Seth Dickinson and Kameron Hurley are the respective authors of The Traitor Baru Cormorant and Empire Ascendant, two of the biggest fantasy releases of the fall, and certainly two of the most fearless when it comes to challenging the tropes of “traditional epic fantasy.” Protagonists of color, explorations of gender, a wide range of sexualities…these are not your dad’s […]
In the city of Guerdon, the church bells ring with the cries of long-conquered gods, saints and alchemists wage war in the streets, and armageddon is all but at hand. A trio of misfit thieves is all that stands against a complex network of competing gods and mages—and the destruction they will wreak. To commemorate […]
We put a tremendous amount of stock in endings. The concluding paragraph or a novel, or the final novel in a sequence of a dozen books, can secure an experience in our minds, or taint the hundreds or thousands of pages that came before. The logic is perverse: the longer the series—the more words preceding […]
Brent Weeks. Ann Leckie. N.K. Jemisin. James S.A. Corey. What do all these big names in sci-fi and fantasy have in common? Their debut novels were published by Orbit Books. Over the last decade, Orbit US, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, has quickly established itself as one of the premiere publishers of science fiction […]
Despite its reputation as the season of R&R, summer can be as busy and chaotic as any other time of year. Sure, the exotic vacation you’re planning will be a refreshing break from the day-to-day grind, but there’s so much planning to do before the lounging begins. We’re happy to take at least some of […]
