Top new sci-fi books out this week: 3 Jul - 9 Jul 2022
Last updated:
July 9, 2022
This week featuring new releases by Sarah Blake, R.F. Kuang, Neil Clarke, Bradley Somer, S.R. Masters, Lexi Ray, L.V. Lane, Nathan Hystad, Jasper T. Scott, Michael Anderle, Jamie Davis, Ursa Dax, Teretha Houston and many more.
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![New Voices in Chinese Science Fiction by R.F. Kuang, Neil Clarke, Judith Huang, Liang Qingsan]()
New Voices in Chinese Science Fiction by R.F. Kuang, Neil Clarke, Judith Huang, Liang Qingsan
Science fiction is international in scope, but many works are often unavailable to readers because of language barriers or the costs involved in transcending them. In the eleven years I've been publishing science fiction works from China, I've had the privilege of working with and featuring stories by both of my co-editors, as well as dozens of other authors... -
![Extinction by Bradley Somer]()
Extinction by Bradley Somer
In a lonely valley, deep in the mountains, a ranger watches over the last surviving grizzly bear.With the natural world exhausted and in tatters, Ben has dedicated himself to protecting this single fragment of the wild.One night, he hears voices in the valley – poachers, come to hunt his bear.A heart-pounding chase begins, crossing forests and mountainsides, passing centuries of human ruins...sci-fi · fiction · dystopia · apocalyptic · pollution-climate-change · suspense · audiobook · disaster · book · adult -
![The Trial by S.R. Masters]()
The Trial by S.R. Masters
Would you sign up to a medical trial if you didn’t know the possible side effects?18-40? PAID CLINICAL TRIAL IN THE CANARY ISLANDS – UP TO £20,000 TAX FREEIt seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. An all-inclusive luxury trip abroad, all you need to do is take a pill every day and keep a diary.Except you don’t know anything about the drug or what its side effects might be...mystery · fiction · crime · contemporary · suspense · sci-fi · psychological · audiobook · survival · horror -
![Outcast by Lexi Ray]()
Outcast by Lexi Ray
The first time we met was a nightmare. The second time… Well, the world was already hell.While a hundred elite students partied on Zion Island during spring break, the rest of the world was ravaged by war.Now, two years later, the stories about Zion are dark and mysterious. Some say Zion is paradise, run by those same students. But the few who came back don’t talk about it at all...fantasy · dystopia · dark · contemporary · apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · new-adult · enemies-to-lovers · forced-proximity · steamy -
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![Captured by the Wolven by L.V. Lane]()
Captured by the Wolven by L.V. Lane
I was only six when I first met the monster in my wood. Wolven were a beastly kind of dire wolf that walked on two legs. Larger and more ferocious than a wolf shifter, if even some tales about them were true, my fate was desperate.Only my monster was none of those things.He let me nestle upon his lap where he listened to my stories.Until one day, he disappeared, and I never saw him again...romance · fantasy · omegaverse · shapeshifters · monsters · paranormal · steamy · fated-mates · captivity · alpha-mc -
![From Beyond by Nathan Hystad, Jasper T. Scott]()
From Beyond by Nathan Hystad, Jasper T. Scott
Are we alone? It was only a matter of time before the truth was revealed....Commander David Bryce is scheduled to lead a routine re-supply run for the Orbital Development Group (ORB) to the fledgling colony on Mars. Without warning, he’s taken away by government agents and told the mission parameters have changed.They’ve discovered something. And it’s drifting closer to Earth...action-adventure · adult · aliens · book · colonization · cyberpunk · dystopia · fiction · first-contact · genetic-engineering -
![Battleflight by Michael Anderle, Jamie Davis]()
Battleflight by Michael Anderle, Jamie Davis
Misfit Pilots, Missing Colonists, and Murderous MercenariesThe frontier is beginning to feel like home for the ragtag team who came together to fight the good fight and found a family in the process. Commander Beau Ward must take the fight to the pirates to rescue the rest of the colonists.To succeed, he needs a bigger team...book · fiction · galactic-empire · genetic-engineering · military · soldiers · space · space-fleet · space-opera · space-travel -
![Alien Claw by Ursa Dax]()
Alien Claw by Ursa Dax
“I will go wherever you are. Even if I have to follow you forever. Even if I have to hunt you down...” TAYLORAs the resident historian, I’ve been recording everything that happens on this alien planet. Alliances, battles, and, of course, the whole alien/human mates phenomenon. But soon, there’s a new name to add to the list of human lasses with mates: mine...adult · aliens · book · fated-mates · fiction · first-contact · humor · invasion · monsters · paranormal -
![Nowhere to Land by Teretha Houston]()
Nowhere to Land by Teretha Houston
They have nowhere to run, nowhere to land, and they’re running out of sky.Quentin Kane hasn’t been a detective for years, but when a strange woman asks the air marshal to help bring down a shadowy organization, he gives in. But the next morning, he wakes up with no memory of the woman or the odd wooden box she gave him...fiction · mystery · sci-fi · horror · supernatural · suspense · action-adventure · locked-room · poc-author · crime -
![Hive Minds Give Good Hugs by Natalie Maher, Thundamoo]()
Hive Minds Give Good Hugs by Natalie Maher, Thundamoo
A modern-day young woman somehow gets trapped on an alien planet, transformed into an amalgam of human and something more. With no way home and all the survival skills of an average upper-middle-class shut-in, how will she possibly survive let alone find a way home? Turns out, she needs to learn how to help herself... figuratively and very, very literally. Evelyn, meet Evelyn...sci-fi · litrpg · audiobook · fiction · first-contact · psychological · aliens · invasion · violent-conflict · book -
![Teaching the Alien by Jessa Joy]()
Teaching the Alien by Jessa Joy
A steamy short read featuring a curvy heroine and the huge alien who changes everything!MariaMy day isn't going well. Correction. My life isn't going well. My cat's gone missing, I've just been fired and my boyfriend's sent me a text saying he's hooked up with my boss... -
![The Albion Initiative: A Newbury Hobbes Investigation by George Mann]()
The Albion Initiative: A Newbury Hobbes Investigation by George Mann
George Mann's Newbury & Hobbes steampunk series concludes as our special agent heroes discover a plot of empire-changing proportions in The Albion...action-adventure · adult · book · fiction · gaslamp · historical · historical-fiction · industrial-era · investigator · mystery -
![Deviant Challenged by Robin O'Connor]()
Deviant Challenged by Robin O'Connor
My own people tried to kill me. And the gladiator that rescued me, he thinks I’m the enemy, then why do I think he’s so sexy?CamilaI’ve served as a space marine for years, so when my superiors turn on me. I end up drifting through space, rescued by a spaceship full of gladiators and they don’t seem to trust me...romance · aliens · sci-fi · paranormal · soldiers · mythical-creatures · fantasy · time-travel · invasion · crime -
![Heliacle Rising by C.C. Davie]()
Heliacle Rising by C.C. Davie
Raised to be a wife. Taught to be obedient. Expected to obey.Taken in as ward of Lord Drakon after her parents' slaughter. Forced to navigate a new life, trying to become what is required of her in a world so vastly different than what she had known.Then Attica, Kingdom of the Wytchlings, moves to rise again. Territories long alienated are forced to unite. Secrets begin to unravel...romance · fantasy · dark · magic · wlw · lgbtq · audiobook · reverse-harem · female-author · witches-wizards -
![Light the Fire by Natalie Sloan]()
Light the Fire by Natalie Sloan
Revolution Inferno, Book 1A reverse harem dystopian novelScorched earth will be the least of their problems when she’s through with them.My entire life has been spent in a cage.I’m the only one of my kind. A triple threat.They keep me locked away, drawing my unique blood to transfuse into others so they may possess my skills...romance · reverse-harem · dystopia · fantasy · post-apocalyptic · forced-proximity · sci-fi · new-adult · polyamory · futuristic -
![The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn]()
The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn
NEW SCIENCE FICTION SERIES FROM THE CREATOR OF THE COBRA SERIES AND STAR WARS' ADMIRAL THRAWNThere wasn’t much money to be made as a Trailblazer, searching out new worlds for possible development. Still, it was safer than the bounty hunter career that had cost Gregory Roarke his left arm six years ago... -
![Gods of War by William S. Frisbee, Jr.]()
Gods of War by William S. Frisbee, Jr.
The mission was supposed to be his last.After more than twenty years in special operations, USMC Gunnery Sergeant Wolf Mathison wasn’t looking forward to retirement when—implanted with an experimental artificial intelligence—he deployed on his last mission with a platoon of Marine Raiders being sent to the Jovian moon Europa...
