Release Week: 1 April 2025
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Release Week: 1 April 2025
Posted on 2025-04-01 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
(in progress...)
PICKS:
When We Were Real By: Daryl Gregory read by Ari Fliakos for Simon and Schuster -- "From multiple award-winning author Daryl Gregory comes a madcap adventure following two friends on a cross-country bus tour through the mind-boggling glitches in their simulated world as they grapple with love, family, secrets, and the very nature of reality in a simulation."
Gifted & Talented By: Olivie Blake, read by Eunice Wong for Macmillan -- "The story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential."
Sour Cherry By: Natalia Theodoridou, read by Erifyli Gigante for Recorded Books -- "A stunning reimagining of Bluebeard—one of the most mythologized serial killers—twisted into a modern tale of toxic masculinity, a feminist sermon, and a folktale for the twenty-first century."
The Beauty of the End: A Novel By: Lauren Stienstra, read by Erika LeonGuerrero for Brilliance -- "In this provocative work of speculative fiction, two sisters navigate the complex moral terrain of reproductive ethics, individual freedoms, and society’s duty to a future facing imminent extinction."
Where the Axe Is Buried: A Novel By: Ray Nayler, read by Eunice Wong for Macmillan -- "In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Meanwhile, on the fringes of a Western Europe that has renounced human governance in favor of ostensibly more efficient, objective, and peaceful AI Prime Ministers, an experimental artificial mind is malfunctioning, threatening to set off a chain of events that may spell the end of the Western world."
Radio Life By: Derek B. Miller, read by Gabra Zackman for Audible -- "In this riveting political thriller, The Commonwealth, a post-apocalyptic civilization on the rise, is locked in a clash of ideas with the Keepers, a fight which threatens to destroy the world ... again."
SERIES WATCH:
A Drop of Corruption: An Ana and Din Mystery: Shadow of the Leviathan, Book 2 By: Robert Jackson Bennett, read by Andrew Fallaize for Random House -- "The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup."
Faithbreaker: Fallen Gods, Book 3 By: Hannah Kaner, read by Kit Griffiths for Harper -- "In the epic finale to the internationally bestselling Fallen Gods trilogy that started with Godkiller, the fate of Middren hangs in the balance as mighty gods and mortal heroes clash in a final battle for supremacy."
The Icarus Coda: The Icarus Saga, Book 6 By: Timothy Zahn, read by Marc Thompson for Random House -- "For years Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene have worked for the ultra-secret Icarus Group, hunting for the mysterious Icari teleportation portals so valued by the Commonwealth. But their job has now come to a wrenching end. The two of them are fugitives, sought by the Commonwealth, the rival Patth, and the remnant of the ancient Ammei who once controlled the portals and who hunger for a return to those days of glory. All three groups want Selene and her unique ability to understand and deal with Icari technology. Or is it unique?"
Rhino: The Rise of a Warrior: Hell Divers Series By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith, read by Ray Porter for Blackstone -- "In the brutal wasteland centuries after the nuclear apocalypse, a warrior baptized in blood will defy the brutal empire that has enslaved his people."
Garden of Sanctuary: The Wandering Inn, Book 15 By: pirateaba, read by Andrea Parsneau for Podium -- "The City of Inventions, Pallass, is a fascinating place."