There’s lots more books we couldn’t fit in. Hannah Whitten’s gothic epic fantasy (out now, Orbit) follows Lore, a young woman whose secret ability to raise (out now, Angry Robot) has been “remastered”. Featuring a protagonist in her seventies, it’s set 40 years after toxic threads produced by mutated moths caused men and boys to die or turn into crazed killers; now they must be kept in special dust-free facilities. New additions to ongoing series include (out now, Orbit), the second in Ken MacLeod’s Lightspeed trilogy. Opener explored the ramifications of the discovery of faster-thanlight travel; we called it “MacLeod’s best book to date”. In the follow-up, mysterious beings the Fermi are awakening, and aren’t pleased to find humans in their midst… Also getting a follow-up: , Kate Elliott’s gender-swapped space opera based on the life of Alexander the Great. (out now, Head Of Zeus) picks up where volume one left off, offering more devious manoeuvring and spaceship battles. (out now, Del Rey) is a prequel to new videogame , centred on Cal Kestis. Finally, the latest High Republic title, (3 April, Del Rey), sees violence reigniting between the planets Eiram and E’ronoh.
