In S. A. Patrick’s fantasy novel "A Darkness of Dragons", a delinquent boy turns into a hero as he embarks on a quest to stop a notorious villain. Thirteen-year-old Patch was a promising piping apprentice. For years, he trained to... Read More

Childhood nostalgia and resentment coalesce into a once-in-a-lifetime adventure in Josh Winning’s novel "The Shadow Glass". To the world, Jack’s father Bob was the beloved, eccentric creator of "The Shadow Glass", a 1980s fantasy... Read More

There are satisfying, unpredictable narrative leaps in the Hitchcock-evocative, fantastical novel "American Faust", in which a romance proves ill-fated. In Richard Brown Jr.’s enigmatic novel "American Faust", an entrepreneur makes a... Read More

In "Life Lived Wild", outdoorsman, writer, filmmaker, and conservationist Rick Ridgeway recounts his thrilling adventures in the world’s most remote regions. Ridgeway’s daring life is filled with newsworthy firsts. He was the first... Read More

"Wicked" is a cautionary novel about an eating disorder, whose vulnerable lead regains her strength. Zuzana Fort’s duology "Wicked" combines a clever epistolary novel about a teenager’s descent into anorexia with a one-act play,... Read More

Indigenous populations are targeted by wanton forces in Cherie Dimaline’s startling dystopian novel "Hunting by Stars". In the desolate near future, people are unable to dream. It’s a fatal condition that only Indigenous people seem... Read More

Edited by Alex Hernandez, Sarah Rafael García, and Matthew David Goodwin, the anthology "Speculative Fiction for Dreamers" is an exciting and mind-expanding collection of short stories by contemporary Latinx authors. "Speculative... Read More

Inspired by Finnish mythology and folklore, "Oksi" is a grand, memorable graphic novel about family, jealousy, and love. Umi is a mother bear with several cubs. One, Poorling, is different from the others. Scaup, a primordial god in the... Read More