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 releases by favorite authors and one debut, take a look:
The first in an epic fantasy trilogy from Sunday Times bestselling author Laura Lam.
Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later, their descendants worship dragons as gods. But the ‘gods’ remember, and they do not forgive.
Thief Arcady scrapes a living on the streets of Vatra. Desperate, Arcady steals a powerful artifact from the bones of the Plaguebringer, the most hated person in Lumet history. Only Arcady knows the artifact’s magic holds the key to a new life among the nobles at court and a chance for revenge.
The spell connects to Everen, the last male dragon foretold to save his kind, dragging him through the Veil. Disguised as a human, Everen soon learns that to regain his true power and form and fulfil his destiny, he only needs to convince one little thief to trust him enough to bond completely–body, mind, and soul–and then kill them.
Yet the closer the two become, the greater the risk both their worlds will shatter.
Dragonfall (The Dragon Scales Trilogy #1) by L.R. Lam. Releases in May 2023 from DAW Books. It’s been years since Laura Lam’s last book, so I was so excited to see this gorgeous cover revealed. Plus dragons!
If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today?
The First Bright Thing is a spellbinding debut for fans of The Night Circus and The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue.Welcome to the Circus of the Fantasticals.
Ringmaster – Rin, to those who know her best – can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. With the scars of World War I feeling more distant as the years pass, Rin is focusing on the brighter things in life. Like the circus she’s built and the magical misfits and outcasts — known as Sparks – who’ve made it their home. Every night, Rin and the Fantasticals enchant a Big Top packed full with audiences who need to see the impossible.
But while the present is bright, threats come at Rin from the past and the future. The future holds an impending war that the Sparks can see barrelling toward their Big Top and everyone in it. And Rin’s past creeps closer every day, a malevolent shadow Rin can’t fully escape. It takes the form of another Spark circus, with tents as black as midnight and a ringmaster who rules over his troupe with a dangerous power. Rin’s circus has something he wants, and he won’t stop until it’s his.
The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson. Releases in January 2023 from Tor Books. I have to say I’m in the mood for a good circus fantasy, especially one being compared to The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue. This sounds really good!
Martha Wells, the New York Times bestselling author of the Murderbot series, pens a major fantasy novel in Witch King.
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well.
But why was Kai imprisoned in the first place? What has changed in the world since his assassination? And why does the Rising World Coalition appear to be growing in influence?
Kai will need to pull his allies close and draw on all his pain magic if he is to answer even the least of these questions.
He’s not going to like the answers.
Witch King is a rousing tale of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.
Witch King by Martha Wells. Releases in May 2023 from Tordotcom. I know lots of readers who are excited about Martha Wells’ new book. This sounds so different from her Murderbot series, and I am here for it!
The First Bright Thing sounds awesome!
I agree!
I love the sound of The First Bright Thing! Will have to try to track down a copy…
It does sound good, I hope we both get the chance to read it:-)
Martha Wells has a new book? Squeeee!
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It sort of came out of nowhere!
Dragonfall look amazing. Such a wonderful cover. Pretty excited for the Martha Wells too.
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That cover is sooo good!
Dragons, circus magic, and Martha Wells! What more could one ask for?!?! 🙂
It is a nice combo, right?
Witch King was my pick today too!
I can’t wait!
The First Bright Thing sounds really good, and I love that cover, it’s very striking.
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It is! I love that it’s a circus tent but you have to look closer to really see it.
The cover of Dragonfall is soooo gorgeous! One of the best covers I’ve seen recently even I think! The premise of the story also sounds really great. 2023 has such good titles coming!
I was JUST looking at The First Bright Thing on Edelweiss thinking it sounds freaking amazing! I’m both a fan of The Night Circus and Addie LaRue so I’m definitely interested in reading it!
Witch King sounds like another great title! I haven’t read a Martha Wells book yet but this might be my first one. It sounds fantastic!
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Anything being compared to Addie LaRue is a must read for me:-)
They all sound intriguing, but the first and the last one really talk to me! I need them!! Thanks for sharing!
I hope we can both read them:-)
After seeing that first book about dragons (and that amazing cover!), the rest seemed to pale somewhat…. 😀 😀
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Well, dragons are hard to top, especially beautifully drawn ones:-)
The First Bright Thing and The Witch King in particular sound amazing. Thank you for sharing:)).
New Martha Wells is always exciting:-)
Dragonfall has a gorgeous cover. Wow.
And I’m really intrigued by the Martha Wells. I still haven’t read the murderbot books (although I’m determined to get to them)but this is calling to me.
Lynn 😀
Dragonfall is a new favorite cover of mine:-)