Books releasing in Could 2021

A lone astronaut.
An unattainable mission.
An ally he by no means imagined.

Ryland Grace is the only survivor on a determined, last-chance mission – and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Besides that proper now, he does not know that. He cannot even bear in mind his personal title, not to mention the character of his task or find out how to full it.

All he is aware of is that he is been asleep for a really, very very long time. And he is simply been woke up to search out himself hundreds of thousands of miles from dwelling, with nothing however two corpses for firm.

His crewmates lifeless, his reminiscences fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an unattainable process now confronts him. Hurtling by way of house on this tiny ship, it is as much as him to puzzle out an unattainable scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level risk to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the closest human being light-years away, he is acquired to do it on their own.

Or does he?

An irresistible interstellar journey as solely Andy Weir might think about it, Mission Hail Mary is a story of discovery, hypothesis, and survival to rival The Martian—whereas taking us to locations it by no means dreamed of going.

SAVE THE WORLD OR END IT…

A wierd darkness is rising within the Ward. Even Corayne an-Amarat can really feel it, tucked away in her small city on the fringe of the ocean.

Destiny knocks on her door, within the type of a legendary immortal and a deadly murderer, who inform Corayne that she is the final of an historic lineage—with the ability to save lots of the world from destruction.

As a result of a person who would burn kingdoms to the bottom is elevating a military in contrast to any seen earlier than, bent on uprooting the foundations of the world. With poison in his coronary heart and a stolen sword in his hand, he’ll break the realm itself to say it. And solely Corayne can cease him.

Alongside an unlikely group of reluctant allies, Corayne finds herself on a determined journey to finish an unattainable process, with untold magic singing in her blood and the destiny of the world on her shoulders.

Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and full of delusion, magic and bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga from bestselling creator John Gwynne.

After the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrid.

Now a brand new world is rising, the place power-hungry jarls feud and monsters stalk the woods and mountains. A world the place the bones of the lifeless gods nonetheless maintain nice energy for these courageous – or determined – sufficient to hunt them out.

Now, as whispers of conflict echo throughout the mountains and fjords, destiny follows within the footsteps of three folks: a huntress on a harmful quest, a noblewoman who has rejected privilege in pursuit of battle fame, and a thrall who seeks vengeance among the many famed mercenaries referred to as the Bloodsworn.

All three will form the destiny of the world because it as soon as extra falls below the shadow of the gods . . .

Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his fashionable alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, A Grasp of Djinn

Cairo, 1912: Although Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest girl working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s definitely not a rookie, particularly after stopping the destruction of the universe final summer season.

So when somebody murders a secret brotherhood devoted to one of the vital well-known males in historical past, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is named onto the case. Al-Jahiz remodeled the world fifty years in the past when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, earlier than vanishing into the unknown. This assassin claims to be al-Jahiz, returned to sentence the fashionable age for its social oppressions. His harmful magical talents instigate unrest within the streets of Cairo that threaten to spill over onto the worldwide stage.

Alongside her Ministry colleagues and a mysterious individual from her previous, Agent Fatma should unravel the thriller behind this imposter to revive peace to the town – or face the chance he could possibly be precisely who he appears…

Award-winning creator Suyi Davies Okungbowa begins an exciting new epic fantasy collection of violent conquest, buried histories and forbidden magic.

Within the metropolis of Bassa, Danso is a intelligent scholar on the cusp of attaining greatness-only he does not need it. As an alternative, he prefers to chase forbidden tales about what lies outdoors the town partitions. The Bassai elite declare there’s nothing of curiosity. Town’s immigrants are sworn to secrecy.

However when Danso stumbles throughout a warrior wielding magic that should not exist, he is placed on a collision course with Bassa’s darkest secrets and techniques. Drawn into the town’s hidden historical past, he units out on a journey past its borders. However the chaos left within the wake of his discovery threatens to destroy the empire.

What if you happen to had been imprisoned for all eternity?

Within the aftermath of the Ritual of Night time, every little thing has modified.

The Eight Immortals have catastrophically did not cease Kihrin’s enemies, who’re transferring ahead with their plans to free Vol Karoth, the King of Demons. Kihrin has his personal concepts about find out how to struggle again, however even when he is prepared to sacrifice every little thing for victory, the associated fee might show too excessive for his allies.

Now they face a alternative: can they save the world whereas saving Kihrin too? Or will they be pressured to observe as he turns into the very evil that they had all sworn to destroy?

Persephone and Hades are engaged. In retaliation, Demeter summons a snowstorm that cripples New Greece, and refuses to raise the blizzard until her daughter calls off her engagement.

When the Olympians intervene, Persephone finds her future within the fingers of historic gods, and they’re divided. Do they permit Persephone to marry Hades and go to conflict with Demeter or prohibit their union and take up arms in opposition to the God of the Lifeless?

Nothing is definite however the promise of conflict.

Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with lethal tattoos, Christopher Buehlman’s The Blacktongue Thief begins a ‘dazzling’ (Robin Hobb) fantasy journey in contrast to some other.

Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his schooling as a thief, which incorporates (however isn’t restricted to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus just a few small magics. His debt has pushed him to lie in wait by the previous forest street, planning to rob the following traveler that crosses his path.

However at present, Kinch Na Shannack has picked the mistaken mark.

Galva is a knight, a survivor of the brutal goblin wars, and handmaiden of the goddess of loss of life. She is looking for her queen, lacking since a distant northern metropolis fell to giants.

Unsuccessful in his theft and fortunate to flee together with his life, Kinch now finds his destiny entangled with Galva’s. Frequent enemies and unusual risks power thief and knight on an epic journey the place goblins starvation for human flesh, krakens hunt in darkish waters, and honor is a luxurious few can afford.

Gangster, soldier, priest. Queen’s Man. Governor.

Tomas Piety has every little thing he ever needed. In public he is a rich, extremely revered businessman, fortunately married to a lovely girl and governor of his dwelling metropolis of Ellinburg. In personal, he is now not a gang lord, head of the Pious Males, however one of many Queen’s Males, invisible and formally non-existent, working in secret to guard his nation.

The queen’s sudden loss of life sees him summoned him again to the capital – the place he discovers his boss, Dieter Vogel, Provost Marshal of the Queen’s Males, is busy tightening his stranglehold on the nation.

Simply as he as soon as fought for his Pious Males, Tomas should now bend all his wit and hard-won knowledge to guard his queen – even when he cannot all the time inform if he is on the proper aspect.

Tomas has began to ask himself, what’s the worth of energy? And extra importantly, is it one he’s prepared to pay?

Energy all the time wins.

Think about Camelot however in Gotham: a metropolis the place Arthurian knights are the celebrities of the day, using on motorbikes as a substitute of horses and competing in televised fights for fame and cash.

Think about a metropolis the place a younger, magic-touched bastard astonishes everybody by changing into king—albeit with excessive reluctance—and a lady with a secret previous trains to grow to be a knight for the only function of vengeance.

Think about a metropolis the place magic is against the law however in all places, in its underground bars, its back-alley soothsayers – and within the individuals who have to cover what they’re for worry of being tattooed and persecuted.

Think about a metropolis the place electrical energy is cash, energy the one recreation value enjoying, and violence probably the most fervently worshipped faith.

On this darkish, chaotic, alluring place, any dream can come true if you’d like it exhausting sufficient—and if you’re ready to do some very, very dangerous issues to get it . . .