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OUT NOW: The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addision!

We’re delighted to wish The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison a very happy book birthday!

Return to Amalo in this sequel to The Witness for the Dead, where an investigation into a school for foundling girls leads Thara Celehar on his most sinister journey yet. But it’s a journey he doesn’t need to take alone…

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Celehar’s life as the Witness for the Dead of Amalo grows less isolated as his circle of friends grows larger. He has been given an apprentice to teach, and he has stumbled over a scandal of the city—the foundling girls. Orphans with no family to claim them and no funds to buy an apprenticeship. Foundling boys go to the Prelacies; foundling girls are sold into service, or worse.

At once touching and shattering, Celehar’s witnessing for one of these girls will lead him into the depths of his own losses.

The love of his friends will lead him out again.

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OUT NOW: Bad Gods by Gaie Sebold!

We’re completely delighted to say that Bad Gods by Gaie Sebold is out now!

This trope-busting, inclusive, sex-positive take on fantasy was originally published as Babylon Steel in 2011 to critical acclaim, and we’re so excited to bring it to a brand new audience to enjoy. Bad Gods is complete with a beautiful new cover from Discworld artist Stephen Player.

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All Tastes! • All Species! • All Currencies!

You can find anything in Scalentine, the city of portals, but you won’t find a better brothel than the Red Lantern. And its proprietor, Babylon Steel (ex-mercenary, ex-priestess, ex… lots of things), means to keep it that way.

But a prurient cult are protesting in the streets, sex workers are disappearing, and Babylon has bills to pay. When the powerful Diplomatic Section hires her – off the books – to find a missing heiress, she has to take the job.

And then her past starts to catch up with her…

“Worth a hearty recommendation.” — Fantasy Book Review

“A pacy fantasy romp – idiosyncratic and entertaining.” — The Guardian

“Sebold has a flair for storytelling.” — SFX

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OUT NOW: Monkey Around by Jadie Jang!

We’re absolutely thrilled to say that Monkey Around by Jadie Jang is out now!

This absolute riot of an urban fantasy is Jang’s debut novel, and has already been selected as one of Buzzfeed’s ’35 Amazing Fantasy Books Coming Out This Summer’ and one of Apple Books’ most anticipated books for the Summer.

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San Francisco has a Monkey King — and she’s freaking out.

Barista, activist, and were-monkey Maya McQueen was well on her way to figuring herself out. Well, part of the way. 25% of the way. If you squint.

But now the Bay Area is being shaken up. Occupy Wall Street has come home to roost; and on the supernatural side there’s disappearances, shapeshifter murders, and the city’s spirit trying to find its guardian.

Maya doesn’t have a lot of time before chaos turns up at her door, and she needs to solve all of her problems. Well, most of them. The urgent ones, anyhow.

But who says the solutions have to be neat? Because Monkey is always out for mischief.

“Jang has put a wonderful amount of thought into a brisk, action-packed story.” — Sia, Blogger – Every Book a Doorway

“Engaging characters, intriguing creatures, and thrilling action scenes.” — BuzzFeed

“As nimble and spirited as its were-monkey protagonist, Monkey Around is a wild romp through evocatively portrayed post-financial collapse San Francisco.” –Molly Tanzer, author of Vermilion and Creatures of Will and Temper

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OUT NOW: The Witness For The Dead by Katherine Addison (UK)!

We’re incredibly excited that The Witness For The Dead by Katherine Addison is out now in the UK!

This brilliant, unique book is the follow up to the bestselling and award-winning first book in the series – The Goblin Emperor, and we’re so excited to take readers back into that world.

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Murder, politics and intrigue.

When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead.

Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. Now he lives in the City of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference.

 He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honestly will not permit him to live quietly.

“Impressively elaborate worldbuilding underpins this lovely fantasy novel, but I couldn’t put it down because of the heart-grippingly sympathetic main character.” ― Kate Elliott, bestselling author of the Crossroads series

“Impressively elaborate worldbuilding underpins this lovely fantasy novel, but I couldn’t put it down because of the heart-grippingly sympathetic main character.” ― Kate Elliott, bestselling author of the Crossroads series

“… remarkably compelling and fascinating” — io9

“Challenging, invigorating, and unique. If courtly intrigue is your wine of choice, The Goblin Emperor is the headiest vintage I’ve come across in years.” ― Scott Lynch, bestselling author of The Lies of Locke Lamora

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OUT NOW: The Black Coast by Mike Brooks (US)

Today we’re wishing a very happy book birthday to our gorgeous US edition of The Black Coast by Mike Brooks!

Epic world-building at its finest, in an upcoming author’s fantasy debut. The Black Coast is the start of an unmissable series filled with war-dragons, armoured knights, sea-faring raiders, dangerous magic and crowd-pleasing battle scenes.

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War Dragons. Fearsome Raiders. A Daemonic Warlord on the Rise.

When the citizens of Black Keep see ships on the horizon, terror takes them because they know who is coming: for generations, the keep has been raided by the fearsome clanspeople of Tjakorsha. Saddling their war dragons, Black Keep’s warriors rush to defend their home only to discover that the clanspeople have not come to pillage at all. Driven from their own land by a daemonic despot who prophesises the end of the world, the raiders come
in search of a new home . . .

Meanwhile the wider continent of Narida is lurching toward war. Black Keep is about to be caught in the crossfire – if only its new mismatched society can survive.

“Any fan of epic fantasy will find something to love here.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

“The Black Coast has excellent characters and wonderful world-building, with a wealth of interesting cultural collisions. I’m already excited for the next one!” — Django Wexler, author of The Shadow Campaigns series.

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OUT NOW: Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley

We’re over-the-moon to wish a very happy publication day to Skyward Inn! A thoughtful, literary novel about conflict, identity and community, it offers a fresh new perspective in speculative fiction from critically-acclaimed writer Aliya Whiteley. 

Jamaica Inn by way of Jeff Vandermeer, Ursula Le Guin, Angela Carter and Michel Faber, Skyward Inn is a beautiful story of belonging, identity and regret.

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Drink down the brew and dream of a better Earth.

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; Innkeepers Jem and Isley, veterans from either side, have regrets but few scars.

Their peace is disturbed when a visitor known to Isley comes to the Inn asking for help, bringing reminders of an unnerving past and triggering an uncertain future.

Did humanity really win the war?

“Skyward Inn feels like an instant classic of the genre.” — The Guardian

“Intense and consuming writing, constantly challenging expectations.” — Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time

“The absolute best kind of philosophical SF, & indisputable inheritor of Le Guin. Aliya Whiteley forces us to confront difficult ideas, but they are important, and will become even more so. Exactly what SF should do.” — Marion Womack, author of The Golden Key

“A powerful and surprising examination of colonialism and its unintended consequences. Highly recommended.” — Helen Marshall, author of The Migration