Release Week: 6 January 2026

Release Week: 6 January 2026

Posted on 2026-01-06 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

My pre-orders this week were:

* Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire, read by Cynthia Hopkins -- "A fan-favorite character returns in this action-packed installment of the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series."

* Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard (2024), read by Cindy Kay -- "Jockeying navigator clans guide spaceships through the Hollows: an area of space populated by the mysterious but deadly creatures known as Tanglers. When a Tangler escapes the Hollows for the first time in living memory, each clan must send a representative to help capture it—but the mission may be doomed and the hearts of two clan juniors may be in danger too."

Other FICTION titles on my watch list for this week:

* Conan: Songs of the Slain by Tim Lebbon

* Tempest Awakening by Emma Moon

* Pillar of Darkness by Dave Duncan

* The Devil's Dance by Brett McKay

* Advance Britannia by Alan Allport

* The Storm by Rachel Hawkins

* The Architect of New York by Javier Moro

* Skylark by Paula McLain

* Watching Over Her by Jean-Baptiste Andrea

* The Bloody Brick Road by Maude Royer

* The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

* Tea & Alchemy by Sharon Lynn Fisher

* The Swan's Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story by Roshani Chokshi, read by Ell Potter

*A Lesson in Dying by Ann Cleeves (1990), read by Simon Mattacks -- "Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now available for the first time in the US."

* The Starseekers by Nicole Glover, read by Bahni Turpin -- "Indiana Jones meets Hidden Figures in this brand-new stand-alone historical fantasy set in the world of The Conductors, in which the space race of the mid-20th century will be determined by magic...if not murder."

* The Storm: A Novel by Rachel Hawkins, read by Alex Knox -- "A thrilling new gothic suspense set in a Gulf Coast beach motel where hurricane season can be murder."

* 1635: The Weaver's Code by Eric Flint and Jody Lynn Nye, read by George Guidall

* Wolf and Iron by Gordon R. Dickson (1990), read by Rusty Mewha -- "After a worldwide financial collapse cripples America, Jeremy Bellamy Walther, one of the few who knows how to reverse the catastrophe, begins a cross-country trek in order to spread his knowledge."

* Death and Other Occupational Hazards by Veronika Dapunt, read by Chiara Goldsmith -- "A darkly comedic, genre-bending mystery following a female-personified Death who must investigate a string of unplanned murders before the whole world is thrown into chaos."

* House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson, read by Cassandra Campbell -- "A darkly seductive tale of beautiful rock stars, sinister cults, and a magical oasis where dreams come true...for a price."

* The Mills of the Gods by Tim Powers, read by Scott Aiello -- "Paris, 1925. Harry Nolan is an expatriate American, making a meager living as an illustrator for a low-paying magazine, but his life is upended when he is assigned to illustrate an anonymous article about the death of a god—because a centuries-old French brotherhood, the sauteurs, are determined to suppress the story the article tells."

Some NON-FICTION releases that caught my eye:

* Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster by Jacob Soboroff, read by the author

* Homeschooled: A Memoir by Stefan Merrill Block, read by the author -- "A heartbreaking and empowering debut memoir about a mother's all-consuming love, a son's perilous quest to discover the world beyond the front door and the unregulated homeschool system that impacts millions like him."

Some INDIE releases that snuck onto my radar as they came in to end the year:

* Until I Die by Deidra Duncan, read by Ariel Barber -- "After the Fracture, nothing is safe—not love, not truth, and certainly not women. In the ashes of the fallen United States, the New American Order has seized power, silencing dissent and enslaving the vulnerable. To stop the spread of their evil, Sophia Reeves has given everything to the Defiance, a resistance force battling the NAO, but now, her general has another command: become a contact for an enemy officer-turned-spy."

* The Waking of Storm and Flame: The Fates of Aten, Book 1 by N.A. Betts, read by Nikki Lyons

* A Girl Made of Time: A Novelette by Tiffany Chu, read by Emily Lawrence

* Clan Novel Assamite: The Clan Novel Saga, Book 7 by Gherbod Fleming, read by Kelly Wilkinson

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