Check out these new science fiction books coming to the Adult Services Collection for the month of February. For a complete list click here.

SCIENCE FICTION CHAKRABORTY

The Adventures of Amina Al-sirafi / Shannon Chakraborty

While trying to settle into a life of piety, motherhood and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural, Amina al-Sirafi, one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, is offered a job she cannot refuse, but soon discovers this final chance at glory comes with a high price—her soul.

SCIENCE FICTION ROTH

Arch-Conspirator / Veronica Roth

Feeling uncontrollable rage toward her militant uncle Kreon who is rising to claim her father’s vacant throne, Antigone and her siblings, welcomed into his mansion, become captives as well as guests, but her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable, and neither is he.

SCIENCE FICTION RUFF

The Destroyer of Worlds / Matt Ruff

Set In 1957, this masterful blend of historical fiction and fantastical horror, returning to the world of Lovecraft Country, explores the meaning of death, the hold of the past on the present and the power of hope in the face of uncertainty. 

SCIENCE FICTION SHANNON

A Day of Fallen Night / Samantha Shannon

With the younger generation questioning the Priory’s purpose since wyrms haven’t appeared since the Nameless One, Tunuva Melim, a sister of the Priory, finds her calling when humankind needs protection after a new age of terror and violence is ushered in.

SCIENCE FICTION TOLKIEN

The Nature of Middle-Earth / J. R. R. Tolkien This new collection, which has been edited by one of the world’s leading Tolkien experts, presents J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-Earth, revealing the journeys he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation.