March Forth into Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror: A Cavalcade of New Releases

A Literary Leap Year: March's Bounty of Books

This March, prepare to be spellbound! Fan favorites like Stephen Graham Jones (My Heart Is a Chainsaw), Gregory Maguire (Wicked), and John Scalzi (Redshirts) grace us with new releases. But even if venturing beyond familiar names is your literary quest, there are sixty-four fresh titles in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror awaiting your discovery.

March 4th: A Portal to New Worlds

From alien encounters to magical mishaps, March 4th launches a diverse array of adventures. Seth Ring's Advent kicks off a new sci-fi series, promising a blend of extraterrestrial contact and high-octane military action. Jonathan Maberry returns with the fourth installment of his military sci-fi series in Burn to Shine, where Rogue Team International tackles bioterrorism.

Dive into the unorthodox with James J. Butcher's Cold Iron Task, where Auditor Grimsby finds himself on the wrong side of the magical law. Meanwhile, Critical Role fans can delve deeper into the world of Vox Machina with a new anthology featuring untold stories. Adrian Tchaikovsky's Days of Shattered Faith continues the Tyrant Philosophers saga, with looming succession crises, necromantic engineering, and clashes of gods.

L.R. Lam's Emberclaw concludes a lush fantasy duology featuring dragons revered as gods. S.T. Gibson's Evocation unveils the story of David Aristarkhov, a psychic prodigy turned attorney moonlighting as a medium. M.R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts, returns with Once Was Willem, a dark medieval fantasy teeming with folklore and magic.

Step into the surreal with Jeanette Horn's Play, With Knives, where a traveling theater troupe finds their plays spilling into reality. David Dalglish launches the Astral Kingdoms trilogy with The Radiant King, promising a world of demigods and ancient evils. Cassandra Clare's The Ragpicker King, the sequel to Sword Catcher, finds Lin and Kel navigating deadly political intrigue.

Discover a world of Faerie in Amal El-Mohtar's The River Has Roots, a tale of two inseparable sisters. Breanne Randall's Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things follows a cursed witch teaming up with a coven leader to save her town.

Explore the history of Marvel Comics with Super Visible, a celebration of the women who shaped the iconic universe. Rebecca Thorne continues the Tomes & Tea series with Tea You at the Altar, a lesbian pirate romance featuring dragons and impending nuptials. Cory O'Brien debuts with Two Truths and a Lie, a cyberpunk noir set in a drowned Los Angeles.

Unravel a gothic mystery with Emily Critchley's The Undoing of Violet Claybourne, following Gillian's fascination with the enigmatic Claybourne sisters. Agustina Bazterrica's The Unworthy presents a world in chaos, where a woman finds herself cloistered within a violent religious order. Finally, Charlie N. Holmberg's Wizard of Most Wicked Ways sees the Whimbrel House series grappling with resurrected enemies and matters of the heart.