The State, the Citizen, and Giant Bugs

What exactly is the best relationship between state and citizen? Is the right to vote something that should be earned? And how cool are giant bugs getting blown up by shoulder launched atomic weapons?



Caraval

Scarlett has always played it safe, but she longs to visit Caraval, an enchanted world where magic exists so strongly and powerfully that you have to remind yourself that it’s just a game.





The Blondes

Hazel Hayes finds out that she’s pregnant by her married professor just as a mysterious illness is transforming blonde women into mindless, rabid killers. As Hazel narrates the end of the world to her unborn child, she struggles with feminist and general social issues.


The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

Mix one part smarty-pants science fiction with one part masterful historical fiction and you get one awesome sci-fi/fantasy collaboration from two outstanding authors.


Illuminae Files

While the books in the Illuminae Files series might come with a “Teen” sticker on the spine, it’s one that adult fans of sci-fi with a dash of horror can happily devour to fill that Battlestar Galactica shaped hole in their life. 


Going Bovine

Sixteen year old slacker Cameron is diagnosed with terminal BSE (mad cow disease), but a visitation from punk-rock angel Dulcie convinces him to go on a quest that will not only cure him, but save the entire known universe.