When we told the lovely folks over at Gollancz how we couldn’t wait to get our hands on Joe Abercrombie’s The Wisdom Of Crowds, they took pity on us and let us get our greedy little eyes on the cover. Not only that, but they have let us exclusively share Tomás Almeida’s amazing cover for the
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Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Scott Snyder Artist: Greg Capullo Back in 2017, the dynamic duo of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo unleashed Dark Nights: Metal, a DC-wide crossover event that pitted the Justice league against Barbatos, God Of The Dark Multiverse. This adventure gave birth to a whole suite of twisted alternate reality Batmans, each
Author: Caroline Hardaker Publisher: Angry Robot Books Released: Out now Set in a dystopian near future world where pollution has caused animals to die out, the soil to become so poisonous that the soles of your shoes will burn through should you stand still long enough and a lilac sky full of toxins that will
Author: Clay McLeod Chapman Publisher: Quirk Books Released: Out Now Price: £15.99 Hardback When five-year-old Sean comes home from school with suspicious bruises on his thigh it’s not long before his teacher is under suspicion. That suspicion soon turns sensational when rumours of a satanic cult infiltrating the town start to take root and Sean
Inspired by the McMartin preschool trials and the satanic panic of the Eighties, Clay McLeod Chapman’s Whisper Down The Lane is out today and to celebrate we’re giving away TWO copies! Here is a synopsis of the novel… Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage to Tamara,
The Folio Society has teamed up with the Philip K Dick estate and worked with illustration and image-making company, La Boca, to create a limited edition complete set of the author’s short stories. Check out the stunning set in the video here… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> In 2019
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s The Doors Of Eden is now available on paperback and to celebrate, we’re giving away a copy to one lucky SciFiNow’er! Here’s what to look forward to in The Doors Of Eden… They thought we were safe. They were wrong. Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only
Lucy Holland’s magical tale about three siblings and three deadly sins in Sistersong is out today and to celebrate, we’re giving away TWO copies of the book! Here is a synopsis: King Cador’s children inherit a land abandoned by the Romans, torn by warring tribes. Riva can cure others, but can’t heal her own scars.
Set 1902, Adler follows Jane Eyre, who has been wounded in the Boer War, and has returned to a London transmogrified by emerging modernity. An old friend, the glamorous inventor Lady Havisham, introduces her to the American adventuress Irene Adler, and the two seek lodging together. But Adler is engaged in a brutal secret war
Released: Out Now Writer: Lavie Tidhar Artist: Paul McCaffrey Distributor: Titan Comics Price: £13.99 In Lavie Tidhar’s Adler, we follow a not-so-plain Jane Eyre as she returns to London from her time spent as an ambulance driver/nurse in the Boer War. A young woman with limited prospects (where have we read that before?), it is
Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people come together to tell stories of the time before the war with Qita. But safety from what? Qita surrendered without complaint when Earth invaded and innkeepers Jem and Isley, veterans from either side, have regrets but few scars.
Author: Aliya Whiteley Released: Out now Distributor: Rebellion When Earth discovers a new pathway to a distant planet rich in resource, the first reaction is to go as conquerors. However, when the invaders arrive, the native Qita have already surrendered in search of a quiet peace built on trade. Years later, Jem and Isley, veterans
We’re big fans of speculative fiction here at SciFiNow and now one of the most iconic members of the sub-sector, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses is getting its own stunning edition from The Folio Society. Set in an alternative history in which native African people had colonised the European people, rather than the other way
As perfectly exampled by our recent Massive Marvel Takeover in Issue 6 of SFN+, the new phase of the MCU is well and truly underway. Especially with the upcoming arrival of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, which follows Sam Wilson aka The Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)
Back in 2019 Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire was released to critical praise, winning the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Now, to celebrate the release of its sequel A Desolation Called Peace, we are giving away TWO sets of both A Memory Called Empire (in paperback) and A Desolation Called Peace (in hardback). For
Have you ever finished a book and thought ‘I wonder what would have happened if that character took a different path?’ well, in Markus Heitz’s DOORS the question of ‘what if’ is very much answered with three stories in one! Each story starts the same – a team of experts (including free-climbers, a geologist, a
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher: Solaris Released: Out now Price: £25 hardback, £7.49 Kindle eBook Adrian Tchaikovsky’s latest novella starts at the end of all things. A time-soldier from the last ever war finds himself at the end of time, resolute in the knowledge that as soon as time travel was possible, its use as a
Salvatore Simeone is a busy man. Not only is he co-founder of TKO Studios, an entertainment company which provides genre content through prose, comic books, film and television, but he’s also the author of Lonesome Days, Savage Nights – a werewolf graphic novel with a difference. Following Stu Manning, an ex-cop and private investigator who
Gene Wolfe’s classic science fantasy novel The Book Of The New Sun has become a staple of the genre, only becoming more and more popular with age. Told over four stories and set in the distant future when the sun has dimmed and Earth is cooler, this legendary fantasy epic tells the story of Severian,
All the way back in 2020 we were introduced to Amora Montara in Adalyn Grace’s All the Stars And Teeth. As princess of the island kingdom Visidia she must give a demonstration of her dangerous soul magic. However, when it goes awry, she is forced to flee the only home she’s ever known. Striking up
Cavan Scott has a portfolio that includes Star Wars, Doctor Who, Vikings, Pacific Rim, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, Assassin’s Creed and Wonder Woman, and we are delighted to exclusively reveal the cover of Issue 8 in his debut creator-first project; Shadow Service. Full of magic and monsters (including a smart-talking rat), Shadow Service combines urban
In Residuum (the final instalment in Dominic Dulley’s epic space opera The Long Game series), Orry Kent just wants a quiet life. But even a little R&R on the holiday planet of Halcyon turns wild when she accidentally sparks off a revolution amongst the downtrodden native workers. But that’s small beer compared with the news
Hello SciFiNow, thank you for inviting me to write about my favorite genre, Fantasy, specifically Urban Fantasy. What first drew me into this genre and what fuels my love for it, is the blend of the mundane with the fantastical. How you can go about your everyday life and not know if that cute barista
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Released: Out now Writer: Mallory O’Meara Tales of the golden era of Hollywood have a habit of transporting you back in time, painting the world with a unique blend of rose-tinted nostalgia as only celluloid can deliver. Despite us knowing that it could never all be sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, the seduction
Unhappy teenagers often find their way to science fiction, one way or another. It’s hardly surprising that a genre laden with metaphors of loss, loneliness and longing for connection should be attractive to young people struggling to find their place in a world that seems to resent their very existence. Few such troubled kids have
A new epic fantasy is on its way this summer with Brian Staveley’s The Empire’s Ruin (Ashes of the Unhewn Throne, Book 1) and we’re delighted to exclusively reveal the amazing cover in the UK! Here is a synopsis for The Empire’s Ruin… One soldier will bear the hopes of an empire. The Kettral were
Life goes on for the billions left behind after the humanity-saving colony mission to Proxima Centauri leaves Earth orbit… but what’s the point? We’re delighted to reveal the cover of R.W.W Greene’s upcoming sci-fi Twenty-Five To Life and not only that, but we are giving you a taster of what’s to come with an excerpt
“Do you write to music?” “Does you have a soundtrack in your head as you plot out each scene?” Writers and artists get asked this from time to time. I suspect every one of us would have different answers if there were enough different answers to go around. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. For
Author: Christopher Paolini Publisher: Tor Price: £20 Kira Navárez is looking forward to going home. Her work as a Xenobiologist has taken her far across the galaxy in an effort to explore and discover what might be out there. She knows that aliens exist, or at least that they existed. She can see remnants of
Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline’s highly-anticipated sequel to Ready Player One, is finally here and there are a plethora of brilliant events to celebrate! Firstly, you can hear the first chapter from the sequel, which takes place just days after our hero, Wade Watts, wins OASIS Founder James Halliday’s contest, being read by none other than