Welcome to our New Release Roundup feature where we at Read Indie Fantasy will be posting a roundup at the start of every month of new indie and self-published SFFH books due to be released, as well as exciting new crowdfunds by indie and self-published authors launching in the month. Got a new release coming up? Submit your book!
Now, onto the books for this month:
24th October – Infinity, Decayed: The Space Between by Lucinda Jade
New Year’s Eve, 2014. At the stroke of midnight, an emerald flash covers the world. When it fades, the mortal population has vanished.
The only survivors are a handful of teenagers gathered in London. Two bickering siblings; two best friends; an isolated loner; the girl who doesn’t want to be there, and the boy who can’t bear to leave.
But when they rescue Evelyn Amaefule from a burning church, the unlikely group are forced to work together. For Evelyn comes to them with tales of gifted students called Astrael, legends of Time and Space, and cursed ‘glitched’ objects brimming with uncontrollable power. Her plan is simple: locate the runaway power that has caused the apocalypse, destroy the source of its energy, and return the human population to the world. The mortals jump at the chance to reconnect with loved ones—and for Evelyn, how better to prove herself a worthy Astrael than saving the world?
But as their journey across the country progresses, the survivors realise the skeletons in Evelyn’s closet may lead to their own demise. For she is being hunted by Harpies: a gang of masked children exiled from the Astrael’s ranks. And they will kill anyone—even the last remnants of humanity—to catch her.
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10th November – The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans
After tragedy upended her world, bookish chronicler Karrathulian Elanvante promised to live by two rules: no more expeditions and no falling in love. Yet when the expedition of a lifetime beckons—an adventure to recover the lost archives of the Forbidden Lands—Karra cannot resist. She’ll join, but she cannot fall in love.
Novice fighter Callum Olemshire has never traveled on any expeditions, or found love, as part of the punishment he bound himself to in his youth. But when he’s hand-picked to join the coveted quest to the Forbidden Lands, the bindings of his oath begin to fray.
As they traverse the wilderness with a party of adventurers, Karra and Callum must contend with suspicious delays, a bewildering array of side quests, and strangely enthusiastic matchmakers, all while a yearning attraction grows between them. But the Forbidden Lands won’t yield their secrets easily, and as Karra and Callum uncover hidden truths about their world and each other, one final question
Is love enough to conquer the guilt of your past?
Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher’s Saint of Steel series and Dragon Origins, The Beckoned and The Bound is your next slow burn epic fantasy romance obsession.
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11th November – Project Tasman by S. Morgan Burbank
Alana Quevedo was supposed to spend a weekend at secluded mansion with her fiancée. Instead, she’s found herself trapped in a sadistic government experiment that stretches every semblance of her sanity. The only way to get out is to kill someone and trap another person inside, but how can she choose to do that when almost everyone inside is someone close to her?
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27th November – A Timeless Song by Niranjan
King Vestein is suppressed by his maternal uncle into being a puppet ruler. The Prince General Eldearn at the border is Vestein’s paternal uncle and the only man who can break the situation.
Vestein sends his cousin Alfarin to the border in secret, seeking his uncle’s help. But Alfarin has to deal with his own feelings for Eldearn before he can convince him to return, breaking the oath he made never to leave the border.
30th November – Chymera (Mythos Trilogy 3) by Ruth Miranda
The outstanding finale to the Mythos Trilogy
Erin Vaughn has returned to Weaversmoor after years of absence, and she’s searching for her children. But Erin’s no longer the young girl who left with a babe in her arms. Years and distance have changed her, as has the magic of the Everlasting, replacing the once feisty girl with a darkness that will endanger the entire town.
Meanwhile, in Ephemera, Eli succeeds in waking Hyia from her unnatural sleep, but he’s now forced to confront the consequences of his lies and the secrets he decided to keep.
When all seems lost and his heart about to shatter, Rhys turns up at Thorne Ridge with a message from Terabina that could change everything.
But the rebels are running out of time, for in Chymera Stella and Fioll are plotting their own rise to the throne, risking the Liberatore’s plan of freeing the Mythos from the Everlasting…
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Do any of these new releases catch your eye? Let us know in the comments which books you’re playing to pick up this month!
