Future Fiction #173 – 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

Three cool cover reveals spotted, take a look:

Set in the universe of Rory Thorne, the second book in this sci-fi series follows unlikely allies who must discover the secrets of ancient ruins.

Iari is good at killing monsters. As a templar in the Aedis, a multi-species religious organization committed to protecting the Confederation, eliminating extra-dimensional horrors is her job. But after she helped stop separatists from sabotaging the entire Confederation, she discovered a new sort of monster: the rogue-arithmancer, political kind.

Promoted and sent north to the tundra of Windscar, Iari leads a team of templars to investigate ancient, subterranean ruins, which local legend claims are haunted, and which have mysterious connections to the dangerous arithmancy used by the wichu separatists. Iari isn’t worried about ghosts. She’s worried about surviving separatists and a fresh attempt to upend the Confederation.

Included in Iari’s team are Char, a decommissioned battle-mecha and newly-joined templar, and Gaer, ostensible ambassador and talented arithmancer. As they delve into the ruins, they find remnants of long-ago battles, bits of broken armor and mechas–which unexpectedly reanimate and attack. It seems there is still dangerous arithmancy in Windscar–but the source isn’t who Iari expected, and they’re far worse than the separatists….

Nightwatch Over Windscar (The Weep #2) by K. Eason. Releases in October 2022 from DAW Books. This came as a huge surprise to me while I was browsing catalogs over on Edelweiss last week! I didn’t even know this sequel was on the horizon. I love K. Eason’s Rory Thorne books, and loved the first book in this series, Nightwatch on the Hinterlands. Can’t wait for this!

Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transformation and told through the eyes of three women trying to survive the nightmare, from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lucy A. Snyder.

Humanity has been irrevocably changed by a virus that radically alters its victims…yet life goes on.

Three women must band together to try to survive. Erin and Savannah are helping usher in the new world, while Mareva has been burdened with a very special task — one she’s too horrified to even acknowledge.

A beautifully written, cosmically horrifying, wholly unique story that examines the roots of our belief systems and completely defies all expectations.

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder. Releases in February 2023 from Tor Nightfire. This might be the weirdest, ickiest cover I’ve seen lately, but I love everything about it!! The only thing I’ve read by Snyder is a short story from a collection called Appalachian Undead, and I remember loving her story, so I’m very excited to check out this novel! Also, can you believe we’re already talking about 2023 releases??

From the USA Today bestselling author of the international sensation Baby Teeth comes a claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman’s nightmarish spiral while quarantined with her mother.

Grace isn’t exactly thrilled when her newly widowed mother, Jackie, asks to move in with her. They’ve never had a great relationship, and Grace likes her space―especially now that she’s stuck at home during a pandemic. Then again, she needs help with the mortgage after losing her job. And maybe it’ll be a chance for them to bond―or at least give each other a hand.

But living with Mother isn’t for everyone. Good intentions turn bad soon after Jackie moves in. Old wounds fester; new ones open. Grace starts having nightmares about her disabled twin sister, who died when they were kids. And Jackie discovers that Grace secretly catfishes people online―a hobby Jackie thinks is unforgivable.

When Jackie makes an earth-shattering accusation against her, Grace sees it as an act of revenge, and it sends her spiraling into a sleep-deprived madness. As the walls close in, the ghosts of Grace’s past collide with a new but familiar threat: Mom.

Mothered by Zoje Stage. Releases in February 2023 from Thomas & Mercer. I was so excited to catch this cover reveal yesterday. Stage has become one of my favorite authors lately, and this sounds like an excellent thriller!

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

Posted April 20, 2022 by Tammy in Future Fiction / 22 Comments

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22 responses to “Future Fiction #173 – Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books”

    • Tammy

      I agree, there is something about a terrible mother/daughter relationship that’s hard to resist:-)

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  4. will

    Whomever illustrated that second cover should have their fingers removed to keep them from replicating this.

    Or is that not far enough?

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    • Tammy

      I know, the art on Sister, Maiden Monster is so cool, but when you look too closely, it’s very disturbing…

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  9. todd

    There are a couple of great/crazy looking covers here. The cover for Sister, Maiden, Monster reminded me vaguely of Borne’s cover (Jeff VanderMeer).

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  10. Stephanie @ Bookfever

    The cover of Nightwatch Over Windscar has me deceased. It’s amazing! Gonna have to look into the first book of the series.

    Sister, Maiden, Monster (that title rocks!) sounds really fantastic. I really love the sound of it, even with the weird cover.

    A thriller set during lockdown? Mothered sounds great! I love the part of the synopsis where it says spiraling into a sleep-deprived madness. That can’t be good. lol
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