LibraryAware October 2025

Recent Releases

Long live evil
by Sarah Rees Brennan

"As her whole life collapses, Rae still has books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain which lets her enter the world of her favourite fantasy series. She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, home to the Once and Forever Emperor - her favourite fictional character. He's impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. However, in this fantasy world, she discovers that she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale. Time to assemble a rogue's gallery ofvillains and hatch an evil plot"

Exiles : a novel
by Mason Coile

When a Mars colony mission arrives to find its setup crew of robots fractured and one missing, the astronauts must unravel conflicting accounts of what happened, in the new novel by the author of William.

The Shattering Peace
by John Scalzi

In a series installment a decade in the making, the author returns to the galaxy of the Old Man's War series with the long awaited seventh book.

The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, eds.

Set during and after the events of Stephen King's highly acclaimed 1978 novel The Stand, this anthology collects new stories of human resilience after the apocalypse from authors like Poppy Z. Brite, Tananarive Due, Josh Malerman, and many more. Both a tribute to and an expansion of the original novel, fans of King's work will be delighted by the dedication on display from the contributors.

The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham

First published in 1955, a thrilling and realistic account of a world beset by genetic mutations and of a community whose rules will not allow for any abnormality, even at the expense of its own children – and the chances of breeding true are less than fifty percent.

The Library at Hellebore
by Cassandra Khaw

Alessa Li has been forcibly enrolled at Hellebore Technical Institute, an elite academy for the dangerously powerful world-enders within its hallowed walls. On graduation day, Alessa is trapped in the library along with other students being forced to take part in the institute's grisly ritual: being devoured by the monstrous faculty. A harrowing and lore-rich tread into the darkest depth of dark academia fantasy, Khaw's latest is "a visceral symphony of body horror" (Booklist).

One yellow eye
by Leigh Radford

Scientist Kesta prefers microscopes to personal relationships, except for husband and best friend Tim; when Tim is infected with a virus that ravages London, Kesta is able to keep him (un)alive and hidden from the government while hoping a rumored top-secret cure can save him before he's discovered.

Asunder
by Kerstin Hall

Granted the ability to communicate with the recently deceased, Karys Eska pays her bills investigating suspicious deaths in her troubled city, until a dying stranger reveals some dangerous secrets that turn her world upside down.

The Adventures of Mary Darling
by Pat Murphy

In this clever Victorian mashup, Mary Darling is beside herself when her three children go missing, and her uncle John Watson's dear friend Sherlock Holmes proves more hindrance than help. Mary takes matters into her own hands, recruiting friends from her past to help her find her way to Neverland and rescue Wendy, Michael, and John herself. With both fantastical adventure and thoughtful exploration of both sexism and colonialism, this book will be a delight for readers looking for another feminist retelling of classic tales.

This princess kills monsters / : The Misadventures of a Fairy-tale Stepsister
by Ry Herman

"Someone wants to murder Princess Melilot. This is sadly normal. Melilot is sick of being ordered to go on dangerous quests by her domineering stepmother. Especially since she always winds up needing to be rescued by her more magically talented stepsisters. And now, she's been commanded to marry a king she's never met. When hideous spider-wolves attack her on the journey to meet her husband-to-be, she is once again rescued-but this time, by twelve eerily similar-looking masked huntsmen. Soon, she has to contend with near-constant attempts on her life, a talking lion that sets bewildering gender tests, and a king who can't recognize his true love when she puts on a pair of trousers. And all the while, she has to fight her growing attraction to not only one of the huntsmen, but also her fiancâe's extremely attractive sister. If Melilot can't unravel the mysteries and rescue herself from peril, kingdoms will fall. Worse, she could end up married to someone she doesn't love"

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