An NPR favorite book of 2019Winner of the ALA/YALSA Alex AwardWhen an Earth-like planet is discovered, a team of six teens, along with three veteran astronauts, embark on a twenty-year trip to set up a planet for human colonization—but find that space is more deadly than they ever could have imagined.Have you ever hoped you could leave everything behind?Have you ever dreamt of a better world?Can a d...

Station Eleven meets Leave the World Behind in this family drama at the end of the world about a crumbling household’s attempts to find their way back to each other amidst a cataclysmic event."Our father had imagined the end of the world so often that, for a while, he believed that he summoned it."The Minton family is in crisis. After losing his job, Marcus begins stockpiling cans, running evacuat...

A reimagining of the Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, for fans of Becky Chambers and William Gibson by Alex Award–winning author Temi Oh.Using the myth of Eurydice as a structure, this riveting science fiction novel is set in a near-future London where it has become popular for folks to have a small implant that allows one access to a more robust social media experience directly as an augmented reality. However, the British government has taken oversight of this...

Don’t miss this exclusive origin story of Sojourn—the fierce, cybernetic soldier, commander of Overwatch in days past and a steward of its future—based on the smash-hit video-game from Blizzard Entertainment.In the early days of the Omnic Crisis, there were few heroes to be found amid the devastation, or even on the warfront that pushed humanity to the brink. But in Toronto, a brilliant young captain named Vivian Chase refuses to cede her city to the hungry monsters...

Station Eleven meets Leave the World Behind in this family drama at the end of the world about a crumbling household’s attempts to find their way back to each other amidst a cataclysmic event."Our father had imagined the end of the world so often that, for a while, he believed that he summoned it."The Minton family is in crisis. After losing his job, Marcus begins stockpiling cans, running evacuat...

'A beautiful story of intrigue and mystery' PETER F. HAMILTON'Loss Protocol is Paul McAuley on top form' KIM NEWMAN'An eco-thriller like no other from one of Britain's best SF writers' THE GUARDIAN'Which one feels realer, truer. The world we lived in most of our lives, or the world we dreamed up?'Eight years after the catastrophic downfall of the cult his sister Izzy...

“Unferth shines in her ability to craft relatable characters in extraordinary circumstances. … [Earth 7] explores deep ontological questions about the nature of life. This is profound.”—Publishers Weekly**, starred review**Well, that’s about it for the story of planet Earth, poor Earth, reduced to not much more than a piece of burnt coal. But, as Deb Olin Unferth shows in her latest electrifying novel, life and love persist, even in the most unexp...

A troubled woman seeking a fresh start in the Scottish countryside believes her neighbour may be behind the strange disturbances in her home in this psychological horror debut for fans of The Lamb and We Used to Live Here**.**“The symmetry should have tipped me off.”After a violent incident at work, Tamsin goes looking for a fresh start in a remote cottage far away from her old li...

Ex-journalist John Dyer must take on a dangerous political conspiracy in order to bring his friend's killer to justice in this gripping thriller by an award-winning writer.John Dyer is living a quiet life when he receives a call that changes everything: an old university friend, Lia, has been killed. Decades have passed since his last heartbreaking conversation with her, but Dyer finds himself driven to investigate.What Dyer uncovers puts him in the path of...

Brought to you by Penguin.A fast-paced, action-adventure thriller for readers of The Martian.ONE SMALL STEP. ONE FATAL MISTAKE.On the barren plains of the Kazakh Steppe, Alyssa Wright stands on the brink of the most ambitious space flight in history: a one-way mission to Mars. But when disaster strikes, she begins to uncover a conspiracy that threatens her life - and the lives of everyone on board.I...

An addictively propulsive, richly nuanced and haunting story of horrors from Women’s Prize for Fiction finalist and Costa Novel Award–winning author Claire Fuller.1987: After a childhood trauma and years in and out of the care system, sixteen-year-old Ursula finally has a job delivering mail at an art school and a room in a halfway house. She meets Sue, a magnetic and rebellious wild child who invites Ursula to squat with her and her friends at The...

“That rare thing: a true underappreciated classic” (The New Yorker), about a smart and sensitive yet deeply troubled young woman fighting to live on her own terms“Provocative . . . Almost half a century after it was first published, The Princess of 72nd Street sounds like a contemporary cry for freedom from the expectations of others.”—The Atlantic“Kraf’s groovy, glimmering novel . . . deserves to be read—...