Here’s the full list of science fiction titles heading your way in March!
Keep track of all the new SFF releases here. All title summaries are taken and/or summarized from copy provided by the publisher. Release dates are subject to change.
March 3
Jitterbug — Gareth L. Powell (Titan Books)
Jupiter and Saturn are gone, and a mysterious force has built a huge habitable sphere from their ashes. When criminals try to lose themselves on this new frontier, bounty hunters like Copernicus Brown and the crew of his sentient ship Jitterbug get paid to hunt them down. But when Brown rescues Amber Roth, sole survivor of a pirate attack, the Jitterbug and her crew find themselves the target of powerful political factions who want control of the data chip hidden in Roth’s stomach. And all the while, something vast and ancient creeps towards them from the depths of space…
March 10
Hell’s Heart — Alexis Hall (Tor Books)
They are monsters, legends, gods. They are our prey. Earth is dead. Which leaves us stuck living in atmospheric domes on planets that will kill us if we blink wrong, or run out of fuel. And by “fuel” I mean “the cerebrospinal fluid of gargantuan, quasi-psychic space monsters.” I joined the hunt hoping to get paid and maybe laid, but mostly paid. Instead, I followed a captain chasing abominations in the skies of Jupiter. We battled the Möbius Beast itself, there in the red eye of the world. Spoiler: we lost.
Voidverse — Damien Ober (Saga Press)
When the Sinker was a child, all she knew was violence. To survive, she fled into the Void—a seemingly infinite nothingness where people live on “rocks,” individual lands spread out in all directions, floating in the vast empty space. Some rocks are giant magnets, others burn with eternal flame, and some are influenced by seemingly magical anomalies with such great powers that evil forces would stop at nothing to possess them. And while most are afraid of traveling through the Void, the Sinker is not. With a sword on her back, she speeds through the darkness, running from a past that is quickly gaining on her. Emery only knows the comfort of Fairviel, but when her son falls ill and the Sinker arrives on her doorstep, she ventures into the Void in search of a cure. When she returns, Fairviel is destroyed. With no home, Emery begins to sink, chasing a recurring dream that feels bigger than a dream, that feels like the key to everything. But they are not alone in the Void. Mercenaries rise and fall around them, princes and kings guard their kingdoms, and a great machine fuels its ascent by consuming all in its path. With the Void destabilizing, Emery and the Sinker find themselves at a turning point in history, a moment when everything could collapse or realign, and the only thing that may save them exists at the bottom of it all. Or so legend says…
Nobody’s Baby (Dorothy Gentleman #2) — Olivia Waite (Tordotcom)
Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty’s most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are graciously provided upon request, and should you desire a rest between lifetimes, your mind shall be most carefully preserved in glass in the Library, shielded from every danger. A wild baby appears! Dorothy Gentleman, ship’s detective, is put to the test once again when an infant is mysteriously left on her nephew’s doorstep. Fertility is supposed to be on pause during the Fairweather’s journey across the stars—but humans have a way of breaking any rule you set them. Who produced this child, and why did they then abandon him? And as her nephew and his partner get more and more attached, how can Dorothy prevent her colleague and rival detective, Leloup, a stickler for law and order, from classifying the baby as a stowaway or a piece of luggage?
March 17
Transmentation | Transgression: Or, a Spark on the Eve of the Five Hundred Year Burn (Formation Saga #2) — Darkly Lem (Blackstone Publishing)
A shocking death. A dangerous alliance. The worlds’ order on the verge of collapse. After a fall from grace, intelligence officer Malculm Bysotič avoids further punishment when he is assigned to a bold and controversial new initiative: the forced eviction of all foreign travelers from the localities of Burel Hird. Hailed as a stabilizing effort, the program instead demands ever-more-frequent acts of bureaucratic cruelty. As the margins between just and unjust action continue to blur, Malculm is forced to question the motives and goals of the society he serves. At home, newly acceded councilor Priema Dhalgrim is executing her vision of prosperity through control, using whatever means necessary to expand Burel Hird’s territory across the Many Worlds. But the foreign travelers won’t leave quietly. Meanwhile, Of Tala mercenaries Beinir and Shara find themselves contracted to opposite sides of the conflict between societies. As overreach ignites conflict, and tensions within Burel Hird blaze, Withered Stem agent Paër and his team of operatives must decide if they should compromise the ethics of their society in order to save it. When every decision could unravel the health and stability of entire universes, where is the line drawn?
Children of Strife (Children of Time #4) — Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. A ship crewed by maverick humans, spiders and a spectacularly punchy mantis shrimp captain is about to rediscover one such world, and an ark. Then human crewmate Alis wakes to discover that she, her captain and the ship’s intelligence are the only ones left on their ship. But what happened to those who left to explore the ark… and the world below?
March 24
Deep Black (Arcana Imperii #2) — Miles Cameron (Saga Press)
Marca Nbaro always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, colossal vessels with sprawling crews and cargo holds vast enough to fuel entire cities. These ships keep human space alive, transporting priceless goods from City to far-off Tradepoint to trade for xenoglas with an unknowable alien species. But something sinister is lurking in the dark, and now the Greatships have become the prey. Racing against time, Marca and her crew must track down an elusive enemy as their allies lose patience and danger closes in. When one of the mysterious aliens they’ve been trying to understand defects to humanity, it sparks a mission more perilous than anything they’ve faced before. Marca must risk it all to retrieve the alien and uncover the secrets that could forever alter the fabric of the universe.
Blindside (Planetside #5) — Michael Mammay (Harper Voyager)
Carl Butler has returned to his home planet from the moon Taug and is looking forward to some rest and relaxation. But following two mysterious deaths connected with the Taug mission, he realizes that the intruders that recently set off his home’s security system might be looking to add him to the death toll. Having been Butler’s muscle on numerous missions, Mac is no stranger to getting involved with mysteries that should be none of his business. So when the daughter of one of his gym members goes missing, he offers to help. Mac assumes she’s a simple runaway, but the case turns out not to be so clear-cut. Wondering if these strange occurrences are somehow related, Butler—along with Mac, Ganos, and the rest of his small crew—once again finds himself neck deep in intrigue. As the clues for the various cases begin to intertwine, Butler sees the hand of an old enemy at work, and… well… he’s never been one to sit back and wait for something to happen. Gathering the team, he heads off across the galaxy to confront his suspects head-on. But this time, they’re waiting for him.
All These Worlds (Bobiverse #3) — Dennis E. Taylor (Saga Press)
For nearly a century, being a sentient spaceship has been anything but peaceful for Bob and his clones, who find themselves constantly navigating a galaxy teetering on chaos. They’ve seeded enough colonies to safeguard humanity’s future, but peace? That’s another story. Old rivalries refuse to die. The relentless Brazilian probes are still gunning for them, and if that wasn’t enough, the Bobs have managed to provoke a dangerous alien species. These ancient beings are powerful, hungry, and not exactly the forgiving type. After getting thoroughly outmatched in their first clash, the Bobs know a second encounter could mean the end—not just for them, but for Earth and every colony they’ve built. But rallying the Bobs is easier said than done. Some of the younger clones are more preoccupied with local dramas than with the looming interstellar threat. Hope, however, arrives from an unlikely corner of the universe. A discovery by a pair of eighth-generation Bobs might hold the key to humanity’s survival. The problem? It’s far away, and time is running out. If they can’t get their find to Sol before the Others return, it may all be over.
