Best New Firsts in Science Fiction
Explore the best new firsts in science fiction with our curated list of groundbreaking books. Discover pioneering authors, innovative concepts, and must-read titles that redefine the genre.
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Edward Maret
by Robert I. Katz
Edward Maret is a happy man. He is young rich, carefree and engaged to be married, but Edward Maret has enemies. His cousin Philip envies him his money. Vincent FitzMichael envies him his fiancee, and Jason Deseret, a man with a dangerous secret, fears that Edward Maret can destroy him. An innocent man is framed by jealous pretenders to the hand of his fiancee...Edward is disappeared by the authorities, only to return years later to exact a transmogrifying revenge.--Publishers Weekly.
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Counting Heads
by David Marusek
"A ragtag ensemble of unlikely heroes joins forces to rescue Ellen's head, all for their own purposes. They include family retainers and friends and their artificial intelligence mentars and cloned human helpers, as well as destitute chartists, assorted robots, and a defrocked bishop of a radical Gaiaist movement."--BOOK JACKET.
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Dusk Before the Dawn
by Larry Ketchersid
Combining nanotechnology, martial arts and a struggle for world domination, Dusk Before the Dawn follows people struggling to not only survive in a new world order, but to shape it.
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Bitter Things
by Andrew Valentine
Michelle Papas vows to form a new connection with her emotionally scarred husband Scott after the gruesome discovery of two bodies in Central Park unhinges him. Just over a year later, through a seemingly chance meeting at a bar in midtown Manhattan, she discovers she and Scott share a fascination with Jong, an alluring woman who feeds on the desires of others. Michelle pursues the woman, and after the three partake in a night of passion, Michelle wakes up alone. Scott has disappeared, and what was meant to drive them together has propelled them apart. Enlisting the help of Dave Carson, her friend and confidante, Michelle sets out to find her husband. Frustrated by conventional police tactics, Michelle hires a private investigator. Instead of finding her husband, Michelle finds herself in a web of deceit where her trusted allies conspire with her hidden enemies. Michelle is forced to confront her loyalty to her wayward husband and choose between the sweet things of an incomplete life, or the BITTER THINGS of a life fulfilled by the ultimate sacrifice.
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Legacy
by Cayla Kluver
Seventeen-year-old Princess Alera of Hytanica, who struggles against an arranged marriage, joins forces with a teenage Cokyrian named Narian, and together they must find a way to alter their fates as well as those of their kingdoms.
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Moonstruck
by Edward M. Lerner
RTake one part Tom Clancy, one part Hal Clement, and one part Larry Niven, shake well, and you've got Edward Lerner's edge-of-your-seat, day-after-tomorrow, just-what-ARE-the-aliens-up-to thriller, "Moonstruck."
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Dykstra's War
by Jeffery D. Kooistra
After aliens came at the end of the 21st century James Dykstra, the Einstein of his time is called upon to save humanity.
