It’s a new month in a new year and that means 10 brand new sci-fi and fantasy releases for your reading pleasure.

Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons Series) by Marie Lu – January 2

A young adult tale of an 18 year old Bruce Wayne before he was the Caped Crusader. The risk taking young Wayne gets himself in some trouble and is assigned to community service at Arkham Asylum. Nothing will probably go wrong there. While Bruce is paying his debt, the Nightwalkers are stalking the Gotham City elite, and Bruce is next on their list. Written by Marie Lu, a NY Times bestselling author, this book is the second in the DC Icon Series, the first being Wonder Woman: Warbringer. If you order quickly, you get a free poster. How can you go wrong?

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Black Star Renegades by Michael Moreci – January 2

The Amazon blurb says that Black Star Renegade mixes up the elements of Star Wars with Guardians of the Galaxy. Whaaaat? This is Josiah’s biggest dream come true. Cade Sura has the ultimate weapon to stop the evil empire Praxis from taking over the last of the star systems. Cade and his company of misfits might be able to stop them, but they have to do it quickly, before they find out Cade is a fraud.

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Saga 8 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples – January 2

I’ve been following the Saga series since it’s inception. It’s weird, it’s fun, it’s totally off the wall, and nothing is off limits. The story is narrated by the young Hazel. Her parents, Alana and Marko, play sort of Romeo and Juliet characters, as they are lovers from two races that are at war with each other. The story takes us all over the galaxy, meeting TONS of alien races and warring factions. Vaughan’s writing and Staples art are made for each other. Fans and critics have noticed the influences of Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and Lord of the Rings, marrying elements of science fiction and fantasy. I’ve loved it. Not for kids though.

Saga 8 is available on Amazon now

The God Gene (The ICE Sequence) by F. Paul Wilson – January 2

When I was researching the books this one had magic words in the description—”reminiscent of Michael Crichton”—whose near future medical and high tech sci-fi has always been a favorite of mine. This story involves a brother looking for his brother who mysteriously disappeared. The missing brother, a zoologist, was intrigued by an odd blue eyed primate. He ran the animal’s genome, and then immediately destroyed the results and disappeared. That reeks of Crichton. I’m in.

The God Gene is available on Amazon now

As a huge Michael Crichton fan, this has to be my best bet for this month, but it was a hard choice.

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire – January 9

Seanan McGuire is undoubtedly one of the most prolific authors of the day. This book is book three in her Wayward Children series, but is a standalone novel. Rini arrives at the magical boarding school Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children and discovers in the process that her mother had died years before she was conceived. If she can’t find a way to restore her mother, she’ll end up gone herself. Perfect timing, because she has the whole world to save too.

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Gnomon by Nick Harkaway- January 9

Mix dark comedy with detective story and you get Gnomon, set in the near-future surveillance state where every person is watched, every word is recorded and even thoughts and memories are seen by the System. When a dissident dies in policy custody, Mielikki Neith is assigned to find out what happens. What she actually finds is a host of different personalities from many different time periods hidden in the dissident’s psyche. There’s a code there, and Mielikki must find it, and when she does, everything she believes is in jeopardy.

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Robots vs. Faeries – Anthology – January 9

The anthology choice of the month. This book sounds like great fun. Most of the anthologies I buy are “Best Sci-fi of the Year” or “10 Stories About Dragons.” This is a cross genre cage fight, and I love it. Authors were challenged to prove which were better robots or faeries. The lineup of authors is full of heavy hitters like John Scalzi, Catherynne M. Valente, Ken Liu, Max Gladstone, Alyssa Wong, Jonathan Maberry, to name a few.

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Sinless by Sarah Tarkoff – January 9

Imagine a future where morality is physically enforced. Good people are good looking. Bad people suffer a physical disfigurement to make them as ugly as their actions. Sarah Tarkoff creates that world in her debut novel. Grace, who believes all she is taught about the higher power that governs life, finds some information that challenges all of that. Because there is lots to lose, of course those higher powers need to keep Grace under control. Lots of important questions posed in this book that is the first in Tarkoff’s Eye of the Beholder Series.

Sinless is available for pre-order now

The Transtion by Luke Kennard – January 9

Karl, an in debt member of a “lost generation,” is forced to make money by using his English degree in sketchy ways—by writing papers for college students, or writing fake 5 star reviews for internet sites. When he is caught and given the choice of prison or enrolling himself and his wife, who did nothing wrong into the self-rehabilitation program called “The Transition,” he opts for the program over jail. The program requires the enrollees to move in with mentors from an older generation who help the enrollees learn everything from reading newspapers to personal hygiene. Kennard’s debut novel is a filled with witty dialogue, cutting satire and nice commentary on everything from the idea of lost generations to the institution of marriage.

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Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds – January 23

Having just recently finished Revenger by Alastair Reynolds, I am a fan of his space opera style. A technology epidemic is killing people as their neural implants malfunction. Panic, of course, ensues. Prefect Tom Dreyfus, who is part of the police force that patrols the 10,000 city-states that orbit the planet Yellowstone needs to solve the mystery, and keep the unsettled population from breaking up the Glitter belt and forming their own alliance. One of my favorite things about Reynolds writing is that he does a great job inventing words, technology, and far future concepts in his writing. It makes for rich sci-fi to have concepts and language that aren’t saddled to our present day ideas and dictionaries.

Elysium Fire is available for pre-order at Amazon now

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley with introduction by Charlotte Gordon – January 16

This gets an honorable mention. I hardly consider a reprint of a book from 1818 as a “new” release, I do think this is kind of cool, so I thought I would point it out. There are some changes to the book that we have come to know, but it is still the Frankenstein story.

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If these ten aren’t enough for you, here’s the entire list of scifi and fantasy new releases. This list is huge and it is updated hourly. Check it out.

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