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ICYMI: Yesterday, @reactorsff launched the cover for ESPERANCE, the new sci-fi thriller by Adam Oyebanji, author of BRAKING DAY. In the vein of Blake Crouch, Andy Weir, and Neal Stephenson, Esperance plumbs the depths of a seemingly impossible crime after a father and son have been found dead—their lungs full of sea water 🌊 hundreds of miles from the ocean--coming April 2025. #DAWBooks #AdamOyebanji #Eseperance #ScienceFiction #SciFiBooks #SciFiReads #Bookish #TBRPile #MustRead

Stand aside Francis Ford Coppola, there's a new Caesar in town. SARGASSA, Sophie Burnham's thrilling debut set in a contemporary North America where the Roman Empire never fell and continued to expand its borders, releases next week! ... An unlikely group of rebels are ready to burn down the Roman empire like you've never imagined it before. From the halls of the Senate floor to the bloody sands of the gladiatorial pits, Sophie Burnham's debut is full of riveting political danger, thoughtful worldbuilding, and a tightly-knit group of conspirators. Selah Kleios is twenty-two years old and suddenly one of the most important women in the empires. The role of Imperial Historian is her birthright, something she’s been preparing for since birth—but she was supposed to have more time to learn the role from her father, the previous Historian. In the wake of her father’s sudden and shocking assassination, Selah finds herself custodian of more than just the Imperial Archives, the towering central library that safeguards all collective knowledge of the Roman Imperium and its client empires. There’s also the question of the two puzzling classified items her father left in her care—an ancient atlas filled with landscapes that don’t exist, and a carved piece of stone that seems to do nothing at all. Soon, though, it becomes clear that the Iveroa Stone is more than just a slab of rock. With the reappearance of an old lost love who’s been blackmailed into stealing it for an unknown entity, Selah finds herself in a race to uncover the mysteries the Stone holds. But she isn’t the only one with an interest in it—she’ll have to contend with the deputy chief of police, an undercover spy, and her own beloved half brother along the way. What begins as an act of atonement and devotion ultimately pulls her into the crosshairs of deep state conspiracy, the stirrings of an underground independence movement, and questions that threaten to shake the foundational legitim

Ready for a taste of Marrowdell? With only two weeks until A CHANGE OF PLACE by Julie E. Czerneda hits shelves on September 17th, now is the perfect time to read A DRAGON FOR WILLIAM, a novella set between book 2 and book 3 of the Night’s Edge series. Cozy, atmospheric, and gently fanciful! *** Set after the Aurora Award-winning novel, A Play of Shadow, this novella explores the story of a young boy whose fanciful tales of dragons and dangers may prove to be more than just fiction. Werfol returns to Vorkoun with his family to find their fortunes changed for the worse. His father is in disgrace and banished from court. Meanwhile, Vorkoun has been ceded to Asnor by the prince's treaty and no one knows what that will mean. And to complicate matters further, Werfol is now a truthseer, able to discern if another is lying. His training has barely begun, but his mother refuses to send him back to his uncle in Marrowdell. Werfol, bored and heartsick, retreats to his imagination, secretly writing a story about a brave boy who befriends a young dragon. In their adventures, “Prince William” is always the hero but, in real life, Werfol grows angrier and more afraid every day. It doesn’t help that Werfol's brother Semyn, once his closest confidant, can’t remember Marrowdell’s magic. Then Semyn, worried about Werfol, finds his story and shows their parents. Their mother, plagued by dangerous dreams, fears her son may become a doorway to a threat far more dangerous than a treaty. For Werfol wrote of a dragon the colour of a Sei, a being so potent its curiosity once tore apart worlds. Suddenly, no one, not even Werfol, can be sure where his imagination ends and the magical Verge begins. Can a boy who sees the lies in others find the truth within himself?

ICYMI: Presenting the cover of ONE WAY WITCH by the award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, available on 4.29.2025. ONE WAY WITCH is the second novella in the SHE WHO KNOWS trilogy. Check out book one now, which released this week! Cover art by Greg Ruth; Design by Jim Tierney ... The world has forgotten Onyesonwu. As a teen, Najeeba learned to become the beast of wind, fire and dust: the kponyungo. When that took too much from her, including the life of her father, she let it all go, and for a time, she was happy — until only a few years later, when the small, normal life she’d built was violently destroyed. Now in her forties and years beyond the death of her second husband, Najeeba has just lost her beloved daughter. Onyesonwu saved the world. Najeeba knows this well, but the world does not. This is how the juju her daughter evoked works. One other person who remembers is Onyesonwu’s teacher Aro, a harsh and hard-headed sorcerer. Najeeba has decided to ask him to teach her the Mystic Points, the powerful heart of sorcery. There is something awful Najeeba needs to kill and the Mystic Points are the only way. Najeeba is truly her daughter’s mother. When Aro agrees to help, Najeeba is at last ready to forge her future. But first, she must confront her past — for certain memories cannot lie in unmarked graves. #DAWBooks #DAWsome #AfricanFuturism #novella #onewaywitch #shewhoknows #NnediOkorafor

Cover Launch! 🚨 Presenting the cover DIRECT DESCENDANT, an upcoming queer, cozy horror by legendary author Tanya Huff. Welcome to beautiful Lake Argen: come for the baked goods, stay because you can't leave. Artist Credit: Faceout Studio, Jeff Miller! ... Generations ago, the founders of the idyllic town of Lake Argen made a deal with a dark force. In exchange for their service, the town will stay prosperous and successful, and keep outsiders out. And for generations, it’s worked out great. Until a visitor goes missing, and his wealthy family sends a private investigator to find him, and everything abruptly goes sideways. Now, Cassidy Prewitt, town baker and part-time servant of the dark force (it’s a family business) has to contend with a rising army of darkness, a very frustrated town, and a very cute PI who she might just be falling for…and who might just be falling for her. And if they can survive their own home-grown apocalypse, they might even just find happiness together. Queer, cozy, and with a touch of eldritch horror mixed in just for fun, this is a charming love story about a small-town baker, a quick-witted PI, and, yes, an ancient evil. #DAWBooks #DAWsome #cozyhorror #tanyahuff #romcom #lgbtqiareads #mustread #spookyreads

Christopher Ruocchio introduces readers to his epic, character drive space opera, which begins with Empire of Silence. If you're a fan of the political intrigue of Dune and brisk pace of The Expanse series, this is the next blockbuster SF saga you should be reading 🚀✨

Cover launch! From debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin comes a snarky urban fantasy novel inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology and bursting with wit, compelling characters, and LGBTQIA+ representation. Readers of Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews, and Ben Aaronovitch will devour this gory story—and the sweet-as-Canadian-maple-syrup sapphic romance at its monstrous heart. Available March 18th, 2025 Cover art by Yuhong Ding ... Tam hasn’t eaten anyone in years. She is now Mama’s soft-spoken, vegan daughter—everything dangerous about her is cut out. But when Tam’s estranged Aunt Tigress is found murdered and skinned, Tam inherits an undead fox in a shoebox, and an ensemble of old enemies. The demons, the ghosts, the gods running coffee shops by the river? Fine. The tentacled thing stalking Tam across the city? Absolutely not. And when Tam realizes the girl she’s falling in love with might be yet another loose end from her past? That’s just the brassy, beautiful cherry on top. Because no matter how quietly she lives, Tam can’t hide from her voracious upbringing, nor the suffering she caused. As she navigates romance, redemption, and the end of the world, she can’t help but wonder… Do monsters even deserve happy endings? With worldbuilding inspired by Chinese folklore and the Siksiká Nation in Canada, LGBTQIA+ representation, and a sapphic romance, Aunt Tigress is at once familiar and breathtakingly innovative. #DAWBooks #DAWesome #AuntTigress #EmilyYuXuanQin #fantasybooks #urbanfantasy #sapphicromance #lgbtqiareads #debutauthor #2025Debut

ON SHELVES NOW! Happy release day to FULL SPEED TO A CRASH LANDING by Beth Revis! Enemies-to-lovers spacemance as conwoman Ada Lamarr pits her wits against detective Rian white in the explosive opener to the Chaotic Orbits trilogy. You'll swoon and you'll soar between the stars! *** Amazon Editors' Pick - August 2024 Literary Hub - August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air. Fortunately for her, help arrives in the form of a government salvage crew—and while they reluctantly rescue her from certain death, they are not pleased to have an unexpected passenger along on their classified mission. But Ada doesn’t care—all that matters to her is enjoying their fine food and sweet, sweet oxygen—until Rian White, the government agent in charge, starts to suspect that there’s more to Ada than meets the eye. He’s not wrong—but he’s so pretty that Ada is perfectly happy to keep him paying attention to her—at least until she can complete the job she was sent to pull off. But as quick as Ada is, Rian might be quicker—and she may not be entirely sure who’s manipulating who until it’s too late… A phenomenally fun novella that kicks off a trilogy of sexy space heists and romantic tension, Full Speed to a Crash Landing is packed with great characters and full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end.

Dive into DAW's upcoming releases and preorder some books from your favorite authors or discover someone new before these titles hit the shelves in the coming months. Which ones are going on your TBR stack? 📖❤️ #DAWBooks #DAWsome #fantasybooks #sciencefictionbooks #apocalypticfiction #alternatehistory #tbr #tbrlist #newbooks

Meet Sophie Burnham, author of SARGASSA, a genre-bending debut set in a world where the Roman Empire never fell with a story of rebellion and identity at its heart. Now available for preorder. ... Selah Kleios is twenty-two years old and suddenly one of the most important women in the empires. The role of Imperial Historian is her birthright, something she’s been preparing for since birth—but she was supposed to have more time to learn the role from her father, the previous Historian. In the wake of her father’s sudden and shocking assassination, Selah finds herself custodian of more than just the Imperial Archives, the towering central library that safeguards all collective knowledge of the Roman Imperium and its client empires. There’s also the question of the two puzzling classified items her father left in her care—an ancient atlas filled with landscapes that don’t exist, and a carved piece of stone that seems to do nothing at all. Soon, though, it becomes clear that the Iveroa Stone is more than just a slab of rock. With the reappearance of an old lost love who’s been blackmailed into stealing it for an unknown entity, Selah finds herself in a race to uncover the mysteries the Stone holds. But she isn’t the only one with an interest in it—she’ll have to contend with the deputy chief of police, an undercover spy, and her own beloved half brother along the way. What begins as an act of atonement and devotion ultimately pulls her into the crosshairs of deep state conspiracy, the stirrings of an underground independence movement, and questions that threaten to shake the foundational legitimacy of Roma Sargassa’s past, present, and future. #DAWBooks #DAWsome #SophieBurnham #Sargassa #AlternateHistory #SpeculativeFiction #LGBTQIARead #QueerRebellion #QueerRomance

Buckle up! New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis introduces FULL SPEED TO A CRASH LANDING, the first novella in the Chaotic Orbits trilogy-- available on August 6th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrh5ibmTvo

For the first time in five years, hardcover editions of Empire of Silence, Book 1 of the Sun Eater series by Christopher Ruocchio, are back on sale. #DAWBooks #DAWsome #SunEater #ChristopherRuocchio #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #EmpireofSilence