A retelling of the early life of Merlin that frames his psychic visions and uncertain parentage within the fractured, post-Roman kingdoms of Britain.

Set on a future Mars, the story follows a lowborn miner who infiltrates the ranks of the ruling elite by assuming a false identity.

An irreverent, high-stakes locked-house tale shaped by necromancy: a reluctant swordswoman is thrust into a deadly contest inside an ancient, secretive estate where bodies, bones, and rival houses shape who survives.

Two royal twins with emergent magical abilities are sent away from their ruling parent and trained by a monastery; their powers and identities entangle them with wider political and social conflicts.

A 15-year-old math-minded narrator who describes his world through exact observations decides to investigate the mystery of a neighbor's dead dog. The investigatory quest exposes family tensions and forces the narrator to navigate social rules and sources of fear while trying to hold to his own systems of logic.

Set in a far-future, quasi-medieval city, the novel follows Severian, an apprentice in a torturers' guild, whose expulsion forces him to leave his home and travel into a decaying world.

A fantasy set across a floating-archipelago empire where bone shard magic powers constructs and enforces imperial control.

A short, focused novella that focuses on a strained father–child relationship set against motifs of dance, clothing, and sleepwalking. The narrative applies fantastical or uncanny touches to private family dynamics and rites, creating a blend of cultural detail and subtle horror without sprawling plot breadth.

A contemporary, character-focused novel centered on characters navigating fraught private relationships and ethical pressure in an American setting. The narrative opens from intimate vantage points and builds tension through choices, secrets, and the slow widening of consequences rather than by external action.

Sarah Crowe moves from Atlanta to an old rural Rhode Island house and finds an unfinished manuscript left by a former tenant — a parapsychologist fixated on an ancient oak on the property.

Two narrative strands span deep time: one traces an artificial-intelligence–guided project to terraform a world where Portia labiata spiders evolve into a complex civilization; the other follows humans aboard an interstellar ark leaving an ecologically collapsed Earth in search of a home.

A contemporary publishing editor wrestles with a missing final chapter and a real-life death tied to a recently published mystery novel.