In Brian Spielbauer’s Dracula's Battle, after escaping imprisonment in Hungary, Vlad Dracula studies in Heidelberg under Professor Aeneas Piccolomini while planning one day to reclaim Wallachia from foreign control. His future changes after he falls in love with Katharina, a young servant in the household...

Janell Strube’s Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution is set in eighteenth-century Paris. Adélaïde Labille dreams of becoming a professional painter despite laws and artistic institutions that reserve this arena for men. Encouraged by her father while facing relentless pressure from her mother to secure a...

In Ken Breniman's A Three Body Solution, during a period of political collapse, Tâm, Chip, and TaDoo become internationally famous after presenting their committed thruple as a public alternative to fear-driven leadership and social isolation. Their rise begins with the MMMurphyBed, a futuristic invention that...

In A Savage Nation by Leon Harris, a brutal alternate history inverts the transatlantic slave trade into a horrifying mirror. It is a world where African empires are advanced, and Europe has reverted to a world of primitivity. The story introduces the “Great Harvest,” which...

In Irene Latham’s Some Starry Night, in 1886, struggling painter Vincent van Gogh arrives in Paris, hoping the city can finally give him the artistic future that has escaped him for years. At the same time, Emily Dickinson secretly leaves Amherst after learning that Bright’s...

What would you do if you turned up for work one day and your access card didn’t work? Add to that the security guard you’ve known for years doesn’t recognize you, nor do any of your co-workers as they walk past. Would you think that...

Bremmer had never been one to follow the rules. His preference for carrying on at his own pace, even when duty called, was the precise reason why he had ended up picking through intergalactic waste. Now known as Junk Man by his artificial intelligence companion,...

In Richard J. Reese's Thutmose, Soldier Pharaoh, born into the royal court of ancient Egypt, Prince Thutmose grows up under the watch of Queen Hatshepsut while receiving military training beside secret lessons in hypnosis, religion, and politics from High Priest Ptahmose. As he prepares for...

The Hero by Eve M. Riley follows Sadie, a quiet, self-taught coder, and her boss, James, a brilliant software programmer struggling after the end of his long-term relationship with Jane. He’s spiraling, but trying to keep up appearances at work, especially in front of...

In Judith Kendall's Conquering The Odds, when New Zealand politician Melinda McConnolly becomes Speaker of Parliament, her appointment changes the course of her daughter Jasmine Ashton’s life. Years later, after Melinda accepts a diplomatic posting in Washington, Jasmine enters university while training as a competitive...