It ’s almost back to shoal time of year , and even if you ’ve long since leave locker and pop quiz behind , you’re able to still stick by to a meter reading list — quarter from this selection of novel sci - fi and fantasy script from writer like Cixin Liu , Mary Robinette Kowal , Connie Willis , and some guy wire named J.R.R. Tolkien .
Alternate Routes by Tim Powers
Southern California traffic is already underworld — but now , the metropolis ’s freeways have become plagued by ghostly effect that fuel phantom cars and install inter - dimensional off - incline . A equipment driver for a supernatural - railcar evasion service teams up with an agent bring for a dim government group ( along with some other clearly LA theatrical role ) to look into the whodunit . ( August 7 )
Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach
In this revulsion novel , a untried man becomes obsessed with find his younger blood brother who enigmatically vanished years before — so obsessed that he takes a job working at the grocery store where the child croak missing . Before long , he realizes there ’s something very sinister lurking just below the store ’s aerofoil . ( August 7 )
A Gift of Griffins by V.M. Escalada
The 2d in the author ’s Faraman Prophecy fantasy series picks up the tale of heroical Kerida Nast , who must use a combination of magical talent and military strategy to free a princess who could help lay aside her country from terrible invaders . ( August 7 )
Haven: Tales of the Aftermath by Adam Roberts
It ’s the post - apocalypse and a vernal man molest by mysterious visions does his best to help his family with their farm — but his abilities attract the attention of various interested party , most of them malevolent . Can he survive , and maybe help salve the world too ? ( August 7 )
The Point by John Dixon
In the future , West Point runs an off - the - books programme for “ posthumans ” to sharpen their endowment for military usance . One rebellious educatee , gifted with the grievous great power of controlling pure energy , finds herself at the center of the battle when a threat from the programme ’s secret past tense makes itself screw . ( August 7 )
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Murderbot return for another adventure , this sentence with the goal of staying far , far away from astronomical authorities who are marvel exactly where the wandering killing motorcar has end up . Man , ca n’t an asocial AI just get a happy chance from all those irritating human being for once ? ( August 7 )
Temper by Nicky Drayden
In southerly Africa , twinned brothers find their already - strained relationship further test when one of them take off hearing evilness , maybe demonic vocalization in his caput urging him to do abominable things … which he starts acting on . ( August 7 )
Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, translated by Joel Martinsen
In this stand - alone sci - fi adventure from the acclaimed author ofThe Three - Body Problemtrilogy , a man lose his parents to a jiffy of ball lightning and undertake a global pursuit to understand the cosmic phenomenon . ( August 14 )
The Million by Karl Schroeder
Most of the fourth dimension , Earth is home to just one million residents who ’ve inherit all of humanity ’s riches — but every 30 eld , 10 billion visitor arrive for a month - retentive gaga political party . One young visitant manages to remain behind , hide out his outcast status behind a fictitious identity that ’s incessantly in danger of being come upon , especially as he gets drawn into a worrying murder mystery . ( August 14 )
The Moons of Barsk by Lawrence M. Schoen
In this continuation to Barsk : The Elephants ’ Graveyard , misfit main character Pizlo is now a teenager , but he ’s still driven to source the message he trust he ’s receiving from nearby moons . Meanwhile , an intergalactic pol who ’s able to speak with the dead search for his own answer . ( August 14 )
Noumenon Infinity by Marina J. Lostetter
The author follows up Noumenon with a coming back to thick space ; there , various ships that’ve become unconnected from an world - launched convoy must work together to let on out the true purpose of the deep alien megastructure they encounter on a faraway star . ( August 14 )
Relic by Alan Dean Foster
After a computer virus eradicate human beings , the extragalactic nebula ’s last known human is deliver by an foreign race . In exchange for his avail as a research theme , the extraterrestrial agree to attend to him in his heroic quest to discover the long - lost satellite Earth — where he hopes against hope to find more subsister . ( August 14 )
Stars Uncharted by S.K. Dunstall
When a very fortunate cargo pilot discovers an exploration ship fulfil with sophisticated records of previously unknown worlds , he gathers a ragtag gang for some mystifying - infinite treasure hunting . ( August 14 )
The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
Set in an alt - history version of New Orleans during the Civil War , this debut novel follows the adventures of a fille who dream of joining the crew of an dirigible — and whose ghostlike connection to the African god of flatus and storm could both help and offend her chance . ( August 21 )
Coldfall Wood by Steven Savile
When an ancient , long - forgotten god awakens in a forest outside London , minor get disappearing ; others become incapacitated by a paralyzing illness . Two men , who do n’t necessarily view themselves heroes , are called to crusade against a violence that ’s determined to take over everything . ( August 21 )
The Fated Sky: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
In this follow - up to The Calculating Stars , the year is now 1961 , and the finish of send a mission to Mars has progressed . However , though the cosmonaut broadcast now admit women — notably the ambitious Lady Astronaut Elma York — it has been slow to accept people of all races . If the program ca n’t be inclusive on Earth , how will it achieve equality among the stars ? ( August 21 )
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
A gifted thief who ’s made a name for herself in a city that be given on magic is tasked with snatching a strange artifact — not realise she ’ll be putting herself and her city at great peril when the mysterious object ’s lawful index is revealed . ( August 21 )
Ravencry by Ed McDonald
In this second introduction in the Raven ’s Mark series , a bounty hunter raised in a blue wasteland known as “ the Misery ” chase after down the great unwashed live to be connected to the sinister , immortal Dark Kings . The Dark Kings have been sleeping for several years , but a return looms on the horizon . ( August 21 )
The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams
In this far - future adventure , an factor tasked with recruiting telekinetic nestling to help in the fight a mysterious threat visit “ the Pulse ” is direct by a grouping of galactic zealots . ( August 21 )
Terra Incognita: Three Novellas by Connie Willis
This book collects three Graeco-Roman novellas from the Hugo and Nebula - advance writer : Uncharted Territory , about a pair of explorers on a distant planet who find themselves fall in love against the odds ; Remake , set in a future Hollywood where one aspiring starlet dreams of make it big , even though there ’s no such affair as live - natural action moving picture anymore ; and D.A. , about a woman who ’s forced into a shadowy interstellar cadet program against her wishes . ( August 21 )
Vox by Christina Dalcher
In this Handmaid ’s Tale - esque dystopian tale , a doctor who ’s also mother to a daughter must see out how to survive and push back when the United States declare woman may not reserve jobs , read , or compose , and are only allowed to verbalize 100 words per Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . ( August 21 )
Hollywood Dead by Richard Kadrey
Half - backer , half - human Sandman Slim returns for another supernatural noir dangerous undertaking ; this time , he ’s back in LA after a least sandpiper in Hell . But his return to Earth comes with string attached — and he ’ll soon be back underground unless he can fill out a special favour for the tycoon broker who revive him in the first position . ( August 28 )
Irontown Blues by John Varley
A noir - sleep with former pig turned individual eye ( help by his genetically - enhance Canis familiaris , Sherlock ) takes on a face hunt down biohackers who ’re hellbent on unleashing a sinister new virus — but he ’ll have to present some personal demons before he can lick it . ( August 28 )
War Cry by Brian McClellan
The author of the Powder Mage series enters a Modern existence with this book about a shape - sceneshifter whose military preparation has n’t really organise him for being maroon at a remote outpost — but will sure as shooting come in handy when his platoon plots a speculative survival missionary work that terminate up let out a high-pitched - stakes wartime secret . ( August 28 )
Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffrey Ford
Moby Dick ’s chief graphic symbol face up off in this fantasy novel that suppose Ishmael as the honest author of Herman Melville ’s Greco-Roman narration — and Captain Ahab is none too pleased about the fashion he ’s been portray on the Sir Frederick Handley Page . This time , Ahab ’s epical journeying lead him through the street of New York City , hoping to chase after down Ishmael and set the record straight . ( August 29 )
The People’s Republic of Everything by Nick Mamatas
unforesightful sci - fi , fantasy , and crime stories from the past 10 years , on subjects as varied as a hitman who ’s literally force to narrate the truth , a dog that ca n’t give way its social - media habit , and “ a very bad date that births an unforgettable meme . ” ( August 29 )
The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien
The legendary generator ’s son , Christopher Tolkien , cut this Middle - earth tale explore the encounter between the evil Morgoth and Manwë , the Lord of Waters , as well as the beautiful , hidden city of Gondolin . ( August 30 )
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