Top new sci-fi books out this week: 22 Jan - 28 Jan 2023

Soon no one on Earth will have a place to hide in this novel about fears known and unknown by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz.In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob’s Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting...

The fate of mankind is in the hands of a group of 20-something science nerds in the sequel to Outland, by the Audible number-one best-selling author of the Bobiverse series.The Yellowstone super-eruption has put an end to modern civilization...

In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance...

After years of searching, Nathan Briggs is finally on the verge of finding the lost shipwreck. Unfortunately, the aliens have other plans.When Nathan stops a brutal attack on an unsuspecting victim, he gets more than he bargained for and sets into motion events that will change his life forever. They told him he should’ve run away, and maybe they were right...

These Things We Do, That Others May Live!The Legion is the most elite, direct-action force in the galaxy, hammering the enemies of the Republic… but some missions require a scalpel...

With new systems come new problems.Now that August Walton is dead and new information has come to light, Cole Riker and his team of misfits are finally back on the cosmic highway to another unknown location.This time they might actually have a shot at completing the mission and getting back home in one piece. Victory isn’t all it seems, however...

One day, I’m just trying to make ends meet as a security guard at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.Then I happened upon a mysterious pocket watch and ended up in the year 1814.Time traveling takes a little getting used to, but it definitely helped that I found a pretty blonde woman to help me navigate 19th century DC...

he Glass changed the world forever.Ransom and Britt attempt to settle into a new life, but a dreadful threat is constantly hanging over their heads.The settlers in Tucson know their time is limited. An invasion is underway.Peggy is adamant they can destroy the Glass, but it will take a trip to another time and place to ensure it remains off...

Encircle's CEO had devolved into madness, seeking out whom he can destroy while Dr. Goode's potential solution to the tremors is destroyed, leaving all to wonder what they will do next in Shock Point Book 6.Looking for your favorite new post-apocalyptic story? Welcome home...

While Wendy and the kids flee with their relatives, Zach's journey south is fraught with danger in book 3 of Edge of Extinction...

Ron Frobisher's role in the undoing of the swarm menace becomes more pronounced, while other survivors continue to battle for their lives in book 6 of Swarm.Tired of the usual apocalyptic tale? Welcome to your new addiction.When a new fertilizer that promises to protect crops from insects and increase yields tenfold turns out to be a toxic catalyst, farms around the world are set ablaze...

“I will make my human mate see that I am strong enough to win her. Even if she makes me feel weak for the first time in my life…”STEPHANIETrue love is a concept I’ve never trusted. So, this whole alien fated mates thing? It makes no sense. The fact that the Vrika apparently chose the absolute worst partner for me only proves that the fated mate bond is all kinds of messed up...

ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN. OR MAKE ONE UP REALLY QUICKLY. But when he somehow finds himself in possession of a shard from an ancient alien tech known as the Emberling, things start getting hotter than he likes. Before Taggart knows it, a half-dozen criminal syndicates are on his tail, desperate for the powerful payload...

Goliath has reached the peak of its power and entire star systems tremble its wake. But hope, in the shape of a new weapon, means that Earth is not lost yet.With Morphus still absent on her mysterious expedition, a surprise request from an old ally sets the star scavengers on a path to developing a new weapon against Goliath...

Final instalment from Philip K Dick Award-nominated series from Ada HoffmannTime is running out for the planet Jai. The artificially intelligent Gods who rule the galaxy have withdrawn their protection from the chaos-ravaged world, just as their most ancient enemy closes in...

Scorned by my people, abandoned by my brothers, I have no one, and the only one who would show me mercy isn’t mine and never will be—until she’s at my door, throwing her arms around me and forcing me back into the light I never thought would shine on me again.This is Nial’s redemption story...

Sometimes all you need is a little Sunshine… and a really big gun.Captain Sunshine Luo, last surviving member of the Kakata Korps, has overcome much in her young life. Once a slave, later a mercenary and company owner, she has become the epitome of the word “survivor.” Now she needs to be something more...

Continue this explosive science fiction series by USA Today Bestselling author Steve P. Vincent…A battle between two empires. One reduced to ash.Sergeant Talon Stiler and his crew could rightly feel cheated. Their great victory - one of the greatest in humanity’s history - resulted in no parades and no medals...

In a world of superheroes, supervillains, mystical portals, and monsters from strange realms, I'd be considered perfectly ordinary, living a normal life in an extraordinary world.That is until fate intervened.A simple act alters and enhances me into a stratosphere of unfathomable power...

Tenebrium is a dystopian noir thriller set in a future where the prohibition/Gatsby era has come around again.The year is 2425, and the jazz age is in full swing—again...

Wind Tide: The Complete Series: 1000+ pages of epic space opera.A nonstop thrill ride across an unstable galaxy, combining moral struggle with character-driven adventure.Titles included:Goodbye to the Sun (Book 1): A rebel pilot teams up with a war-torn diplomat in a bid to win her people's freedom — but an impossible choice awaits...Jati's Wager (Book 2): When "all-in" is the only option...

Paralyzed EmotionsI’m trapped – a slave to a ruthless doctor, but I don’t know how or why, and that’s a hell I desperately want to escape.Lie after lie. Day after day.Something sadistic is taking place within the confines of Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital.I must uncover the truth, but I’ll need help...

A determined general, a rogue operative, a political refugee, and an embittered family rise up against the enemies of the land they call home. The war for the soul of the former United States rages from coast to coast in this explosive conservative political thriller...

On an Earth which is toxic, radioactive, and nearly dead, Mabel and Ian are two adventurers who live in Dome 17. There have been missions sent out into the wastelands to try to reconnect to other domes, but none have succeeded, yet. When it is discovered that Dome 17 may suffer a similar fate to those other domes, a risky and last-ditch plan is attempted...

The power of family bonds reaches across galaxiesAfter returning from a well-deserved second honeymoon, Mina receives distressing news: the United Rebel Front has rescued a group of prisoners from a Lostai labor camp, and one of them claims to be her first husband from Earth. He says the Lostai have also kidnapped their daughter and taken her to an unknown location...

President Milos has made her intentions clear, and launched her attack against her former employees. The tension between Crandor and Yanos has gone from "polite discussion" to absolute warfare. Yanos prepares to deal with an invasion from Crandor, while the planet also finds an unexpected ally...

THE CITIZENS HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THE CAMPUS THAT NOW SITS ATOP THE HILL NEAR THE INTERSTATE. IF THEY’RE LUCKY (OR UNLUCKY), THEY MAY SEE ONE OF THE CHILDREN WALKING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT OR HOPPING INTO A CAR, GOING WHO KNOWS WHERE. SUNSET IS ONE OF THESE CHILDREN, AND SHE’S JUST AS CURIOUS ABOUT THE QUIET TOWN AND THE CITIZENS THAT OCCUPY IT...

“Something they never tell you about being a hero - it’s really just about being at the wrong place at the wrong time and living to tell the tale.”Stuck in a dead-end job as an adjunct Professor of Psychology dispelling alien abduction stories, the alcoholic Nick Bridges is divorced, disinterested and defeated...

In this highly anticipated second book in The Desert Willow Series, the Grey aliens are back and Lily Dawson, the government liaison to the Interdimensional Beings who protect Earth, is called back into action. Only this time, it is her half IDB daughter, Birdie, and another hybrid teen, Rosemary, who will be called upon to create a treaty to save Earth from certain destruction...

I don't like new people. They come into our town and don't know the rules. They get up in our business. They mess things up.That's why when James Maddock walks into my bar, I'm suspicious. He might act like a nice guy, but for sure he spells trouble.And that's the last thing I need just when I've got my life on track...

“Hello? Who are you? Where am I?”Elise Corto-Intel is an Intel Operative sent on what should have been a routine job to break into a luxury high-rise, crack open a safe, and take what’s inside. But as soon as she touches the tiny microchip, a voice crackles to life in her comms revealing an artificial intelligence named Bastion...

In a dark future, people with money live in doomed cities and use the recently deceased as repurposed servants and workers called poppets. Ellie DesLoge is the teen heiress of the company that makes and distributes poppets-your basic reprogrammed flesh robot complete with training chips and kill switches. If Ellie does everything her Aunt Cordelia says, she'll have a life of wealth and power...

On Earth, Jeremy is hungry for dessert. On the moon, Sheerons are hungry for people. Only hinted at the worry that all people who know of their overruling alien lords' power, his parents keep the secret wearily. Jeremy seeks to join the SFAH the (Space Force of Armed Humans) but knows nothing about the dangers up above...

A mysterious hum turning people into killers, a perfect city ruled by AI, a ghost in the machine and boomers vs. robots!Welcome to the world of Neo Cyberpunk- Volume 3!Once again fifteen of the hottest contemporary cyberpunk authors have joined forces to bring you the best the genre has to offer.With a foreword from Bruce Bethke the man who invented the term Cyberpunk...

Rising like a phoenix from the ashes of the old civilizations on New Earth, the republic grows like a weed with renewed youth to live through another cycle. The exponential growth of the republic has not come without cost.Poised to begin taking power from the older generations, Sarah Wagner wrestles with conflicting emotions...

Interplanetary agents and smugglers -- when they collide, their chemistry will be explosive.White Russian (Wanted 1): After weeks of lonely space and one breakdown after another, Tiressa just wants a drink to relax while the nebula storm passes. But when she orders a White Russian, he’s not quite what she expects...

My name is Ashe, and I'm one of millions of Imperial Conscripts. Like everyone else, I just want to get through my term with as few demerits and as much excitement as possible. That way I'd actually have a good chance to get into a proper Academy, and not have to go with my back-up plan of joining a minor Strike-Wave league as a goalie prospect...

Sparrow makes her way to Zero City, the abandoned metropolis run by the ruthless Flaggers, and gets the first clue as to what happened to her mother...

At the end of the twenty-first century, a decade after the VR-evolution that sent everyone into the virtual world know as The Stream, a fifteen year old girl living off the grid in an East Tennessee forest has to leave the safety of her home high in a fire watch tower to search for her hard-nosed mother who has been missing for nearly two weeks...

Extra-Terrestrial Vehicle 1: visitor, intruder or just a wanderer through our solar system? Commander Frank Lynch thought as he gazed out at the mysterious alien space probe.ETV1 is a prize that could unlock the secrets of interstellar travel and restore Earth’s technological superiority over the Pilgrim-Crusader colonies on Mars...