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
This week, I’m highlighting books from publishers I don’t read that often, but wow these sound good:
Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah is not the same. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has brought part of it back with her, onto dry land and into their home.
Moving through something that only resembles normal life, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had before might be gone. Though Leah is still there, Miri can feel the woman she loves slipping from her grasp.
Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from Julia Armfield, the critically acclaimed author of salt slow. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep deep sea.
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. Releases in July 2022 from Flatiron Books. Not my normal genre, but I believe there are magical realism and horror elements to this story.
From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of Under the Dome or Project Hail Mary, in which a worldwide cataclysm plays out in the lives of one complicated Midwestern family.
In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son.
Then the lights go out–not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.
Across the country lives Aubrey’s estranged brother, Thom. A fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security.
But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings–which not everyone will survive . . .
Aurora is suspenseful storytelling–both large scale and small–at its finest.
Aurora by David Koepp. Releases in June 2022 from Harper. I’m definitely looking for more horror/thrillers to read this year, and this sounds like it has potential.
Daisy Darker is an all-consuming tale of psychological suspense with a spectacular twist from the internationally bestselling author Alice Feeney.
Daisy Darker’s family were as dark as dark can be, when one of them died all of them lied and pretended not to see . . .
Daisy Darker is arriving at her grandmother’s house for her eightieth birthday. It is Halloween, and Seaglass – the crumbling Cornish house perched upon its own tiny private island – is at one with the granite rocks it sits on. The Darker family haven’t all been in the same place for over a decade, and when the tide comes in they’ll be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. When the tide goes back out, nothing will ever be the same again, because one of them is a killer . . .
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney. Releases in August 2022 from Flatiron Books. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Alice Feeney’s books, so hopefully 2022 will be the year I read one!
These all look good but Daisy Darker really appeals to me.
Lynn 😀
Me too, Lynn. I need more thrillers this year:-)
Our Wives Under the Sea sounds especially creepy-good, but all of them sound like fun reads.
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I agree, I’m debating whether to preorder Wives or request it on NetGalley:-)
Oh, these all sound fantastic! I’ll be keeping my eye out for them for sure. Our Wives Under the Sea sounds particularly interesting. I had mixed feelings about Koepp’s Cold Storage, but I like the sound of Aurora!
I didn’t read Cold Storage, but I might try this one.
Oooh. The first one sounds great, but I find that anything that takes place in the deep sea tends to freak me out!
Ha ha me too, now that you said that!
Our Wives Under the Sea sounds like a book I’d love to read as well. The cover is also very intriguing!
Aurora sounds like a thrilling read with the lights going out. So scary!
The last sentence of the synopsis of Daisy Darker is chilling! “because one of them is a killer . . .”
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I agree, I love the cover of Our Wives Under the Sea, even though it’s on the simple side.
I like the idea of more horror and thrillers. Overall, I’ve not been as into those as fantasy and sci-fi, but it’s real nice to switch between genres at least from time to time. And there are some great thrillers out there!
I’m kind of tired of apocalyptic stories at the moment, but I’m really curious about Our Wives Under the Sea.
I know what you mean:-)
I know the city of Aurora, Illinois, so I may be tempted to pick this one!
Good reason!
All three of these sound amazing. The first one sounds super creepy- what happened under the sea???- and I like the sound of the third one too- a Cornish house called seaglass, cut off- yup 🙂
There’s definitely a creepy vibe going on:-)
I was this close to featuring the Alice Feeney but went with Lucy Foley, lol. They’re both amazing thriller suspense authors!
I can’t wait!
Alice Feeney has such gripping and heart beating fast books Tammy!!
Oh cool, now I’m very excited:-)
I have seen were people are pretty hit or miss with Feeney but I still haven’t tried one of her books, so maybe this year I will try one too!
Yes, let’s both try her and compare notes:-)
Ooooh, Aurora sounds SO GOOD! I’m definitely going to have to add that one to my list. :3
I know, doesn’t it? Gotta love all these thrillers coming out:-)
Hmm, these all sound good, but I’m not sure if I like any of the covers that well, except maybe the second one. Thanks for sharing!
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Our Wives looks really good, and I have that one on my TBR. I added Aurora like, immediately, because it sounds amaaazing. Daisy Darker sounds pretty interesting too, I will keep an eye on that one. Also love the covers, especially the first two! Thanks for sharing these!
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