New Releases

New Releases

Posted onAuthorK. Imani Tennyson

We only have 2 books on our radar this week and both look to be excellent fantasy novels.

A woman is in a dark silk gown. Her hair is up in a very intricate updo with flowers and other adornments. She is holding a round glass bottle in her hands. She has gold ornamented rings on the ends of her fingers that come to a point and look like claws.The Blood of the Orchid (The Scarlet Alchemist #2) by Kylie Lee Baker
Inkyard Press

Since Zilan entered the world of royal alchemists, she has learned that alchemy comes at a price. She has lost loved ones in her search for broader justice against the evil Empress and all she wants now is to find some way to bring them back. Resurrection is her specialty, after all.

In search of the myth of Penglai Island, where it’s rumored life can be fully restored, Zilan starts a new adventure. But when old threats come back to haunt her and the path to Penglai Island means facing down unpredictable, sometimes dangerous, alchemists, she wonders just how high of a price she may be willing to pay.

Three people are together on the book cover of Thief of the Heights. On either side of a long haired person in a wheelchair and two people standing in water almost up to their knees. The other person in the chair is up on a raised surface and appears to have both legs amputated at or just above the knees. All three are looking up and there are rays of light shining down on them. There is a dark cityscape behind them.Thief of the Heights by Son M., Robin Yao (Illustrator)
HarperAlley

Enter the world of Muqadas, where the climb to the top of this vertically stacked city—away from disease-ridden waters of the lower levels—is paved with betrayal, secrets, and rebellion in this debut graphic novel from author Son M. and artist Robin Yao.

Lifelong friends Basem, Mustafa, and Aarfah have carved out a place for themselves in their corner of Muqadas, where they dream of climbing from their place in the city’s lowest level, above the limb-snatching, disease-infested waters, to the very top of their vertical city. Young inventors who’ve seen firsthand the havoc the Habar infection causes set out to dazzle the masses with their innovative prosthetics and escape the dangers of Lake Saha.

When their inventions catch the eye of a scout who is on the hunt for new talent to bring to the higher tiers, their dreams are suddenly within reach. But as the wonders of the upper tiers enchant, Basem, Mustafa, and Aarfah begin to question why the bounty of Muqadas falls short of reaching Lake Saha’s inhabitants.

Behind the beauty of the city’s upper tiers lies dark and dangerous secrets—ones that threaten not only everything they’ve worked for but everyone they love. And when Mustafa and Aarfah are cast away for their allegiance to Lake Saha, Basem is faced with the difficult Fight to bring justice to all of Muqadas? Or abandon his friends and fall in line to achieve everything he’s ever dreamed of?