Science Fiction & Fantasy: October 2025
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Gate to Kagoshima
by Poppy Kuroki

Isla Mackenzie is swept 128 years back to the Satsuma Rebellion, where she meets her ancestors and falls for a samurai, forcing her to choose between altering history or returning to her former life. 
Katabasis
by R. F. Kuang

Alice has sacrificed everything to work with Professor Grimes at Cambridge, the world's greatest magician, but when he dies in a magical accident and is sent to Hell, she and rival Peter follow him, using only tales of Orpheus and Dante to guide them in this deluxe edition.
The Library at Hellebore
by Cassandra Khaw

Forced into an elite academy for the dangerously powerful, a reluctant student learns of its dark graduation ritual, leaving her among a handful of students trapped in the library, where they must unite—or be devoured by the very institution meant to redeem them.
Silvercloak by Laura Steven
Silvercloak
by Laura Steven

Determined to avenge her parents' murder, a young woman infiltrates an elite academy to hunt the ruthless gang responsible, only to be sent undercover into their world, where deadly alliances, brutal betrayals, and a doomed prophecy threaten to unravel her mission—and her heart.
The Society of Unknowable Objects
by Gareth Brown

A trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects—ordinary items with extraordinary properties.
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