Greetings, Voyagers! As the first month of 2020 wraps up, I thought it would be the perfect time to share our upcoming releases. This year, we got magical creatures, dragons, and plenty more in stored for you guys! In addition, we have many series finales coming up đ . However, not to worry cause we also have some action-packed novels that will knock the socks off your feet! Please read on to see what books we have coming up!
New Releases
Warlord by Mel Odom
Release: 1/28/2020
Edited by Kelly Lonesome
Cover design by Patricia Barrow
In the third entry in bestselling author Mel Odomâs Makaum War series, Master Sergeant Frank Sage struggles to defend against the Phrenorian threat as battle lines will be redrawnâand blood will spill…
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
The Puzzler’s War by Eyal Kless
Release Date: 2/4/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Yeon Kim
Cover illustrations by Christian Darkins
An expansive follow-up to The Lost Puzzler, this speculative adventure explores what happens when the secrets are finally unlocked, and technology long since buried once again finds its way into the hands of mankind.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Daughter from the Dark by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
Release date: 2/11/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Owen Corrigan
In this fantastic stand-alone novel, the authors and translator of Vita Nostraâwhich award-winning author Aliette de Bodard called a âdark Harry Potter on steroids with a hefty dose of metaphysicsââcomes a story about creation, music, and, companionship filled with the elements of sublte magic and fantasy that made readers want to devour Marina and Sergey Dyachenkoâs first book.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Carved from Stone and Dream by T. Frohock
Release date: 2/25/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Richard L. Aquan
Angels and demons battle to stave off World War II in the next book in T. Frohockâs critically-acclaimed Los Nefilim series.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
A Pale Light in the Black by K. B. Wagers
Release date: 3/3/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Richard L. Aquan
Cover illustration by Vadim Sadovski
The Expanse meets the Battle Room in Ender’s Game as K. B. Wagers brings us the first installation of a unique science fiction series featuring a military force that patrols and protects the solar systemâthe Near-Earth Orbital Guard (or Neo-G)âthat is inspired by the real-life mission of the Coast Guard.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Crush the King by Jennifer Estep
Release Date: 3/17/2020
Edited by Erika Tsang
Cover design by Yeon Kim
Cover illustration by Tony Mauro
A fierce gladiator queen must face off against her enemies in an epic battle in this next thrilling installment of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Estepâs Crown of Shards seriesâan action-packed adventure full of magic, murderous machinations, courtly intrigue, and pulse-pounding romance.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Ruthless by Sarah Tarkoff
Release date: 3/17/2020
Edited by Tessa Woodward
Cover design by Yeon Kim
A brave young woman risks everything to expose a conspiracy controlling her world in this heart-pounding finale to the Eye of the Beholder series, a thrilling saga set in a near-future dystopian society.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
The Sisters Grimm by Menna Van Praag
Release date: 3/31/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Owen Corrigan
Cover illustration by Galen Dara
Crtically-acclaimed author Menna van Praag’s first head-on foray into fantasy, with all the love, mystery, and magic her readers expect, but with a dark edge that feels like a merging of Sarah Addison Allen and Neil Gaiman.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst
Release date: 4/21/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Richard L. Aquan
Cover illustration by Nekro
From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a standalone epic fantasy about monster racing. It’s set in a brand-new world and features strong, determined women centered around timely themes of uncovering injustice and rooting out corruption.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Westside Saints by W. M. Akers
Release date: 5/5/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Owen Corrigan
Critically Acclaimed Author W. M. Akers returns with a second book set in the mysterious westside of Broadway following Gilda Carrâs hunt for the honest truth.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik
Release date: 5/19/2020
Edited by Tessa Woodward
Cover design by Yeon Kim
The final electrifying installment in Jessie Mihalik’s Consortium Rebellion trilogy.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Sunshield by Emily B. Martin
Release date: 5/26/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Elsie Lyons
Cover illustration by Larry Rostant
The world of Emily B. Martin’s Creatures of Light series expands in this exciting new duology that explores new characters, new countries, and new intrigue.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Corporate Gunslinger by Doug Engstrom
Release date: 6/16/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Yeon Kim
In a potential future sure to scare the crap out of anyone, debt slavery is very real, and corporations are training professional gunfighters to settle their disputes with customers in Doug Engstrom’s eerie, dystoptic debut, Corporate Gunslinger.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Obliteration by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth
Release date: 6/23/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover illustration by Larry Rostant
From the star of TVâs Impractical Jokers, the third novel set in the Awakened universe, in which a evils both above and below ground slowly come to light; and the world itself is in danger.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Alien Secrets by Ian Douglas
Release date: 6/30/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Amy Halperin
Conspiracy theories and military space adventure combine in a brand new series from New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty
Release date: 6/30/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Alan Dingman
The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty, concludes the tale of a con-woman from 18th century Cairo and an idealistic djinn prince fighting to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
The Book of Dragons edited by Jonathan Strahan
Release date: 7/7/2020
Edited by Jonathan Strahan
Cover illustration by Rovina Cai
Dragons of all sorts populate the stories and poems of an incredible collection of science fiction and fantasyâs best writers: Nix, Scott Lynch, R.F. Kuang, Ann Leckie & Rachel Swirsky, Daniel Abraham, Peter S. Beagle, Beth Cato, Zen Cho, C. S. E Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Kate Elliott, Theodora Goss, Ellen Klages, Ken Liu, Patricia A McKillip, K. J. Parker, Kelly Robson, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Elle Katharine White, Jane Yolen, Kelly Barnhill, Brooke Bolander, Sarah Gailey, and J. Y. Yang. With illustrations throughout by World Fantasy Award-winner Rovina Cai.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Queen of Storms by Raymond E. Feist
Release date:7/14/2020
Edited by Jennifer Brehl
Cover design by Richard L. Aquan
Cover Illustration by Larry Rostant
Dark and powerful forces threaten the world of Garn once more in this second novel in legendary New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feistâs epic fantasy series, the Firemane Saga.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Relentless by R. A. Salvatore
Release date: 7/28/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Richard L. Aquan
Cover illustration by Aleksi Briclot
The long-awaited return of one of fantasyâs most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do’Urden, comes the last book in the trilogy written by New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Failed State by Christopher Brown
Release date: 8/11/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Owen Corrigan
This follow-on to Christopher Brownâs 2019 dystopian legal thriller Rule of Capture takes lawyer Donny Kimoe into even fresher territory: a utopian legal thriller, as Donny defends two intertwined cases whose outcomes will determine the American future.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Noumenon Ultra by Marina J. Lostetter
Release date: 8/18/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design by Owen Corrigan
Publishers Weekly called Noumenon, Lostetter’s debut, “ambitious and stunning.” Now, Convoy Seven returns for the third novel, an equally wonderous tale of space travel, adventure, and humanity in the vein of Arthur C. Clarke, Neal Stephenson, and Octavia Butler.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Ballistic Kiss by Richard Kadrey
Release date: 8/25/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
Cover design and illustration by Crush Creative
The eleventhâand penultimateâhigh-octane, page-turning, Sandman Slim adventure filled with the intense kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes
Release date: 9/8/2020
Edited by Tessa Woodward
The next hilariously quirky and outrageously fun science-fiction novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Chilling Effect.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Dark Star Rising by Bennett R. Coles
Release date: 9/29/2020
Edited by Vedika Khanna
The second book in the Blackwood & Virtue seriesâimagine Master and Commander in spaceâfinds the misfit crew of HMSS Daring on a covert mission to dismantle a sprawling pirate network threatening the empire.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
The Bladebone by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Release date: 10/13/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
The fourth and final novel in Ausma Zehanat Khan’s powerful fantasy quartet, a series that lies “somewhere between N. K. Jemisin and George R. R. Martin” (Saladin Ahmed), in which a powerful band of women must use their magic to defeat an oppressive dark regime.
Indiebound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, HC
Escaping Exodus: Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden
Release date: 10/13/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
From Compton Crook award-winning author Nicky Drayden comes the sequel to Escaping Exodus that weaves her trademark blend of science fiction and dark humor into a dazzling story where society lives in the belly of the beastâquite literallyâ and stakes run high as an entire civilization’s survival depends solely on Seske and Doka and their ability to come together for one epic battle.
Preorders available soon.
The Burning God by R. F. Kuang
Release date: 11/10/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
The last installment in R.F. Kuangâs acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy The Poppy War combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.
Preorders available soon.
Stargods by Ian Douglas
Release date: 11/24/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
The last installment in the Star Carrier series, where first contact, space opera, and military adventure combine, from New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas.
Preorders available soon.
Fleet Element by Walter Jon Williams
Release date: 12/8/2020
Edited by David Pomerico
The fifth book in an epic mix of space opera and military science fiction, from a grand master of sci-fi, Walter Jon Williams.
Preorders available soon.
And there you go, it’ll be a fun year! Make sure to check out our list of 2019. Onward, Voyager!