siren Queen sounds amazing. I love reading about the dark side of Hollywood. Always fascinating! And a Jane Austen retelling with dragons is a MUST-READ!
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I’m hoping to start Scales and Sensibility very soon, I’m sure I’m going to love it;-)
I like the covers of Locklands and Scales and Sensibility, very creative. Happy reading!
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Thanks Cindy:-)
Ooh, Siren Queen sounds great, I’ll have to keep my eye out for that one! I still need to read Nghi Vo’s previous release.
Definitely worth checking out her books!
Robin is a huge fan of RJB and I want to read them sometime.
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Oh we love an unexpected surprise! I’m gonna have to check out the Founders trilogy, that’s one of the ones I missed in my absence.
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It’s really good!
At first I wasn’t sure about the first cover, but then when I saw the whole series together, I really like them! I love the word play in the title of the last one, sounds like fun! Great picks1
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Oh I agree, Scales and Sensibility is a great title!
I had a feeling I would spot the RJB on your blog today as well, because I know you love the series as much as I do! I am so excited!
I hope we both love it:-)
Nice list! Scales and Sensibility especially looks good, love the cover.
I agree, such a great cover, right?
These are gorgeous and love how different from one another they are! I read the first in the Founders trilogy and really loved it. I need to make sure to pick up book two so I can carry on with it. Great share, Tammy!
Thanks Jennifer!
I missed the cover reveal for the new book in the Founders trilogy so thanks for posting about that one. Can’t wait to see where that series goes next!
Me too, it’s such a good series:-)
I am so excited for Siren Queen too! Also you are very right, the Founders series covers look SO great together! I may need to check out the series in general, it looks good. Thanks for sharing these!
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It’s a really good series!
I’m always afraid to look at these posts, because I don’t have any tiiiime but I definitely want them all. xD I still need to read The Founders Trilogy, but I love all the covers! They’re stunning. I also very much want to NOT want to read Scales and Sensibility . . . but I definitely think I need to? Yes? Everything about it sounds amazing? ugh, it’s definitely going on the ever-growing list lol.
I completely missed the RJB cover and description so I’m so happy to see that it has a release date.
Lynn D