In Hannes Barnard’s dynamic coming-of-age novel "Nebulous: The Last Hurrah", teenagers seek refuge from an ominous storm cloud. Best friends Xandr and Rufus sneak out of their South African homes for a last chance at losing their... Read More

The discovery of an alien communication changes a family’s trajectory in Alexandra Oliva’s rich speculative novel "The Radiant Dark". When scientists announce that a repeating light pattern is a message from extraterrestrials, Carol... Read More

An advertising professional is hired to train an artificial intelligence bot in Justin Feinstein’s gripping epistolary novel Your Behavior Will Be Monitored. UniView is at the forefront of artificial intelligence development,... Read More

Art is a tool of the oppressor in Rachel Tremblay’s postapocalyptic novel Lavender Spike. After the revolution, Skylah, the nation’s leader, abolished religion. Seeing the need for connection, she turned sanctuaries into art... Read More

In Irene Clyde’s classic science fiction novel "Beatrice the Sixteenth", an explorer experiences a head injury and wakes in a different world. After a camel kick to the head, Mary is picked up by traveling merchants. Though she’s... Read More

Eight people are trapped on an ancient space voyaging ship in A.D. Sui’s locked room novel, The Iron Garden Sutra. Vessel Iris, a monk of the Starlit Order, and his embedded AI companion, VIFAI, board the generation ship Counsel of... Read More

"The Disruption" is a piquing science fiction novel about AI, religion, and human society. Weaving through different communities, timelines, and secrets, W. H. Hilf’s intricate science fiction novel "The Disruption" is set in a future... Read More

Suffused with supreme empathy, M. Darusha Wehm’s "The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human" is a probing speculative novel about the seductive landscapes of one’s memories. In New Zealand in 2043, life is more equitable.... Read More