Fantasy & science fiction

An orphanage for girls is actually a boot camp, turning out magical child soldiers for a gruesome war. Yet love finds a way to blossom amid bloodshed, in this dramatic, much-anticipated yuri manga that is spiritrual kin to the likes of Revolutionary Girl Utena, Otherside Picnic, and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury. Drowning in Blood and Tears>Love blossoms amid bloodshed in a new, enthralling dystopian yuri manga

When life gives you another world, you take it for all it's worth! The irreverant new isekai adventure from the creator of Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! and I Shall Survive Using Potions! Anime streaming now! After growing up an orphan, Mitsuha has a healthy respect for money and a desire to live well--at least, until she dies after being pushed off a cliff. Waking up in a strange fantasy world, Mitsuha narrowly survives an encounter with a pack of wolves, then realizes she has the power to move between this world and the real one. A lesser person might embark on heroic adventures--Mitsuha instead immediately recognizes the lucrative possibilities of her new situation, and heads out to buy an arsenal of modern weapons. Her goal: to acquire 80,000 gold, and the life of leisure she's always dreamed of!

A young witch who inadvertently curses her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her spell in this enchanting novella set in the world of Uprooted and Spinning Silver from the Sunday Times bestselling author Naomi Novik. Celia discovers her talent for magic on the day her beloved oldest brother Argent leaves home. Furious at being left behind, she lashes out, not realising her childish, angry words will suddenly become imbued with the power of prophecy, dooming him to a life without love. While Argent wanders the world, forced to seek only fame and glory instead of the love and belonging he truly desires, Celia attempts to undo the curse. Yet she cannot find the solution - until she learns the truth about the centuries-old war between her people and the summerlings, the immortal beings holding a relentless grudge against their mortal neighbours. With the aid of her unwanted middle brother, Celia may be able to undo her eldest brother's curse and heal the lands so long torn apart by the Summer War. But what price will she have to pay?

Responding to the increasing urgency for reimagining futures beyond dystopias and utopias, this book explores the challenges of how to think about compelling futures, what these better futures might be like, and what personal and collective practices are emerging that support the creation of more desirable futures.

PRE-ORDER THIS HEART-POUNDING YORUBA INSPIRED FANTASY NOVEL SET IN AN EPIC WORLD OF COURTLY INTRIGUE AND FORBIDDEN POWER . . . 'Absolutely Radiant' BEA FITZGERALD'A Dazzling Debut' ANDREA STEWART'Enthralling and epic' ANNA DAY'Readers are going to LOVE THIS BOOK!' ANGELA MONTOYAIn Oru L'ore has a secret. She is the only one without agbára - the ability to harness power from the sun. On pain of death she must conceal it from everyone. Including her best friend, Alawani. But when the gods declare Alawani an Àlùfáà - a great honour where he will serve the gods and the Kingdom - he must be stripped of his power in a brutal trial likely to kill him. Unwilling to bear his death, L'ore vows to rescue him. When she desperately attempts to channel agbára an icy shadow magic instead pours from her hands; a power she learns originated from a forbidden, secret land beyond the six rings of Oru. One where she and Alawani must now seek sanctuary and discover a secret that could bring the Kingdom to its knees . . . _____________'Absolutely radiant. Anson has created a captivating, intricate world with characters who will stay with me for a long time. A perfect balance of political machinations and aching romance, wrapped up in a fast-paced action packed adventure. I loved it!' BEA FITZGERALD, author of Girl Goddess Queen'A dazzling debut, with characters that leap off the page and burrow into your heart. Filled with love, betrayal, and questions of loyalty, the twists and turns this story takes will keep you reading late into the night' ANDREA STEWART, author of The Gods Below'Fierce, exciting and utterly original, Firstborn of the Sun is an enthralling and epic fantasy, with a beautiful and tender romance at its center' ANNA DAY, author of The Girl who Grew Wings 'A rich and confident fantasy with expansive world building and a magic system as vicious as it is unique. Filled with intricately woven twists and action from beginning to end, readers will have a hard time putting this book down. Readers are going to LOVE THIS BOOK!' - ANGELA MONTOYA, author of Sinner's Isle and A Cruel Thirst

The novels that inspired the hit Chinese live-action drama on Netflix! A powerful demon lord finds his life linked to a seemingly weak fairy in this epic fantasy romance.Years after his defeat, Dongfang Qingcang—the ancient and powerful Demon Lord—has been resurrected. Hell-bent on settling the score, he nabs the first scapegoat unfortunate enough to cross his path: the bubbly orchid fairy Xiao Lanhua. As if becoming the Demon Lord's accomplice wasn't shocking enough, Xiao Lanhua has her soul ripped from her body and loses her physical form to a lethal self-inflicted slap. Forced to share a vessel with the Demon Lord himself, Xiao Lanhua is horrified by her luck. What's a fairy to do?!Still, for a former flower, Xiao Lanhua isn't faring so bad; she now has the power of the Demon Lord at her disposal. Yet as the unlikely duo wrestle for control over their body, will they be able to find Xiao Lanhua a new vessel? Or will they be forever bound together?

This fast and funny action isekai manga about a newborn whose power is literally unfathomable is perfect for fans of My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1, The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage, and The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest. Already a digital hit, the fan favorite comes to print! To be reincarnated into another world with the promise of a "cheat" power is one thing. But to be reborn as a baby, and then left for dead after your royal parents think you're powerless? That's another thing entirely! Now the newly-born Reinhart-Hart to his new friends-must find his way through a dangerous world...but luckily he's got magic that's quite literally off the charts!

This brand-new chapter fills in the gaps between The Ghost in the Shell: Human-Error Processor and Man-Machine Interface manga with a tense cyberpunk thriller written by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex script writer Junichi Fujisaku. Just in time for the release of the new Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 anime on Netflix! Togusa and Tsunagi are racing after a fleeing suspect when a van suddenly slams into the suspect's car, killing the van driver instantly. As Togusa hooks into the man's cyberbrain, he sees residual images of a group of children and a masked figure who says, "I am a warrior." Later, an autopsy yields a shocking revelation: the driver was killed not by the collision, but by a neurotoxin derived from the venom of the African black mamba. Section 9 needs answers, so Togusa and Tsunagi get sent halfway across the world to the Sahel Special Economic Zone. What mysteries await them in the "oasis of the Sahara"?

Nina was plucked off the streets because she resembled a dead priestess--but is this a lucky break, or a new kind of curse? Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award, this fantasy shojo manga features intertwining constellations of palace intrigue and perilous romance, for fans of The Ancient Magus' Bride, The Apothecary Diaries, and Snow White With the Red Hair. Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess...specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

An urgent call for help has Rowan Layne going rogue in this seventh novel of the Other Worldly series. But it doesn't take long for her extraterrestrial heroes to catch up and override her solo quest. On top of that, there's the royal pain-in-the-ass male making his audacious debut with a mysterious mission known as Watch.Midwest road trips to reconnect with old friends have Rowan munching on Minnesota Honeycrisps while careening down memory lane-and suffering from memory loss. Plus, she's seeing things that aren't actually there when she's not even in Scotland. As if her extrasensory auditory abilities weren't challenging enough.Is Rowan glimpsing the future, or her past? Is it ghosts, Bigfoot, or an apparently not-so-mythological Wisconsin creature tormenting her visions and dreams? Perhaps it's an alien antagonist acting all too horrifically humanlike. Meanwhile, strange fiery streaks make Rowan question who and what are real-and who is not being real with her.Will an excursion to the agricultural planet Cultura, aka Saturn, and a few of its moons lift her spirits and clear her mind? Because Rowan can't seem to shake an overwhelming sense of dread.From kicking ass on Chesapeake Bay to seeking solace on Earth's moon, Aliens Watch will have you traveling through time, rooting for giants, and pondering who this newest mystery man could possibly be.

“An incredibly fun thrill-ride by a masterful storyteller.” —Marie Lu, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Stars And SmokeA teenage sorcerer’s apprentice must solve her boss’s murder in order to prove her innocence in this twisty, magic-infused murder mystery perfect for fans of Knives Out and The Inheritance Games.Being an apprentice to one of the world's most famous sorcerers has its challenges; Tabatha Zeng just didn’t think they would include solving crime. But when her boss, the infamous fortuneteller Sorcerer Solomon, predicts his own brutal death—and worse, it comes true—Tabatha finds herself caught in the crosshairs.The police have their sights set on her and Callum Solomon, her murdered boss’s youngest son. With suspicion swirling around them, the two decide to team up to find the real killer and clear their own names once and for all.But solving a murder isn’t as easy as it seems, especially when the suspect list is mostly the rich, connected, and magical members of Sorcerer Solomon’s family. And Tabatha can’t quite escape the nagging voice in her head asking: just how much can she really trust Callum Solomon?Nothing is as it seems in this quick-witted and fantastical murder mystery.