ICYMI: Presenting the cover of ONE WAY WITCH by Nnedi Okorafor (@nnedi.bsky.social), available on 4.29.2025. ONE WAY WITCH is the second novella in the SHE WHO KNOWS trilogy. Check out book one now, which released this week!
Cover art by Greg Ruth; Design by Jim Tierney
Presenting the cover DIRECT DESCENDANT, an upcoming queer, cozy horror by the legendary author @tanyahuff.bsky.social. Welcome to beautiful Lake Argen: come for the baked goods, stay because you can't leave.
ON SHELVES NOW!! Return to the world of WHO FEARS DEATH with SHE WHO KNOWS, the first in a new novella trilogy by @nnedi.bsky.social. An intimate glimpse into the life of a teenager, Najeeba, whose coming of age will herald a new age for her world.
astrapublishinghouse.com/product/she-...
Over on Instagram, Christopher Ruocchio introduces readers to his epic, character drive space opera, which begins with Empire of Silence. If you're a fan of the political intrigue of Dune and brisk pace of The Expanse series, this is the next blockbuster SF saga you should be reading ,🚀✨
Next week! Celebrate the arrival of SHE WHO KNOWS by Nnedi Okorafor with two bookstore events. Join @nnedi.bsky.social on Wednesday August 21st, at Changing Hands Bookstore, and on Friday August 23rd, at the Chandler Arizona Barnes & Noble, as she presents the first book in her new novella trilogy.
Cover launch! From debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin comes a snarky urban fantasy novel inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology with a sweet-as-Canadian-maple-syrup sapphic romance at its monstrous heart. Available March 18th, 2025.
astrapublishinghouse.com/product/aunt...
ARCs of SARGASSA by Sophie Burnham have arrived at the DAW offices! A twisting speculative fiction debut in a world where Rome never fell, a tale of rebellion in an age of anxiety, SARGASSA is equal parts political intrigue, queer romance, and revolution.
astrapublishinghouse.com/product/sarg...
⚔️eBook Discount! SHAPECHANGERS by Jennifer Roberson is only $.99 on all eBook platforms! A beautifully lyrical sword & sorcery adventure with magic, evil, & romance, as a race of magical shapeshifting warriors battle against the sorcerers who threaten their very existence.
Wondering what awaits in the Wanderlands? Here’s a little peek at what you'll find in Benjamin Liar's genre-bending debut, THE FAILURES. An epic fantasy like no other in a world shrouded in darkness.
astrapublishinghouse.com/product/the-...
Congratulations to @wtalabi.bsky.social for winning the 2024 Ilube Award for Best Speculative Novel by the African Speculative Fiction Society for SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON!
Congratulations Wole Talabi (@wtalabi.bsky.social)! SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON has just been announced as a World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Novel. Talabi's debut is a thrilling adventure of disgruntled gods, revenge, and a heist across two worlds of mythic proportions.
Join Christopher Ruocchio at Barnes & Noble in Woodlands TX on September 5th at 7PM to get your copies of the SUN EATER novels signed, including the rereleased hardcovers of books 1-3.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
DRAGONFALL is a USA Today Bestseller! Congratulations to L. R. Lam! Check out this slowburn dragon-filled fantasy romance in paperback and as a B&N exclusive edition.
The emergence of artificial life intersects with state violence and political extremism in Erin K. Wagner’s rural Appalachia, where startlingly intimate portraits of survival and empathy bloom against a stark backdrop of loss. MECHANIZE MY HANDS TO WAR publishes this December.
tinyurl.com/47zj5jv2
Today, on Reactor, read an excerpt from @nnedi.bsky.social's SHE WHO KNOWS, book one of a new novella trilogy set in the world of the award-winning WHO FEARS DEATH. On sale August 20th.
reactormag.com/excerpts-she...
We're thrilled to announce the acquisition of HOUSE OF DUSK by Deva Fagan, a romantic epic fantasy featuring a fire-wielding nun grappling with her dark past & a young spy caught between her mission & growing attraction to an enemy princess.
Learn more here: astrapublishinghouse.com/2024/08/07/a...
Looking for a cozy read to while away the last perfect days of summer? 🏖️ Look no further than FLOATING HOTEL by Grace Curtis, a cozy sci-fi about a found family of misfits and rebels and a mystery that spans the stars. ⭐
astrapublishinghouse.com/product/floa...
ON SHELVES NOW! Happy release day to FULL SPEED TO A CRASH LANDING by Beth Revis! Enemies-to-lovers spacemance as conwoman Ada Lamarr pits her wits against detective Rian white in the explosive opener to the Chaotic Orbits trilogy. You'll swoon and you'll soar between the stars!
Enter now! DAW is hosting a Goodreads Giveaway for SARGASSA by Sophie Burnham. 10 lucky readers will win an advance reader copy of this remarkable alt-history debut: intrigue, queer romance, & revolution in a world where Rome never fell. Ends August 30.
Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
🐎eBook Discount! SUN IN GLORY AND OTHER TALES OF VALDEMAR ed. by Mercedes Lackey is only $.99 on all eBook platforms! Explore the world of Valdemar alongside the realm’s magical protectors & their horse-like Companions in this fantasy anthology featuring 13 epic short stories!
What has a homegrown "heart" of gold, two hands (if she wants to), and has been picked by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Polygon, AND Book Page as one of the Best Books of 2024 (So Far)? SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by John Wiswell (@wiswell.bsky.social).
astrapublishinghouse.com/product/some...
Out next week! Buckle up, folks. FULL SPEED TO A CRASH LANDING 🚀💥, book one of the Chaotic Orbits trilogy by Beth Revis, is out next week!
Preorder here: astrapublishinghouse.com/product/full...
🪐eBook Discount! FOREIGNER: 10th Anniversary Edition by C.J. Cherryh is only $1.99 on all eBook platforms!
Discover the space opera classic! A sole human diplomat navigates a world inhabited by hostile, intelligent aliens—and learns the consequences of first contact.
Available now in paperback! DRAGONFALL by L.R. Lam is a swoonworthy epic fantasy queer romance for the ages. Readers around the world have fallen wing over talons in love with the Eternal Scales duology!
astrapublishinghouse.com/product/drag...
🪐eBook Discount! EMPIRE OF SILENCE by Christopher Ruocchio is only $1.99 on all eBook platforms! Hadrian Marlowe, both hero & monster, chronicles his centuries' long tale in the galaxy-spanning debut of the Sun Eater series, merging the best of space opera & epic fantasy.
