Newest fantastical books for adult readers

Memoria, J. J. Fischer
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Fragments, J. A. Webb
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Memoria, J. J. Fischer

Memoria

Sephone Winter fights to reclaim her soul as her gift spirals out of control and the deadly poison coursing through her veins begins to exact its terrible vengeance.
Fragments, J. A. Webb

Fragments

Father Curtis, priest of the Order of the Eternal, seeks solace in his secluded parish, sheltered from the oppressive regime. But then, unjustly branded a heretic, he must flee for his life.
Lightning's Edge by C. Buck Jones

Lightning’s Edge

Transported to a primitive world, Ryan must survive wild beasts, slavers, winged demons, and an enemy determined to kill him, to find a way back to his world.
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Salvation and Doom by C. Buck Jones

Salvation and Doom

Betrayed by the aliens he thought were friends, Josh must put aside his distrust and overcome his loss to help them against their common enemy.
A Legend of the Sailors by Adam Wodyk

A Legend of the Sailors

Chased by an ancient dark entity from the underworld, the sailors of the Nefelgar soon find themselves drawn into a terrifying nightmare.
The Time Door by Shannon McDermott
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The Time Door

Reuben Jackson will make a stand for the Mars team—even against the powerfully united politicians and scientists.
“Shannon McDermott’s novel The Time Door transplants the seeds of political thriller into the soils of near-future sci-fi, exploring one decaying civilization in light of another.”
The Shadows of Erathal by Joseph P. Macolino

The Shadows of Erathal

With the continent on the brink of war, the heroes of Evorath uncover a malignant force lurking in the shadows of Erathal.
DreadKing by David Liberto

DreadKing

The Veil is torn and heroes are captured in a dungeon crawl where Pol must fight dark fey and the inner barriers in this captivating hero’s journey.
Of Warriors and Sages by Jenn Lees

Of Warriors and Sages

Arlan must win the Quest and gain the high kingship to save his land from Ciarán Gallawain’s greedy desires.
Quest of Fire: Devastation by Brett Armstrong

Quest of Fire: Devastation

The Commonwealth is crumbling and a teen must choose between saving those he loves or the Commonwealth he serves.
Her Fake Superhero Boyfriend by H. L. Burke

Her Fake Superhero Boyfriend

When heiress Mira approaches Face-Shifting supervillain KC with an offer of playing her boyfriend for the week, KC decides he’s got nothing to lose, especially not his heart.
Battle for McGuire Point by John David Martin

Charis Colony: Battle for McGuire Point

Dr. Raj Mondal and his wife Shirin fight for their son, their lives, and their new home.
The Tangles of Old Sins by John A. Pretorius

The Tangles of Old Sins

A father and son go on a mission to another world to save a friend who may be an enemy.
Afterlight by Jonathan Shuerger

Afterlight

There is no rest for the aspiring hero Gideon, not when the dark sorcerer Ashkelon presides over his training.
The Bond of the Sword by Travis Perry

The Bond of the Sword

A father recounts the events that led to brutal combat in the Second Dragon War, starting with his entry into the Tournament of Swords as a teen.
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Breath of Bones

Kateřina and Josef work to protect the innocent, but in their quest to save the Jewish people, have they inadvertently created a new danger?
“Breath of Bones fleshes out the human desire to protect the innocent … bringing a fresh steampunk twist to one of history’s darkest hours.”
The Shadow Within (2024 release), Karen Hancock

The Shadow Within

Abramm Kalladorne has returned to Kiriath to claim the crown he thought he would never wear and to prepare his people for the inevitable attack of the Armies of the Black Moon.
The Crown of Nightingale by Joseph Wolfe

The Crown of Nightingale

Donovan sold his soul for a spell and lost his memory, but who doesn’t love a chance to reinvent himself?
The Pilgrim's Progress Reloaded, David Umstattd

The Pilgrim’s Progress Reloaded

The Pilgrim’s Progress is a classic story of redemption, allegory, and theological poignancy. It’s also a story with a total lack of robots, space marines, or talking platypuses. So we fixed that.
The Rest by J.C. Watson

The Rest

A secret team discovers that the rest of the universe is full of diverse and exotic life, and why all of that life has been completely disconnected from the human race.
Minu by S. K. Ehra

Minu

Minu spent lifetimes creating an enchantment to grow a paradise from the ashes of the old world, only to have it corrupted by an immortal adversary.
Lawless by Alli Prince

Lawless

Inspired by the Book of Judges, watch as Donumdonair chooses the most unlikely heroes to show down with demons, triumph over armies, and fight raging galactic battles.
Wishing on a Supervillain by H. L. Burke

Wishing on a Supervillain

When a sick young boy requests to meet not a superhero, but the notorious villain Switch, idealistic superhero Nixie struggles to make his dream come true.
Rise of the Knightshades: The Djinn by J. Kent Holloway

Rise of the Knightshades: The Djinn

A legendary figure of smoke and shadow rises up to battle against an evil baron intent on building an army of golems during the Crusades.
The Beast of Bear-tooth Mountain, Michael John Petty

The Beast of Bear-tooth Mountain

Two friends hike up a dark mountain only to discover something they wish they’d never found.
Shadowcast by Crystal D. Grant

Shadowcast

A dark soldier on a mission of vengeance is wounded and laid up in the home of a peasant girl who mistakes him for one of the Steward knights he despises.
Black Earth: End of the Innocence by David N. Alderman (2023)

Black Earth: End Of The Innocence

The night the stars fell was only the beginning of the end.
Second Chance Superhero by H. L. Burke

Second Chance Superhero

Drawn back to the small hometown he left in his rearview, superhero Megawatt aka Brayden Waters runs into the high school sweetheart who dumped him for not being “good enough.”
A Superhero Ever After by H. L. Burke

A Superhero Ever After

Tomorrow will be the happiest day of Glint’s life–if he can just get out of today’s time loop to actually live it.
The Key to Reality by F. Ted Atchley III

The Key to Reality

Brandon peels back the layers of a deepening conspiracy and discovers everything he thought he knew about his reality is a lie. And he’s the only one who can save it.
Missionary to Mars, Lucas Kitchen

Missionary To Mars

His faith will determine the fate of them all.
Drops of Glass, Kenneth A. Baldwin

Drops of Glass

When mysterious rogue pilots start attacking both sides of the Western front, an American combat pilot and his hedgewitch mechanic have to track down a set of magical devices that can reshape the fate of World War I.
Accidentally a Supervillain by H. L. Burke

Accidentally a Supervillain

When Abigail finds herself in the line of fire during a superhero and supervillain standoff, her latent abilities literally explode—blasting the hero unconscious.
Engaged to a Supervillain by H. L. Burke

Engaged to a Supervillain

Hunted by a vigilante and haunted by his own mistakes, Jake struggles to keep the life he’s fought so hard for from falling apart, but then the enemy comes calling.
On Earth as It Is in Hell by Bryan Davis

On Earth As It Is in Hell

Can Ben and his allies prevent a literal hell on earth?
Birthright of Scars: Rising by Laurisa Brandt

Birthright of Scars: Rising

A masked renegade fighting to save his people from genocide accidentally resurrects a dead legend and forms an unlikely friendship with his bounty hunter.
Captured by a Supervillain by H. L. Burke

Captured by a Supervillain

Captured by a superhero gang, superhero Juliet finds herself under the protection of one of their number, the taciturn but watchful Sandstorm, but can she trust him?
Of Warriors and Sages by Jenn Lees
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Of Myths and Portals

When Arlan bursts into her world through a portal, an awesome warrior on his war horse and brandishing weapons, he turns Rhiannon’s existence up-side-down.
“In The Crossing: Arlan’s Pledge, Jenn Lees weaves two worlds and many characters into this uniquely Celtic portal fantasy.”
A Superhero for Christmas, H. L. Burke
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A Superhero for Christmas

When a poorly disguised superhero lands in down-on-her-luck reporter Lara’s neighborhood, insisting that he’s just a normal guy, she can’t help but smell a story.
“H. L. Burke uses familiar Hallmark holiday tropes with a superhero twist to explore questions of alter egos and life purpose.”
Casindra Lost, Marti Ward

Casindra Lost

Captain Sideris discovers he’s the sole human guinea pig being gated through a wormhole with an AI playing Noah to his spaceship’s ark.
Strange City by Daniel Tuituku

Strange City

A young man wakes up in the woods with no memory of who he is, and set out on a journey through the bizarre reality of World City to find something true to believe in.
Reunion by H. L. Burke

Reunion

With time running out, Aiden must race to save his mother while trying to avoid shattering the timeline that contains everyone he loves.
Spiritwalker, L. M. Helm

Spiritwalker

While on the hunt for a notorious outlaw and his mountain of stolen gold, a young man learns that he must kill his flesh to save his soul.
Refined by H. L. Burke

Refined

When DNA evidence reveals that Fade’s biological father is the elusive and enigmatic assassin known only as Syphon, Fade can’t shake the target this newly discovered connection puts on him.
Reborn by H. L. Burke

Reborn

Faced with an enemy who always strikes for the heart, Prism has impossible decisions to make, choices that could cost her the things—and people—she cares for the most.
Redeemed by H. L. Burke

Redeemed

Can Prism and her team redeem Alma from her past, or will the villain life drag the troubled teen out of the SVR and out of their reach forever?
Reformed by H. L. Burke
Reviewed

Reformed

Optimistic and idealistic superhero Prism is determined to redeem her father’s legacy by rebooting his supervillain rehabilitation program.
“Humor and slow-burn romance balance out intrigue, high-stakes heroics, and emotional character moments to launch this series-opener up, up, and away.”
Moraturi Lost, Marti Ward

Moraturi Lost

Trainee vet Eva is junior officer on a pre-colonization mission to the Andromeda galaxy when the ship drops out of the wormhole two lightyears from New Eden—and she must take charge.
After Moses by Michael F. Kane
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After Moses

His gruff exterior hides a man who wants to do the right thing. But running from trouble won’t work when the planets need a hero.
“Michael F. Kane’s novel After Moses fuses themes of grace and redemption into this sci-fi story with a classic Western feel.”
Jewel of The Stars: Earth's Remnant by Adam David Collings

Jewel of The Stars: Earth’s Remnant

A cruise ship goes on the run through unexplored space after Earth falls to an alien occupation.

The Ghost Box

Reagan Moon, paranormal reporter and terminal underachiever, and staunch cynic, doesn’t believe in ghosts. His world is about to get an upgrade.
Amish Vampires in Space by Kerry Nietz
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Amish Vampires In Space

With vampires taking over the cargo ship and closing in on the Amish refugees, these simple believers must decide whether their faith depends upon their honored traditions or something even older.
“Kerry Nietz’s 2013 sci-fi thriller was inspired by a comical idea, but earnestly executes that premise with its plain and likeable heroes.”

Mask

Radial is a Collector who makes you disappear. Until he is asked to collect someone who should never, ever be voted away.

Enoch Primordial

Journey with Enoch the giant killer and his small band of family warriors who seek outlaw giants for bounty, but stumble upon a conspiracy of the Watchers.
The Fifth Man by John B. Olson and Randall Ingermanson

The Fifth Man

Valkerie Jansen is tough, beautiful, and soon to be the most envied woman on earth. Every man on the planet is in love with her—and she’s just discovered life on Mars.

Kingdom Come

The horrors of the Tribulation are over, and Jesus Christ has set up his perfect kingdom on earth. Yet evil still lurks in the hearts of the unbelieving.

Glorious Appearing

It’s been just over seven years since the Rapture and almost exactly seven years since Antichrist’s covenant with Israel. Believers look to the heavens for the Glorious Appearing of Christ.

Avalon: The Return Of King Arthur

In 21st-century England, a power-hungry prime minister is about to destroy the British monarchy. But a young captain, James Arthur Stuart, is not the commoner he believed himself to be—he is King Arthur, reborn.
The Visitation by Frank Peretti
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The Visitation

As the quiet community of Antioch escalates in its religious fervor, Travis Jordan must questions his faith and the increasing extremism and zealotry overtaking the town.
“Twenty-five years after its summer 1999 publication, Frank Peretti’s The Visitation has aged beautifully, pitting one burned-out pastor versus church culture, heretical cults, and the quiet power of the true Christ.”
—Lorehaven review, spring 2020

Grail

Arthur is grievously injured—until a secret relic is brought before the dying King; a Holy Grail that heals his wounds and restores his vigor. But soon evil enters the royal court in the guise of a beautiful maiden.
One Mind's Eye by Kathy Tyers

One Mind’s Eye

Humanity’s last hope lies in a young woman who doesn’t even know who she is.

Pendragon

Arthur is King—but darkest evil has descended upon Britain’s shores in many guises. Meanwhile, his most trusted counselor Merlin is himself to be tested on a mystical journey through his own extraordinary past.

Arthur

He was Arthur, Pendragon of the Isle of the Mighty. His courage would be lauded; his enemies, legion; his reign, legendary. Yet, in the midst of virtue, an evil would arise to challenge Britain’s most brilliant Crown.

Merlin

Born of a union between druid and faery, Merlin was trained as a bard and schooled in the ways of battle. But his heart and calling were greater than a warrior’s.

Taliesin

Taliesin is the remarkable adventure of Charis, the Atlantean princess who escaped the terrible devastation of her homeland, and of the fabled seer and druid prince Taliesin, singer at the dawn of the age.
The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr.
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The Book of the Dun Cow

While peace reigns for Chauntecleer, evil is brewing across the river, as the monstrous Cockatrice pillages his own lands and people, preparing for the return of Wyrm.
“Walter Wangerin Jr.’s tale harmonizes humor with personality and realistic behaviors in a symphony of spiritual truth and mythic imagery.”