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Recently, we rounded up every fantasy and science fiction show you should watch in 2022 into one massive guide. Now we’re crossing over to the written medium to tell you about all the science fiction and fantasy books we’re excited for that are coming out this year.
2021 saw a lot of awesome sci-fi and fantasy books debut, and in 2022 we’ll get even more. We’ve rounded up 40 titles that we think genre readers should be aware of, because one can never have too many books on their to-be-read pile. (Let’s be real here, do any of us have just one TBR pile?)
From strange alien universes to epic fantasy worlds, there is something coming out this year for most every fan of these genres. 2022 will see new releases from big names like Brandon Sanderson, Stephen King, Rebecca Roanhorse, Ken Liu, and John Scalzi, as well as debuts and sequels from plenty of upcoming authors. It’s going to be a good year in the stacks.
There are a few great books that already hit the shelves in January of 2022, and we wouldn’t want to deprive you of them. So before we dive into the list proper, we thought we’d give you a quick rundown of the big 2022 releases that are already available at a bookstore or online retailer near you:
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan — (Released on January 11)
Inspired the legend of the Chinese moon goddess Chang’e, Sue Lynn Tan’s debut novel was one of the most anticipated books of early 2022. It tells the story of Xiangyin, the daughter of the moon goddess who, after her magic is discovered by the powerful Celestial Emperor, is forced to leave her lunar home and go on an epic quest in order to save her mother.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess has mystical beasts, mythic journeys, romance, and all the other staples of a good epic fantasy. It’s the first in an expected duology and has been getting rave reviews.
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Engines of Empire by R.S. Ford — (Released on January 18)
Engines of Empire is an epic fantasy story with industrial undertones. It follows the Hawkspur family, who run a guild responsible for keeping the empire’s technology running. As the question of succession looms, the family matriarch sends each of her three children out to different parts of the nation of Torwyn. There’s Conall, the eldest son who is sent to serve in the military on a distant frontier; Tyreta, a sorceress who discovers the disturbing cost of the industrial machine that runs her homeland; and youngest child Fulren, who finds himself framed for a crime that stands to send Torwyn into upheaval.
Disparate plot threads weave and pull against one another in this epic fantasy that marks the beginning of a new series from R.S. Ford.
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Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor — (Released on January 18)
The third volume of award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor’s The Nsibidi Scripts hit this month as well. Akata Woman continues the tale of Sunny Nwazue, a young girl suffering from albinism who discovers that she has latent magical powers. These books combine Okorafor’s always excellent African Futurism style with a powerful coming-of-age story, and the third book continues that tradition. Throughout the first two installments of the series, Sunny had to “navigate the balance between nearly everything in her life—America and Nigeria, the “normal” world and the one infused with juju, human and spirit, good daughter and powerful Leopard Person.” But now she’s up against her most dangerous quest yet, forced to journey into an “otherworldly realm” in search of a mystical object.
Defeating the guardians of the prize will take more from Sunny than she has to give, and triumph will mean she will be forever changed.
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Light Years From Home by Mike Chen — (Released on January 25)
Light Years From Home by Mike Chen is both a family story and an alien abduction tale. There’s a rift in the Shao family that stems back to a family camping trip that went awry. Here’s a snippet from the back-of-book copy:
Evie Shao and her sister, Kass, aren’t on speaking terms. Fifteen years ago on a family camping trip, their father and brother vanished. Their dad turned up days later, dehydrated and confused—and convinced he’d been abducted by aliens. Their brother, Jakob, remained missing. The women dealt with it very differently. Kass, suspecting her college-dropout twin simply ran off, became the rock of the family. Evie traded academics to pursue alien conspiracy theories, always looking for Jakob.
As you might guess, Jakob eventually returns…but he brings unexpected and unbelievable news of an intergalactic war with him. As the FBI and alien forces close in around them, the Shao siblings must come together to unravel the mystery behind his disappearance…and make peace with their family. Light Years From Home promises Chen’s signature blend of heart and imagination. And considering this is a standalone, you need not read through a lengthy series in order to check it out.
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Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi — (Released on January 25)
Goliath marks the adult novel debut from author Tochi Onyebuchi. Onyebuchi’s work, such as his World Fantasy Award-winning novella Riot Baby, includes a lot of social commentary and imaginative visions of the near future. From the sounds of it, Goliath will hit a lot of those same buttons while cranking everything up a notch:
In the 2050s, Earth has begun to empty. Those with the means and the privilege have departed the great cities of the United States for the more comfortable confines of space colonies. Those left behind salvage what they can from the collapsing infrastructure. As they eke out an existence, their neighborhoods are being cannibalized. Brick by brick, their houses are sent to the colonies, what was once a home now a quaint reminder for the colonists of the world that they wrecked.
A primal biblical epic flung into the future, Goliath weaves together disparate narratives—a space-dweller looking at New Haven, Connecticut as a chance to reconnect with his spiraling lover; a group of laborers attempting to renew the promises of Earth’s crumbling cities; a journalist attempting to capture the violence of the streets; a marshal trying to solve a kidnapping—into a richly urgent mosaic about race, class, gentrification, and who is allowed to be the hero of any history.
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Now that we’ve covered the books already released in 2022, let us break into February, and those yet to come…
Azura Ghost by Essa Hansen (The Graven #2) — February 1
Kicking off the month of February in style is Azura Ghost, the sequel to Essa Hansen’s mind-bendingly epic sci-fi debut Nophek Gloss. Azura Ghost follows the adventures of a spacefarer named Caiden who traverses a wide and weird multiverse on his sentient starship the Azura. The Azura is singularly unique, built with ancient technology made by the precursor Graven beings who once ruled the void…and the most powerful factions of Caiden’s time want the ship for their own ends.
Nophek Gloss earned all sorts of praise when it came out, especially for its dense and highly imaginative worldbuilding. But the real heart of the book is the vast emotional journey that Caiden and his found family take as he goes from a terrified refugee child to a seasoned freedom fighter who learns to rein in his endless anger over the injustices of the multiverse.
Azura Ghost picks up right where Nophek Gloss left off, and follows Caiden as a figure from his past comes back to draw him — and the wider multiverse — into a new conflict with terrifyingly high stakes.
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Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham (The Kithamar Trilogy #1) — February 15
Long before James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante struggled to unite warring factions in the starry expanse, author Daniel Abraham had already established himself as a voice to be reckoned with in the fantasy genre. Abraham, who coauthored The Expanse with Ty Franck, had previously published the fantasy series The Long Price Quartet, as well as several urban fantasy novels under the pseudonym M.L.N. Hanover. Then, while The Expanse was in the middle of its run, he published another epic fantasy series, The Dagger and Coin.
In 2022, Abraham will be returning to fantasy with the first book of a new trilogy, Age of Ash. This novel is set in the fantastical metropolis of Kithamar, where thieves stalk alleyways, inequality runs rampant, and dark secrets lurk around every corner. The book follows Alys, a thief who discovers her brother has been murdered. Her quest for answers leads her to even darker truths that threaten to unravel the fabric of the fantasy metropolis.
The coolest thing about Kithamar is that all three books are planned to take place over the same turbulent year in the city’s history, but from different points of view. This is Alys’ book…but who knows what new angle Abraham will take in the following two volumes. In today’s highly saturated fantasy market, it’s cool to see an author attempt something this different with the structure of a series.
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Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James (The Dark Star Trilogy #2) — February 15
The sequel to Marlon James’ dark fantasy Black Leopard, Red Wolf is due out in 2022 as well. Moon Witch, Spider King turns things on their head and recounts the events of the first book from the point-of-view of its villain, Sogolon the Moon Witch. Book one told the story of Tracker, a man who journeyed across a fantasy world inspired by African myth in search of a missing boy who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Sogolon was his foil at every turn, and now, James is giving her the chance to tell the story her way:
In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. It’s also the story of a century-long feud—seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch—that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. Aesi’s power is considerable—and deadly. It takes brains and courage to challenge him, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own.
James likes to subvert tropes and give readers meaty stories that take time to digest, and from the sound of Moon Witch, Spider King, it will be in that same vein. The first book, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, received somewhat mixed reviews owing to the fact that it has some very dark content…but if you like your fantasy brutal, unexpected, and thought-provoking, the series has you covered.
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The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood (The Serpent Gates #2) — February 15
The Unspoken Name was one of the strongest debuts of 2020. Author A.K. Larkwood introduced us to a vast fantasy multiverse as seen through the eyes of Csorwe, an orc priestess who was fated to be sacrificed to a god but slipped away from her fate with the help a wizard named Belthandros Sethennai. Traveling between worlds and coming to know the vastness of the snake empire, Csorwe was pulled into plots of intrigue and assassination as she came into her own as a mercenary swordswoman. In 2022, Larkwood is back with the sequel, The Serpent Gates:
Two years after defying the wizard Belthandros Sethennai and escaping into the great unknown, Csorwe and Shuthmili have made a new life for themselves, hunting for secrets among the ruins of an ancient snake empire.
Along for the ride is Tal Charossa, determined to leave the humiliation and heartbreak of his hometown far behind him, even if it means enduring the company of his old rival and her insufferable girlfriend.
All three of them would be quite happy never to see Sethennai again. But when a routine expedition goes off the rails and a terrifying imperial relic awakens, they find that a common enemy may be all it takes to bring them back into his orbit.
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The Misfit Soldier by Michael Mammay — February 22
The Misfit Soldier is a new standalone novel by sci-fi author Michael Mammay, pegged as a cross between Ocean’s 11 and the works of John Scalzi. Mammay’s previous Planetside trilogy was filled with great action scenes, military coups, very cool alien-human developments, and most importantly, a great sense of humor. Mammay is one of the best authors writing military sci-fi at the moment, and The Misfit Soldier marks his first totally new story since he launched his career with Planetside. It stands to be a pretty awesome book:
Sergeant Gastovsky—Gas to everyone but his superior officers—never wanted to be a soldier. Far from it. But when a con goes wrong and he needs a place to lay low for a while, he finds himself wearing the power armor of the augmented infantry.
After three years on a six-year contract, Gas has found his groove running low-level cons and various illegal activities that make him good money on the side. He’s the guy who can get you what you need. But he’s always had his eye out for a big score—the one that might set him up for life after the military.
When one of his soldiers is left behind after a seemingly pointless battle, Gas sees his chance. He assembles a team of misfit soldiers that would push the term “ragtag” to its limits for a big con that leads them on a daring behind-the-lines mission, pitting him not only against enemy soldiers but against the top brass of his own organization.
If he pulls this off, not only will he save his squadmate, he might just become the legend he’s always considered himself. He might also change the way the entire galaxy looks at this war. But for any of that to happen, he has to live through this insane plan.
And charm rarely stops bullets.
It sounds like a lot of fun, and given Mammay’s track record for novels that manage to tell really compelling tales that overflow with personality, our expectations are high.
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The Justice of Kings by Richard Swann — February 22
The Justice of Kings is the debut novel by Richard Swann, and it sounds like it will combine epic fantasy aesthetics and tones with some good old-fashioned mystery solving. Sir Konrad Vonvalt is a Justice — one part detective, one part judge, one part executioner. As a new mystery forces him to confront corruption in the empire he serves, he’ll be forced to wear all three of those hats:
The Empire of the Wolf simmers with unrest. Rebels, heretics, and powerful patricians all challenge the power of the Imperial throne.
Only the Order of Justices stands in the way of chaos. Sir Konrad Vonvalt is the most feared Justice of all, upholding the law by way of his sharp mind, arcane powers, and skill as a swordsman. At his side stands Helena Sedanka, his talented protégé, orphaned by the wars that forged the Empire.
When the pair investigates the murder of a provincial aristocrat, they unearth a conspiracy that stretches to the very top of Imperial society. As the stakes rise and become ever more personal, Vonvalt and Helena must make a choice: Will they abandon the laws they’ve sworn to uphold, in order to protect the Empire?
What mysteries await Konrad and his companion Helena? With this book coming out in a mere few weeks, we don’t have to wait long to find out.
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The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty — March 1 / October 11
You may notice we have two dates above for The River of Silver, the newest entry in the Daevabad series by S.A. Chakraborty. That’s because Chakraborty is doing something a bit different with this release, which is in itself a bit different from the author’s previous works. While The Daevabad Trilogy was a sweeping epic set against a Middle Eastern-inspired fantasy world, The River of Silver is a compilation of tales and previously unreleased material from that series. It includes “a coda that fans will need to hear.” Note the “hear” there, because The River of Silver is releasing first exclusively as an audiobook, with the print version coming later in 2022. Nonetheless, it sounds like the perfect companion volume if you loved The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold:
A prospective new queen joins a court whose lethal history may overwhelm her own political savvy…
An imprisoned royal from a fallen dynasty and a young woman wrenched from her home cross paths in an enchanted garden…
A pair of scouts stumble upon a secret in a cursed winter wood that will turn over their world…
Now together in one place, these stories of Daevabad enrich a world already teeming with magic and wonder. From Manizheh’s first steps towards rebellion to adventures that take place after The Empire of Gold, this is a must-have collection for those who can’t get enough of Nahri, Ali, and Dara and all that unfolded around them.
The audiobook version of The River of Silver releases on March 1. If you want it in print or ebook, you’ll have to wait until October 11.
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Memory’s Legion by James S.A. Corey — March 15
Fans of The Expanse received a double dose of series-ending heartache last year, as both the novels and the popular television adaptation came to an end. Yet while Leviathan Falls may have marked the end of the book series, we’ll still be getting one more entry into The Expanse from James S.A. Corey in 2022: Memory’s Legion. This book collects all the short fiction that has been written for the series over the years into one volume, which is wonderful for longtime fans who always wished they could have those stories on their shelves as well as newcomers who want to explore this universe.
This collection will feature the stories “Drive,” “The Butcher of Anderson Station,” “The Churn,” “Gods of Risk,” “The Vital Abyss,” “Strange Dogs,” and “Auberon,” as well as the brand new Expanse novella “The Sins of Our Fathers.” Many of these short stories were incorporated into the show, such as the Laconia bits during the sixth season (which were based off “Strange Dogs”), so if you want to get the full Expanse experience, this is going to be an essential read.
Now the question will be, do you read the stories all in a row, or do you read the rest of The Expanse and pause to read each work of short fiction wherever it fits into the greater narrative. Such are the quandaries of the super fan.
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The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi — March 15
John Scalzi is famous for writing science fiction stories with a lot of dry wit, and his latest offering, The Kaiju Preservation Society, looks to be no exception:
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn’t tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They’re the universe’s largest and most dangerous panda and they’re in trouble.
It’s not just the Kaiju Preservation Society whose found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.
The Kaiju Preservation Society is a standalone novel, meaning even if you’ve never tried a John Scalzi book before, this one’s a perfect way to dip your toes into his work.
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Daughter of the Wolves by K.S. Villoso — March 15
K.S. Villoso wowed readers with her epic fantasy Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, which followed deposed queen Talyien as she fought to reclaim her crown and secure her homeland’s sovereignty in a Filipino-inspired fantasy world. Over the course of three books, Talyien underwent a huge transformation as a character, due in large part to Villoso’s decision to tell the story exclusively from her first person point-of-view, a rarity in modern fantasy books. Yet before Talyien contended with assassins, plots, and rival rulers, Villoso had written other stories set in this world. Now we’re getting to read some of them.
Villoso’s novel The Wolf of Oren-Yaro was originally a self-published success before it was picked up by Orbit books, who published the rest of the trilogy. Before that, Villoso had already self-published three stand-alone novels set in the same world which focused on the previous generation of characters. After the success of Bitch Queen, the author decided to rework those older books and re-release them. The first, The Blackwood Marauders, came out in late 2021. The next one is Daughter of the Wolves, which we’ll be able to read this March:
Clan, family, duty—the tenets of the Oren-yaro are clear: you are swords first, servants first. Yet no one expects much from the youngest daughter, not even when your family is sworn to the wolves who rule the land. At an age when most of her sisters have wed and borne children, Anira remains nursemaid to a decrepit father and an ailing mother, forgotten by a world moving too fast for her liking. When her elder brother deserts Warlord Yeshin’s army, she is forced to step up to save her family from disgrace.
Plunged into a world of bloodshed, Anira becomes the unlikely last link to a tyrant’s plans as she is tasked with bringing home the first dragon their kingdom has seen in decades. The arrival of a mercenary band, hell-bent on the same goal, creates a rivalry between her and their stubborn, unyielding leader. With her family’s freedom on the line, Anira must risk vengeful ancients, debased rituals, and even her own sanity to seize the prize.
When death comes calling, who will pay the price for her allegiance?
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The City of Dusk by Tara Sim (The Dark Gods #1) — March 22
Author Tara Sim’s debut novel, The City of Dusk, comes out this March as well. It’s a dark fantasy tale about factions vying for control in the eerie city of dusk, each with their own magical powers. Expect moody vibes, bone and shadow magic, and complex political scheming:
The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm there is a god, and for each god there is an heir.
But the gods have withdrawn their favor from the once vibrant and thriving city. And without it, all the realms are dying.
Unwilling to stand by and watch the destruction, the four heirs—Risha, a necromancer struggling to keep the peace; Angelica, an elementalist with her eyes set on the throne; Taesia, a shadow-wielding rogue with rebellion in her heart; and Nik, a soldier who struggles to see the light—will sacrifice everything to save the city.
But their defiance will cost them dearly.
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Voice of the Banished by Shelly Campbell (The Marked Son #2) — March 31
Voice of the Banished is the sequel to Shelly Campbell’s 2020 book Under the Lesser Moon, which was a brooding dark fantasy set in a prehistoric-inspired world where dragons once led nomadic tribes to fresh hunting grounds before they gradually disappeared. Akrist was marked to be sacrificed under the lesser moon as a way of bringing those dragons back…but he escaped, and instead went on a journey across the merciless landscape in search of answers. He found more than he expected:
Betrayed, broken, and banished, Akrist is left to wander the wilderness in search of his lost love, Yara. But he’s not alone. Against all odds, he has bonded with Nardiri, one of the world’s last dragons.
In this stunning sequel to Under the Lesser Moon, author Shelly Campbell brings us the heart-wrenching conclusion to Akrist’s journey. In a cruel, unforgiving world, Akrist must navigate what it means to be marked as both a Speaker—a leader chosen by Nasheira herself—and an outcast. Haunted by the sacrifices of first-born sons, he fears the world cannot be changed, even with a dragon’s help. But if he does nothing, the cycle of sacrifice will begin again when the moons touch.
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The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish (Vagrant Gods #1) — April 5
David Dalglish may not be one of the biggest names in fantasy, but he should be. There are few authors out there that churn out books as prolifically as Dalglish, who has published 27 novels over the past 12 years. I’d say he’s best known for his Half-Orc books…but at this point, it seems most everyone has their favorite Dalglish series, whether that be Shadowdance, The Seraphim or The Keepers.
Dalglish’s newest series, Vagrant Gods, kicks off this year with the release of The Bladed Faith. This one follows a prince who was deposed and must become an assassin in order to reclaim his kingdom. Both the synopsis and cover art remind me a bit of Dishonored, so if vengeful reclamation is your bag, The Bladed Faith may be just the ticket:
Cyrus was only twelve years old when his gods were slain, his country invaded, and his parents—the king and queen—beheaded in front of him. Held prisoner in the invader’s court for years, Cyrus is suddenly given a chance to escape and claim his revenge when a mysterious group of revolutionaries comes looking for a figurehead. They need a hero to strike fear into the hearts of the imperial and to inspire and unite the people. They need someone to take up the skull mask and swords and to become the legendary “Vagrant”—an unparalleled hero and assassin of otherworldly skill.
But all is not as it seems. Creating the illusion of a hero is the work of many, and Cyrus will soon discover the true price of his vengeance.
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The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne (The Bloodsworn #2) — April 12
It hardly seems like we’ve had enough time to recover from John Gwynne’s first novel in his Norse-inspired epic fantasy series, but here we are already getting the sequel. The Hunger of the Gods picks up right where Book 1 left off, with the land of Vigrid, the Battle-Plain, being shaken to its foundations by the release of an ancient power. As bands of warriors go on daring missions to free captives and secure alliances to face the coming storm, it becomes clear that only another equally ancient and dangerous power can stand against the darkness which threatens the land.
There are plenty of stories out there with Norse influences, but very few have the same breadth and attention to detail as John Gwynne’s newest series. The author of The Faithful and the Fallen and Of Blood and Bone outdid himself with this one; it feels like a Ragnarok retelling, but done in a fantasy style that pays homage to all the sorts of Norse-inspired stories that came before it, like Skyrim and God Of War.
There was action, magic, conspiracies, and creatures abound in the first volume of the series, The Shadow of the Gods. There’s no reason to expect that the follow-up won’t be bigger and better.
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Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth & Sky #2) — April 19
Rebecca Roanhorse’s 2020 novel Black Sun made tons of waves in the fantasy community when it came out due in no small part to the richly detailed worldbuilding inspired by the Pre-Columbian empires of the Americas, like the Aztec and Maya. It’s difficult to create a fantasy world that stands out in today’s flooded market, but Roanhorse achieved that with this series. She’s been recognized for it with a Hugo nomination and a television adaptation in the works at AMC.
Black Sun followed several memorable characters, including Xiala, a ship captain who has the magical blood and lineage of the Teek, a female-only sea-faring people who live on a mythical island. The story begins with her bringing Serapio, a blind and scarred young man with an ominous future, to the holy city of Tova just in time for a winter solstice celebration that happens to coincide with a solar eclipse. The whole story is laced with magic and culture, and it’s told with incredible attention to detail.
Fevered Star continues right on from the climactic events of Black Sun. Soon we’ll be able to see what the next chapter holds.
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One Foot In The Fade by Luke Arnold (Fetch Phillips #3) — April 26
If urban fantasy is more your jam, you’ll be happy to know that Luke Arnold has another Fetch Phillips book coming out this year. One Foot in the Fade sees our intrepid detective Fetch Phillips taking on another case that will likely affect the fate of Sunder City, a once-magical metropolis that found new ways to light its fires of industry in the series’ previous outing, Dead Man In A Ditch. That was one of my favorite books of 2020, so anticipation is high for its sequel.
If you haven’t heard of Fetch Phillips yet but like stories like The Dresden Files, this is probably going to be one of your new favorites:
In a city that lost its magic, an angel falls in a downtown street. His wings are feathered, whole—undeniably magical—the man clearly flew, because he left one hell of a mess when he plummeted into the sidewalk.
But what sent him up? What brought him down? And will the answers help Fetch bring the magic back for good?
Working alongside necromancers, genies, and shadowy secret societies, through the wildest forests and dingiest dive bars, this case will leave its mark on Fetch’s body, his soul, and the fate of the world.
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✨COVER REVEAL✨
— Fonda Lee (@FondaJLee) January 5, 2022
THE JADE SETTER OF JANLOON, a standalone prequel novella of the Green Bone Saga, releases April 30 in limited edition deluxe hardcover and e-book formats from @SubPress. Pre-orders open on the Subterranean Press website Mon, Jan 10 at 8am ET.
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The Jade Setter Of Janloon by Fonda Lee — April 30
While Fonda Lee may have wrapped up The Green Bone Saga last year with the epic Jade Legacy, the author isn’t quite done with Kekon yet. This year we’ll be getting an all new novella set in that same world. The Jade Setter of Janloon will be a more condensed tale than the sprawling decades-long affair that was Jade Legacy, but knowing Lee, it’s still bound to pack quite a punch.
This story is set before The Green Bone Saga, which means that some of those Kaul family members we’ve loved and lost may make appearances:
The rapidly changing city of Janloon is ruled by jade, the rare and ancient substance that enhances the abilities and status of the trained Green Bone warriors who run the island’s powerful clans.
Pulo Oritono is not one of those warriors. He’s simply an apprentice jade setter with dreams of securing clan patronage and establishing a successful business. His hopes are dashed, however, when a priceless jade weapon is stolen from the shop where he works.
Now, Pulo has three days to hunt down the thief, find the jade, and return it to its rightful owner if he wants to save his future prospects, the people he cares about, and his very life. The desperate mission will lead Pulo to old vendettas, vast corruption, and questions about everything and everyone he thought he knew.
The Jade Setter of Janloon is being released through Subterranean Press. Currently preorders are sold out, though the book is expected to be available in ebook format.
Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Final Architecture #2) — May 3
Adrian Tchaikovsky is back this year with the sequel to his acclaimed space opera novel Shards of Earth. The first novel followed Idris, an enhanced human who was designed to stave off humanity’s destruction in an intergalactic war…which we lost. As time went on and humanity clung to the edge of extinction, Idris eventually discovered something that heralded the return of the alien Architects, who nearly wiped humanity out last time.
Now Tchaikovsky is delivering the next chapter for Idris and the rest of humanity. Can they climb back from the brink or will they be annihilated once and for all?
After eighty years of fragile peace, the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artefacts – vestiges of a long-vanished civilization – could save a world from annihilation. This time, the Architects have discovered a way to circumvent these protective relics. Suddenly, no planet is safe.
Facing impending extinction, the Human Colonies are in turmoil. While some believe a unified front is the only way to stop the Architects, others insist humanity should fight alone. And there are those who would seek to benefit from the fractured politics of war – even as the Architects loom ever closer.
Idris, who has spent decades running from the horrors of his past, finds himself thrust back onto the battlefront. As an Intermediary, he could be one of the few to turn the tide of war. With a handful of allies, he searches for a weapon that could push back the Architects and save the galaxy. But to do so, he must return to the nightmarish unspace, where his mind was broken and remade.
What Idris discovers there will change everything.
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The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah (The Sandsea Trilogy #1) — May 17
The Stardust Thief is the debut novel by Chelsea Abdullah, and it sounds fantastic. Drawing on Arabic mythology and stories like One Thousand And One Nights, Abdullah spins a tale of magic and mystery set against “sun-dazzled sands” and ancient ruins. This book has been generating tons of hype since its release was announced last year, and soon we’ll all be able to get lost on this journey through Abdullah’s lyrical storytelling:
Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land—at the cost of sacrificing all jinn.
With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan’s oldest son to find the artifact. Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie’s past. And, in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth, Loulie will discover that everything—her enemy, her magic, even her own past—is not what it seems, and she must decide who she will become in this new reality.
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All The Seas Of The World by Guy Gavriel Kay — May 17
Guy Gavriel Kay has long been crafting masterful fantasy stories, and his latest will be right in that same wheelhouse. It’s set in the “near-Renaissance” world of Bataria, making this a novel that is linked at least tangentially to the author’s other works Children of Earth and Sky and A Brightness Long Ago:
On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small.
One of those arriving at that beach is a woman abducted by corsairs as a child and sold into years of servitude. Having escaped, she is trying to chart her own course—and is bent upon revenge. Another is a seafaring merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith, a moment that never leaves him. In what follows, through a story both intimate and epic, unforgettable characters are immersed in the fierce and deadly struggles that define their time.
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For The Throne by Hannah Whitten (Wilderwood #2) — June 7
Hannah Whitten’s debut novel For The Wolf was an instant New York Times bestseller when it released last year, and now she’s back to conclude the Wilderwood duology.
The first book was a twist on classic fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and Beauty and the Beast, repainting Red as a fiery young woman set to be sacrificed to a wolf residing in the mystical forest neighboring her village. But when Red rails against that system, she ends up discovering that Wolf is in fact a very attractive, lonely, and cursed individual whom she falls for.
The sequel promises to follow up on that story with the same sort of personality and panache that made Whitten’s debut resonate with so many:
The First Daughter is for the Throne
The Second Daughter is for the Wolf…
Red and the Wolf have finally contained the threat of the Old Kings but at a steep cost. Red’s beloved sister Neve, the First Daughter is lost in the Shadowlands, an inverted kingdom where the vicious gods of legend have been trapped for centuries and the Old Kings have slowly been gaining control. But Neve has an ally–though it’s one she’d rather never have to speak to again–the rogue king Solmir.
Solmir wants to bring an end to the Shadowlands and he believes helping Neve may be the key to its destruction. But to do that, they will both have to journey across a dangerous landscape in order to find a mysterious Heart Tree, and finally to claim the gods’ dark, twisted powers for themselves.
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Speaking Bones by Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty #4) — June 21
One of the biggest fantasy book releases of 2022 has to be the final volume of Ken Liu’s landmark series The Dandelion Dynasty. Speaking Bones is the fourth book in the series, and will deliver the long-awaited conclusion to the silkpunk epic that began back in 2015 with The Grace of Kings.
Kuni Garu was once a lowly layabout and sometimes bandit before he became the Emperor Ragin of Dara and launched a dynasty that would reshape the future of the continent. As the series has gone on, Kuni’s children stepped up to take over the central focus of the novels, helping usher both readers and Dara itself into a new age of exploration.
Speaking Bones and the preceding volume The Veiled Throne were originally written as one massive book which Liu had to split in half for the sake of publication. As such, it’s expected that this final book will pick up right where The Veiled Throne ended.
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In The Shadow Of Lightning by Brian McClellan (Glass Immorals #1) — June 21
Brian McClellan is best known for his Powder Mage series, which combined French Revolution aesthetics with a detailed magic system. Now McClellan is back with a brand new epic fantasy series in a totally new setting, one where magic is finite and fast running out:
Demir Grappo is an outcast—he fled a life of wealth and power, abandoning his responsibilities as a general, a governor, and a son. Now he will live out his days as a grifter, rootless, and alone. But when his mother is brutally murdered, Demir must return from exile to claim his seat at the head of the family and uncover the truth that got her killed: the very power that keeps civilization turning, godglass, is running out.
Now, Demir must find allies, old friends and rivals alike, confront the powerful guild-families who are only interested in making the most of the scraps left at the table and uncover the invisible hand that threatens the Empire. A war is coming, a war unlike any other. And Demir and his ragtag group of outcasts are the only thing that stands in the way of the end of life as the world knows it.
McClellan’s previous works have been rock solid, but this will be his first totally new epic fantasy setting since Powder Mage, which he deepened even further in the Gods of Blood and Powder trilogy that took place 10 years later. We’re more than a little intrigued to see what he’s come up with.
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Flames Of Mira by Clay Harmon (The Riftwalker Series #1) — July 5
Flames Of Mira is author Clay Harmon’s debut novel. It tells the tale of a magically bound elemental whose loyalties will be tested as his bond is shifted from new masters to old, and one-time allies become unwilling enemies:
Born through life-threatening trials that bind chemical elements to the human body, Ig was forged in the boiling volcanoes under Mira’s frozen lands. One of the most powerful known elementals, he serves as an enforcer for Magnate Sorrelo Adriann, cursed with flesh binding magic that will kill him at the first sign of disobedience.
When Sorrelo is overthrown, Ig quickly learns he can do far worse than what has been asked of him so far. If he can’t escape the flesh binding in time, Ig will have to kill friend and foe alike to stop his master reclaiming the throne, or sacrifice himself trying.
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A Prayer For The Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot #2) — July 12
It’s become somewhat the standard for a lot modern science fiction to have a darker tone, depicting futures where humanity often has to pay for the follies of its past or struggle to break free of age-old patterns. But not all sci-fi is such a downer. Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet, has a reputation for being a “practitioner of hopeful sci-fi,” and her latest series Monk & Robot fits that tone to a T.
A Prayer For The Crown-Shy is the follow-up to Chambers’ novel A Psalm For The Wild-Built, and looks to strike that same perfect balance of hope, humor, and thought-provoking questions about human existence:
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home.
They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe.
Becky Chambers’s new series continues to ask: in a world where people have what they want, does having more even matter?
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The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean — August 9
The Book Eaters is author Sunyi Dean’s debut novel, and its premise is crazy in the best way. People eat books…and absorb all the information in them. It sounds like all fun and games, until main character Devon discovers her son is only satiated by knowledge and experiences from a very different kind of source:
Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book’s content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories.
But real life doesn’t always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.
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Drizzt Do'Urden I've painted for @DarkAlliance #DnD #DarkAlliance pic.twitter.com/O302INSrHi
— akreon (@_akreon_) August 25, 2021
Glacier’s Edge by R.A. Salvatore (Way of the Drow #2) — August 9
Few names in fantasy are as instantly recognizable as Drizzt Do’Urden, the dark elf warrior that R.A. Salvatore made a mainstay over the course of nearly 36 Forgotten Realms books. Based on Dungeons & Dragons lore, these books have inspired generations of readers with their vivid worldbuilding and gripping action scenes. Once you’ve read Drizzt slice his way through a horde of baddies with his twin scimitars, his panther companion Guenhwyvar at his side, it’s hard to forget it.
Salvatore began a new trilogy centered around Drizzt and his wife Catti-Brie last year with Starlight Enclave. This year, he returns to the Forgotten Realms with the follow-up Glacier’s Edge. If you’re into Drizzt, you know exactly what you’re getting into here. If you’re not…well, you probably want to start earlier in the series so that you know what’s going on.
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The First Binding by R.R. Virdi (Tales of Tremaine #1) — August 16
R.R. Virdi, author of Grave Measures, is releasing the first volume in his new Tales of Tremaine series this year, and wow does it sound like something that would be perfect for fans of The Kingkiller Chronicle. You’ll see what I mean from the back-of-book:
All legends are borne of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge me for what you will. But you will hear my story first.
I buried the village of Ampur under a mountain of ice and snow. Then I killed their god. I’ve stolen old magics and been cursed for it. I started a war with those that walked before mankind and lost the princess I loved, and wanted to save. I’ve called lightning and bound fire. I am legend. And I am a monster.
My name is Ari.
And this is the story of how I let loose the first evil.
Thus begins the tale of a storyteller and a singer on the run and hoping to find obscurity in a tavern bar. But the sins of their past aren’t forgotten, and neither are their enemies. Their old lives are catching up swiftly and it could cost them the entire world. No one can escape their pasts and all stories must have an ending.
The First Binding is being touted as an 800+ silk road epic fantasy, so if the synopsis above evokes Rothfuss’ work, the setting promises to be vaster and more varied. Virdi is already an established hand in the fantasy genre, so this could be one of the next big series depending on how the first volume goes over. It’s definitely one to keep an eye on if you’re into the door-stoppers.
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The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri (The Burning Kingdoms #2) — August 16
Tasha Suri began a new epic fantasy trilogy last year with The Jasmine Throne, which was inspired by Indian mythology and culture. I had the pleasure of reading it and it was magnificent. The Jasmine Throne was one part fantasy epic with a very cool nature-based magic system, one part slow burn sapphic romance, and one part morally grey lesbians burning down a pretty awful patriarchal system.
The first book ended with some pretty huge shifts for our main characters, exiled imperial princess Malini and priestess Priya. From what I’ve gleaned of The Oleander Sword, it’ll pick up right where The Jasmine Throne left off, with new factions vying for control of an empire crumbling beneath the weight of its own hubris.
Suri’s deeply developed world is easy to get lost in, the magic system is as good as anything else out there (better, if you like a solid dose of body horror), and the themes of the story have thus far been both subtle and powerful. There’s a very good chance this will be one of the best epic fantasy releases of 2022, and if you haven’t checked out the first book yet it’s very much worth the time.
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Babel by R.F. Kuang — August 23
R.F. Kuang, author of highly acclaimed Poppy War series, has a new standalone novel coming out next August, and it has a name as appropriately tongue-twistery and intentional as the themes of the story itself: Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators’ Revolution. When you have a title like that, you’d better be able to back it up, and given Kuang’s track record we’re betting she will:
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation — also known as Babel.
Babel is the world’s center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working — the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars — has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization.
For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide….
Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?
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— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 25, 2022
Fairy Tale by Stephen King — September 9
It was recently announced that the master of horror himself, Stephen King, will also be releasing a new novel this year. This is one that King wrote during the COVID-19 pandemic when he allowed his imagination to lead him to distant vistas, abandoned cities, and fantasy worlds that are at once distant and just out of reach:
Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder.
Because within the shed is a portal to another world—one whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours. In this parallel universe, where two moons race across the sky, and the grand towers of a sprawling palace pierce the clouds, there are exiled princesses and princes who suffer horrific punishments; there are dungeons; there are games in which men and women must fight each other to the death for the amusement of the “Fair One.” And there is a magic sundial that can turn back time.
This is far from King’s first foray into fantasy, and you can bet there will be some kind of dark, mind-blowing twist to accompany this fairly wholesome-sounding premise. It is Stephen King, after all.
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Orbit is thrilled to announce the acquisition of NOTORIOUS SORCERER, a vibrant and clever adventure fantasy by debut author Davinia Evans (@cupiscent)! Learn more: https://t.co/IngQ0mq3IJ
— Orbit Books (@orbitbooks) November 18, 2021
Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans — September 13
Notorious Sorcerer is the debut novel by Davinia Evans. It sounds like a heady adventure of magic gone awry and inter-planar conflict. Publisher Orbit Books is calling this one a “vibrant and clever adventure fantasy,” and given Evans’ claim on her website that a background studying political strategy made a life writing stories “full of sneaky ratbags tangling with magic” inevitable, we’re inclined to think this one is going to be an awful lot of fun with some great humor:
Ever since the city of Bezim was shaken half into the sea by a magical earthquake, the Inquisitors have policed alchemy with brutal efficiency. Nothing too powerful, too complicated, too much like real magic is allowed–and the careful science that’s left is kept too expensive for any but the rich and indolent to tinker with. Siyon Velo, a glorified errand boy scraping together lesson money from a little inter-planar fetch and carry, doesn’t qualify.
But when Siyon accidentally commits a public act of impossible magic, he’s catapulted into the limelight. Except the limelight is a bad place to be when the planes themselves start lurching out of alignment, threatening to send the rest of the city into the sea.
Now Siyon, a dockside brat who clawed his way up and proved himself on rooftops with saber in hand, might be Bezim’s only hope. Because if they don’t fix the cascading failures of magic in their plane, the Powers and their armies in the other three will do it for them.
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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb #3) — September 13
The next volume of Tamsyn Muir’s twisty space-necromancy series The Locked Tomb is due out this September…which means we should all prepare to have our minds utterly broken.
Gideon the Ninth was a relatively straightforward book about a necromancer and her undead champion Gideon, who was as quick with dirty jokes as she was with her sword; together, they went through a haunted-house style tournament where the name of the game was kill or be killed.
That book ended in a triumph that was also a tragedy…which set the stage for the 2020 sequel Harrow the Ninth, which was a study in irregular story structure and the deconstruction of a mind so traumatized that its memory is scattered to the void.
We have no idea what to expect from Nona the Ninth. The veil on the wider galactic conflict began getting pulled back during Harrow, but with Muir, anything is on the table.
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The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance #3) — September 27
If magic school stories are your jam, then you’ll probably be happy to know that the final volume of Naomi Novik’s The Scholomance trilogy is due out this year. The Golden Enclaves continues the story of El from A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate, but this time the stakes are higher.
Magic school stories are a dime a dozen these days, but Novik brings a special quality to any story she writes. From historical fiction with Temeraire to the fairy tale retellings of Uprooted and Spinning Silver, Novik has thus far been able to hop fantasy subgenres without missing a beat. The Scholomance sees her flexing her writing muscles in the Harry Potter arena, taking the tropes common to those kinds of stories and turning them on their heads to create a dark and intriguing tale set in a magic school where monsters lurk around every corner and one of the biggest criteria for graduating is simply staying alive.
All that’s left is to see how she sticks the landing this fall.
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‘THE LOST METAL’ is expected to be released November 2022.
— Cosmere Network ✨ (@CosmereNetwork) August 5, 2021
The climactic final novel in #Mistborn Era 2 currently sits at 149,000 words - making it the longest book in Era 2.
Sanderson has also mentioned the book’s “extra beefy epilogue” 👀
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The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson (Wax & Wayne #4) — November 15
Last but certainly not least, we’ll be getting a brand new Mistborn book from Brandon Sanderson this year! This is going to be a big one as it’s the concluding volume of the Wax & Wayne series, the steampunk-flavored second era of the Mistborn series. Previous book The Bands of Mourning saw Waxillium Ladrian, one-time lawman and reluctant politician, accepting all the different facets of his identity and lineage to combat the shadowy organization known as the Set. Things got pretty personal for Wax in the last book, with him coming face-to-face with a figure from his past in a confrontation that the series had long foreshadowed.
But as with any good Sanderson story, the bad guys weren’t truly vanquished in the penultimate volume. The Lost Metal will make good on the mystery of the Set’s benefactor, the otherworldly god known as Trell…who may be somehow related to the wider Cosmere of Sanderson’s works.
The final books of Sanderson series are always chock full of action, reveals, and emotional gut punches. Considering that the last novel in Wax & Wayne came out all the way back in 2016, fans have been waiting an uncharacteristically long time for Wax and Wayne’s last adventure. (It’s not like the author has released two monstrous Stormlight Archive books in that time or anything.)
Nonetheless, of all the books on this list, The Lost Metal might be the ones we’re most excited for. Mistborn and Sanderson always deliver.
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And thus conclude our mighty list of science fiction and fantasy books we’re looking forward to in 2022. Did we miss any you’ve got on your to-read list? Let us know in the comments!
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