Shannon Chakraborty builds this historical fantasy, the first in a new trilogy, upon the tradition of the travelogues and “wonder literature” of the medieval Islamicate world-anchoring it with the structure of a one-last-heist story, commentary on parenthood, and some demon magic. The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty But when she finds a young girl whose power and potential reminds her of herself at that age, Tara takes her under her wing, an act of kindness that will change the world.

The first volume, Dead Country, follows longtime protagonist and accomplished craftswoman Tara Abernathy, whose many god-resurrecting and city-saving exploits matter little when she returns to the hometown that chased her out.

Yet there is a chronology, and this sprawling fantasy saga is eventually winding down-with a new sequence, the Craft Wars. Part of the appeal of the Craft Sequence, Max Gladstone’s postindustrial urban fantasy universe about law wizards and the currency of souls, is that each book is standalone and can be read in nearly every order. Clark’s The Faithless, Victor LaValle’s Lone Women, and Jinwoo Chong’s Flux), here’s another bevy of beginnings: new ways into the Craft Sequence kicking off intriguing new dark fantasy series and swashbuckling pirate historical fantasies space Westerns and Afrofuturist fables.

Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted six more weeks of weirdly shifting winter weather patterns, but at least if we’re hibernating longer we’ve got plenty of promising new releases to read: March is a banner month for new SFF! In addition to the handful of titles we already called out on our 2023 preview (including C.L.

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