"The Drakos Effect" is an absorbing science fiction parable that unfolds with heart, action, and thoughtfulness. In Joe Sharcoff’s captivating and polished "The Drakos Effect", an enthusiastic astrobiologist and an unusual alien work... Read More

"Primary Anomaly" serves as a strong introduction to the world of Fables of Nevertime, with interesting world-building, character-driven action, and secrets left to discover. Peter Sonntag’s explosive science fiction adventure "Primary... Read More

"Lamp Eyes, Look Out!" is an imaginative, often beautiful work of science fiction. Peter Gelman’s "Lamp Eyes, Look Out!" is a poetic and abstract science-fiction response to the current political climate in the West. Mixing Greek... Read More

In Jodi Taylor’s An Argumentation of Historians, the eccentric historians of St. Mary’s return for another, more individually focused time-travel adventure. Dr. Lucy Maxwell—affectionately called Max—returns from 1536 after an... Read More

Andromeda Romano-Lax’s near-future novel, "Plum Rains", gracefully explores ethical questions around artificial intelligence with refreshing humanity. Anji already has worries aplenty when her employer, Itou, surprises their household... Read More

Hard science fiction that reads like a first-person parable, Peter Watts’s "The Freeze-Frame Revolution" is thoughtful, suspenseful, and unforgettable. Freedom and near-immortality are the stakes in a multimillion-year mutiny that... Read More

On its surface, "Mother of Invention" is a quasi-feminist speculative novel about reinventing the way that women give birth. In her forties and childless only partially by choice, Tessa, a biotech whiz, finds the prospect of shortening... Read More

Humans fight or collaborate with their alien captors in an effort to survive a harsh prison camp in the science fiction graphic novel "Stalag-X". A decade-long war against the alien race called the Krael has humanity in desperate... Read More