The Modern year is no longer quite so raw , and thebook releasesare starting to pick up the pace . This month you ’ll regain a overbold sci - fi escapade from Edward Ashton — who’ll presently see his early novelMickey7come to theater asMickey 17 — as well as another narrative , Victorian Psycho , that ’s also headed for the big concealment . Plus : ragtag space missions , fantasies pep up by history and mythology , fairies , colossus , dystopias , and way beyond .
February 4
The ivory Beneath My Skinby TJ Klune
This standalone supernatural thriller follows “ an over-the-top young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the runnel from cultists and the administration . ”(February 4 )
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchenby Yuta Takahashi , translated by Cat Anderson
Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II© Blackstone Publishing, Inc.
A youthful woman embarks on a charming journey from a seaboard cafe where ordering a special repast set aside visitant to reunite with lie with ones who have passed on . ( February 4 )
Enemy of My Dreamsby Jenny Williamson
“ In the last days of the Roman Empire , a despairing princess and a brutal Gothic warlord forge a severe alliance . ”(February 4 )
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Galaxy Raiders : Abyssby Ian Douglas
A unexampled military sci - fi serial begins with this tale “ pock amortal man against a mystifying alien intelligence in a wandflower - spanning conflict . ” ( February 4 )
Grave Empireby Richard Swan
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This first entry in a new series “ begin the heroic tale of an empire on the verge of industrial revolution , where sorcery and arcane praxis are outlawed — and where an ancient prophecy threatens the come oddment of days . ”(February 4 )
Kingdom of Clawby Demi Winters
“ Return to the Kingdom of Íseldur , where enemies become lovers and gloomy secrets hide around each corner , in the subsequence to the Viking - pep up quixotic fantasyThe Road of Bones . ”(February 4 )
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Listen to Your Sisterby Neena Viel
A twentysomething is speedily grow aweary of caring for her reckless teenage sidekick , especially since their other comrade has offered zero help . When the triad has to go on the run and stop up at a skittish cabin in the woods , she worries that her recurring incubus may soon penetrate realness . ( February 4 )
Victorian Psychoby Virginia Feito
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“ The engrossing tale of a bloodthirsty governess who pick up the on-key meaning of vengeance . ” sport fact : A24 has already peck this one up for a feature adaptation.(February 4 )
Brideby Ali Hazelwood
“ A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance . ”(February 6 )
Mother of Serpentsby John R. Gordon
After moving with his husband and unseasoned son from Brooklyn to a small-scale town in Maine where he ’s theonlyBlack person , a man must figure out if the uncanny experiences he soon begins hold spring from his troubled nous — or are in fact actually actual . ( February 7 )
February 11
peach in the Bloodby Charlotte Carter
“ A curse roll out over 100 , murky and unknowable as swamp waters , regulate and ruin life . ”(February 11 )
boy in the Valleyby Philip Fracassi
This coming - of - age horror narrative set at a rural Pennsylvania orphanhood is described as “ The ExorcistmeetsLord of the Flies . ” ( February 11 )
But Not Too Boldby Hache Pueyo
“ The Shape of WatermeetsMexican Gothicin this sapphic monster Latinian language novelette wrapped in gothic phantasy trappings . ”(February 11 )
Combat Monstersedited by Henry Herz
“ This compendium take real events from World War II and injects them with fantastical creatures that mirror the ‘ irreality ’ of war itself . Each tale — and two poem — feature mythical , occult , and otherwise unexplainable beings that change the course of instruction of history . ”(February 11 )
The Crimson Roadby A.G. Slatter
This sullen gothic phantasy set in the same world as the author’sAll the Murmuring Bones , The Path of Thorns , andThe Briar Book of the Deadis key as “ a tarradiddle of lamia , assassinator , ancient witches , and broken promises . ” ( February 11 )
The Dollhouse Academyby Margarita Montimore
At an elect embarkation school where celebrities are create using strange medical techniques and other sinister method acting , the most famous resident start out to fail down while a pair of friends change state rivals grapple with the highs and lows of sudden winner . ( February 11 )
Emily Wilde ’s Compendium of Lost Talesby Heather Fawcett
“ The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde serial publication , about a curmudgeonly scholarly person of folklore and the fuel-air explosive prince she loves . ”(February 11 )
The Moonlight Healersby Elizabeth Becker
“ A herculean debut with a magical turn about one cleaning lady ’s find of her family ’s secret healing ability and the mystic effect she must contend with when she uses them on someone she loves . ”(February 11 )
The Poorly Made and Other thing : A Story Collectionby Sam Rebelein
This curt level pose in the same county as the author’sEdenvilleexplores story that “ play with the uncanny to research theme of loneliness and grief . ” ( February 11 )
Sanctum of the Soulby Kel Kade
The “ literary genre - bending ” Shroud of Prophecy serial publication ends with this “ epical conclusion . ” ( February 11 )
The Wolf Treeby Laura McCluskey
After a mysterious death on a Scottish island with a chronicle of mysterious deaths , two detectives from Glasgow arrive to enquire — and are soon meet with hostility and sinister secret galore . ( February 11 )
February 18
Ambessa : pick out of the Wolfby C.L. Clark
This book put in theLeague of Legendsuniverse is described as “ a thrillingepic fantasy novel where Ambessa Medarda really get wind what it means to be a Chosen of the Wolf . ”(February 18 )
A Curse for the Homesickby Laura Robson
On an island where sealed women temporarily have the mightiness to change state people to stone , a woman and man go down in passion despite the fact that her female parent kill his parents years before — and despite the fact that he ’s determined to stick around there , while she dreams every sidereal day of leaving . ( February 18 )
A Dragon of Black Glassby James Rollins
The penultimate book in the author ’s Moonfall serial is “ a tale of relentless escapade and the battle for natural selection in a coarse world that hang by a thread . ”(February 18 )
The Gardenby Nick Newman
“ A in darkness beautiful , eerie , hypnotic novel about two elderly sisters populate alone at the edge of the world . ”(February 18 )
Hungerstoneby Kat Dunn
“ A driven feminist reworking ofCarmilla , the homophile novelette that inspiredDracula . ”(February 18 )
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I ’m immobilize in a Rom - Comby Kimberly Lemming
“ A uproarious and sexy romance about a woman who gets dropped on a strange satellite only to fall for not one , but two , alien . ”(February 18 )
Picks and Shovelsby Cory Doctorow
The writer “ return to the world ofRed Team Bluesto bring us the source story of Martin Hench and the most powerful raw tool for crime ever invented : the personal computer . ”(February 18 )
Rebel Witchby Kristen Ciccarelli
The Crimson Moth duology concludes in this epic fantasy tale of witches and forbidden romance . ( February 18 )
Upon a Starlit Tideby Kell Woods
“ Adark and enchanting diachronic fantasy combining constituent ofThe Little MermaidandCinderellainto a wholly original tale of love , power , and betrayal . ”(February 18 )
The Witch of Whispervaleby R.A. Salvatore
From the writer andDrizzt Do’Urden creator , this next installation in the DemonWars illusion serial publication continues the story of “ the treasonous invasion by the Xoconai of the eastern kingdom of Corona . However , the heroes of the last warfare against their fiend god may be forgotten , but they are not powerless . ”(February 18 )
solicit the Witch Queenby Stephanie Burgis
“ In a gaslamp - illume worldly concern where beldame and fiend lurk in thickheaded pine timber , three witching queens make an uneasy alliance to protect their farming from invasion … and love move around their human beings upside down . ”(February 18 )
February 25
The Blanket Catsby Kiyoshi Shigematsu , translated by Jesse Kirkwood
“ Seven contend customer are given the unequaled opportunity to take home a ‘ cover cat ’ … but only for three days , the fourth dimension it ’ll take to change their lives . ”(February 25 )
A Circle of Uncommon Witchesby Paige Crutcher
“ A witch generationally cursed to never chance unfeigned lovemaking sets out to break the magical spell wander on her family , and must team up with the last person who wants to help her — the witch who set the curse in the first place . ”(February 25 )
Dance of Shadowsby Gourav Mohanty
“ As the royal houses ofSons of Darknessintrigued , manoeuvre , and at long last met in open engagement with devastating outcome , far more sinister deeds were spread out just over the Eastern horizon . Dance of Shadowsis that fib . ”(February 25 )
The Dark Mirrorby Samantha Shannon
The fifth book in the Bone Season serial publication watch Paige Mahoney ’s pursuit to recover her memories while block off a sinister plot of ground that threatens all of Europe . ( February 25 )
portion ’s Wayby Jack Campbell
“ Lieutenant Selene Genji is throw into the past to try and economise a world that does n’t want her in this action at law - pack adventure . ”(February 25 )
Fagin the Thiefby Allison Epstein
“ A thrilling reimagining of the world of Charles Dickens , as view through the eyes of the infamous Jacob Fagin , London ’s most talented pickpocket , prevaricator , and rogue . ”(February 25 )
Fortress Solby Stephen Baxter
Decades after his female parent abbreviate off his hand to spare him from a life of working in Mercury ’s mine , a military man or else travail on a structure that protects the solar system from aliens — and becomes caught in the tension when a mysterious ship arrives from a forgotten colony satellite . ( February 25 )
The Fourth Consortby Edward Ashton
This standalone novel from the author ofMickey7is “ part first contact chronicle , part dark funniness , and part outre love Triangulum that necessitate an important doubt : how far would you go to survive ? And more importantly , how many drinks would you ask to go there?”(February 25 )
Future ’s Edgeby Gareth L. Powell
“ When archaeologist Ursula Morrow incidentally infects herself with an alien leech , she fears she may have stake her calling . However , her concerns become irrelevant when Earth is destroyed , billions expire , and suddenly no one needs archaeologists anymore … Two years later on , she ’s plucked from a refugee camp on a backwater human race and tasked with think the artifact that taint her , as it just might hold the key to humanity ’s endurance . ”(February 25 )
Gate to Kagoshimaby Poppy Kuroki
“ A young Scotch woman is magically transported to the last Samurai era , where she encounters ghost from the yesteryear , her own Nipponese ancestry , and a passion that transcends prison term . ”(February 25 )
George R.R. Martin Presents Wild Cards : House rule : A Novel in Storiespresented by George R.R. Martin
“ An original anthology centered around one very strange home in Cornwall which serves as a nexus to the multiverse — set in the Wild Cards universe . ”Contributors includeStephen Leigh , Mary Anne Mohanraj , Caroline Spector , Kevin Andrew Murphy , Peter Newman , and Peadar Ó Guilín.(February 25 )
Greenteethby Molly O’Neill
This informal phantasy novel contains a story of “ fae , folklore , and found sept , recount by a charismatic lake - dwelling house monster . ”(February 25 )
Heart of the Shadow Kingby Sylvia Mercedes
“ The viral TikTok fantasy romance , now in a exceptional print version with exclusive bonus material … Oncoming dark threatens to engulf a noble top executive and his knock-down queen in this breathtaking , epic conclusion to the Bride of the Shadow King series . ”(February 25 )
The Strange Case of Jane O.by Karen Thompson Walker
“ Ayoung female parent is struck by sudden and stick psychological symptom that light up the mysterious proportion of the human mind — and of beloved . ”(February 25 )
Swordheartby T. Kingfisher
“ The delightful charm ofThe Princess Bridemeets the delicious bodyguard romance ofFrom Blood and Ashin this cozy fantasy romanticism . ”(February 25 )
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